The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-06

dllu Tic tentative reform measures OF the
past and past failures through dwelling
too much upon men and too little upon
positive and intelligent program. In
these pages he gives his views as to what
the features of that positive program
Well ordered household work of art
should be, to make the coming city "a
and, religious institution in the truest
sense of the word religious
AROUND THE CAPITAL WITH UNCLE HANK.
Illustrated; By, Thomas Fleming. New
P york: 50 The Nutshell Publishing company.
The author has succeeded pretty we'll in
his avowed object Of portraying the hui
injurious side of life at Washington the
Illustrations in black and white helping
him out very decidedly. His word-pic-
lures Of members of house and senate are
excellent, hitting hard at times, and he
pays his: attention to the department
clerks, who play the role of statesmen,
| and the military element, who need to
| have the conceit taken out Of them. Uncle
Hank was injected into this cosmopolitan,
up-to-date community with no little shock
| to himself, and his experiences and OBJ,
servations upon what he saw and heard
are interestingly recorded. His notes on.
the senate and house proceedings are full
| Of genuine hun1or -
THE BOY. HowETo HELP HIM SUCCEED
| By Nathaniel c. Fowler, Jr., Assisted by .s19
American Men Of Marked Accomplishments =
Boston: The lakewood Publishing company
| Price, 81. 25.
| The keynote Of Mr. Fowler's study is
this: without the start there can be no
finish. The finish is not independent of
the start. The germ of the beginning is
present at the ending" There is much
good common sense advice in, the book,
| one Of it's most interesting features be-
ing the responses to the question: DO
you consider honesty necessary to bust
| ness SUGGEST" There are 214 positive
affirnations that it is essential; Sc qualify
this positive affirmation; do not con
| slider honesty essential and q agree with
| the seven, but with some qualifications.
It's gratifying to note that in the multi
| tude Of opinions expressed, a large per-
| centage refer to the restraints Of religion
and religious convictions as an essential
| ingredient in giving boy his start. AS
Prince Albert said: Find out the plan
of God in your generation and do not
cross it, but fall into your own place in
that plan.''t
THE BOOK OF NATURE MYTHS By Flor
ence Holbrook. Principal of Forestyille School,
Chicago. Boston: Houghton, N1ifhin & Co.,
No. Park street: Minneapolis: N. Nc
Carthy.
This volume of folklore from the prim-
tive races, is designed by the author to
| follow the Hiawatha primer as to vocab-
ulary. The simple form Of narrative in
these treasures of folklore is pleasing to
the young mind, especially as the nara
tives are favored with mystery. Good
examples are the "Story of the First Hum
T ming Bird ''The First Grasshopper,"
why the Bear Has a Short TAIL" why
There Is Man In the Moon" There are
over fifty stories in the book which is
Illustrated.
SISTERS OF REPARATR1cE. BY Lucia Gray
SWEET. Boston: Lee & Shepard. Price,
so cents.
This is a very daintily made book, at
tractive within and without, the cover de-
sign showing the edelweiss flower and the
title on dark gray silk cloth: The title
poem is tribute to the Italian singer
Donadio, prinna donna, who, forbidden by
the archbishop Of Genoa to sing, entered
a convent of the Sisters of Reparatrice
One. of the other poems relates to an old
brocade dress which was once worn by
Miss SWEETS great grandmother st ball
given in honor of Washington in Boston
It is entitled 1.-THE Old Brocade.''
LOVE soNNETs OF AN OFFICE BOY. By
Samuel E. Kiser.. illustrated by McCutcheon
Boston: Forbes & Co. Price, so cents.
The office boy has his romantic mo-
ments and periods like any other human,
and Mr.. Kiser has given us the true in
wardness,, SO to speak, Of such Juvenile
emotion in this little volume. which is
well illustrated. This o. B. fell In love
with the young lady who manipulates a
| typewriter. That he was badly mashed"
| is evident from these 'sonnets.''
! New Year Book-The New York Ameri-
| can and Journal has commenced the pub
| LEGATION of an almanac, year book, ency-
| clopedia and atlas which is very COM
| plete and exhaustice work. It is an oc-
| tavo volume of over 900 pages and con-
| tains god deal of information not found
| in other publications OF this character
Not the least interesting feature is the
| Illustrations. These illustrations include
| not only portraits OF prominent men and
women, but pictures Of places and events.
For instance, ST. Pierre, Martinique. is
| shown after the eruption Of Mt. Pelee.
Another timely Illustration is of the
| stockade around breaker during the
| coal strike. The sporting columns are
also literally Illustrated. new discoveries
| in the field of archaeology and discovery
are represented in half tones. There are
| colared maps Of countries and states and
an immense amount of information on
nearly all conceivable subjects.
THE. PROFESSOR.
Chicago Tribune.
LAS nearly as / can make out his ra-
Icial type" said the doctor, looking at the