The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-01

er as to himself The heroine a young
woman of decided character, whose
family ties connect her with the Tory
party and at one time place her in
the camp Of BurgOyne, IS not often SEEN.
but her influence is kept of paramount
Importance and her right to the posi-
ton she occupies can not be questioned.
Scattered through the tale are splen-
did bits Of fighting, rarely in any way
historic but quite cOnvincingly real.
The capture Of an escaped English
officer is very cleverly done, and moth
ing could be much better or more
humorous than the chapter that tells
OF the deserted battery on the Hudson's
bank. manned by Shelby and Sergeant
MILESTONE which caused the entire
fleet of Clinton to fall back in fear
The book is an unpretentious tale of
battle but it is we'll told and holds the
READERS interest whatever his conflict
ing tastes may be.
C.The Sun Of Saratoga" by Joseph A.
Altsheler. AppleJon's Town and Country
Library. 20 cents For sale by the 81. Paul
Book and Stationery company)
with Fortune Made" is a shrewd
pessiuiStic treatment Of the things
most s0rdil in life and from first TO
last it does not lack for clevcrness.
Victor CherbulieZ has taken for his
hero Christophe Trayaz, a Provencal
OF the middle class who sCOrned
modest fortune and emigranted in his
youth to America, where ne proceeded
10 amasS fabulous millions. Worn cut
Joy his nerVe-rending life in the new
world he returned to rest in his old
h srt.tf
10y buying the vast estates of Count
De-trvuX and building villa remark
able for simplicity and luxurious
elegance. Acquisition Of estates and
villa over he wearied Of inactivity and
sought To free himself from the ennui
of the rich by gathering around him
his PToVencal relations. Now these re-
latiunS We're numerous and various; it
would hardly be possible to imagine
mere diverse types Of Self-Seeking men
and women connected by the ties Of
blood and marriage. 1t must be adj
miIled, however, that Mr.. Cherbuliez
makes them appear not only possible
hut probable despite their idiOsyncra
sizes, and they are all drawn with VigCr
and Il diSagreeable diStinCtnesS. NJ.
EIayaZ developes a decided genius for
ila.iuG upon their jealOusies and
Cuplity. The sordidness Of the play
is relieved by the presence Of one
nephew, a scientific gardener, whose
soul is wrapped up in botany. He
stUbbornly refuses To sell his identity
even t. crafty his highest ambition
and reaches a triumph in the end
though he does not directly meet with
kindness from his uncle The only
other &lleViating circumstance in q
hook whose outlook on the human race
Is far from kindly or admirinS, is q
hare glimpse Of two American girls.
IN.
manners, and open, loyal faces"
against the almost black BACKGROUND of
the other characters they and the gar
Grrer, icing without guile. stand out
with great prominence. The book is
sometimes clever and always interest
in@ and has in store for its readers a
quite unexpected turn g its finish.
c.Witb Fortune Made" by Victor Cher
tuiez. AIpleton's Town and Country Lib
rary 80 cents. For sale by the St Paul
Book ana Stationery company)
A book which is hardly Up to the
usual excellence of Appleton's Town
and Country library is Miss Rhcda
Eroughton's Dear Faustina." The
story IS not a new one the characters
are too highly COIOred and lack bone
and sineW; the style is objectionable
lrainly because Miss BrOughtOn IS ore
Of the authors that effects the historic
y
tiGes if. The story Of Dear FausJina
in brief is this: Althea Fane is per-
sUaded by her friend, dear Faustina
young woman Of the advanced type
VINO writes for the Fire Brand and rc,
cIuits her forces from the innocent
and unWary Of the social world, /.
leave her family and join her in q
SIualid fiat and her work for reform
Dear F'austina turns out to be very
djsagreeable, and soon finds a higher
social light, with whom TO share the
rat Althea returns t. her family only
to find herself in the way; at last !,
young man from the Mems Settieren:
comes to the resuce with an Offer OF
really sensible philanthroric work 70.
tie present, and a suggestion Of re-
nance fer the future. In this com
Portable way the story is finished. Ii
is not a high class Of literature, hut
VIII doubtless recruit an army Of sum.
t1ef readers among those who admire
Hiss BrOughtOns novels.
cDear Faustina," by Rhoda Broughton
Appleton's Town and Country Library. 81
cents. For sale by the st. Paul Book am
stationery company
Arrested by Esne Stuart, is a nov.