St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-01-25
NEW BOOKS.

In Utah" one hardly knows whether
to admire the Illustrations or the sub
ject matter of the book the more. The
views of the Western Eden are wonder
fully beautiful, and the reading matter
is intensely readable, with that pictur-
esque, whimsical and polysyllabic elo-
quence. for which Col. Donan has always
been famous.
"Transplanted Shame" is the start
ling title of a cIeverly written book.
The name has absolutely no connection
with the ''quartette symposium" the
book contains. "Transplanted Shame"
is protest against conventionality. 1t
takes strong stand for the overthrow
OF the abuses society wlnks at, and
builds around the central idea of indi-
vldualism. AS plea for woman's
rights, the book is able and strong. 1t
rather suggests lines of thought and argu
ment than discusses them extensively.
and, while a trfie radical in tone, Is
sound and true in philosophy.
"Helene Sainte Maur" is story with
elements of strength and points of de-
plorable weakness. The most COM
Characterization of Inflated Marie An
toinette, the reality given to the person.
atty of Mirabeau and the admirable
glimpse OF Danton, and the condition of
France at that time. The romance in
terwoven is sensational and at the same
time trivial.
Clara BallOu has reached the hight of
abSurdity in s'Our Child, A Tale of Pas
sion." 1t is the story OF the love of a
marvelously beautiful young English
girl. named INTELLIGENT Livingston, for a
Economically handsome and wicked no
bleman, with the somewhat astonishing
title of Prince dsi Monti Serrai. The
prince persuades her to elope with him,
and they are married in one of the bad
ly-lighted churches that abound in SEN
satiOnal fiction. Mielicent'S father, how
Bishop AlSter. perform the ceremony,
thus outwitting the prince, who had
arranged for the customary mock
marriage. The prince and Mieli-
cent retire to house on the summit of
one of the highest mountains in SwitZ-
erland, where one might suppose it to
be unpleaSantly cold. 1t is not, how
ever, and there the two remain till the
prince reveals to Millicent the fact that
their marriage was only hollow mock
cry, deserts her. and plungeS into a
courS e of the widest dissipation. She
goes to America, but returns after ten
years to facnate the theater-going pub
lie of Paris. The prince falls deSper-
ately in love with her, and abductS her
son, who has sought Serrati'SpreSence
saying in the manner probable in a
child of ten, Il must protect my mother
against future advances and insults from
Prince dsi Monti Serrati." The distracted
mother puts in five years hunting for
her child, finds him, becomes recOnciled
to the prince and dies, whereupon the
prince declares his intention of dying
too. and. Notwithstanding the fact that
his son beseeches him ito abandon his
mad course" proceeds to depart this
life. We're it not for the very evident
intention of the author to be erotic
and to be taken seriously, the book
would be irresistlbly funny. AS it is,
it is described by no other word than
the vulgar term ''rot."
ga Woman's Revenge" is of the same
class of fiction as 'Our Child" and is a
wildly extravagant tale of adventure
and family skeletons in New York.
The Adventures of a Fair Rebel"
by Matt Grim, is just out. This is the
first novel by this talented daughter of
the South. Her magazine articles,
which bear the stamp of genius, are
fully confirmed by her new book! 1t
contains many graphic pen pictures of
the exciting days Of the war in the
Southwest. Her thrilling experiences
at the great battle of Chlckamauga, and
the description of the fight at Lookout
Mountain can hardly hope to be re-
peated. A prominent feature of the
book is the dialect,so much used by GER
tain classes of the South, and of which
Matt Grim is an acknowledged mistress.
1t is strong book-a book of character
and one that should be read by all
lovers of stirring stories and tender ex-
| periences that have truth for their
foundation. 1t is published by Charles
l.. Webster & Co., New York.