The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-03-19

er.s Coolly. Main Travelled Roads" and
prairie FOLKS, together. with his new
book. THE Trail of the Gold Seekers"
perhaps may be taken as an indication
tnat ne 10 to be reckoped with as per-
manent force in 1iteraturu.
''The Teachers Professional Library
Is the title Of a series. of books announce
ed by the Macmillan company under the
general edttorshfp,ef Prof Nicholas MUIR
ray Butler, of Columbia university. The
contributors to this series will be lead
ing teachers and students of education
IN Europe as we'll as In the United States.
Each volume will apply the results Of the
latest scholarship and the widest expert
ence to some phase of educational
thought or activity.
Ian Maclaren, who Is now on a leotur-
Ing tour in this country, begins In an ear
~ Issue OF the Ladies' Home Journal
his latest piece of literary work. It is a
series or popular articles in which he
defines the relation that a minister holds
to his congregation; how a preacher is
heiped by his people; how a congrega-
ton can make the most Of a minister,
and other phases of the most satisfactory
attitude OF a congregation to a pastor.
Mr. BENJAMIN RyyTucl1er, of New York.
Will publish, on March %, 1.-THE Ballad
of Reading Gaol." by C. 8. 8. Oscar
WILDE. 1t is poem Of more than 600
lines, dedicated to the memory Of a
trooper of the horse guards who was
hanged in the gaol during Wilde's i'm
pr1sonment there, and depicts the terri
pie sensations of the author and his
Fellow prisoners before and after the
execution. c. 3. g. was the poets prison
number.
A DOCK which Is expected to interest
more than one class of readers is mo. 5
John Street." by Richard Whiteing, an
fl11h hi
the century company, The author is
London journalist who has made a spe-
elal study or social conditions in the
modern Babylon, both at the West End
ana the East. His story is told in the
hrst person, and pretends to embody the
experiences OF rich baronet who sees
nj TO live In the slums for a month or
Two, and earn the eighteen shillings a
week that suffice for his support
MISS Viola Allen, the star Of Hall
Games dramatization of his popular nov
Ell, Inc Christian" has always aspired
to be an author. She has said that there
are Two things which she would rather
40 than act: Write a book or be a.
, nurse She, will now make her
literary oeout In an article which she
mas written for the Ladies' Home Jour
nal' reciting and explaining fully "What
the Lie OF an Actress Means"
Admiral Sampson has written for the
Apr1i century an illustrated article fulIg
describing the work of 1.-THE Atlantic
Fleet In the Spanish War" and drawing
It's lessons. The more important features
or this paper are plan setting forth the
character of the blockade of Santiago
naroor; maps showing the relative posi-
tlons from day to day Of Cervera, SchIev
ana Sampson, and a series of birdseye
pians OF the engagement of July show
ing the positions of the vessels at differ
ent stages of the fight
Cassel & Co., Z and West Eighteenth
street, New York, are about to reissue
thelr National Library. A number of
new volumes will be added to the series
and the best of the older volumes will
be reprinted from entirely new plates.
new design has been made for the wran
pers, and in their new dress these handy
classics, so we'll printed and on good
quality OF paper. will prove boon to
students and others anxious for the best
books in their library, but whose purses
are limited. The same low price Of 10
cents will be maintained
Dr. Henry Van Dyke, who has recently
been offered a number of positions as
professor of English literature leads the
april Scr1bner with a story of life in the
Adirondacks, entitled "a Lover of Mu-
Sic This is the first of a number of
outdoor stories by the author of Little
rivers. They are to be illustrated by
Walter Appleton Clark
Following the interesting matter on the
growing popularity of refuse Instructors
in England, Modern Maehr,1ery for March
tells OF the good showing made by the
Shoreditch Instructor. which was INSTALL
ed with impressive ceremonies under the