The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-09


Anticipating the coming camping sea-
son, the leading article in Recreation for
April Is Summer Camps and Campers"
oy Arnold Bartlett Parker. The story is
MED with Illustrations and contains many
practical hints for the tenderfoot and his
wife IN the woods and on the waters. 'In
the country cf the Black Sheen" is n
story by B. II. Brown, covering a trim
through British Columbia. after the Ovus
stonei. the so-caned American black sheep
discovered by Andrew ]. Stone several
years ago. An interesting feature of this
story Is the careful attention paid to
camping details and the valuable sugges-
tons 10 those hunters who go to the
mountains in search of big game. L. A.
spencer, who is In charge OF the New
YORK aquarium. contributes an illustrated
article on the Bass and Pike Families
worthy subject for powerful pen is
the life OF Pere Lacombe. a wilderness
apostle OF the north, which A. c. Laut
contributes to April Outing. Bravest and
best beloved OF American missionaries,
Lacombe lived for half a century among
the Indians Widely different from this is
E j. o. Alsop's account of 1.-The HOLY
City of the Hindus'' with vivid photo-
graphs and descriptions OF the strange
customs Of these remote people House
boat Life on the Mississippi" by Clifton
Johnson, tells of strange modes OF living
nearer home. Household economy Is
brought down to an astonishingly low
point on this river, where the voyager col
lects his own wood, catches a dinner OF
fsh and pays no rent.
Spring Work in the Garden" prac-
teal and really helpful article for the
amateur gardener could not have come
more bly,; 1t tells of hot beds, cold
frames and tools; laying out garden,
planting flowers. raising vegetables and
fruits. and finally gives many hints for
Keseping good lawn. Stalking Owls
with Camera" is difficult feat but was
successfully accomplished by Herbert K
JOB. Who presents q striking series OF
photographs, and tells how he took them
The International Quarterly for April
contains a striking essay by Maurice
Maeterlinck. in which the forces at plav
on modern battlefield are analyzed in a
peculiarly suggestive way under the title
.h oh Inc Inc Gods OF War Other essays in
trtbuted by Kenyon Cox on 'MicheIan-
geto Okakurac cKakuzo. the japanese
Pr1ter' PTof on The s6ap Cup Of Humanity. (teal:
Power Gustav Lanson an THE Historic
Method OF Jules Michelet''; Sydney Olivier,
Mans Burden at Home; the Rev. Wash
ington GLADDEN. on THE Church and Social
MoTK and by Capt; E; L. zalinski.
a.. f;oa ?, "A. tre5ired1, on Modern Siege OPP
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The Bookman for April is. as usual
Scholarly in its tendency, and the chron-
icle and comment is interesting and
original A special article on Hans
Christian Andersen is timely. and the
other topics are well treated.
The April number of the Craftsman Of
fers challenging variety OF original ar
.lcies, attractiveiy Illustrated, in addition
ri 1nFaf- It'll
voted TO home interests. the latter rang
ing from plans for house or cottage build
ing. suggestions and discussions about
home furnishing and decorating, to a
thorough course OF home training in cabi-
net work. Also the fifth article in the
series OF Art in the Home and in the
new magazine which is shortly to an
pear. with the name Tales" will en-
BODY at least one feature new to publica-
,io ions devoted to fiction. Tales" win pub
llsn each month serial, a complete novel
and number OF short stories translated
from various European languages While
IIl Lne names OF many famous authors of
France. Germany, Russia and other coun-
tries are familiar to American readers
they are In many cases mere names, and
mere theIe Is probably large reading public
which will welcome the opportunity to
learn something of their works Such a
magazine Will undoubtedly meet a real de-
mand.
Miss Agnes c. Laut, the author of
Lords of the North,'' 'Heralds OF En-
pire; The Story of the Trapper," and
,.Pathfinders of the West" writes In the
Review OF Reviews for April on What
the Portland Exposition Really Cele-
brates'I''the heroic period in the history
OF the American west" In the same
magazine. Mr.. Edgar B. Piper managing
editor of the Portland Oregonian, describes
raise raise the the s2 to help these boys out9 They