The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-09

a run on standard WOrkS IOr a while IN
If in more civilized
ping the tremendous output of books,
particularly senseless and erotic fiction,
it might not do harm to the manners
and morals of the land.
The writer of 1.-THE RuSSellS in Chi
cagO" is unknown except by nom de
plume, and some reviewers think this
a very wise provision. The Russells
are transplanted Bostonians and
though Chicago is vivisected, Boston
has somewhat of a quarrel with the
writer as well. Mrs. Russell, while
trying to make the best of the wild
West" is in reality not converted and
there is a threatened breakup of the
Russell home which is averted by
tactful Chicago woman. One writer
says the story is literary write-up
of Chicago which, on the whole, gets
the best of it in the matter of contrast
with the East.
The London Academy has been pub
fishing a series of articles which it
calls The Truth About an Author"
which although written anonymously
is the work of one whose identity,
says Mr.. w. L. Alden, is unmistakable.
He tells in his last article of his own
experience with publishers and par
ticularly of his career as chief reader
of one firm. He says: 1T cuts me
to the heart to compare English with
American publishers, to the disadvan-
tage, however, slight, of the former;
but the exigencies of a truthful narra-
tive demand from me this sacrifice of
personal feeling" He believes that
American publishers are squarer men,
if the term be allowed, than their fell
low-craftsmen on the English side.
This is interesting, coming as it does
from one who knows the conditions of
the English book-trade better than
most men.
Literary sightseers.
An interesting pa: ty of sightseers that
that is doing Europe this summer con-
sists, in part, of Miss Josephine Dodge
DaSkam, who is a feminine humorist,
a rare thing men will tell US, and the
writer of 1.-THE Madness of Philip" as
well as of other good things; Miss Ida
NJ. Tarbell, historian and magazine
writer; Miss Edith Wyatt, who has
written Everyone His Own Way"
Mr.. George Douglas, whose last name
is really Browne, author of that grew
some and unpleasant book "The House
With The Green Shutters" and Rob-
ert Barr, writer of "a Prince of Good
Fellows" These people are taking
what may be called literary pilgrim
age under the chaperonage of Mr.. s..
S. Mcclure, and it is said that they
are now in Switzerland. Doubtless Mr..
Mcclure might make quite a good
thing of it if he exhibited them at so
much per head, himself contributing 4
sketch of their lives and work It is
reported that Miss Daskam and Miss
Tarbell are excellent walkers and all
round athletes, that Miss Wyatt is
fondest of mental exercise and that
Robert Barr is reported to be the most
''reposefuI man physically" in Eng
land. The writer of the above would
have done we'll to have added note
and explained what a physically re-
poseful man is-that is in England.
In this country we fancy it would mean
something that might not be altogeth-
er complimentary to Mr.. Barr. We
know, at all events, that he has a live.
ly and fanciful imagination.
One of the interesting announce
ments for the autumn is of the appear
ance of '"The Autobiography of a
Newspaper Girl" by Elizabeth l..
Banks, to be issued by Dodd, Mead &
Co. Miss Banks is said to be well
equipped by long experience in journ-
aliSm, to write such a book, and it will
be particularly good reading locally,
as Miss Banks declares that after be-
ing educated in a Wisconsin school,
she began her newspaper career in st.
Paul. Continuing the account of her
experiences it is reported that she went
to Peru as private secretary to the
American minister and when she left
that post became society editor on a
Baltimore paper. In 1892 she went to
London and remained there four years,
after which she came back to this
country and worked on various papers,
only to return to London finally. Her
book contains a portrait of the writer
holding a French poodle which is,
without doubt, her bosom friend. The
book will be eagerly read by those
who have for many years been con-
nected with the ST. Paul press, and
who may remember Miss Banks and
her work here. 1t is to be hoped that
she will not reveal any of the dark
secrets that are so carefully guarded
in all press rooms. It Is suspected,
however, that she will do nothing
ing items to a local column called
Forty Years Ago in st. Paul."
"Bayard of Bengal"
After silence of some time Mr. An
stey is to be heard from again accord
ing to recent London letter. 1t is a
curious story called "Bayard of Ben
GAL" and processes to be the auto
biography of a Bengal babu during a
WISH 10 England. In1S, treated In An
stey's curious and characteristic man
ner, will doubtless be interesting to the
English, but it is very uncertain
whether it will prove attractive over
here. 1t has already been published as
a serial in Punch, from which we may
get some ideo of the style of it's wit
This republishing of books that have
appeared years before as serials has
resulted in trouble, and notably so in
the case of Mr.. Bernard Capes, an
English writer who has a distinct
grievance. Years ago he wrote a story
which ran through many issues of an
English magazine and of which he sold
the copyright. Now he has been
shocked to read that new novel by
Mr.. Capes" will soon appear. and upon
investigation he finds it to be the old
story in question. AS he no longer
owns the copyright, he cannot pre-
vent what looks like a fraud, and one
the burden of which will fall upon
him unless he can give publicity to the
fact of his innocence.
1t will be remembered that when
Mr.. Hughes LIE Roux was in this coun-
try last winter he made a statement
about Daudet's story La Belle Niver-
naise" that set the literary world by
the ears. He said that he wrote the
tale while working as Daudet's secre-
tary. Now Daudet's son has made a
statement in regard to the matter
which has been translated into English
and is worth while quoting. He says
I'm the first place M. Hughes LIE
ROuX was never my fathers secretary.