The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-03
MAGAZINES FOR OCTOBER

The Worlds Work has the usual illus-
trated editorial Interpretation Of current
events, and adds feast Of information
and entertainm ent under such titles as
anglo american Unity Fast Coming, by
John Foster Carr; Where Our Immi-
grants Settle" by F. w. Hewes; The
Human Legacy of Jonathan Edwards"
by Edith A. Winship, and The Rich En-
pire in North Alaska by William R.
Stewart:
Harper's Magazine opens with an ar
ticle on Industrial Education in the
South by Mary Applewhite Bacon.
Belgrade and Sofia" a descriptive ar
ticle, is charmingly illustrated in tint. An
interesting review of the part played by
the south in American letters is written
by George Edward Woodbury., professor
of Comparative Literature in Columbia
university. kidnapping Ants and Their
Slaves" illustrated, is a fascinating ant
study by Henry c. McCook. Fiction and
verse in this number are up to the stand
ard, while colored illustrations, which the
publishers have introduced, add much to
the charm of this standard publication.
MccIure's Magazine has got around to
Chicago, Lincoln Steffens takes up the
question of municipal reform in the great
| western metropolis, and illuminates the
situation there after the manner of his
work with reference to Minneapolis, st.
Louis and Philadelphia. He finds that
! there has been great deal Of reform in
Chicago, but it is only in spots, and is
only half done. His conclusion is that the
people can govern if they will. It might
be added that they generally do, but it
makes a difference as to what people you
are talking about. John LaFarge's nota-
BILE articles on art are continued, treat
ing this time Corot, Rousseau and Millet.
Another notable article is Reclaiming the
Ocean Bed" by Walter Wellman, show
ing how the Dutch propose to drain the
Zuyder Zee.
The Atlantic contains the following
among other good stories which go to
make up it's rich collection: THE Power
of the Senate" by S. w. Mccall THE
Fruits of Industrial Training by Booker
T. washington; 1.-THE Study Of English
Verse;" by Henry Van Dyke; college
Rank and Distinction in Life by A.
Lawrence Lowell; Henry Ward Beecher,"
by Lyman Abbott.
The Housekeeper has stunning cover.
Illustrating a critical point in a football
game with the football girl as the CEN
trail figure. A novelty in women's maya
zines is a new department under the title
of His Royal Highness,'' in which q
clever man presents his views on domes-
tic problems. "a Romance OF the~WorldS
Fair is the leading feature of the nc
| t1On spread before tile iSdoSio VI 'AAAS
number by such entertaining writer's as
Eliza Orne White. Martha McCulloch-
Williams and Albert Henry Lewis.
]. st. Nicholas is unusually full OF good
things for children of all ages. Howard
Pyle's great serial, THE Story of King
Arthur and His knights" draws to a
: close, its successor for the coming
months being "Poh- hlaik, the Cave Boy"
by Charles F. Lummis. the authority on
!, the cave jewellers of the southwest There
are the usual number of short stories
and several true stories of animals by
: Grace Weld soper, w. T. Hornaday. and
81 A. d. The Mature and Science" de-
) partment is full of information especially
!, adapted to the season, while Books and
! Reading has its usual helpful hints for
young readers.