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
Whitestone, 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.
(.sThe Sun of Saratoga" by Joseph A.
Altsheler. Appleton's Town and Country
Library. 80 cents For sale by the ST. Paul
Book and Stationery company)
with Fortune Made is a shrewd
most sordid in life and from first to
last it does not lack for cleverness.
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 he proceeded
TO amasS fabulous millions. Worn out
by his nerve-rending life in the new
world he returned to rest in his old
home in Province and amused himself
by buying the vast estates of Count
Destreux and building a 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 PrOvencal relations. Now these re-
latiOnS were numerous and various; 1t
would hardly be possible to imagine
more diverse types of Self-Seeking men
and women connected by the ties of
blood and marriage. 1t must be ad-
mitted, however, that Mr.. Cherbuliez
makes them appear not only possible
but probable, despite their idioSyncra-
sizes, and they are all drawn with vigOr
and a disa greeable distinctness. M.
Trayaz develOpes a decided genius for
playing upon their jealousies and
cupidity. 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 to 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 Glleviating circumstance in q
book whose outlook on the human race
is far from kindly or admiring is q
bare glimpse Of two American girls,
twins with boyish heads, deliberate
manners, and open, loyal faces"
against the almost black background of
the other characters they and the gar
derer being without guile. stand out
with great prominence. The book is
sometimes clever and always interest
Ing and has in store for its readers
quite unexpected turn at its finish.
('With Fortune Made" by Victor Cher
buliez Appetons Town and Country Lib
rary. so cents. For sale by the st. Paul
Book and Stationery company
A book which is hardly up to the
usual excellence of Appleton's Town
" and Country library is Miss Rhoda
Broughton's Dear Faustina." The
story is not a new one, the characters
are too highly colored and lack bone
and sineW; the style is Objectionable.
mainly because Miss Broughton is one
of the authors that effects the historic
present when the occasion hardly JUS
titles it. The story Of Dear Faustina'
in brief is this: Althea Vane is per-
suaded by her friend, dear Faustina,
q young woman of the advanced type.
VINO writes for the Fire Brand and re-
crufts her forces from the innocent
and unwary of the social world, t.
leave her family and join her in a
squalid fiat and her work for reform.
Dear F'austina turns out to be very
disagreeable, and soon finds a higher
social light, with whom to share the
fat Althea returns to her family only
to find herself in the way; at last q
young man from the Mems Settlement
comes to the resuce with an offer OF
really sensible philanthroric work for
the present, and a suggestion OF ro-
n:ance for the future. In this com
Portable way the story is finished 1t
is not a high class Of literature, but
VIII doubtless recruit an army of sum-
Nner readers among those who admire
Hiss Broughton's novels.
c'Dear Faustina," by Rhoda Broughton.
Appleton's Town and Country Library. 80
cents. For sale by the St. Paul Book and
Stationery company.)
Arrested by Esme Stuart, is a nov.