The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-13
LITERARY NOTES.


The Parsonage PORCH Bradley Gil
mans charming collection Of stories, is
in it's second edition. Qittle, Brown &
Ca)
''The Pilgrim Shore" in which Mr. Ed
mund H. Garrett pictures and describes
the noted South Shore of Massachu-
sets, is now in its second edition Qittle,
Brown & Co..
In "Shadowings,' Lafcadio Hearn as
serts of the moral training of the Japa-
nese that it produced perhaps the very
sweetest type of woman that this world
has ever known
The new three-version edition of the
"Rubaiyat of Omar Kayyam," compris-
ing the TRANSACTIONS of Fitzergerald,
Winfield, and Mccarthy Oittle, Brown
& Coz, has met with favor, having al
ready gone into a second edition.
The Macmillan company announce that
they have ceased to act as the publishers
of the International Monthly. All COM
munications for that journal should be
addressed to the International Monthly
Burlington, VT.
Mr.. John Preston True recently receiv-
ed the following opinion regarding his
new book: Dear Mr.. True-I thank you
very much for Scouting for Washing
ton 1 think it's jim dandy. 1t was so
interesting that L read it through IN
about three days. I think that it served
Tarleton right to be beaten
Raff1es, the hero of E. w. Hornung's
stories of the Amateur Craftsman" will
reappear in the January number of
Scribner's with a most remarkable adj
venture in crime. 1t has been suggest
ed that Sherlock Holmes is the only
man who could catch Rallies. Conan
Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes,
is brother-in-laW to Mr.. Hornung.
One realizes at once upon beholding
the cover of the December number of
The National Magazine that it is
typical Of tn holiday season. The
beautiful, smiling face of the child
enhaloed with wreath of holly
speaks eloquently of the joys of the
time of Peace on earth-good will
toward men, so peculiarly dedicated to
the happiness of the little ones.
And the older children" find within
it's pages a veritable Christmas feast Of
good things, spread for2tneir dedication.
''The Treaty Signed on the Sea" is
remarkably strong poem, concentrating
one of the thrilling deeds of heroism that
have drawn closer the bonds of the An
glo-Saxon alliance. Joe Mitchell Chap
pies symposium of affairs at Washing
tom brings the reader almost into
personal acquaintanceship with the men
who are making the history of the ma
ton at washington ana LHelr ually uO-
ings "a Census Prophecy of a Century
Ago. presents a thoughtful and deeply
interesting commentary on remarkable
forecast of the growth of population in
America. ''The Festival Spirit in Art
deals in a charmingly discursive manner
with holiday observances in all ages as
portrayed by famous painters. In the
article entitled early Life of Edwin NJ
Stanton one gets an intimate concep-
+iOn of fine Influences that moulded the
character of Linco1n's secretary of war.
Goal Mining at the North Pole deals
interestingly with a subject with which
few people are familiar. That hidden
away in the everlasting Ice fields of the
Arctic is an exhaustless supply of fuel
is not generally known. The De-
cember number of The National
Magazine is rich in Christmas stories,
poems and drawings, and radiates a sat
isfying reflection of Christmas cheer.
The usual departments are replete with
interest, and it is not too much to say
that this splendid number ranks among
the best of the holiday publications.