The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-07
LITERARY NOTES.


baolsm, and one of the latest to re-
turn from Syria. AS the publishers of
MISS writings books, MeSSrs. Little.
Brown q Co. desire to state that this
assertion Is absolutely unfounded. Miss
Whiting had never even heard the name
OF baDlsm until her return from Paris.
ana she has never been to Egypt or
Syria, but divided last winter between
rome and Florence. She was born and
oFed IN the Episcopal communion, to
whose faith she is unfalteringiy allied.
The International Monthly for Noven-
Der presents most attractive list OF
contents M. MarilIier, the great French
writer upon the origin of religion, con-
eIudes ms essay, begun in the October
issue, Ehe Primitive Objects of WoF-
snip This paper is replete with sug-
gestlons and can be read with much pro-
NJ Marc >Debrit, the editor of the ia :
nous Geneva (Switzerland) Journal,
writes upon the various congresses held
by european nations under the pretext
OF setting Alright the wrongs brought
ABOUT by conquest He first treats of the
Famous Congress of Vienna, and sub
sequently of later conven tons. His, tren-
chant style will afford his readers pleas
uFe, and his topic instruction. Evident
ly the writer considers the appeal to a
congress of nations the last resort for
weak or oppressed people, for the judges
are the strong, and decide questions sole
Iy from self interest. He warns the
world against an information police. The
article is especially timely. Prof. w. G.
sumner writes upon 1.-The Predominant
Issue, which he shows to be expansion
his views are conservative, his SuggeS-
TONS worthy of the most careful con-
stderation, and his conclusions of uH-
doubted value. This article is note
worthy contribution to the literature
of American politics.
John La Fargo, the famous artist, con-
tributes an estimate of Ruskin in an es-
say entitled, 'Ruskin, Art and Truth.
That the worship once given to Ruskiu
Is less intense now than formerly IS the
IogIcal sequence of the realiza ton by lit
crazy and artistic students tEat genius is
often eccentric. The paper deals chiefly
with the value of reality in art and the
standpoint of the artist in regard to
truth. Prof. Giddings, whose recent book
democracy and Empire has been called
the pest exposition of expansion, contrib
utes an essay on Modern Sociology
which is a careful review of the progress
III that study, illustrated by many in
teresttng comments. Prof. Royce's essay
IN the same number, entitled, THE Pa
CHIC Coast; a study in Psychological De-
velopment,' is one of fascinating inter
est Prof. Royce is the author of
history of California of which state
he IS a native, and he has drawn upon
his unlimited knowledge of the begin
n1ngs of social conditions on the Pacific
coast and the notifications upon the
American and European character
brought about by the physical and social
conditions of California
A richly Illustrated article on the Gulf
coast resorts, "From Mobile to New Or
leans, leads in the International Maya
Zlne Ohlcago) for November. The writer,
EHyeN Howell Glover, is enthusiastic on
the subject, and though the paper is a
long one, every page of it is delightfully."-
entertaining. F. w. Fitzpatrick contrib
utes on interesting resume of THE Chi
hese Situation Forty Years Ago" when
matters in the far East were strangely
similar to what they are today News
paper Stories" cleverly written. and as
cleverly Illustrated by the author. Thorn
as Bruee Thompson, gives the uninitiated
glimpse behind the scenes, as it were
Oh Journad ism. D. Allen Wiley, with the
rs i.elp OF some good pictures, makes an
interesting paper of Raising Ostriches in
tflori6a. The sketch t'Who Maketh TTs
10 piher is fine piece of writing
WIhch Will appeal especially to lovers IF
uump ANIMALS, and which might teach
good lesson to all of us. The Other
STORIES III the November issue are ."The
H.G by Frank Waller Allen; "A
" COAAfso, ny Charles w. Lamb.
L ne forbidden Music" by Louis Wesl1-n
Jones' and THE Miser.'' by the Dutch
writer, Justus van Maurik In the cd
ltor1aIs 1t Is announced that the next
course of -self-instruction language L.
sons run in the magazines will be in
spanish. The Interna tional has already
run one spanish course and one French
Que ana now goes back to Spanish be-
cause of the majority of its readers who
ask Ter course in that language These
language courses, with the TALKING ma
chlne as teacher of pronunciation aro
proving thoroughly successful
The remarkable success of the new SOW.
novel "A Furnace of Earth" has pioIIed
CURIOSITY as TO the personality of its
autnor' Haille Erminie Rives Some
quaint stories are told of this yoI1ne oirI,r
chid-life in Kentucky. Her father was
a noted shot and as a child her greatest
passion was rife. One day. while Che
was still i'll short dresses, she was miss
ed from the house. A prolonged search o.
the premises failed to discover her where
abouts- As the searchers extended tba
circle Of Their inquiry, a series of rife
snots drew them to the yard of the conn
tTy -church. Inere they found the culprit
She had stolen her fathers duck eup
and at twenty PAGES was laborionslv
shooting her name into the back of the
resting the too-heavy barrel of
the piece on the Woolly head of the in
terested and grinning little darkv who
was her "fdus Achates' in all her child
ish eseapades.
One of the most vivid and dramatic
pieces of writing in the new novel. THE
Romance Of Gilbert Holmes by Marshall
Monroe kirknan, describes a race he
tween the steamboats, the 'War Eagle,
and the Northern Light" This in 1S22
on the stretch of river above the Rock
Island rapids. Sfngularly enough. tha
local press reports the War Eagle'' was
recently, burned to the waters edge at
the levee in st. Louis, some of the mem
bers Of the crew losing their lives. 1.-THE
Romance of Gilbert, Holiness" depicting
life IL the Mississippi valley in the
thirtiesi has proven one of the most at
tractfve books of the season. going into a
second edition within a week of it's pub
lication.
Miss Henrietta Sowle (''Henriette'O who |
has for some time been a regular con-
tributor to the Boston Transcript. is the |
author of a suggestive new household |
book entitled, 81 Go a-Marketing" In |
ordinary sense the work is not a cook
book. 1t takes up month by month the |
various good things that may be found |
at the market. and gives attractive and |
novel ways of serving. them Little. !
Brown & Co are the publishers
Little, Brown & Co. have in press 1.-The
Worlds Discovers, The Story of Bold |
Voyages by Brave Navigators During a
Thousand Years" by William Henry |
johnson, author of '"The Kings Hench- !
man."
Houghton, Mff1in & Co., Cambridge.
Mass. are getting out a new issue of |
Library Edition of Poets" 1t has been
put in more attractive form than here
tofore, and is very well adapted for use
as holiday gifts Each volume has six
teen photographers, and is handsomely
bound in holiday tstyle with gilt top. In
this issue are now included the poetical /
works of H W LongfeTow, Lord Tenny-
son, J. G. Whittier, o. w Holmes