The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-02

Jects that are now treated bv those
Who-unlike Mary MacLane-fear to
reveal themselves to cold and critical
public.
Flandrau in Town.
Mr.. Charles Macomb Flandrau, the
writer, is spending the summer at his
home in st. Paul Mr.. Flandrau made
his fame by Harvest Episodes" a lot
OF clever tales showing much insight
INTO student nature in particular and
human nature in general as well as a
thorough understanding of the some
what peculiar social conditions exist
ing at Harvard university. Mr. Elan
drau has not only an excellent liter
airy style, but is master of witty dia-
logue as we'll. His college tales which
appeared last year in the Saturday
Evening Post attracted attention and it
IS hoped that he will soon be heard
from again. 1t is rumored that Mr..
FIandrau is at work upon a novel in
different vein, a serious effort which
his friends hope is true, for while COL
lege stories have served to Introduce
him and procure him a public his
powers are quite equal to a larger
field which would, without doubt. bring
him a-more lasting fame.
Nordau Likes His Book.
DR.. Max Nordau, the writer of De-
generation, has been reading "The
Leopard's Spots" that powerful ex-
position of the race question from the
Southerner's point of view, and he
thinks it the most remarkable book
he has read in years. He says: tsPoW-
erful by its plot, more so by the great
ness of the issues treated, most so bv
the nobleness and lofty force of its
good characters. The incidents are
stirring, and emotional parts rend the
n6act. ~,
scholar and the thinker. But precise
ly by reason of the f1rst-rate qualities
or this master work, I put it down
with quivering heart. Man! Are
you conscious of your immense re-
sponsibility? Have you deliberately
undone the work of Harriet Beecher
Stowe?"
This is high praise and may well be
appreciated by Mr.. Dixon who has
written this remarkable and powerful
story Doubtful as it is whether the
work of Mrs. Stowe could be undone
by any book or any force, 1t is well that
some one who knows real conditions in
the South has been able to paint the
Southern side of the picture with such
sure touches. The South has needed
such an exposition for many years and
1T may serve to show hot-headed and
cock sure Northerners that there is
ground for the position taken by nany
cultured SouthernerS on the subject of
race distinction and race equality. It's
perusal might be of benefit to the club
women Of this country before they de-
eide the momentous color question. if
indeed 1t is possible for any body of
women or men to decide it.
1.-THE Trust; Its Book"
The New York Times Saturday Re-
view of books for the current week
contains an article touching some
phases Of trusts, discussed by a writer
who has been reading the recent book.
The Trusts: It's Book" He saws at
the outset that he reminds himself of
a solemn looking man at one of the
Moody meetings who refused a tract
saying: mo, thank you, 1 am already
saved" as he believed that popular
discussion of this subject does no good
and was further confirmed in that opin-
ion by the reading of this particular
book. He says 1T is useless to argue
about things into which financial in
terests enter so largely, particularly
when the discussion is apt to .degener.
ate into a political wrangle. The
writer, Mr.. Charles Fisk Beach. thinks
the remedial hand of time will affect
all adjustments of the relations of
capital and labor and he believes that
If in the course of events trusts are