St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-24
IN THE MAGAZINES.

Current Literature occupies a field
quite apart from that of any other mag
aZine published. Its aim is not only to
furnish the reader with useful knowl-
edge of the world of letters, but also to
entertain him. Every page of it is stud
led carefully, and wherever the maya
zine is opened there will be found some
pthy article from a magazine, a book or
newspaper to arrest the attention.; or
some department of epigrammatlc Say
mgs. of anecdotes, of wit and humor
carefully culled from thousand differ
ent sources. It's pages therefore vary
from month to month. The new,
the quaint, the picturesque bits OF
life are carefully put aside and the
best of them selected and preserved IN
this literary store-house. Meanwhile
the things of the day which rise above
the commonplace are judiciously given
conspicuous place, while host.of
articles, like that in the April number
on Eleonora Duse-the reigning queen
of the drama and the sensation OF the
day in the metropolis-are always TO be
found Interestingly treated. Bright
ened by delightful sketches, by an occa-
sional short story, by chapters from the
important new books of the day, there
is no magazine of the time which can
approach Current Literature i'll variety
and value.
Lynn r. Meekins, Baltimore jour
nalist. who is beginning to attract con-
siderable attention in the literary world
by his short stories, contributes very
clever story dealing with municipal
politics, called ANDY Kicks Handy
iTrieks,' to the April New England
Magazine. Mr. Meekins has future
in literature.
The Dolls Dressmaker Is an ideal
girls magazine. teaching that motherly
forethought for the dependent dOllIes
that the little girl mother will have to
exercise by and by for babies of more
eXacting manners. In the April num-
Der is a full account of the fifty or more
dolls that served to amuse Her Majesty
Queen Victoria. That they are still in
SO good preservation argues either that
the good queen was more careful
mother than some girls of today we
could name. or that dolls were made OF
sterner stuff then than the fragile things
that go by that name now. Fashions
for dolls change as well as for other
folks. but this modish magazine keeps
points, and gives diagrams of various
garments to be cut and made for them.
A diagram of a hat is in the current
number.
In the MAY number of Godey's Maya
zine will appear complete novel by
| Hialmar HjOrth Boyesen, entitled "a
| Harvest of fares" 1t is distinctively a
| love story, aud the readers interest Is
| held from the opening chapter to the
finish. Many illustrations accompany
| the narrative.
"A charming account of Japanese home
| life. with many characteristic llluStra-
tons, will open the new volume of the
Popular Science Monthly that begins in
May. 1t is written by DR.. w. DelanC
Eastlake, who has had opportunities for
observing the life of the people such as
| are rot open to most foreigners who
soJourn in this garden land.
|
Mr.. Box was only twenty-fOur when,
| on the recommendation of George v
| Childs, he was made editor of the
| Ladies' Home Journal. In three years
he has raised the subscription list to
| 700, 600, and made the magazine a gen.
eral favorite. He receives $4,000 salary
| as editor, and almost as much more fol
| contributions which he writes for the
press. This speaks volumes for the
energy and ability OF young man oil
tWenty-Seven.
| DR.. Sonneschein is contributing to
| the Jewish Voice THE PSalmS-a new
| English translation and brief comment
| ary."