The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-16

complishes in a minute. but that min
ute is his DEATH,
Paradoxical- as pit may seem, the book.
/ In spite of the tragical and SenSat iOnal
crime which provide it with plot, Is
replete with humOr-the uncurried
humor Of the West. indeed. but free and
strong. 70
.. The last chapter Is 1narred by the un-
natural rush to a conclusion. Rapid
movement Is an absolute necessity to
the denouement. but an author can
hardly be justified in crushing In his
final haste the carefully reared struct-
ure Of plausibiliH. ~ 5ss
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ti0nsry c0mpaNo ) !.
for it's ,eldeAiy hero none other than
Aaron Burr This man has certainly
suffered the opprobrium Of nation
for nearly a century and 1t Is Mr..
Fawcett's hHmafe, desire to snatch his
memory from. this abasement and
place it upon a lofty monument of Mr..
'Fawcett's own ingenious rearing. He
has failed to make Aaron Burr either
more real OF more admirable in his at
tempts, and has, only succeeded in pro-
ducing Commonplace little romance
of the veryo unfealistic school. Mark
Frankland's, engagement to Charlotte
Verplanck has not been announced
when the Story opens. That young
lady's sister, Pamela, is supposed to be
dying with great rapidity of heart dis
ease when she develops and makes
known to- her father a yet
more desperate ailment in her
love for her sisters fiancee,
of whose engagement she is not aware.
Mr.. Verplanck desires Mark to en-
gage himself ito Pamela so that her
last days may be happy. The extreme
1y generous Charlotte threatens to
break her engagement if her lover Will
not consent to make love to her sister,
| and the poor youth is forced to become
I the dying girls sutton. Straightway
the young woman RECEIVERS her full
health and the situation becomes
rather. embarrassing for her acting
lover and quixotic sister. Mark con-
fides, in Aaron Burr, whose siXty-five
eventful years have not dampened his
ready sympathy and marvellous re-
sources. He sends young FARMLAND to
| Boston and heroicaly proceeds to gain
for himself the, hysteric affections Of
Miss Pamela, whose father is there
at most gunnatufaHy incensed. Event
ually gratitude flows like water on a
down grade in rainy season
CA Romance Of Old New York." by Edgar
Fawcett. ]. B. zLippincot. Company, Phila-
delphia. 81. For sale by the st. Paul Book
and Stationery company
After two years Of careful investi-
cation Of the servant question. Miss
Lucy Maynard Salmon, OF Vassar
college. has published the valuable
data thus acquired in a weighty vclc
ufne bearing the name of Domestic
Service So universal are the hard
ships in the lives Of both mistress and
| maid that. Miss iSalmon's promise Of
assistance would. bring her thousand
Of readers, We're the very ones most
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wrestling Individually with the very
practical problems Of which Miss Sal
mon writes.
The statistics presented are sweighty
and at times appalling, but the author
shows great ability in handling them.
Nothing very final is arrived at. how
ever, but the intricacy Of the ques-
ton is responsible for this, combined
as it is with the personal element of
home service. More than in any other
profession the prejudice and traditions
of the class that eXacts. service, and
the class that yields it must be utterly
wiped out before solution of the
problem can be; approached. Better
training for both mistress and maid !;
the use of the Christian name; a great
er amount Of work given out of the
house: a respect for the servants way
of living; a partial partnership with
the servants in things domestic; these