The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-28
LITERARY NOTES.

tiiiiieoiaeely upon her return from Eu-
rope last year, Mrs. Schuyler Crownin-
shlelu began work upon a society novel
II "h'eh she designed to Dit seIre
phases OF life never btf ere to,lctlei IN
netioh. Inc book viii shortly be issued
by mcclure, Phillips & Co, and those
that have read the story say that 1t
SHOWS consumnatad kRo Wedge OF the
world and penetrating insight into hu-
man nature such as only a writer Of very
wide and exceptional social experience
could have possessed.
Edwin Markham's Second Book Of
Poems, which will be issued from the
press Of Mcclure, Phillips & Co, early
in October, will contain several poems
not before published. The note Of hepe-
fulness runs through the vases IN this
volume quite in con-rast 10 the pessirnisn
which some critics read into THE Man
With the Hoe
Another edition Of the American Sal
ad Book (McClure, Phillips Company
has just been issued, in which appear
seventeen additional receipts The vol
ume Is now practically an encyclopedia
on the subject.
1.-The Girl at the Halfway House, Mr.
e Hough's successful nav romance, Is
appearing also in a Canadian edition
1.-The Brass Bottle" the new romance
by F. Anstey, which is said to be IN the
brilliant ''Vice Versa vein, is to be pub
lished probably in september Dy II. Ap-
Pfeton Il Co.
The approach of the centenary of the
birth of Hans Christian Andersen Is to be
! celebrated by the simultaneous issue, in
several countries, of a Sumptuous edition
of his Fairy Tales" The work has been
undertaken under the auspices of the
Danish government, Mr. Hans Tegner,
the greatest living Danish artist, having
] devoted eleven years to the illustrations.
| Mr.. Tegner's fellow artists are loud in
| praise of his work, Mr.. Edourd Detaihe
declaring 1t to be "a veritable national
monument
| In his new book, THE Beers In War, +"
/ to be issued shortly by D. Appleton 81 Co,
! the author, Howard c. FBillegas. who
wrote loom Pau1's People," the story OF
! the South African nation, says that the
! Beers never had more than 10000 armed
men In the field at once. According te
| the British war Office, there were no less
! than z50e00 English soldiers in South AT
| RIGA to subdue this handful Of Beers. Mr.
/ Hillegas gives an excellent account Of the
| Beers method of fighting.
| A marvellous discovery in the realm OF
| Acknowledgements along beam of light
is interestingly described in the Septer-
Der Pearson's by c. Montgomery MCCOY
/ ern. There is also an exceptionally time
! ly article on the fire boats attached tC
the FIRE departments of our big cities,
] Robert Barr tells OF the feud between the
| MacFarlanes and the MacGregors in his
! thrilling story, 1.-The Lost Piper" the
peculiarities OF icebergs are detailed most
! entertainingiy by Gertrude E. Donaldson
AthOl MaEde describes the method en-
ployed by the Japanese in stunning THEN
NINA ture trees; the eed fisheries are full
| ~ described by Rene Bache; the knack OF
| photographing cats and dogs is revealed
| by D. r. Timmins; Edgar Mels tells of TIA
/ failures of missionaries in China, and the
| cause thereof; W. L. Alden describes a
horrible new disease the wall paper hab-
| it; Cutcliffe Hyne has splendid story
''The Eloping Princess" Edgar Jepsor
supplies a fine racing story, "A Bottle OF
| Water" Louis Beclle relates the history
of Susani and Fred M. White continues his
romances Of the secret service fund with
I'm the Express" The September Pear,
sons Is superbIy illustrated and better
! than any of it's predecessors. It is an
nounced that with the October number
| Pearson's will become the biggest Illus
| trated magazine in the world.