The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-21
LITERARY NOTES,

The December Pearson,s opens with
charming Christmas story in verse
mere follows an elaborateIy illustrated
article on Prehistoric Monsters Anoon.,
the most striking pictures is one of tbe
grant sloth, in search Of which the Poars
son expedition under Iesketh Prichard
mas recently set out to Patagonia. The
odrcastlc Cadd1e' is a catchy poem BY
nunor1st b. Fletcher Robinson. cJeverly
Illustrated moreover. Curing AniroaIs
by Electricity is mi-scientific articI1
or the kind to which Pearson's deyotes
considerable attention. The pictures arc
admirable. Tapping the SUMS Strength"
belongs to the same order 1t is the first
account Of remarkable invention for
storing the suns power. "A Century NJ
ASSass1nations" is timely article illus
trated with the portraits Of those rulers
VINO, during tile century. have been at.
lacked or killed by assassins In After
Dinner Sports we have an article alto
gelner out of the common, illustrated
lroIusely describing twenty-four new
pafior tricks. In the same number ap-
pears a thrilling instalment of James s
Metcalfe's history of the American slava
ana an article describing how time Is
sold at a profit Of 81, 100000 a year in the
united States. There are six short
stories in the number, Including one for
children. and four exciting chapters OF
Rider Haggards new novel =
For variety and interest the December
number of The Smart Set ranks all PIE
Ylous issues of that smart magazine. II
Is not too much to say that the novelette,
OF the number, Her Guard of Honor
by Miriam Nicholson, is the strongest
short story that has been published iu
this country in recent years. 1t cannot
be read without profound emotion The
leading characters are an actress and her
son. The child. whom she worships mas
s1onate-y cons flutes hims If Fer guard of
honor, and finds his task difficult. The
second story in length is another of the
series of brilliant society tales that Miss
Caroline K. Duer is contributing to Tho
Smart Set. 1t is entitled AN Unfinished
Elopement," and deals with events al tho
summer capital that came near to gaining
sensational publicity. In this story Miss
Duer demonstrates anew her right to her
acknowledged place as one of the first
American short story writer's. Other
features of this number of "the
magazine of cleverness' are 1.-THE Episode
of the Earl" by Louis Evan Shipman,
author of Darcy Of the Guards" "For4
Love of Lord Patrick" an intensely in
terestmg London story by Mrs Poultney
Bigelow; Crowned With One Crest" a
enthusiastically vigorous story by Ger
trude AthertOn; Lord and Lady Lad
dismeere," by Edgar Fawcett and many
fascinating stories Of far countries by
ellison Willets, Annette Neutrality-suspicious.,
Onoto Watanna and others. In this one
number the reader may have a GLIMPSE
of the society of almost all of the great
cities of the world. There are poems by
Bliss Carman, Clinton ScoIard, Dora
Read Goodale, Henry Tyrell Kate Mas
terson, Joe Lincoln and Frank Roe Bach
elder One of the most interesting fea-
g
"a Love Test" that gains significance
by the fact that it is p-inted anonymous
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Little, Brown & Co. have just published
'"The Worlds DISCOVERIES" by William
Henry Johnson, author of THE Kings
Henchman." 1t includes only such voy-
ages of discovery as were made with a
view to finding sea route to the Indies,
and it's purpose is to trace in outline the
impulse which started early in the fif-
teenth century. with the awakening Of
Europe, and which has reached it's final
achievement in our own time 1t IS be-
iieved to be the only book. giving. as a
whole, a connected account Of the search
for route to the Indies.
In "Shadowings" Lafcadio Hearn Incl
dentally alludes to Pierre Lott as "the'
worlds greatest prose writer"
The third edition Of Rev. A. w. jack
sons James Martineau, a Study and
Biography" is In prepare ton.
''The Hidden Servants" by Francesca
Alexander, is in its second edition.
Advance orders for Capt. MGhans new
book, ''The Problem of Asia and It's Eff
feet Upon international Policies" have
necessitated a second edition before pub
LEGATION. The work will be issued Nov.
II by Little. Brown & Co, and will be
uniform with Capt. Mahan's recent vol
umes, 1.-THE Interest of America in Sea
Power" and Lessons of the War with
SPAIN"
CasseIl & Co, New York, have begun
the publication in thirty semi-monthly
parts of an entirely new edition of that
we'll and favorablv known standard work.
Lewis Wrights Illustrated Book of Poul-
try