The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-01

renhement, even reproducing the colors of a
landscape BY way of contrast, there are re-
produced a portrait from daguerreotype of
1870 and examples Of the Photographic art in
it's early stages, showing the utter Indifference
of the photographer to the; essentials of grace
full pose, natural expression, ETC. All these
portraits look as if the subject was under
going painful torture or was under some un-
comfortable restraint. The author discusses
the unitarian and aesthetic in photography
and shows the necessity in the latter that the
photographer shall have sympathy, magma
ton and knowledge Of the, principles upon
which painters. and photographers must de-
pend to make their pictures. The artist must
understand the laws which affect the dstribu-
:tion of light and shade and possess much
technical knowledge. IS
How to Teach Kitchen Garden, or OBJ
ject Lessons in Household. We By EN-
lily Huntington. New York: Doubleday,
Page &. Co. Minneapolis NJ Mccarthy
Price, Sc. ~ 80
This book is designed, not to instruct young
people how to plant vegetable garden and
work it to fruition, as the name would seem
to suggest, but to afford a kindergarten post
graduate course on the. duties Of housework.
The system was est ablished by the author
some years ago in New York city with ex-
cellent practical results in making many
homes comfortable and attractive. The sys-
tenn includes combination of songs, exer-
cises and plays, devised to train a child in
simple MISUNDERSTANDING fires, waiting on
the door, bed-making, sweeping and busting,
arranging a room laundry processes, scrub
bling, laying a dinner table in the due order
OF courses. instruction in the various parts
Of beef and mutton and hoW,to cook and cut
each Another feature is the mo1ding Of clay
as a substitute for dough and pastry, the
children kneading bread and making rolls,
biscuits and pies out Of the clay. The system
is eminently practical and is to be com
mended. The author gives minute instruc-
lions and the book is profusely illustrated.
The course will, with proper application, make
girl under 8 or 10 an accomplished house
maid or housekeeper.z =
The Smithsonian !nstftutfon. Docu-
ments Relative to Its Origin and History.
1ss5-1ss9: Complied and Edited ate D. by William
fourth Congress to Forty ninth Congress.
Washington: Government Printing Office.
This work is OF value as relating the story
of the bequest to the United States by James
Smithson, an Englishman, son of the first
Duke of Northumberland, of about half a
million dollars to found under the name of
Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for
the increase and diffusion of knowledge among
men, together with all the documents relat-
ing to the proceedings of congress with
reference to the manner of the proposed
foundation. Richard Rush, minister to Eng
land in 1886, was designated by the president
to look after this legacy and when, after
much correspondence, it was acquired there
were debates in congress touching the man
ner of applying the income from the bequest,
some favorng utilizing it to found national
university such as Washington desired and
for the promotion of which he left bequest,
but'it was determined to devote it to scien-
tific investigation and the erection of an
astronomical observatory at washington. Con;
gress has from the establishment Of the Insti-
tuition appropriated money for the enlarge
ment Of it's scope, until, to-day, it is accom-
rlishing far more than Smithson himself ever
dreamed that it would. The museum contains
one of the finest collections of specimens OF
various kinds in the world and, by the sys-
tenn Of international exchange, the Institution
exchanges its literary and scientific publica-
tons with the other nations. 1t has acquired
thus about 100, 900 volumes which present all
the original announcements of discovery in
theoretical and applied science, furnishing
valuable data for use in text books and scien-
tifc articles in the periodicals. Few Of the
books and documents exchanged can be pur-
| chased The scientific and educational value
| of the Smithsonian and National Museum
publications is widely recognized. Great ant
| valuable results, indeed, have followed the
Englishman's bequest to our nation in the
| interest of science.