The Saint Paul globe., 1904-01-31

LOBE. SUNDAY. JAN
Larsens pewer, finds a copy Of Brown
ing in the captains berth. open at I'm a
Balcony" This Is the reading with which
Wolf Larsen fills the hour before sleep:
and On shelves in his tiny cabin are rang
ed some of the classics Of English Itera-
ture. In these chapters. too. the brutal
captain unbends to discussion, clear,
clever. forceful of LIES deep problems
and mysteries.
The man who many people think should
have been poet laureate-william Watson
contributes to the February number Of
The Reader Magazine an article on "The
State Discouragement Of Literature"
Those who are dissatisfied with the way
literature is going in England, those who
think it is in as bad way here. and those
who disagree altogether with Mr. Watson
will all find what he says very interesting.
Meanwhile two stories in this same num-
Der, newspaper tale by Louise Belts
Edwards and a medieval Spanish-Jew
story by Hunter MacCulloch are so de-
lightful that one can hardly feel altogether
hopeless about literature: Julius Cham
bers contributes five of his Little Stories
of Journalism"-all are entertaining, but
the one about how he gave Reed the title
of Car will be the most popular. Mrs.
Nina r. Allen writes. diverting essay
about the pathetic side of obesity; and
Seweil Ford humorous skit on 1.-The
Literary HomeSteader.
In way this is a Bliss Carnan num-
Der. for portrait of him by John Cecil
! Clay, and likeness at his best, is on
| the cover The departments are up to
| their .selfset standard-to say which is
indeed praise; Bert Lesion Taylor's
Reading Sauce" as funny as ever. Car
olyn Wells Over the Book Counter as
! pieuantly sensible; the serious reviews
section full of engrossing and harmless
| literary gossip and new literary pictures,
/ and THE Bishops Carriage''-for that
rily-the lady-thief though reformed
| still thief and her adventure with
| lost baby simply delectable.
| The February Atlantic offers a group Of
/ leading articles which can be neglected
! by no person earnestly concerned about
4 the urgent issues in America today. These
papers, in which subjects Of the first i'm
4 portanee are treated by the men best
| qualified to discuss them with authority
4 and yigor. are:
wall Street and the Country" by
| Charles A. Conant. a treatise on the uses
| and abuses of the money power, with
which the number opens; followed by
| sensible and dispaSsionate paper on
| 'Lynchfng; Southern View by C1ar-
| ence H. Poe, and a thoughtful discus
| sion of the question, "Is Commercialism
| in Disgrace?" by John Graham Brooks
Henry Wizards "Recollections of Lin
coin" from his forthcoming auto
| biography. throw much fresh and vivid
| light upon the character of Lincoln as
! statesman and as a man.
| Among the literary and biographical
/ papers are COL Higginson's delightful
| paper on English and American
| Cousins;" Andrew d. Whites second and
| concluding paper upon Paolo SarpI, the
| Italian reformer; searching and sug-
! gestive critical essay. upon Borrow. the
/ author of Lavengro. by II. w Boynton;
| Prof. Irving Manatt's breezy study of the
| recently discovered Persians by the Greek
Dramatist; Timotheos. with an animated
| English version of the play; "a Basket
/ Of Chips finely wrought and attrac-
| tive study of bird songs in winter, by
| Henry OidyS; a clever roundabout paper
| on "Cynicism." by Arthur Stanwood Pier;
| and a characteristic humorous sketch by
| Martha Baker Dunn, entitled Cicero in
| Maine"
The Booklovers Magazine for February
| has contrived to keep itself well abreast
| of current events. Its leading articles are
passing importance. Such especially are
TaIcott Williams article on Mr.. Cham
| berlain'S fiscal policy as 1t will affect Eu-
| rope and America; Mr.. Frank H. Taylors
\ account of the Panama canal purchase,
and Gustav Kobbes story Of Wagner and
his art. These last two articles are fully
| illustrated. The art features for Feb
] ruary are in themselves unique; they also
| work hitherto but little exploited In mod
ern magazines. Mr.. c. Yarnali Abbott eX-
plains in an appreciative way. and with
! the aid of a dozen striking pictures. the
aims and methods of the new school Of
! Photographic portraiture that is revolu-
! tienizing a hitherto somewhat discredited
| art. Among the other interesting fea-
| lures Of the February number Is strik
ingly picturesque account of the ex-
| Empress Eugenie by Clara Morris. ap
| propriately illustrated; an appreciation of
| Mark Twain's philosophy by Prof Par
| rott. OF Princeton; splendidly Illus
trated account of the adventurous work
of the geological survey, by H. Foster
! Balm and a story of strong emotional
power and sustained interest, Contrary
to Precedent by Susan Keating Glas-
pell.
The Macmillan company has just issued
| the January number Of the Burlington
Magazine which has become famous dur
! ing its two and half years of life for
| its beautiful reproductions of all sorts of
rare objects of art. the real appreciation
of which Is confined chiefly to the con-
! noisseur. The most attractive features Of
| this issue are reproductions Of paintings
| by Greuze Rubens and others, in the
| Normanton collection. by ]. s. Cotman,
and by the early Milanese painters.
scribner's Magazine for February begins
| one of those series which from the days
! Of the Thackeray Letters to the Wadding
| ton Letters have been Characteristic of
| this magazine. Mrs. George Bancroft's
Letters from EHSlaHu are worthy sue
cessor to these notable literary achieve
ments. Mrs Bancroft was brilliant
| woman, born in Plymouth, Mass. and all
| her life associated with people of distinc-
| tion. AS a young girl she was great
| friend Of Emerson and his wife, and Of
| many Of the Brook Farm people. She
| married George Bancroft. the historian, in
| 1888. and when he was sent to England
as minister in 1886 she wrote these let
| ters. principally in diary form, to her
children. The Bancrofts knew all the emil
nent people in politics, society and litera-
ture. 1t was the age of Samuel Rogers.
Macaulay. Lord and Lady Holland. and
Palmerston.
Robert Grants serial. 1.-The Undercur-
rent" rapidly reaches the crisis in the
life of the heroine. In this installment she
Is deserted by her husband, and thrown
upon her own resources.
The Audubon societies. through their
organ. Bird Lore. make an urgent appeal
to the women of America to abstain from
using aigrettes. 1t IS claimed that the
herons from which these aigrette plumes
are taken are rapidly approaching ex-
tinetion. The dealers offer of 1872 per
ounce for raw plumes tempts hunters to
defy the law. and 1t Is believed that II