St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-01-09
IN THE MAGAZINES.

| one that tells of blouse Furnishing as
| a Fine Art" that one alone would be
| worth the price Of the book. Ones sur
roundings have such an influence on
| the character that to he able to live
amid environments artisticaIly correct
| would unconsciously elevate and en-
| large one's soul There are other arts
Giles equally good. 1.-The Men Who
| Made the West' is one of them. 1t is
| illustrated; but those faces that look up.
| at us from these printed pages are not
faces of men who are nillionaires, as
one might expect. but the faces OF
| artists. such as Emil Liebling. w. G. E.
! Sfeboeck. Charles Kunkel and S. E..
| jacobson. men who have done much to
| develop the musical ability of this great
| West. Frank Haughton. Marie More
| Marsh, Belle Hunt and others like them
| fill up the measure of the books good
things. Mon0n block, Chicago.
With the January number School Re-
view, published by j. q. Schurman,
president of Cornell university, seems to
have taken a new lease of life. 1t is of
interest to teachers more especially.
the university, and the articles notes by
the Editor; 1.-The Teacher as Profess
sional Expert" by Prof. A. B. Hart;
First Year English in the High
School," by Prof. j. S. Wright" Re
cent Diplomas in English" by Prof j.
NJ. Hart. Published at Ithaca, N. 7.
The leading feature in the January
Arena is an article OH "Women Wage
Farmers of America and Europe" by
Helen Campbell.
The frontispiece is very fine like
ness of this gifted woman. Mildred
Aldrich has clever article on Alexan-
der Salvini, illustrated, that will be of
special interest to our readers. as the
gifted young artist is to be with us this
week. Many much-discussed questions
'Does Bichloride of Gold Cure Inc
briefly, by Henry Wood" why the
Worlds Fair Should Be Open on
Sunday" by Rev. o. p. Clifford"
and Are We a Prosperous Peo-
ple." by B. o. Flower. All the
questions that at present are in
teresting thinking people are discussed
in the Arena with unusual fairness and
freedom. and no better publication
could be read by busy people. Its tone
| is dignified and just. and its contribu-
| tors among the best in the land. Bos-
ton Arena Publishing Company, Pierce
Building. Copley square, Boston, Mass.
| The Mothers Nursery Guide for
| January is so full of good things that
are intended to be of help to ineXperi-
enced young mothers that we who have
outlived the need of such help are filled
with something like envy as we turn its
| clearly printed pages. Surely there is
| no work so important as the mothers
! work. 1t reaches out in every direc-
| ton. 1t is of Importance and the first
| Importance TO society i'll church and
state. since these mothers have power
over the coming citizens that no other
could have. AS this is true. how i'm
| portant it is that mothers should be we'll
| taught, not only of the SacrednesS of
their high calling. but as to the best
means by which the mere physical wants
| of helpless children should be attended
to. Such publications as this should be
in the hands of every mother. The best
| things in the current number are
"Baby's Wardrobe, Kindergarten"
"Home Talks" 1.-THE Mothers Parlia-
ment." Babyhood Publishing COM
| pany, Beekman street, New York.
Our Little Ones and the Nursery.
| The Russell Publishing company. 1876
| Sumner street, Boston. One OF the best
| Of the magazines for little people, full
of bright little stories and poems suit
| able for the reading of little boys and
girls at mammals knee. The pictures,
| too, are so bright and taking that no
| child with the least eye for the beauti-
full or the least Imagination could resist
| them. Among its contributors are Emily
| Huntington Miller, Ruth Braden, Mar
| garet Johnson and E. III. Moor.
| There is no fashion more popular or
more lasting than eating; therefore, a
| periodical whose province is to post its
| readers on all gastronomic questions
ought to be equally popular and equally
lasting. Table Talk processes to be such
one. Its popularity is certain, and its
| lasting quality may be judged from the
| fact that the present January number
| commences the eighth volume and year
of It's existence. 1t would be hard, per-
| haps, to estimate the exact amount of
! good, in the shape Of domestic comfort
| and economy, it has accomplished in
| that time, but surely the amount has
been far more than enough to reward
! the recipients for the paltry dollar
year expended in its subscription.
| Young housekeeperS, and old ones, too.
! look to it for information and advice.
| and not in vain. as its crowded and va
ried Enquiry" department bears ample
evidence. The current NUM- Der is full
| of interesting and SeaSonabie matter re-
| Iating TO the table, as we'll as to other
| departments of the household. Pub
! lshed by the Table Talk Publishing
company, lib Chestnut street, Phila-
delphia. One dollar year: single
copies, 10 cents.
The Holiday Gossip, Magazine De-
| voted to Literature and Laughter. Bush
ness and Sense. is very bright period
| ical that has just made its first call at
| our table. Coming, as it does, from the
| warm Southland, how great contrast
~ 81 Ic IN, nd hrn1 hl
| window at the snow driven hitler and
! thither by cold uorth wind; but great
er contrast is presented by the design Of
| the magazine. 1t is devoted to laughter
| as we'll as literature. We Americans
| are said to be too little acquainted with
/ merriment; we are, in fact, q serious
people. Our humor is too often only a
| hairs breadth from tears. This magazine
| devoted to literature is most opportune.
| Long may it live. 1t is already of age.
| but let us hope that it may register a
| hundred years least. Its home is In
| Mobile. Ala. and the most OF its con-
trlbutors are Southern people like F.-C.
| De Leon, Julia Truett Bishop and John
r. Thompson.
Music, a monthly magazine published
by w. S. b. Mathews, is one of the best
| and most reliable publications of the
| kind in the country. The January num-
Der is full of good things of inestimabe
| value to music lovers or students. 1t
| opens with picture in all the deicacy
| Of the photograyeurS art of w. &. +.
| Seeboeck, who has also an article. illus
| trated, on Chicago composers. There
| is shors sketch of the wonderful boy
singer. Cyril Tyler. III Edgar Kelley's
| "PuritanicaMusc' the author discusses
| the method Of Mr.. KeIey's work and the
methods that prompted it in very in
| telligent way. The literary matter of
| the magazine is of the best, It's rangeis
wide and embraces matters of interest
| to all musicians. 240 Wabash avenue.
| Chicago.
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