St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-10

ing the argument by which he presents
his book 10 the public, the author says:
''By study ard observation of many
years, | have been confirmed in the be-
lief that the Christian law, when rightly
interpreted, contains the solution of the
social problem. / believe that Christian
ity not only holds up before us beauti-
full Ideal, but that 1t presents the only
theory OF industrial order that can be
made to work. To the arguments which
follow, i'll support OF this opinion, | ask
the serious attention of all men OF good
will"
A little book in paper covers comes to
our table this week, claiming to be let
tiers written to Gov. LeWellyn, Of Kan
sas, by j. X. Hudson, editor Of the
Topeka Daily Capitol. These letters
are of interest as explaining the unique
condition of state having two elective
bodies congregated, and each claiming
to be the legal representative Of the
majority OF the people of the state.
The purpose of these letters is to show
the peculiar condition that called them
forth-the organization of dual
house of representatives. le-
gally organized body of sixty
three members, presided over by
a Republican speaker, George q.
Douglass, and AL illegally organized
body Of fOrty-eight members, presided
over by J.M.Dunsmore, Populist, which
existed for seven weeks. The recognition
Of the minority organization by the
governor, a PopnliSr, and the senate
having Populist majority. led to the
complications In the contest for SUI
premacy; the various phases of which
are treated in these letters, and the
legal questions entering into the con-
troversy were decided by the supreme
court, the full text OF which appears in
this volume"
A new book is announced from the
pen of Maxwell Gray, the author of
THE Silence of Dean Maitland" which
the late Bishop Phillips Brooks was in
the habit or saying was the most power
full work of fiction ever written. The
Last Sentence" is the striking title of
the forthcoming book. which the pub
fishers (Tait, Sons u Co., of New York;
affirm is a stronger, more mature, and
more intensely interesting creation than
the work which established the authors
fame and won such high praise from
the bishop.
Knight, Leonard & Co., Chicago, an
nounce for early publication, "NapO-
leon, a Drama; Reading Edition, With
Appendix" by Richmond Sheffield De-
ment.
The drama opens with the convention
the night preceding the memorable
thirteenth Vendemiaire: includes the
greater scenes in the life of Napoleon,
and closes with his death at st. Helena.
1t groups the more important events
and perSonageS connected with Napo-
Icons career.
The book will be illustrated by ten
full-page half-tone engravings, repro
ducing the masterpieces of the greatest
European Napoleonlc painters.
The confidence of the publishers in
the work is such that the initial edition
will be the largest first edition yet
offered to the public of any high-class
Literary production.
A poem for the Columbus memorial
year entitled "El Nuevo Mundo," by
Louis James Block, will be published
at once by Charles II. Kerr 81 Co., of
Chicago. Of Mr. Blocks previous book,
dramatic Sketches and POems," the
Chicago Tribune said: His verse has
a delightful fuency. limpidity and
smoothness; it has Imagination, rich
ness, charm; it evinces hOpefulness,
courage, serenity"
The public has been informed of the
suit for libel brought by DR.. Isaac K.
Funk against the New York Evening
Post, because of criticisms made by the
Post of the action taken by Funk IL
Wagnals in reproducing the "EncycIo-
pedia Britannica" which was protected
by foreign copyright.
The verdict IN favor of the Post
shows that there are cases where man
may with impunity be called ''thief''
and pirate" even when he has not
overstepped the bounds of the law.
The courtesy of the trade referred to
at the trial is at least as strong in favor
of protecting the authorized publisher
of American literature which has run
out of copyright, as it is in favor of pro-
tectiug the authorized publisher Of
British reprints. The two cases are not
dissimilar, and the result OF the trial is
of especial interest to all authors, since
it assures them that there is strong
public sentiment in their favor, even
when the laws of the United States fail
to give them what they justly claim.