The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-27
THE MAGAZINES
Senator Heverldae as = SELF. Mad. M,

Senator 6everidge as a Self Made Man.
George Horace Iorimer has estab-
ilsheo hlmselt as an expert" on self
made men by his Letters from a Self
Made Merchant to His Son. When he
speaks of the self-made man, therefore.
ne. will be listened to. People are not
only willing but eager to hear what he
mas to say. They have. a chance to sat-
lsfy their eagerness in part in Apple
toms Booklovers Magazine for Decem-
Der, 7 sumptuous Christmas, number.
Therein Mr.. Lorimer, with Senator Bev-
eridge as an example, has a study Of the
ef-made man. One sees that there is
much in the senator to stimulate in
others efforts and persistence of the
kind that counts. The self-nnade man.
Win the emphasis on the man. is
the thing the world cannot have too
much of.
The Christmas Booklovers is worthy
or the season, the reading public and
the publishers who issue it. 1t is full
OF attractive reading, from the serious
consideration OF Japan as a rival of
America in the east to light fiction, and
In addition is richly illustrated with
many of the pictures in colors.
century's Splendid Christmas Number
Notably rich in color is the Christmas
Century; It's many pages in color and tint
| and its store Of Christmas story and verse
making it handsome gift book in itself
Pre-eminent among the fiction Of the
month, Of course, is the continuation OF
Mrs. Humphrey Wards "Fenwicks Ca
| reer,' the new chapters carrying the
young Westmoreland painter to London
into a. world Of thought and of people
altogether new to him. There are Christ
mas stories by Elizabeth Foote, '"The
Rough Places by Lawrence Mott
Jean Baptistes Christmas Present. by
! Myra Kelly, "star of Bethlehem" and
by Jacob Riis; THE Snow babies Christ
mas a tenderly told incident of life al
the Sea Breeze hospital for crippled chill.
dren. A short story by the author Of
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch" is
called "The Soul of o sana San" and
there is a, rather mystical sketch. Lovers
in Heaven by Julian Hawthorne. Eyi
IDENTIFY written to provoke smfles-an(
successfully-are Maurice Francis Egan'.
''The Honor of Sexton Maginnis." Elliot
Flowers THE Elusive Wedding ant
George Hibbard's "After the Accident
Nor is the number lacking in more seriou:
| offerings. OF most Importance is tn
first of Frederick Trevor Hills ''Lincoll
the Lawyer" showing the writer's en-
thusiasm for and research into his sub
| JeCL anu promising new ana Valua Dl
| cha piers in the history Of Abraham Lin
| coin.
Americas Army of School chlIciren.-
| What Rene Bache calls the creates
standing army in the world in Person
| Magazine for December is the army O
American school children Mr.. Bach
puts his figures strikingly in words an,
pictures. For example, it is a bit start
ling when he says that Americas schoo
children outnumber the inhabitants o
Spain, both old and young. The naga
zine is compact with readable material
! fiction, history and other sorts.
4 New Novel by g. n. Wells Begins 4
Christmas CosmopoItan.-"In the Day
i of the Comet is the title of a ney
story by H. G. Wells begun in the Christ
mas Cosmopolitan. It starts off with
| swing that promises interesting develop
! ments. The Christmas Cosmopolitan i
4 a very attractive number and holds mucl
/ Of interest both in fiction and literatur
of more serious purport. :-.. ..