The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-30

M. N. York.
Town and Country Library. so cents For
sale by st. Paul Book and Stationery com
pany)
''Thro' Lattice Windows" is a collec-
ton Of short stories by W. J. Dawson.
The name suggests indefinitely an at
mosphere of romance, the brave deeds
Of men watched, "Thro' Lattice Win
dCws." by the bright eyes of women,
but such it is not, as any one who reads
even the title pages will know:
And homely faces, seen when house-fres
glow
Thro' lattice windows, not in vain protest
Earth's humblest life, her happiest and her
best
Therefore these sketches are Of Eng
lish village life and are meant to ap-
peal to the reader with homely and
hearty sympathy. This they fail to do.
The tales are not convincing, and
though the reader is waiting and will
ing to pronounce them the English
version of Beside the Bonny Brier
Bush" or the window in Thrums,"
he is not given that satisfaction.
The stories; are not absolutely I'M
interesting, however but, While an hour
or two may comfortably be spent in
reading them, 10 great temporary en-
joyment or lasting impression will be
the result.
C'Thro' Lattice Windows" by w J. Daw-
son. Doubleday & Mcclure Co.. New York.
$1.25, For sale by the st. Paul Book and
Stationery company
''Tales of the Real Gypsy" is a book
that will appeal to many readers Real
or unreal the gypsy WanderS through
books and is always welcome and he
that has tales to tell of Rommany is
sure of an audience. Mr.. Paul Kester
has much to tell and seems to be sure
of his knowledge, and if he seems "too
we'll pleased with the sound of the few
Gypsy words that he knows" he has
disarmed criticism by apologizing in
the preface for the failing. The tales
make easy and interesting reading:
they have realistic ring about them
that yet does not take from the ro-
nance with which tradition has SUI
rounded the Gypsy, and the freedom of
the fields is with them as it should be.
C.Tales of the Rel Gypsy by Paul Kester.
Doubleday & Mcclure Co., New York. $1Oo
For sale by the st. Paul Book and Stationery
company
with Pessimist in SPAIN" by Mary
F. Nixon, is a book of travel of the
who calls herself the Optimist travels
through Spain in company with the
Pessimist and the guide-book. The
Pessimist is not a very gloomy indr-
vidual after all, and serves only as a
very mild represSor of the Optimist's
high spirit and present reason for
the dispensing Of guide-book informa-
ton on the part of her friend
The book is not of the kind to inspire
one with q restless desire to see the
country described, nor yet to satisfy
an already awakened desire for infor-
nation and Spanish atmosphere; at the
same time it is readable and sometimes
amusing and is well printed and quite
generously Illustrated.
c'With. Pessimist in Spain" by Mary F.
Nixon. A c. McClurg & Co.. Chicago 81 so
For sale by the st. Paul Book and Stationery
company
Through Field and Fallow" is a
book of verses very far removed from
the Intentionally humorous, and yet it
is with a feeling of amusement that
one takes up such a volume. A por-
trait of the author in a picture hat and
baby-Wafst and spreading skirt Of
swiss is a characteristic beginning for
such book, and one is not surprised
thereafter to find this ''little vol
ume" dedicated to the lady's father,
and one is rather grieved than aston
ished to have her quote with evident
truth:
He loved my worthless rhymes, and like
Would find out something to commend"
Doubtless the fond man did; and Mrs.
Jean Hooper Page is justified in hav-
ing her photograph taken, and in writ
ing poor verse for his edif1cation But
is there any reason why the public
should take the same paternaI interest
in her?
Such a book, with it's portrait of
young woman unknown to fame gaz-
ing out from between it's covers, and it's
meat r;vulet of text meandering
through meadow Of margin" should
he sent only to the young "authoress'
friends.
(''Through Field and Fallow," by Jean
cooper Page. F. Tennyson Nicely, New York
'. For sale by the st. Paul Book and Sta
emery company
The bound volume of the Century
Magazine for the last half of the year