St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-31
THE CURRENT PERIODICALS.

Arena. The we'll known English essay
iSt, F. w. III. Meyer, of Cambridge, Eng,
speaks for European thought in care
full paper on physical Work" Kuma
Oshi, M. A., of Toxic, Japan, repre-
sents Asia in a brillian paper, on the
"Extrinsic Significance of Constitutional
Government in JAPAN" while such able
thinkers as Rabbi Solomon SCHNEIDER,
Rev. George c. Lorimer, Thomas B.
Preston. Sylvester Baxter and the ed
itor represent America. Mr.. Flowers
paper on FASHIONS Slaves" is illus
trated by three full-page photographers
and over score of smaller pictures,
giving the prevailing fashions during
the past generation. 1t is strong APP
peal for dress reform. He considers the
subject from artistic, hygienic ana eth
zeal points of view. The frontispiece of
this issue is finely executed portrait
OF the distinguished Baptist divine.
Rev. George G. Lorimer. A fine picture
of Kuma OiShi also accompanies his
paper.
Harper's Magazine for September has
as its frontispiece one of E. A. Abbey's
characteristic sketches in Illustration
of Much Ado A bout Nothing" The
openinC paper is on 1.-The Comedies of
Shakespeare" with drawings by Abbey
and comments by Andrew Lang. Fol
lowing this paper is a comprehensive
and popular article on the "New York
Chamber of Commerce, tits history, pur-
pose and methods, written by DR.. Rich
ard Wheatiey. and richly illustrated
some of the portraits being copies OF
the paintings by Trumbull now in pos
session of the chamber of commerce.
The third installment of w. d.
Howelps story, IAN Imperative
Duty" is far more dramatic than
a lover of Howell,s would expect
A genuine treat to lovers of literature
is offered in the Letters of Charles
Dickens to Wilkie Collins" which are
now for the first time given TO the pub
lie through the editorship of Laurence
Hutton. This months installment OF
George du Maurier's strange romance,
Peter Ibbetson," attractively illustrat-
ed from the authors own drawings, mar
rates the methods by which the hero ac-
ouired the strange habit of dreaming
true" and eliminates in terrible
tragedy. Montgomery Schuyler contin-
ues his "Glimpses of Western Archi-
lecture" and gives his impressions OF
the domestic architecture of Chicago.
His paper is handsomely illustrated
with views of notable private resi-
dences and other architectural features
of the residential portion of that city.
Elizabeth Stoddard writes pleasant
summer story, "A Wheat Field Idyl.''
Walter Besant contributes another pa
per on London. giving an account OF
the palaces, the princes, and the mer-
chants of the Plantaganet period.
Nearly score of illustrations accom-
pany the article. In Under the Min
aretS," E. HOpkinsOn Smith relates his
experience with dragomans, dervlSheS
and Turkish citizens while sOjourning
as an artist last summer in the city of
ConstantinOple, and he illustrates his
article with number OF beautiful re-
productions of his own paintings. The
editorial departments, under the control
Of George William Curtis, William Dean
Eowells and Charles Dudley Warner,
present for discussion and thought the
usual rich variety of timely topics re-
lating to society, music, manners and
literature.
''Scribner's Magazine" for September
opens with verv instructive paper by
RidgeIy Hunt, u. S. n. on steamship
Lines of the World" Robert Louis
Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne con-
tinue their serial, "The Wrecker."
'Odd American Homes is the title of
an entertaining and well-iliustrated p a
per by John K. Spears. Andrew Lang
is more than usually charming in "Ad-
ventures Among Books" "A China
Hunter in New England" by Alice
Morse Earle, is accompanied by num-
Der of pleasing illustrations. Felix
Mascheles contributes Browning's
'AsOlo." run to Seed" is charac-
ter sketch by Thomas Nelson Page
that is very cleverly written. Prof.
Royce writes of American University
Lifeu at some length. 1.-The Point of
View is unusually interesting.
The North American Review has as
its especial feature a discussion of us
Drunkenness CurabIe?" by Drs. W. A.
Hammond. T. N. Crothers, E. n. Car
penter and Cyrus Edison. Isaac Besht
Bendavid writes splritedly of Goodwin
Smith and the Jews" Z. 2. Hunting
ton is very readable in "A Plea for Rail-
way Consolidation" "Co-Operatlye
WOmanhood in the State' is from the
ready pen of Mrs. Mary A. Livermore.
Clara Morris contributes reflections OF
an Actress" brief paper in remlnls-
cent vein. Ouida, true to her pets,
writes on dogs and Their Affections.
A paper by the late Admiral Porter. en-
titled "a Famous Naval Exploit" is
published for the first time. Minor
papers in this issue are interesting in
the extreme.
New Books.
Mr.. Donnelly has added little to his
literary laurelS by his latest book, ''Dr.
Hugue t." 1t is story of Southern life
bearing on the much-discussed race
NInC nr1f nE hDFn
Anthony Huguet, after vision OF the
Christ. transmigrateS into the body of
Sam Jobessing, a brutal and wholly re-
pulsive negro. The plot of the story is
evolved from the complications arising
from the soul of the white man i'll the
negrO'S body, and the beStial nature of
the negro in the white gentleman'S
body. Mr.. Donnelly's two character
isticS. love of Homeric slaughter, and
a wholly irrelevant fondness for long
quotations and pedantic discussions,
are evident in the book. 1t is not
worthy the author of atlantis"
Its views on the race prob
lem, while strikingly put, are
nothing new. The author merely advo-
Gates the proper education of the negro.
AS a novel, "Dr. Huguet'' is intensely in
teresting if one yields to the temptation
to skip a page here and there OF the
labored conversations. The climax is
dramatic and thrilling, and had Mi.
DonneIly not given us reason to expect
so much better, ''Dr. Huguet"
would rate as very successful novel.
''Fontenay, the Swordsman," is
French military novel of the period of
the First empire. The hero is prOtege
and courtier of the Empress Josephine.
The story weaves in the personality of
Napoleon, and the stirring scenes OF his
brief monarchy in very interesting
way. The love story IS daintily told, land
love and war combine to make very
readable book.
Books Received.
'sDr. Huguet." Ignatius Donnelly.
f. j. Schultz q Co., Chicago.
"Liberty and Life" e. P. Powell.
Charles H. Kerr & Co., Chicago.
.tFontenay, the Swordsman." Fortune
duo Boisgobey. Rand, McNally 81 Co.,
Chicago and New York.
',fiints for the Million" Rand, Nc
Nally & Co., Chicago.
Periodicals Received.
The North American Review. New