The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-05-15


MAY Is. 1898.
| fare" ''Anglo-American Alliance" etc., are
equally pertinent to the present interest in
all things pertaining to the army and navy.
| Elm view Of the projected Edinburgh
l memorial to Robert Louis Stevenson" writes
\ c., Of New Albany, Ind, sit seems to
{e worth while to recall that when the river
I Disc bereaved him of mis- boat and left him
clinging to tree in the water. he says can
Inland Voyage'): Death himself had me by
the heels. -. and still l held on to my
paddle. On my tomb, II ever
have one, mean to get these words in
scribed: He chung to his paddle :" Nothing
more typical of the mans character and
career could be graved upor his monument.
The Critic
| The May Magazine Number of The Quito )k
has on its cover fine portrait Of Commodore
Dewey. and nearly twenty pages are de-
voted to historical account Of The war and
to editorial comment thereon. The article on
1.-THE Parks and the People," by Samuel
| Parsons Jr., ex-superintendeut Of the New
York parks, is accompanied by numerous
| charming pictures, now first printed. OF
|
Morningside park. The fiction for the num-
Der is also distinctively of a seasonable char
| acter; the author is Maria Louise Pool, and
| the title is ''In Sappin Time" 1t may also
| be specially noted that the months INSTALL
ment Of DR.. Edward Everett Hale's James
| Russell Lowell and His Friends" contains
some beautiful photographs, made fur The
| Outlook, of Emwood in the early spring.
| Other features of this magazine number are:
! An article on "Mr. Stedman as Poet,
| with full-page portrait an article by CHI
ton Johnson on English Inns" illustrated
| by photographs taken by the author; an
article on "The New Polychrome Bible" by
Prof. Francis Brown, of Union seminary; an
article on Municipal Water Works. by
Mr.. M. N. Baker, of "Tne Engineering
News" readable paper by Mr.. Charles
| NJ. Skinner on animal Life and several
| other light sketches, poems and articles, be-
| sides the usual reviews. news departments
and editorials. ($3 year. The Outlook
| Company, psf Fourth avenue, New York;
| And still they come! new translation Of
! the quatrains of Omar Khayyam Is appear
| ing under the auspices of the Villon society,
.'ndw first completely done into English verse,
from the Persian in accordance NV with the
| who translated the Arabian Nights" for the
society. he contributes an introduction
| The Critic
Under the caption Of '"The Situation in
| Cuba" the North American Review for May
presents two remarkably important and time
| 1y articles, viz: Our Work and Observa-
| lions in Cuba" from the pen Of Clara Bar
| ton, president Of the American National Red
| Cross. and ''The Insurgent Government in
| Cuba" by Horatio S. Rubens, counsel of the
American DELEGATION
| tionary party.
Mrs. PenneI has gathered together her
| chapters on crossing the Alps on bicycle
and they will be published in London by
Mr.. T. Fisher Unwin. with Illustrations by
Mr.. Pennell.-The Critic.
| Mr.. Crocketts new story, .'The Silver
Skull" will commence in the August Pail
Mall Magazine. 1t Is tale of adventure in
Italy in the first quarter of the century.
The chapter on Preparedness for Naval
War; in Capt. Mahan's latest book. "The
Interest of America in Sea Poyer, Present
and Future" is particularly pertinent Just
| now. and is being read with the greatest
! interest.
Undergraduate Life at vassar" is desc-ib d
| In the June Scribner's by Miss Margaret
Sherwood, graduate who is familiar with the
| life not only at Vassar, but at other wo.-en's
| colleges. Orson Lowell has made ssri IS
of original drawings to illustrate the article
| The drawings for the Wellesley Vassar and
Smith articles are being exhibited in success
| sion at those colleges.
Howard Pyle las made for the June
| Scribner's dramatic painting of the storm,
| ing Of the historic Chew house in German
town. The incident pictured was described
! to Mr.. Pyle by one of the Chew family
Miss Mary wilkins novel, eettMadelon," has
| been dramatized by : the. Hon. Stephen
Coleridge.-The Critic.
Herbert E. Hamblen ('Fred B. Williams').
| whose stirring Adventures of Freight En-
| gineer" lately appeared in a popular maya
zine. has written thrilling railroad story for
| the Youths Companion for the week of May
| 1e. Mr.. Hamblen served for years as a ships
| engineer. some of his experiences being re-
corded in his book ION Many Seas" That
he also knows something of the life CT loco
! motive engineer is shown in the strong story
he has written for the Companion.
Harpers Magazine for July will have an
article on "a Century OF Cuban Diplomacy"
| by Albert Bushnell Hart. professor of history
| at Harvard university. The leaders of thought
| in our colleges have often been accused of
! straining the judicial and non-partisan atti-
| tude to the extreme Of fostering un-Ameri-
| can feeling. but in the present case. though
Pref. Hart is judicial and historical through
! out. such an imputation would not hold. He
/ concludes that our attitude has been charac-
teEized by a forbearance and lack Of terri
torial ambition rare in international relations.
| To the May number of the North American
Review the Rev Lyman Abb tt. D. D., C ntrib-
utes an important paper, entitled ''The Basis
| of an Anglo-American Understanding" where
in he discusses the commercial. political and
moral advantages CT an alliance between
| Great Britain and the United States
In the nick of time to catch the aroused in
| terest in things naval, Little Brown G. Co.
! Boston. bring out in this country the first two
! volumes of "a History Of the Royal Navy"
| sumptuous work in five volumes. Mr. w
l.. Cloves is at the helm. and has such able
bodied writer's to aid him as Sir Clements
Markham. Capt. A. T. Mahan, Theodore
| Roosevelt. etc.
On Our Book Table.
From the st. Paul Book and Stationery
HARPER G BRos.-"A Boy I Knew. and
The Gods of Our Fathers, by Herman l.
North" by Dr. Fridtiof Nansen So.
MACMILLAN & CO.-"The DsvoipoT.ent OF
the Child" by NJ, Nathan oPpenhem SIS
vols W and v. edited by Edward f' Gio h
50 volume.
D. APPLETON & Co.-"Tte Standard Pear
err" by S. R. Crockett.
cents. The Secret of the Rothsch:lds. .
by Mary z: Hobart 10 cents.