The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-24
The MAGAZINES

Frank Leslies for September, among
many attractions, contains another Of
Judge Henry A. Shute's stories of "a
Few Real Boys"-this one telling of the
delights of a regular old-fashioned fish
ing excursion; and how the feast of fish,
roast corn. potatoes and eggs was duly
sampled Mr.. McGrath's story of Goldfish
ing 'Off the Banks" is deeply interesting,
and there is a story of an old manufac-
turer's stalwart but useless effort to re-
sist the onslaught Of a devouring trust.
In "The War for the Range" Is embodied
"a fine story Of the perpetual warfare be-
tween the sheep and cattle men for the
control &of the range, the sheep men
waging deadly warfare on the cattle
men. There is a fine animal sketch, tell
ing Of the last fight of a. wildcat, and no
ticeabie among the stories is love tale
by Jack London, entitled 1.-The Marriage
of Lit-Lit.' There are ten short stories.
New York: 141-147 Fifth avenue
Pearsons for September contains. Sir
Thomas Lipton's own story of his at
tempts to capture the American cup, and
it is a lively and interesting story, with
Ia fine portrait of the great sportsman.
Alexander Hume Ford contributes an
can Jew in which the single statement,
more than a third Of Russia's Jews are
being starved to death by the enforcement
l,of laws that forbid them to work. indi-
Gates with adequate force the true situa-
ton Of the Jew in the provinces which
constitute the pale" Mr.. Ford, how
ever, shows that under the disabilities of
the pale or in spite Of them the Jew
has built factories in the cities and buys
wheat In the agricultural district from the
peasants: The Jew persists. In Liberia
and : Manchuria he is trading; selling
American cotton goods in the latter coun-
| try or American dollar watches Mr..
g Sfrof Tod
snow sheds in the Rockies and the peril
t.from fire they entail, is a conspicuously
Interesting feature. Mr.. Hyde contributes
an attractive illustrated paper on ezra md
| Opera in English" and the number is,
! in every respect, winning one. New
York: The Pearson Publishing company,
2, 90 Aston place.
Ainslee's for September is full Of clever
! fiction. There are 100 pages of reading
matter by such writer's as Gertrude Ather-
ton, Poultney Bigelow, Julien Gordon, e.
Mesbit and others.
The Red Book, also magazine of short
| stories contains as we'll series of photo
graphic art studies of American types of
beauty. There are various other illustra-
| tions
The Independent for the week Of Aug. 6
is a very valuable number, as all numbers
Of this magazine are Justin Mccarthy
has an article on THE British House Of
Lords Waking Up, and there is an excel
| lent study Of 1.-THE American Country Es-
| tate" It tells of the general impulse to
get back to the country, most significant
phase Of American social life Illustra-
tons of American country villas are given.
Current Literature for August is full OF
interesting material of all kinds In fact
it is so crowded with literary pabulum
that it is difficult to pick out any one ar
ticle for comment. The subjects range
1 Pnff orNySb To-
ments, choice verse and selections OF
every description.
| Municipal Journal and Engineering for
August contains some interesting matter
on road material, municipal telephones,
/ water supply. pavements. ETC.