St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-09-02
BOOKS AND AUTHORS.

articles now running in Scribner's
Magazine on American railways can
hardly be Overestimated.
As nation the complaint that we
heed too little our own merits and rave
too much over those of our foreign
cousins, is not made with any great
amount of injustice.
1t may be said that we look out too
much, forgetting the store of knowledge
at our own doors.
After perusing the Scribner's articles
there must be growing of our national
pride. Without being railway mag
mates or employees we know that we
lead the world in the construction,
management ond development of rail-
roads, and that American pluck and
energy cannot be discounted.
The series has been delightfully."- illus
trated, and written to the level of the
everyday man.
In the current Scribner's Robert Louis
Stevenson writes TO ga Young Gentle
man Who Proposes to Embrace the Ca
reer of Art"
He is not consolatory in the advice he
tenders-after all, it being doubtful If
consolation is part of the nature which
is revealed in the pages of Jekyll and
Hyde, or John Stevenson.
He looks at life so keenly that to tell
the truth in any but the bluntest fash
ion seems impossible with him.
He writes: 1.-The writer lin spite of
notorious examples to the contrary
must look to be ill-paid. If
you adopt an art to be your trade, weed
your mind at the outset of all desire for
money. In. the wages of the
life, not in the wages of the trade, lies
your reward"
This is bluntness and truth persona
fed, and mayhap the better for not be-
ing Sugar-coated.
It is the fashion for newspaper men
to write novels these days, to publish
them, and. in many instances, to attain
success.
The latest aspirant for recognition
from the journalistic world is John S.
Shrlver, of the editorial staff Of the
Baltimore American.
Mr.. Shriver has written novel en-
titled Almost" story of Washington
and Venice-two extremes so widely
separated as to require considerable
geographical knowledge on the part of
the reader to connect them.
The plot is mysterious enough to
satisfy the average novel reader, but the
denouement too fiat to invite attention
to any part of the story but the end.
Doubtless Mr.. Shrlver wrote for sum-
mer readers-if so, all credit is due him
for a mastery effort in the direction of
what they demand. Lombord, Druid &
Co., Baltimore.
OF DR.. LockwOod's Readings in
Natural History" no more interesting
volume will be issued than his ''Ani-
NAL Memoirs. Part l. Mammals"
The volume in convenient pocket
form contains a valuable collection of
the result of Investigations into animal
humor, queer animals, eccentric ami
mails and the like, all of vital interest
not alone to the student of natural his
tory, but the everyday man and woman
who will find a moment to stop and
learn something of the animal world
about them. Ivison, Brakeman 81 Co.,
Chicago.
For the law student and the finished
lawyer, the Bancroft Whitney COM
pany, of San Francisco, have issued
Volume l of the American State Re-
ports, covering California, Connecticut,
Delaware, Florida, Minnesota and other
important legal centers of the Union.
In connection with these reports will be
with each volume $50 pages of original
notes covering salient legal points.
The publishers claim for these reports
cheapness, complete and concise report
ing, varied selections and extensive an
notatiOnS.
Hubbard Bros, of Philadelphia, are
in the campaign field with the lives of
Cleveland and Thurman, by W. U.
Hensel.
The value of the work beyond its
biographical nature is in the public
papers, speeches and acts of the two
candidates here recorded, and which
should be read and understood by all
who are interested in the growth of
American craftsmanship.
The chapters devoted TO the exercise
of the veto power and Democratic tariff
reform policy are valuable, and cannot
be too widely circulated.
1t has been the narrow and unjust
policy of the presidents opponents to
make it appear that his exercise of the
veto was for personal ends, they forget
ting the solemn oath under which he
labors to discharge all of his duties for
the people mot himself of the United
States.
The career of Thurman-judicial and
legislative-is well prepared, and all
that he has championed as a commoner
given an able presentation.
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To Democrats, the Forum will be I'M
usually interesting this month. for the
article of Senator Blackburn on 1.-The
Republican Platform"
Edward Atkinson robs Henry George,
in measure, by writing of Progress
From Poverty" and Hjalmar Boyesen
inquiries and answers, "What Shall The
Public Schools Teach?'
Gray Whiskers.
Jackson Republic.
Albert Scheffer made clean sweep of the
ST. Paul primaries. He even carried the
Ninth ward, Candidate Merriam's own home.
Scheffer has n out of the 100 delegates in
Ramsey county. While Banker Bill and his
''heelers" are hunting for the sorest spot,
they declare il was the most corrupt election
ever held in st. Paul. But, really boys, don't
unn knnv that excuse is so old that the