St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-29

vigor, reality and hold upon human
nature shown there, and these qualities
are not conspicuous insI1er latest pub
lfcation, which wears the air of being
an earlier performance, and offers the
reader, in lieu of actuality, a certain
romantic prettiness, which entertains.
but is not in the least convincing
c'The Failure of Sibyl Fletcher" bv
Adeline Sergeant. j. B. Lippincott company.
Philadelphia. so cents. For sale by the St.
Paul Book and Stationery company.)
"A Gray Eye or So" would seem to
have been written when Frank Frank
fort Moore was suffering from malaria
or some similar trouble which blurred
his sight and made his hand unsteady.
In place of his wonted deftness and
conclS1on, there is uncertainty and a.
leaning to the prolix-it would be pos
sible to call it tedious, if it were not for
the redeeming flashes Of wit scattered
here and there throughout the pages.
BUT even these are not enough TO make
| 1t entirely acceptable, when regarded
as the work of an author who, what
ever his defects, has rarely failed in
| excellence Of technique.
"a Gray Eye or So by Frank Frankfort
Moore. Chicago. Rand, McNalIy G. Co., so
| cents.0 "
Lippincott's reprint from the maga-
| zine. THE Autobiography of a. Pro-
| fessional Beauty" is a vivacious and
| well-written story Of an American girl
! In London society, by Elizabeth Phipps
| Iraln, best known as the author of
| "A Social Highwayman," which, in it's
| dramatic form, has had one Of the sue
| cesses OF the year. There is plenty of
incident and interest in the story of
the professional beauty. On one oc-
caslon she is hypnotized for the pur-
| pose of making her steal the diamonds
| of another guest in the house where
| she is visiting, and she goes through
olVers and sundry more or less exciting
| love affairs, to marry, in the end. a
hlgh-minded American, who has per
! sistently frowned upon her London ca
! reer After this she retires to private
HE and happiness in New York-a
more felicitous fate than befalls most
| professional beauties.
('The Autobiography eaf8 a Profess,ona a,
Beauty, by Elizabeth Phipps Train Phila-
delphia. j. B. Lippincott company. rs cents.
For sale by the St Paul Book and Stationery
| companyO
I'm Silent World is, as it's subtitle
reveals, the love story of a deaf mute
and reveals the restricted vet beautif111
existence OF the heroine as told by her
journals. The theme is a new one and
the author has made from it a touchine o.
little story whose very simplicity and
qu1etness will be found refreshing. after
the feverishness of most modern fiction
1t is written with a certain restraint
and sobriety in the matter of style
which tends to heighten the lifelike-
ness Of the tale to the readers appre-
hension.
GIN a Silent World" by the author of
Views on English Society" New Yorl.
Dodd, Mead & Co. For sale by the E. w,
Porter company W"
Something is the matter with the 1T
erary models Of the author of "Eunice
Ounce" The writer should studv con-
cision. The book is a leisurelv, Meas
antly written story of New England
life, whose faults are chiefly negative
the principal one being failure to com.
pei the attention of the reader and nail
1t to the story that is being told. A
dozen years ago this would not have
mattered as it does today, but in the
Keen competition for auditors to the
stories that are told by modern writer's
such failure is practically fatal and is
only to be atoned for by especial gifts
and graces Of style which Dane
Ccnyngham," although an agreeable
writer, does not possess.
(''Eunice Ounce" by Dane Conynghan:
New York. Lowell. Coryell Co. s125 For
sale by the st. Paul Book and Stationery
company
CHM & Co. publish a second selection
from "Grimn's Fairy Tales" edited
and revised by-Saras fsszyFiltse The old
tales which children have always loved