The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-02
JANUARY MAGAZINES.

Among the pleasing articles in the jan
uary number of Good Cheer, a monthly
magazine for cheerful thinkers, is one by
that able essayist, Forrest Crssey, on
Good Cheer in Literature" in which he
writes Interestingly of Leigh Hunt and
his London Journal. that magazine Of
cheerfulness issued sixty years ago.
From Hunt and his magazine Mr.. Cris-
sey draws some valuable suggestions for
the periodical writer of today.
There is also a semi-humorous MARIA
ton in verse of the life of Shelley, by
Edward F. Burns, that will appeal to all
lovers of the unfortunate poet.
In an article entitled Cheerful
Worlds Fairs Frederic w. Taylor skill
fully traces the evolution of the enter
tainment spirit in worlds expositions,
and gives some timely facts concerning
the approaching Pan-American EXPOSE
ton in Buffalo, of which Mr.. Taylor is
a director.
About one-half of the magazine is filed
with bright and original sayings in prose
and verse, by the editor or ''redactor,
Nixon Waterman.
The series of Topsy-turv Tales which
have been running in CasselPs Little
Folks is brought to a close in the jan
uary number by what is perhaps the
best of the collection. viz, The I'M
steady Rock 1t tells of a rock which
was not STEADY as a rock but longed
to go to the seattle large Grey Rock
was not happy. Although the Sun warm
ed him by day, and the Moon and the
Stars twinkled on him at night when
they admired themselves in the waters
of the Quiet Pool, and the Birds sang
to him their sweetest songs. and the
Fishes told him their funniest stories.
still he was not content And it was the
waters of the Stream who were respon-
sible for this. The Stream, you know,
flowed through the Quiet Pool: 1t came
in at one end of it with quite dash,
and then ran along at the bottom Of the
Pool very gently. and just slipped away
past the Grey Rock which stood at the
edge of the Pool. And every Drop of
Water. as 1t crept along round the Grey
Rock used to whisper to him, and give
him a little soft kiss, and say, Good
bye, old Grey Rock, we're going away to
the Seal And the Grey. Rock wondered
very much what the Sea was and where
it was, and what 1t looked like; but none
of the little Steam Drops ever came back
to tell him.
The Literary Era, with the January
number, appears in an entirely new
dress, doubled in size and greatly altered
in character. Mr.. VIM. S. Walsh con-
ducts 1.-THE Observer which is a running
comment on current literature in Amer
lea, and contributes q very reada BILE
short essay on 1.-The Revival OF Polemic
Fiction" in which he pays his respects
to Marie Coreli in lively fashion. Mr..
Henry f. keenan,, the author or sTra-
JAM talks upon "Old World Themes
covering events in continental
literature, and writes most In
terestingly of Nietzsche. the phil
osopher of force writer very
little known on this side of the world.
Mr. James Walter Smith writes from
London, giving an account OF what is
going on in the English literary circles:
Mr. John Gilmer Speed contributes
paper supplementfng, and for the first
time formally avowing, his authorship
of his Confessions of a Literary Hack, ["
when published in the Forum several
years ago. What he has to say now is
sure to attract attention and comment,
and perhaps criticism.
1t is a new feature of the Literary
Fra to print half-tone illustrations, and
the department devoted to a review of
current literatu for children is an inno-
walton, We think. in magazine of this
Queries" under the caption of "Sir Ora
cle.'' is also new thing.
The Historical and Genealogical Sec
ton continues to be a distinctive feature
of the magazine, and is conducted by
jects. Mr. Thomas Allen Glenn. who also
upon the difficulties encountered by Ar