The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-07
LITERARY NOTES.

The sixth thousand Of Lillian Writings
new book, THE Spiritual Significance;
OF, Oeath as an Event in Life is now
ready.
A poster for Mrs. Maud Wilder Cod
Goodwin "Sir CHRISTOPHER has been
designed by the well-known artist Ed
win FL Elashfeld.
Prof Guy Carleton Lee, writing in the
baltimore Sun, says that Miss Beulah
Marie Marie Dixs new novel, ''The Making Of
Christopher Ferringham'' (The MacMil-
Ian company. is far and away the best
story that has appeared this spring"
The scene of Ellis Meredith's forthcom-
ing story, The MasterKnot Of Human
Fate" is laid at Crystal Park near
Manitou, Col, and about ten miles from
Colorado Springs The park belongs to
Col. Hay, who did most of his work on
his Life of Lincoln there.
Richard LIE Gallienne's new romance,
THE Love Letters Of the King" abounds
with ep1grams and aphorisms. Broadly
speaking he says. for instance, there
are in England only two recognized oc-
either kill his fellowmen or govern 1
them
The style Of Sidney McCalPs Truth
Dexter adds greatly to the charm Of
the story. This short passage is an ex-
ample OF the vivid pictures throughout
in the blue films of distance along the
southwest. Dozens Of little yachts and
ScEoonerS darted like butterflies across
the greenish waters of the shadows
There IS steady demand for I'm and
Around the Grand Canyon" the work
by George Wharton James on the Granl
canyon of the Colorado river in Arizona.
The first edition has been exhausted for
Brown Co., have now second edition
ready. An edition de luxe, known as
the Pasadena Edition." limited to 500
copies, has also just been issued.
More lately we have had a group Of
writes Julian Hawthorne, which I am
inclined to think exhibit q higher genius
than even the works Of Bjornsen.
She is in some respects the great
est woman writer that ever lived" The
group. Of BOOKS referred to comprises
''The Story of Costa Berling," '"The Mir
acies of Antichrtst," and Invisible
Links"
Little. Brown & Co. have now
nance, THE Love-Letters of the King
and Truth Dexter by Sidney Mccall
These columns will be followed early in
april by Mrs CamPbes striking new
The Master-Knot of Human Fate and
new editions Of Mrs. Fawcett's Life Of
Queen Victoria, and Prof. Wells Mod
ern German Literature" The new colonial
romance by Maud Wilder Goodwin, Sir
ChristoDher''-on of the strongest works
that Mrs. Goodwin has written-will ap-
pear later IN April.
Miss Gwendolen Overton's novel "The
Heritage of Unrest" (the Macmillan
company has had a good reception in
England. new edition for the English
market has just been demanded Miss
Beulah Marie Dix, whose clever story,
ham,, was published two weeks ago,
also wins the approval of her English
readers. Both these books by American
women are having very rapid sale on
the other side. The report in the New
York papers that English book trade
is dull seems to apply to the work of
English authors.
Recently collection of Mr.. Harben's
short stories reprinted by Henry Alte-
mus company. Philadelphia, from the
Century and other magazines, and enti-
tied Northern Georgia Sketches" has
been published. OF them Mary 2; Viii
tistic and fun of human interest. 1 did
not know there was another Southern
writer except James Lane Allen capa-
BILE of writing such stories The New
York Home Journal says the book VIII not
suffer in comparison with KlplingS
"Rlain Tales From the Hills and the
literary editor of the Buffalo Commerc. al,
in reviewing it, says: THE book con-
tains positively the best stories I have
ever read Of Southern low life.''
The April Bookman, a reliable maya
zine of literature and life (Dodd, Mead
& Coz contains lot of interesting mat
Ter. Besides Tile NOuIOulClc StIlO OOIH-
ment," always a strong feature of the
Bookman, the contents include, in part
the following: I'm Youth (poem), with
Illustration by Melaine Elisabeth Leonard,
Anthony Trollope,'' Harry Thurston
Peck; Personal "reminiscences of Hor-
ace Greeley" by a Veteran Journalist;
"In Copy of I.auncelot and Guinevere"
(poem), Richard Hovey; Queen Alex
andra;' George w. Cables New Or
leans,' described and sketched by Wal
ter Hale; "a Note on Stephen Crane.
John D. Barry; 1.-The News Element in
Modern Fiction Meth Boyce; Inter
lude (poem). Virginia Woodward Cloud;
1.-THE Chinese Mother Goose" Edward
S. Holden.
Mrs. Helen Campbell,s novel. "Ballan-
tyne" will shortly be published by Little.
Grown s. Co. Although the book