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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-27
REC0LLECTIONS AROUSED BY
TENNYSON'S DEATH

The TennysOn Home Nest of Sing
ing Dirds-One Brother Still
Living and Il Poet AIsO-Mari1
Twain and George william Cur
iis--BradIey's hook on France
biography Of Shakespeare.
Correspondence The st. Paul Globe.
NEW YORK. March 25.-The news Of
Frederick Tennyson's death has
brought to recollection the remark able
longevity of the late laureates brothers
and sisters. They were all. like Alfred.
gifted not only with length of days,
but with literary genius. In that house
hold of Somerby, where lived the Rev.
Charles Clayton Tennyson, the father
of these children, were born so many
writers Of verse that the house has
been happily called a nest of singing
birds. The first sign of these poetical
talents was seen in that now famous
volume called Poems by Two Broth
ers, published in the small town where
the TtnnySOn boys went to school and
row one Of the scarcest books in mod
ern literature.
The TWO brothers referred to in the
title We're Alfred and Charles But it
appears that Frederick was also a con-
trihUtGr to the book. so that it should
properly have borne the title Poems
by Three Brothers," Why this was
not done has never been explained-at
least. | rever saw it explained. Charles
Tennyson afterwards continued to
write verse. and he. the last of the
three brothers, is still living. But he
bears another surname, that of Turner
Charles Tennyson Turner.
Frederick TennysOn wrote verse all
his life, but the remarkable fact about
il is that for the most part he publish
ed il in his old age-when past eighty
Che died at ninety-one) which surely
is not an age when we think of men
as poets. Many years Of his life were
spent in Italy, where music absorbed
his time largely. Other years were
spent in one of the Channel islands
England saw little of him, so that news
of his death came to a public to which
except in his verse he was a stranger
His personality and mode of life were
unknown themes. Besides Charles,
there are, l believe, two sisters, chill
dren Of the Somerby clergyman, still
living. But any songs that they may
have written the world is ignorant of.
Mark Twain's success in paying his
debts continues to be a theme of ad-
miring talk in all literary circles. Fine
as are the books he has written, this
act of his in late life is finer still.
SCOTS example has occurred to every
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-27
STATE UNIVERSITY NOTES.

The executive committee will meet Friday,
April s. at a. m.
The Phi Delta Theta will give party at
the West hotel on April Is.
The board Of regents will meet in Presi-
dent Northrop's Office at a.. m. on April 8.
The new Ariel board gives a banquet for
the retiring one at the Holmes hotel on the
I'd of April.
The medical fraternity. NJ Sigma Nu, is to
give reception at their rooms in the Ma
sonic Temple on April 2.
The Y. w. c. A. gave reception Saturday
at the home of Miss Ester Eddy. '9S. in honor
of Miss Rouse, who goes as a missionary
soon.
The KAPPA Alpha Theta will give a party
April II in honor of Miss Ann Goodsill, Of
Kentucky. who is with the fraternity on a
two weeks visit.
A. C. Boyer. 'ss. addressed a large number
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-27

world hears little nowadays. is living
Quietly in Newark. In a chance meet
ing with him ten days ago, he told me
he was writing his "reminiscences. I
refer to Thomas Dunn English, the au-
thor Of that song. Ben Bolt to which
Du Maurier. with his 'Trilby," so re-
Gently gave a fame literally as wide as
the lands where the English tongue is
heard. Mr.. English is now approach
ing his eightieth year; but his tall and
spare figure, his alert mind, his fertile
memory, seem rather to belong to a
man of fifty. Mr.. English's reminis-
cerces cannot fail to- be interesting. His
has been a wide experience from his
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-27
OURFRIENDS TEXTBOOKS

