St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-25
BOOKS AND AUTHORS.
American
White
Slavery.

| CHS dllcu 1T udHY
| Slavery. wrongs of the present
| day, then indeed is tho
country in danger. Thomas w. Nor
wood tmember from Georgia) has de-
parted from conventional paths and
adopted this role. His Plutocracy, or
American White Slavery (American
| News company is just fresh from the
press. The hovel Gf it may so be
called) is too long. and it intrudes upon
! the field Of fiction social and political
| questions usually confined to essays or
magazine columns. 1.-The work was
undertaken" writes the NJ. G. in his
| preface, with the intention and aim to
do something to point out certain politi-
cal wrongs, mercantile evils and social
follieS and vices that are growing at
rapid and dangerous speed in our re-
! public"
| Certainly enough. ground to cover un.
! der the guiSe of novel, and necessarily
| imperfeetly covered by its extent and
| the limitations of book covers. Wall
| street comes in for large share of tho
| authors attention, and in the characters
| of Galusha Smiling, Fuller Margin,
| Mr.. Ree1zer aud one or two others, he
numerically flags the spectators of
the money market. His depictionS OF
men are not fine, for the evident reason
eative talents he may have possessed.
He sees the dark and gloomy side of
| speculation, society and politics, and
sacrifices his heroes and herOineS to it.
Much matter very foreign to novel is
introduced, to the detriment of the work
| ITSELF Mr.. Norwood means well, bnt
unfortunately destroys a great dramatic
| opportunity in vain attempt to expose
| a world of wrong. In half of its present
| compass, and written with some view to
| dramatic effect, 'PlutOcracy" would
have commanded greater audience
and accomplished more than it will now.
| sa:sS
The MaplesOn Bedford. Clarke &c
Co., will shortly issue
Memoirs. The Mapleson Me-
molrs, being the re-
! doubtable colonel's narrative of his
management of Patti and experience
with opera singers. The advance sheets
indicate thai the work will contain very
| much of popular interest. Some of the
stories of Patti are capital, as for i'll.
stance this:
Notwithstanding the successful per-
| formances in America, the receipts
never reached the amount of expendi.
| ture. Mr.. Mapleson was unable to pay
| Nine. Patti, and her agent formally gave
| him notice to terminate the contract.
| Nine. Patti, however, sent a message to
] say that on receiving $500 ON account
she would dress for the performance
| with the exception OF her shoes. As the
money was taken at the doors, she eX-
| pected the other G200 before she would
| put on the shoes. Mr.. Mapleson shall
| tell the rest of the story in his own
| words:
AFTER the opening of the doors had
| another visit from Sig. Franchi. By
this time an extra sum of 4160 had como
| in. / handed it to my benevolent
| friend, and begged him to carry it with.
out delay to the Oblging prima
donna, who, having received $3.50,
might. l thought, be induced to COM
plete her toilet pending the arrival of
the $40 balance. Nor was l altogether
wrong in my hopeful anticipations.
| With beaming face Sig. Franchi came
back and communicated to me the joy
full intelligence that Nine. Patti had got
one shoe on. Send her the e4O.' he
added, and she will put on the other.'
| Ultimately the other shoe was got on,
| but not, of course, until the last $40
had been paid"
sg:ssss
ireland One of the best books
| of the year is William
Under Henry Hurlbert'S Ire
| land Under Coercion.
Coercion. 1t must, with time,
prove to be an honest
| and impartial presentation of the Irish
| question from the point of view of an
| American student. Mr.. Hurlbert visited
| Ireland this year, and the book is the
| result of that visit aud years of study Of
| the social and economical questions Of
| that distressed land. With the results
| of this labor at his command the book
meets all sides of the question and re.
| fleets with the utmost fairness the opin-
ions held by progressive Americans to-
day on Ireland and her people. What
he heard and saw in the Green Isle. val.
liable correspondence, hitherto unpub-
liShed private documents bearing OH the
subject are all given without partisan
bias. The book by the very spirit in
which it is written is bound to become
of great historical value. Irishmen, as
well as Americans, will gain new and
broader knowledge of the condition of
affairs in their own land by the reading
of this book. Houghton, Miflin 81 Co.,
Boston.
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Books to White e. Allen New
York; have issued g
books for the Christ
mas trade. The Thompson Street
Poker Club and The Mott Street
Club both appear in book form, capt.
tally illustrated. Or the series one OF
the funniest in the way Of cartoons is
The HOttentot Blue Book, with car
ICONS by Seyppel. 1t is take-off on
certain international questions raised
between England and Germany, and
the alleged poetry attached is very bad.
But the adventures of the two heroes,
drawn by clever pencil, are sufficiently
ludcrouS to hide other defects. The de-
sign on the cover and margins of the
book is original and taking. st. Paul
Book and Stationery company.
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The Lesser Card players will hail
with delight White %
Books. Aliens pocket series
of hand-books on draw
poker, American whist and euchre, by
Denis De Bebian. They contain minute
and authoritative instructions for play
ing. st. Paul Book and Stationery
Company.
Belford's Annual is au American
pattern after the English Chatterbox.
DickinSOn'S Glass Block.
In Christmas books, The Old Folks at
Home is beautifully illustrated copy
of 'sSwanee RIVER. The Illustrations
are by Brenneman, q sufficient guaFan-
tee of their merit. The Life of Christ
Calendar is another Christmas number.
The designs are of the decidedly re-
ligiouS type.
AT DickiDson's the Bedford, Clark &c
Co. issues are for sale. They include
That Girl from Texas, dedicated to Es-
telle Clayton, the actress; Under the
Naples, by Hinman. aud numberleSs
other attractive Christmas books.