The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-12

hoped that this may come to him
through these political sonnets which
are at once exquisite poetry and fervid
patriotism, even in their condemnation
Of England's inaction.
Where all is admirable, selection be-
comes difficult, but the following is
perhaps one of the strongest of Sc
quence of sonnets, none of which are
weak:
woNDRoUs LIKENESS.
Still on LIES loom, the internal work and
Woven each hour! Still, in august renown,
A great realm watching under Gods great
frown!
Ever the same! The little children cleft
In twain; the little tender maidens reft
OF maidenhood. And through little town
stranger journeying, wrote this record
I'm all the place there was not one man left
friend, the sudden lightning of whose pen
Makes Horror s countenance visible affair,
And Desoation's face familiar,
| think this very England of my ken
Is wondrous like that little town, where are
In all the streets and houses no more men, -
THE Purple East by William Watson.
New York. StoneH& Kimball. rs cents. For
sale by the St. Paul Book and Stationery COM
pany) ~
There may be two opinions about
Mrs. Everard Cotes' books of travel,
for everybody does not like that sort
of thing, but Intelligent readers cannot
possibly disagree as to the interest
and charm of her novels. His Honour
and Lady, her latest venture in this
field does not display, to our apprehen-
sion, so much of subtlety and clever
| ness as did "a Daughter of Today
but it is more direct, simple and coher-
ent in it's construction than that de-
licious story, and is on the whole super
ior to it in finish and in art If not in
charm The scenes of "His Honour
and Lady, are laid in India, and the
politics Of the Indian empire are ably
employed by Mrs. Cotes in developing
her tragic story of woman who did
not love her husband, but was too
finely constructed to continue to love
the cad to whom he owed his downfall.
The book is one which will be read and
enjoyed.
ard Cotes. New York. D. Appleton G Co.
$1.25. For sale by the st. Paul Book and
Stationery company
Dr. J. W. Jones publishes a school
history of the United States whose aim
full justice to the Southern states .
The author claims to have some
qualifications for preparing history Of
the United States which shall be ac-
ceptable to the South and fit to be
| taught in her schools" The war of
| the rebellion is treated solely from the
| Southern standpoint. and occupies
quite one-half the space of the entire
| volume. While DIR. Jones is not ex-
actIy an Offensive partisan" it is, of
course, impossible for him to lay claim
| to the dignity Of an historian. 1t is
| not probable that this generation will
see a philosophic history of the civil
war.
GA School History of the United States. -
by John William Jones. Baltimore. r. H.
Woodward Coz
"a Partisan IN America adds an
other to the list of books in which
| foreigners tell worldly what they do
not know about our country. M de
SCISSORS is a careless. inaccurate and
unphilosophic observer who yet apes
Bourgeois manner in recording his i'm
pressions of the United States. Bour-
gets very errors concerning things
American were interesting and note
worthy for they showed US what false
impressions the facts might convey to
| the most fair minded and thoughtful
| alien. But neither the mistakes nor
! the occasional hits made by M. de Sais-
sons have Importance. He has all the
| frivolity of Max O'Rell without a scir-
! tillation of his wit. Light-minded stu
pfdity is not exactly the best mental
endowment for traveller, but it seems
| to have been the sole mental capital at