St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-03-21
IN THE MAGAZINES.
The Californian Illustrated Magazine

The Californian Illustrated Magazine
for April will contain among others
paper by Mrs. Loud Oh "Petitioning
Teachers" fully illustrated paper on
1.-THE Orange and Citrus Fair at Los
Angeles;;" 1.-THE Redwood Forests of
California" illustrated; an article on
''TTnion Labor" by John Bonner; two
illustrated scientific articles; "The
Mound Builders and Extinct Giants;''
1.-THE Education of Politicians by
Caspar C. Hopkins; "The Hairy Men of
Japan" by Helen E. Gregory-Flesher;
and fully illustrated paper on Pres
byterianism in San Francisco" etc.
A new and remarkable series of
articles on THE Poor in Great Cities
will begin in the April Scribner. The
conductors of the magazine have spared
no pains 10 make this series not only ac-
curate and instructive, but intensely in
teresting, and artistic in its illustra-
tons. The authors have been chosen
for their sympathy with the subject and
accurate knowledge Of the practical ex-
perimeDts which are making. Among
them are Walter Besant, Jacob A. Riis
(author of ''How the Other Half Lives'o,
Joseph Kirkland (author of 'tZury'o,
Hon. Oscar Craig president of the New
York state board of charities). and r. A.
Woods (author of English Social Move
ments').
A notable literary article will appear
in the April Forum by Philip G. Ham,
erton, who discusses the important sub
ject of ''The Learning of Languages"
Mr.. Hamerton is one of the few men
who are absolutely at much at home in
French as in English, and his expert
ence and observation make his article
full of Suggestiveness. The historian,
Prof. Edward A. Freeman, writes an
photographed essay showing the
growth of his opinions and method of
work. K. l.. Garner, the student Of the
speech of monkeys, contributes the
most interesting paper that has yet been
published on the results of his lnveStl
cations. Other articles in this number
will be on the German emperor'S policy
of removing restrictions upon trade. by
Poultney Bigelow, his personal friend;
on German colonization and emigration,
by DR.. Geffcken; an explanation of the
method of burial by the great funeral
monopoly in Paris, by Edmund K.
Spearman, who has made special study
of it for the Forum.
Lieut.. Frederick Schwatka, the noted
explorer of frozen Siberia, is writing
series of very interesting letters for the
New York Ledger, the first of which
appears March 10. The letters describe
his strange experiences and remarkable
discoveries in the remote and wild
depths of Alaska. while conducting the
New York Ledger Alaskan expedition.
The fascination which clothes every
Arctic exploration invests the many
yoyaged young lieutenant's narrative
with breathless romantic interest. The
letters are illustrated from photographs
taken by Lieut. Schwatka.
The Century Will take up the cam
paign for good roads. The April num-
Der Is to contain a suggestive article on
"Our Common Roads," by Isaac B.
tica! engineer. The author points out
the enormous loss to this country
through the present general condition
OF American roads, a loss which falls
not only upon the farmer, but upon city
people as well, who are compelled TO
pay unnecessary prices for having produce
brought to them. An American consul
in France reports that the road system
of that country Ghe most perfect system
in the wOrld) "has been of greater value
to the country as means of raising the
value of lands than have the railways"
In France every market cart, with its
broad tire. is a road maker. MI. Pot
ters article is full of practical sugges-
tons for the betterment of American
roads, and it is fully illustrated.
The Overland Monthly announces for
April an issue especially we'll illustrat-
ed. There is to be an article on the
''Water Front of San Francisco" illus
trated from paintings and drawings by
PeiXottO; also series of Indian pict-
ures of unusually interesting character.
Some of these are portraits; others are
from photographs taken on the field at
Wounded Knee by an enterpriSing pho
tographer, who pushed to the front and
got his photographs before the dead
fell. Sitting Bull. Rain-in-the-F Face, and
others hardly less famous figure here.
The writer of the accompanying article,
Capt. Dougherty, will write on the whole
matter from close personal knowledge.
Other illustrated articles will be the
concluding one of Mrs. Bandini's series
on Hunting in Southern California;
this ene on Hunting the California
Lion;" and 1.-THE Nebula of Orion,' by
Professor Holden, of the Lick Obserya-
tory.
The special features of "Short Sto-
ries" for April are: IAN Easter Idyl,"
a love story, by Andre Theuriet;
playing Courier" an amusing Incl
dent of travel. by Mark Twain; He
was Bronson" a Southern vendetta,
by Opie Read; "Sot Back" tale of
love and devotion, by Lynn G. doyle:
"Brutus," tale of horse, by Ludovic
Halevy; "The objectionable SIM" in
the Famous Stories Series, by Nathaniel
Hawthorne.