The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-19

Booklover's library has been watched
with no little interest by publishers and
others concerned in literary matters. The
founder and manager, Seymour Eaton, of
Philadelphia, is well known in newspaper
and literary circles, and has long cher
ished the desire to undertake such an
enterprise and has had faith that it would
be popular among the people. His faith
has been justified by the result; indeed
the Booklover's has become a fad. 1t
furnishes the best of books, we'll bound
and unhandled, to its patrons and the
most critical would find it difficult to cavll
at the service Added to this it sends
free to subscribers twice a month the
'BCOklovers Bulletin" a pamphlet Of
literary news and notes of the latest
books. The library is now being estaD-
lished in England, and the English are
again being given an example of Ameri-
can enterprise and originality.
AS we hear SO much fault finding with
our own public library here in st. Paul,
or rather our lack of library, it is just
as we'll to say something on the other
side. The truth is that cur public library
is not poor one, indeed there are many
more i'll equipped, many less up to the
times. The library board uses every effort
to supply the latest books. and that with
in reasonable time, and the reference IL
brary is acknowledged by all to be ex-
which reade are treated, the trouble that
the young women and men viii take in
waiting upon the library patrons cannot
be too highly commended. Complaint al
the poor housing of our books is legt til
mate; this will be reneded in time and
with added space, and adequate facilities
will naturally come a fuller library, bur
under pre-. ent circumstances it is not too
much to say that the st. Paul public IL
brarY could rot be better
Richard lie Gallienne, who spent year.
or nearly a year, in Minneapolis recent
ly, is asking himself futile questions and
answering them in the rewspape.s A
late discussion started by him was the
result of his asking DO women write
better novels than men?" This, of course,
started novel writer's of both sexes to
talking for publication, and incidentally
led to a good deal of nonsense getting
into print This result is und -ubtediv
what Mr.. lie Caffeine counted upon, and
one can fancy his thoroughly enjoying
the teapot tempest which he "a sed. All
the women novel writers rushed into print
to say that they did not for a moment
think they wrote better than men, while
the masculine novelists ccndescending,y
admitted that some women wrote very
well indeed.
Apropos of lie Caffeine there is a good
story Of him which has not appeared in
print in this vicinity, although the in
cident occurred when he resided in our
sister city. DR.. Burton was then giving
a course Of lectures to the teachers OF
St. Paul, and lie Gall enne told Burton
he would be pleased to come over with
him and hear one of the lecturers. So
one evening these two interesting men
appeared at the lecture room door, where
stood a teacher taking the tickets. Miss
Blank,' said DIR. Burton, this is Mr.
Richard LIE Gallienne." But the fame of
the gentle Richard had not reached this
particular teacher. so she said. 81 am
happy to meet Mr.. lie Gallienne," ard
then to DR.. Burton, Us the young man
going to take the entire cOurse?" The
story was too good to be kept and scne
literary folk in New York got hold of it,
and when LIE Caffeine reached there his
life was made a burden.
The near approach of what is known
as the silly season brings the same in
tiuN of foolish stories relating to the love-
Torn maiden with a hard-hearted papa
who separates her from her beloved one.
only to relent after five chapters and al
low Of the very ''sWell wedding which
usually forms a happy ending for this
sort OF literary sustenance. Of course
one does not care for disquisitions upon
metaphysics in the dog days, but one
wonders whether a halt viii ever he call 4
which always marks the spring season.
a popular literary magazine doubts the
'oIten-Seen statement that we have t7o
much fiction in this country and as a
people are too much given to novel read
LnS- 10 prove its contention it notes the
hgures of the sales of David Har11u"
as belng the most popular novel by an
American, as only just past the 5OO.9oe
mark, and appears to clinch its argument
by the statement that there are 10000 900
persons IN this country who could read
books if they chose.
Hehry Harland's new book, which as
YET mas hardly reached reviewers. is en-
ulIed The Lady Paramount" To lovers
OF THE Cardinals Snuffbox''-and who
that has read that exquisite love story 10
not lover of it?-this will be welcome
news. 1t is said to be in the vein of his
most popular story above mentioned. If
IS interesting in this connection to know
lhat Henry Harland is none other than
me author so well known at one time in
New York under the pen name of Sidney
LuSE2, the writer of Jewish stories Jir
lame came later, however. when he left
New York for England and began to write
over his own name
In the current Critic there is a most in
teresung account Of Charles f. Lunnmis.
his work and his home in Los Angeles,
Lummis is the editor of "Out West" a
Ce'iiAOIHId magazine formerly known as
Land of sunshine but perhaps he is
more widely known as the author of .sThe
Awakening of a Nation" Spanish
Pioneers and several other books relat-
ing to the Spanish occupation of the
Southwest. Indeed Mr.. LOOMS is regard
ed as an authority upon the early settle
ments of this country, and it is said that
not only is his learning deep and wide but
his memory wonderfully accurate as To
rates and figures. Personally. the write,
in the critic says, he is a man Of marked
individuality which many persons call
eccentricity. He is building with his own
hands a stone house which he saws will
stand for 1000 years; it is rambling ana
queer and destined to be monument to
the genius of this remarkable man. The
writer says Mr.. Lummis works ten bours
with his hands by day and ten hours with
his brains by night and knows no such