one. A few have thought Of George,
William Curtis example. and well may
| 1t be cited. Many, many years ago
| Curtis became involved in the debt OF
| a magazine, of which he was editor. to
the extent of thousands Of dollars. BY
! what heroic and manly devotion he
| paid them, by the resources which lee
| lures gave him and by simply living
| on Staten Island, the world should not
soon forget.
| Mark Twain once remarked: BE
| good and you shall be lonesome" The
| London academy now quotes these
words and adds that Mark Twain must
| be one Of the lonesomest of men. 1t is
to be hoped sincerely that this lone
some hero will soon return to America.
Surely no conquering hero ever receiv-
| ed welcome more cordial or more
| general than should await Mark
| Twain's home coming. Some time ago
! he was asked that familiar question.
what books have most influenced you?
In reply he named all the titles of his
own books and added: Those of the
| late firm of Charles L. Webster & Co."
the firm whose debts he has now
paid.
American readers have not been ia
miliar with the name Of John E. C.
Bodley. But all those who study mod
| ern France soon will be. Mr.. Bodley
has written book on the social and
political life of the French people,
which is already likened to James
| Bryce's book on THE American Com
monwealth'-such research abounds in
! it. such judgment is shown. such mas
| terry of facts and sanity of mind in
forming conclusions. He has trav-
| eled all over France in ten years
residence; has learned to know the pee
| pie; has studied tr2de statistics; has
sat in courts of justice and in halls Of
| legislation, so that nothing he writes
wants for solid basis of fact. HIS con-
| clusions are rot encouraging. If he be
10 Arthur Young. sounding rotes of
warning that await speedy .verificGtion
| in a revolution ard a reign of terror
he does sound notes of warning of that
SORT. France / as much yet to perform,
would she really give to her children
| that liberty and equality which. for
more thon 100 years, she has emblaz-
oned on her shield, and which, in scores
| of places she has carved in stone on
public buildings throughout her terri
| tory.
The city of Florence knows Ouida no
more. She has lived in the city on
| the Arno for we'll nigh a generation.
| There she has written the books which
| now have surprised and now have de-
| lighted many thousands of readers
| Ouida's home is at present in Paris,
and a sad tale is told of an auction in
Florence after she had gone Ouida
had debts, ard a sale was held to pay
them. Household goods, wearing ap-
parel, ornaments, and even manu-
scI.pts went under the hammer How
| much her creditors realized we are not
told. But for Ouida some salvage from
the wreck has been secured The man.
uscripts having been sold, they were
afterwards rescued. From the sale of
these by herself better returns surely
| ought to be secured than through the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-27
CONSUMPTION CURED.

An old physician. retired from practice, had
placed in his hands by an East Indian mis-
sionary the formula Of simple vegetable rem
edy for the speedy and permanent cure of
Consumption. Bronchitis. Catarrh, Asthma
and all throat and lung affections, also a
and all nervous complaints. Having tested its
wonderful curative powers in thousands Of
cases. and desiring to relieve human suffer-
ing. will send free of charge to all who
wish IT. this recipe, in German. French or
Englsh. with full directions for preparing
ard using. Sent by mail. by addressing, with
S'a'nn- naming this paper. w. A. Noyes, 800
Powers Block. Rochester, N. 7.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-27
"Tne Painter In Or"

'The Painter in OIL" a practical
treatise on the theory and processes of
oil painting, is more ambitious than it's
companion. Although intended to be
a practical guide to the beginner in oils
it yet aims to be Of value and interest
to the student of pictures. The book
is written in a clear, agreeable way
and succeeds in interesting the reader.
While we doubt the efficacy of any text
book of painting, we admit a value in
the one in hand.
The author, Mr.. Burleigh Parkhurst,
is pupil of William Sartain, or
Bouguereau, Of Tony-Fleury and Of
Aimee MOrat.
Water Color Painting" by Grace Barton
Allen. $1.25. The Painter in OIL by
Burleigh Parkhurst. SIPS. Lee & Shop
ard Boston. For sale by the st. Paul
Book and Stationery company.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-27
"Rise of the Dutch Republic.

