The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-05
Literary Notes.

For the first TIME in many years the Critic
appeared IN new form on Nov. q, straw
f ; cover with the title in red signaliz-
ing the fact that this was the first Of the
MONDAY. numbers which have come to be
looked for every year as a guide for buyers
Oh holiday books for young and old. The
opening article, "The Dignity of Letters
I takes for its text the wide publication Of
dudley Warmers portrait as advertise
Inent OF the Library of the Worlds Best
literature, of which he is the editor. The
an essay by DR.. C. G. Abbott, the noted nat
ural1st, entitled =The Rustic; A Protest.
In these two numbers appear photographs Of
e2-F5resloent Harrison, apropos OF his new
book, and Mrs. L. B. Walford, the popular
English novelist, now in this country, both
portraits having been made for the occasion.
mere are, besides portraits of Ibsen, Sarah
Grand and Felix Gras, and reviews of Nine.
Grand's- The Beth Book" and Mrs. Bur-
netts His Grace of Osmonde.'
Ernest Knaufft, editor of the Art Student
contributes to the December number of the
American Monthly Review of Reviews a crit
zeal study of John Gilbert and Illustration
in the Victorian Era" Mr.. Knaufft's article
is illustrated with many interesting reproduc-
tons of the drawings of Sir John Gilbert and
his contemporaries.
Never employ a supernatural agency with
out having thoroughly made up your mind
what you mean its exact action to be. Wheth-
er you take the reader into your confidence
about this 1innit- of action is a matter for
your own judgment, but that you should IN
derstand it yourself is unquestionably neceS-
sary. Many of our latter-day purveyors of
the mysterious seem to be doubtful about
the nature of the bogeys they introduce as
the most credulous Of their readers can be-
From The Supernatural in Fiction, by
Edmund Gosse in the Bookman.
The Critic company is making an offer
which should prove very attractive to lovers
% l., yonth flNaTn q
years subscription for the Critic, a years
subscription for the Century, and THE Cen
fury Gallery OF, One Hundred Portraits" DE
ing the best portraits ever publlshed IN the
magazine), at $3.50 for the combination. This
is the price 2tos be charged for the gallery
alone, next year; but this year it is sold only
in combination with the magazine The sub
scription may be either new or ola, and and, the
Critic the Century and the gallery will be
sent to different addresses, delivery in the
U:;ited States being free.
With a charming special cover designed by
Charles L. Hinton, reproductions IT sIme
historic Mad6hnas, and pictures by f. 5.
Church, Charles Dana Gibson, Ernest c.
Peixotto, C. K. Linson and other well-known
artists, the Christmas number of Mcclure S
MAGAZINE is in generous keeping with the
season 1t is, indeed, a beautiful Holiday
number. 1t is, quite as eminent IN matter
as in Illustration, having con.ributlons, fr2m
Rudyard KipIing, Anthony Hope Charles A.
Dana, Robert Barr, Bliss Perry Ella Hig-
ginson, w. T.; Stead and Dr.. sven Hedlh.
Anthony Hope gives us the first installi1ent
of the seaueIi TO -ftThe Prisoner of Zenda.
It opens most ssengagingly. Here are our
old friends Rudolf Rassendyu, the Princess
Flayia. the King and Col 'Sapt in their best
form, embarked IA "a series 'ef dramatic ad-
ventures that promises to- surpass in breath.
less interest all that even the rare fancy OF
Anthony Hope has previously devised.
I'D to the full mark of the best the author
has done before, If not beyond is also the
story by Kpling. In point of length IL is
really a. novelette,. and it combines in one
narrative the diverse attractions OF his pre-
vious stories of army life in India and MS
tales of the Jungle, the part OF nero pelhs
divided about evenly between young Ems
lish officer and q ''clouded" tiger. me Illus
trations Of the story are exceptionally IN
terpretye and strong.
Mr.. Gilbert Parker has had great deal
of trouble in choosing the title for MS new
serial which commences in the Atlantlc LOT
January He first took "a Hundred fears
| Ago HE then-changed~ 1t to 'Root anu
RSancb-1 Now At stands and is likely to
stand. as eThe Battle of the Strong:
The Suppressed Letters of Napoleon.
which Messrs. Appleton will publish I'M a.
uedfately reveal that extraordinary man u
the world as none of his contemporaries mas
Snna His yindictiveness is undisguised, and
Vet he writes to his mother, you know l
never eharbor spite'' and in another letter
he declares that he is man OF peace Spite
however. is one thing, and resentment an an
other He writes to Marshal DaVout: l
have YOUR letter of 18th May. | am giad 10
S saase von are going to arrest large number
80 EnoIish agents Show no mercy Keep
those 1eople in prison, and if there are any
,roToinent agents among them, have them
Shot