The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-06
WITH BOOKS AND MAGAZINES.

In the Atlantic Monthly for September
is an article of considerable timeliness and
m MON THE New Navy" by. Talcott
of the naval programmes of the European
powers and the unusual elaborateness of
the maneuvers of the Atlantic squadron
interest in things naval, which, since the
Spanish war; has been steadily growing
among Americans.
The September number of Afnslee's
Neutrality-suspicious. many interesting arti-
Giles and stories, but the most Striking
feature OF the issue Is a special announce
ment page. printed in colors, Informing
Der number Ainslee's will be enlarged
to 100 pages, and will cost Is cents the
copy Each number will contain a COM
plete novel by an author or reputation.
In response to an increasing demand
for the later poems of Fred Emerson
Brooks. Forbes & Co. (Boston) will pub
entitled "Pickett's Charge and Other
Poems" The; poem that gives the book
its name,r mastery epic on the famous
Confederate charge at Gettysburg, is one
Of the best known of Mr.. Brooks excel
lent Civil war poems. Henry Watterson
has said that it Is the greatest war poem
he ever heard.
Current History and Modern Culture for
September starts with a ull-page portrait
of A. J. Balfour, the new prime minister
of England, which is followed by an in
son Burns, Of London. Frederic Austin
Ogg writes on "The New French Colonial
Empire"
County Life in America for September
has to do with timely matters of the
month, from fall planting for tulip bulbs
to the opening e Of the hunting season.
articles Salmon Fishing" by e. T. d.
Chambers, tells of ideal camps where
Americans seek thirty Founders in Cana
dian woods; The. Essentials of Peach
Growing treats Of the method of grow
ing fine fruit; and Touring in a Car
riage" is a story of trip from Illinois
to Boston. Other important features in
ton of George w. Vanderbiits great
North Carolina estate a country seat
comprising a small city and a community
in America" being an illustrated sketch
of the pugnacious little hunting dog by
James Watson.
The first Of series of remarkable arti.
cles entitled 1.-THE Woman That Tolls"
begins in the September number of
Eyerybody's Magazine. published by John
Wanamaker. 81 Two New York women,
late Chancellor Van Vorst) and her sis
ter-in-law, Mrs. John Van Worst, well
known in the social and literary world,
QelSTiulutu " iiilu OuI LOT themselves now
their less fortunate sisters lived. They
went without any money and obtained
employment in different factories in Lynn,
Pittsburg, Chicago and Columbia The
story of their experience is one of intense
human interest, and while told soberly
and without any trace of sensatinoalism,
makes an impressive contribution to the
general knowledge Of social conditions.
owen Wister's novel, "The Virginian,"
has already passed the IT, 600 mark, and
| orders for it are rapidly increasing. It
| is pleasant now and then to have evidence
such asSthis that the public is quick to
over 1.-THE Virginian''is already giving
promise of duplicating it's American sue
| cess in England.
| Mrs. Nancy Huston Banks novel. "Old
| field. a Kentucky Tale Of the Last Cen
| tury,n is now in its third edition. The
| charm Of the story has been aptly de-
scribed by reviewer who says that "as
| YOU turn over its pages you get some
| thing of the feeling you have when you
| open a long shut drawer in which some
| thing very fragile and delicate has been
packed away In lavender and dried rose
] leaves, !.