St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-04

For when his head is white,
And he is poor and old.
It's time his grave was made:
Fetch mattOck then. and spade,
And let the bell be tolled.
And So sweet fool, good night
Richard Henry Stoddard, in the March
Cosmopolitan.
scuba" appears in the March Cosmo-
| politan as the author of a charming
chapter on Birds" She writes of her
/ fayoriteS with grace aud boidness that
are in her most captivating style, de-
/ Tending them from the cruelty and
Ignorance of their prosecutors. and I'M
folding their beauties in prose poem.
The article is part of a series written
specially for the Cosmopolitan, and
shows her close observation of bird life.
The fourth of the International series,
by Lowell 81 Co.. New York, is English
Life, by L. Z. Crawford, the well-known
newspaper correspondent. 1t is the
best pen picture of the many objects it
undertakes that has yet come to our
notice. The sketches among English
royalty, the newspaper offices, Cardinal
Manning and everyday English life are
especially graphic and entertaining.
Mr.. Crawford can write so as to please
and insensiblly instruct.
The March numbers of the magazines
are all out, and are, as usual, filled with
the most profitable and interesting mat
ter. The appearance of new competi-
tors in the field of the magazine has in
spired the old leaders to renewed efforts,
and the result will be a great benefit to
the world of magazine readers. Even
such an extensive field as this can be
filed tn rpnlptioD and If tyiii bnOnmo
as the magazines seem to appreciate,
survival Of the fittest.
Outing for March is very strong
sporting number. The following prin-
cipal articles are noticeable: Fox
Hunting; Day in the Shires," by
Henry ii. l.. Pearse c'Plantagenet''),
illustrated; Lawn Tennis in the
South" by Henry w. Slocum, Jr.;
demonstrating in Canuckia." by James
c. Allan; ''Salmon Fishing on Loeb
Tay," by "Rockwood." illustrated by
J. d G. Temple. In addition. ''Spaniel
Training" by D. Boulton Herald
..How to Cycle in Europe" by Joseph
Ellerslie Wallace; and winter Shoot
Ing in Florida" by f. Campbell MolIer.
There is, moreover, a well illustrated
account of Coaching and Coaching
Clubs" by Charles S. Pelham-ClintOn,
and a "Sonnet," by Howell Stroud Eng.
land. The editorial departments are
bright and attractive, and the records
present, in a complete manner, the lat
est achievements of our athletes.
Mrs. James T. Fields has prepared
another paper from out of the Fields
store of books. letters and memoranda,
this time dealing with the famous men
who composed the Marlborough group.
1t is fully illustrated with facsimiles
and abOunds in personal "reminiscences.
1t is to be published in the April num-
Der of ScrIbner's Magazine under the
/ The Century dictionary is to contain
some features new in dictionaries, one
of which is the entry of everything in
| the one alphabetical order, aDbrevia-
lions and foreign phrases as we'll as COM
mon words. While the plan of the work
lsexcludes biographical and geographical
names, yet such adjectives as Chinese,
7 Darwinian, etc., derived from proper
names, will find place and be fully de-
fined.
/ In his paper in the March mum Der of
a visit made by himself to one of the
grand lanas OF Asia, the same being
the grand lama of Trans-Baikal. 1t is
said that no European except Mr.. Ken
nan is on record as having made visit
to this spot within sixty years. A por-
trait will accompany the article.
Robert Browning's poem, "How the
| good news was brought from Client to
AK" has no historical basis, having
been written under the bulwark of a
vessel off the African coast, when he
was much shaken up from travel.
Mrs. Mary Hallock Foote'S new three
part story, 1.-THE Last Assembly Ball, :"
will begin in the next number of the
Century. The scene is laid in Lead
| vile and the description of the ball is
| the elimination of the story.
Edward Everett Hale's portrait is the
frontispieee of the March Cosmopolitan,
accompanying biographical article by
Mrs. Bernard Whitman, an intimate
friend of DR. Hale