The Saint Paul globe., 1896-11-29

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and even political struggles are
subordinated to the real steps
in the growth of the nation.
The work naturally falls into
two parts, before and after the or
ganization of the government under
the constitution in 1889. The question
might be asked whether a third more
distinct division should not have been
made to cover the causes and results
of the civil war, though this period is
treated, but perhaps not with the full
ness and distinctness that it's import
ance demands.
The book is furnished with valuable
maps, based on the principles Of his
torical geography, and showing the
growth of the territorial domain. The
appendix contains the constitution, and
photography, and there is good
index. 1t would be hard to find in the
same compass so good picture of the
development of the nation.
CtThe United States of America" by Ed
ward Claiming. Macmillan & Co. New York.
$1.5O For sale by the st. Paul Book and
Stationery company
The scene of Rider Haggard's new
romance, THE Wizard" is again laid
in Africa. The hero is a missionary
who abandons his English par
ish and a living of $4,000 a
year to become a messenger Of the
gospel to a warlike tribe in the interior
of Africa. Before meeting the king of
the tribe, there is revealed to him in a
vision the plot of one Of the kings
sons to poison his father and assume
the reinS of government himself. The
vision furnishes Owen, the missionary.
with the means Of thwarting the at
tempt to take the kings life by ad-
minister1ng an antidote to the poison.
The recovery of the victim is taken
for a miracle hU "a f1.ihn ND 11lf fc
ly leads, after many more adventures,
to their conversion.
This book Is the weakest and most
Objectionable thing Rider Haggard has
ever done. 1t exhibits a criminal lack
of good taste and a paucity of resource
and invention which are indeed pitt
able in the once-proud author of "She. -
Mr.. Haggard appears to be written out,
but the fact that he has nothing more
to say hardly excuses him for saying
1t about missionary. Missionaries
may sometimes be misguided but no
one of them ever deserved the fate of
being made the hero of one of Mr. Hag-
CARDS tales. Apart from the poor taste
involved, missionaries and Mr.. Hag-
CARDS romances are like oil and water.
They do not mix. To make a non-conl-
batant the chief character in an ad-
Venture-story is a blunder of StalWart
proportions, and nothing in the hand
ling of the tale eXtenuates the offense
C.The Wizard" by FL. Rider Haggard.
the st. Paul Book and Stationery company
''The Earth and It's Story" by Prof.
Angelo Heilprin, of the Philadelphia
Academy of Sciences is a presentation
OF the general facts of geology in a
more popular form than is customary
in most textbooks. The work is de-
signed for high school classes, but even
more for the numbers of Law readers
who are desirous of knowing some
thing of the formation, structure and
development of the earth 1t is clear
ly and pleasantly written and abounds
in illustrations taken from field photo
graphs.
c'The Earth and It's Story" by Angelo
Heilprin. Silver, Burdett Co. Chicago ST.
Catalina" by Mrs L. T. Meade. is
one OF this writer's pleasantest efforts
IN the way Of girls stories. Catalina is
a little art-student at a London school,
with poor, but very learned pro-
lessor for father, a foolish mother.
an enemy in the school and some
wealthy relatives in Manchester. Out of
the events arising from such an en-
vironnlent, Mrs Meade has made one
of the pleasant old-fashioned tales in
which bad fortune is turned to good
and everything comes out all right
for the nice little girl who is brave
and truthful. If life is not like this,
it ought to be.
C'Cataiina. Art Student by Mrs 4. T.
| pany. sL25,1
CHM & Co., have published three
parts of 'An the Year Round . a read
ing book for children by Miss Frances
l.. Strong, of the teachers training
Do
Miss Gertrude A. Stoker The books
are intended to furnish reading lessons
to be used in second grade work in
connection with the nature lessons
given by the teacher. The plan of in
struction involves a morning talk, or
observation lesson, upon some animal,
| plant. Hover or stone. This is fol-
! lowed by drawing lesson in which
the same object figures. The spelling
| lesson for the day will contain the new
| and difficult words that arise in con
nection with the same subject, and the
reading lesson from 'All the Year
| Round treats Of the same theme in
prose or verse. as it may happen. Each
| OF the three little volumes contains
reading matter upon subjects appro-
| pirate to the season. Thus in Spring. .
| the pussy willow, Iilac twig, marsh
marigold, violet and other spring flow
| ers figure prominently. The little
UoohS are carefully gOCCen up and seem
IN every way admirably adapted to
! fulfill their purpose
C'AH the Year Round, Spring, Autumn
| Winter" by Frances L. Strong. Boston.
| CHM & Co..
A friend of the late Juliana Horatia
Ewing, Of gracious memory, has gath
! cred together a number OF Mrs. Ew-
| 1Eg'S letters written home to England
| during the two years that her husband