The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-11

world of which he has no comprehen-
sion. He Is the sport OF chance, and
when his dumb. pitiful, inchoate life
comes to an end In the Hotel Dieu at
last, he expresses with his final breath
a conviction that he does not want any
Heaven where people CO." People are
not good. Only his dog is good and
faithful. Lou want Heaven-where
Zeppa go-Zeppa Heaven-good Heav-
en,"-a point of view which naturally
shocks the sister OF charity who Is
nursing him. Had the book been writ
ten with more art, more self-restraint
and less intention to be pathetic by
force, 30 to say. 1t might have taken
high rank among those melancholy
Of narrowing their own feelings.
cLou,' by Baron Won Roberts. New York.
The American Publishers corporation. ST.
For sale by the st. Paul Book and Stationery
company
Mr. Francis William Bourdillon Is
best known to fame as the author of
the song THE Night Has a Thousand
Eyes, the Day But One" He has just
published what is, we believe, his first
venture into the field Of imaginative
fiction, 'Nephele.' The book is a
poem In prose, which deals with mu-
steal mysteries and will appeal espec-
tally to those musicians to whom the
emotional side of their art Is fullest
and most significant. It ought to COM
mend itself in our day and generation
to the same class Of readers with whom
Charles Auchester' was favorite
generation ago, although, 1t may be re-
marked. there Is no comparison in point
of style and clearness between the two
books, Mr.. Bourdillon's little volume
being admirably written, as 1t needs
must be to attract and hold modern
readers. The theme Is the evolution
of the sympathy between two souls,
otherwise unknown to each other at
first, by means of kind Of musical
telepathy. Their acquaintance ends in
tragedy, but it Is tragedy Of the po-
etc type which satisfies rather than
saddens. The story Is simply written
and in certain passages, chiefly those
dealing with the performance Of the
mystical sonata which Is the tie that
binds Nephele to Endymion Gerard,
Mr.. Bourdillon has shown remarkable
power in writing the unspeakable, In
translating emotion into words without
the loss Of any Of it's intrinsic quail
ties as emotion. This is feat which
is not often performed, and his success
in accomplishing it marks Mr.. Bour-
dillon as a poet, though he may choose
to write in prose.
C'Nephele" by F. W. Bourdillon. New
York. The New Amsterdam Book company.
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The Eversley series, better known to
most by sight than by name is made
up of those delightfully."- printed books
bound in smooth dark red cloth, among
which the essays Of Matthew Arnold
are probably the most widely circulated
and known. The publishers are bring
Ing out in this series, an edition of
the poems Of William Wordsworth,
edited with many annotations by w.
Knight. Vol VI, which has just been
published contains Laodamia and the
large number Of minor poems compos-
ed from 1914 to 1920 inclusive
c'Wordsworth's POEMS" VOL vi New
York The Macmillan company. $780, For
sale by the st. Paul Book and Stationery
company
"a Daughter Of theTenements," which
it will be remembered, is the first novel
Of the creator of "Chimmie Fadden,"
and a. very good novel though trif1e
| romantic in places, has been brought
out in paper covers. A dramatization
Of the story is to be placed on the
boards in New York in November.
GA Daughter of the Tenements." by Ed
ward W. Townsend New York. The Amer
lean Publishers corporation 30 cents.)
-Cornelia Atwood Pratt.