St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-07-15
ON THE BOOK TABLE.

Inc second volume of a series pub
nshed by the American Book company
and entitled Myths of Northern
Lands has just appeared. The former
DOCK, by the same author, H. A. Guer-
Der, Myths of Greece and Rome"
received very cordial reception, and
as the author states in the preface
the classics of the North deserve as
much attention at our hands as the
more graceful and idyllic mythology of
the South" The book is a very well
come addition to the history of the
period on the early customs and re-
lgion of our heather ancestors. and
as Danes, Swedes, English and French
all came originally from the same
stock and worshiped the same gods.
so these tales or myths formed the
basis not only Of their religious belief,
but also of their first attempts at
poetry. From their stories of the gods
can be traced some of the distinctive
TRAITS OF the character of these ances-
tors, whose religious duties were per
formed with certain grim humor and
contained throughout a dark thread of
Tragedy. The book will prove very in
terestlng to students of history and is
a contribution to literature and art
that will be appreciated. The iIIustra
TONS are beautifully done and among
them are pictures of the gods Odin,
Ihor, Ostara and Balder A glossary
and complete index have been added
TO adapt the book for general use in
libraries and public schools.
Myths Of Northern Lands" Bv Fl.
A. Guerber. Chicago: American Book
Company. Cloth, $1.25 For sale by
the st. Paul Book and Stationery
Company.
The j. S. Ogilvie Publishing Com
pany of New York has Just issued a
volume containing 100 bear stories bv
Murat IIalstead. All sorts of inpossi-
bic and improbable tales of adventure
with every kind of bear are related in
way that will thrill the youthful
reader as we'll as the hunts,nan. who
mas had some like experiences The
Illustrations are numerous.
one Hundred Bear Stories" By
Murat Halstead. New York: 7 s
Ogiivie & Company. Paper, so cents.
FOR sale by the st. Paul Book and
Stationery Company
Footbali and Love- is the title of
beautifully gotten up little volume that
nas Just been received. The story is OF
the Yale-Princeton game of 1884,. and
Burr w. Mcintosh is the author. The
illustrations, which are eXceIIentlv
uofe, are by B. West Clinedinst. and
the decorative design on the cover. a
ihost unique thing, is by w. p. Hoop
er.
Football and Love" By. Burr w.
Mcintosh. New York: The Transat-
iant1c Publishing company.
among the books that have been re-
ceIved recently and that will prove
very entertaining reading for the hot
Gays that are to come when a breezy
novel and hammock are among the
necessarieS of life, are 'Mare.erv of
Quether," by S. Baring-GouId. .Mor-
1al the Mahatma, by Mabel Collins
welded to Sport" by Mrs. Edward
kennard, all three of which are nuh-
llshed by the United States Book com
pany In the Lakewood series, From
the Arena Publishing company comes
"A Market. for an Impulse" by Will
lam Nhittemore Tufts. Facts and
Fancies of Life" by Helen 81. Gard
ner, and from the Arena. Publishing
company, of Boston, we have "The
Keys OF Fate" by Herman Shores. in
the Copley Square series, in cloth, S1.25.
ana IN paper, so cents. The remaining
1lve novels are in paper covers, at 80
cents each, and are for sale by the
ot. raul BOOK and Stationery company.