The Saint Paul globe., 1904-01-24
EARLY FEBRUARY MAGAZINES.

The FEBRUARY number of the Smart
Set opens with a striking novelette,, The
Wanderers" by-Gertrude Lynch-a story
with wholly new theme, as strong as it
I is interesting.
Following this comes delightful short
story. which strikes new vein The
land Franl1lyn Andrews. wherein bur-
giar figures as the central character. "The
Match Breaker by Mary L. Rendered. is
| a unique and thoroughly satisfying tale
with an underlying thread of psychologi-
cal interest. In IAN mpossibility'' Frank
| Saviie has written a strong story of ad-
Venture, while Julian Hawthorne con-
tributes a powerful study of the occult
| in '''fhe Ghost of the Old ADAM and
Seumas MacManuS Lost by Nose" is
| as humorous a piece of fiction as its au-
| thor has ever written. Besides these there
| are charming stories by such we'll known
| writer's as J. j. Bell, Herbert d. Ward
| Virginia Woodward Cloud, James Branch
/ Cabell Charles Nj. Skinner and Kate Mas
terson Richard LIE Gallienne. that writer
of beautiful prose. contributes one of his
| best essays which he has called Dear
! Dead Woman and Andre Sardou a son
| Of Vietorien Sardon. Is represented by q
| play in the original French, ''L'Instnct." ."
/ far wider circle than the uninitiated
and uninterested suspect IS keenly con-
cerned in all that passes in the auction
rooms of New York city. The story of
! these auction rooms. their sales, their
I salestnen and their visitors. will be the
subject of Albert Bigelow Paine's Brio
a-brac Auctions in New York in the
| FEBRUARY Century. In his article Mr.
! Paine will quote the proprietor of one of
/ the largest auction concerns in the met
ropolfs as saying:
1.-The art auction in New York has be-
! come a social event, and many of those
who come for entertainment remain to
| learn 1t is true they are likely to pay
something for their knowledge. but they
4 l. 70 RI 60 and
session of these beautiful. curious and
antique things gives them a new interest
| in some art or place or period, while the
study of the objects themselves develops
refinement of taste. | have known men of
means to begin a collection through the
purchase of a single article bought be-
cause someone of culture was bidding for
it, With ownership came awakening in
terest information taste and the greed
OF collecting. If busy man. broker
perhaps the auction room in time be
comes his PefreShment and recreation aft
er a hard day on the street, place to
meet his wife and daughters, a field of
| Friendly though spirited battle with some
associate OF the exchange.
''Yes. it seems a pity sometimes to
break up and scatter a magnificent col
lection; but, after ALL. it Gpeans greater
good to a greater number 70 distribute it
thus than to keep it where few besides
the owner and his friends ever see 1t
letter even than to give it to d museum.
J. Deniker. member of the Societe de
Ceographque de Paris. VIII discuss, In
the February Century. The Dalai.
Iama's New "Tse-Bou from Paris.
The Dalai Lama is the great Buddhist
chief of Tibet; and the Use Boum' is
his emblem. the attribute which on great
feast days he raises III his right hand as
he pronounces a blessing upon the pill
glirs assembled from all corners OF the
Buddhist world The new Use Boum.
OF which a picture and fun description
are given. is the Work Oh hye faflslam
artists. and. NJ. Deniller proDhesies, will
remain one of the masterpieces of French
industrial art
Among the clever stories in the Red
Book for February now at hand, are
In Spite of the Code by Eugene r.
Lyle Jr, a story of an American in Paris
and a duel something out of the ordl-
bnary; "A Reversion OF type, by M. >;
Reynolds relating how an American girl
recognized the strength of real man
when she saw him in strange surround
ings; "A Self-Supporting Woman by
Hayden Carruth. being the experience OF
a fascinating young widow bent on
business career; 1.-The Great Carruthers
Rebellion" by Mary B. Mullet delicious
domestic episode which will DE widely
appreciated; 1.-The White Pappoose, by
Izoa L. Forester, story of the woods,
with types of two races as characters:
and nine others no less readable, original
and attractive.
Henry Mills Alden writes in the
Editors Study in Harper's Magazine
for February, on literature as profes-
sion, and points out its jealous eXactions
if the literary man seriously intends to
accomplish much work Mr.: Alden thinks
that Holmes might have achieved h1Sn-
er distinction in literature had he not
been physician and Harvard profess
sor Longfellow and Lowell: on the con
trary, he believes We're aided in their
literary work by being professors OF liter
ature But George William Curtis led
Somewhat strenuous editorial life. and In
consequence had less oppertunnity, ;, to nNn write
classic. His work for the Easy Chair.
Of Hapers Magazne9 19,d it ,a,t Is true e;t WAS p
EDITORIALS for Harper's Weekly We're rush
ed from his hands to the press, and
usually written urgently in the composing
room. What reader of his graceful Easy
Chair essays or of his earlier books
would not have wished for him more OF
the quiet life?" inquiries the present oe-
cupant of the "Study