The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-27

not Christian, but a Christian scien-
fist. marries the daughter of Gamaliel,
converts the family of St. Paul, and
exercises a strong influence upon the
apostle himself. Historically, the man
is impossible, but the Christian scientist
reader will acc ept him easily enough; the
spiritualist will be charmed with the
scenes in which both good and evil
spirits appear to mortals, and that
huge mass Of nominal Christians which
continually seeks after a sign from
some extra ecclesiastical source will
delight in the book. Its author de-
serves the credit of not having ini-
tated the atrOcious descriptions to
which "Quo Vadis" owes much of it's
success; and. by making nearly all his
characters Hebrews and considering
the gradual transmutation of devout
Jews into enthusiastic Christian scien-
lists, he avoids any appearance of iml-
tatiOn.
Messrs. Houghton, Miff1in & Co. pub
lish this week the Poems" of Mrs.
Florence Earle Coates, a collection of
brief songs, reflective verses and SON
nets, gathered from various magazines
The songs are the best, having Il
pleasant rhythmic quality and here
and there a touch of Eiizabethan
blitheness such as that visible in
APRIL"
When beeches bud and liacs blow.
And Earth puts On her magic green;
When dogwoods bear their vernal snow
And skies grow deep the stars between-
Then. o ye 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 ressts the cure
Yet hopes again, and smiles through
Then. o ye birds! awake and sing
The gladness at the heart of spring.
f. Hopkinson Smiths Caleb West,
Master Diver" will not appear until
April g. the author having rewritten
so many chapters, rearranged so many
passages, and revised so many phrases,
that it will seem almost like a new
tCok to those who read it in the Allan
tic. Since Mr.. Kipling, after changing
''T'he Light That Failed" to please a
! newspaper syndicate, printed it in it's
! original form to please himself, no
| magazine story has appeared between
covers in such a state of transforma-
ton.
The ordinary author is satisfied with
his first theory of the fate of his char
acters, and the recent gossip in regard
to Mrs. Burnett has recalled the old
tale of her quarrel with the editors of
Scribner's Magazine, the first Scribner's.
in the days when there were no syndi-
Gates and when stories were not al
tered, much less ruthlessly trimmed to
suit the printer. as they now are Her
Through One Administration" had
dragged itself on and On, until the
frivolous said that it's title indicated
its length, but no one could quite guess
whether the heroine, who wore aesthet-
ic garments and had short, curly hair
and an aspect familiar to WASHINGTON
society, was going to end we'll or to
elope with the hero, who was also rec
| ognized by half the residents of the
| capital. True, the supposed original,
an uneXceptionable person, had not
eloped with anybody, but who could
| tell what he might do in the story
At last the closing chapter came. and
| the heroine remained with her not too
| good husband and children, and Wash
| fngton was contented, but in a little
| time came the story of editorial alter
! alton. and Of the authors wrath, for
| she had meant ill to her heroine. and
! the amended ending was both flat and
| inconsequent.
This, all this, was in the olden time
almost twenty years ago; the quarrel
is healed; the original Tredennis is
married, and Mrs. Burnett has writ
ten "Clorinda" and "Osmonde" and
ended them to her own satisfaction and
pecuniary profit.
| Stephenson Browne