The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-26
WITH THE AUGUST MAGAZINES.


WITH THE AUGUST MAGAZINES.
- The contents OF the August number
Of the Popular Science Monthly, apart
from shorter contributions and re-
views, are as follows: 1.-THE Problem of
Consciousness in It's Biological As
pects," by Prof: Charles S. Minot; '"The
Panama Route for a Ship Canal" by
Prof William III. Burr; Social Bac-
terra and Economic Microbes, Whole
some and Noxious," by Edward Atkin-
son; Marriage Among Eminent Men,"
by Prof. Edward L. Thorndike, and
University Building" by President
David Starr Jordan.
Robert Barr CUTLER Couch, e. F.
Benson, Harriet Prescott Spofford, Ma
rion Hill, Onoto Watanna and Harvey
]. O'HigginS are some of the names
on the title page of the August fiction
number of Leslie's Monthly. The short
story by Benson is the best thing that
has been done since "Dodo" created
such sensation, and Robert Bars
love story that revolyes around new
and most attractive Marconi invention,
Is as surprising as it is delightful.
The Century has come into possession
documents relating to the West Indian
disasters, which are in the nature Of
finds" and which the. editor claims are
likely to make the August Century, in
which they will, appear, for all time to
come a mine Of trustworthy evidence re-
lating to these events" Three of the
writer's had narrow escapes and all three
made most careful observations of the
volcanic phenomena.
The August number of the Woman's
Home Companion will be essentially a
hot-Weather number, and will be chiefly
devoted to bright fiction. Robert Barr,
Octave Thanet. Morgan Robertson, Onoto
Watanna and Louis Pendleton contribute
short stories, and Cyrus Townsend
Brady's serial, Woven With the Ship
reaches its most dramatic moment.
The Pilgrim for August is rich in fea-
lures which make it a most entertain
ing midsummer number. The cover de-
sign by Meta Net M Filler pictures 1 corn
at this season of the year. In his de-
partment, Men and Matters of Moment"
the editor, Willis j. Abbott, writes with
his familiar force and brilliancy of re-
cent events in the worlds history which
engage the thoughts of men interesed in
| naional and International politics; An ar
Cavanaugh, in which the writer pictures
sympathetically the condition of child
slavery in Southern cotton mills.
The August Everybody's is an ideal
pounded chiefly Of fiction: the lightest
ground of charming and interesting pic
lures. There are six short stories, a
little poetry and a fine humorous study
F. Day There are the usual depart
ments, How to Make Money" and
Little Stories of People and Things"
"Customs and Costumes at French Wa
tering Places Altogether caDital and
beautiful number of the magazine.
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gust st. Nicholas is sufficiently well as
sorted to tickle the fancy of all sorts
and conditions of children. tom Jarna-
Gus, natural and decidedly interesting.
Slimnle Sir Marnaduke" is a delightful
bit of nonsense verse, setting forth the
in his armor was mistaken for the fire.
tongs by the giants wife. 1.-THE Little
Maid of the Sea" is a charming story
of fisher lass who mended the nets
and took care of her baby brothers and
cooked her fathers dinner and was
cheerful in her work
Probably the most expensive frontis-
piece ever sent out with any magazine Is
that with the Midsummer Holiday num-
smile reproduction in five colors Of the
first page Of the Mazarin Bible printed
on Japan paper. This frontispiece is the
possessing copy Of the famous BIZ
BILE, copy of which is worth SIC, 900 in
the open market
Among the notable articles Of the Au-a.
gust iBookman are Gelett Burgess 'sTheI
Confessions. Of q Dime Novelist" Frank
Moore Colby 4 ATTACKING the Newspa-'
pers' and Thomas L acombe's 'The Poets
Laureate of England
The features of the August Success
are Fifty Years After" a poem by Rob-
ert Mackay; The Story of My BtYhood
Days" by Lyman. J. Gage; 1.-THE Little
Wallace "h Phiips The s9 Rpxcs O Of 1Ia fa
poem, by Clinton Dangerfield; "Rafs-
ing Values in Fruits and Flowers" by
Of Ambition by Max Max Norda ai1 stimulus
~! 4 brand new novelette, by Dr.. S. Weir
a thing to conjure with, and thus ltiis' does
the August Lippincott. \ The story is in
q fresh vein for the author of ''Circum-
stance 81 a. e; A., It has HaWthornesque plot
New Samaria." indicates its motive A
1naTa Of means by a perfectly possible
Western town with not good Samaritan
saving a fellow tramp. He cannot com
municate with home because he is with
out a penny and nobody will trust him,
How he gets out Of the dilemma and
rewards everyone who gave him even !
kind word is the problem the reader is
bound to enjoy. :.
The August Atlantic is largely and
seasonably a fiction number. Besides |
containing the continuation of the Bar
oness Won Hutten's delightful story "Our |
Lady of the Beeches." it opens with a |
powerful fisher" story by Norman Dun |
cludes attractive and entertaining com |
plete stories and sketches by Arthur
Cotton, Jack London, Alice Brown and |
describes that extraordinary and almost |
apocryphal race. The African Pygmies,'' |
and Leonidas Hubbard relates an adj |
XenturouS visit to 1.-The Moonshiners at
Home in Their Tennesseean Haunts"