St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-07-08
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received. The author is Rev Will
liam Wilkinson, the rector of ST. An
dreW's Episcopal Church of Mime
apolls, and during the session of the
legislature Of 1891 chaplain of the
house of representatives. The in
troouctory chapters contain memori-
ais OF the Minnesota forest fires, and
then follow number of personal ex-
perlences OF the people who were the
victims of the terrible holocaust. The
account is most complete in every
way, the suffering SO nobly endured
by the inhabitants of the burned dis
trlct, and the generous way in which
relief was given by people in all
parts of the country, being made
| matters of history that will be read
in time to come
In the Introduction Mr. Wilkinson
deals at some length on the local
conditions that existed in the imme-
date neighborhood of the fires dur
ing the summer, and which rem
dered the district such an admirable
place for the flames to do their most
deadly work. OF these conditions Mr.
Wilkinson says: THE soil, which is
rather light, had originally con-
tanned a great deal of heavy timber.
and from the fact that much had
been cut down a great deal of brush
and other inf1amInable material re-
manned. The rainfall during the
summer had been very light and
The heat excessive. The winds, both
as to direction and velocity, showed
but very little variation from the
normal up to Sept L.
The disaster and death that fol-
lowed, and the immediate relief that
was sent from people in every walk
OF life, are told in the personal expe-
r1ences that follow, and the efforts
that were made both in an organized
way and by individuals to afford
some assistance to the homeless peo-
pie are recOunted in the chapters
that follow.
The entire work of the relief COM
mission that was immediately or
gained by the governor of the state
is given in the final report of the
commission, which is included in the
book. Finally a chapter is devoted
to the forest fires in Wisconsin dur
| ing the same period. The illustra-
tlonS include the portraits of the men
and women who were most promi-
nently connected with the work of
relief either in an individual or in
! an organized way, and also of MANY
| OF the people who by some particular
act OF bravery or self-sacrifice will
be remembered through all time.
Memorials of the Minnesota For
est Fires" By Rev. William Wilkin-
! son. Published by Norman e. Will
kinson, Minneapolis. Cloth. 81.
The battle Of the pamphIeteers of
currency, while waning, still keeps
up desultory fire Of books, cheaply
bound and cheaply priced, that they
may gain wider circulation. Latest
OF these comes Sound Money" from
the press of Charles H. Sergel COM
pany, of Chicago, written by J. A.
Fraser Jr. and Charles H. SergeI
ana carrying the strong indorse-
ment of Prof. Laughlin as beyond
comparison the best book that has
appeared on the subject" The gem
efal tendency has been to present
the money question on each and all
its sides from the farmers position
as if he were the controlling factor
to be won to one or-the other side.
This book is more given to a presen-
tation from the wage earner's stand
point. A meeting of the Federated
Trades union has been addressed by
Coin, and out of the following dis
cusSion there results the appoint
ment Of ''Labor's Commission on
Coinage" that sits, has HEARINGS"
after the fashion of a congressional
committee, and makes it's reports to
the federation. The book is dedi-
Gated ito the honest men of an hon
est nation" and its authors pledge
their word that, while fiction gives
the form, the facts and statistics are
accurate and not garbled. We are
not prepared to ratify Prof.
Laughlin's judgment of the book,
but it is easily among the few ex-
cellent treatises that the silver ques-
ton has brought out.
Unto the Highways and Hedges"
by f. F. Montresor, and THE Mar
riage of Esther" by Guy Boothby,
are two of the recent publications in
Appleton's Town and Country Lii
brary. The latter novel has very
little of the delightful local coloring
that Mr.. Boothby usually gives to
his books. The story is Of two friends
in Australia who meet for the first
time at a hotel bar, where one is
drunk and the other fights for him.
They have, through their own faults,
lost reputation, money-eyerything
They are finally reinstated in the
position that they once held, and
love story with numerous complica-
tons adds to the interest of the
story
Into the Highways and Hedges"
By F. F. Montresor. 'The Marriage
of Esther" By Guy Boothby. New
York: D. Appleton & Co. Fifty
cents each. For sale by the St. Paul
Book and Stationery company.
Max Pemberton is the author of the
highly romantic story entitled 1.-The
Impregnable City" which has lately
been published by Dodd, Mead & Co.
This city is supposed to be hidden I'M
der the waters of the Pacific ocean, and
an Austrian nobleman who is well
known to Count Tolstoi becomes filled
with the idea of providing a place of
refuge for the people who had come
under the ban of courts and govern
ments for their devotion to humanity
The story is told by physician, who
is taken to this city from London to
relieve the sufferings of a young girl
subject to frances.
1.-The Impregnable City" By Max
Pemberton. New York: Dodd, Mead
& Co.. Cloth, $1.25. For sale by the
st. Paul Book 81 Stationery Com
pany.