The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-26

Orchid and Other Stories" is in less
gloomy strain than From the Land
of the Snow Pearls;" the tales, in 9TH
er words, are just as sad, but better
balanced, and therefore, more force
full and artistic.
OF the ten sketches, the last, 1.-THE
Light That Came to Abraham" Is
most finished and subtle. 1t is trag-
edy done in miniature, and has much
depth of color and delicacy of lines.
GA Forest Orchid, and Other Stories" by
Ella Higginson. The Macmillan company,
New York. s1.5O. For sale by the st. Paul
Book and Stationery company
The author of 1.-THE Love Affairs Of
Some Famous Men" most truthfully
remarks in his preface to this book
that "there is a greater desire, Just
now to. have details about celebrated
men than to become acquainted with
and understand their work. Shelley's
amours, for instance, are known to
many who have never read even his
lode to the Skylark." He goes on to
say that he hopes he is not pandering
to this love of gossip by perpetuatlng
a treatise upon the love affairs of some
famous men. Now, whom the author
expects to read his book, If not the
lovers of literary gossip, we do not
know. Certainly the earnest student
of the life work of great men will not
be interested in these isolated incl
dents of their lives; a student wishes
to read of these events in connection
with the other influences that MADE
the great man what he became, and
that made his work what it is.
This book is certainly pandering to
the spirit Of the times, but panderlng
in a rather superior manner. The
great amours could have been selected
with less discretion and treated With
less tact than the author uses. For
the people who like this sort OF thing.
this is the sort of thing they like
(''The Love Affairs of Some Famous Men
by the author of How to Be Happy Tho S
Married" Frederick A. Stokes company, New
York, $50. For sale by the st. Paul Book
and Stationery company
Tales Of the West" and italics of
Adventures" are short stories which
have previously appeared in Mcclure S
Magazine. In thin book form they are
very prettily bound in flexible covers
Of brilliant red cloth. Small pen-and-
ink sketches are scattered throughout
the two little volumes.
The stories included in "Tales of the
West" are decidedly the best of the
series, they are, Town Lot No. 1903, )"
by Octave Thanet, "Barb'ry," by e. v.
Wilson; THE Homecoming of Col.
Hucks," by William Allen White; "A
Point of Knucklin' Down." by Ella
Higginson; 1.-The Surgeons Miracle"
by Joseph Kirkland; "Dikkon's Dog, !"
by Dorothy Smidt; 1.-THE Divided
House." by Julia D. Whitney. Tales
of Adventure" include, The Mistress
OF the Foundry" by Earl Joslyn;
Dreams Go by Contraries," by George
II. Jessop; "A Seat in the Dark" by
James T. Mckay; How Cassie Saved
the Spoons" by Annie Howells
Frechette, "a Strange Story, the Lost
Years." by Lizzie Hyer Milf, and Two
Modern Prodigals," by James F. NC
Kay.
VEST 'Taies of Adventure" Doubleday &
Mcclure company New York % cents each.
For sale by the ST. Paul Book and Stationery
company
For the lovers of detective stores Mr.
Cleveland Moffett has prepared little
book with the seductive title, True
Defective Stories" Mr.. Moffett claims
to have obtained his material from the
archives of the Pinkertons and to be
himself only the reconter OF these
stories Of the trade known to detect
ives. The book comprises tales of
bank. train and diamond robbers and
are Of all degrees Of interest and mys-
terry. The breaking up Of the notorious
Reno gang is one of the historic detec-
tive stories of the group
('True Detective Stories from the archives
of the Pinkertons, by Cleveland Mcffet.
doubleday & Mcclure, New York. 81. Fer
sale by the St. Paul Book and Stationery
company
1.-THE Big Horn Treasure" is tale
Of Rocky mountain adventure both
thrilling and instructive. The two
Youths who figure as the heroes of the
many acts Of daring and narrowing
and perilous experiences are followed
through this mountainous period and
are finally established in the compare
tive quiet of domestic life and state
and national politics. The book is at
tractively bound and illustrated and
the story is told in way to interest
young people in the telling.
(''The Big Horn Treasure" BY -, John y, p =,
For sale by the st. Paul Book and Stationery
company
Another of the Kenton series is pub
lished by Henry T. Coates. Edward S.
Ellis is the author of this series, and
the name of the last addition is In
the Days Of the Pioneers" 1t is Sc
quel to 1.-THE Phantom River" and is,
of course a story Of stirring adven
ture in the primeval forests, and with
the untamed red man; the early hardy
hunters are again the characters of
interest A book for girls from the
same publishers is by Lucy c. Lille,
and is called "A Girls Ordeal" 1t is
the story of two girls, one of whom
passes through hardships, but finally
reaps her reward; the other becomes
the wife of an English lord. The book
is exactly like a hundred other stories
intended for young girls, and we can
not but think that parents would do
better to provide their young dapgh-
tiers with literature intended for either
little children-books such as the jun
gle books and Hans Christian Ander-
son, or with the novels enjoyed by
themselves. The space in a girls lit
erary life between childhood and re-
sponsible womanhood is barren at the
best in comparison with the feast set
for her brother between the age of
twelve and eighteenth a girl isn't al
lowed to read, or finds no interest in
the like Of Treasure Island" or kid
Mapped" borrowed from her brothers
shelf, what is she going to do in this
generation?
The answer is hardly to be found in
Three Pretty Maids" by Amy E.
Blanchard, though it is a pretty story,
and wholesome, and better worth read
ing than the usual story of its class.
In lieu of the more fascinating litera-
ture that does not exist, the story may
be recommended to the parents and
friends of the young girls who believe
that maidens should be fed on books
carefully labeled for their use.
C'In the Days of the Pioneers" by Ed
ward S. Ellis. Henry T. Coates, Philadelphia.
$1.25.)
CA Girls Ordeal" by Lucy c. Lille.
Henry T. Coates, Philadelphia $1.25)
c'Three Pretty Maids" by Amy E. Blanch-