The Saint Paul globe., 1896-12-20

paper, rather than such shiny sur
face but at all events it is very strik-
ing. There is bicycle calendar, too
and a Horse Show for 1897 which
contains twelve spirited drawings, by
Freda Ludovici and will be an appro-
pirate gift to lovers Of the horse. The
numerous booklets are attractive in de-
sign and coloring.
ION the Broads," by Anna Bowman
Dodd, is an account of a leisurely and
delightful cruise upon the Norfolk
rivers. Mrs Dodd's ability to write so
charmingly of any vacation trip that
the reader most needs feel impelled to
go at once and do likewise is well
known. When you add to the charm
| of the writer the attractions of heavy
paper, wide margins and profuse and
exquisite Illustrations, by Joseph Pen
nell, of the Broads country, it will be
| seen that the combination forms a
most desirable gift book.
! con the Broads," by Anna Bowman Dodd.
| The Macmillan company. 50. For. sale by the
| st. Paul Book and Stationery company.(
"Some Womens Ways is the title
| Of a collection of short stories by Miss
! Mary Angela Dickens. They are emo
| tionally intense and morally irreproach-
| able-a combination which is unusual
| enough in current fiction to call for
| cornmendation The situations are all
well-conceived and carefully thought
4 cut, and if Miss Dickens had but the
/ Gift of style, the book would be note
worthy one.
c*some Women's Ways" by Mary Angela
| Dickens. r. +. Fenno & Co. 81. 25. For sale
/ by the st. Paul Book and Stationery COM
pany.
"The Puppet" is a lively little story
which recounts the extraordinary train
! of circumstances whereby Richard
| Gerald, bachelor, also millionaire, of
| New York, became involved in a plot
| involving the fate of Dalmatia, and
| took commanding part in revolution
1 in that state The book moves more
| swiftly than 1.-THE Scarlet Coat" per-
| haps because it's author is not COM
| PEELED to pay heed to historical prob
| abilities. and the adventures are ex-
| cellent Mr. Ross has, however,
an apparent distaste for the spilling of
| blood which he must overcome If he
| aims to rise high among the producers
| of thrilling fiction. He also has
! taste for psychology in which, to be
| sure, he does not indulge himself TO
any extent-not enough to please the
| lovers of psychology, nor enough to
| disturb those who do not care for 1t.
The book impreSSes the reader with the
| notion that the writer has held himself
| aloof from it, trying, simply, to see
if he could not do this kind Of thing as
| well as the next man. Certainly he
| does not do it badly, but we are inciin-
| ed to suspect from the Indifferent psy-
! chology and the Indifferent attitude of
| the author toward the people he has
| created that another kind of fiction
| would give fuller scope to Mr.. Ross
| literary abilities 1t takes all kinds or
| readers to make up the world, and
! there are successes outside OF the snort
| cut to literary fame taken by the
| writer's of popular adventure-StorleS.
The reader lays down "rFhe Puppet'
with the wish that the author try some
i other road.
c,The Puppet," BY y, Clinton 7, n Ross. New
The bound volume of Harper's Round
| Table for the year just closing is full
| of good and helpful reading for young
| people, both boys and girls. Among
| the especial features may be mention
| ed For King or Country. story OF
the Revolution, by James Barnes; The
| INN of the Telephone" by John Ken
| drick Bangs; I'm the Old Herrick
House." by Ellen Douglas Deland; !;
Adventures With Friend Paul, by
| Du ChaiIlu: ga Virginia Cavalier,
by Molly Elliot Sewell, and Rick
Dale" by Kirk Munroe. Then there IS
! a bicycling department, with road
mans: a. camera club column; the de-
partment of interscholastic sport, ana
| q whole host of useful and Valuaple
papers about things girls ana boys
wish to know On the whole, for young
naonIa who have not seen the ISSUES
from week to week, the bound volume
will make as appropriate a gift-book as
one can hope to find.
Harper's Round Table, 1896. Harper &
Bros. $3 For sale by the st. Paul BOOK
and Stationery companyD
The Lippincott holiday publications
Include ~"The Black Tor" by George
Manyille Fem. The story deals with
family feud in the reign OF James
l., and is wholesome, slrriIls
book for boys, carefully inculcating the
right kind of sentiments along with a
good deal of fighting. Captain Chap,
by Frank R. Stockton, is another book
for boys. The authors name is
guarantee that the story is good and
amusing. AS a matter OF fact, some
of Stockton's best work has been done
in the form of Juvenile fiction. The
same firm publish a new and pretty
edition of s0Two Little Wooden Shoes, "
by Ouida, which is, as all the world
knows by this time, a pathetic little
idyI of a peasant girls unhappy love.
(s.The Black Tor" by G. NJ. Fem. $1.25.
Captain Chap" BY Frank shoo1 K 81 stoGKf9a cKGa
s1.25. Philadelphia. The j. B. Lippincoet
| company
I The author of Beneath Old Roof
trees aims to give q view of the open
ing of the Revolution and of the part
taken in it by other towns than Con-
cord and Lexington. In the course OF
some ten years of newspaper work in
and about Boston. Mr.. Brown has come
in contact with scores Of New England
PEOPLE still living in the old home
steads where their ancestors lived at
the time of the struggle of the Ameri-
can colonies, and from these sources
he has collected many authentic ex-
periences of Revolutionary date. which
have never heretofore been made pub
lic He has woven these into an in
teresting and instructive book, which,
however, does not cover all the ground,
treating only Of a limited number OF
the towns identified with the opening
Of the Revolution. Mr.. Brown purposes
to follow the present volume with
others; the whole to constitute a series
entitled Footprints of the Patriots"
There is a place in our history for such
collections Of fire-side traditions and
the author is to be congratulated upon
the happy thought of gathering them.
c.Beneath Old Rooftrees,'' by Abram En-
gIish Brown. Boston. Lee Shepard. $.50)
The Macmillan company are issuing
| the novels of Ivan Turgenev in plain
and serviceable library binding Vol
umes VI and VII. contain Virgin
SOIL" one of the authors best-known
and most powerful studies of Russian
life and character. The novel is full of
human interest, but it is also signifi-
cant nolitically for it contains the