St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-04-04
IN THE MAGAZINES.


and expressive little washes and few
pen Standardization fishermen and the
characteristic felucca Of San Francisco
bay, hay Sc0ws and iongshoremen, in
the soft, broad French handling that has
recently come in so effectively in Taga-
zine illustration.
An illustrated article of unusual in
tereSt, on the indians of America, is by
an army officer who has spent years in
charge Of them, and who is able to give
from his own knowledge clear account
OF the Ghost dance and Messiah craze,
and the troubles eliminating i'll the fight
at Wounded Knee. Some surprisingly
good photographs of those tragic scenes
were secured. and with portraits of
noted chiefs-Sitting Bull and kain-in-
the-Face among them-make one of the
most Interesting groups of illustration
ever seen in the magazines.
The April Outing is particularly
good. 1t contains interesting matter in
regard TO all branches of sport. The
leading attraction is the first INSTALL
ment of an account of travel by Thomas
Stevens, entitled Across Europe With
Petroleum Launch-From the Ger
man Ocean TO the Black Sea" Goose
Shooting on the Platte" by Oscar Z.
Davis, is an article that will please
hunters. tits illustrated with hunt
ing scene. "Pole Vaulting," by Nal
colin w. Ford, is illustrated with some
fine ''snap shot" views. 1.-The Evoiu-
ton of the Forty-Six Footer," by George
A. Stewart. is illustrated with pictures
of the sloops Shadow, PapoOse. Chiquita
and Minerva. The conclusion of the
description of the Connecticut Ma
tional guard. by Lieut.. w. II. c. Bowen,
U. s. A., is also fully Illustrated. Pub
lished at 239 Fifth avenue, New York.
The frontispiece of the April number
of the Magazine of American History is
a portrait of w. Y. Walters, the owner
of the famous collection of art treasures,
in Baltimore. This collection is de-
scribed at length by Martha j. Lamb.
in all article illustrated with the follow
Fortuny; 1.-The Night Watch" by Ri
Scarlet Letter." by Merle; The Walk
bouquet of pinks and a group Of birds.
The other contributions are: Loyalty
to Our Country-Past and Future" by
Rev. Morgan Dix. b. D.; "The Expan-
sion of the United States" by President
Ethelbert d. Warfeld. LII. D.; ''Edu-
cational Development in the Northwest
Beginnings ard VicissJudes of an In
dian Library" by eX-Lieut. Gov. Il. s..
Robertson; The London TimeS-A
Personal "Reminiscences, by Hon.
Charles K. Tuckerman; "Old Trinity
Chimes" by G. Ii. Crandall; "Phe Ter
ritory West of the Mississippi River"
by Judge William A. Wood; "History
of the United States in Paragraphs Cd
Alabama" by Col. Charles Ledyard
Norton.
The Strand Magazine for April opens
with short illustrated story from the
Italian of the Countess Bice de Ben
venuti, entitled In the Midst OF the
Sea-" The ninth of the series
of illustrated interviews follows
"a talk with Prot. Blackie, illustrated
with Photographic views. The Por-
traits of Celebrities at Different times OF
Their Lives" are pictures OF Marie
Roze, Lord Wemyss, Sims Reeves, the
King of Italy. the Queen of Italy, Ed
ward Terry and Stnor SeraSate. There
are number of other illustrated feat
ures of interest. International News
Company, New York.
Current Literature. in its readings
from the latest books. gives strong
selection from "a Fellowe and His
Wife, the brilliant novel by Blanche
Willis Howard and William Sharp. The
gossip of authors, both foreign and do
nestle. is especially interesting, the
paragraphs of Augustus Thomas and
Ambrose Bieree being particularly
timely. In the book list the notices
of new books are much longer and more
comprehensive than heretofore, the
most important books having evidently
been given preference.
The principal article in the April
number of the Review of Reviews is an
elaborate discussion by DR.. Albert
Shaw, editor of the magazine, of the
most current phases of municipal prob
lens in New YORK and London, illus
trated with large number Of very fine
portraits of distinguished men in the
TWO great capitals of the English-speak-
ing world. The article is divided into
six parts, as follows: /. LondOn's New
Government, Its Framework and Its
Results. 2. New York's Present Gov
ernment and How to Reform 1t. 3.
The Proposed Greater New York. !"
q. London's Municipal Statesmen and
Their Programmes. 5. The Tammany
Statesmen, and How They run" New
York. 6. On Land Taxation and Munic-
ipal Monopolies. For the purposes of
his article, Mr.. Shaw intervied ex-May-
or Grace. ex-Mayor Hewitt, EraStus
Wiman. Hon. Andrew IL. Green. Horace
Deming, Henry George, Robert Ora
ham and John Ii. Finley, each of whom
has been able to bear expert testimony
as to some phase of municipal matters
in New York. On the English side of
the article, there is much interesting in
formation regarding the election of
London'S great municipal coun-
Gil. with quotations from the plat
forms of the successful candidates. The
article is very finely illustrated with
portraits of Lord Rosebery. Sir John
Lubbock, ex-Mayor Hewitt, DEM
ing. Andrew H. Green, ETastus
Wiman, MIR. William Steinway, the Rev.
DIR. Charles II. Parkhurst. ID. D., Dor
man B. Eaton, Henry George and such
representative members of the London
council as John Burns, Sidney Webb.
w. H. Dickinson, r. Nj. Beachcroft and
John McD0ugall. There is also map
of the proposed Greater New York. :"
The article is full of information OF
lens in general.
III ADli,
beginning the third volume of this
strikingly successful publication. opens
with the first of series of papers on
1.-The Future Worlds Highway" in
which will be pointed out the vast com
mercial Importance of the lines of
water transportation to be formed by
the connections certain to be made be-
tween the great lakes and the gulf on
one hand, and between the lakes and
the Atlantic OH the other. The author
of these papers is T. Graham Gribble, a
civil engineer of distinction Oh two con-
tinents. In this connection paper of
interest is one entitled, do Waterways
Benefit Railways?' being a chapter
from the experience of the Pennsyl-
vania railroad, by Prof. Lewis NJ.
Haupt.
The Arena for The current month has
a well-Written article by Annie l..
Diggs, apparently a South Dakota
writer. upon the Alliance and some of
its leaders. Among the faces given are
those of Alonzo Wardall and III. l..
Loachs, of South Dakota. They are not
only good ikeneSses, but artistic in ex-
ecution. a frst-class sketch is given of
Gen. j. 3. Weaver, the competitor of
JUuariuc DaunnIIv for tho Paonia,, NON,