St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-05-05

Appleton & Co. TO young and mex
perienced officers of the guard and 9TH
er5 it should be constant companion.
SOME NEW NOVELS.
"Miss Mordeck's Father" published
by Dodd, Mead & Co., New York, is a
powerfully written story. based on dual
existence. The success of "Dr. Jekyll
and Mr.. HYDE is. perhaps, not likely
to be repeated, and yet Miss Mordeck's
Father is in many respects far
stronger novel than that famous book.
In this case the dual existence springs
from natural causes. 1t lends a myS-
terry to two households, and the author
has succeeded in making appear natural
changes which in Mr.. Stevenson's story
are repulsive. The author has sue
ceeded in writing story which the
reader who once gets beyond the some
what strained opening chapter will sit
up at night to finish.
''Syrlin, OF Position" is the latestnovel
of Ouida's to be published by j. B.
Lippincott company. The hero, an
actor, falls in love with married
English lady of title, who, neglected by
her husband, returns the love, but is too
proud to compromise herself by permit
ting any attentions from her ardent
lover. 1t is an impossible story full of
impossible characters, and therefore
will be all the more attractive to
Ouida'S admirers.
"La Bette Hhmalne," Emile Zola's
latest and most powerful novel, pub
lished this day by I. B. Peterson &
Brothers, is by far the best and most
finished romance that has yet come
from the pen of the greatest and most
graphic of the French novelists, and
this translation fully reproduces Zola's
wonderful style, dash and spirit. Such
was its success in Paris that on the first
day of its publication in book form
45, 200 copies were sold. The speciality
of the work is a study of the French
railroads, and most exhaustive and in
teresting studyit is. Jacques Lantier, of
the famous ACKNOWLEDGMENT family, the
gineer, and the hero of the novel. The
Severine, the slow degeneration of the
under station master Rouband, the fe-
rociouS love of Flora and MiSard'S
quietly executed crime, influenced by
greed for money, are set forth with
power that is simply colossal. for l!the
reader is led from one stirring incident
to another, while the interest gradually
until it reaches the grand Gil
max. 1t will be found for sale by all
news agents and at all news stands ey-
erywhere, or copies of it will be sent.
per mail to any one on remlttlng the
price 25 cents to the publishers.
"Fiye Hundred Dollars and Other
Stories of New England Life" by
Heman White Chaplin. The stories
In this volume-'Five Hun
bred Dollars" 1.-The Village Convict"
ELI" ''Saint Patrick" '.By the Sea-"
I'm Madeira Place." and THE New
Minister'S Great Opportunity" -have
obtained considerable f me and de-
lighted and amused many readers. Col.
L. w. HigginsOn pronOunces the col
lection 1.-The best volume of New Eng
land stories ever written" Their pop
ularity has seemed to warrant their
publication in shape which would i'll
sure the largest circulation. and in the
new edition the book therefore appears
for the first time In pamphlet form as
well as in cloth.
Longmans, Green u Co. will shortly
publish, both in London and New
York, 1.-The House of the Wolf" ro-
nance by Stanley j. Wyman. 1t tells
the perils and bravery of three young
brothers in the fortnight before and
after the massacre Of st. Bartholo-
news day.
A. L. Burt, New York, announces
most important new series. To be called
Burt's Library of the Worlds Best
Books, which will aim to place within
the reach of all complete. rich and
uniform library of the classics of the
literature of every language. The text
of the volumes included in the series
will be in every case thoroughly reliable
and unabridged. and the translations
will always be of acknowledged merit.
When likely to be of value to students
and general readers, indexes. biographi-
cal sketches. and explanatory notes will
be given. The books will printed Oh
good paper. in large, clear type, and
neatly and durably bound. The an
nouncements of books already under
way show excellent literary Judgment.
We briefly mention the volumes thus
Epictetus," including "Encheiridion''
and Fragments" translated with notes,
a life of Epictetus. and a view of
his philosophy, by George Long:
Goethe's Faust" translated by Anna
Swanwck: Goldsmith's 'sVicar of
Wakefield" Bacon's Essays" with
introduction by Henry Morlev: Rus
kin's Grown of Wild Olive, and
SESAME and Lilies" Creasy's "Fif-
teen Decisive Battles of the World :"
Proctor's "Other Worlds Than Ours,''.
and Washington Irving's "Sketch
Book" Other works will be announced
later. 90
''The Count of Monte Crlsto," illns-
trated with eight photOgravure plates
from designs made espe cially for this
edition by Edmund II. Garrett. Inithel
of the new library edition
of Dumas, the translations have been
compared with the originals,
many errors have been corrected and a
large amount of matter, hitherto omit
ted, has been supplied. These famous
works now appear for the first time,
handsomely printed and unabridged,
der Louis Kill" By Count Alfred
de Vigny. Translated by William
Hazlit. With thirteen exquisite full
page etchings from designs by Gauiean,
and numerous smaller Illustrations
(head and tail pieces in the text. This
romance of the reign of Louis
XIII. was first published in English in
1912, has. been for many years out of
print. and now appears for the first
time with every element of attractive
ness that can be lent to it by large, clear
type, choice paper. and beautiful illus
trations. The romance is classic in
its own tongue. 1t is the most famous
WORK of Count Alfred de Yigny, mem
Der of the French academy, and it was
from this story that Bulwer CLEANED
material for the celebrated
play of .Richeleu." 70 the present
edition has been added translation of
the authors essay on ''Truth in Art
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