St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-11-27
DECEMBER MAGAZINES.


. thorough perusal. 1.-The Bachelors
iGArfstmas,' by Robert Grant. is sea.
story we'll told "A Search for
Della Robbia Monuments in Italy," by
Allan Marquand, will be of great inter.
est to all art lovers. and especially those
with fondneSs for sacred art, fswhich
the artist chiefly treats. Edith Wharton
has pleasing stoIy, 1.-The Fullness Of
Life" that is admirably treated, and f.
Marion Crawford finds in Constanti-
NOBLE a field for one of his best descrip
tive sketches, which is freely Illus
trated +. S. Church. the artist. is as
taclle with his pen a. adroit with his
brush in depicting animals, which he
does under the title of IAN Artist
Among Animals" and Herbert ID.
Ward has an entertaining sketch. THE
Semaphore." There are, besides, poems
and criticisms of much merit. Charles
Scribner's Sons, New York.
Harper'S Magazine is always to be
commended, seldom criticised. The
current number shows the same careful
selection and the same mechanical SUI
the success of the periodical The Old
Dominion" is n pleasing descriptive
sketch of the people of Virginia, both
white and colored. and the pictures pre-
scented are full of life and naturalness.
The conditions of society resultant from
the war are portrayed with rare fidelity
and freedom from sectional bias. There
Is an interesting and instructive article
On The House of Commons; Its Struct-
ure, Rules, and Habits" from the pep
of Thomas Power O'Connor, the noted
Irish statesman and litterateur Owen
Wister has clever story. "The Win
ming OF the notwithstanding, and
Ruth McEnery Stuart contributes a
pleasing romance, bud Zunta's MALL
IAN Outpost of Civilization" by Fred
erlck bennington, is sketch of life in
the Southwest among the cowboys, in
Producing some novel types OF frontier
character. The PhantomS OF the Foot
bridge" is written in inimitable style
by Charles Egbert Craddock, and Sarah
Orne Jewett, Howard Pyle and William
McLennan each add stories of great
merit. The Editors Study is. as usual.
scholarly and vivacious. Altogether
the number could not be eXcelIed Har-
per u Brothers. New York.
The completed story in Lippincott's
for December is Sergeant Cree sus." by
Capt. Charles King, whose popularity
as writer OF high-class fiction is fast
oyershadowing that of majority of his
contemporaries The story is full o,
incident and interest, the plot adroitl.
constructed, and the denouement pleas
ing. "a Newspaper Sensation" by
Louis n. Megargee. is a well-written
production. "When Hester Came" bv
Bride NELL Taylor. Is the tenth of a
series of hippineott's notable stories,
and Will well repay perusa!. The
Australian Rabbit Plague" is treated
by j. n. Ingram, and "HoW to Cultivate
the Body" by Wilton Tournicr con-
slSts of valuable hints of the means by
which, physical health may be secured.
Edgar Fawcett treats of Literary Pop
ularlty." and there are articles on a VII
riety of topics of general interest. j. d.
Lippincott company, Philadelphia
Nouoy D iHdtlitdillS lIS place among
our current periodicals. A complete
novel. Love Conquers," by Theodore
b. Wilson, forms an attractive feature.
It-lS not deep in plot or sensational in
action, but repOseful and entertaining.
Rose Coghlan, the we'll known actress.
writes of the Personal Requisites of
the Stage" and gives some valuable adj
vice to those who contemplate entering
upon dramatic career. 1.-The Doves
Doings," by Olive Thorne Miller, is a
pretty conceit full of pleasant imagin-
lngs. Margaret Lemon gives her i'm
pressions Oh "a Flying Trip to Florida"
i'll a cosby and vivacious sketch. There
is the usual gossip as to the fashions,
an abundance of choice poems and other
attractions that have maintained the
popularity of this magazine for more
than sixty years.
st. Nicholas opens with Rudyard Kip
ling's story of "roomai, or the Ele-
plants" which Is profusely illustrated,
aud will prove of great interest to the
young folks. The third chapter of
Tom Sawyer Abroad" by Mark Twain,
is unique and entertaining. General
Sherman's Bear" is story that will be
keenly appreciated by the boys, and the
second paper on New Orleans gives a
good description Of life in that metrop-
oils. There are number of other at
tractive stories, poems, riddles and puz-
Zles, all calculated to interest the youth
of the country. The Century company,
New York.
The Popular Science Monthly opens
with 'The Story of Bob" by David
Starr Jordan, Bob being monkey from
the jungles of Borneo, that is well
written as we'll as instructive. "Mod-
ern War Vessels of the United States
Navy" are technically considered by w.
A. Dobson. of the naval academy;
Prof. Huxley concludes his papers on
Evolution and Ethics" and Criminal
Women are treated of by Miss Helen
Zimmern. "The Fruit Industry of CAL
ifornia" is considered by Charles H.
Shinn, and other authors of welLknown
ability add TO the interest of the current
number. d. Appleton & Co., New
York.
Peterson's Ma gazine shows improve
ment in both letter press and ilIustra- |
ton. The Land of the Liberator,' by |
NJ. Mccarthy O'Leary, is an interesting |
sketch, profusely illustrated, of spots in |
Ireland made famous by the great Irish !
patriot. Fannie Aymer Matheny writes
a sketch of Bowling Green; Figs and |
Thistles" is from the pen of the late |
Lucy 81. Hooper, and Herbert Bash
ford has story in which he racily de-
scribes "The LATEST Man in the Settle
ment." There are number of other /
choice contributions from writer's of |
r"nute.. all OF high order of merit. |
The Peterson Magazine Company, Phil
s.uelphia.