The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-07
Notes.

Concord, which had its philosopher and
poet in Emerson, its romancer in Hawthorne.
its nature lover In Thoreau and Its story
teller in Miss Aicott. now finds Its historical
romancer In Margaret Sidney. who. in Haw-
thorne's old home. the .Wayside, once the
home, too, Of the Little Woman, has written
a historical romance Of that famous shot that
was heard round the. world. 1t is entitled
IA Little Maid Of Concord Town: a Romance
Of the American Revolution" and is to be pub
lished early in the fa:l BY Lothrop Publish
ing company. The illustrations are by Frank
r. Merrill. A- =
It Is long time since the Forum has had
number SO varied and generally interesting
as that for August. The topics range from
the Spanish war to spirtuaiism. and with
out exception, the authors write with the
force and freshness of men who are thor
oughly interested in their subjects The table
of contents is as follows: "The Spanish War
and the Equilibrium of the World" Brooks
Adams; .'The Anglo American Commission"
Edward Farrer Austria Hungary Under the
Reign of Francis Joseph" Second paper),
His Excellency Albert Won Schaf1e; New
Constitutional Amendments" James Schouler:
1.-THE Development of the Policy of Reoi-
procity," Hon. John Ball Osborne; 'The Flu
ture of Great Telescopes" T. ]. ]. See; "Our
Need Of Permanent Diplomatic Service"
Hon. George L. Rives; "How a Savage Tribe
Is Governed" Maj. John w. Powell ''The
Repetition Of History in Our War With
Span," S. Leonard Thurlow; THE Problem
Of Immortality: Some Recent Mediumistic
Phenomena" James H. Hyslop; New Trials
for Old Favorites," Prof. Brander Matthews
R. H. RusselPs fall publications will in
clude new book of Mr.. Gibsons drawings
to be entitled Sketches and Cartoons" 1t
being the third book in the series of which
Drawings by @. D. Gibson was the first
and Pictures of People" the second. 1t Is
expected that this latest book will be the
most popular as well as the most artistic and
entertaining of all Of Mr.. Gbson's work Mr.
Russell's list, which is as usual unique
one, also boasts of art books and ilustra-
tons by E. W. Kemble William Nicholson,
Maxfeld Parrish, George and Louis Rhead
F. H. Lungren; c. W. Alters. Frank Yer
Beck, J. M Conds. Chester LOOMS and W.
A. Sherwood while his line Of calendars for
1899 consists of bakers dozen of beauti-
fully illustrated art calendars, varying In
size and price. - ~
shakespeare in 1898" is the title Of an ad-
m1fable essay CONSTITUTED to the pages of
the August North American Review by Ed
mund Gosse who points out that there has
been this year a sudden output of vivid ST.
multaneous commentary on the poets life
and work by scholars-among whom are Mr..
Syndey Lee Dr.. Georg Brandes, Mr., George
Wyndham, Mr.. n. H. Furness Mr.. Justice
Madden and Mr.: Frank Harris.
OSCILLATIONS IN Politics. is tho subject
Of an interesting paper contributed by A.
Lawrence Lowell, Esq, to the July Annals
Of the American Academy, in which the
author shows the increasing tendency in the
United States and England to q regular os-
cillation in political power from one party to
the other. Another study in politics by
Thomas X. Urdahl explains the influence
the colonial fee-system had in developing the
ideas Of political liberty held by the Ameri-
can colonsts. Other papers in this number
are: 'The Study and Teachings Of So
Geology" by Prof. 8. M. Lindsay; Sociology
and Philanthropy" by DR.. F. H. Wines;
'Some Aspects of the Theory Of Rent" by
Prof. Roland P. Falkner and 1.-THE Relation
Of Cities and Towns to Street Railway Com
panies." Philadelphia. 81.
The first number of the Critic as month
ly July-August) is. as the announcement of
the change promised, unique among literary
journals In the first place, it has an illus
tration on the cover, and a very striking one
1t is. One might feel little strange at the
sight of this fierce swordsman, If he did not
come upon the familiar Lounger on the very
first pages of the magazine. More pictures
were promised, and this promise also is full
filled, for there are forty live illustrations.
large. and small. They are all interesting.
some of them unusually SO. The letter-press
has all of the weekly Critics quality.
The August number Of the Art Interchange
besides a supplement- In black and white Of
designs for theIIchina painter. wood carver
and embroiderer, offers two charming color
plates, Peaches" by George w. Drew. a
very dainty piece ofo still life, and another
Of the Orchids, $50 well painted by Paul de
Longpre. The hints for house decoration de-
partment is unusually full and interesting.
Use the Long pistapfe Telephone to Minne-
Gotta. No. and So. Dakota cities and towns.