St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-21

| passes. So clear and intense is the por-
trayal that the reader involuntariIy
| holds his breath lest some slight move
ment Of the men or some culver of
| Hnrd's lurcher should betray them.
There are some scenes Of cottage life
so accurately and delicately described
as few literary artists can equal. The
| scenes in the home of the poacher from
| Marcella's first visit to the night of his
arrest for murder are told with such
truth to nature, such we alth of tender
ness and sympathy, and at the same
time with an artists disco rnment of op-
portunties that marks the advancemen
OF the writer since the production of her
earlier works.
| The contrast in the social condition of
her characters, and in the characters
themselves is much greater in this book
than the others.
! Mrs. Wards friends predicted that
this, her latest work, would surpass all
her previous liter airy efforts. and the
prediction has been amply fulfilled.
The social question is yet unanswered.
but on it as background she has given
a startling picture of English moder u
life. perfect in detail and of great
delicacy and strength.
"rhe Story of the Commonweal." by
| Henry Vincent, Official Historian.
Chicago. w. B. Conkey. Publisher.
| Price. so cents.
| The writer says this book is "the
story Of the great industrial movement
IN the United States in 1891. That 1t is
written without bias or prejudice, and
has the Endorsement of the principal
leaders of the movement in different
parts OF the country" The introduce
ton by Stanley Waterloo is a dispas-
strike.
| MIR. Vincent attempts to show that
similar movements have been inaugu.
rated in many countries. from the earliest
| ages. and Instances the uprising of the
Children of israel in Egypt. the revolt
! OF the Romans under the Gracchi, the
crusade under Peter the Hermit for the
| redemption of the Sepulcher, the sign
ing of the Magma Charta. and manv
other efforts Of mobiles or people to ac-
complisl some desired result.
|
| from different causes for dissimllar ends
| the parallel is not apparent to average
Intelligence. The Israelites under their
God-appointed leader, Moses, guided by
! clou ly pillar by day an a pillar of
fire by night, and Coxey's army of
| tralnpS and men who prefer beggary to
| honest work, led by vainglorious. lg-
! norant leaders, whose only strength lies
Ill their conceit and the ignorance of
| their followers are as the century of the
world and the nineteenth.
| The book is in the min the account
! published in the daily plp3rs of the
different armies of the comm onweal in
their tramp to Washington aud recep-
| ton there. The statement of the Off
| clal historian that almost all similar
| movements have ended disastrously to
| those who melted them seems to be pro-
| phetic.
History OF Chile" by A. U. Hancock.
Charles II. Serget IL Co., Chicago.
Price. So 50.
The publishers are issuing a series of
histories of the Lafin-American repub-
! lies. giving a complete presentation Of
| their past and present national life.
| Each volume is written by competent
authority, and is profusely illustrated.
The close commercial relations be-
| tween those countries and our own
growing closer every year render a
! knowledge of them and their varied
! and enormous resources of increasing
Importance. The history of country
| SO little known to the general reader as
Chile is Instructive also as the sto ny of
nation yielding to the power and
civilization of Il stronger and more in
teIligent country and by intermarriage
with their conquerors becoming the
progenitors of the virile. progressive
race of today, the equal, if not the su.
perior of any South American people.
OF the soil, climate, resources, public
improvements. customs and religion of
Chile this history treats in a concise,
comprehensive way. making an i'll
structive and interesting book.
''Home Drpssmaking: Complete Guide
| to Household Sewing" By Annie E.
Myers. Charles Ii. Serget, Chicago.
| Price, 81.
This book will prove an invaluable
assistant i'll all kinds of sewing. There
Is no garment for women or children
that is not described and full directions
| given for making; and these are so
4 clear and explicit that the trouble so
often experienced with paper patterns
| is obviated.
Mrs. Myers gives many practical and
artistic suggestions for simple house
nc a1oI,
| cows, fancy costumes, bridal robes and
all sorts of cycling, tennis and reform
garments. One chapter is given to the
etiquette of dress and suggestions Of
| fered for the combinations of colors.
| The intricacies OF loop, button-hole,
chain and cross stitch are explained.
The author says her aim in writing
has been to help women who are trying
70 help themselves.a and her success can
not be doubted by any one who reads
her book. With Miss Parloa's HOUSE
keeper" in the kitchen and Mrs Myers
| in the sewing room some of the frets of
life should he stilled.
! Books Received.
! 1.-THE Lords of Misrule. A Tale of
| Gods and Men," By William C. Pom
eroy. Laird & Lee. Chicago. publish
ers. Price, 80 cents.
Americans in Europe" By one of
them. J. Selwin TAFT & SMs, New
York. Price, SO cents.
The Doomswoman." By Gertrude
Atherton. author of What Dreams
| May Come" j. Selwin Tait & Sons,
| New York. Price. 25 cents.
| Her Swallowed Life" A tale ef St.
Augustine. By Beatrice Marean, au-
thor of 1.-The Tragedies of Oak Hurst.''
E. A. Weeks & Co., Oh icago. Price, so