The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-07


glimpses are given Of Philadelphia, At
lantic City and Cambridge at COM
mencement time. A family of five
sturdy boys enliven the pages, and in
terest is heightened by the presence of
a charming girl and several neighbor-
ing friends. Allan Ransford'' is one of
those lads who haven't any place for
girls, and Sensibly considers football
and fishing of vastly more Importance.
During the course of the story, he is
converted from this extremely pagan
attitude to- lones5 presumably anIore in
keeping witfG the byoutfIfub readers
taste. The estory is not without inter-
est even to a grown-up reader, and is
cheerful and wholesome In its outlook
on life.
C'Alan Ransford," by Ellen Douglas De-
land. $780, Harper & Bros, New York.
For sale by the St. Paul Book and Stationery
company
The vagrant magazine articles writ
+ ten during a couple of years past by
Miss Lillian Bell are now - ought to-
From Girls Point of View" '"The
Love Affairs of an Old Maid instant
ly commended by many diverse critics,
brought Miss Bell a warmth of APP
plause which she has reveled in
ever since. The papers included in
From a Girls Point of View"
are the result of her popularity.
and in them she has apparently
tried to give the public what
she has believed they expected of her.
The result is not so happy as her
earlier venture. She is4free spoken and
candid as .eWer.l D Witty3s ofnetinles, with
an originality, not Rof Thought, but of
statement, her insight. Is sometimes
clear, but more often distorted, and her
general aim seems always to be rather
to startle than convince. All this,
however, does not prevent one from
reading her book with interest and
pleasure-not always it is true, in ac-
cord with the authors evident inten
tiOn-and it is difficult to imagine that
any one will prove himself that dull
reader who will insist on taking this
book literally" to whom Lillian Bell,
with many apprehensions" dedicates
this volume.
C'From Girls Point of View" by Lillian
Bell. Harper & Bros, New York. SIPS.
For sale by the st. Paul Book and Stationery
company
''Unc1e -Lisha's Outing" is an I'M
pretentious book with the feeling of
open air about it, 1t is the simple an
nails of few days hunting in a famous
down East game district; the char
acters that form the human element
are a strange assortment, and about as
many dialects as persons diversity
the conversational parts of the book.
They make difficult reading-these
Canadian, negro, Indian and several
varieties of down East" dialect, and
one is likely to think, if one is not an
adept in cOllOquial forms of speech,
that the book would have wider
charm and yet lose nothing in quaint
ness or originality if the printed page
presented fewer riddles to the eye. 1t
is not as if the dialects realized for
the reader more characteristic char
acter drawing or even a more precise
local atmosphere, the half dozen or
more men who render English with
diverse variations are pronounced
enough in their type to not depend on
spelling and apostrophes for their
personality. The book-to any one
who revels in dialect-has much to
re commend it; it Is breezy, wholesome
and restful
G,'Uncle Lisha's Outing" by Rowland E.
SIPS. For sale by E. w. Porter & Coz
ST can see the messy bucket hanging drip
ing from its sweep,
And the bench upon the porch by the
back door;
And the step-stones white and gray, in many
places worn away,
By the feet that are at rest forever more.
But that dear, old-fashioned kitchen-what a
charm for all 1t had
When the storms of winter beat against
the pane;
How we gathered round the fire, piling the
wood on higher,
It'll it reached the iron kettle on the
crane"
These are only two of some four
teen verses Of a. poem called THAT
Dear Old-fashioned Kitchen" and this
poem is the first Of sixty-eight dig
nifed by the sounding title Of BAL
lads Of Yankee Land" The selection
is short, but characteristic, and we
are sure that our readers will be able
to form from it a clear opinion of
what Mr.. William Edward Penney s
publishers are pleased to consider his
pleasing choice Of subjects, gracious
mixture of homely pathos and humor,
an unusual cleverness in the construc-
ton of well-medulated and easy-flow-
ing rhythms and an abundance Of
quotable lines. Moreover" these gen.
tlemen modestly add in their prospec-
tus, 1.-The volume is beautifully printed
and attractively bound" A state
ment which shows that they are Slight
ly better judges of book bindings than
poets.
C'Ballads of Yankee Land by William
Edward Penney. $1.50. T. Y. Crowell &
Co., New York; .-e7r
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