The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-01
The Magazines

The Journal of American Folk Lore (Bos-
ton: Houghton Miflin & Coz contains some
interesting papers on Indian folk lore and on
early songs current in North Carolina eighty
odd years ago. chiefly of a religious character.
An interesting feature is paper by Emma
Backus giving some curious specimens of
''Song Games.' which were in use In Con-
nectcut from quite remote period until
1870 They include quaint songs with music,
which were played and sung by the young
folks, who ate. apples end nuts and drank
cider and did a considerable amount Of kiss
ing between the songs. Over thirty pages are
devoted to stories current among the Uintah
Utes now living in northeastern Utah, four
! out of the twelve closely resembling those of
other Indian tribes in this country The
story Of the adventures of Coyote would
please young children immensely. Coyote
appears also in the folk tales of the idaho
Flathead Indians In the Culture Hero"
story of the Sauks and Foxes one may trace
| tho tradition Of the Noachic deluge in the
incident of Wisaki and the aood.
In Frank Leslies there is very interest
ing description of the Charleston exposition,
which will remain open until June 1t has
| been visited, since Dec. T. by thousands. and
| it has beauty enough about 1t to draw, aside
! from its object. which is to promote trade
with the West India islands. There are two
| interesting papers on Marconi. one on the
man and the other on his work, and Wallace
Downey, the builder of the Meteor. the new
yacht of the Emperor William, contributes a
| paper OH that vessel. which is noteworthy
| contribution to the art of shipbuilding. He
| thinks the only object the kaiser had in Or
cerng the yacht was to own an American
boat, and not simply to symbolic interra-
tional good feeling. A full description of the
yacht is given with drawing showing how
| she will appear under full sail. Among the
! attractive features of the number is Mr.
Berry's illustrated paper on 'The American
| Gipsy,' wherein many interesting things are
| related about the iRomanys in the United
! States. There are several excellent short
stories. New York: Frank Leslie's Publish
| ing House. 141-147 Fifth avenue.
The March Harper contains another in
! stallment of Goldsmith's Deserted Village
with very admirable illustrations drawn by
E. A. Abbey the quality Of that on the line.
! Beside the bed where parting life was laid.
being one of that eminent artists triumphs.
! OF other illustrations, Elizabeth Green's fine
work in Richard LIE Galliennes Our Tree
! Top Library is very attractive. 1t is the
best quality of tint reproduction. Mr. Nor
| regards article, 1.-The Joy Of Gardens is
| illustrated by G. K. Wood from water colors,
reproduced in color. Mr.. N seems, by his
description, to have had long intimacy with
nature in her manifold colors. Among the
| contributors of short stories Marie Van
| Worst (''Monstrous MOODY; w D. Howells
| C'His Apparition'O; Mark Twain ("The Cali
fornian's Tale"), and Grace DEMO Litch-
field c'The Question"). A very interestin
paper is Alfred Stead's Korea and Her En-
peror," with illustrations, in which he tells
much about the apparently stupid life led by
Lii Hsi in Seoul. His people regard him as
god, and he probably finds satisfaction in
the secluded life he leads, which is broken
only by the regular royal progress once or
twice year through the empire the expense
Of each tour being about $3.50, 900 day, cham
paign being leading item in the expendi-
lures. Korean women are frightful creatures
Professor. Osborn Of Columbia contributes an
illustrated paper, GA Sea-Shore Laboratory, =
detailing some of the biological work at
4 Woods Holl on the New England coast, where
scientists and students of biological science
seek to unveil the secrets of life embodied
in protoplasm found in marine specimens
), An extraordinarily Interesting paper is Car
! Snyder's Measurements OF Science Beyond
the Range of Our Senses, . in which he shows
that 1--WE get through our senses reports only
I of comparatively small number of compare
lively gross stimuli and he suggests, as
showing how little the ear hears of what Is
i going on around us, that, by means OF a
rnierophone, the tread of a fly sounds like
the tramp of cavalry, and the vagueness OF
4 our sense of heat is shown by the fact that
the instrument known as the colemeter is
two hundred thousand times ais sensitive as
= our skin to temperature.