The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-05-15
the volume by Emily -prayton Taylor.

the volume by Emily ~Drayton Taylor.
"Heirlooms in Miniatures" by Annie Hol-
lingsworth Wharton. ]. B. Lippincott
Company. Philadelphia. $3.50. For sale
pany.
Maurus JoI<ai Again.
Mr.. r. Nisbet Balm has translated
Jokai's "Janiesarok vegnapjai C"The
| Last Days Of the Janissaries'c and
called 1t by a new name that he thinks
both more romantic and suggestive,
The Lion Of Janina." Maurus Joka1
wrote "Janiesarok Vegnapjai" nearly
half century ago when his power Is
| said to have been the greatest
The subject was one with great ORA
matte possibilities, and Jokai was one
to avail himself OF them ALL The tell
ing Of the story Is just lightly touched
with satire, "a touch that relieves II
of some of its natural gruesomeness,
but, even so, it remains terrible enough
to the reader 1.-THE Last Days OF the
Janlssaries" is the story of the Jeai-
ousy, INSTRUMENTATION and treachery
and final downfall of that remarkable
body of Turkish soldiers, for SO long
devoted to the Turkish throne. But
the hero of sthe romance is Ali Tepe-
| lanti, "The Lion of Janina." a surpass-
ingly cruel, crafty and terrible man.
whose wicked life and heroic death are
| naturally favorite subject Tor ro-
nance writers. s4 There is considerable
passion and blood in the 295 pages OF
1.-THE Lion of Japina." but what does
one expect else In q story OF turkey
and Greece?
1.-The Lion of Janina," by Maurus Jokai
Harper & Bros. New York. $l.25, For
OIL Nv 6@ pnnh ar
company.
A French Background.
cat the Sign of the Silver Crescent"
has a French castle for background
and a typical % Amer lcan artist for a
hero. The French castle Is the ruined
heritage of very old and noble fam
lily, and it's last lord has gathered into
his personality all the refinement and
helpless dignity of the race. His
daughter, cold, calculating, beautiful
and ambitious, is forced by the. condl-
ton of things social in France to sell
herself to newly-created baron or
Jewish blood, her name balancing his
wealth. Embittered by her failure to
gain high station as we'll as wealth.
she determines to assert her liberty OF
action a. all events The story is
familiar one and a favorite with those
who consider Partisan society, and it
cannot be asserted that the treatment
Of 1t in the present book is of the char
acter to renew it's freshness.
cat the Sign of the Silver Crescent" by
Helen Choate Prince. Houghton, Milf
fin & Co. $125. For sale by the st. Paul
Book and Stationery company.
Literary Criticism.
Mr.. Charles johnson, in his Gle
ments of Literary Criticism" starts Off
with the admission that "the real
value of literature lies in the fact that
it is a source of pleasure, and it is
most to be desired that we enjoy it I'M
consciously, as the Scotch enjoy the
poems Of Robert Burns, without any
thought of elements or qualities or rea-
sons" And the statement that follows
this assertion is equally true, that this
is possible only where an entire COM
nlun1ty is possessed of a love for poetry
that has grown up among them, with
which all have been familiar from ear
lest childhood. We have very little
folk poetry and dhaye Inherited a vast
literature which we have not produc-
ed. Study and reflection add greatly
to our appreciation of this"
Mr.. johnson writes for learners, and
his treatment of the subject is appro-
priately simple and direct. The ele-
ments of literary criticism he divides
into seven parts for convenience of
considerations; Unity" 1.-The Power of
Drawing Character 1.-The Writer'S
Philosophy, "The Musical World Pow
err" The Phrasal Power.""s ssFhe De-
scriptive Power" and the Emotional
Power.s'-sThe divisions are arbitrary of
course, but express concisely Mr.. john
sons Spirit Of criticism. -
.sE,a,,,,,s,j II -
Gnaries 81 Johnson Harper & Bros.
New York 1.0u. For sale by the St.
Paul Book and Stationery company.
Notes.
The article CT greatest interest in the May
Studio is "a Swedish Painter and Etcher:
Andres zoru." Zoru. Is one of the UNIQUE
figures in the Eurecean art world of today
and his work is worthy of the high place
| accorded it from almost his first appearance.
A man not confined to one mode of express
sion, his genius seems broader in its spirit
than most modern artists Zoru is painter
of great virility and originality AS an
etcher he is startlingly forceful and uncon-
ventional, indeed, in this art, he seems to
have created style distinctly his own. He
| is the creator Of the mighty line" line
initiated by Gibson, in his pen and ink
work. Zoru is also wood carver who
works in the spirit of the middle age crafts
in this direction is the small bust of his
grandmother, exhibited at the Columbian ex-
position. Bronze and marble also furnish
this Swedish artistzwith means of expression
and lately as another proof of his versatile
| ity, he has wrought geld ring of ex-
| quisite design. and thus entered the fielc
of industrial art The Studio for May is
! full of many ether things worthy of place,
| in the best art paper of the day. but space
| forbids more detailed account of it's riches
| The newspaper paragraphe-s have iumped
at the photograph of Richard Harding Davis
in his kit. which appeared in this column
on April 2s.ha ast Jumped al it like equity
used to put it. They have all mad s,lnel thing
| to say about it. mo one should miss il. :
exela ali, the spr.ngae:d Republican.
Ell CAPTAIN "a Sunday school surec
| intendent beside him. If he were cut up
into small pieces he would furnish the ipsur-
| gents with arms tand equipments for a whole
winter. canvas shooting jacket, bristllng
! with cartridges ard composed priacip..iy Of
| pockets is the imposing basis Of the compost
ton. and Fair Of toy orara glasses and a
| huge revolver which, says him dowa violent
y to the left, nelp TO eompl .te the pic e..
work of art. but it would. be Interesting to
| know how Mr.. Davis proposes to extract mat
revolver from under MS arnpit. And these
some easy carpet Slippers In his mans
! charge. The Cuban climate Is very warm.
| However, the redouhtabIe reporter looks for
midable enough, and weamake no DOUBT III It
| there will be a terrific inkshed when he
+. reaches the 'front.'
1t is Some hing inspiring" declares the
,. !. Hera al snnSunces. by the way
the London Times and tue New York He--
! aid.
! He is armed to the tips Of his fingers 50
! to speak. with all the equipment necsssary
| for taking broad survey Of the sc,s.s Of