The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-05-10

MT William Sharp. in The Magazine of
Art for May, writes pleasantly and in
structively upon Danish art of today.
The work of Nine. Slott-Moller provides
him with text
From the presses of Houghton, Mifiin
What Is a JerobCam?" This is a cues
ton that not many could answer off
hand, but IN the May number of CasselI s
Magazine, in an interesting article on
Food in EXcelsis,' the information may
be found.
q Co, Cambridge, Mass. this week will
come Love In a Cloud" by ArIo Bates,
Hotel de Rambouillet and the Preci-
euses, Evolution of Trinitarism. q"
From Send Hill to Pine" Jean Fran
co.'s Millet," The Rubaryat of Omar
Khayyam."
Prof. Goodwin Smith has just returned
from Europe, and has considered it one
of his first duties to state to the New
York Sun his views Of the Anglo-Boer
war.~They are practically those expressed
by j. a. HobsOn, in his book on THE
War in South Africa; It's Causes and
Effects" which the Macmillan company
have just published.
Current History, Of which the May
number is now on sale, is the one com
plete and reliable periodical history Of
our times. The frOntlsplece of the num-
Der is fine portrait of Gen. Kouropat-
kin, Russian minister Of war Other note
worthy portraits are Gems CheImside.
Rumble, Kitchener, Hildyard, Lyttelton
and Joubert: w. st. j. Brodrick; Queen
Victoria; Prince of Wales; Duke of York =:
Prince Edward of York; Dowager En-
press of Russia; Secretary Hay; Hon. J
T. Dolliver, Senators Foraker, Pettus and
Davis; Judge Morrow; Bishop Potter;
i r OIL ar
Mr.. Melvil Dewey has just issued the
list of fifty best books published during
the past year, and pronounced by a pie
blclte of librarians to be the best selec-
lions 20 be added to village library
Heading the list with Is per cent of the
votes Is Richard Carvel.'' and Marion
Crawford's Via Crucis' comes third.
while among the other forty-eight are
Mrs Alice Morse EarIe's Child Life in
Colonial Days" Mrs. Mabel Osgood
Wright's ''Wabeno, the Magician" Prof
l.. II. Bailey's principles of Agricul-
tuTe." DR.. Van Dykes Gospel for a
World of SIN" and Norman Hapgoods
Abraham Lincoln, the Man of the Peo-
pie The Macmillan company, who have
the good fortune to publish the above
mentioned books, published 10 per cent Of
those chosen last year for the same pur-
pose.
L lie 1uLSTiidllOndl Magazine leading
article for May is on Ancient Oxford. I"
by Mile A. Forster, illustrated with
beautiful views of the various colleges
and picturesque surroundings Of the his
toric old university town. A paper by
Louise E. Dew, entitled THE Science or
Physiology" with numerous pictures OF
the fine animals exhibited at the recent
cat show In Chicago, will delight cat
lovers, and will make even those who
have no special love for the feline spe-
cies realize the unfairness Of judging
catkind by what the writer calls The
''waif of the back fence" In New Mar
wells Of Deep Sea Diving" Walden Faw-
cett gives a resume Of the great strides
made in diving operations in the last
few years. These, with a delightful little
sketch, Aquarium Beauties" by F. w.
Fitzpatrick, and the regularly illustrated
departments, furnish the pictures for this
number. OF the stories My Quest for
Quail" by NJ. MacLean Helliwell, is par
ticularly good, being charmingIy bright
and amusing, and very well written.