The Saint Paul globe., 1897-06-06

Ycrk millionaire. She is interested in
woman's suffrage and socialism, and
has wise schemes for the betterment
of American society and politics The
appearance in New York of 'the Duke
of BosWorth, of Aire castle-and 1
suppose of half a dozen Others-of
the West riding, Of the district of
Craven, of the county of Yorkshire,
England" is too much of temptation
for her and her mothers social am
bition In spite of the fact that he
comes with the almost avOwed inten-
tion of proposing marriage to another
girl, Miss Agusta Ford carries off the
prize in triumph The American
father is much the best piece Of work
in the little book; Mrs. Atherton spends
much less time in making him evident
that she gives to his beautiful wife,
and yet his sketch is much more COM
plete.
The book deals with a subject very
popular with a vast army of readers
witness the pages of the press filed
with columns of such material and the
avidity with which they are deVOured
and the suggestion is a-fOat, from no
one knows where, that the characters
are meant to resemble society people
with whom the humblest are on terms
of newspaper familiarity, and that the
marriage in question is one which has
already absorbed the gossipy interest
of nation. These facts and rumors will
not fail to assure Mrs. Gertrude Ather-
ton a wide reading for His Fortunate
Grace" AS the majority of her read
ers will not incline to weigh too close
ly literary merit, we feel assured that
she has used commendable economy in
the construction Of her book.
ellis Fortunate Grace" by Gertrude Ath-
erton. D. Appleton & Co., New York. $1.00.
For sale by the st. Paul Book and Stationery
company.)
1.-THE Beautiful White Devil" by
Guy Boothby, is a distinct disappont-
ment Mr.. Boothby's name leads us
to expect a decided treat in adventur-
Gus fiction; his accomplishment in this
instance is ordinary and stupid. 1.-The
Beautiful White Devil'' is that hack
neyed creature-a female pirate. She
roams the Eastern main-the terror
of Eastern governments and English
officials. The reports of the atrocities
committed in her name are made just
as narrowing as Mr.. Boothby's imag-
ipatiOn can compass. Of course She
owns a ship marvellous for its speed
and ingenious DISCUSSES, and equally,
of course, she owns an island; in old
fashioned romance this island would
have been given at times the quality of
invisibility. Mr.. Boothby contents him
self with a harbor of this character.
which shows the curtailing hand of
realism already bending his spirit or
course there is young EngliShman--
in this instance a. doctor bent on med
tcal research and an Eastern vacation
who is thrown into the exclusive So
ciety Of the Beautiful White Devil, and
of course he finds her tender, noble,
heroic and elf-sacrificing-a woman
bent on redressing the evils of the
entire East. OF course DR.. De Norman
vile does what is expected of him, and.
unlike the callous reader-becomes
infatuated with this dazzling creature.
OF course the noble couple are finally
married, but only after an escape from,
England Of such character as to lead
us to sincerely hope that it may be
with the London police we shall have TO
deal If we are ever pursued by the
arm of the law. The detective genius
of Scotland Yard must be at a very
low ebb indeed when such liberties can
be taken with it by even an author of
romantic fiction.
esThe Beautiful White Devil" by GUY
Boothby. Appleton's Town and Country Lib
Tary. so cents. For sale by the st. Paul
Book and Stationery companyD
''How to Live Longer and Why We
Do Not Live Longer" by J. r. Hayes.
NJ. D.. is very intelligent and in
teIligible treatise on sane living. The
quality Of life and not the quantity IS
what rightly appeals to us all, and DR.
Hayes would have been justified in
giving to his book more euphonious
and attractive title. Length of years
is craved only by the old; height and
breadth of years by the young Tn
reality the three dimensions belong to-
gether. ard ti-e life that would be lived
accordir~ to the authors sane and
simple ideas E-oi;ld be to, be sought,