The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-19

asserted, the American people are not likely
to restrict" In the chapter, on 'tAnglo-Amer
lean Trade Relations" Mr.. Carnegie uphods
the principle of protection and rather wet
blankets efforts to expand our export trade
holding that the home market is the thing
after all and Great Britain can best supply
manufactures to foreign nations. This was
written in 1899 and probably Mr.. Carnegie
will now admit that he may, in view of events
since then, have to revise his views. He de-
votes a chapter to his tariff IDEAS and ad-
vocates the restoration of the policy of re-
ciprocity to it's fullest extent with Spanish
America as a profitable investment He
would highly tax all Canadian products COM
ing to us, for the reason that Canada is a
possible foe upon our flank she being
subordinate to a European power. and he
would admit all raw material for our manu-
facturers free of duty, when the material i'm
ported is to be used in goods exported. At
present such materials are dutiable to the eX
tent of one per cent only of regular duties.
He would place works of art on the free list
and would tax more heavily imports bought
by the rich. &@i$
The whole book is stimulating in the high
est degree. There is a cheerful, positive
tone about it which is really delightful.
The Mother of the Catos. BY Richard
Voss. Translated from the German by Mrs.
j. NJ. Lancaster. New York: The Nicely
Company. So
There are three, love stories i'm this book,
and each of them differs in controlling tone.
The title story Is a very beautiful idyl. full
of the mellowness of Italian atmosphere and
located in the Albanian heights, among the
ruins of the splendid villas and gardens pf
the old Roman emDerors and senators and
consuls. The hero is a poor cobber who fell
in love with Sabina the beauty of Frascati
and full of 11umor is the tale. "Lala'' is set
to the minor key, and ION Vulture Island is
| a tragedy of love. and stormy as the sea
which broke and walled against the hoary
insular crags, the heroine having the spell OF
'the evil eye which made each man she
looked at fall in love with her. There lis an
irresistible charm about the literary style
of the author.
The Mystery of the Sea. BY Bran
Stoker. author OF "Dracula. New York
noubleday Page Page Go. Minneapolis: ~
Bran Stoker has exceedingly fine powers
of imagination. He revels in mysteries. About
the person Of the old Gormala MacNiel seem
TO hover the hosts of the powers of darkness
She has eyes to see professions of departed
spirits She is a seer through darkness. She
is an x-ray. The whole story is charged with
wierdness. The hero, Archie Hunter. sum
| mering in a quiet village on the rugged Scot.
fish coast meets beautiful girl, with whom
he falls in love, without knowing that she
was rich heiress from Chicago whom a par.
ty of men were trying to kidnaD. He wins
her and they are married and he becomes he,
protector. The purchase of an old chest BY
| Hunter at auction proves to be very impor
| tant event. In it he finds papers in the Ba
CONAN cipher and after infinite labor reads
| of vast treasure concealed ina cave, the
| locality Of which is indicated So. between
| protecting Marjory his wife from the kidnap.
pers and looking UP the treasure, which was
| found and ascertained to have been deposited
there to aid the conquest of England by SPAR
for the pope three centuries before, Mr.. Hun
ter had an interesting time There was
| series of tragedies and desperate struggle
| with desperate men, who had also discovered
| the secret passage to the treasure cave ant
| had carried away most of it, and it with then
went to the bottom of the sea with their ship
The Baconian cipher episode is interesting
| and it is given place in the appendix. Thos'
who like creepy tales of second sight and see
ing through the eyes of the dead will follow
the career of Gormala Mac Mel with deel
| interest
guments of the Plays Of SHAKESPEARE. By
Walker McSpadden. New York: Thoma
Y Crowell 4 Co. Price, As cents net.
This little volume embodies very usefu
aid to the study of.Shakspere. 1t contain.
synopses of the plots by acts, enabling read
ers who cannot grasp the actual contnuit,
of action, and who get a little confused
over details, to have a clear vision Of tn
whole field Some people may object to thi
handbook as doing too much for the student
on the ground that he ought to be able t
i synopsize play himself: but it is more like
ly that, through these synopses, a student vii
become more interested in tracing the Sc
quence of events himself. lie will get NOR
Immediately in touch with the action in
! play. For instance, "rhe Tempest is ad
miraibly synopsized in three pages; AS Yo