The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-10
SOME LATE AUGUST MAGAZINES.

AS is the custom of that periodical, the
August number of the North American
Review deals comprehensively and author
itatively with number of subjects that
haev a leading place in the public mind
1.-THE Proposed British Zollverein" is the
title of a symposium, in which the Right
that policy as "a Crushing Burden to the
British People, while Archibald R. Col
quhoun advocates it as "A Policy That
Would Conserve the Empire" and Henry
Loomis Nelson, professor of political sci
ences in Williams college, considers Its
Effect on United States Trade" Wolf Won
Sutherland discusses the Results of the
German Elections An interesting fea-
Stoddard, entitled AN Old Story: a Rou-
manan Folk Song. Brig. Gen. w. H.
Carter, U. S. A, enumerates some of the
influences which have retarded the An
glo-American Friendship which is now
a happy fact. James P. Kimbal de-
nounces recent Aggressive Forest Reser-
walton" which menaces the interests of
portions of the West Archibald S. Hurd
describes the phenomenal growth of Rus
sia's Fleet in recent years and points to
the significance Of that fact in its rela-
ton to Russia's expansion in the far East.
The August Bool1man contains the usu-
al interesting literary news and reviews of
late books and several contributions of i'm
portance of which perhaps ''The Real Mar
garet Fuller is the most notable. 1t is
written by Annie Nathan Meyler.
The leading article in the August Cos
mopolitan is Dramatic Schools and the
Profession of Acting by David Belasco.
William j. Wilgus vice president of the
New York Central & Hudson River rail-
road, contributes an article on Railroad
ing to the series Making a Choice of a
Profession" Frank Moss, in an article
entitled "a Great Public Service" deals
with the courage determination and skill
exhibited by the men who have undertaken
Vr,.y'e of r1N1in
thieves. In the same number appears
The Way to Win a Woman an essay by
Lavina Hart.
The August Criterion offers some enter
tanning midsummer reading. Among the
prominent articles are a timely paper on
The RusSo-American Conquest of Man
churia,'' by Alexander Hume Ford, deal
ing with the great engineering and rail-
way schemes now being pushed forward
in the far East; Judge Clinton R. Wood
rufus thoughtful exposition of the mod
ern factors of 1.-THE Civic Renaissance"
an interesting paper of personal recOllec-
tions of the famous Duke of Argyll and
the Marquis of Dufferin, by Gen. James
Grant Wilson; and an amusingly clever ar
ticle by Florence K. Russell, devoted to an
army woman's first experiences in Fam
boanga, in the Philippine islands.
The Craftsman published at Syracuse,
n. W for August presents a third in the
who puts upon an ordinary city lot home
which possesses originality and distinc-
ton. THE American Ceramic Series" by
Irene Sargent. records the success of Miss
Louise Mclaughlin, of Cincinnati, in un-
derglaze decorations and the making of
porcelain. The present art conditions in
America are discussed by Claude Fayette
Bragdon; under the title of THE Sleeping
Book News for August is the annual
index number. A carefully compiled re-
versible index to the whole twelve issues
Of the year is furnished, so that bound
copies can be conveniently made. The re-
mainder of the current number is replete
with matters of literary interest the de-
f1ciency due to the dullness of the book
season being supplied by articles upon.
timely topics concerning the world of au-
thorS and letters.
The Burr Mcintosh Monthly for August
contains the usual number of fine pictures
OF actresses and others in the public eye.