The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-06

with that interest and attention would
have been paid to that connection had
Dreyfus been convicted and banshed and
retired twelve or fifteen years previously.
1t would have been gratifying had lola
worked the Dreyfus case, into a romance
and published it.
- NEW BOOKS
POEMS. By, Charles G. D. Roberts. Boston,. L.
C.2Page & Co.. 200 Summer street. $3.50
Canada may we'll be proud of her poet
Mr.. Roberts, who may be called her lau-
reate, and who, a deep student of ma,
ture in all her moods in that beautiful
land, has been charming interpreter Of
these moods This volume is full Of ma
lures inspiration, and, according to a -,
PREDATORY note by the author, contains
all that he cared to- preserve of his poetry
written before 1899. He sent forth much
Immature verse in the earlier period, as
even Tennyson did; but this collection en-
bodies a minimum Of vealy verse and
contains his best poems, such as the ode
for the Shelley centenary in 1892. =!
THE DIARY OF SAINT. By Arlo Bates. Bos
TOM, aoughton, Mfnin & Co.: Minneapolis:
Stories told in the form of a diary are
not often very interesting, but Mr.. Bates
has succeeded in this one, for, although it
is a little solemn it embodies a fine
philosophy and example of self sacrifice.
Ruth Privet, a New England girl, writes
the diary Of a year, during which she had
almost an excess Of the darker expert
ences Of life She tenderly nursed her sick
mother until her death; was deserted by
the man to whom she was engaged, and,
before the year. ended, lost the man she
really loved by drowning The girl mean
time ceaselessly sacrificed her own COM
fort for others and induced others to right
grievous wrongs. Regarded as a danger
Gus person fby the neighbors. from their
Theological standpoint, the. girl confronted
them with sublmely altruistic life each
day, which ultimately made her critics
contemplate her at her true worth. The
diary is full Of sublime sentiments, and
is most attractive as narrative.
California. By Gertrude Atherton, author of
'The Conqueror,' etc. Illustrated by Fisher.
New York: The Macmillan company. Mime
apolis: N. Mccarthy. Price $780,
Mrs. Anterior is most attractive Wri-
ter Of tales Of Californian life. Her resi-
dcnce there. and her studies Of the old
Spanish days and her tropical imagination
and facility Of expression enable her to
give q genuine coloring to these stories of
which there are thirteen in this book,
some of which appeared several years ago
in the authors Before the Gringo Came"
writer in such tales as 'The. Pearls of
Loreto," 1.-The Head Of a PRIEST and 1.-THE
Vengeance of Padre Arroyo"
OUR LADY OF THE BEECHEs. BY the Bar
oness Won Hutton. Boston: Houghton, Milf
| hin & CO. Minneapolis: N. Mccarthy. Price.
Those. who read this delicious little ro-~
nance told largely in letters, when it ap-
peared as a serial in The Atlantic, Of
course cannot resist reading it again IN
book form. The letters Of the countess
| to the scientist, each unknown. personally
| to the other, remind one of Balzacs CORE
spondence with the unknown lady. The
prologue of letters in this book is delight
| full reading but the most delicate literary
| construction is toward the close and eli
max. There was some perllOus playing
with fire, but the countess safely overcame
conditions which prove the ruin of some
| women in like situation
THF CHAMPION. By Charles Egbert Grad
| dock. Boston: Houghton, Miffin & Co. Min
| neapolis: N. Mccarthy. Price 81.
| Miss Murfree in this story abandons
her beloved east Tennessee mountaineers
| and tells of the career of a boy who began
life as a printers ''deVil'' and was called
| 1.-The Champion by his companions be-
cause Of his frequent boasts that he in
| CGnQSO 10 DG d CllSilIlIlOIl COIQpOSlIOE ike
| Bob P1att; the foreman of the office. The
| burning Of a tleater is the basis of the
action of the story, the champion" being
suspected wrongly of incendiarism. Miss
| Murfree ought to give us more stories of
this kind 80 -. ;: ~ e.. = -~ : =
THE STORY OF: A LIVING TEMPLE. A
STUDY OF THE HUMAN BODY: By.F. N.
| Rossiter and Mary H. Rossiter Chicago: F.
Fl. Revell company. Minneapolis: n. Nc,
/ Carthy. 49, :s.. -. ~ ..~ss-. q.
1 This book is one of the most perspicu-
ousiy and attractively written descriptions
of the human body in print. 1t is writ
ten, as the title suggests; with a didactc
! fayoring, showing the beauty and sacred
:. ness of the human body as the temple OF
| the spirit Of God and the duty Of treating
our bodies as such temples and keeping
them in health and strength. There is a
| fine originality about this book which
l must command attention. 1t is unlike
any other book on the subject. It's argu.
! ments capture the mind and reason. =.
! KIND WORDS FOR "JOE" RLETHEN
| Leslie's Weekly of Oct. 16 has the follow
1 ing inIits People Talked About" column
on Joe" Blethen, who is we'll known ii
i Minneapolis and has many friends her,
! who rejoice in his success:
l. "Mr. Joseph Blethen, the young Seattl
! writer who won immediate recongnitioi
I with his excellent short stories, was borl
u in 1870, in Pennington, Me-, to which stat
his parents and their people for the tw,
preceding generations were native Whel
he was 10 years Of age his family wen
q, west" and Mr.. Blethen's life has beer
spent SO far in Kansas City, Minneapolf
and Seattle. He was graduated from tn
! University Of Minnesota in 1891, being a
that time but q years Of age.
about this time Mr. Blethen wrote sew
eral short stories, not one Of which wa
accepted. Then he tried his hands at PLAYS
Il One of these he sold for $3.50, and it i
i still played under the title of The Chin
ook.' In 1896 the Blethens moved to Seat
tie, where they have made an almos
phenomenal success with the Times, whic
they own, and Of which the subject of thi
sketch Is managing editor, his father be
4 ing editor-in -chief. They have one of tn
u most beautiful and luxurious homes IN TT,
city. In 1899 Mr.. Blethen was Marie
y to Miss Genevieve Swadley and that win
!, ter, at his Wife's request undertook t
} write six short stories. He wrote five
; Four of these were at once accepted an
!, published in leading magazines Sine
y that winter eight other stories by M,
Blethen have been published. His work il
!, this line finds ready sale and has attracts
u a great deal of attention. It is distin
Kuished for fresh. vigorous. movin
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