The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-03

now added this sketch to the Series as.
No. 49,, the pricesof which in paper COW
ers is Is cents.
The many readers who have enjoyed
sketches Of the nineteenth century, will
learn with pleasure that a new volume
from her facile pen Is soon to be pub
Hshed by A. g. McCIurg & Co, Chicago,
It is entitled, "Judea, from Cyrus to
Titus. SGT B. C.s70 a. D." and deals with
the checkered political and religious ex-
periences Of the Jewish people for six
hundred years.
~. "A daughterHof NEPTUNE by William
Winslow, ANNOUNCED by the Continental
publishing Co.. New York, Is said to be
a collection of five short stories Of unsual
laid in a New England sea-coast town;
those of the others being in the far West.
Mr. ,WlnsloW IS a young Boston man,
he has lived since his adventures and eX-
periences in the West a few years ago.
whom Mrs. Olive Thorne Miller has inter-
others not Sc fortunate, will be glad to
learn that she has expanded them into
little book entitled ''The First Book of
Birds, published by Houghton, Miff1in &
Co, at the low price of 81.
The secret, success of the Hiawatha
Primer in English Is due largely to the
sustained interestiand respect aroused on
the part of the pupil during that part of
his progress where a continued repetition
of the new words he is learning appears
to be necessary. A bright teacher in a
dren. about ten years old, who begin the
study of German, thinking that the same
sort of continued interest was needed in
the the study of German, translated por-
t1on Of the primer into German and gave
1t trial. The result of tbs experiment
was such a marked success that the pub
fishers, Houghton. Miff1in 81 Co., at once
decided to issue the Hiawatha Primer in
German.
One Of the features of the September
Pail Mall Magazine is most interesting
and instructive article by Mr.. William
Archer on his recent tour of this country
and the cordiaHty of feeling for England
generally expressed In his reception. 9th
er features of the September Pail Nal
article by Prof Arminius Vambery dis is
cussing the effects which will be felt by
Russia and the other powers. upon the
otbep OF ne Of Slp Mr. %
interesting sketchs: 'Silhouettes in Par
lament" and "Shakespeare's Influence in
France" is most ably discussed by w. E.
Henley.
"An American Forerunner of Drey-
fus' is one of the -timeliest articles in
the September Century. It tells the
story of gallant naval officer, early in
the present century, who was systemat-
ically prosecuted throughout his career
because of his Jewish faith and ante
cedents:. He had his supporters in high
places, but a large majority of his broth
err officers seem to have regarded him
very much as the French artillery officer
of today is regarded by most of his
Christian fellow-countrymen
McClure's Magazine for September
opens with a poem on the Dreyfus affair
by Edwin Markham which proves that
the mark reached by Mr.. Markham in
THE Man with the Hoe was not be-
yond his reaching again. 1t is truly a
high and noble strain which he strikes
here exhibiting in apt, strong, rhythmic
phrase the inner, universal import OF the
most singular episode of recent history
Following this comes a character sketch
of Admiral Sampson, by Ray Stannard
Baker giving many interesting incidents
and anecdotes of the admiralS life as
boy and young man in his home town Of
Palmyra, N. Y, and estimates and rem
inisEences of him by his associates in
the navy. It is illustrated with series
of portraits of Sampson and various
other pictreS.
Since June there have been thirteen
one hundred thousand books have been
sold since publication. Another edition
Is now on the press The story has been
reviewed in practically every newspaper
which pays attention to the literature /
of fiction, and discussion has begun as
to the place Mr.. Winston Churchill shall
take among writers the quality of whose
work has carried it beyond national
lines. In an editorial in Literature CHar-
pares Richard Carvel with Henry Es-
mond and "does not consider 1t too great
an Indulgence of the fancy to think Of
the new romance as a meritorious ap-
proach to the high standard of the
classic.