The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-27

universities and the academies of Italy.
demned man.
The emperor of Austria has a pardon to
grant at this moment
Let MIN sign this pardon; 1t viii be
great act.
1t is to be doubted that Hapsburg or
Hohenzollern ever wrote anything more
arrogant than that and yet it does not
seem entirely ludicrous that a mere
peer of France should thus address a
crowned head, for every previous letter
III the whole second volume has shown
that the writer admitted the existence
Of but one aristocracy, that of genius.
ne theory is commonly accepted by
those frankly assured of their own
genius, whether they call themselves
Franklin, Napoleon, or Hugo; the John
sons, Shalaespeares and Washingtons
may be otherwise minded, but they are
not nearly So we'll contented with them
selves. Hugo always was thoroughly
well-contented, and, to tell the truth,
the reader of these volumes is almost
invariably content with him Roaming
through the Rhine valley and collecting
the material for his book; uttering his
audacious prophecies in the assembly +;
in exile, gallantlY keeping poverty at
bay with an active pen, planning ret
ributive revolutions and carefully TAX
eliminating the courage of his friends
and scheming with diaboIical ingenuity
to insult that fellow" that is to say
President BonapaTte, and the Emperor
Napoleon; building himself hermit's
cell, outdoings any cottage of gentility
+ IN its gorgeousness, retaining to France
in her day of trouble as a national
guard, and living through years of
honored dignity, he is always an at
tractlVe figure. His previous energy
and industry: his tenderness to his
sons and daughters. and the splendid
praise which he gives so freely to those
whom he admires, are almost as lOvabla
in printed letters as in real life. If he
were arrogant with an emperor he
could be humble with Michelet, to
whom he wrote after reading La
Sorciero:"
1 thank you for having written this fine
work In it you have depicted truth in all
Its aspects, OF which, perhaps. the grand
est IS pity You are not satisfied with Goa
viHcing, you mustss touch your readers.
This book some Of your great trumphs.
love everything in it; the Ifelike style,
which suffers with the martyr; the thought
which resembles an expansion of the soul
In the infinite; the large heart, the kn0wl-
edge Blended with emotion; the description,
or rather the intuition of nature, from
which issues the imposing figure Of sort
OF denlLn-gCd, who draws smiles and teas S.
The hermit thanks you for having sent
He Is a melancholy dreamer, often sadly
overwhelmed by the contemplation and the
haunting thought Of all the suffering in
the world: but when his hand feels the
pressure OF yours. ray OF light seems
to pass before his eyes.
The LothrOp company is preparing a
volume Of historical short stories by
Mr.. Harold Frederic, and new books
ney, Mrs. Kate Tannate Woods, Pansy
and Mr.. Elbridge G. Brooks, and the
illustrations of the last are to be de-
cidedly novel. The Valley Path" by
Will Allen Dromgoole, to be issued by
Messrs. Estes & Lauriat; and a novel
by Mr.. Edward Burton, to be publish
ed by NIessrs. ; Lee & Shepard, and
Water Color Painting" by Miss Grace
Barton Allen, from the same house,
complete the list of new announce
ments. - Boston RECEIVERS but slowly
from the. fever of Christmas buying,
and at present the current of talk
turns away from books and towards
the performances of Mr.. Barnett's The
Queen of the Ballet" to be given by
the cadets for the benefit of the fam
lilies of the six firemen< killed, as the
advertisement accurately phrases it,
lin the performance of their duty
There was no especial bravery about
the matter, nothing more than there
is in the heart of every fireman as
he mounts the engine, OF every SOIdie r
as he falls in to march for the field,
the simple consciousness shat there
may be no return from the encounter
with danger, but the chief and more
than one of the firemen had been prov
ed fearless, and the cadets have not
needed Mr. Roosevelt, or Mr.. Kobbe
or Mr.. Riis to write magazine articles
to make them feel themselves the al
lies of the firemen and the police. The
Oldest corps in the state, the governors
appointed body guard, always indie
pendent and never to be brigaded with
other companies, it is perfectly under
stood that the Independent Corps of
Cadets is the weapon always ready to
the hand Of the mayor or the governor
against a mob Consequently, it is
very thoroughly hated by all the ele-
ments of the mob, and the mob news
papers insult it WheneVe" possible
What it thinks Of the mob it never
says but what it thinks of the fire
men. it has shown not only by giving
it's services for the performance, but
by canVassing so energetically for the
sale Of tickets that the premiums were
larger by $1,000 than they have ever
been for the annual performances given
to build a neWss armOTy, and nothing
but the city ordinances prevents pack
ing the aisles and stand rg room Of
the theater with be.ated buyers de-
termined to sperd some money for the
cause. The next newspaper that shifts
at the cadets may expect to reckon
with the firemer.-
Stephenson Brown.