The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-09-15
LITERARY NOTES.

~~~-"~NASS
Henry Norman, the author of "The
Peoples and Politics of the Far East"
begins, in the October Scribner's, a most
timely series Of articles on Russia Of
Today The articles are founded on a
recent trip through Russia and over the
new Siberian railroad, undertaken for
knowledge of the politics of the East
makes these articles of the greatest inter-
est In the present international crisis.
They will be profusely illustrated.
John Morley's study of Oliver Cromwell,
which has been appearing in The Cen
fury during the past year, and which
has attracted most favorable attention
from Cromwell critics everywhere, will
appear in book form from the press of
The Century company in the autumn
The volume will be illustrated with care
fully authenticated portraits and repro
auctions OF contemporary prints.
| 1t is interesting to note" says Prof.
L. w Tourney in the Forester for Sep
TEMPER, that nurserymen and seed deal
efs report a larger sale of Seeding forest
trees and tree seeds during the past
spring than during any previous season
since 1872, when there was great de-
! mand for both seeds and tees TO be
planted upon tree claims in the West.
Ihls increase IN tree painting has unques-
tionab!y been largely the result OF the ac-
] tlVity OF the division of forestry and tina
! impetus that it has given to tree planting,
particularly in the prairie states"
In the new and thoroughly revised ed
iuon of THE Story of the Heavens. -
tMessrs. Cassell & Co., Limited New
York, present a work which has been
and Is the recognized authority on the
suD(ect OF which it treats The book
! contains twenty-fOur colored plates. with
numerous text illustrations, 600 pages,
and Is faithful record OF the recent dis
coVerles and achievements in the world
| CT astronomy.
Mr.. S. f. Robinson continues his series
! or Art in the September Magazine of
Art dealing in this number with the in
4 IA furniture. The following reference
| 10 petra dura work is of interest: An
ivory cabinet on gilt console is a foil
| TO one OF ebony, on a much handsomer
saano or the style OF Louis XIV, in the
Iooh Known as the royal closet. Both of
tneSe are adorned with petra dura pan
ELS. Inc IVORY cabinet is also deeora ted
Win lapis lazui panels and studded with
precious stones or pastes. Its Inlay is
nat Whlle that Of its ebony companion is
n! n that relief which must be condemned
ce genre de decor assez peu heureux''
70 the influence Of Italians the use in
france OF Petra dura, etched" ivory,
tIn IN me- and tortoiseshell As
TO the last, there is room as we have
seen. for controversy. Pietra drra was
4rst introduced at Florence about 1550
p nasaoi IRlghely praises his own pupil, Ber-
with which he has made costly
tables of agate and other polished stones
eoInImngled for Francesca del Medict.
Al MILAN and Naples such work was also
zone, and 1T is hard to distinguish. Char
dcCGrlstlc OF Italy Is a profusion of cilt
ana a desire to put color everywhere. OF
the Itallan Workmen who were brought
TO the Gobelin factories by Colbert On
men1co Cucci was responsible for tbe
| p1etra dura work in Florentine STYLE He
was still alive in 1704, but his works are
iiaos3ly lost, some, already in ruins hav-
ing been given to Button, the naturalist
inat the stones on them might be ex-
hlo1ted as meteorological specimens Cuc<i
was Iond OF bronze figures, appLques Of
grounds OF jasper or many-co1ored
stones. Other names are those of the
protners ferdinand and Horace Miglior-
I'M, Branchi and Louis Giacetti. who
were employed in making table tops and
lnlaylns the floors of the royal palaces.
1 Associated with them was Frenchman.
heteller When Louis XIV. was 6blig-
ed to restrict his subsidies to the Gobe-
Inns, the style fell into disuse, and under
Louis XIV. was entirely given up
Inc Religion of Den2oc. acy," by
! publication by Elder & Shepard San
| trane1sco. The aim of the book is to
SHOW that Amerieanism is religion that
| the social structure in this country is
based upon the axioms of faith which
! is the quintessence Of historical Chris
I tianity, that the historic church-hayinc.
served as mighty causeway between
The old world regime and the new-here
| mergeS its structure into an identity with
! the structure Of the secular order. that
AmerleaniSm is in its nature revolution
airy, and that the American principles.
| social and political, are Sharply antithet
zeal to European principles.
1t is difficult to imagine how the SUBJ
! Jects which hold the largest place in the
| MINDS OF American readers at the pres
ent moment could be reflected more fully
| Or discussed more ably than they are in
| the September number OF the North
american Review. The Very Rev. F. w.
Of 90, A1,l
| thoughtful and eloquent article on I'm
perialfsm and Christianity" in which he
rephes to the arguments of those who
| oppose the policy of imperialism on the
ground that 1t involves a necessity for
war, and that war is inconsistent with
| the principles Of the gospel of peace A
prominent Democrat, Melville E Ingalls,,
president Of the CheSapeake e, Ohio rail-
| way considers 1.-The Duty of the Cold
| temporal in the present election and
concludes that what he calls the silva+
naien e Ine paramount issue in the cam
| Ylsed by the Democratic leaders to divert
| attention from the blunder they made in
1896 In drawing the dollar into politics.
| IN powerful paper Charles johnston
describes and contrasts "Nihflism and
Anarchy, and the causes from which
! eaoh, respectively, has sprung. DR.. Felix
| j. oswald discusses the social and efhica1
slgnihcance of 1.-THE Assassination Ma
MIA, advocating the substitution of life
Imprisonment nl13rl; for death as a punishment
s'AiSii "Odtu eHSCtlVeiy discourage the
trade Of the king killer. NJ Wilcox editor
Of ,harper.s History of the War in the
Ph1llppinss;' writes Of 1.-THE Vain Hone
| or the Flifpinos." and the ADEQUATE
! grounds on which it is based. G. ". 2
Omond, in a very attractive and readable
paper I9 descrihes the painstaking care
airy art Herbert A Giles, professor Of
Chinese in Cambridge university, treats
OF "Confucianism in the Nineteenth
Century Century this being, the first of the
Religions of the World" -Four articles
are devoted to The Outbreak in China. .