The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-22

Pompeii,n a. fresco representing the
origin of Rome. And there viii be re-
4 productions in the striking colors Of
the originals of two drawings made by
i Corwln Knapp Linson, illustrating his
i description of "Color at Vesuyius.' =
i Other artists whose work will appear
i IN the number are Hanabidge, Fem.
Jacobs, Gruger, Keller Vos.s Ivanowski,
i Campbell, Guerin and Thulstrup.
The current, February, issue of the
/ Metropolitan Magazine contains four
short stories, one serial tan INSTALL
/ ment1, four articles OH subjects Of
widely varied interests, two depart
'ments of editorial review-one of peo-
pie of the. hour and one of the stage
seven poems andsover 100 illustrations.
The January Field and Stream,
commencing a year of good things" "
1 to quote catch line from the hand
1 some cover, appeals strongly to those
/ who are most interested in the world
i outside the window pane. This maga-
zine advocates the outdoor life, and
i that it Is rapidly gaining adherents to
it's doctrines is evidenced by its ever
4 increasing interest and apparent pros
! perity. The article of chief interest in
the January number is Toward. the
North Star" the story of amateur voy-
ageurs on the ancient waterways Of
the Hudson's Bay company in the far
north, by G. M. Richards. 1t is rich
in information and in the romance of
the far country it describes. 'Two
! Great Sportsnen," by Uncle David, is
one of the most unusual pieces of mag
i azine literature that have appeared In
| years, Uncle David, whose ideas on
/ everything, even to spelling, are origi-
nal, passes Judgment on John D. Rock
efeller and Russell Sage. His opinions
are brief, satirical, astonishingiy frank
and funny to degree bordering
on the, ludicrous. There are en-
I cravings from the latest portraits Of
these most conspicuous men. winter
Life of Wildfowl,'' by E. j. Sawyer;
The Traveller" by H. H. Dunn; Game
Without Gun" by ]. H. Miller;
Reindeer Hunting in Norway by An.
ders i. Mordt, and THE Florida Alli-
gator, by Fred B. Warren, are a few
! of the many highly interesting and in.
structive contributions which make up
the January number of this refreshing
! and always handsomely illustrated
magazine.
The Delineator for February, with a
beautiful art cover and a varied table
|
Der. As special feature, Lionel S..
| Maplesons gives an account of grand
opera on its travels, a paper that is full
| OF hunlor as well as of genuine interest
and is strikingly illustrated. The ro-
nance of Chopin and the beautiful
! Countess Delphine Potocka is charm
lngly related by Gustav Kobbe in the
! Composers Series," and in an inter-
esting paper Allan Sutherland tells:
something of the origin and romance of
that matchless hymn of Henry Fran
els Lyte, abide With Me- There are
also good stories by Mary Stewart CUT
| ting, Anne O'Hagan and Owen Oliver,
/ in addition to the childrens corner,
which includes one of L. Frank Baum's
Animal Fairy Tales" and a "Son Riley
! Rabbit" story by Grace MacGowan
Cooke. Some Of the early spring styles
are shown, and of further interest to
women Is the chapter on "The Making
OF Housewife containing world Of
suggestion. The department Good
Looks" which discusses the forehead,
and Mrs. Theodore w. Birney's contri-
button on "The Mistakes of Mothers
are other items especially helpful
The January number of the Ameri-
can Journal Of Nursing is one of un-
usual interest. The leading article is
contributed by Mrs. Dita FL. Kinney,
superintendent of the nurse corps of
the United States army, and is entitled
Some Questionable Nursing Schools
and What They Are Doing" The writ
er deals boldly with the question of
what is coming to be looked upon as
quackery in nursing, showing the in
crease of correspondence and Short
course schools that profess to give a
nursing education without that train
ing in hospital which educated nurses
and the intelligent public believe to be
SO essential in fitting nurse for the
duties of the sick room.
The personal narrative of the taking
of Port Arthur, told by the men who
took it, is the feature of the February
Leslies Monthly Magazine. Two of
the narratives, by an officer of engf-
neers and by sapper, give a most
vivid and picturesque idea of the ac-
tual fighting, both above and below
ground. around that tremendous
fortress. Some beautiful photographs
of japanese girls in this number show
life
The story of Bering, the man after
whom Bering straits were named, be-
gins Miss Laut's articles on the ex-
plorers of the Pacific.
The second installment of Anna
in the Alcove,' is even more thrilling
than the first one, and the last chap
ters of Ralph Connor's novel, "The
Prospector," are as good as any that
have gone before. There are besides
eight short stories in this magazine.
including an excellent automobile
story, an amusing musical story, q cir
Gus story, a Russian police story with
an entirely new motive, and a number
of others.
The leading article in the February
Suggestion (Chicago), a magazine Of
the new psychology for thinkers. dis
cusses Christian Science theories, and
the author asserts that all healing is
+ the result of natural law of sugges-
ton, operating through the subjective
1 (psychic) faculties, and that Mrs.
Eddy's theories are unscientff1c; this
: issue. will appeal to. those who take an
interest in psychic matters, drugless
healing, nature cure, will power, men
tai science, personal magnetism.
{ thought force. mentality, advanced
thought and the doctrine that health.
happiness and success depend wholly
upon ma turaI laws and may be obtain
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