The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-27
LITERARY NOTES.

For 10 cents it would be hard indeed
to find a more satisfying literary equiv
alent than the November number of The
National Magazine.
Three very dainty little volumes. newly
from the Reyeu press, are called, Unto
Him, For Eyes That Weep and For
Hearts That Hope" Bishop John H. Vim
cent has written Unto Him." He calls
his SUBTLE, "a Simple Study About Com
ing to Christ Jesus" For Eyes That
Weep bears the authorship of Rev. DR..
Samuel G. Smith, a noted Congregational
minister, of St Paul. Rev DR.. James
G. K. Mcclure, author of Environment"
and president of the Lake Forest uni
versity, writes the third volume of the
series, For Hearts That Hope" The
books are uniformly bound in a series
the publishers call Ideal Messages"
DR.. Newell Dwight Hills will within
short time, publish from the Revell
press, a new volume to be entitled.
Fighting Ones Doubts" The theme of
the book will be to provide a basis for
those who are building a working Chris
tan faith now that the crucial era of
higher criticisms and limited skepticisn1
has passed by. 1t will be DIR. Hills aim
to survey what has been left of the old
religious bulwarks after all the wars that
have been made upon them, and show
where these still provide a foundation.
for deep and fundamental belief in the
great truths of Christianity
DR.. G. Frank Lydston, the we'll known
Chicago surgeon, whose writings have
attracted marked attention in both scien-
utlc and literary circles, has prepared a
volume of sketches of travel in the
tropics and the far West, entitled Pan
ANA and the Sierras; a Doctors Wander
Days. This volume, of about 300 pages.
will comprise notes and sketches of sew
eral tours of Panama and the west coast
of Central America and Mexico. and the
most romantic regions of the Sierras.
The book will be profusely and artistical-
ly illustrated from the authors original
photographs, and will contain some
unique and beautiful features in this re-
spect. A special feature of the book will
be its numerous character sketches Of
California pioneers and observations OF
the Panama canal. The author is a
careful student and delneator of charac-
ter, and his Sierran sketches will have
an authoritative quality due to the fact
that he is native son of the Sierras.
Or. Lydston is well known in his pro-
fession, being member of the faculties
OF the state university medical depart
ment, the Chicago Kent College of Law,
and the Chicago Clinical school
november
is up to the usual standard Joe Nit
chell Chapple's gossip of Affairs at
washington" always bright and full Of
interest, gives intimate glimpses of the
men who mould the affairs of the nation.
In Historic Cartoons In American Poll
ties are reproduced a number Of the
cartoons that had influence In past p9Iit-
zeal campaigns. Mysteries of the Navy
tells of notable disasters to the American
Of ~,
been satisfactorily explained The
American Missionary ASSOCIATE ton" gives
an interesting resume of the work accom-
pHshed by that association in various
parts of the world women Elocution
ists receives sympathetic and thoughtful
consideration, and PICTURESQUE Phases
of the Presidential Campaign deals with
the humorous and strenuous features OF
the political contest "a Political Ven
detta" tells of the Clark-DaIy fued in
Montana and its attendant complications
The fiction in this number IS particularly
fine, and the poems are above the or
binary merit. The regular departments
are fully up to their usual standard of
excellence.
The Popular Science Monthly for De
cember has as a frontispiece a picture
of the Lavoisier monument Just erected
at Paris by international subscrlption
anu gives a translation of IsaVOiSier's
most interesting contributions to chem
istry communicated to the Paris Acad-
envy of Sciences with Priestiey's own ac-
count Of the discovery of oxygen. Prof
Bradley contributes an article on sub
marine navigation with numerous illus
trations; Mr.. Whipple one on municipal
water works laboratories, Which have
recently become so important for the
public health. Mr.. William Barclay Par
sons gives an account of his recent ex-
periences in China while surveying the
route for a railway from HenkoW to
Canton. The number also contains the
history of Autonous by Prof. Hudson. of
Leland Stanford university, describing
how g boy would develop If separated
from the rest of the world; an article on
freedom and free will by DR.. George
Stuart Fullerton, professor of philosophy
and lately vice provost of the University
Of Pennsylvania; an article by Dr. Far
rington, of the Field Columbian museum.
entitled a Century Of Meteorites," and
an installment of Prof Simon New
combs Chapters on the Stars treat
ing of stellar evolution. The number
contains, as usual, a survey of current
literature and of scientific events.