The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-03
THE MAGAZINES


The Booklovers' magazine for August
contains valuable illustrated paper on
the victories of modern medical science,
with portraits of the great biologists,
father Of modern scientific medicine; Lord
psychologists, ETC., like Louis Pasteur.
Lister, discoverer of listerine and other
antiseptics; Koch, the great bacteriolog-
list; Cayal, brain specialist; Ehalich, the
specialist in toxins and anti-toxins; Reed,
the, yellow fever expert and Others DR..
Walsh, the writer: of the article. looks
confidently to the triumph over disease.
more extensive than most people imagine
There Is a paper on Guy de Maupa ssant.
With examples Of his masterful short
story writing by T. M. Parrot, and a
chapter of very attractive art talk with
illustrations in color and in black and
white. Mr. Kelsey contributes a fine
paper on municipal aesthetics and the
transportation system of London is in
terestingly described and illustrated bv
F. A. Acland The illustrations Of the
number are very attractive. PHILADELPHIA,
1923 Walnut street. I'd
Harpers for August is fine midsum
1ner number with many illustrations in
rich colors and in tint. There are eight
stories, the first, "The Castle of Content, y
by j. B. Cabell, being an exquisite love
first
part is published, is story Of deem prom-
Use. Among the story writer's are sprightlv
Mary p. Wilkins Freeman, Margaret De-
land and Marie Van Worst One of Edith
tIhomas beautiful poems appears-'The
Throbbing of the Air"-and Brooke
Smiths -Four Thackeray Sketches
make conspicuously good feature p. s.
Martins THE Luxury Of Children" illus
trated In color, will be found a most
originally optimistic way of discussina
thls important topic and his plea for
more children and plenty Of them is adj
mlrable and rational. Mr. Ritchey's ill11s-
trated paper on the moon shows how in
terestlng an expert can make our bald
headed satellite when he wants to.
Inc Worlds Work gives Booker Wash
lngton chance to show the wonderful
progress or his plan for training the
than theories This valuable illustrated
paper shows the wholesome things the
Iuskegee. plan is accomplishing for the
black men and women of Alabama. Presis
dent Taylor Of Vassar, who knows where
OF ne aff1rms, contributes paper on the
progress of the education of women.
showing that no work in the country
promises more for it's future than the
thoro education Of American girls. An
Professor Turner's university of Wis
consin) paper on 1.-THE Democratic Edu-
cation of the Middle West" and Mr.. C. H.
Poe directs attention to the inferior edu-
catfonal processes Of country schools as
compared with city schools and sets
forth what he believes to be more COM
plete and rational method. Mr.. Sedg-
wick's Illustrated paper on the late pope
embodies an interesting discussion of the
Roman church and it's relation to the
American republic, and the rather awk-
ward situation incident to a church in this
country controlled by a group of Italians
when 1t should be governed by an inter-
national senate and appointment and pro-
motion should lie in the local churches.
Among other interesting papers is one on
the building trades and the labor unions.
and one disclosing the wonders of mod
'ern farm machinery
The New Metropolitan for August (New
York: Nos. 80 West Twenty-ninth street)
has very inviting cover design, which
readers will appreciate and 1t opens with
an alluring trout story There is an at
tractive paper on some of the SUNNI r
homes Of rich New Workers., with illus
| trations and a valuable Illustrated paper
on New York's public Fairgrounds, and
Joel Benton contributes few good rem
iniscences of Josh Billings IHenry M.
Shawl. Mr.. Frasers Little Stories of
the Turf are conspicuously good fea
| ture and there are nine or ten capital
stories, and with the attractive array Of
female beauty in the Portfolio" there
ought to be general satisfaction with the
number.