The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-26

along much more rapi dly s3flansxtl1e-
writer has decreed it shall 60. 1rrftation
of the reader may be one road to suo-
cess in fiction, but Mr.. Bickerdyke has
taken the wrong turning upon 1t,
('Lady Val's Elopement," by John Bicker-
dyke Philadelphia: J. B. Lppncott & Co.
90 cents. For sale by the St. Paul Book and
Stationery company $3.50
The Macmillan company publish in
substantial yet daintily attractive lit
tie volume Matthew Arnold's "a Guide
to English Literature and his Essay.
on Gray" together with Mr.. John Nor
ley's essay "On the Study of Litera-
ture." The combination is a felicitous
one. and the little booklet will COM
mend itself in both form and substance
to all who desire to read about reading.
GA Guide to English Literature" by Mat
thew Arnold. "On the Study Of Literature, /"
by John Morley. New York. Macmillan & Co.
70 cents. For sale by the ST. Paul Book and
Stationery company
-Cornelia Atwood Pratt
Notes.
Meditations in Motley formerly of the ely
leaf" and for very limited period of the
mphilistine," has been engaged by the pub
OF that periodical, whose readers are to be con-
graduated upon the direction which has been
secured for it.
The August number of the Atlantic Monthly
is the best issue of that periodical for many
years, and 1t is far and away the best of all
the August magazines. For the last six
or eight years the Atlantic has suffered fire.
quent lapses into absolute dullness, very pain
ful to the many readers, who were brought
up on the belief that it the leading liter
airy periodical Of our country, and who were
anxious to see it maintain its old prestige.
For some months there have been evidences
Of a change Of policy in the conducting of the
favor additional IL
lancy, and the August issue, which contains
really an extraordinary number of things
which appeal to the intelligent and apprecia-
tive reader, is certainly triumph Of editing.
The fiction. in particular, could hardly be bet
tered
Andre Castaigne, the artist, was recently
given the unusual opportunity of sketching
Pope Leo from life. One of the pictures that
he secured represents the pope in his private
garden at the Vatican, surrounded by cardi-
nails. Mr.. Castaigne's drawings will accom-
pany the fourth and concluding paper of the
group which Marion Crawford has been writ
ing on Rome. 1t will appear in the Century
for August, and will be devoted to 1.-The Vat
ican."
The August McClure's justifies it's title of
Midsummer Fiction Number in five short
Stories all Of them of such fresh and ready
interest that can read them without
forcing himself and in spite of heat and hui
nudity. Octave Thanet contributes a strong
story of Western life; Stephen Crane relates
a dramatic episode in the later life of the
hero Of ''The Red Badge of Courage Gin
ton Ross tells booming battle story based
on Perry's historic victory on Lake Erie; E.
M. Thomson tells a humorous tale of the
Canadian fishermen; and Annie Eliot de-
scribes a double love episode in a Yale and
Harvard boat race.
In addition to the books already announced
Messrs. Harper & Brothers have in press f.
F. Benson's new novel, entitled 'Limita-
md nuyo rife ToiI md
Fairy Tales collected by Zoe Dana Under