The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-22

heroine. Lovice Devereux, is also a ia
| miliar figure in the pages OF the
Duchess. being the beautiful, emo
tional, wilful young person so neces-
sary to this authors happiness. The
story opens with her headStrong en-
gagement to Capt. Godfrey Lambert,
gentleman, If such he may be called,
in no wise worthy of the fair heroine.
Later he makes her aware of this. and
to cover her heart-break she marries
very devoted lover who has hoped for
her from their childhood. After a pro-
tracted honeymoon LoVice returns only
to meet Capt. Lambert (who by this
time realized his miStake), and to die
an hour afterwards of heart failure.
The gloom of this unhappy plot Is
lightened by another pair Of lovers
happy ones, this time-and a comfort
able married couple of the easy going,
cheerful type.
1.-THE Coming of Chloe" by Mrs. Hunger
forG Fhe J. Mpp1f0
(The Duchess). ]. B. Lippincott company.
$l.25. For sale by the st. Paul Book and
stationery company
"The Voyage of the Rattletrap" is
the story of an overland trip across
Dakota some twenty years ago. The
'Rattletrap" Is a prairie schooner of
combined comfort and discomfort, and
! the journey-as such Journeys must
has many humorous incidents. The
happy go-lucky travellers cover over
thousand miles in their trip from
Prairie Flower to Deadwood and back;
and much enjoyment, information and
the kind of hardships one likes to talk
about afterwards are their reward. The
spirited illustrations are by H. M.
Wilder. The cover design is both
| clever and decorative.
Tba D.
den Carruth; Harper and Bros, New York.
81. For sale by the st. Paul Book and
stationery company0
"a Minion of the Moon" Is a sensa-
tional story Of the early part of the
century in rural England. The heroine
is a very VentureSome young person,
and the author conscientiously provides
her with surroundings enough out of
the commonplace to provide her leiS-
ure with congenial occupation. A will
written in ink that fades, missing
hero, highway robbers, imprisonments
and escapes are a few Of the incidents
provided for the heroine's energetic
consideration and the readers interest
1t belongs to class of books hourly be-
coming so prevalent that simple classi-
f1cat1on has Of necessity taken the place
Of individual criticism.
GA Minion of the Moon by T. w. Speght
view Amsterdam BOOK company, New York.
a.25. For sale by the St. Paul Book and
stationery company.)
"a Marital Liability is the story Of
a man who lived through ten years i'm
priSonment rather than fasten upon
his guilty wife the disgrace of forgery.
The friyolity, extravaganza and selfish
ness Of his wife are not allowed to
shadow all Of his life, and other women
OF more exalted qualities are anxious
to redeem it for him. The book deals
with his life after he has left the
prison, and the Remittance into society
OF man whom the world has discard
ed. is the main theme of the tale The
characters of this trying tale are natu-
rally highly colored and emotional, the
author not being a devotee Of realism
e. Marital Liability" by Elizabeth Phipps
Train. j. B: Lippincott company, Philadel-
phia. 70 cents. For sale by the ST. Paul
Book and Stationery company
Enid Fairfax, the heroine of "a
Bachelors Bridal" was a beautiful and
wealthy girl whose guardian sought to
marry her to his unworthy SON. She
He'd to the protection Of Valentine Brv-
ant, lawyer and confirmed bachelor
VINO, much against his inclinations
married her in order to save her good
name and preserve her from the more
dlSagreeable marriage. After the cere-
mony in a desolate church, they parted,
and some time, miserable for them
both, elapsed before Mr.: Bryant over
heard conversation which persuaded
him that the unhappy bride loved him
despite his age-which was forty-and
his apparent GOODNESS. After this
fortunate eavesdropping it would seem
that they should have ''lived happy
ever after" and the story end, but In
the few following chapters Enid sue
eeeded in being killed by a fall from
her horse, and Mr.. Bryant thereafter
fell down crevasse in the Alps.
CA Bachelors Bridal" by Mrs. H. Lovett
Cameron Lippineott's Select Novels. Pa
per, so centsD
Totem Tales" are a series of wild
and startling tales purporting to be
the legends of the Indians of the Pa
cific Northwest. Mr. W. S. Phillips is
both author and illustrator, and is said
TO nave spent many years in gathering
from the Indians themselves the ma
ter1als for these tales. He says many
OF them were taken down from the lips
OF the tribal story-tellers, and the
drawings made on the spot.