The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-30
LITERARY NOTES

Every golf played in the land will be
IIIIg n IN portfolio of pictures by
F. T. Richards about to be published nv
II. ii. russell, under the title The R0vslf
Game Of Golf The portfolio will c9n-
tam exquisite handcolored prints of single
unique pictorial history of the rovai and
ancient game. Mr. Richards has snept
considerable &c time in searching records of
"a oFe ga same Me- also In the study of costumes
uIshed exact reproductions of the dress of
the relgns Of Mary Stuart, Charles l..
earns aIIies vic l Anne George Ill and the
designed primarily for framing for wall
decoration in dens. clubs and country
houses, and being OF historical value, viii
also claim attention from those who ara
interested in historiography.
The Cup Races" is the title of q su
peru collection of thirty-five wash draw
ngs and sketches by the well-known ar
Gld style, and which will be issued this
week by R. H, Russell These drawings
snow the most interesting features of
the races for the Americas cup. and in
ciude line pictures Of the new challenger.
shamrock IL, and of the defenders. Con
stltutlon and Independence Descriptive
L teXt accompanies each drawing. The
book Is very attractively bound, and will
interest all lovers of aquatic SPORTS
Or: Charles w. Stubs, dean of F,lv.
writing Of Aunie Nathan Meyers novel
ho et3rt Annys, Poor. Priest, speaks of it
with unqualified praise as a fine piece of
historical work and also a charming ro-
nance.
Frank T. Bullen's new volume, "A
Sack OF Shakings." published by Nc
Clure, Phillips & Co.. has aroused among
the unlnltlated, not little interest by its
unusual title "Shakings," the author
tells US, are odds and ends of rope and
and are the perquisites of the first mate
His sack of 'Shakings ''-otharwise col
Iectlon OF sea yarns, bits of nautical lore,
odd customs of sailors. legends Of the
sea, ana exciting experiences of his own,
the author here shares with his unnau-
tlcaI fellows; for Mr.. Bullen was once m
aole-6od1ed seaman, and has gotten his
knowledge ait first hand. He is. more
oyer, an entertaining storyteller, and
ms Shakings are always interesting
and often amusing.
Mcclure, Phillips, & Co. will publish
next autumn an illustrated reDrint Of
christopher in His SPORTING Jacket NV
john Wilson Christopher North, author
OF ,Noetes Ambrosianae." This diverting
account so;Q,I e OF OF the sports in vogue in the
south OF Scotland at the end of the eigho
IeenGn century first appeared in Black
WOOD Magazine for September 1873 and
Mas S3.tterward included in christopher
topher in His Sporting Jacket" is nI s,fi IL
cally unknown, but it has qualities Of a
nlSh order In narrative description. hu~
NOR and feeling for nature that AZ If 70
become classic of our literature.
In the days of the Ku Klux Khan ter
r1oIe stories came up from the South of
the attempts OF the Southern whites to
1ntlmldate negro voters The dra site
not SO much SO the subtler methods of
suppressing black votes, although these
We're equally effective. In his recent
novel, Henry Bourland," the writer has
made study. of some of these means
one was very simple yet doubly adyan-
Iageous to the opposite party. The ne
sroeS, unable able to read, had been instructed
by their leaders to put their mark oppo-
site Llncoln's nose. whose head was the
emblem Of their party By triclerv tbe
OPPOSITE tbd4 SIDE got the ballots printed so
negroes, unwittingly voted for the other
candidate. 0'41o1
In the list of books compiled bv the
New York state library from data fur
popular books of 1906 it is significan+ to
note that only one of the flfty named
during the year is religious in its aim
and and that was Rev. DR.. N. D Hills, ON on
Life NAouern
The Macmillan company will soon pub
lish for the University of Chicago Press
the first of several series of tra6s,~. ions
OF ancient records, which are TO he Mn
IlSned IN the near future under the gen
eral ed1torship Of President William p
IA 2t The first of this series win be
the Ancient Records Of BabvIonia anS
Assyria," including all the BabvIoniaI1
and Assyrian historical Inscriptions, ar
ranged IN chronological order, winch nave
peen published up to this time This Sc
RES VIII consist of six volumes of 2OO-25O
pages each. ~" NO0
Inc few articles by Clara Morris, which
nave appeared in recent numbers Of NC
lure magazine, giving her recorections
" 81, the stage ana It's people, will have
gwen the public foretaste of a larger
treat in store for them In the volume con
ss.1stlng OF these and many additional
q Co. are preparing to issue In the fail
The fifteenth thousand Of Truth Dex-
ter by Sidney MCCALL. Is ready.
A charming and powerful novel on Liz