The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-27

her love is Of the unchanging kind,
and Alec contends against little in his
subsequent ceurtship save the fear Of
the imaginary but numerous love affairs
with which he had entertained the
Hempie"before the triumphant occasion
when he found favor in her elder sis
tiers eyes. The slender thread Of this
GdyIIic cOurtship-uneventful in itself
furnishes Mr.. Crockett with sufficient
material around which to weave a story
whose local color and atmosphere are
the reasons for it's existence. He says
himself: THE somewhat peculiar and
pCmposite flavor of this little book has
resulted from an attempt to epitomze
the various humors, idyls, loves and
tragedies Of moorland life in Scotland
we'll nigh half a century ago..
Lads Love" does not challenge COM
DarisOn with anything else that MI.
Crockett has written, simply because
Il is so unlike his other work that COM
parison is out Of the question. Inc
author has given himself room 1of
originality in it's construction, ana mas
evidently written it as much for his
own pleasure as for the worlds reading
or the critics dictum.
It is a great pity that the charm Of
this story should have to contend
against a subtle enemy between the
books own covers. The drawings thaI
are supposed to illustrate it are absurd
ly bad and would discredit the cheapest
fiction published.
pleton G. Co. New York. 81 %. For sale by
HE St. Paul Book and Stationery company.)
"Ieonora of the Yawmish," by Fran
els Dana. is a novel of the East and
West. The plot has its peculiarlties.
but they are not Of the magnitude to
make it in any way an exceptional
novel. A young BoSton1an-concelt-
ed, selfish, cringing and far from ad-
Venturous or brave-seeks the appear
ance of adventure and falls inadver-
tently on it's reality in the mountains
of the West. He meets and. falls in
love with LeOnOra Of the YaWmish,
mountain maid Of aristocratic ancestry.
Satisfying himself of the ancestry and
wealth, he engages himself to her be-
fore he departs for the East, where
three years of mistaken HOnizatlOn
grasses the impression LeonOra had
made upon his heart. He meets young
widow, who had but to smile to arouse
his old love for her. OF too cowardly
q disposition to break his engagement
to Leonora, he is drawn by his later
love into a. strange scheme to send to
the YawmiSh in lieu of himself, his
young and impoverished brother, whose
resemblance to the questionable hero
IS indeed marvellous. It is difficult to
make this second hero attain the stat
IRE of an honorable gentleman, and it
would be cruel to blame the author
for his lack Of success; he struggled
calamity against terrible odds,-Mr.
Dana is a brave man-had he been a
wise one he would have known that
his task was simply impossible.
- h. ,;cIb Nv
Dana Harper & Bros. New York. $1.25.
For sale by the st. Paul Book and Stationery
fompany.)
The story Of the coming Of Charles
Edward, the pretender, and his march
from Scotland to Derby has again been
put into fiction. For the White Rose
bf Arno," the name Owen Rhoscomyl
has chosen for this historic romance
is the story Of the Welsh rising and CT
the part that Wales had meant to play
In the Stuart cause. Accustomed as
we are to the devoted part taken by
Scotland in one and all of the cominge
of the StuartS, we have failed to appre-
ciate the heroic intentions Of the sister
country. Out of these, in behalf of the
welsh, Mr.. Rhoscomyl has woven a
romance of considerable interest The
hero, David APP Thomas Morgan, OF
Pengraig, to give him his full native
name, is a man OF historic place. His
tragic fate is none the less a sorry
thing for England because he was ONLY
one of many hundreds to meet, in tn;
same cause, the savage death for trait
CTS. The plot Of the story is woven
round the messenger sent by Charles
Edward from Preston to Wynstay with
command for the Welsh rising. Be.
cause this messenger was waylaid by
the treachery of a jealous rival is thu
reason offered by the author for ths
of hn Tn1c b. 3os..
lender on his march to London, and
which caused the igaominious retreat
from Derby. Love. and vengeance oc-