The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-21

contains 112 pictures. It's leading article
treats of 'gentlemanliness." The stories
It, Tom" 1.-The Men of Might: or the
Lusty Nine;" 1.-THE Great Bicycle Race at
Pultney:' Splitting the Herd" Three
Boys in the Mountains" Lazy jack"
"A Vegetable Discussion," and The
Cruise of the Yacht ,Gazelle."
The storm which ragged in regard to
the authenticity andj authorship of IAN
Englishwoman's Lo9e sLetters,' is not
yet spent. A statememtidhat Oscar Wilde
was the author of them comes by way of
a so-calIed authenticated cablegram in
the New York HeraldJoDBut the question
of the authors sex is usually considered
settled by the internal evidence It Is
simply said that hat, no a man could ever
incident Is closed iInaso far as Oscar
Wilde is concerned. for now the publish
ers of the authorizes isedition. Messrs.
say that he did not write them.
of Revolutionary da34s ia the CaTainas.
which by serial publications is attracting
considerable attention to its author,
lished shortly in bookgsform by Double
day, Page e. Co. 1t contains some very
real pictures of life, including the condi-
tons in the dreadeds prison hunks of
Wallabout bay Joscelyn ChecNire her
self, is a most unusual heroine, Who is
so ardent Tory as to drive Master
Richard CleVer-torn between love and
patriotism, well night to despair
Book News for April is a treat. The
author of ralph Marlowe" has some
thing to say about why he wrote his
novel. There is a page of well-selected
Easter poetry, and a very interesting
article Concerning Easter" which is re-
plete with stories of TIE origin of many
of the seasons customs. There Is a capt.
tai list of recent books for pastor 8
library; the genial face of Prof. Harry
Thurston Peck locks at you from the
first page and pen picture of his in
teresting life is tho biographical sketch.
Dr. Talcott Williams tinstructs and ex-
plains why he discourses on, the moro
important new books-Tand there are the
carefully chosen and unbiased opinions
OF all recent publications worth mention
ing. -
Two Of the special articles in the April
number of McClure's Magazine are very
fitting to this season when the new life
thoughts from cities, merchandise and
men, to field and wood. The first OF
these is wonderful story OF the bsiCTer,
written by William Davenport Hubert,
home amid the wolds. The authors ac
count is made complete by a series Of
pictures drawn by A. Radcliffe Dugmore,
an artist sent into the beaver country
second article is by Martha McColloch
Williams, and in it she gives us georgia
on 'tPloughing." The reader is borne by
the magic OF her sympathetic art into
days life on the farm, with scent OF
clover, song Of BIRDS CLINT OK sun. and
sweet smell of fresh burrows. The IL
lustrations of the ARTICLE are as delightful
as they are distinctige-si
The most remarkables article in tho
April Pearson's is a paper on THE Amer
lean Members of. the British ROYAL Acad-
envy No foreigners, however great their
distinction, are admitted to the academy
unless they become naturalized British
subjects, and the fact That the difference
in nationality is ignored in the case OF
Americans is possibly due to the fact
that Sir Benjamin West, one Of the four
founders of the academy, was born in
the state Of Pennsylvania The article
deals with the life and work of ]. s. Sar-
gent, R. A. Edwin A. Abbey, R. A. (who
with Mr. Sargent Is painting the Holy
Grail pictures for the Boston public libra
ry), and j. J. Shannon, A. r. A. Several
of their most famous pictures are finely
reproduced. In two articles, under the
general title Hunting In the Deep Seas, -
will be found an interesting account of
tie exhaustive studies in oceanography
that have been made by H. s.. H., the
Prince of Monaco and the United fish
commission. in the same number Count
Henry de la Vaulx describes his ], 153-mile
balloon trip across Europe-from Paris
to Korostichey in little Russia.