The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-06

graphy of the Far East''-a page of titles
Of recent authoritative books on Russia,
Japan. China and Korea.
The March Atlantic contains several
powerful articles on practical questions of
the day. 1t opens with a paper on Abuses
of Public Advertising by Charles Null
ford Robinson. an officer of the Archi-
tectural league and of the Park and Out
door association and a recognized author
ity upon outdoor questions and improve
mentS.
W. c. Dreher sends an interesting let
ter from Germany. his annual resume of
German events and affairs
Col Thomas w. Higginson continues his
entertaining "reminiscences with a lively
paper on Books Unread
Robert Herrick's realistic novel of Chi
eago life, 1.-The Common Lot" progresses
with increased dramatic intensity.
St5ong so Reaa are Il r. Ths
cent Thing by Frederick O. Bartlett and
Lafcadie Hearn's charming Japanese
sketch, 1.-The Dream of Akinosuke."
are 7.The Return of the Gentlewoman. .
Man NJ Mii By Rolo ogden; rheodor Momm M
sen," by Prof. J. B. Garter; .4Fhe Beg
Poets fae by F. &. and AHolbein, Books
New and Old by Royal Cortissoz.
Poems by Richard Burton, John Vance
Cheney, and Rev. John n1.,l B Tahb, and and a
remarkably well-balanced number.
The March number of the Reader Mag
azine is the first to appear under the
management and from the press of the
BobbS- Merrill company.
The story of the Female Raf1es," call
ed 1.-The Bishops Carriage" which has
been having an admired career in the
Reader magazine, reaches It's charming
conclusion in the March number.
There is also a good Chicago newspa-
per story, by Kenneth Brown. and ne
gro folk tale-"M. Bear Tends Store
of the Uncle Remus variety. It is as
amusing as any of Mr.. Harris famous
stories.
Besides the fiction. there are Julius
Chambers Little Stories of Journalism, I"
Sing Sing" by No. 1.5ea It tells Of the
experience and emotions of a convict on
his first journey to this great prison
No. 1000 is the founder and first editor
of 'sFhe Star Of Hope; the most famous 1s
travel sketches are to be avoided. but
Vance Thenapson's Idle Hours In Venice"
is an exception. It is unique and charm
ing in every way.
Among the more purely literary ar
tieles are keenly SYMPATHETIC. discus
sion of Life and ]. M. Barrie" q new
instaHnaent Of "reminiscences Of an In
fish neveiists a sarcastic little essay on
Pitfalls of Book Titles SeweH Ford 8
! and Bert Lesion Taylor's names also in
sure some amusing matter.
ga Tale of the Cannibal Islands, told
by Herbert Baird Stimson in the March
St Nicholas, is true story, and relates
an experience of the writer's father, the
late William Stimson, who at the time
was a naturalist to the North Pacific ex-
ploTing expedition, and who was later a
member of the Academy of Natural
Sciences.
w. S. Harwood's 1.-The Blacksmith Ma
ton; or the Story of a Bar of Iron IN
the March St. Nicholas will be read with
interest-and profit-not only by the older
boys among st. Nicholas friends, but by
the lads fathers, too. 1t is a clear and
concise statement of the progress OF
bar of iron from the ore to the finished
product; and it also presents forcibly the
fact of our country's advancement to the
forefront in the worlds greatest industry
the manufacture of iron and steel.
The Architectural Record, published In
New York, is a model of beauty and ex-
cellence 1t is full of fine portraits of
homes and their artistic interiors, to say
nothing of the valuable Information it
contains relating to the subject of building
and architecture.