The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-02
sympathetic insight into another,s

sympathetic insight into another's
meaning. There are never moro than
one or two good translators in a. gen.
GRAFTON, and we need not marvel that
this little collection of HaleVy's light
est and airiest tales has not fallen
into the hands Of one of them. They
are, perhaps, hardly worth translating.
but II. the deed were to be done it
would be we'll IF it had been done 80
that each story did not give the reader
the feeling of stale champagne. One
Is conscious of a sparkle that has Just
escaped, Of a flame that has just died
out, and is haunted throughout by
the inttmation that Charm has passed
that way before one, but has failed to
abide. The fault doubtless Is partly
that Of our English tongue. 1t IL diff
cult to express an omelet in the terms
OF beefsteak-yet It has been done be-
fore and doubtless will be done again
In the meantime, Autumn Manoeu-
vres" is not worth while.
George H. Richmond g. Son. 81. For sale
by the st. Paul Book and Stationery COM
pany.
"Barry Lyndon" and "Sketch Book"
The latest issues in the superb new
biographical edition of Thackeray now
coming from the press of Harper &
Bros are Volume w. Barry Lyndon"
including as we'll 1.-THE Fitz-Boodle Pa
pers," Catherine" "A Story of Mems
Wives" 1.-The Second Funeral of Ma
poleon," and Volume ", Sketch
Book" including "Cornhill to Cairo"
Sultan Stork" and Dickens in
France"
The biographical tntroductions to
these volumes are in Mrs. Ritchies
most charming manner. Especially de-
Eghtfm is the preface to Barry Lyn-
don," with it's reicollections of the house
in Great Coram street; "Old JOHN" the
butlerI the dawning reflections Of the
child concerning the world In which
she found herself, and the fine time
that she had Of life, between running
away and dancing to the music Of a
street organ, slipping porter from Old
Johns pint pot, and going to ride with
the Allen children across the street
They were carriage people-at least
they had a wooden gO-cart, in which
used to be taken out for drives with
an Allen baby Of my own standing.
1t was a glorious sensation, combining
delightful society. One does not re-
member enough in after life the ex-
traOrdtnary variety of experiences
which are comprised within the first
two or three years of ones existence
those dawning hours when the whole
when animals can Speak-nay, when all
nature speaks and i1animate things
are alive, and when We are as gods and
unconscious of evil, and create exist
ence for ourselves as we breathe"
Among the many citations from
ThackerayS letters one notes this from
communication to Mrs. Proctor: AL
fred TennySOn, if he can't make you
like him, will make you admire him
he seems to me to have the cachet Of
a great man; his conversation is often
delightful, I think, full of breadth and
manl1ness and humOr; he reads all sorts
Of things, swallows them and digests
them like a great pOetical boa-con-
strictOr as he is. Now, hope, Mrs
Proctor, you will recollect that, if your
humble servant sneers at small ge-
muses., he has, on the contrary. a huge
respect for big ones. Perhaps it is AL
fred Tennyson's great, big yellow face
and growing voice that have made
simplicity of manner go a great way
with me, 1 fancy"
These extracts only suggest the quail
1ty of Mrs. RitChie's recollections and
quotations. The readers only regret is
that the intrOductionS to the volumes
take up, after all, so little space. Of
the perfection of paper, printing and
binding Of this edition we have spoken
before, but the satisfaction one takes
in them is renewed on the appearance
OF each fresh volume from the press.
Volumes w. and " The Biographical Ed
ton OF the works of William Makepeace
Thackeray. with an introduction by his
daughter Anne Richie; Barry Lyndon"
sketch Books" Harper Il Bros, New
York. $3.50 each. For sale by the st. Paul
Book and Stationery company.