St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-10-13
FRESH LITERATURE.

Alessandro Fillippini, who has been
for twenty-four years manager of Del
monieo's establishment in New York,
has published ceok book of rare merit,
which is published by Charles l.. Web
ster s. Co., of New York and Mime
ap0lis. The title OF the book is The
Table, How to Buy Food, How to Cook
1t and How to Serve It." 'Cho work is
Endorsed by the Delmonicos, and while
it is written by man who has prepared
menus for dinners given by kings. an
exceptional feature of the book Is that
il is adapted to the humbleSt as well as
to the grandeSt style of living.
''MOn0pOlies and the People, is the
title of a new book issued by G.. P. Put
nam s. Sons. and for sale by the St.
Paul Book store. 1t is from the pen OF
Charles Whiting Baker, who gives the
results of careful and partial lnves-
tlgatlon into the present and prospective
status of the mOnopOlieS in every indus
try. And he also discusses in all fair
ness the questions in regard to these
mOnopOlieS-t their cause, growth. ends
and remedieS-which every thinking
man is to-day asking.
A new aud interesting work has Just
appeared in the literary world. Edmund
Clarence Stedman, the poet, and Ellen
Mackay HutchinsOn,a well-knoWn witt
er Of New York. and assistant literary
editor of the New York Tribune, have
collected and classified ehronologieally
in ten volumes a complete selection OF
our national literature from the year
1907 to the present date. Original in its
design. and carried out with the very
best critical taste, this book. or library"
as 1t is aptly styled, seems to US so prae-
tically adapted to our preSentintellectual
| requirements that we hail its appear
ance with unfeigned satisfaction. No
| one, nowadays, is considered educated
without some knowledge of history in
its higher Significance; hence the devel-
opmentS IL critical research daily
| brought to bear upon this branch OF
human study. The unraveling OF the
past is in a great measure the explana-
ton of the present. Now literature. 10
its widest sense, is a record of the
intellectual, moral and material life
Of nations, panoramic view, so
to speak, of their divers phases
of existence, from birth on
to development or decay. Past gem
eratiOns live in our memories by their
literature or their architecture, for in
stone or OH parchment are their dolngs
expressed and handed down; but the
the auspices of Charles l.. Webster q
Co., publishers, New York, eight vol
umes of this valuable and opportune
publication are now ready; the ninth
will be out in one month, the tenth by
February of 80. With pleasure
we have read fiattering reviews
OF the work by persons of literary
emiuence, and by much of the press
throughout the land. Especially have
we noticed warm commentator from
our we'll known and eSte6 med librarian
of congress. We consider ourselves safe
in stating our conviction that such
work will meet with the success 1t de-
serves from the American public, a pub
lie never behind-hand in encouraging
enterprises of practical utility. We are
confident that ere long many of those
who live mainly in the world OF thought,
as we'll as many a household whose
members in this busy age can still de-
vote some spare hours to that mental
culture which charms and refneS hui
man life. will find in these volumes
fresh and fair field of exercise for their
higher aptitudeS.
ga Woman of To-Day" by Margaret
Crawford Jackson, and "a Social DlplO-
matt by Flora Adams Darling, A. NJ,
are two OF the most popular novels OF
the day. They are published by the
John W. Lowell company. $50 Worth
street, New York, and are sold by the
leading newSdealerS.
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"Our Silver Coinage" written by
John A. Grier, and published by the
John W. Lowell company. $50 Worth
street, New York, should be read by all
business men.
In view of the congress of representa-
tiyeS of maritime nations in Washing
ton, Prof. j. Russell S0ley's article in
the November Scribner will be of es-
peclal interest. He shows how certain
principles in international law (Which
Great Britain has mainly been instru-
mental in establishing will react to the
disadvantage, and even great peril. of
that nation I'm the event of another
Anglo-cOntinental war. He also dis
cuSseS the effect which our navigation
laws will have in preventing us to profit
from the redistribution of the carrying
trade which would ensue.
Goethe's house at Weimar, from which
the public hive been excluded rigidly
until within year, will be fully de-
scribed in the November Scribner, by
Oscar Browning. The many illuStra-
tons are from the first photographs
taken since the house was thrown open,
and represent the rooms as Goethe left
them.
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DR.. M. Allen Starr will. I'm the No
vember Scribner. describe the effects of
electricity upon the human body. This
subject is of special Importance owing
to the frequent reports of accidents due
to contact with electric wires; to the
recent adoption of electricity as a means
for executing criminals; and to the eX-
travagant claims of the curative powers
OF electricity in diseases. DR.. Starr will
draw the line very sharply between the
legitimate use of electricity and quack-
cry.