The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-28

The world Is blind-she will write a
dozen chapters, and-presto! the scales
will dropi
The book lis not without its value;
but n must judge it by the authors
own standard. She states her inten-
ton quite de1nitely-how much of that
intention has the book realized? A
certain familiarity with the various
arts is hers without doubt, joined to
an admirable enthusiasm for her sub
ject; but more than an amateurs
knowledge-more than even an anna
tours love-is necessary to accomplish
even a part of such a crusade.
C'Audiences," by Florence P. Holden. Nc
Clurg & Co. Chicago. 81 %. For sale by the
St Paul Book and Stationery company
Two dainty little books, bound In
glowing cardinal covers, from Harper
q Bros, contain two farces-one a
farce only in name and form-the 9TH
er a farce in reality and in the other
meaning of the word.
"a Previous Engagement" by w. d.
Howells, is clever and fascinating
about the best of Howells' numerous
farces. OF course the dialogue Is racy
n unexpected-one always expects
the unexpected in a well constructed
farce-the plot hinges on the "pecu-
liarity" not to say the "uniqueness"
III L III IAC LIC1O1lICy WIN 0C0P1IC
her MISUNDERSTANDING because Of
them-is far from unnatural. The lit
tie play affords the reader an hours
amusement of the better sort.
Six Cups Of Chocolate is about as
inane as the most indescribably stupid
boarding school dialogue ever succeed
ed in being We had really thought
that this particular form Of puerile
vacuity could not exist apart from the
yellOW-backed, dog-eared dialogue
book, the sheet curtain and borrowed
long skirts Of the very youthful dra-
matte aspirations Of a past genera
ton. To find it brought out in a form
which challenges comparison with more
worthy matter is a surprise and a
shock to our mature judgment.
CA Previous Engagement by w. D. How
ellis. Harper & Brothers. so cents. For sale
by the st. Pau Book and Stationery COM
pany. Six Cups OF Chocolate" from the
German. by Edith V. B.. Mathews. Harper &
Brothers. 25 cents. For sale by the st. Paul
Book and Stationery company
We are charmed to know that Sir
Thomas Mallory's quaint and enthrall-
ing La Morte d'Arthur'" is to be print
ed In the Temple Classics" This de-
lightful old book-one Of the first found
worthy of his press by Caxton-is
known to too many readers only as the
source of Tennysen's "Idyls of the
King" Arthur, the Celtic king. and
now for many centuries the faVOrite
hero of a * people, has many times
fulfilled the old prophecy that che
should come again" and conquer the
-cnnquerors of his people. We welcome
his power again in this dainty and
suitable edition. The first volume, now
on our book table, has, as a Fronts
piece, an appropriate decorative design
by Aubrey B~eardsley; the text Of this
noble and joyous book entitled La
Morte d'Arthur'" is taken from that
printed by Caxton, land finished in
the Abbey of West Minister the Last
Day of July, the Year of Our Lord
MCCCCLXXXV." The spelling and
punctuation have been modernized. but
nothing that really belongs to the abid-
ing interest of the book has been sacri-
feed.
ola Morte d'Arthur." by Sir Thomas NAL
lory. Part /. The Temple Classics. The
Macmillan company. New York. SO cents.
For sale by the st. Paul Book and Stationery
company
Essays, Or Counsels Civil and Moral, :"
by Francis Bacon, Lord Verulam, have
been added to the Temple Classics.
SO rapidly are the best things of Eng
lish literature being brought out in thi
edition that we will soon be able to.
stock our book shelves with who
rows Of it's handy and eye-satisfying
little volumes. There is something
about the ensemble of these small
bCCkS, whether bound in 10th or
leather, that endearS to one afresh the
old Eizabethans. s
C'Essays. or Counsels Civil and Moral by
Francis Bacon, Lord Verulam. The Temple