St. Paul daily globe., 1893-06-12
IN THE MAGAZINES.

day do not realize their good fortune in
the possession of so extensive litera-
tnre all their own. True, some old peo-
pie, who are ''only old on the outside"
as the little girl said of Gen. Sherman,
do read and enjoy good deal that is
written for young people, just as some
young people, who are young only on
the outside, feel capable of reading and
criticiSing things that are written for
real "grown-ups." But the magazines
that are for the children have a charm
that nothing else has, and there are so
many of them. and yet the number
grows. A new applicant for favor ap-
pears this month in Work and Play,
published at Kansas City. Mo. 1t is a
real live Western magazine for boys and
girls. The initial number is bright.
breezy and full of vim. 1t is devoted to
tie questions that interest school girls
and boys of all ages. Its various de-
partments are well filled and well
sustained. Altogether, it is very
worthy candidate for favor.
Twelve times year Harper's Maga-
zine is as good as IFS editors can make it,
and no special summer number will be
published. Instead, an effort will be
made to conform the July and August
issues 10 the demands for hot-weather
reading. Those numbers will contain
superbly illustrated articles on Italian
Gardens" by Charles A. Platt. who went
to Italy for Harper's Magazine to study
the subject. Col. 7. A. Dodge. of the
United States army, will contribute de-
scriptive papers on the horses and horse
manship of AlgierS and Tuhis, respect
ively,and illustrations from photographs
will accom- pany the articles. The July
number will also include an attractive
description OF the German soldier, by
Poultney Bigelow. with many spirited
illustrations by Frederic Remington,
and the first of five articles by Richard
Harding Davis on English life. 1t will
be called ''Three English Race Meet
ings," and will describe Ascot, the
Derby and the Henley regatta. Charac-
teristic illustrations have been made Tor
the article by William Small. The Au-
gust Magazine will be largely hctlon
number. and will include a short story
by Richard Harding Davis. and one
scene play by w. ID. Howells.
Another magazine for the young is
Youth. a weekly. illustrated IN color
and in its Introductory, ior TINS isoue 10
No of volume l. The announcement II,
is made that each week there wiz nc
four pages devoted to these coioieu picI-
ures, and it is hoped that tley may
nroye an attractive feature of the paper.
They will be drawn by the best artists.
and bv fine and expensive grade OF
llthograph work. The remaining pdses
will contain numerous illustrations IN
black and white. Among the cqntflo-
utors are Frank Stockton, Kate U ps0h
Clark. Laura E. Richards, Caryl -;
Haskins. Sophie SWEET. Eva Best anu
many other equally well-knoWn Names
We have often heard it said that the
proper study of mankind is man. LII
that is true. the question arises: what
kind of study Of mankind should man
pursue? Shall he study his fellows with
cynical enjoyment of their faults ana
foibleS. as so many steps by which he
NAV mount to the summit of the pyra-
mid that vanity has built for its own
enthronement, and. being in that eX-
alted position, shall he hing himself
while like the Pharisee he returns
thanks to some vague personality that
rules but does not govern the creatures
of his hand, that he. at least, is not like
these other men? Or shall the study OF
mankind be of that all-embracing
sort that gives heed to all or any
questions that may affect the welfare OF
the race at large. as we'll as that of the
humbleSt individual? Surely this is
what the study of mankind means.
There are questions that relate tc the
very foundations on which humanity
tance to the world than any discussion
nf oh
they 90 behind these things to the
fountain of being where the evils that
these other questions strive to mitigate
are propagated in the ignorance and
selfshness born of weakness or
LUST, live and move and have
their being. That far-sighted thinkers
who have the good of humanity
at heart should study these questions,as
well as the remedy for the evils that
encompass them. is to be expected, and
that printers ink and the magic of
type should be invoked to their aid is
not less to be expected So when such
an organ of the philanthropist as the
Humanitarian appears. we can only
give it a godspeed with full hearts, be-
lieving that these students of our race
have found the very heart throb of
much of the evil that afflicts the world;
and. having found it, they are going to
work with "cIean hands and pure
hearts, to stop their poisonous beating.
The Humanitarian is published at 20
Vesey street, New York.
Most Americans will be surprised to
learn that all the Cinnamon in the
United States came from one of the
eighteen provinces of the Celestial en-
pire-most of them from one corner of
that province. In the article in Har-
per's Weekly for June 10. Rev. DR..
Frederick j. Masters, who was for nine
years missionary in Canton. and for
eight subsequent years superintendent
of the Chinese missions in California,
describes these people in their homes,
and compares them with the Cinnamon
of other provinces.
An interesting feature of the publish
ers' exhibit at the Chicago exposition is
the MesSrS. Harper IL Brothers booth,
containing the original manuscript of
Gen. Lew Wallace'S "Ben Hur," to-
gether with autograph manuscripts by
many other distinguished writer's whose
work has been printed in the periodicals
or books of Harper & Brothers.
"rhe Decision of the Court" a one.
act play by Brander Matthews, which
was produced last winter by the Theater
of Arts and Letters in New York, will
be published about the middle of the
month in Harper & Brothers BLACK
and White" series.
''Recitations in Botany" by Caroline
A. Creevey, which has been printed Sc
rally in Harper's Bazar, will soon be
issued in book form by Harper & Broth
ers.
Harper's Weekly for June 10. issued
June Z, contains the second install
ment of 1.-The Cliff Dwellers," and a
front-page Illustration of the opening of
the worlds fair ON Sunday. Lieut..
Frederick S. FoltZ, of the First United
States cavalry, contributes a paper on
.''The Revolver in Our Army" which
has been illustrated by Remington. r.
+. Zogbaum contributes all illustration
of Light Cavalry Drill at West Point"
"The Handsome Humes," William