The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-25
But this crawling around
Without touching the Ground
Is getting to be quite Bore!

of colonial Virginia, contemporary
novelists have done nothing worthy of
consideration in this field Mr.. Slim
sons novel deals with the early colo
NAL period, both in Virginia and around
Massachusetts, bay, and it is a story of
absorbing interest, Of dignity sweet
ness and charm. The presence of these
latter qualities in a book dealing pri-
Inarily-to put it crudely-with Indians
and guns is as unexpected as it is
grateful. The kernel of the whole
book is one of the most exquisite love-
stories of the year, and the best thing
about it is its possibility of truth Con-
stancy is a virtue which thrives best
perhaps in the heart of a human be-
ing who is much more civilized than
his environment. The hard and prf-
mitive life Bamfylde Carew was forced
to lead, tended to conserve his ideal
of the lady Of his love and make the
recollection of her the one beautiful
thing In the strenuous existence of a
pioneer. Latter-day lovers are not
particularly likely to emulate his de-
Vot1on, which is, however, none the
less an inspiring spectacle. The care
fully elaborated character of Miles
Courtenay presents one of the most
delightful Oscillations Of the Celtic
type possible. AS for the spirit and
style in which the book is written the
Following quotation gives a glimpse of
1t:
The Lord has made an earth of
many pleasant places, answered
Miles. Beauty is in this world as well
as truth; the Puritans forget half
Gods message and dispute about the
tother. But you Saxons We're always
pragmatical, square-headed race
us we Irish are the beauty
Dye know, We are the only people
whose kings We're poets-who crowned
our poets kingsp
You have not done much by your
kings after you made Them then said
All. man, but we have dreamed:
The word is greater than the deed, I'd
have We know. A stupid Saxon NAV do
the deed it takes an Irish harper to
think of! But in truth, tbs a mans
duty to be happy on earth-if only by
way of preparing for heaven. Beauty
is given man, the good kind of beauty
to enjoy, the bad kind to tempt him
and teach him strength. In this wav
even pleasure hath it's place-and a
Puritan is but a suicide that thrusts
him, like a blubbering child, away from
the fires that are to try him, Let
monks renounce-a man is here to live
Ina toucn ana try the lives of others.
TO feel his life and use it to the full
and then to give it away-to the first
cause maybe?"
(King Noanett," by F. ]. Stimson. Bos-
ION. Lamson, Wolfe & Co. $780, For sale
by the st. Paul Book and Stationery com
pany.)
Mrs. Amelia E. Barr is a writer Of
ouch uneven excellence THAI one is
never certain just what will be the
quality OF any given work from her
pen. 1t is pleasure to be able to say that
"A Knight Of the Nets is one of the
best things she has done FOR years.
being fit to stand beside Tan Vedder's
Wife" and 1.-THE Bow OF Orange Rib
bon for interest and a certain vivid
reality. She returns in this story to
the Scotch fisher-foIk and the life be-
eide the sea which she depicts SO well.
janet Binnie, the mother of the
Knight of the Nets" and of Christina
Ne second heroine of the tale, is a
EtIong character, strongly presented.
She is 4 woman of stern integrity and
uany hard excellences of character,
but her chTonicler does not blink the