The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-12
LITERARY NOTES.

The voice of Olive schreiner rings true
and clear for liberty for her country and
her sex. OF all the champions Of the
Beers in their present difficulty with Eng
land none is more logical and more fer
vent than the famous author of 1.-The
Story OF South African Farm" and
Dreams. Mrs. Schrefner brings into the
nsht for her countrymen the same bril-
liant logic, high intelligence and remark
a Nae talent t9at she has displayed in the
NEoVemper cosmopolitan Magazine" in
her article on THE Woman Question"
"A Corner Of the West" is the title of
the new novel by Miss Edith Henrietta
Fowler, the sister of the brilliant author
Of Of "A Double Thread" and Concerning
West" the London News says: "A fold
of the mantle Of Mrs. Gaskeu seems to
have fallen on this young writer who has
charm and a delicacy of manner and
perception that are all her own"
The first first number of Manila. a mag
aZine owned and edited by Warren D.
Whiteman and John J. Hauck, both Of
whom We're formerly members of Com
started at Manila christopher w Ney,
formerly of the st. Paul bar, and an ex-
member OF Company d, Thirteenth Min
nesota, is part owner and associate editor
of the Manila Tribune.
Teaching in this cuntry is so largely
dependent upon the textbooks used, that
publishers have an important place in all
effortS for the Improvement. of education.
y
school books are the most enterprising
in the world. A notable instance of this
enterprise is the announcement of the
Twentieth. Century Textbooks Just is
sued by d. Appleton & Co. Nearly one
hundred volumes are in prepare ton, and
they viii cover the entire field of inStruc-
1 tlon IN hlgh schools. academies. and the
lower college classes, embodying the latest
results of pedagogical and scientific in
VeStigations.
The "reminiscences of a Very Old Man,
l9OS-1S97, is the quaint title which the
distinguished engraver, the late John
Sarta1n, gave to the attractive volume
soon to be published by the Appletons.
Mr.. Sartain was born in London. where
as boy he witnessed the peace jubilee,
and saw many picturesque phases of old
London and its life which have since
disappeared.
In the course of a very interesting re-
view, of mis- Miss Lily Dougall's remarkable
novel, The Mormon Prophet" recently
published in the New York Times Con
gressman-elect Roberts, of Utah. makes
the significant statement that the Nor
mon church has never repudiated one
OF the early claims or teachings of the
prophet Joseph Smith. nor is there any
institution or doctrine of the church
which has not sprung from his teachings. -
1t Will be remembered that on July -
1S43, Joseph Smith had g. revelation au-
thorfztng him to take spiritual wives"
avowed polygarnY later this revelation
was the basis of It's defense.
Mr.. L. Gallon, author of ''Tatterley :"
one of the most promising of the new
English writer's, has finished an inpor-
tant novel called THE Idol of the Blind. -
which will be published Immediately by
D. Appleton q Co.
The Life of Charles Francis Adams. &"
minister to England during the Civil war
has been written by his son, Charles
Francis Adams. for the American States
man Series, and will appear this month
The second volume of the valuable col
lection of letters to Washington which
Mr.. 8. M. Hamilton, editor Of the writ
fngs Of James Monroe Is compiling for
the Society of Colonial DANES of Amer
lea, will appear this month from the
press Of Houghton, Miff1in & Co. This
volume comprises letters that were writ
ten during the years 1868.
The November number Of the Art ANA
teur contains several new features of
note An article on the Portraits of
Queen Elizabeth is magnifeently illus
trated from the mosSt authentic portraits
OF the Virgin Queen, In which her pas
sion for Jewels and dress Is strikingly
evident. r, Davis Benn writes of the
National Arts Competition in London, !"
with illustrations, and a paragraph in
the note book, apropos Of the National
Arts club and its coming exhibition Of
metal work, takes the ground that the
future Of the applied arts in this coun-
try must depend on the amateur and the
Independent artist workman.