St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-06-25
ing O't." but all have possessed merit
and been welcomed by. the reading

With the skill OF a literary artist the
author forms her plan. aud In its devel-
0pment each person follows tbs trend Of
his OF her character IN the most realistic
manner. When one Of them departs
from the conventional and performs
some act altogether unexpected, as
when Piers OgfiyIe makes his astound-
ing proposition to Miss RiddelI. the
reader discsrns upon q closer analysis
OF his character that IL was the very
thaHg he would do. the natural outcome
of cool. selfish. uuchiyalric charac.
ter. Mrs. Alexander is recognized As
one Of the foremost writer's of clean,
wholesome fiction. Her stories are old
fashioned love stories, not written to
advance theory or support any new
.'oI0gy.n She Is the author OF many
books. but time has not weakened her
power to interest her readers.
"KoradIne Letters; Girls Own Book
BY Alice 3. Stockham. N. D.. author
OF 'sroxology" and s'Lida Hood Tai
bot. interpreter or Defsarte." Chi
cago: Alice b. Stockham. Price,
$2.25.
The author says her purpose in pub
fishing this book was ITO disclose to
young girls the knowledge that is usu-
ally withheld from Them"
Such may have been the writer's in
tenti0n, but In fact the volume is
simply a collection OF schoolgirl letters
OF schoolgirl experiences. beginning at
the aye Of twelve and continuing
through her school life. The letters
are about as schoolgirlisii as the con-
versations Of Sarah Grand's Heavenly
Twins" on lieredity are childish. Girls
at the immature age; of twelve do not.as
usual thing, discourse of right living
and right thinking. or go livery deep
Into the heart of things" Such phrases
are the shibboleth Of certain
'sism." aud to advance that is the
apparent aim of the book. The i'll
structions at Austeren seminary and
Gerlseni,eis hall were III the main good.
To teach children to be pure, truthful
and unseiiish is the frst duty of pre-
ceptors. But at the same time to tell
them there is NO such thing as an
accident" ''there Is no such thing as
PAIN Or Sickness while startling evil
dences Of these facts confront them on
every side. is to compel them to ask
with PLATE of old. What is truth?"
With Providence there is nothing uRex-
pected; but as that standpoint Ia not
available for mortal beings, unexpected
events will happen" School girls will
enjoy the fun and good times as Kora-
dine described them, aud there is no
revealinent OF forbidden knowledge to
mar the sweetness .ind purity Of the
book. Creative Life" is not volume
for the young.
''Though the Gods and the Years Re-
lent" by Mrs. Edmund Nash Morgan,
Home Book company. New York.
Price, 50 cents.
".Flle Romance of Two Women" is
the explanatory title Of the story. and
it is necessary IL the buyer wishes an
idea of the contents of the book. The
plot is this. Three women fall success
sively in love with a handsome artist.
rich and with "a slow, lauguid vuice,
caressing and lazy" they believe that
his fond Chances and loving words mean
ali that they imply, and yield him all
the love and alteration of their hearts.
When he heard of the suicide of tne
first, he felt quite crushed. but '.after
all perhaps she was better off out of the
world" The seeond died of broken
heart when he told her in a gentle way,
with a tender caress, that he was tired
Of her; and the manly fellow consoled
himself that .'he had not deceived her. y
1t is book Ouida might have written.
The style is similar, and there is tbs
same extrayagance of description. The
hero is handsome animal from which
evolution has not eradicated its natural
cruelty and coWardice. The women are
all faultlessly. peerlessly beautiful. and
ments Of the characters are squalid
homes of want and misery or the fab.
ulously luxurious palaces of Florence
or castles of England.
Such stories serve no particular pur-
pose. To paint the devil as al angel of
Hight is to give him the advantage in
the game. He is more alluring, although
the devil always.
NOTES.
Beatrice Harraden, the author Of
"Ships That Pass in the Night" has
written a new work. "New Book of the
Fairies" which E. r. Dutton & Co. will
Charles Egbert Craddock's volume Of
short stories. 1.-The Phantolns of the
Foot Bridge" is nearly ready.
E. P. button will publish this fall a
collection Of the writings of Phillips
Brooks, entitled Essays and Ad-
dresses"
A new story by the author of "The
Stfckit Minister" will soon be published
under the name of "Fhe Killing Time. !"
Harper 6 Brothers publish the fol-
lowing books: ''Carlotta's Intended"
and "Otller Tales" by Ruth Nc
Emery Stuart; IAN Interloper," a
story Of French provincial life, by
Frances Mary Peard; Our Home Pets -
Mrs. Olive Thorne MiIler's new book
about birds, dogs, cats. etc.; and in the
White and Black Series" John Rem
drick Bangs "Three Weeks in Poll
ties" and W. ID. Howells' farce entitled
Five O'Clock Tea" 1.-THE Husband of
One Wife," by Mrs. Venn, is announced
for publication next week in the
"Franklin Square Library"
A summer toilette from Worth, drawn
by Saudoz, garden party gown, aud a
travelling costume Of rare simplicity
and distinction are described In Har-
per's Bazaar for June %. The elegance
of these Partisan creations eommends
them to all women OF taste aud refine
ment. Zone Aspect Of the City Alms-
house," with page Of sketches drawn
from life. appeals to the pllianthropic.
1t is a touching revelation of the way
some OF the other half live-and die.
Spectator" writes in a delightfully."-
practical style of an ocean voyage.
There is poem by Clinton Scollard,
entitled ssEYpn.Snng - "Qur Paris