The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-07


Der of the National Magazine is cspe-
scially strong, and the list If authors
represented comprises such well known
names as Octave Thanet, Jack London.
Clinton Scollard, Gilmore Elliott Peake.
William Mcleod Raine. Theodosia Gar
rison and Hayden Caruth The regular
departments contain a great amount of
timely and instructive matter
In the January Atlantic Prof. Wood
row Wilson opens the first of an import
ant series of papers by famous hands,
with The History of the Reconstruct
ton of the Southern States "
Ehzabeth Bisland discusses 1.-The Tire
spirit of the Twentieth Century, the
changes that the nineteenth century has
wrought, and the programme and ideals
with which the new century will begin
X. Van Bergen sketches the history of
the empress dowager of China, her phe-
nomenal rise to power her present grasp
OF the situation and the things necessary
for the future of China.
charles A. Conant discusses THE
Growth of Public Expenditures, showing
that II more is spent nowadays than for
merly, more is demanded, and a higher
grade of public service is required in
every direction.
Mrs Sarah NJ. Handy discusses e1'he
Last Days of the Confederacy'' as they
were seen and lived through by woman
who was in the midst of the final strug-
gle.
w. j. Seattle gives a powerful deserip-
ton Of Pittsburg. it's attractions, it's OPP
portunities, its demerits
H. b. johnson gives summary of the
years results III his Letter From Eng
land" He touches on the Boer war and
It's consequences, the deaths Of the year.
The great productions, literary, scien-
nd nptf-
med up, and the future of the coming
year suggested
Henry D. Sedgwick Jr. contributes "a
Gap In Education" discussing topic as
important and necessary as it is general
ly avoided.
The serials of Mrs. Wiggin and Miss
Jewett increase in interest and attraction,
and are accompanied by lively shorter
fiction
The number contains reviews of e'Fic-
ton, New and Old" with special articles
upon the lives of Cromwell and Rowland
E. Robinson, some impressive poetry and
the bright and varied Contributors
Club
An article in the January St Nicholas
that will appeal to boys is Jack Jouett's
Ride" an incident in the Revolution,
when Tarleton's men, setting out on
horseback for Monticello, were fore
stalled by a young innkeeper, who rode
thirty miles in two hours, and warned
Thomas Jefferson of his danger The
author of this account, R. T. w. Duke
Jr, rightly holds that the deed deserves
to rank with the famous ride of Paul
Revere. Another paper that teens with
adventure is '"The Diver" by Cleveland
Moffett-the first of a series of articles
on Careers of Danger and Daring"
Some of the experiences of professional
divers are extremely thrilling and Mr.
Moffett writes of them in very viva
cious style On one occasion he donned
a diving suit weighing nearly two hun
dred pounds, and nailed bit of wood
on submerged wreck. A spirited ballad
Ia Kipling is Mary Austin's rhyme
of the Pronghorns," and a good "darkey''
story is Ruth McEnery Stuart's "Nartn'
Ann of the Evergreens" Tudor jerks
tells, in nineteen paragraphs, the history
of the past nineteen centuries, and Laura
e Richards relates in half as many
stanzas the tale Of "The Gargoy1e and
the Griffin one of the characters there
in being Confucius. There are other
rhymes and jingles the serials run along
entertainingly, and the departments of
Books and Reading" and Mature and
Science" present the usual variety of
interesting matter.