The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-17
LITERARY NOTES.


The opening article of the American Il
d dnstrate TED Methodist Magazine. for March,
deals with an historic subject which has
peeh receiving particular attention, owing
" tne book Wnlch. Bishop Keener recently
pun sned, In. which ne seeks to prove that
e; President Warren, of Boston univer-
SHY, would place It at the north pole. The
article. scholarly one. is concerned with
the jewish and christian conception of
its locality, and traces this Convention
from augustine. Through Dante. to Mil
ton All Bible readers will find 1t inter-
Sstins' ana Its treatment appeals to stu
dents of literature.
Eben Holden 9Tlothrop Publishing com
pany), by Irving Bachelor. still main
IalnS us prominence aSsthe best selling OF
r. books Fergthe past two months
- has req the Bookman's reports of best
S1ehlIlg DOCKS Orders are large and con-
tlnuous. and the 250th thousand is Just
coming from the press.
Among the new editions issued by Rand.
Mitbc ,!ly d GO. in their popular Oriental
~, i!tIpls1l Is paper covers are the following:
liza IN hampton Roads, " by Charles Eugene
HANKS and George Cram Cook: 'dThe
launching of Man." by Stanley Water
100! ..T5a Judge ad Elbridge." by oTie Read;
AyInar Mathews; 1.-The Flame in the
Secket, by Adelfne Sergeant
Among the new books just issued by
d ~ NJ, MMcNally & Co., is Nell Gwynne
and His Court, "lbv Hail Downjna Re- -,
inances Of his history are ever a fascinat-
ing theme for the novelist and no less in
eeereStLng reading to the general public.
Tor there is an element in them that
appeaiS TO the imagination as well as to
the heart. Many historical romances
nave appeared during the last few years
yet snere IS not one that presents more
Ialthful and interesting picture Of the
IiInes ana characters treated of than
goes Nell Gwynne Of Old Drury" This
IS the original edition upon which have
D9en rounded all the dramatic versions
that have been so successfully staged
The Annals of the American Academy
Tor Marcn contains four articles of con-
sioeFaple interest to students of political
ana SOCIAL questions. Election Methods
cilSsed, with full knowledge of prevailing
abuses, by Mr.sClinton Roges Woodruff
S counsel Of the. Philadelphia Municipal
,saaSls, me ne ,Keorga nizatfon Of Rail-
roads is the titIeSof a thoughtful article
by LIZ. ID, s. Meade, showing clearly the
improvement that has been made in re-
cent years In the limited States in the
nosnt,oia OF aallWay securities as invest
l lIpsii as conse quence of railroad reor-
CARNATIONS. Prof W. H Meyer gives
some interesting information in egard IN
ct t:aLe q, Insurance in the United
otales; matter which has received less
attention than 1T merits The number.
conciudes with the annual survey of
Poiit1cal and Municipal LEGISLATION in
W. IT, contributed by Mr. Robert H
w, Mnitten.s Of the New York State Library.
me note departments are more compre-
nenslve than they have been in any prev
lous number, including notes on Colonies
familiar departments on Books" on
ology."
vDoxey's tat the Sign of the Lark, New
L IoiN senus OUT from the well known
VI Of
winch has never been ventured i'm this
ooutlefy. Inc decadents have had their
poets. but 1t has remained for the au-
thor of the Book of jade" whoever he
may be, to claim recognition as their
leader His verse is Oriental to a de-
gree; 1t Is redoleTt with strange per
fumes. Occasionally it is Iurid and
merry; some times it is chill with the damp
OF death; 1t is always original. first
perusaI will lead to second. and it will
f G1ea l,o GAVIN T on the reader that even
decadent Ito whom the book is dedi-
catedl, wrote nothing more unique. The
q 81 a3 Will Undoubtedly be asked Who
at The iiber 4ut4 no The publishers are only
can ana graduate of leading Ameri-
can college. The book is gotten IN in
one e Of the pest oa ddtyeand is in every way
n,otice, moreover, that the edition is Inn
1ted 10 500 copies, each numbered
Houghton, Miffiin & Co. s new books in
eiaos o, Auto biography of Journalist
at Sea-" Greek Scuipture, "atcne Hs
Inc Man Who Was Guilty" {R. p. S.)
A remarkable story is told In the cnr-
TSat issue Of Leslfe's Weekly by its
~ ~ hs afsh4 ing correspondent, to the effect
oILat the United States government ia
ABOUT to abandon the South Atianti. 10 -
Cd4 Seatlon, constructed at Port ROYAL q
~ WITHIN the past ten years at cost
G % am million . dollars, because it's location
t Mofk required of it, and, in fact. becanse
ene whole thing was a mistake PROT
oecaroorough, OF WiIberforce college one
in t te g TTpit LEADERS, Of the colored race
AZ Inc United States, in the same issne
discusses, the cause of race riots I'm a yerv
4DIspsasSlonate and considerate manner
co rot; Zones, OF the Wisconsin university.
oHlllnues ms instructive series OF arti,
cIes on why America. shopId ai b
SGre 7, and Lewis. Nixon, the famous
o9iider Of the fighting Oregon, writes on
Century J asg9rl 5 n the Twentieth
MfaSkers, and H: irving Hancock's story
81 now Gen. Bell successfully fights az
mn Titlipiin1 NOS, are also well worth readinT
" fr nrustrs st features include time
scene in New York, drawn nv naI
onlth; page Of illustrated PERSONALS. 90 q
Wa,1iis amateur. Photographic page of
Gen. Bells successful Campaign ae sai Ing
the !I1 F1lip1nos. Other specially interestinS
ILLUSTRATIONS include page of views ~
=! Inc 1eaTIul wreck Of the Rio de Janeiro
IN IN oan FRANCISCO harbor; photographs of
tne new submarine torpedo boat now he "a
ing built for the American navU t ue
nrst fleet of the kind ever constructed 'I I,o
me United States;a fun-page Drawing bv
-Syoney Adamson. Illustrating a PbiIiny
pine story OF striking interest. and MAJ
other pictures extending through a 1I1,,;
per covering twenty-four pages r. !.
one OF the best of the recent issues of tbis
popular weekly. 'AS
''Montanye or 1.-THE slavers of Nam
York; is the name of q historical ros
nance by William o. Stoddard lust To-
sued py Henry Altemus company, Phila-
Perhaps the most noteworthy article
IN Inc Literary Era for March is the
very brilliant paper, "The Paganfsn, Of
K1pltng, by Charles Johnston. whose
name is attracting attention from his
WfItlngs IN The North American Review
ana elseWhere.g0,I In the same number
1 !s1sg Saltus contributes a paper on
,, LIE Slg 1n Of Rabelais" in his
Wen Known, crisp. fncisive style Miss
a paper entitled "A Literary Center
Iuli CT "reminiscences of by-gone times
william ). Walsh and Henry F. keenan,
keep up the interest of their DEPART
mnents and there is the regular Literary
Walter Smith
Sir Christopher. Maud Wilder Good
WINS forthcoming colonial romance. in
lroouces several favorite characters that
ana also Romney Huntoon, son Of
humphrey Huntoon, The. scene of the
story is laid in Virginia and MARYLAND in
1874 and its climax deals with the attack