The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-08

REV. CHARLES WAGNER
Author of "The Voices of Nature
clear, interesting and helpful in be-
ginning the study of literature. The
editors of the various volumes have
been chosen for their special fitness
for their work, which represents sim
plicity, directness, sufficiency and vital
interest. The notes are limited to such
as help the pupil to understand the
text and are placed at the bottom of
| the page. The introductioDs give in.
clear and concise form the knowledge
needed for proper appreciation of the
text. DR.. Van Dykes name is a suffi-
cient guarantee of the excellence Of the
volumes, which are we'll printed, at
stractively bound and very reasonable
in price.
TWO in a zoo-By Curtis Dunham and
Oliver Herford. Bobbs- Merrill company.
For sale by st. Paul Book and Station
cry company.
What a delight this book must be to
the little folks can be imagined when
one glances over it, and to tell the
truth, it is an equal delight to grown
people. 1t is delicious story of the
| amicable relations of the animals in the
zoo, and Oliver Herford's name is a.
guarantee of it's cleverness. small
boy and girl become friends of the ami
mails, and the boy is able to under
stand their tongue and translates their
speech for the benefit of his small
friend. The animal point of view is
unique and very interesting.
MAGAZINE NOTES
The leading article for January Book
News is THE Market Value of Sincerity
by Arthur Stringer whose "Siiver Pop
promising among the more recent books
| of American fiction. The present article is
essentially characterized by high lit
erary ideal, and is in keeping with the
spirit that marks the every aim of Book
News as a literary periodical.
In the leading article of Success maga-;
zine for January, Hosmer Whitfield, who
went to Manchuria last spring as the
special commissioner of that magazine, to-
study the war between Japan and Rus.
Sia. has convincingly set forth his reasons
| Why Japan Must VIM Mr. WhitfeId'ss
article was written after a careful survey
of the situation and from facts supplied
In interviews with such. men as Marquis
Ito Gen. Kuroki, Baron Kaneko and Of =
i~fcers of the Russian army whose names
are withheld for obvious reasons. In
/
cover design by C. d.. Weldon and many
11ns lpnotogIapns taRen on tne neid OF war.
WI w Mliiam Jennings BRYAN mas written Tor
atslcis 1
"A careful survey of the field will lead a
Democrat to face the future with conf
neace ft ana mo nope; Inc iact that the party
that it Will not again yield it's position as
s, redor parry IN tne nope OF winning tne
r0 ATld jc- III f<a<4< +l.<N
first Of new series % Of ppiomatic eIg1eai u Mya
ba 4s,, eyV anee thompson, IN Which
ne teiis OF the dlfhculties encountered and
tne ea49d 4a9lpiomnacy needed IN the making OF
bV Success apa1i,, uolas 4ha st o,lereo
ES,ture Jnfi,,ence af An,a,;o, q, 49,, US
I Mr.. Reich has been much censnred iieti for
| his criticism of the American woman in q
| recent book = o-i =. .
Ihese. e, sufiIerlng sun young bachelor. uncles.
Grace >. Richmond, IN the January Nc.
| Cure gets lots of fun out of one of
them, who finds a fourteen-mofths old
| nepneW On MS ais. hands for one eventful
/ evening Blllys Orgy Chilly is the
nephew), in which the uncle aids and
! abets, includes such forbidden pleasures
| as jam pie and staying up till 1890 a. m.
| The wrath of the returning parents may
be imagined. The uncle doesn't mind
however, having been much consoled for
his martyrdom by a young lady caller.
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The Housekeeper begins the new year
! well with an unusually attractive number.
| The interesting fiction is by Leigh Cor
/ don Giitner. Robert Mackay, William H
Handy, Robert Bascom and R. Hallett
The many practical departments. edited by
Mary Taylor-Ross, Elizabeth w Morri-
son, Mrs. A. E. Arnstrutter, Marjorie
| March. Mary Foster Snider and other
as the Winter Iaundry. Hints for the
i January HoStesS, Helps for Home
| Pre- DreSsmakers, Dellclous Holiday Cakes ;
/ Hand hnlt Articles for the Boy, - "The
1 d6ousekeeperS TOOLS. New Ways with
/ oysters, Hygiene IN the Home and
Dalnty Iflfies In Fancy Needlework.
/ --e--s
Volume VIII of the Foi1r-Traclx News
which begins with the January number. -
! bids fair to far exceed any of tlie .nrev;ous
| volumes of that interesting periodical TThs
! January issue begins with an article en-
titled THE Ever Open Golden Gate" nv
1 Kathleen L. Greig, the illustrations for
which are exceptionally striking: ..Iauz-
anne is an interesting article BIZ e r
/ Mcintyre; New York City's Water
| 'front.' takes one on a journey around
/ Manhattan island. and points out many
an object of more than passing interest;
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