St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-06
IN THE MAGAZINES.

Our Little Ones for February Is so
prettily gotten up that one can fancy
the delight with which little tots who
are just beginning to care for books
will welcome it, to be read and reread
by mamma OF auntie, OF spelled out pa
tiently by those who can achieve SO
much, or read with pride by those older
grown.
The illustrations are beautiful-as
fine as those of any magazine that comes
to our table-as they should be, to be
placed in the hands of initiative chill
dren. The stories are such as children
have written for them by children's
lovers. Published by the Russell Pub
fishing company, Boston, Mass.
If one has any doubt of the anthem
ITCHY OF the story of mans first home,
and that home a garden, which he was
: to cultivate for both his physical and
moral betterment, he has only to look
over the pages of such a magazine as
the American Agricnlturist to have
such doubts speedily vanquished. There
are SO many suggestions OF interest in
such a book that one feels homeslck
shut up in city rooms, for the freedom
OF out doors and the contact with mother
earth that thoughtful people love. The
February number of the Agriculturist
opens with a full page illustration of
Bermudan scenery. all avenue OF tall
palm trees that might lead away to the
tranquil land Tin which it was always
afternoon" and a whole field of lilies,
big white lilies that suggest Easter Or
weddingS,o or tall, pale ladies stately and
fair, but that are really being grown tor
the sake OF their roots for market.
Evny department is we'll conducted.
and is SO full of useful knowledge
that one can but wonder when there is
so much advice given that any one
should fail to grow rich and prosperous
owning garden, to say nothing about
a farm. The household, too, is not for
gotten there are hints to housekeepers
aud fair needlewOmen, as we'll as a
pretty story with delightful denoue'
ment, and an obvious moral as well. An
exhaustive sketch of the late Orange
Judd, the pioneer of agricultural litera-
ture, is also given, in which his work
! for farmers and gardeners is fully set
forth. Orange Judd Company, pub
lishefs, New York.
There is something very fascinating
about plans for houses. One never is,
but always just about to be satisfied
with them. They are in such an as
founding variety that when one gets
hold Of book that tells all about them,
even to the cost of each separate article
that enters into their composition, like
"Shoppel's Modern Homes" there is no
end to the study. One may be too paor,
alas ever to put these dreams into lath
and plaster, bricks and mortar,
but that has nothing TO do with
the pleasure at all. And If one is so
happy as to be about carrying out the
dream of building a perfect house,
Shoppellis the one whom you should
consult, for he knows all about the
smallest detail of the business, and for
so cents you can buy one of his quarter
lies that has half dozen plans Of
houses ranging in price from 5000 to
Sl2,0O0, besides dozen designs for va
rious details of the building, like stairs
and mantels. as we'll as the Specifica-
tons Of the cost of building material.
Published by the Cooperative Plan As
ISOLATION, of New York.