The Saint Paul globe., 1898-05-08
"PrlsciI.a,,s Love Story"

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There are some old-fashioned writers
left, dear to the old-fashioned reader,
and Harriet Prescott, Spofford is one of
these writer's. and, eparadoxical as it
may sound, the old-fashioned readers
are very young people. "Priscilla's
Love Story might be a translation
from the German, so full is it Of that
delightfully."- balmy sentiment that is
always trembling on the verge of SEN
| umentallty. Our grandmothers would
have cried their unexacting eyes out
over IT, and We envy them the damp
enjoyment: The young girl will read
"Priscilla's Love- Story with the same
devotion, we feel persuaded and so
the tale will not lack appreciation, and
for this we are very glad. The story
is, indeed, pretty little thing-its ad-
mirers will call it "sweet"-and 1t is
tenderly written and quite harmless.
Unhampered by modern realism, It's
author goes on her blissful way, and,
in the good old-fashioned style, over
rides all rules, moral and literary, save
those of her own making.
"Priscilla's Love Story" by Harriet Pres
COZ e9tt sSp3fford SSinsr 500 Herbert $. Stone n. 4
Book and Stationery company.
Literary Notes.
Mrs. Humphry Wards new novel, "Hel-
beck Of Bannisdale,". will be published early
In June by the Macmillan company.
William Black, the novelist, has given Mrs.
| Fanny Aymar Matthews permission to dram
| atize his romance. wild Eelin," which is
now running in Harper's Bazar.-Critic.
Mr.. Kipling's Captains Courageous has
gone into it's thirtieth thousand, although
only five months have elapsed since publica-
| tion.-
Both Hsarpers and scribner's Magazines
have articles in hand for forthcoming issues
on naval matters by Capt. A T. Mahan, U.
S. N, who is the greatest authority on such
subjects in this country.-Book News.
The May number of the International Maga-
zine is very attractive, both as to its con-
| tents and its illustrations. The first ARTICLE
which is on old-time printing and pub
fishing house, will be read with great interest
by all who love books,
Mrs. Craigie, better known as John Oliver
Ho6Des, has written 9, comedy called The me
prodSss The 81 hfn ss M
season. The F. "A. Stokes company will
bring the play out in book form some time
before the summer Book News
M. Daudets novel which in the French
is called lie soutien de Famille," will be
puDHSQ6Q lmmeQ1dtelyt Dy MeSSrS. HuCNdu
under the title The Head Of the Family"
The London publisher calls the story. THE
| Bread-Winner," aa9itlea which would hardly
have done for the american edition. as there
is very popular story published by Messrs.
Harper called ''The Bread-Winners. Critic.
"
Count Tolstoi sIon the point Of bringing
out new book. The fftieth anniversary of
his career as a journalist and writer will
shortly be celebrated by his admirers. whose
numher ia legion A school bea his name
will be founded at Moscow, token of
! esteem on this occasion. Tostoi is an hon.
orary member of all the Russian universities
and correspondent of the Imperial Academy
of Sciences.
Miss Ellen Glasgow. the young author
whose first book ''The Descendant" caused
some stir year ago, has written another one
called PHASES of an Inferior Planet, which
the Harpers expect to have out early mex,
month. This is story of New York Bo-
hemia ~ and is said to have the same yirilo
| touch which amazed many readers to hear
that the former book was the work of young
/ girl.-Book News. rs
| ''Hassan, a. Fellahs' by Henry Gilman, of
| Detroit, who lived five years in Palestine and
knows whereof he writes: The Kings
| Henchman. a Chronicle of the XIV. Century,
by William Emery johnson, the hero foster
| brother of the King of Navarro; ''The Duenna
| of Genius" by Mrs. Frances Blundell au-
| thor of North Country Village, (which has
| been compared to "Cranford;" - COSTA Bur-
| Ing's Saga" translated by Fru Pauline Flach,
the granddaughter of Bancroft, the historian.
| Their most important book is the five-volume
| history of the royal navy, edited by William
Laird Clowes.-Book News.
| The Critic company, New York, has fol-
| lowed UP its popular "Trilbyana" with SIM
| liar pamphlet entitled walt Whitman at
Home, by Himself This interesting bit of
tad tha
! Critic. where 1t appeared over another sig
| nature, and is accompanied by an account by
| Miss Jeanette L. Glider of visit to Whit
| mans ..shanty" in Camden, a few months
before his death A photograph of the good
| prav poet', in his armchair forms the
frontispiece of the pamphlet, which is printed
on handsome paper throughout and is en-
be,lished with facsimes Of the first page OF
whitman's manuscript, and his poem, "Spirit
That Form'd This Scene" The price of this
Critic Pamphlet No. is so cents.
The United States navy department we
understand. has recently purchased supply
of Lieut.. Sargent's two books. THE Campaign
Of Marengo ana n bT Messrs Ar
! McClurg and Co., for distribution In the
navy. This action of the government must
doubtless be very gratifying to Lieut.. sar-
gent, the more so that, some months ago
chased by the war department and distributed
| throughout the arnIy.-Bookman.
The Writer Boston) for May opens with
| a practical article on Humorous Writing,
by W. j. Hampton, the paragrapher of the
Washington Star who writes so many bright
verses for the New York Sun. Another feat
ure is an article by Clara Louise Burnham on
1.-THE Profession of Authorship Other arti-
cles are: Make 1t Easy for the Indexer,"
by r. N. Roark; Thomas Nelson Pages Eng
lsh," by V. T. Artz; "The Usefulness Of
Capitals" by Eugene Parsons, and Revising
Literature" by Mary Hall Leonard. The
! editorials discuss the use of capitals, and
| show why in some cases writers need to
| amplify. rather than condense, in writing.
7 The answers to Queries are instructive
and the department of Newspaper English
Edited" is unusually long and helpful.
Paris is said to be in raptures over Ruskin.
as a new Apocalypse, and the foun-
dation has been laid for new
| cult. NJ. Robert de la Sizeranne,
French lecturer and dilettante in letters, Is
credited with discovering the English proph-
et Fifty years seems long time for Rus
kin to have been on the way to Paris, but,
as writer has suggested Ruskin is not
likely to complain, for the prophet and the
other marvelously-it is in Paris that Rus
kin's temple will be built-Bookman.
The May Forum has the following strong
table of contents, viz: Germany and
China" by Hisf Excellency NJ. Won Brandt,
formerly German ambassador to China; The
Fifty Million Appropriation and Its Les.
sons" by Hon. Hilary A. Herbert, ex-secrc,
tary of the navy Independence of the Mi.,
tarv System by- Brig Cen q Norman