St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-04-02
NEW BOOKS.
love Letters OF Worldly Woman.
By Mrs. w. X. Clifford. Chicago, +

love Letters of Worldly Woman"
By Mrs. W. X. Clifford. Chicago, f.
Il. Nicely
Inc story opens with prologue by
Maibelie Justice. author of "LoveeA
fairs of Worldly Man."
The love letters are .he correspond
ence of three women, and from them
and reading between the lines their
characters are portrayed. The first,
cynical, old-young woman, hardly know
ing what She wants and with little faith
IN others, writes mOraIiZing letters in
soiiloquizing style. Here is one ex-
cerpt: You said in one OF your let
tefs last week that you reyerenced me
1or my goodness. do not want rever-
ehce; 1t goes to PASSIONS funeral | do
not want to be good. either, for that
means person knowing all her own
possibilities and limits. lido not want
TO be good. for that means being bound
by finite possibilities, and it is the in
finite in all things. good or evil, that
has the eternal power" OF such nom
sense are the letters of "a Modern
Correspondence" The second Sc
ries Is more coherent, and shows
a liner, truer insight of woman's
heart. Madge Brooks, the writer, has
'aVfshed all her love on Mark GILBERT
son. an artist, and smooth, cynical,
neartleSS Scoundrel. 70 her friend she
writes OF the commencement, progress
and the end of the affair which left her
worthy woman. But in all that she
writes she utterly fails to portray any
ioVaeie quality in him. He treated her
with occasional cynical tenderness, but
oItener with the federation of an inferior
and downright contempt. When she
told hIM OF her engagement to another
| man In the hope that he would speak
then, he wrote to- say how glad he was,
and that ''he wanted to see her mar.
ried." Then, after the engagement
| was broken, he sent his regrets. or
! course he was brute. and had she been
othef IMAM silly. unsophisticated girl,
she would have seen through his mas
terfhlness and cynicism and detected
| his shallow. selfish, cruel nature. The
last series, ION the Wane," is the love
story OF girl who was first loved, then
Tilted and then renewed her engage
ment to jlt the dear one in his turn.
winch satisfactorily ends the story.
ofthe three writers the first is the
only one who deserves the title "A
Worldly Woman" Her great desire
/ not to be good for fear of being limited.
TO give her nature its fling for good or
oad. may mean w0rldliheSs or wicked
| ness.
| H.
for the writing of SO much twaddle
about dreams aud sentimental school.
girl fancies. Ii writers would come
down to the basis Of common sense and
write Of real men and women instead of
those ITO whom the heavens and hells
have whispered" they might command
larger and more intelligent class of
readers, who are not caught by the title
of book.
Al; A Social Vision" by Charles A.
Daniel. Arena Publishing company.
Boston.
A vision of what city would be
with just laws. a wholesome press and
cessation of mans inhumanity to man
would be vision more beatiiic than the
lost Eden. This volume presents p,ap
In several parts for bringing about such
aresuit, and the reader can judge of its
practlcaolllty. The methods proposed
are novel and Irregular, and at times
the writer seems to have lost control of
his plan and to be seeking for the thread
of his discourse.
Al, the bishop of some unknown
church, who was elected bishop before
he was c0nsecrated a priest, seemed to
nave been actuated by the truth re-
Vealed Ill vision to Sir Launfal that
NOT that which we give, but what we
share,
I For the gift without the giver is bare
He commenced his new life of
conservation. however. by some sly
PRACTICES. When the church committee
waited upon him TO arrange for the
ceremonies of conservation they expect
ed strenuous opposition to the. pomp
and splendor they desired TO impress
the world. They told him that his
! shepherds crook. his mitre, his pectoral
cross and ring must be jewe ied. Make
I them diamonds" he said
After the conservation the first visitor
TO the new bishop was Jewish jeweIer,
who came by appointment to appraise
and purchase the jewels. The money
was needed for the work he had
planned. and. although holding exalte ii
ideas of the honesty and generosity CT
the inhabitants of the cellars and
slumS, he seemed to have little faith i'm
the members of the church over which
he had accepten the office Of overseer.
The writer. in his carpiugs about the
church and Christians, displays gross
ignorance of the teachings OF the Bible.
Imprey, the henchman of the bishop,
decided that. as Christianity had not
destroyed drunkenness. he would build
Mohammedan mosque. because the
followers of Islam were not allowed to
drink strong drinks. There are so me
grains of sense and truth in the book,
mixed with great deal of worthless
chaff.
From Earth's Center. A Polar Gate
way Message" by 5 Byron Malcolm.
Charles IL. Kerr d Co., Chicago.
Regions under the sea. planets and
unknown islands in unknown seas have
furnished scenes for storytellers to de-
oCllOC dtlo " pSOplO Will tliC ClCdtIOiS
of their imagination. Now the interior
of the earth, which scientists have de-
clared to be a molten mass. this book
shows to be simply vast watercourse
running from pole to pole, encircling
verdant and inhabited islands. How
this great discovery was made. and
| what sort Of people and the institutions
and government they have are told in
these pages in light, pleasing way,
with suggestions that might have
practical value. The manner of voting
has some points worthy of imitation. In
the state of Centraiia All alderman was
TO be elected. The names OF the four
candidates were printed on the sumo
ticket at the public expense. There
was no possibility of getting ticket
avnnpt m vote If No ono uraS parn,Ttfol