The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-01

splendidly illustrated biographies. The
list of Herbert S. Stone & Co.'S autumn
| books is noticeable for the fact that it
does not contain Goose book. 1t does
contain. however. a Juvenile book which
should be more than welcomed by the
/ children 1t is called "a Child of the
! SUM- and is by Charles Eugene Banks.
1t is the story OF a charming little IN
dian boy and his life and doings. The
/ book contains adventure, humor and
natural history. The publishers claim
for it that it has been in preparation for
several years, and has stood the prac-
| teal test of being read to children. The
! parts which they liked have been re-
| tanned and amplfied, and those portions
which displeased them have been elimi-
mated. One of the most important
features OF the book is the series of
| sixteen Illustrations by Louis Belts
They are reproduced by the three-color
process with such fidelity that they re-
tain the spirited charm of the original
oils.
The Engineering Magazine for De-
cember opens with an editorial review of
the Angio-German agreement, pointing
out its extreme industrial significance
and it's complete accord with the princi-
pies and solutions declared by Capt. Ma
han, Hon. John Barrett, Minister Den
by, Gen. Willi2m Barclay Parsons, Prof.
E. P. Allen, lSr. John FOord and other
writer's, in the Magazine during the past
three years. The event is significant of
the establishment of the era of benef-
cence in dealing with alien peoples-the
forerunner of an epoch of world peace
and industrial aetivity-the direct out
come of the recognized influence of the
engineer and the industrial leader in in
ternational affairs. Mr.. B. H. Thwaite
has a comprehensive and remarkably
finely Illustrated review of the types of
water tube boilers applied to naval yes
sells. Excellent pictures accompany also
! Mr.. Starling's study of the control of
the Yellow river dof China, Mr.. Perkins
| article on English Central Station Prac-
/ tice, and the very Interesting present
ment by Mr.. II. Mortimer Lamb. of the
Iron Ore Resources of British Column
b1a The immediate proba bility of the
! founding of large enterprises on Puget
sound, developing the mineral wealth of
! the region in the service of the growing
! oriental trade, leads special significance
! to this theme. Mr.. Bryan Donkin has an
able illustrated summary of progress in
recovering power from high furnace
cases. pointing out the long lead so far
! secured by the continent in this new and
most promising economy The workshop
is served by two thoughtful studies-one
| by Mr.. A. Hamilton Church. on '"The
| Vital Need of Commercial Oreaniza
! tion,' the other by Mr. H. L. Arnold. on
The Proper Understanding of the Ex-
! pense Account The thorough review
/ and index of the engineering press con-
/ cludes the number.
1t is peculiarly fitting that ST Nicholas
should celebrate the winter holiday, so
! we are prepared to find the cover of the
! December number respondent in five co..!
ors. The disign, by Luis Mora. is called
Bringing in the Yule-Log" In the bodv
/ of the magazine, a ballad by Ethel Par
ton, 1.-The Rhyme of the Tory ToIlevers,'
telling how little patriot saved her
! neighbors, is embellished with full-page
! illustrations, borders and head and tall
/ pieces drawn by Guernsey Moore and
! as gaily cOlored as the cover. The from
! tispfece, in black and white, illustrates
seasOnable verses by Mary Austin 'The
Shepards in JUdea; and other timely
matters are Elizabeth Cady Stanton's
! true story of christmas on the Nav
I flower, '"Ehe Tale of a Christmas PONY,
by Caroline Burrell, and Charles Muir
phys versified instructions to Santa
Claus. The present number is notable
! as containing the only prose- except '"The
| Helmet of Navarro yet published nv
Miss Bertha Runkle. In 1.-THE Sorcery
of Hal the WheelwrigAt," she tells how
d pIcycIe came 10 De made in the time
| of Henry ", and of the troubles #
brought to its inventor stirring stcrv
is that of the res lie of shipwrecked
sailors near Marquette Mich, on the
shores of Lake Superior The Tfe-sa vino
| crew, with their boats and bomb had
to make a winter-night journey of over
a hundred miles by train, before reach
ing the scene of the disaster. Everything
| In the magazine this month is Illustrated
| including the popular departments of
nature and science and the ST Nicholas
| League
Frank I. Bullen has dedicated his new
| work, The Men of the Merchant Serv
Ice, to Rudyard Kipling in. grateful rec
ognition OF both his wonderful genius
and his great kindness to the author
In this connection the folIoD,i,,e,, o,,oto
ton from Chronicle and Comment in
the Bookman has especial interest: "Ifor
years before he himself thought of writ
ing, Frank BUlIen was a Kipline wor-
shipper, and knew by heart the earlier
Indian stories. AS the material for fine
Cruise of the Cachalot began to taxa
shape In his mind 1t occurred to him
that Mr.. Kipling would treat it much
more satisfactorily than he could so he
wrote to offer him the material. Mr..
KipHng decliredz-it, but advised him
to push it on, and several letters nassed
between thcnks There was Cherished
rope IN Mr.. Bs4llen mind that the great
novelist might sbe persuaded to write an
Introduction FOR him. Mr.. KipIing said
no, but in the kindest way: When a man
can make a gsteamer move by saying
things to it, and at it, and around it. and
about it, then. you will find that a book
can be helped by power outside its own
merits This SWasY before the sCachalot'
had been shown -ato its eventual pub
fishers, and the experienced author adj
vised the beginner to have it typewriter.
and he also offered to look over it More
he could notda1oge for some rather in
teresting expefiences have taught me
that the best way of making a man
hate me for life is to NEEDLE in any way
with his work. If the book is
good it will CO.. and if it is not nothing
will make it STIR In another commune
cation Mr.. Kipling gave yet more con
elusive reason against writing an intro
duction: All the men who want to stick
a knife into me would stick it into YOU
as soon as they saw my name prefacing
your book. Bitter experience has taught
me that that kind of thing doesn't nav
If book stands by itself it will stand by