The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-25


man himself, pitiful, hungry and in
tense Here@ues one whose name was
writ in water"
LITERARY Landmarks of Florence" Lit
erary landmarks OF Rome - by Laurence Hut
ton Harper Bros, New York. 81 each.
FOR SAFE oy the St Paul Book and Stationery
cemPany.(
"a Ptnchbeck Goddess" by Mrs.
Fleming-Alice NJ. Kfpling-is so heav-
lily handicapped by the name of it's
author that to win a place for itself
ON its own merits will be a difficult
task. Judged by it's own standard
which is not, from a purely literary
point OF view. highly exacting-the
story is spa rklir1g and charming. Mrs.
Flernlng has wisely avoided even a
semblance OF her brothers style. and
her fragilef~cornedy has nothing in
common with his tales except SIM
la-its background. The plot claims
the license of comedy and runs its own
sweet Will amid circumstances made
up OF delightfully."- improbable details.
at the same time that it makes various
little excursions into the realms OF
pathos. -
The character Of Winnie Edwards is
Drawn with clear purpose; tender
and witty, She is very much herself
under all circumstances, and the really
clever things she says stay with one
after the book is closed. A great part
raVellng the simple plot, and far be
1t from the reviewers intention to fore
stall it.
The story will be especially satisfy
ing to those young readers who 50
thoroughly enjoy for their heroine a
safe harbOr after many risks and
Vicissitudes
Oh
the spirit of the book that reminds
Cne-one knows not why-of those
translatiOnS from the German to which
The Second Wife" belongs. and we
are Very ~sure-that the age when this
long popular novel appeals most
strongly to the youthful critic is just
the time to read, with the maximum
enthusiasm, THE Pinchbeck Goddess"
GA Pinchbeck Goddess" by Mrs. J. NJ.
fleming. D. Appleton Co. New York. 50
cents: Fer by the st. Paul Book and
Stationery company
Albert Harris Hoy, NJ. D., has pub
lfshed the result of his many years
of dietary investigation under the cap
ton Eating and Drinking" ''It is
apparent" he says in his Introduction.
that to just the extent that man eats
and drinks what nature has adapted
use Of, to E.Just that extent is
he free from suggestive disorders and
diseases resulting from mal-nutritiOn. :"
He claims that other works on this sub
ject have failed just so far as they
have attempted to fix a rigid dietary
for civilized man in his present condi-
ton" His own object is ''to determine
what elements in food and drink are
likely to be injurious to some individu
ais or to all" He discusses at length
air, water and food and the relation of
vegetable to animal life: tells how food
is digested. and gives the effect of diff
ferent kinds of food on the blood.
Since eating and drinking are as
universal as dyspepsia. the book will
be Ot interest to unlimited numbers
Coating and Drinking" by Albert Harris
Hoy, NJ. d. Published by A. C. McClurg &
Co., Chicago. s1.50)
r 1.-The Dwarfs' Tailor and Other Fairy
Tales" is a collection of good old
fashioned Fairy Stories-''fairy" and
STORY" both with capital letters
where modern inventions interfere not
with the government of Fairyland
Lately tales for the young have become
50 scientific and didactic that an author
who contents himself simply with large
sight-drafts on the marvellous takes us
back quite willingly to the days of our
youth.
C'The Dwarfs' Tailor and Other Fairy
Tales: " collected by Zoe Dana Underhill Pub
lished by Harper & Bros. New York. $125
For sale by the st. Paul Book and Stationery
company
Fairy Starlight and the Dolls" is a
very charming little, dream romance.
The little heySpirEla-- Rfa pca iS oif+a5 ~,