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leon's passionate love for Josephine in the early period of their relations, and of Napoleon's swift rise to fame and supreme power through his brilliant achieve ments in the Italian and Egyptian campaigns. There are fourteen more portraits of Napoleon, showing him at different times in this most interesting part of his career, and six other portraits, including one of Josephine, most of these pictures being after portraits from life by the great painters of the time, including David, Gros, Appiani, Laurent, and others. Then there is an excellent Christmas story, and a story which, while not a Christmas story in point of time, is pre-eminently one in spirit and conclusion; and, finally, a dramatic story 01 the Napoleonic era by Conan Doyle. More dramatic, though, than any story, is Cleveland Moffett's history, drawn directly from the archives of the Pinkerton Detective Bureau, of " The Overthrow of the Molly Maguires." The complete novel for the December issue of L1pp1ncott's is "Mrs. Hallam's Companion," by the well-known writer, Mrs. Mary J. Holmes. A short story by the author of " Dodo " will attract general attention. In this case expectations will not be disappointed, for Mr. E. F. Benson has written nothing better than " A Creed of Manners." To what heights gentlemanhood can rise is the burden of this beautiful and touching little sketch. The Christmas number of Scr1bner's Magaz1ne presents a remarkable list of popular writers, includ ing Rudyard Kipling, Robert Grant, H. C. Bunner, Brander Matthews and George W. Cable. In illus trations it shows a number of novel features. Oliver Herford produces a series of fantastic drawings which are curiously interwoven with the text of Brander Matthews' story in a manner new to magazine illustra tion. One of the richest illustrated articles ever pub lished in an American magazine is the account of the great English painter, George Frederick Watts, R. A., by the eminent art critic, Cosmo Monkhouse, who writes from the fullest knowledge, and with the ap proval of the artist. There are twenty pictures rep resenting the most characteristic phases of Watt's art, both the wood engravings and the process plates showing a delicacy that is seldom seen. The "Progress of the World," the editorial de partment of the Rev1ew of Rev1kws for December, sums up the significant results of the November elections, discusses the probable action of Congress on the " Baltimore plan " of bank-note issues, com ments on the progress of the civil service reform movement, and again emphasizes the extent of Eng

land's encroachments in Venezuela; the department also chronicles important movements in European politics, and the history of the war in China is brought down to date. "Industrial Agreements and Conciliation" is the title of an interesting article by the Hon. C. C. Kingston. Premier of South Australia; this magazine is publishing a series of articles by leading Australian statesmen on questions of immediate interest to American readers. L1ttell's L1v1ng Age for 1895. For over half a century The L1v1ng Age has held a place in the front rank of American periodicals — coming week by week freighted with the most valuable literary products of foreign lands. It selects with rare judgment and discrimination the most masterly productions, scientific, biographical, historical, pol itical; the best essays, reviews, criticisms, tales, poetry, in fact everything the intelligent reader most desires to obtain. To the busy man of affairs, and to the mistress of the family with time as fully oc cupied with domestic cares an social duties, such a magazine is invaluable and to all classes of intelli gent readers it proves a welcome visitor. An unpar alleled offer is made to new subscribers whereby they may obtain the weekly issues of this sterling periodi cal from the beginning of the current series, 1st of January, 1894, to the end of the year 1895, postpaid, for only $10.00. The Arena with its big Christmas number of over 200 pages opens the eleventh volume, and its in creasing bulk as well as the repute of its contribu tors, and the standard and character of its literature, indicate its extending influence and prosperity. In the December issue there are contributions from some of the greatest writers of our day, and some of the most delightful and entertaining of the younger American essayists and fictionists. In the former class are Professor Max Miiller, the great Oriental scholar and authority on language and comparative religion, of Oxford University, and Count Leo Tol stoi, the famous Russian novelist and social reformer. In the latter are Hamlin Garland, the author of "Main Travelled Roads"; Will Allen Dromgoole, the Southern story writer; Rev. Minot J. Savage, the famous Boston preacher, and 13. O. Flower, the ' editor of the Review.

The Century for December is a Christmas num ber and attracts attention by a special cover in a novel and artistic design, and by the richness of its numerous and beautifully printed illustrations, of which twenty-five are of page size. Among the