St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-02-23

SLdplCl CODCSIAlIlS Tie OldSI IlIC WILL
have peculiar interest
This Is mock death services funeral
for one yet in the flesh, held over the
bodies Of those manned and injured dur
ing the blasting. The conta gion of be-
lief in it spread from the Swedes to all
the work people by virtue Of that pagan
instinct whereby we all exaggerate our
griefs lest the gods underestimate them
and send others still heavier. In SCOT
City 1.-The feeling had become general
that man might get beyond the blast
that is, get over it's shock and scorch,
If only his friends could be brought to
behave as if he were really dead"
The book, as whole, is unusually
satisfactory in itself, and rich in its
promise for the writer's future.
C"Stonepastures" By Eleanor Stuart. New
York D. Appleton G. Co. rs cents For sale
by the st. Paul Book and Stationery company
Is it not time that Alfred Austin
should say to his critics something
like this:
''It is all very well to scott at my verse,
But why need you kick me down stairs?"
The obloquy which the newspapers
have heaped upon his head has, after
all, been intended not so much to over
whelm him as to eXalt his immediate
predecessors, What shall he do that
cometh after the King?" is an old
QuCly, duu SLOWS That NIL. AuSlli
predicament has long been recognized
by the sympathetic Imagination. It
is to be hoped that ''England's Darl-
ing" the laureate's new volume, will
be accepted upon its own merits with
out reference to the way in which Ten
nyson might have written it. 1t is an
effort to give Alfred the Great his
proper place in English poetry. The
incidents used in the four-act drama,
a orb criyy hni nhr~ oil cin a
order, are all authenticated. The au-
thor has not drawn largely upon in
vention to supplement the chronicles.
'England's Darling" is not a great
dramatic poem, but it is a sincere and
seemly attempt to glorify one of Eng
lands greatest kings, made by a poet
who is possessed of the strongest en-
thusiasm for the hero of his lines. Mr..
Austin's genius, his own opinion per-
haps to the contrary Notwithstanding,
is essentially lyric, a fact which is
demonstrated by the two songs the
drama contains. Edwards song, while
waiting for Edgiva, has all the Tilt and
charm of a lyric made in the days
when the dew was on the work
"Sing, throstle, sing,
On the hornbeam bough;
But tell not the king
OF maiden's VOW.
When the heart is ripe,
Then the days are leetI
Pipe, throstle, pipei
Sweet! Sweet! Sweet
"Flute, throstle, flute,
To my tagging dear,
And never be mute
Till she HE to hear.
Now that the spring
And the summer meet,
Sing, throstle, singi
Sweet! Sweet! Sweet!'
C"England's Darling" By Alfred Austin.
New York. Macmillan & Co. S1.25. For sale
by the st. Paul Book and Stationery company
The sermons of certain clergyman
were once praised by a conservative
auditor on the ground that you could
take nap during the course of them
in the full assurance that nothing
startling would happen before you
awoke. There is nothing in the least
sleep-compelling about Mrs. Walfords
pretty stories Of English life, but the
reader. may feel assured when he sits
down to one that he will be neither
startled nor shocked in the course of
it. They are always pure in tone and
attractively told. Successors to the
Title" is no exception to the rule. 1t
relates the story of two careless, hap
Ply young people wandering about
Europe, with light hearts and little
luggage, who suddenly find themselves
lIdISlOII1Gu lulO VI 1lO less
consideration than the Earl and Coun-
tess of st. Bees. With no sense of the
responsibilities Of position and prop
erty, the young people go on in the
most extraordinary manner" The earl
shocks his neighbors by neglecting
county business to go a-fshing and the
countess shirks her duties to house
and parish to feed the deer in the park
How they ultimately open their eyes
70 f1n nrtn Gil Of hot.
and what exciting experiences they
pass through in growing up to it, the
reader will find a couple of hours of
enjoyment in learning.
(''Successors to the Title By Mrs. L. B.
Walford. New York D. Appleton & Co. so
cents. For sale by the st. Paul Book and Sta
tionery company
1t is always a thankless task to say
unkind things about sincerity and en-
thusiaSm. The qualities are so rare
and so valuable that it seems pity
they cannot always find an expression
which is as dignified and praiseworthy
as themselves. Perhaps in life they
always do command the respect they
deserve, but literature Is a different
matter and demands far other quail
fications. These remarks are preface
to a reluctant statement Of our opin-
ion that literature Is not the calling
to which John Bryan, or ONO,
author of Fables and Essays" is
called. He says he wrote the book
because he simply couldn't help it.; he
dedicates it to liberty and justice and
intimates that he shall be very much
obliged to the public for rea ding it at
all-he does not expect them to pur-
chase it at a price which shall bring
him profit. 1t would be very easy to
show where his work is ridiculous, but
impossible to find it insincere. The
same amount of energy expended in
some other direction might do the world
no end Of good; in it's present form it is
utterly wasted. There Is nothing so
poor as poor literature, and this is
absolutely hopeless.
CRADLES and Essays" By John Bryan, of
Ohio. New York. The Arts and Letters COM
pany. For sale by the St. Paul Book and Sta
tionery company
-Cornelia Atwood Pratt.
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