The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-28
LITERARY NOTES.

1.-TWO Bosses: Plat and Croker is the
leading article in Ainslee's for May.
The name of the author is not given. but
whoever he is. he knows his subject well
and handles it masterfully 1.-THE Men
That Control Our Railroads.. by Earl
D. Berry, Is a readable and important
study of the eight men that control the
zoo, 600 miles of railway in the United
States. 1.-THE Word to the Water Peo-
ple," by Bliss Carman, is an original
poem, describing the advent of spring
IN the depths of rivers and of the sea-
1.-The New Japan" by Anna Northend
of Japanese life from the viewpoint of
woman. Rubber" by H. E. Arm
strong, a well-written account of this
enormous industry, contains a graphic
detail of the dramatic career of Charles
Goodyear, that poverty-str.cken, am
bilious Yankee to whom all rubber mil
ionaires are in eternal debt. Topics of
the Theater" is unusually well Illus
trated; and there is a batch of exceed
ingly good fiction. OF these stories the
best are Money Maze" by O. Henry;
''Laviny Saunders by Mary Sherburne;
.'The Forged Suicide by H. T. Gardner
and "a Wall Tent Bewitchment, by
Gwendolen Overton. (Street & Smith.
publishers. New York;
Some of the many excellent features Of
the May Ladies Home Journal are THE
Brilliant Social Reign of Harriet Lane
when John c. Calhoun Went a-Woo-
ing When the Animals Escape from
the Zoo" Some Remarkable Cases of
Double Personality. MY First Colony
of Bees" and Clara Morris Frank
Sen." the romance of a little. japanese
girl acrobat To those arranging for a
summer holiday Edward Box offers some
pertinent suggestions, and the methods
of Preserving a Husband in Summer
and Keeping Summer Boarders With
Success" are dogmatically detailed The
admirable pictorial features include a
page drawing, president Linco!n's Cab
for Volunteers by w. L. Taylor; 'In
the Fold the first prize picture of the
$1,000 photographs submitted In the Jour
nails recent contest; a page of Miss Ger
trude Kasebier's photographs-the first
of 1.-The Foremost Women Photographers
OF America" serieS-and two pages giving
"A Glimpse Of Picturesque Canada :"
There are three architectural articles
and seasonable contributions on gar
dens, flowers, lawns, cooking. and nee
dlework. There are also four pages
from the Journals fashion writer's and
artists
The Century for May is a travel num-
RSA' WAIAOuC ledNlIS MS I1T6SIde-Or WIN
doWn-seat-the reader may voyage in
imagination from China to Nepaul, from
Asia Minor to Italy, and from France
to America by way of England. If he
reads his magazine as it is printed. he
Will pretty nearly traverse this itinerary.
for the opening article Is an account by
Mrs. Anna Lea Merritt, the American ar
list, of her home in the heart of Eng
land-"A Hamlet in Old Hampshire. In
the next article we Breakfast in Ma
pies" with Mary Uda-Scott, whose IL
Illustrative photographs have received an
artistic touch at the hands of Henry
HUT France is brought before the
eye by two contributors-Baron Pierre de
Coubertin, who temporarily eulogizes
Emile Loubet Ghe frontispiece being a
portrait of the president, drawn from
life by ]. w. Alexander) and Stoidard
Dewey, who wanders 'tAleng the Par s.
Qua1s," peeping into the bookstalls, point
Ing out the piquant features of Paris in
profile" on the other bank of the Seine.
and gossiping, as he walks, of men and
books and other mundane things. 'Out-
of-the-Way Places in the Orient are
picturesquely described, in separate
sketches, by Mrs. Lockwood de Forest.
Marion M. Pope and V. c. Scott OConnor.
with illustrations by ]. lockwood Kipl n q
(who Is very much at home in India).
and from architectural and other photo
graphs. Prof "A L. buckingham Jr.
writes of "a Recovered City of Alexander
the Great. Fanny Corbett Hays tells of