Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-09-15

fior exhibit has ever been made in our
state, and it reflects the highest honor on
the mer engaged In this pursuit. 4ss,
| A YEAR OF MINNESOTA I.ITRRATUaE.
But a great people must not be wholly
material. community is nothing if
not polished. The year has not been
without its fruits in literature, a fact which
reflects the gathering of libraries and
deeper thought in channels of culture.
The North is the true home of letters, and
we have a country and people vital with
ideas. Oar long winters and mental actiy-
tiles will breed race of authors. Let US
see what a single year has brought forth:
In our domestic field of letters for 1889
first in place stands atlantis" by the
Hon. Ignatius Donnelly, a book, original
IN conception and vigorous in execution.
1t has made Its impress among the whole
world OF books; it has ushered Minnesota
fully into the wide field of literature, and
has given its author fairly earned niche
IN the republic of letters. That one among
the last empires rescued by civilization
from barbarism should be the first to tell
the probable story of mans primal bold
struggle for a polished and better life, and
how that people and their continent were
alike lost in she depts of the sea, Is no
mean distinction for Our youthful litera-
ture
Next, as an original work, stands the
Legends of the Northwest, by FL. L. Cor
don, author OF Pauline, of the year
previous. Not even in Hiawatha have
Indian customs and superstitions been SO
faithfully portrayed. The flow and
rhythm of the verse are almost faultless.
1t is book fresh and original, and written
by the hand of q discriminating genius.
1t fifty embalms some of the most poetic
traditions of the great Dakotas, and is, in
all, q book born OF our own lakes and
rivers, recalling and perpetuating what
Is worth poetizing of the barbarian race
which preceded US. In the field of humor
we have Uncle Dudiey's Odd Hours, or
yagaries Of Country Editor, by M. c..
Russell of Duluth. This is flow of
merriment and fancies which comes from
the shores Of the ''unsalted sea- Lake
Superior has Mark Twain of her own.
We have also the Songs and Song Legends
Of Dakota Land, by Edward L. Fales OF
st. Paul. The Indian traditions Of our
fields and rivers viii long give inspiration
to our poetry.
In tho domain of social science we have
a brochure entitled The Teachings of the
Church on Divorce, by the Rt. Rev. John
Ireland, D. d. 1t is a vigorous treaties
and is characterized by The careful research,
erudition and forcible style for which the
learned bishop Is so justly celebrated. In
law we have A Digest Of the Law of Bills
Of Exchange by w. e. Benjamin, a. M. It
is an adaptation of the English laws on
this subject to those of the United States,
and is regarded as valuable addition TO
the legal lore Of the country. Bryant's
History of Education in Minnesota, by
Chas. d. Bryant, is an excellent and prac-
tical work. We have nothing in theology
or medicine. DR.. Edward Neil is revising
his History Of Minnesota, industriously
gathering important material concerning
our infancy, which, but for his delving care
would be wholly lost. We have had histories
Of counties and towns by the ream and ton.
They are mostly unreliable and worthless
literary slush. Their alleged facts are not
sifted by persons who know or care, and
their pictures are generally Libel upon
very respectable men who have purchased
a questionable Immortality at a pretty high
price.
Our newspaporial department of litera-
ture has grown into mammoth proportions.
The newspapers have become an essential
feature of our social economy, and exert
q marked influence on our manners and
literature, and especially potential as po-
htical instruments. Among the editorial
profession We have men OF talent of the
highest order, rising even to genius.
While we have no high artistic effort for
the year, yet it las been marked era in
the cultivation of the beautiful in our
state. Homes have been embelhshed by
the delicate pencils OF many of onr artistic
daughters. The domestic china has been
decorated. Satins, velvets, screens and
ties have bIossomed under the magic touch
of the home artist. Vases are alive with
Egyptian storks, and panels are fragrant
with pansies. Asthetics has received
among US its birth and its baptism. The
mural decorations smile upon you in every
well-ordered home, and the very carpets
uplift their tufted roses to salute your feet
Our embroidery is school of arr, and the
lambrequins cabinet of Japanese bric-a-
brac. Some bright room in almost every
prairie home is a gallery of nascent art.
Music, too, with its charming melodies, has
come to stay. 1t is one of the sweetest
graces which attends civilization. There
musical instruments. Bright flowers car
pet the yard and bloom In the windows of
the houses. The houses themselves are
toncbed with the taste OF fresh and
aspiring architecture. The shores of our
noble lakes are being dotted with coquet-
fish villas, and fleets OF tinted yachts,
are the bright successors OF the birch
canoe. Refinement and beauty char
acterize the school room and the church is
illumined by the soft light of the stained
glass, while the altar of God is arrayed
with perfumed flowers. In temperance, in
broader Christian development, in more
profound respect fer public morality,
healthful growth has not been wanting.
In politics, antipathies have been softened
and tendency to study public problems
in spirit of bipartisan philosophy, may
be noted. This is no roseate view of the
general situation. I am not, in this day,
pointing to our infrmities nor bringing
our sins into the foreground. leave that
to more bilious pencils. On fair day we
exhibit only our betterments. On this
occasion, therefore, we relegate our sins
to oblivion and exhibit only or diviner
aspirations. atI is E ~ go
Practically our farmers have had q year
Of rova1 oh Our ynochop;c1