The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-06
THE MAGAZINES

Dramatic Puzzle soIved-James Hume
ker In The Lamp for January, gives the
answer to Maeterlinck' S 81 oyzelle,,', that
dramatic puzzle whichAb othered the heads
of Parisians. He says:se<stI cal love, love
| that shall prevail over death, is the key
implications are yelled by the. magic of
the poet dramatist.'' j.. M. Bulloch4 in
the same magazine, raises the question,
Have Free Libraries Killed Literal ure ?.'
or course not, and Mr.. .Bulloch doesn't
think so. The most serious conclusion he
draws is that the ind crinlinate unin-
| formed: application, of money cannot lid
apprecfably to the number: of readers of
serious literature. We wonder whether
this will discourage Mr.sICarnegie.s The
frontfspiece is a picture In tints Of Charles
Dana Gibson. The inviting appearance of
the pages of The Lamp. are enough to
make one wish to read it. and add to that
the uniformly Asgood stun that is con-
tanned therein and YOU have a most at
tractiye- review and record of current lit
erature.
VIII 1t Be Settled Amicably?- Charles
Johnston, Bengal civil service, retired, in
the January Criterion has timely article
on Korea, Russia and JAPAN in which
he says: "But the matter will be ami
cably arranged, and Japan will continue
her self-imposed task making railroads
and telegraphs, opening coal and iron
mines, prospecting for gold, improving
agriculture, and, when favorable mo-
ment comes, again taking up the cause of
constitutional government against Korean
despotism and obscurantism' It Is easy
to guess that Mr.. Johnston has been a bit
shaky as to his prediction for the past
few days. Among other things in the
number are: A story by Jenette Lee, a
serial of deep psychological interest; an
amusing satire, THE Size of the Pilgrim
Fathers. by John Uri Lloyd; 1.-THE
Dramatic: Problem in Opera, by Kath-
arine M. Roof, and much other interesting
reading.
The Oldest RepubIIc.-The January Cos.
n1opoitan sustains its many-sided charac-
ter. The leading article is from the pen
of Lady Henry Somerset, who writes on
the people, especially the children OF the
London slums, and is Illustrated by strik-
ing photographs Of the capitals poverty.
Other illustrated features are a descrip-
ton of San Marino, the oldest republic in
the world, by Herbert s. Stone; 1.-The Odd
and Eccentric in the Drama by H. H.
Boyesen, Cd, Tin which the pictures are
scenes from the latest and most beauti-.
fully mounted melodramas land extrava-
ganzas.I Some, Famous Hymns and Their
Authors by Laura Grover Smith, con-
tains portraits of the great hymn writers
and some of the places associated with
them. ''Childhood Thru the Ages Leo
Claretie, has some curious pictures of old
toys and dolls. The Diary Of King Ed
ward VII" records the attempt Of a
royal parsonage to lead a useful and not
a, useless life. The list of fiction is long,
representing several well-known writer's
The magazine appears in new cover this
month. .-. ,
The Boyless EIevator.-It has been in
vented, and, according to the following
from The Four Track News for January,
which contains much of interest. it is very
simple: by pressing a button at the
door the machinery Is started and the
elevator appears. When it reaches the
floor the door opens and you step in and
press the button in the elevator which
bears the number Of the floor to which
you wish to go. Again the works start
and when your landing is reached the
elevator stops, the door opens and there
you are"