The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-14

it is possible, and In the last chapter,
when she encounters him as a helpless
invalid, neglected and mcared for, she
promptly brings him home and we find
her in the final paragraph walking
home through the darkening streets.
her eyes shining because the future
lay dim before her, her step buoyant
because the yoke was upon her neck
again, her mind at ease because she
had just assumed a grave responsible
ity and her heart satisfied because she
had flung all hopes of happiness
away"
This is very probable, but 1t is not
very cheerful. Undoubtedly young
women Will continue to sacrifice them
selves to unfortunate and unworthy
young men until time shall be no more
but unless master tells their history
it does not make convincing reading,
and George Pastor is by no means q
master yet.
C'The Career of Candida" by George Pas
ton. d. Appleton & Co. so cents. For sale
by the st. Paul Book and Stationery COM
pany)
A quaint little book, as singular in
ways of its own as the matters it treats
Of, is Alice Morse Earle's Curious
Punishments Of Bygone Days" To
those who are conversant with the
early colonial times and the yet earlier
Period in English history, the terms
'BilbOes," ''Ducking Stool ''Pillory"
and q dozen more of related meaning
are individually familiar ideas. TAX
en- in the homeopathic doses found in
most stories of the period, they do not
upset our system But, when collect
ed between the covers of one book,
cited and catalOgued; when the curious
illustrations. wood cuts. done in the
manner of seventeenth century colonial
- - IL -
Gus system is complete. They are not
pleasant things to contemplate these
many and ingenious cruelties invented
by our ancestors to keep their neigh
bors off the primrose path to the
everlasting bonfire" Nor from the.
number Of times temporary humiliation
was turned into lifelong sentence do
they seem to have been adequate.
1t is with a sensation Of relief that
we realize that these punishments are
curious enough, and far away enough,
too. to make interesting reading. I'm
like most books written today about
colonial times, Curious PunishTnents
of BygOne Days" leaves the impress
sion behind it that the hundred and
fifty years which separate us from
our Puritan ancestors may not be an
equivalent for degeneration. after all.
("Curious Punishments of Bygone Days"
BY Alice Morse Earle. H. s: Stone :. & Co.;
Book and Stationery company
Frances Waldeaux," Rebecca Har-
ding Davis last novel, is a vigorous
book. The character drawing is Of
much more Importance than the plot,
though that is interesting in itself
and has as much movement as is uSu-
ally considered necessary to keep a
full-fedged story Of adventure rum
ming in a periodical for twelve-month.
But there the comparison ends, for
a book of adventure Mrs. Davis did
not mean it to be. Far from it! Even
the love affairs are distinctly side is
sues! The heroine is a woman of mid
die age, and the young people Of the
story are of vastly more Importance
to her than the reader, though, in
deed, they are not without interest
of their own to any one, being both
natural and alive which, in fiction,
does not always mean the same thing.
Frances WaldeauX" is woman of
many inconsistencies = of peculiar
strength and peculiar weakness
revolving around one pOint-her son.
Maternal devotion is common enough,
but it's manifestation in this case is
unique. 1t would be pity to spoil
a good story by revealing too much
of its foundation, and SO to the reader
we leave the pleasure of following
the tale itself
C'Frances Waldeaux," by Rebecca Harding
Davis. Harper G Brothers. 81 25 For sale
by the st. Paul Book and Stationery COM
pany)
5 Mr.. Koopnan, the librarian sof Brown
university, has published very val