A students edition of Motley's Rise
of the Dutch Republic has been pre-
pared by William Elliot Griffis. The
wc1k consists Of two partisan abridg-
ment of the late Mr.. ohm Lothrop Mot
ley's three volumes, and an Independent
sketch Of Dutch5history. from the death
of William the Silent, in 1884, to 1897.
The condensation Of Motley's three
volumes is as satisfactory as any con-
densation could be made. Motley has
been sacrificed as little as possible. in
most cases his actual words are pre-
served; the condensation is usually
obtained by emitting paragraphs Of
minor interest, and seldom by impair
ing the integrity of paragraphs select
ed; the original divisions and number
ing of Mr.. Motley's chapters have been
retained, though their headlines are
new. 1t Is possible to say of this conden-
sation that the original authors spirit
has been preserved and his style has
suffered but slightly: the Identification
Of William the Silent with the rise of
the republic, Motley's main purpose in
writing the Rise Of the Dutch Repub-
lic," is also the fundamental object in
it's compressed form -~.--.
In part VII, which rapidly outlines
Dutch history from the death of Will
lam the Silent to Queen Wilhelmina,
the author has given his own interpre-
tation of facts, events and tendencies.
He has taken advantage Of the fruits
of research made by Dutch scholars
since Mr.. Motley's decease. besides
showing the many points of contact
between Netherlands and British, and
between Dutch and American history
Mr.. Griff1s says, at the conclusion of
his sketch: I'm all the earth there are
no peoples who ought to be more ia
miliar with Dutch history than those
who speak the English language. OF
all the nations, none ought to be more
grateful than the United Kingdom and
the United States, since from the
Northern Netherlands they have in
blood. speech, law, industry, inven-
lions, art and IDEAS borrowed so
much" -
About fifty Illustrations mostly re-
productions off old engravings and
wood-cuts of portraits and views of
cities, add interest 90 the book, and a
complete indexlsts che of it's important
features. A X
The Students WotieT;;" 'The Rise of the
ley Cordrrssdaondl!ce to 1897 by
Nigf III
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-27
ON OUR BOOK TABLE,

From the Publishers:
j. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY, PHILA-
2 DELPHIA-"The Track of Storm by
Owen Hall; so cents.
LITTLE, BROWN & CO., BOSTON-"A
Dictionary of English synonyms" by
Richard Soule; revised and enlarged by
George H. Howison. LII. D.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-27
George p. Ro,vem Does Not Fail.

From the Journalist IN. ".
The advertising agent used to be of GER
tain amount of service to the publisher He
was a missionary Of avertsing. He induced
men to advertise who never advertised be-
fore. and those who did he got to do the
more. But that state Of affairs has changed.
He sits in his office, and the man who wants
to advertise places his business in his hands.
He deals it out as suits his pleasure, and the
papers pay his expenses. Occasionally he
varies the monotony by failing, and the news
papers suffer and chip in to put him on his
feet again. Mr.. Rowell is a pleasing excep-
ton to this part Of the programme, for he
does not fail. He pays his bills promptly
without fuss.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-27

Hungary, famed for the beauty and wit
of its women. has none more charming than
Baroness Daniel, the most popular of her
countrywomen, the leader of Hungarian fash
ion and power in the Kingdoms politics.
She is the wife of the minister of commerce,
and through her husband yields great infiu-
ence in public affairs. She is at the head OF
almost every charitable ms tuition, and there
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-27

mains a WEAKNESS to the spirit-ex-
cept, of course, as we have already
stated, in the event of transconti-
mental journey.
THE Beth Book" by Sarah Grand. D.
Appleton & Co, New York, $1.50 For sale
by the st. Paul Book and Stationery COM
pany.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-27

wisely are cordially owning that he has
made a distinct step forward in illumi-
mating the career and achievements of
him whose mind was world wide in it's
scope, profound In it's insight and rich
the manifestations of it's power.
An American author, of whom the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-27

