St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-08-01
IN THE MAGAZINES.

Among the most attractive of the
magazines that appear on our table is
the Cosmopolitan. The current number
is especially good. Almost every article
IS illustrated, and magazine illustrations
IN this day seems to have reached a
point of almost perfection. The first
picture is likeness of our Europeanized
countryman, Henry James. Hamlin
Parland leads Off with story of Salt
water Day." What salt water day is it
would be hard to tell to one uninitated
unless he could follow the advice of the
postmaster: "Well. you get on that
lo:20 an go down to Seagirt, am
git off an foller the crowd, an
they'll show you what it is, am
lnen you come home an stop here
an III tell you what | known about it,
Tor there amt no use trying to describe
IT, you've got to see it; its the biggest
circus you've ever seen, and Pll bet on
IT. The illustrations in the article on
bridges and bridge builders are as fine
and clear and soft as photographs w.
Y. Fltzsimmons contributes story of a
California farm village, and Marion
wilcox sevillian vigne:te. Anita.
Henry James and other well known.
writer's are represented, and last, but.
by no means least. Murat Halstead has
W. iCS@oP VI Tic Al1uCdpOllS COnfGn-
ton. headed by picture of the falls of
st. Anthony, that don't think even the
Oldest inhabitant would recognize.
The monthly visits of Scribner's Mag
aZlne are like calls from old-time
friends. We welcome the familiar
covers with such relish as one may
feel when waiting for dainty dish pre-
pared by loving hands.
In the August number there are so
many good things for lovers of fiction
that 1t is almost impossible to say which
is best. First we have characteristic
story by Octave Thanet, "The Beset-
ment OF Kurt Lleders," illustrated with
very natural looking Western men
Parish" Walter Besant tells OF the
struggles and hOpelessnes5 OF the
life of some classes of honest London
poor. 'When the Century Came H." is
a,quaint story of colonial times by Mrs.
Burton Harrison. Mrs. Fields contrib
utes a beautiful article on Guerins,
brother and sister, and especially tells
Of the work by which the brother, Mau-
rice, is best known, story of the cen
teur. All sorts and conditions of men
| are having their rights talked about. so
| it is but natural that Kate Douglas Wig
| gins should say something about the
children's rights
A visitor to delight childish hearts, is
st. Nicholas. The current number is as
full of patriotism as hearty boy on
| Fourth of July morning. The first
| story is IA Story of Two American
| Flags" and suggests the query
whether Americans really love the old
stars and stripes as they should. ''Old
| Glory" means something to boy in a
foreign land. Nora Perry tells Of
Dorothy Hancock's Breakfast Party"
| when the French fleet came sailing into
| Massachusetts bay, one of those troub-
lous days long ago, and the pretty
| young hOusekeeDer asked the officers
to breakfast, thirty men of them.
The officers asked permission to bring a
| few midShipmen, only few, there
would be only about hundred in the
lea to be beaten in hospitality, so Dame
Dorothy LEVIED on all her neighborS and
friends, and the Frenchmen were roy
| ally entertained. Mary Hailock Foote.
Kate Putnam OsgOou, Virginia Wood
ward Cloud and other tavOrite writers
contribute short stories. Two serials
are by Lieut.. r. Ii. Fletcher, 1.-Two
Girls and Boy" and the other. Tom
Paulding." by Brander Matthews. hold
the interest of young readers from
| month to month.
The Ladies' Home Journal has we'll
earned reputation for reliability in all
those departments of particular interest
to housekeepers or hOmemakers. Its
| literary merit is of the best, and that it
will continue to be so, the list of this
| months contributors is guarantee.
| Among them are such names as Julia
| Magruder, Mary Ainge de We're, Kate
Epson Clark, Mrs. Henry Ward Beech
err, L. De Witt Talnage. Robert j. Bur-
| dette, and many others equally we'll
known.
The New York Ledger is one of the
oldest of the weekly publications. de-
voted to fiction The very name recalls
hours of stolen joy, in the long ago lays
of our youth, when fiction. being strictly
forbidden. the chance possession of a
copy of the New York Ledger seemed
the highest of youthful bliss. In those
days Fanny Fern, Mrs. E. d. N. South
worth and Ann Stevens were among its
| constant contributors. Their successors
of today, Louis Hartman Peet, j. Il. Con-
nelly, Mrs. Harriet Lewis and others of
that style, are equally entertaining.
| The California Illustrated Magazine
comes to us this month so rich in beau
! tiful pictures of that beautiful wonder
| land that one fairly envieS the book its
| treasures. From the frOntSpiece, a
picture of the Grand geyser in action,
and the first article. IA California Loan
Exhibition" to the last. "a Summer
Trip East" is full of good things.
| Romance is most convenient little
l 10 CT, ,n,, IL
| enough to slip easily into a pocket or
hand bag, where it can be readily
| reached by the busy man or woman who
| may wish to while away few moments
4, while waiting for the train or some be-
| lated friend. Its stories are worth read
| ing too, are short, spicy aud Of the very
best.
| The Youths Companion is the oldest,
asitis the best, weekly paper published in
| this country, and devoted to the instruc-
ton and entertainment of young people.
| For the last sixty years and more it has
been doing good work among the youth
of the land, and still its bright pages ap-
| pear at our table week after week. The
present serial story, "A Young knight
| of HONOR is one of the best it has
issued, and boys and girls can but be
made nobler and better by perusaI of
| Its pages.
The Art Interchange is more than
| usually replete with good things this
month. The practical hints on artistic
household decoration are such as NAV
| easily be followed out by people in or
binary circumstances. Tue color study
| of pansies in a birch bark canoe is
| pretty, but not especially taking. The
| color study of girl. vivid outdoor eff
| feet, is bold, brilliant and strong.
The Art Amateur comes with an ex-
| quisite little water color study of