The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-24
LITERARY NOTES.

The Richard Mansfield Calendar for
is99 which Is now appearing on the book
good-sized pages An '' etching sn 81 Mr. Mr.
Mansfield forms the frontispiece On the
rtght-hand pages Of the book the emil
yorite characters. These portraits are
from half-tones, Many of the photo
graphs from which the half-tonss were
made made were supplied by Mr.. Mansfield
given to the public for the first time In
the wide margins Of the ether pages are
reproductions of appropriate en-and-ink
each month and bright selections from
the various plays-reproductions of Mr..
Mansf1eld,s own hand. The cover-page
ton in two colors, Of Mr.. Mansfield in.
the role of Cyrano de Bergerac.
Coy. Theodore Roosevelt contributes an
article art lie t2 MeGlnreg Magazins for oote-
sistant secretary of the navy at the time
Dewey was. assigned to command the
Asiatic squadron, and he tells how Dewey
what the department thought OF him and
expected Of him at that time. - The ar
ti ele IL Is 3 very fully Illustrated with new
Olympia and his officers and crew and
other interesting pictures. -
1t is only necessary to mention the
prospect Of another Thimblefnger book
Co promise plantation Pageants,'F by
Joel Chandler Harris, at an early day.
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soon be published by Houghton, Mifiin
& Co. in a pretty volume, with illustra-
t ti9 It Is not to be supposed that
ton for Miss Phelps among vivisection-
lists.
In addition to the eagerly awaited Sc
quel to Sentimental Tommy by J. M.
poT ri rrylaj oh r{o11.
1900, Scribner's Magazine makes another
important announcement. It may partly
be owing to the recent celebration of tie
So0th anniversary. of the birth of Crom
well, or it may be. simply because it is
most typical Englishman;" at any rate
to be IN the air at present This is evil
denced by the fact that two of our lead
ing magazines, whose business it is to
thought and trends of public interests,
are announcing Cromwell as an impor-
tant subject in their next years serial
tory by distinguished Englishman; the
other will be written by an American,
Theodore Roosevelt, and will appear in
Scribner's Magazine.
Bishop Potter will contribute an i'm
portant article on the charity question to
the October number of Appletons Pop
ular Science Monthly. He points out the
degrading and demoralizing effect Of re-
gerous feature Of charitable work by
number Of instances which have occurred
In connection with his own church work.
The October number of St. Nicholas
marks the end of the magazines six-and-
twentieth year. and brings to close sew
eral serials that have been running for
Amelia E. Barr, is one of these; others
are Carolyn Wellss 'Story Of Betty" and
Rupert Hughes's "Dozen From Lakerim
Those are works of fiction; but besides
these there are In. this number several
short stories, in which fact and fiction are
mysteriously mingled, and others that are
founded upon fact and built up of the
same material.
The Life Of Lord Tennyson written by
his son Hallam and which ND to the
present time Is the standard biography Of
the late Laureate vii be brought out in
entirely new edition, which together with
the poets complete works will make ten
uniform volumes. The edition will con-
tain portraits, photegravure and steel to-
gether with other illustrations. and will