The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-07
"GGd's War"

Goods War" by Wilson Vance, F. Ten
nyson Nicely, New York. For sale by
the st. Paul Book and Stationery Co..
At this time, when we are realizing the
horrors Of war, the parting, the fearful
suspense, the long days of waiting for
news from the distant battlefie1ds, we
find ourselves singularly in touch and
sympathy with the great war of the
North and South Gods War" is a
book that will be read with more than
usual interest. It is a story. entertain
ingly told of the great civil strife and
the author has the gift of making his
clarac ters live m otHe minds Of his read
eFs, and the war which to many of US
Is known only through history Is made
wonderfully real
The story opens amid the scenes of
quiet village. on that fatal Gay of the
firing on Fort Sumter
Conclusions SHOULD res ize that in such
sketches as these lies her real work She
handles the greWsonely tragic-and lCl
South is teeming with grewson;e tragedy
with no uncertain grasp; but, well as
she does it, it fails of as much meaning
as she is able to put into her half pa
thetic and wholly humorous stories of
common things.
The South in all its phases is as an open
book to her hand and she is not fearful
of approaching its grimest problems.
"An Incident" while anything but agree
able, excites cne's admiration by the ar
tfstic manner and simple strength with
which the author has treated g. subject
almost impossible In literature, the negro
lynchings tMrs. Gollyhair's Candy
Store ami without the Courts" are
Doth in the realms of Southern tragedy;
and, while the stories are good of their
kind. even their, virtues go to prove that
Sarah Rarnwell Elliott is at her best
when she writes of happier things
5aY- -7ct{ inf to
sons in the first three chapters, but be-
| comes particularly interested in the
| Judges daughter, Margaret Henderson,
| and her two lovers, one a young lawyer.
Miles Bancroft, and the other, farm
ers son, Tom Bailey. Both of the young
| nlen enlist and march off to the war.
Margaret makes them promise to take
| care of each other and calls them her two
best friends Miles~tells Margaret of his
love for her before leaving, but because
he has not obtained her fathers permits
sion to do so, she gives him no answer
Tom loves her as deeply, but does not
tell her So For two years both continue
to love. Margaret and to dream of her
beside the campfire, when, to both of
them. absence makes the heart grow
fonder-of another woman, Ethel Lynde,
a Southern girl.
AS Margaret loved only Miles, poetic
Justice holds sway when Ethel loves
Tom.
n deer dash of tragedy falls over the
story here, and after much provocation
Ethel Lynde kills Miles, whom she had
pretended to love, that he might use his
influence in assisting her to be near Tom.
She finally dies, before a Confederate
gun, to save the life of the man she
loves.
1t is a young chaplain who gives the
struggle the name of Goods War''-a
holy war, he says 1t is, where the Will
of God Is worked even through destruc-
ton that the shackles of the bondman
may be stricken off.
"Four Months After Date"
''Four Months After Date" Randall
Irving Tyler Stuyvesant Publishing
Co., New York. For sale by the st.
Paul Book and Stationery Co.
This romance Begins with the rather
unromantic statement that when it's hero,
Billy Burt got married he was in debt
hundred thousand, dollars. He is
light-hearted, happy-go-lucky fellow,
whose debts dosnot worry him to great
extent, for by some lucky chance he Is
always able to keep from going to the
wall, though constantly piling up debts
and staggering around under obligations.
The story is pleasant to read, and in some
parts almost humorous. 1t is a we'll
drawn picture too, of the terrible pres
sure under which men and women in our
large cities are living.
Though Billy does at last clear himself
of his enormofis Indebtedness. he, finds
that his wife is dangerously i'll from over
worry, and thatsneither of them have had
a moment to themselves for a number of
years After a somewhat severe lesson
they decide to live more quietly, and
Billy resigns the presidency of several
corporations, and his possibility of ever
again sinking so deeply IN debt.