The December number of the Magazine of American History is essentially a Christmas edition. Two beautiful engravings of Rembrandt Peale's portraits of George and Martha Washington are the frontis-pieces. They have been contributed by Miss Stokes and have never been published before. "The Inauguration of Washington in 1789" is a paper well-worth reading, especially interesting in connection with the coming celebration of New York city.

Dr. Prosper Bender writes on the "Holidays of the French-Canadians." Americans know so little on this subject that no one can find the article trite. "The French Colony of San Domingo," by Professor E. W. Gilliam, is especially timely as our attention is now drawn to that region. Two other interesting articles are unpublished letters by S. R. Mallory, secretary of the confederate navy in 1861, and by Richard Henry Lee, in 1782. "Francis Marion's Grave," "The Declaration of Independence," and "A trip from New York to Niagra in 1829," are among the other contributions.