The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-05

piece OIL pOeIlC imagination DIS ~ LII glS
book. In lighter vein is a rollicking
little love story which masquerades in
very persuasive fashion as a scientific
treatise on late and wonderful discov-
cries.
C"The Mystery of Choice" by Robert W.
Chambers D. Appleton & Co., New York.
SIPS. For sale by the st. Paul Book and Sta
tionery company
When one has followed Phyllis in Be-
hernia through ten chapters, and at the
last, at the eleventh hour and in the
eleventh chapter, finds Phyllis in Ar
cadia again. one IS just about to an
nounce that not rod had
she ever been in Bohemia when
one discovers that the authors
are in small way critics as
well, and, making the best Of the cir
cumstances, have taken the wind out
of the reviewers sails by allowing
the hero to confide in the brindle COW
and the reader: Between you and me,
1 don't believe we ever were in Bo-
hemia" t'Phyllis in Bohemia" is the
result of cola oration between l.. II.
Bickford and Richard Stillman Powell.
Collaboration for so slight thing has
in itself humorous side, and as humor
is a quality struggled after, but never
approached in the book itself, one IS
inclined to make as much as possible
of the unintentional humor of the title
page.
'1Phyllis in Bohemia" is not shocking
in the least-it's only tiresome. 1t is
meant. at least we suppose so, for a
clever fantastic little farce, rich with
human humor and pathos. Such 1t
might have been, but such 1t is not
For a moment the young woman VINO
wants plot to live around is real
ly promising, but soon she fails to be
convincing and sinks back to the dead
level of studio lay figures that make
up the inhabitants of this stupid ana
puerile Bohemia.
C'Phylis in Bohemia by L. H I;I Bickf0r E
and Richard Stillman Powell. Herbert >.
Stone & Co., Chicago. $1.25)
A presentation edition of "In Memo
RAM" is one of the holiday books that
will find many purchasers. Inc popu-
larity ofthis poem makes it the greater
wonder that this should be the flfst
considerable illustrated edition OF 1t
to be published apart from Tenny-'
sons other poems; for the fashion OF
treating one poem and adding to its
bulk and attractiveness by heavy pa
per broad margins and numerous Illus
trations, and making of it volume
suited rather to the table of reception
rCCm than the shelves of library, Is
growing in favor with every return OF
the gift-gtving season. This edition is
attractive and tasteful; the publishers
have succeeded in making a book in its
outward form suited to the spirit OF the
poem The numerous illustrations are
by Mr.. Harry Fem, an artist whose
sketch books furnished him with mex
haustible notes of the Sussex scenery.
The marginal decorations, especially,
add to the beauty Of the volume. Inc
I'll III, IL &c decorated
with g. striking gold design and in
every way the book is a credttable eX-
ample of the class Of volumes to
which it belongs.
GIN Memoriam," by Alfred Tennyson,
with preface by Henry Vandyke. 1llustrat-
ed by Harry Fem. Fords, Howard & HUI
bert. $3.500
Col. George Warning is enough the
master of his pen to make the eight
sketches aptly called whip and Spur"
most fascinating reading. A subject
nearer the mans heart, he makes 1t
clear, 1t would be hard to find, and this
is one of the reasons an important
one-why the stories come home so
close to the reader. Any one who has
ever loved a horse will understand the
spirit in which Col. .Waring has writ
ten the romantic biographies Of the
horses that carried him through the
Civil war, and Of some that have car
ried him since. "Vix," the first Of these
sketches, is a sympathetic-ap appreciation
Of the colonePs first :. war horse,
horse that his fond rider maintains
had no inconsfderab BILE part in getting
for him his commission, for, Judging
by the manner of the other field Of
ficers Of the regiment, she was evidently
regarded as the better half Of the new
acquisition Horses play the i'm
portant parts in most of these sketches,
but human beings nearly as brave and
lovable as these real heroines and
heroes associate on terms Of intimacy
with them, which is really quite COM
Dlimentary to the men. Col. Waring
writes simply as a soldier should, and
these sketches, published many years
ago, will find today, as they found on
their first appearance, many sympa-
thetic readers and warm friends, for
the young generation is far from de-
ficient in love for either horse or
soldier.
(''whip and Spur" by Col. George E.
Waring Jr. Doubleday & Mcclure, New
York. $1.OO. For sale by the st. Paul Book
and Stationery company
Abram English Brown continues
to follow the Footprints of the Patri-
OTIS" in spirit that should interest all
good Americans whether their names
appear in the annals Of our early his
tory or not. Beside Old Hearth
stones" is the result of Mr.. Browns
personal investigation of the region
made famous by the Revolutionary
war and what might be called a house
to house canvass in search of old relics
and family traditions. AS many of
the descendants of colonial families
still live in the homes of their ances-
tors-homes made sacred by the mem
cries of great events and famous men
it has been a task not over difficult
to collect the data for Mr.. Browns
volume. The author has sought out
rather the obscure and unwritten his
tory of the Revolution than that that is
usually recorded. and his confidence