The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-27
MAGAZINE NOTES.

The brilliant manner in which the pub
fishers of Everybodys Magazine have
handled the subject of the st. Louis ex-
position affords clew to. the success of
the publication. The April number opens
with an article on THE Greatest Worlds
Fair and the two men most able to do
R. Francis, president of the Exposition
company. furnishes the text, and Vernon
Howe Bailey. the distinguished young
artist, has done the Illustrations. This,
varied number. DIR. Newell Dwight Hills
contributes a most important article on
the subject of Consolidating. the
editing is charact sa.ei study t Of a Arthur thur
Pue German The manly statesmans life
has been written a hundred times, but
here's really a brilliant sketch of the man,
by E. M. KingSbury, who told SO anus
ingly two months ago the strange story of
John w. Gates. 1t may be added that
the fiction in this number is capital. es-
pecially the pampas story by William
Scribner's Magazine for April gives a
very effective and artistic pTesentat ton of
the beauties of the worlds fair at ST.
Louis in a series of drawings by Jules
Guerin, four of them reproduced in col
ors. There is no artist who succeeds in
giving more of the poetic beauty of arch
sketches of Washington will be recalled.
Montgomery Schuyler. the well known art
critic, writes of the architectural sig
nc of the be g sha bs
plan, with the Illuminating text, will en-
able anyone properly to see and appre-
ciate the architectural features of the
fair.
Under the title of 1.-The Great Siberian
Railway" James w. Davidson, F. r. G.
S., United States consul at Antung, Man
churia, will give much valuable informa-
in, Ia nj
greatest railway which the world has
ever seem Travellers on the great
Siberian railway will find the many days
on the train wonderfully comfortable For
its passengers the train de luxe plans to
provide brass bedsteads, private toilet
rooms. baths. gymnasium. electric fans
furnished drawing Mr.. Davidson
estimates that one may enjoy all this
luxury from Paris to Dalny or Picking
for not over $780, including sleeper, food
and all incidental expenses.
Japan Before the War one of the
leading articles in The World Today for
April is written by a resident of that
1t win undoubtedly increase the admira
ton and sympathy generally felt for the
Japanese in the conduct of the war 1t
is a remarkable testimony to the wise
nation. Housekeeping in Japan by
Charles Hovey Pepper, the. well-known
artist, gives a picturesque view of home
life and quaint customs. Japanese war
posters. depicting the naval battles with
more vividness than perspective, and
fairly dripping with patriotism. are a
prominent feature of the magazine. These
were received direct from Yokohama by
The World Today.
The frontispiece of the April ST. Mich
olas is a half-tone reproduction from
Copley print of Dorothy, as winsome
little lass as ever sat for her picture.
The original portrait was by Lydia Field
please young readers. and THE Generals
Easter Box is seasonable and CHEEKY,
well worth the second reading it is sure
to have. Anne McQueen'S "A Work of
Art is a quaint story of quaint little
maiden of long ago. tale good enough to
be true. Every girl and boy, of what
ever age, will be intensely interested in
the two Robinson Crusoe articles, 1.-The
Author of Robinson Crusoe, by w. B.
Northrop. and Robinson Crusoes Island
Two Hundred Years Later by Francis
Arnold Collins April 26tn will be the
173d anniversary of Daniel Defoe's death,
a fact which gives especial interest to the
likeness of the author reproduced from
a copperplate portrait in the British
museum. Several photographs, made
few months ago by some Chilean warship
officers. and now published for the first
time in the United States, illustrate the
Crusoes shipwreck, his cave and his look
out the tablet erected in memory of Alex
ander SeIkirk, etc. Another article of
special and timely interest is the account
of "a Japanese MILDLY by Teichi Yam
agata, an officer In the japanese navy.
The April number of The Booklovers'
magazine appeals to a wide variety of
tastes. There is solidity without heavi-
ness, entertainment without shallowness,