One day afterwards when Mr. Menzies
was telling this story to a friend, he
was asked: Did you ever charge your
customer. with that book in your bill?'
and his answer was: MANY times"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-27
THE GLOBE REVOLVES

Once in twenty four hours. Each time
it turns around 1t will do you good if
you have small Want Adv in its
columns.
Read by thousands.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-27

school days in Philadelphia down to
this date, and well merited new fame
given by Du Maurier. Mr.. English has
known public life as well as the literary
life. and among. his "reminiscences will
be accounts of Washington in the time
of Polk, whom he personally knew.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-27

Again and again have we been as
surred that all the authentic facts of
the life of Shakespeare might be printed
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-27

sale of them by the butchers the bak-
ers and the furniture makers of Flor
ence.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-27
TO DAM TIE HISTORIC NILE
A sTUPENDOUs PROJECT THAT
. AROUsES ARCHAFOLOGISTS

One OF the Greatest of Engineering
Feats-The Dry Land VIII Be.
irrigated From the Stored Supply
of nile Water When the River
Euns~ Low and the FeHaheen
Pray for Rain.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-27

THANK you for showing me other hats bu
I want the Gordon"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-27
Secret.

From Puck
Fred-So your engagement is a secret?
Arthur should say so. Why, she won't
even let me tell her father
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-27

Books on the navy continues to be
in sharp demand. Not only are picture
books selling rapidly but also histories
and especially books intended for the
young. There have been several very
suitable naval books brought out in
late years-Mahan's, Spears, Kelley's,
Barnes and others. Mainly they are
works of merit, marking advance in
previous histories. Surely we have in
Americas naval history an inspiring
record from the time of John Paul
Jones and the victory of the Bon HON.
me Richard. over the English ship
Scraps, down through the career or
Decatur, Bainbridge, McDonough, Perry
and Lawrence. And If this prospective
war with Spain does nothing more, it
will be the means of teaching the youth
of our land what was done by the men
of old to make Americas naval prowess
esteemed across the water
Francis W. Halsey.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-27

An old book is not necessarily a val
liable book. 1t may be rare, but it may
have no interest to the collection.
Books 200 years old may be bought any
day Cor less than a dollar; some of
these would no. be worth half dollar
Nor can we always be sure that what
appears to be a first edition is actually
one. Quite recently a copy of the first
edition of HaWthorne'S Twice Told
Tales" was sold at auction for a good
sum-about $40 / believe, for thirteen
volumes. A woman in California saw
the report of the sale, and having what
she believed to be a copy of the same
edition, she sent it to the same auc-
tioneer who had secured 500 for the
copy, and desired them to sell it, It
brought only $1.75. The cause was the
date on its title page. Otherwise the
two copies were identical-made from
the same plates by the same publishers;
but her copy was dated a year later
than the true first edition.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-27

"The Students MotlsT;" 'The Rise of the
Dutch Repoblfss b5s John Lothrop Mot
ley: Corderssd aandS ScentiHued to 1897 by
- William Elliot Grifis Harper & Bros,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-27

When beeches bud and lilacs blow.
And Earth puts On her magic green;
When dogwoods bear their vernai snow.
And skies grow deep the stars between
Then, o We birds! awake ard sing
The gladness at the heart OF spring!
When flowers blossom for the poor
And nature heals the hurt of years,
When wondering love resists the cure,
Yet hopes again, and smiles through
tears
Then. o we birds, awake and sing
The gladness at the heart of spring.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-27
LITERATURE OF TODAY
THE BETH BOOK" BY NINE.
SARAH GRAND

A Students Edition of AEotIey,s "Risc
of the Dutch Republic,'-A Ro-
nance of the Greek War of In.
dependence water C0ior
Painting" and 1.-THE Painter in
Giis"--A Botany for Students.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-27

