The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-20

sen," comes in good time for the cele-
bration of Isben's SEVENTEEN birthday,
March 20.
The History of the Lowell Insti-
tute." by Miss Harriette Knight Smith,
Is an account CT the very remarkable
charity which for generations has Civ
en- Boston free scientific and literary
lectures and free instruction in sisnce.
art and languages, and yet, by Judi
ciously choosing it's lecturers and in
structors has injured no private school
or private person. 1t has accomplished
unreasonable good by raising the
standard of lecturing and of teaching,
and through its influences the Normal
art school and the Evening high school
were founded, but it's history has wait
ed long to be written.
Mr.. Clinton Scollard has written a
novel entitled "A Man at Arms" a
romance of the days of Jean G9llazzo
Visconti and this will BY published
by the same firm, with illustrations by
T.. w. d. Hamilton. New York Noe
THE Aurelian Wall. and Other Ele-
eies," by Mr. Bliss Carman, the Cana
dian poet; THE Gray House Of the
Quarries," by Miss Mary Harriott
Norris. and aye Lyttel Salem Made"
b. Miss Pauline Bradford Mackie, will
appear in time for summer readers.
Miss Norris is a new writer; Miss Mac
kie is the author OF "Mademoiselle de
Berny," issued during the Christmas
holidays Marching With Gomez" by
MIR. Grover Flint, just issued by this
firm, is doing much to counterfeit the
influence of Key West kilograms and
of the news" promulgated by the New
York paper with which the author was
connected; he was with Cen I-acret
ND
months. and his description does not
heighten the readers good opinion of
the insurgents or Of their faithfulness
to their chief. The book has an his
torical introduction by Prof. John
Fiske. giving q brief history of the
island and Of the insurrection, and 1t is
illustrated with portraits, maps and
battle plans.
Three other books, almost as interest
ing in a town which, like Boston, has
a navy yard, are "All the Worlds
Fighting Ships" by F. G. Jane, with
portraits Of a thousand warships, be-
sides notes and statistics; a new edi-
ton of ''Ironclads in Action" by H.
W. Wilson, with an introduction by
Capt. A. T. Mahan; and a second vol
une of the History of the Royal Navy
From the Earliest Times to the Pres
erh Day" These are to appear both
in London and in Boston, the American
publishers DelnS MeSSfS. Little, Brown
& Co., whose American list includes
Memoirs Of James Kent, IL d." late
chancellor Of the state Of New York.
written by his great grandson, who
follows the family tradition and is
also a jurlst, belonging to the New
York bar; THE Kings Henchman," by
Mr.. John Fourcade Fraser, who dares
to step on Mr.. Stanley Weynan's
ground and to write of Henry of Ma
varre; THE Duenna of a Genius" by
Mrs. Frances Blundell, and "Hassan,
Fellah." by Mr.. Henry Gilman, who
has lived in Palestine for many years,
and has had opportunities to observe
hero Of race novel in fiction. A
cheap edition of with Fire and
Sword" uniform with the popular Quo
Vadis." is to appear among the vaca-
tion novels. but it Is not to be expect
ed that it will sell at at the rate of
2,OO0 copies a day. like the latter book
Mr.. Crawford's sister, Mrs. Hugh
Fraser, is the author of "a Chapter Of
Accidents" published by Messrs. Mac
milan & Co. She is the widow Of
the late Hugh Fraser, British minister
at Toxic. Few, indeed, are the untrav-
eled British or American authors in
these days. All the better for the read
ers! .-. Stephenson Browne.