The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-20

chapters unillumined by d single CLINT
Of humor and can take a decadent
authoress as seriously as she takes her
self, then you may venture to attack
Without Sin" But il you are just
an ordinary human being, don't try
It, You will have to own yourself
conquered and give it up long before
- you find out what the story is about
We say "authoress" because in spite
Of the manly pseudonym of Martin
j. Pritchard" the writer Is so weak
~ Womanish that even author
seems too vertebrate a term to apply
to her. The book deals with the his
tory of an epileptic Jewish girl who
believes herself destined to become
the Virgin Mother OF the Redeemer
for whom Israel waits. This central
notion would probably not have &C.
CURED to masculine writer; and vet
If the story could have been told in
about 5,0o9 words by a pure-minded
De Maupassant Of such a combination
Is conceivable) 1t might have been a
line and powerful piece of work The
present writer has utterly failed to
imagine the artistic possibilities of her
material, and in the place of the
yearninS human tenderness and the
profound sense Of the pathetic IRA
tionality of mortal destiny, which
alone COULD have redeemed and glori-
fed her striking, If repulsive theme,
she has substituted a mawkish med
1aeValisIn, which, in combination with
her very tedious style, puts the book
beyond the pale of liberation
~ C'Without SIM. by Martin ]. PIitchard
Chicago. H. s. Stone & Co., $1.25.)
1t is one Of the good signs of the
times that an unprofessional famiI-
1arfty with Nature is on the increase
In this country. People are out-grow-
ing the notion that the scientist and
the farmer are the only people who
can indulge in an acquaintance with
the mother Of us all, and on one pre-
text or another are striking up per-
Sonal friendships with her neglected
but always affable personality. Hence
the multitude of little books introduce
ing us in an off-hand way to the birds.
the insects and the wild flowers. The
latest addition to this kind of Htera-
ture is Familiar Trees and Their
Leaves by T. Schuyler Matthews.
Mr.. Matthews opening statement is
to the effect that trees may be justly
numbered among our best friends,
and he proceeds to make known to us
several hundred of those to be found
In the eastern half of the United
States, accompanying the introduction
in most cases with a. drawing of
LEAVES and fruit which, together with
the careful detailed description, will
8 serve to establish the identity of any
specimen. The book is preceded by a
Simple but adequate plan for leaf
identified ton, showing in what chap
ter each class of leaf-ferms is consid-
cred.
MIR. Matthews labor is evidently one
$ of love; the book is clearly and pleas
antly written, and the author sue
ceeds in inspiring the reader with
something Of his own enthusiasm for
* our forests. The little manual will be
an Invaluable companion for country
s rambles and will doubtless achhieve
.sethe popularity it certainly deserves.
Granular Trees and Their Leaves" by
F. Schuyler Matthews. New York. D. APP
pleton & CO. $1-75. For sale by the st. Paul
Book and Stationery company
~ Dear lady, the stories are the only
Neritahle things in life The alleged
realities OF existence pass by us or roll
over us and leave us colorless and
empty. The genuine possessions Of our
>souls-the things that shape and deco
rate and furnish our spiritual habita-
:. tions--are the things that never hap
pened. says the hero of Mr.. Harold
-1srederic's now story to the heroine.
They are both quite mad, of course,