The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-24
Literary and
Magazine Notes

tltleu american lnduStr1alS, With Spe-
cial Reference to the Preferred Shares as
Investments" has been so large that the
book has exhausted the second edition,
and the third edition is now ready for
distribution. The third edition contains
information regarding in6ustrials,
brought down to date.
The March issue of the American
Queen shows plainly the direction of the
wind with reference to summer gowns
and millinery. There is a forecast of
Easter in their fashion Designs and full
descriptions of the materials, trimmings,
Innings, millinery, ETC., to be worn during
the summer months Well Illustrated ar
ticles on "Portraiture in Pastel and
Pet Dogs" make interesting reading,
and a problem story, "a Fair Ellinor of
Today" is fascinatingly interesting.
The New York Home Magazine, pub
lished at 1898 Nassau street, New York,
is attracting attention by distributing
gratuitously several thousand yearly
scholarships in standard business schools
and colleges, in this and other states,
during the next ninety days. During
this period, whoever sends the largest
number of Observation-Disclosures a dozen
or ten dozen-from his town or county,
wins a scholarship. Coming from a good
magazine the offer is worth investigating.
The February issue of Grams Maya
zine contains a number of articles of the
sort that one having read puts away
for future reference. Among these may
specially be noted Our Useful Conf
fers." by Prof. Charles e. Aaron;
brief. but graphic history of "Wiliam
III, of England" by Milton Reeve;
very clear and entertaining aNount of
the bloodless Toledo War;" by E. F.
Watrous; a number of little known
points regarding Edward VII. of Great
Britain" by Spencer Townsend; and
some interesting statistics regarding the
Growth of Churches in the Nineteenth
Century,
The current number of Mining and
Metallurgy, New York, contains a six
page article by DR.. David T. Day, of the
United States geological survey, on 1.-The
Petroleum Industry" Illustrated by a
map and eight half-tone engravings 1t
is because oil is a mineral that the sub
ject comes within the scope of journal
devoted to mining. The article gives much
valuable information regarding petrol
cum. The illustrations show, among
other things, one of the new 'gushers'
at beaumont, Tex, and also a view of
the lubricating oil distillery at Baku,
Russia, where the disastrous oil fire re-
Gently occurred. Mining and MetallurgS
is now in its third decade. On JAN 1 the
name was changed and the different de-
partments of the paper were strength
ened. The Office is at So Liberty street,
New York, with branches at Los Angeles,
Cal, and Chicago.
The publication of the Riverside bio
graphical series, so auspiciously begun
with the attractive work of William
Carrot Brown on Andrew jackson. fol-
lowed almost Immediately by graphic
little volumes on Eads and Franklin is
to be continued about the middle of Feb
ruary by the publication, by Messrs
Houghton, Miff1in & Co., of like volumes
on Peter Cooper. by Rossiter w. Ray
mond; Thomas Jefferson, by H c. Mer-
win; and William Penn, by Rev. George
Hodges, Dean of the Episcopal theologi-
cal school, Cambridge, Mass The Penn
volume receives a curious interest from
it's frontispiece, which Is portrait of
the peaceful Quaker in military uniform,
painted in 1885, The portrait of Jefferson
is from the ST. Memin painting, made in
1906. The Cooper portrait is from a pho
tograph taken in the philanthropist
ninety third year. The object sought in
the biographies is to present a general
estimate of the subjects powers and
achievements, rather than a minute ap-
praisal of them The effort is made to
combine. scholarly temper and good
craftsmanship with clearness and sim
plicity.
The Popular Science Monthly for March
opens with an article by Prof Simon
Newcomb. U. S. N, on the motions of
the stars and their distribution through
space. This is the last of a series of
Chapters on the Stars" Mr.. Havelock
Ellis, editor Of the Contemporary Sci
ence Series treat the nationality, race
and social class of the most eminent Bri-
fish men of genius, and Prof. r. H.
Ihurston, director of Sibley college, Cor
nell university, contributes an article
describing the development of modern
ideas regarding the persistence of ener-
gy. DR.. D. S. Sargent, director of the
Hemenway gymnasium of Harvard uni
versity, describes measurements made by
him on a thousand Cuban teachers and
compares their type with that of the
American student Hudson Maxim, IL
an illustrated article, explains his exper-
iments on high explosives and the prop
critics of 'fmaximite. Prof. Edwin O.
Dexter, of the University of Illinois,
gives extensive statistics, showing the
influence of the weather on suicide. DR.
II. w. Fairbanks, in another beautifully
illustrated article. describes one of the
most interesting and least known geolog-
ical regions of the United States-Pyra-
mid Lake. Prof. E. A. Andrews, of Johns
Hopkins university, gives some curious
E. xI1A
their young. Prof. G. N. I. Stewart re-
views in a special article recent progress
in physiology.
D. Appleton & Co. will publish. n Feb
ruary, "The Private Life of King Ed
ward V1I.," by a member of the royal
household, uniform with THE Private
Life of the Queen; pleasures of the
Telescope" a descriptive guide for anna
teur astronomers, by Garrett P. Serviss,
of Brooklyn; Some Ill-used Words a
manual for those who desire to ac-
quire correct use of the English Ian
guage, by Mr.. Alfred Ayres; BETSY
Ross, Romance of the Flag" by c.
c. TIotchkiss, author of I'm Defiance of
the King; a new and practically re-
written edition of Gen. James Harrison
Wilson's China; "a Text Book of As
tronomy," by Prof. George c. Com
stock, of Washburn Observatory; 1.-The
Elementary Principles of Chemistry
by Abram Van Fps Young, Phi. b, pro-
lessor of chemistry in the Northwestern
University. Evanston, ILL., !; TABLES of
Weights, Measures. Coins, etc, of the
United States and England, With Their
Equivalents in the Metric System by
L. Egleston, Phi. D.; and "a Royal Ex-
change" by J. MacLaren Cobban
: The leading article in McClure's Maya