St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-12-21
NEW BOOKS.

IAN Automatic Wife" is a story of
vast possibilities. The story in itself is
the result of the experiment of a SUI
premely egotistical prig who. being dis
satisfied with the modern woman, set
himself to make an Ideal woman from
little girl he picked up in the pine
woods. The result is amusing, but the
book, while written cleverly, is narred
by the introduction of sociological, po-
litlcal and geographical essays that
have nothing to do with the story. The
incidental poems are for the most part
of ordinary merit.
1.-The New World and the New Book"
IS volume of thoughtful and scholarly
essays which will be read eagerly by all
lovers OF really good literature. They
embrace wide range of subjects, but
are modern in tone and feeling.
The Story of Our Continent" is de-
signed for use in schools, and is an in
teresting reader in the geography and
geology of North America.
The Perfume Holder" is a Persian
love story In heroic verse, and contains
some beautiful passages. The volume
IS royal octave, beautifully printed, with
wide margins, on rOugh-edged hand
made paper, with an initial letter at
each paragraph and head and tail
pieces of Persian design. The cover is
white vellum cloth with beveled edges
and gold title on side and back. 1t is
covered by wrapper of faWn-colored
windsor. parchment, stamped with a
design Ill Persian orange, printed in
dark maroon or peacock green. The
volume is especially designed and
adapted for the holiday trade
The American Academy of Political
ana Social Science has Just published
an essay OIL Some Neglected Points in
the Theory of Socialism," The author
is L. B. Veblen, of Ithaca. The mono
graph was written with the purpose of
nndlng an economic ground for the eX-
listing unrest that finds expression in
the demands of socialists. The work is
a criticism of Mr.. Spencer'S ESSAY,
From Freedom to Bondage and
though Mr.. Veblen claims to be rather
disciple than critic of Mr.. Spencer,
he hardly proves himself such. The
author shows very clearly how, under
our present system, there is a constant
euort, even at the expense of real phys
lcal comforts and even necessities,
TO make greater display Of
ones ability to pay than ones
neighbOrs. This Economic Emu
DERIVING cause of the present SocialiStic
agitation. The doing away with private
property, as we know it, would perhaps
direct our emulation into more desirable
channels. Mr.. Veben further makes
an interesting comparison between the
introduction of constitutional govern
ment and the possible naturalization of
industry. The essay cannot but prove
interesting to any one who has given
the subject the least attention.
Cut With His Own Diamond" a
novel by Paul Gushing, author of The
Blacksmith of Voc" will be the next
volume in Harper's Franklin Square
Library" 1t will be published about
the 18th of December.
Mrs. Anna Morrison Reed. of Layton
vile, Cal, we'll and favOrably known,
not only i'll California, but throughout
the United States. as The PoeteSS Of
the North, term applied to her in
recognition of the many beautiful gems
of thought expressed in verse which she
has written, will shortly publish a vol
ume OF her later-day pOems-some thirty
of them. The work is published by ].
Stuart q Co., San Francisco, and will
be handsome volume for gift book
for the holidays.
Books Received.
From Edward Brandus & Co, New Yorkt
"a Southern Heritage" by William Koran
Brown.
From W, D. Rowland, New York: IAN Au-
tomato Wife, by William Hosea Ballou.
From Lee d Sheppard, Boston: THE Bat
tie of Gettysburg" by Samuel Adams Drake;
The New World and the New Book" by
Thomas Wentworth Higginson.
From SaaItield d Fitch, New York: 1.-THE
Perfume Holder" by Craven Langstroth
Belts
From CHM & Co., Boston: 1.-THE Story of
Our Continent by n. S. Shaler