The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-22
The Magazines

The issue of Puck Of March u. under the
headings, 1.-THE Winged Years" and This
Funny Business contains some very inter-
esting "reminiscences Of Puck's successful ca
reer from the time crude cartoons were
printed from wooden blocks to the present
advanced processes. and there is a sketch of
the funny business Of the last twenty five
years. Puck itself reveals in its well filled
pages the progress of that business from ar
chaic times and suggests the immense better
ment in the art Of illustrating In black and
white ~
The National Magazine for March has some
thing like an embarrassment Of illustration,
but Joe ChaDples pleasant causerie about
Washington people and Andrew Harlans in
teresting story about the men of the Thirty
first congress- of which he is the only sur
viving member. are alone an Offset to the
surplus illustrative feature. The 'Phases OF
the Worlds Affairs department is thor
oughly enjoyable and is accentuated by por-
trait and biographical sketch of Governor S.
R. Van SAINT. The papers on Bolivia, irrga-
ton and primary elections and few good
short stories contribute to the excellencies
of the number Boston: w. w. Potter COM
pany, No. Al w First street.
Among the interesting features Of Pearson's
Magazine is Ernest Rydalls description Of
large pigeon ranch near Los Angeles, CAL,
where 10000 pigeons are housed and fed to
supply the demand for squads in the hotels
and restaurants of Los Angeles where 81 a
dozen is the price paid. In the ''Story of the
States series. Montana is the subject and
very attractivey are the resources, natural
beauty and facts accomplished by that state
set forth by Earl Mayo in the text and illus
tration. The beer center Of England, Burton,
is described by Marcus Woodward in way
which makes one think of Milwaukee, and Mr..
Buckman's illustrated attempt to demonstrate
our descent from monkeys is interesting. The
short stories in Pearson's, are very attractive.
| New York: Pearson Publishing company, AS
tor place.
The International Socialist Review contin-
ues it's vigorous advocacy of the social rev
olution to be accomplished through the
equalization Of labor and its gains for all;
the establishment of collectiyism and the
abolition of the "capitalistic class. The
Technology of our socialists is borrowed from
| Europe, and the editor would seem to have
reached a very intelligent conclusion when
he recommends that American socialist writ
ers change their language to a style which
will best appeal to the American people Chi
| cago: Sc Fifth avenue.
| The Stub Pen (Mnneapolis: The Stub Pen
company has cut loose from the Authors
| Club, and its contents are no longer narrowed
down to the contributions Of club members.
| This is a sensible movement. The March
number contains very good variety Of mat
ter, but the opportunity for Improvement Is
| impressively large and there is a large guam
tity Of undeveloped and hidden literary gem
rus to be sought out and made known
! Smart Sets completed novel, The A.nbi-
4 ton of the Baron" is not UP to the quality
of such fiction generally given in that publi-
cation. The Baron Won Tollen is an entirely
uninteresting character There ds ivelier
/ reading in 1.-The Pilgrimage OF Lucy, In
] Arcadia I'm the Place OF Another, and
| .iIis Delicate Mission. y There is much YER
sifieatien in the number, and Richard lie Gall
lienne's Red Rose of Margaret. cannot be
! left unread. New York: Ess EsB Publishing
company, 1135 Broadway,
The Good Roads Magazine thinks thu o1co