The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-12

The well known firm of Boston publishers,
Messrs. Estes & Lauriat, has been reer-
gantzed and will hereafter be known as Dana
Estes & Co. The members of the organization
are the same with the exception of C. e.
Lauriat Jr and I. R. Weber. who retire.
The new firm will carry on the publishing
and book-selling business at 1856 Summer, in.
stead of 3O1 Washington street, Boston.
l suppose that all nations have their vul-
garians. but 1t seems to me that we have
never more in evidence than they are TODAY
The existence of has helped to develop
yulgarity to degree that is scarcely cred
ible. encountered a fragrant example of
this .vuigarity on last Sunday as I was
crossing town in a Twenty third street car.
A number of people got in the at Eighth
son. the latter child of six or seven years.
They had been attending one of the Rev Mr.
Dixon's performances at the Grand opera
of people who enjoy what they hear when
Mr. Dixon speaks. their vulgarity should not
surprise one. The child wore a sailor hat
and ar. around the rim was bit of pasteboard
Remember the Maine" Why parents who
would allow their child to SO degrade him,
self should have left the "e'' out of ''hel,"
Is limit even for people depraved as
they. A decent and Christian spirit to in
culcate in their son! If he grows up bully
and braggart. he will have only his parents
to blame. Oh. Patriotism. Patriotism, what
vulgarities are committed in thy name!-
1.-THE Lounger." Critic
The article on John Jacob Aston. the
founder of the Astor fortunes which William
Waldorf Astor has written for the July num-
Der Of the Pail Mall Magazine, is to contain
much matter hitherto unpublished. 1t is
compiled from documents and letters in the
possession of the author, and is to have
many observation-disclosures them COPY of
Gilbert Stuart's portrait of the first Ameri-
can Astor.
Edward Wilberforce sends the following per.
sonal recollection of Thaekeray to the Spec
tator: Just after the completion of 'Th.
Newcomes,' he told me how he was walking
Guiding chapters when he came upon an
old friend of his, who was also known to
me. Come into this archway, said Thack-
last bit Of ..The Newcomers The two
went aside out of the street, and there
Thackeray read the scene of the colonel's
death. His friends emotion grew more and
more intense as the reading went on, and at
the close he burst out crying, and exclaimed:
If everybody else does like that the fortune
Of Of, the book is made. And Icy everybody else
Thackeray, I was quite unmoved when
killed the colonel. What was nearly too
much for Or me was va the description Of Boy
to my daughter. and I had the greatest diff
ficuity in controlling my voice and not let
ting her see that l was almost breaking
down. I don't think, however, that she sus-
pected it. Perhaps future volume Of the
biographical edition, the one containing The
Newcomes. will throw light on this subject,
and tell how far Thackeray was right in his
conjecture. THE Critic.
"Types OF Literary Art, from Chaucer to
Arnold. an Introduction to English Litera-
trre," by Andrew ]. George. of the depart
ment of English at the high school, New
ton, Mass, is the title of book announced
for publication by the Macmillan company
The Sir Walter Scott Memorial association,
through whose efforts bust Of Scot; was
placed and recently unveiled in Westminster
Abbey. desires to present replica of 1t to
OF the association, Richard Lees. has COM
municated the desire Of the association to
Ambassador Hay, who made the address at
the unwilling of the original bust in West
Messrs Lippincott will publish "Iota's"
new novel. "Poor Max during the present
month.
DR.. Edward Everett Hale's story ''The Man
In new introduction DR.. Hale says: THE
ward, or by revealing his country's secrets
to her enemy. delays for one hour peace be-
tween Spain and this nation is to all intents
He has not id the United States In a spok-
en- oath. All the same he is a bastard child"
The Critic.
Mr.. r. H. Russell has published "Cuba at
a Glance" by E. B. Kaufman and A. OLA
gan. Original letters from leading Cuban in
surgents add to the books interest.
Thanks to the-generosty of Sir Arthur
Hodson," says the Athenaeum, "the Shakes
peare library at stratford- on-Avon is no
longer open to the reproach of lacking the
very corner stone Of such a collecton-a copy
Of the First Folio Shakespeare The Ash
burnham example. purchased on Wednesday
last Of Messrs. sQtheran for f5S5. is to go to
the Shakespeare library. It is very good
ordinary copy. perfect. but with numerous
minor defects. which do not Interfere with It's
1919 by s& inches. The Critic.
A fourth addition of "The Celebrity" by
Winston Churchill. is announced by tho Mac
milan company
w. e. Henley has been awarded a pen
sion by the queen for his service to English
literature. II loyalty counts for anything.
Mr.. Henley deserved pension on that score
alone. for he is, to use a common phrase,
more loyal than the queen."-The Critic
Miss pilen Glasgow author Of THE De-
scendant. has written new novel-"Phases
Of an Inferior Planet" It will be published
this month by the Harpers.