For instance, the entire first edition
of Victor Serenus," by Henry Wood
issued by Messrs. Lee & Shepard, in
Boston, and by an English firm in Lon
don, was exhausted before the day of
publication. and the b nd rs were az
work on the second before the a.thar
himself had received copy of tie fr-t
The hero, an AleXandrian Jew, beconl. S
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-01
WHY THE NEWS" REFRAINED

In Gliding the city council for refus-
payable in gold, the Deseret News sue
ceeded only in proving its dissatisfac-
ton
The point it undertook to make
against lawful money bonds. by
claiming that city bonds are liable to
a per cent tax from which state bonds
are exempt applies with equal force to
the gold bonds, as The Herald has al
ready pointed out.
Instead of trying to explain the
clumsy deception, or confessing its
mistake. the News assumes a lofty air
and says that, "as the opposition con-
tains nothing in rebuttal and raises no
issue for determination, this paper has
till now refrained from further COM
ment.''
And it wisely continues to refrain
from further comment
But the News attempted another line
of defense for its non-partisan repre-
sentatives in the council, not so decept-
i've, but more absurd. 1t says:
There is no law to compel a man or
woman who has money on hand to lend
it at all, no matter what inducements
may be offered to that end. It is his OF.
hers, and can be kept or let go on such
terms as he or she sees fit to impose.
Occupying a position so imperial, so alb
solute, it is not at all times, if at am
time, the part of wisdom for those who
want such money to approach the own
er of it with terms of his own already
made out. unless such terms happen to
be the identical ones that alone are
known to be acceptable to the owner
Otherwise there will be refusal, if moth
ing more irritating to the feelings. Yet
the city council has apparently seen fit
to overlook this homely yet fundamen-
tai principle in the law of finance and
virtually asks to borrow money on
terms which itself prescribes ami which,
unlike the case cited, are known to be
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-01
THE BOYS AT THE FRONT

Well not forget our soldier boys
In camp or battlefield.
For in this hour of perirs night
They form their country's shield:
They form their country's shield. and
more,
They WELD their arms with might:
Like warriors known to sacred lore
WAX valiant in the fight
Whether in camp or on the march,
Or crossing distant seas.
Their lives are lives of sacrifice
Not of inglorious ease:
TIL victory on their banners perch
Their sacred troth they plight
Ease, comfort. luxury forsworn-
To country. duty, right.
Our sailors. too-God bless them all.
Our jealous. gallant tars;
Our DeweyS. Simpsons HobsOns, SchleyS,
Floating the stripes and stars
To light UP dark philippine isles,
Antilles coasts to cheer,
T assure the Cuban patriot
Redemption draWeth near.
These are our boys, gone from our homes,
And this their worthy task:
For us who watch their every move,
Is Z too much to ask
That we remember as we pray,
The soldiers pressing needs,
And find the answer to our prayers
In kindly. generous deeds?
Light up the camp, Cheer up the heart
The homesick soldier bless,
BY sending letters. papers and
Dessert TO spice the mess:
Between the soldier boy and home
No power should be able
To intercept loves messages
Or crt the magic cable.
Harvey Wendell. in Leslieis Weekly.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-01

Scribner's Magazine for August is a
beautiful and interesting number. 1t
contains what the publishers very
properly term the most ambitious
scheme in color printing undertaken by
an American magazine Scribner's
has made a number of efforts in this
direction before, but this is by far the
most splendid.
The present scheme consists of the
reproduction of eight full-page sketches
by Henry McCarter to accompany the
poem The Sea is His by Z. S. Martin.
The color and shading are excellent
and the character of the work will at
tract attention. There are several adj
mirable papers on the events of the
early period of the war, written by
master hands. as follows: The Rock
ingChair period of the War by Rich
ard Harding Davis. who describes the
time spent on the porches of the hotel
at Tampa while waiting for orders to
move; THE Landing of the Army" in
Cuba, also by Mr.. Davis: The Chase
of Cervera" and The Affair of the
Winslow," by John r. Spears, who is
well known to the readers of the New
York Sun for his many stories of ex-