The January Scribner's John Fox, Jr. A New Serial by Theodore Short Stories Articles and The author of "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine" will contribute a story-"The Courtship of Allaphair." This is the first of six short stories by Mr. Fox that will appear in Scribner's during 1917-tales of "Happy Valley" in the Kentucky mountains. It is a story of a mountain lover and a fight, and is illustrated by F. C. Yohn. "Stranded in Arcady" begins in the January issue. It is a story of love and adventure in the Canadian wilderness. It is based upon the unique situation of two people who find themselves marooned in a country of which they know as little as they do of one another. They descend wild rivers, meet strange savages, and are always in the heart of a mystery which is not revealed till the last page. Mr. Roosevelt gives an account of his visit to a naturalist's laboratory established by the New York Zoological Society in the tropics. It gives a description of the cave dwelling bird and many other unusual tropical animals. Henry van Dyke's poem, "Storm-Music." "Irish Plays and Playwrights," by Brander Matthews. "The Yarn of the Essex," a stirring poem of the old navy, "The Field of Art" and "The Point of View." A brilliant colored frontispiece by Eric Pape. NOVELS FRANCIS LYNDE'S serial, "Stranded in Arcady," which begins in the January issue, is a story of love and adventure in the Canadian wilderness. MRS. GEROULD, whose volume "Vain Oblations" and short stories in SCRIBNER'S made such a decided impression in recent years, has written her first novel, which will be published in 1917. "A Change of Air" deals with a varied group of persons who, by the generosity of Miss Cordelia Wheaton, are set free to follow their bent. Miss Wheaton distributes her fortune among them in order that she, also, may follow her bent. The adventures of the entire group furnish much human comedy not unmixed with tragic pathos in certain cases. E. H. Sothern in the film production of "An Enemy of the King" Illustration by O. F. Howard for a story entitled "A Man's Own Wife" The plot is novel, and it gives in small compass a remarkable opportunity, for the juxtaposition of very various personal types, that is at once the same for all and entirely different for each. Incidentally, there is much illuminating comment on the manners and fashions of the present day; but the human situations of the very abundantly realized men and women are what give the story its great interest. It is sober but not sombre. It is comedy but not frivolous satire, for it is as rich in feeling as it is bright with laughter. SHORT STORIES HENRY VAN DYKE, who has heretofore written no short stories since his arduous duties began as Minister to Holland in war times, contributes the first to SCRIBNER'S: "A Remembered Dream." 1917 with Scribner's "BARBADOS: A Successful Negro State." By Henry Jones Ford, who made the trip and investigation expressly for the Magazine. "NASSAU: A Winter's Trip." Drawings and description by Oscar Frederick Howard. HENRY JAMES: Two posthumous papers of Autobiography-reminiscences and anecdotes of London life, of Tennyson, George Eliot, and Lowell as Minister to Great Britain, and other famous Victorians. COLONEL EDWIN A. STEVENS, Road Commissioner of New Jersey, will write on the Nation and Good Roads and the appropriation of $85,000,000 made by Congress. "STANDARDS-LITERARY AND ARTISTIC," by W. C. Brownell-critical essays of great interest. PRESIDENT NICHOLAS MURRAY BUTLER will give his recollections of English universities. MR. SOTHERN, who has recently appeared upon the motion-picture screen, will describe the differences between acting for the theatre and acting for the film. NORTH OF THE HEADWATERS OF PEACE RIVER-"Beyond the farthest camp-fire and the last tin can" is a region of mighty canyons, rushing rivers, and mountain peaks. Dr. Paul L. Haworthhistorical and outdoor man-will describe his adventures. LAWRENCE PERRY'S "Winter Sports in Colleges" tells about the way in which our New England and Canadian institutions utilize severe winters to hold carnivals on ice and snow. THE FINANCIAL WORLD, by Alexander Dana Noyes. Business and Finance discussed in each number. ART FEATURES One of the claims upon public appreciation of SCRIBNER's lies in its artistic character. Its illustrations speak of the very latest and freshest ideas in current art, many of the foremost names of illustrators having been introduced through its pages. Color reproductions of modern paintings, international in character, will be published during the year, following in a general way the continuous line of development from the Old Masters to the modern movement. |