St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-03-07
IN THE MAGAZINES.


Remenyi forms the frontispiece of the
March Music, DR.. William Mason has
the place of honor with a thoughtful
and intensely interesting illustrated
article on Radical Types of Pianoforte
Touch" ''Roek-a-Bye Baby" dainty
little lullaby. is contributed by Julia
Caruthers. The magazine is so full of
good things, and maintains so high a
standard of excellence that every must
clan, whether amateur or professional,
will find himself helped by a careful
reading of 1t.
The current number of Table Talk
has enough in it to sharpen the appe-
| tite, with ample instructions for the
daintiest way of satisfying it. Mrs.
Rorer'S reputation in this particular
line is worldwide, and the practical
manner in which she imDarts her infor-
nation renders her magazine invaluable
to the housewife, and more especially to
the one of little or no experience.
The California Illustrated Magazine
has met with phenomenal success.
From 5000 copies, its first issue, it has
| jumped to $4,000 i'll number five, to meet
the demands upon it. The magazine
will show constant Improvement, and in
April will present thirteen handsomely
illustrated papers. One of the most
striking is On the mysterious "Ainos or
Hairy Men of Japan" Other papers
are Life in Honolulu" '"fhe Nicara-
qua Canal, ''The New Blazing Star"
''1n an Orange Grove" with other pa
pers on Art" Science "Sports,"
etc., etc.
The New England Magazine for
March opens with pleasant paper,
"Recollections of Louisa May AlcOtt. +"
by Mrs. Maria S. Porter. The writer
was an intimate friend Of the famous
story-writer, and she gives an attractive
Brown furnishes fine wood engraving
Of Miss Alcott in her twentieS as a
frontispiece, and the article is finely
| illustrated by May Alcott Neriker. the
sister of Miss Alcott, 10. II. Hatfield
and Louis A. Holman. Walton Rlcket-
son. the sculptor, furnishes copy.of a
bust ne has just made for the Concord
library. An article that will be read
with considerable curiosity is Harvard
Clubs and Club Life" by William
Dana Orcutt. 1t gives the history of all
the different college societies. and an
account of their peculiar customs and
social aims and rites. 1t is we'll illus
trated. A number of the leading char
acterS in the club theatricals are pre-
sented in costume. Capt. Charles King.
| the novelist. writes a glowing descrip.
| ton of his Western home, Milwaukee.
He manages to incorporate some fine
word pictures into his account of Mil
waukee's commercial progression and
| prosperity. Winfield S. Nevlns con-
craft" Isaac Bassett Choate contrib
II Nt
America in Early English Liter
ature." Henry Cleveland Wood, writ
ing Of NEGRO Camp Melodies"
preserves many of these old-folk
songs now being forgotten. Walter
Blackburn Harte, in a gossip on 'Lit-
erary Advisers" tells the truth about
| this class of literary frauds. who pros
per upon the vanity Of incapable scrib-
Dlers. Henrietta S. Manner contributes
pleasant article on "Bryant's New En-
| gland Home" which is we'll illustrated.
Edwin D. Mead considers the Chllian
| question from common sense point of
view. Zitella Cooke contributes brace
of sonnets, Schuman and Schubert.
Mira Clarke Parsons and Mary j. Gar
land furnish two stories, and the names
of Clinton Scotland, Bessie Chandler,
and Philip Bourke Marston are among
the poets who contribute to the number.
The March number Of Romance offers
the varied and attractive table of con-
tents which the reading public has
come to expect every month from this
| magazine. There are no less than
eighteen complete stories in the present
issue. and writer's of half a dozen
nationalities are represented. The list
/ is headed by Tourgueneff, with one of
| those striking tales for which that great
Russian is famous, and there is another
OF the vigorous stories which are win
ming worldwide reputation for Moritz
Jokai. the Hungarian author.
Those who relish humOr will enjoy
three very funny translations from the
French, and two which are almost as
amusing from the Italian; while ad-
mirers of ingenious plots, of romantic
affection and of touching pathos, will
find their preferences regarded i'll these
carefully-selected contents. Among the
original stories. as usual, is one of eS-
pecial strength-a study of life in the
Southwest, full of local color, by III. L..
Sargent. This magazine is published by
Romance Publishing company, Clinton
Hall, Astor Place New York.
Apropos of this years dog show at
Madison Square Garden. the current
article on "The Westminster Kennel
Club" deliberately illustrated from
photographs and drawings by g. Muss-
Arnolt Another feature of the same
number is double-page view of the
city of Pittsburg, accompanied by an
appropriate descriptive article. There
is also story Gle Coureur de Neiges."
by the distinguished Canadian writer,
William McLennan.
Harriet Prescott Spoffurd contributes
an entertaining leap year story. 1.-The
Twenty-ninth of February" to Harper's
Bazaar for Feb. 81. "Bird-Lore," series
of practical papers, by Olive Thorne
Miller, on the care and management of
canarieS, parrots and other pet birds, is
begun in the same number of the Bazaar.
Another prominent and striking feature
is a double-page picture of "A Salvation
Army W0men's Shelter in London"
accompanied by forcible article by
Mary Lowe Dickinson. Christine Ter
hume Herrick continues her series of
papers on 1.-The Sick Child" And there
is the usual rich variety of fashion
articles and illustrations.
A new story by Kirk Munroe, entitled
"Canoemates A Story of the Ever
gIadeS," will be begun in the issue of
Harper'S Young People for March l.
The story is one of the best yet written
by Mr.. Munroe, being IN nowise inferior
to its predecessors in regard to faithful
ness of description and local color and
abundance of incident. The iIlustra-
tons by w. A. Rogers will be found to
add greatly to the yividness of the mar
rative.
The February issue of The Quarterly
Register Of Current History is model
one. Without beating about the bush,
it strikes right at the very heart of its
subject matter. From clear and in
teresting treatment Of international
affairs, it proceeds to series of splen-
did articles on affairs in Europe"
affairs in Africa" Affairs in ASIA"
and. last but not least, affairs in
America" Under this last head is in-
cluded the presidential discussion. the
proceedings of congress and the legiS-