St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-08
IN THE MAGAZINES.

Beltord's Monthly and Democratic
Review for February is filled with
variety of valuable and readable matter.
Under it's new management Belford's is
rapidly advancing to the position once
held by the old Democratic Review of
ante-bellum times. A departure that
would be welcomed by the readers of
the magazine would be the publication
of full-page picture of some prom
inent Democratic statesman in each
issue. ErastuS Wiman contributes a
valuable article on Goodwin Smith,
while three writer's discuss the New
South from various Standp0ints. Aside
from politics there is the first install
ment of Lieut.. John nj. EIliott's novel,
Cuba" 1t is valuable number, and
promises much for the future.
The illustrated papers which form the
series of supplements on free Hand
Drawing" in the Art Amateur are be-
coming of great interest to all students.
Their suggestions are valuable, and,
best of all, thoroughly artistic. The
clever sketches of cats are full of well
come suggestions for decorations. The
Illustrations from the Splitter museum,
the talks on house decorations and the
discussions of illustrations IN the cur
rent magazines are admirable, and the
magazine, as whole, is mine of pleas
ure to all people of artistic tendencies.
The California Illustrated Magazine
for February contains number of
striking and timely articles. The sec
ond expose of Chinese influence in
America is a paper on the sale of chi
neSe women, illustrated by striking
pictures of slaves and fac-simile of a
captured slave contract in the original
Chinese which tells tale Of horror.
The paper shows a state of affairs that
should have the immediate attention of
legislators. Congress is about taking
up the matter of Pacific coast forests.
In this connection the article by ex-For-
estry Commissioner Kinney will
be read with interest. He de-
scribeS the beauty and value of
the Pacific coast trees and points out
means for their preservation. The pa
per is beautifully illustrated by sketches
of the giant SequOiaS, the redwoodS,
with painting OF the forest of the giant
trees, made especially for The Cali
fornian. Pictures of the giant Red
woods cut for the worlds fair are shown.
DR.. Elliott CoueS, of the Smithsonian
institute and secretary of the Society of
Psychieal Research, and chairman of
the worlds fair committee on this sub
ject, begins seriers of papers of inter-
est to theosOphiStS on What TheoSophy
Is Not" 1t is an expose of Nine. Bla-
vatSky and her claims. A timely arti-
Gle is the description by Lieut..
Dyer, Admiral Browns aid and flag
lieutenant of the Pacific squadron, of
the revolution in Chill. Mr.. Dyer was
on the spot, aud gives the first official
and exact account yet published. The
article is fully illustrated from photo
graphs taken OH the admirafS flagship,
showing the battle fields, the dead
soldiers, etc. The SportSmen will find
a graphic account of novel sport
hunting the antelope with the saber on
the borders of the desert-by Charles
f. Holder. This is finely illustrated by
full-page illustration painted espe-
eiaIly for the magazine. The poets of
he number are James t. White. the
Eastern publisher; Amy Elizabeth
Leigh. of Los Angeles; EsielIe Thomp-
son, of San Diego, and Gertrude Water
house. of San Francisco.
The Overland Monthly for February
is very attractive magazine in its new
cover, which is still Familiarity like the
old one, but with more artistic and
unique character. Its contents are
beautifully and prOtusely illustrated,
especially the leader, an account by
Prof. George Davidson Of the great eX-
plot of the coast survey in occupying
the all but inaccessible tip of Mount
CONFESS for signal station, a year and
half ago. They actually built and
have kept up an observatory on sum-
nit barely big enough to hold it, reached
by crawling across knife-edge of rock,
few inches wide, with a thou
sand feet precipice on either
side. Prof. Davidson'S descriptions
and illustrations, from photographs
taken by the survey. show how the
achievement of carrying lumber, the
great theodollte and other valuable in
struments, camp equipments, etI. thlth
er, and getting the needed obServa-
tions, was carried through. Camping
With Fox Hounds IN Southern Califor-
MIA" and IAN American Tin Mine" are
also finely illustrated and very valuable
articles. The account of the mine, by
Judge Knight, is very clear and au-
thoritatiye statement, from official and
confidential figures. of the status of the
much discussed mine of San Jacinto.
The magazine has stirring story of
"a Night Ride iii Apache Land" am
other story is pretty Hawaiian legend,
s'The Stone Maiden;" and other stories,
poems and sketches make up most in
telestipg number.
One of the most interesting color
sketches published of late is Marie
Gnise'S picture of an Irish setter, which