The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-23
NEWS OF THE BOOK WORLD
The Book Column NesIecta Its Duty In
an Attempt to Review Magazine;
tho Resut-New Yorks New Mayor
Writes Book-AdmlraI Dewey Writes
an Introduction for one-The Maya
ZInes., ls4

Last night the book column of T he
our n picked up the February Gen.
fury, the midwinter number, with the in
tention of looking at the cover and then
writing statement Of the magazines
contents to serve ] ournal readers as
guide to something interesting. It
"sensed" feast Of good things, and was
wondering what it ought to call atten-
ton to as perhaps the most striking fea-
ture of the number-two portraits in
color, which seem the acme Of the print
cr's art; an interesting article Son .'Bric-
a-brac Auctions in New York." by Albert
Bigelow Paine; Fable and Woodmyth,''
by Ernest Thompson Seton, or any one OF
several stories or descriptive articles Just
then it saw something that drew its at
tention for reasons quite other than 4
desire to tell anybody what the maya
zine contained.
What It saw was a little dinner party
for two. 1t saw the party-for was not
Roy Rolfe ellison describing it, and was
not the guest a little girl, Marjorie. whose
birthday 1t was, and the host, bachelor,
the intimate friend of Marjorie's father?
Mr.. Joggles, the bachelor, has taken
Marjorie to a fashionable restaurant to
dine and Is playing she is a princess and
he Is q general.
do you know, Mr.. Joggles, L believe those
ladies at the next table are listening to every
word we say!'' -. NJ
care they. tho? Then let us show them
thing or two. Let US be brilliant. Let us
sunny Cline home Of the succulent olive
s'Oh. Mr.. Joggles!'
'Sh! General-General, my dear. You for
get But apropos-speaking Of scintillating,
my dear princess, what Is your opinion Of pol
lywogs7"
'Those toad-things. Mr.. Joggles!'
Precisely toad-things."
II don't think should care for them at all,
Mr.: Joggles-especially in the dark"
/ MI. Joggles here changes the subject
the more to impress the listeners:
But, on the other hand. my dear princess,
you won't deny that Schopenhauer has certain
points in his favor
"oh. I know. You mean the beer man. He
comes Tuesdays and Saturdays, and waddles
(Oh, dear, Mr.. Joggles, they're laughing at us,
| Marjorie explains that she isn't allowed
to drink coffee because it would keep her
awake nights.
| ''Does it keep you awake nights, Mr.. Jog
gles?,' >-' -
':No. but 1t makes me dream sometimes. The
! other night had given little dinner at the
| club dreamed that the cream pitcher chased
| me around the sugar bowl. hid in the
| cheese" -.s
How funny Was it the coffee did that,
Mr.. Joggles' reply is evasive --tas.
And so it goes with these two, letting
their fmaginations run riot and, toward
the end being led in direction thai in
dicates that Mr.. Joggles may not Away.
j be observation-disclosures Marjorie has al
! "Auntie Margaret" s
! And thus the book column neglected its
duties and cannot tell anything about the
! weightier matters in the February Cen
tury. y? n.
1t is said that the book by George B. Nc
Clellan on 'tThe Oligarchy Of Venice will con-
tain surprise for those who have regarded the
new mayor Of New York as politician pure and
simple. This book announced for early publca-
| ton by Houghton, Miffin & Co.. will show Mr..
| Mcclellan also in the character Of scholar and
| man Of letters. :.