St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-03
BOOK TALKS.

The Adventures of Uncle jeremiah
and Family at the Great FAIR is one of
the Pastime series which is issued
monthly by Laird & Lee, of Chicago.
1t is history of the visit of country
family to the worlds fair. There may
be-doubtleSs, there are-such families
even In this day OF universal education
ana daily newspapers. as this of Uncle
Jeremiah Jones and his wife Sarah and
two grandchildren, Johnny and Fanny;
put they are not common, at
least the average person does not
meet them. Uncle Jeremiah is a
wealthy farmer who had earned his
holiday and meant to enjoy it. He had
his tlrSt experience by meeting pleas
ant-Spoken young man who called him
self Mr.. Moses for same unexplainabIe
reason, but who repented after having
good look at MiSS>Fanny, gave Mr..
Jones card with William Wmner''
written on it and his business address.
and asked the assembled family to call
upon him if at any time they
needed friend. Arriving at the
big city, they attend the fair
and see all the sights; get into small
dlfflcultieS, from which they are res
cued by Louis BurjoiS, the train boy.
A thread OF romance runs through the
story, that is ended at last by the find
ing OF the long-lOSt father of Mr.. Jones'
grandchildren, and uncle OF the afore-
said Warner, and all ends well, as stories
should. For people who cannot go to
the fair the book will be full of amuse-
ment and some instruction. As works
of art the illustrations are failures, but
Uncle Jeremiah's reflections on what
he has seen are worth the price OF the
book. Paper, so cents.
In "Marie, or Fort Beauharnois,"
Mrs. +. &. Lindsey has portrayed life
and Its experiences as they may have
appeared to French girl who came to
Canada in those early DAYS when the
struggle for the supremacy lii the new
world was still going on between France
and England. Each appreciated the
value OF the wide prairieS and the great
lakes and rivers of the land; and
national pride, as we'll as desire for
the wealth of the country, prompted
each to make every eXertion to secure
as much as possible to itself. The
story opens in Montreal in the winter of
1904 and '55, during the meeting of the
Joint commission there for the settling
Of the disputed boundary lines between
the coveted possessions. Marie de
Rochefauit, the heroine, lovely French
girl, the niece of the governor of
the French province, meets and
loves an Englishman, Henry Rich
mond, one Of the comm ission-
erS. The governor, who Is secretly
in business, has partner, Henri Capet,
who also loves Marie. Unable to settle
the boundary question. the commission
is withdrawn and war declared. Marie,
separated from her lover by the fortunes
OF war and losing her uncle by death,
goes to the West to Fort Beauharnois,
on Lake Pepin. with cousin newly ar
rived from Europe. There she finds
friends and many adventures; and at
last her lover, who comes with his
company of soldiers to occupy the
fort, now the property of
England. All ends happily. The
good pri est, Father Rene, is very fine
character, type of those noble men
who more than any others were instru-
mental in securing the long liance
between the French and natives of this
country to the mutual benefit of both.
They lad an influence over the Indians,
and worked for their best interests in a
more substantial way than any other
class of people who ever came in con-
tact with them. Fort Beaunarnois
and was occupied from 172S to 175S, and
lost to France by the fortunes of the
French and Indian wars. 1t was the
northern link in the chain of forts
that stretched from the gulf along the
banks of the Father OF Waters, the sign
manual Of the French supremacy in the
land.
This book is the first that the author
has offered, the first fruits of her pen.
1t Is we'll written. and is interesting
both in itself and as an earnest of what
she may do in the future. 1t has faults,
of course. but they are those of the be
glnner. The field in which she has
chosen to CLEAN for sheaveS OF thought
and fancy is so rich in material that one
wonders that it has not oftener been
culled. The stories of the early years
of this, our own country. are full of
romance. They are bright and musical
with the love songs of the gay
French voyageurs, beautiful with the
heroism of the pioneer and tragic with
the memory of vengeful foes. Mrs.
Lindsey, or E. G. L., her pen name, will
find eXhauStlesS resources from which
her quick faucy and bright mind can
draw new beauties. She belongs to US
in an especial way, being a native of
Minnesota, graduate of Hamline uni
verSity and the wife of one of our rising
young men. We wish her unbounded
success. A. e. Bausman, publisher,
Minneapolis; paper, so cents.
Donohue, Henneberry 81 Co, Chicago.
have in press for immediate issue two
new numbers in their Optimus series of
paper cover novels "'fhe Daughters of
CAIN and "a Young Wife's Indiscre-
TONS" The first named book is by Mrs.
NJ. A. Freeman, aud tells of land
where beauty rules supreme and woman
is all in ali. "a Young Wife's IndiS-
eretions" is by Kate Atherton, and is
the ingenious confession of a young
wife's thoughtless mistakes during the
first year of her married life. Both
books are fully Illustrated.
1t is evident that kindergartens have
become aeclimatized with us, and that
the wise and kindly methods of Froebel
will be more and more followed in the
nurture and training of young children.
The ''Froebel Letters" just published
by Lee IL Shepard, show how the
thoughts of the founder of the infant
schools grew. and will be of great in
terest and value TO teachers and parents
Lee 81 Shepard have nearly ready
1.-The Builders of American Litera-
ture." by +. II. Underwood, of which
the first volume is about to appear IL
will be a work of permanent value, not
only for schools and libraries, but for
general readers. This volume contains
short and carefully studied notices of
leading authors. from Jonathan Ed
wards down to Richard II. Stoddard. 1t
ends with authors born in 1925. The
next volume will take up the long list
from that year to the present time. Mr..
Underwood, in his "Handbooks of Lit
erature." has shown his knowledge of
the subject, his critical ability, and his
power and felicity of statement.
When n. II. DoIe's novel, "Not An
gels Quite" appears, as announced by
Lee ~ Shepard, there will be some
in Boston. The literary and
social fadS are effectively shown up.
The city is seen to be an unroofed