St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-04
AMONG THE BOOKS.

IT one wishes to read an exceptions
ally delightful book, let him choose
Ian Maclaren's latest story, BE
side the Ronny Brier Bush" One
cannot speak too enthusiastically of
1.-The exquisite pathos, the delicate
humor, the insight into character.
and play of motive that distinguish
this work. It reminds one in part
OF Barrie in THE Window in
/ Thruns." There is the same little
Scotch village depicted, and the mar
row, sordid life; the religious fervor
that can appreciate sermons three
hours in length and yet come forth
refreshed and strengthened for the
daily struggle for bread.
There is the same Scotch humor.
but it is not so broad and forcible as
in Barrie. Maclaren's humor is of q
more delicate and evasive type. The
pathos is so melting that one is
moved to tears.
'Domsie' is the story of a fraiI
little lad who wins his double first
In the university at the expense of
his life. Drumtochty is a little. Cos
sipy hamlet where ones neighbors
are interested more in each others
aHalrs than in their own. The great
object of their curiosity is their min
1ster-his food, his clothes, his ser
mons, his prayers.
10 his parishioners he is at once
the comforter and the object of their
seYerest criticism. In His Mothers
Sermon" one feels how weary is the
minister's soul in his effort to reach
his peoples hearts; and yet the
spiritual effect, when it comes. trans
cends the power of words. Perhaps
the pest, the most moving, chapters
IN the book are those about the be-
loved physician, DR.. MacClure. who.
after forty years of hard service
among his patients = after forty
years OF unrequited labor, through
summers heat and winters snow
mas his strength departing, and
wakes to knowledge of the sturdy
respect and love Of his fellow men
only as the shadows of death close
ABOUT him. If one has a drop of
scotch blood in his veins; if he love
Sir Walter and Bobb!e Burns. LET
MIN read Beside the Bonnie Rrier
Bush 1t will do him good. He will
laugh and weep. or, mayhap, pray.
as the story unfolds its simple, quiet
put most touching scenes.
Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush, Rv
ian Maclaren. New York: Dodd, Mead
q GO. Cloth, 81. For sale by the st
Paul Book and Stationery company.
( sft1rst in the Field is new eno,
charming book by George ManyilIe
rem, and it is certainly one of the
pest .that he has given the reading
3 PnDilc so FAR. 1t is of absorbing inter-
est TO young people, while older read
ers Will also find it well worth while,
Ahe story opens in an English board,
Ing school, from which the reader is
speedily taken to Australia; where a
1umper OF very excellent pictures of
frontier life are given.
- First in the Field" By George Man
YHie Fem. New York: Dodd, Mead
Ss.Co, Cloth, $1.50. For sale by the St
Raul Book and Stationery COMPANY.
Isi sss
,ddn Appleton's Town and Country Ii
brary series Mary L. Peudued's Dust
and Laurels" has just been issued.
This book attracted wide attention
upon it's appearance in England. and
is g study Of nineteenth century wom-
anhood. Many have supposed it's hero
inc Veronica" to be a type of the
womanhood of the time; such is not
the case. 1t is an eminentIy truthful
character sketch, and is most cleverly
drawn
Dust and Laureis. By Mary l.. Peu-
dued. New York: D. Appleton & Co.
Paper, so cents. For sale by the St.
Paul Book and Stationery company.
So successful as novelist has S. r.
Crockett, the author of the Raiders
and 1.-THE Sticket Minister" become
that he has resigned his work as a
minister of the gospel, and will here
after spend his time as a novelist
his most recent venture is 1.-THE Play
Actress" dainty little sketch which
is destined to add greater fame to the