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


rior exhibit has ever been made in our
state, and it rejects the highest honor on
the men engaged in this pursuit.
YEAR OF MINNESOTA LITERATURE.
But a great people must not be wholly
material. A 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 country and people vital with
ideas. Our long winters and mental activ-
tiles will breed race of authors. Let US
see what a single year has brought forth:
In our domestic field of letters for 1882
first in place stands "Atlantis,'' by the
Hon. Ignatius Donnelly, q 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 polished and better life, and
how that people and their continent were
alike lost in the depts of the sea, is no
mean distinction for our youthful itera-
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.
It is a book fresh and original, and written
by the hand OF discriminating genius.
It fifty embalms some of the most poetic
traditions Of the great Dakotas, and is, in
all, a 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 Dudley's Odd Hours, or
Yagaries of Country Editor, by M. G..
Russell OF Duluth. This is flow of
merriment and fancies which comes from
the shores of the ''unsalted sea- Lake
Superior has q Mark Twain of her OWL.
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 will long give inspiration
to our poetry.
In the domain of social science we have
Church on Divorce, by the Ri. 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. NJ. It
is an adaptation of the English laws on
this subject to those Of the United States,
=, I'd obi IN
the legal lore Of the country. Bryant's
History of Education in Minnesota, by
Chas. d. Bryant, is an excellent and prac-
teal work. We have nothing in theology
or medicine. Dr.. Edward Neill 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 pretty high
| price.
Our newspaporial department of Etera-
| ture has grown into mammoth proportions.
feature of our social economy, and exert
a marked influence on our manners and
literature, and especially potential as po-
litical 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 has been marked era IN
the cultivation of the beautiful IN our
La 1o1I cHnl I,ry
| the delicate pencils of many of our artistic
| daughters. The domestic china has been
decorated. Satins, velvets, screens and
ties have blossomed under the magic touch
of the home artist. Vases are alive with
| Egyptian storks, and panels are fragrant
| with pansies. Rsthetics 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 art, and the
lambrequins cabinet of Japanese bric-a-
! brac. Some bright room in almost every
prairie home is gallery of nascent art
Music, too, with its charming melodies, has
come to stay. 1t is one of the sweetes!
| graces which attends civilization. There
! is scarcely home in Minnesota without It's
musical instruments. Bright flowers car
pet the yard and bloom in the windows OF
| the houses. The houses themselves are
touched with the taste of fresh and
aspiring architecture. The shores of oul
noble lakes are being dotted with coquet
fish villas, and fleets of tinted yachts
are the bright successors of the bircl
canoe. Refinement and beauty char
acterize the school room and the church il
illumined by the soft light of the stained
glass, while the altar of God is arrayet
with perfumed flowers. In temperance, IL
broader Christian development, in NOR,
profound respect for public morality
healthful growth has not been wanting
In politics, antipathies have been softenet
and tendency to study public problems
in spirit of bipartisan philosophy, ma,
be noted. This is no roseate view Of thu
general situation. am not, in this day
pointing to our infrmities nor bringing
our sins into the foreground. leave tina
to more bilious pencils. On fair day W,
exhibit only our betterments. On TIM
occasion, therefore, we relegate our sin
to oblivion and exhibit only our divine
aspirations. k-.s
i Practically our farmers have had a yea