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

Inc January Home Magazine is partic-
uiarly strong in fiction There is a char
acterlst1c story of New York flat life
emitted "A Terror by Night" by Ea-
sene WOOD. eThe laterStephen Crane con-
tributes a Sullivan County Fpisode
told in his best humorous stvle. "A
Fair of Bellows" is a tender littIa love
tale by May Isabel Fisk. And "Jack,s
llumperF rs an entertaining child,e
story by Walter III. Ogden. OF mors
serious interest is Cloudsley Johns
Charge 1t to the Company" The dra-
matte department thfs month is in new
hands belngt% eonductede@b by Mr.. Acton
D ~ les the well known dramatic critic
OF the New York Evening Sun Mr..
Davles discusses the rival L'Aiglons
with some particularly handsome pic
lures OF both the Maude Adams and tho
Bernhard productions OF the play. There
are the usual editorial departments on
new books and from the feminine point
OF view, poetry. etc. The January num-
Der ofGtae New York Home Magazine
certainly eclipses all previous records
in general timeliness, artistic merit ami
literary value
This number of the Ledger Monthly.
the first number of the new year 1901,
contains new and attractive features
new department, entitled "The First
I1OuSShG3DlnR,
Cornelia C. Bedford, will be found es-
pecially interesting to housekeepers. The
article entitled Possibilities Of the Kitch-
en- Garden by Alma J. Noble, Is one
which appeals to all mothers and all
who have the care and training of young
girls in their charge. Among the special
illustrated articles of this number are:
IS1rhe Annual New Years Reception at
the White House." with illustrations of
ha ovfo pin iptd Of
house; Literary Strolls About Manhat-
tam" with portraits of Edgar Allen Poe,
Washington Irving, Joseph Rodman
Drake, James Fenimore Cooper Richard
H. Stoddard 1Bayard Taylor, William
Cullen Bryant and the famous Cary
sisters, so long contributors to the New
York Ledger. and illustrations of the
houses in which they lived. all of which
are amply described in the accompanying
interesting article;-.a, very pretty de-
scriptive article on Indian Babies" ana
an article on "Aristocratic Cats are
copiously illustrated. Hall Gaines beaut-
iful story, Jan. the Icelander, is con-
cluded In this number.
Hunsan interest is the keynote of Frank
7 ,egiie's Popular Monthly. Its stories and
IFS articles follow as closely as may be
the lines of genuine human experience.
It's editors do not reject romance; in
deed they seize upon a good story when
ever they find it; but they try to give
tn, magazine as a whole the faVor OF
reality The reader feels instincttve!y
tllat most of the stories are transcripts
from life: not the commonplace existence
too familiar TO most of Us, but the life
of energy. and experience. Take Tor ex-
ample the january number. 1t opens
with a singularly dramatic article. 1.-The
Reign of Soapy Smith" the notorious
boss Of Skaguay. The article Is descl1p-
tive Of occurrences incredible almost. yet
actual, written by man who TOOK
prominent part in the long fight against
Smith and his ring The story Is more
tnan the extraordinary history OF pad
man. 1t perfectly illustrates the develop
ment Of city bossism, reduced to It's
simplest terms in the primitive clNiiiZ1-
ton of a mushroom town Other contrl-
buttons which must interest every man
who, works with hand or brain are;
Grading in Locomotives, vivid ac-
count Of a remarkable lhdustry' anu an
Iynexpected Result" the second of Mr.
S. A. Nelson's series Of Wall street
stories This last takes up an ethical
question of business and puts 1t In an
,Inueually dramatic form. Like all Mir.
Nelson's stories, it represents business
as business men know it.
The January NUMBER OL the "P"i''.
Science Monthly contains number OF
important timely articles. ''Asphaltum
for Modern Street by s. F. Peckham;
~ he Effect of Physical Agents on Sac
ter:al Life" nv DR. Allan Mactadycn;
'sFlies and Typhoid Fever, by DIR. L. Q.
Howard; Geometry: Ancient and Mod
ern by Prof, Edwin S., 4Crawley: AN
Address Before the. Anthropologica1 De-
partment of the British Association, by
T. II. Huxley: 1.-The Story of AutonoIs.
nv Prof. William Henry Hudson: Lhe
Economic Life of France. by Dr. Edward
n Jonas. .'Pearson's Grammar of Sci
enee .. by c. S. Pieree: THE Structure of
the Heavens by Prof. Simon Newcoroo