The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-16
Atwater Mason. Published by Elem

Atwater Mason. Published by Elem
ing HI. Revell company, New York
The Little Green God" is a book
with a purpose and practically no plot
Its aim is to point out the inconsist-
ency Of those cultured Christians who
have taken up the Oriental occult cult,
sending missionaries to India. Bud
dhism according to the little Green
God" is not the pure and lofty idealisn
as taught by Swami and its occidental
devoteeS but rank idolatory and ma
terialism. The hero of the book if he
may be so called, is an old East Indian
missionary, who visits a fashionable
clergyman only to find the wife and
daughters carried away by the Bud
dh1St fad and cultivating the very sect
he is striving so hard to convert. Hor-
r1fied at what seems to him a betrayal
of Christianity he goes back to India
to die of a broken heart.
Essentials of Business Law-By Fran
els M Burdick, professor Of law in
Columbia university. Published by
d. Appleton & company, New York
Francis M. Burdiek's Essentials of
Business Law is one of the best treat
fses on the subject which has ever been
given to that portion Of the public
not versed in legal lore. The work is
school and for those liable to fall into
business pitfalls. Although the prin-
c1ples of law are carefully given the
language is that Of clear, lucid, every
day speech, easily understood by men
of ordinary intelligence.
In a. brief preface to the book Prof.
T Burdick says: 1.-THE author has no
idea that a mastery of this book will
tit the student for a bar examination
or will enable him to be his own law
yer. He has the conviction, however,
that it will give the student a fair
acquaintance with those legal princi-
pies and ideas which are involved in
ordinary business affairs"
Kings of the Queensberry ReaIm-By
w. w. Naughter, Americas best
known sporting authority" Pub
lished by the Continental Publishing
company, Chicago.
The line Americas best-known
sporting authority" is taken from the
title page Of Naughter's book and is
a good indication of the mans nauseat-
ing eg0tism. By whom was this cheap
writer anOinted as Americas best
known sporting authority?" And was
there ever scribbler on sporting top
les who talked more frequently and
namely straight through his hat?
Naughter a sporting authority! Any
body who wagers anything on what
this man says in print is likely to lose
his money.
And the book. 1t is Of that large
class which should never have gotten.
into the hands of publisher. 1t is
compilation of a lot of alleged fnfor-
| nation in regard to prize fighters and
prize fighting. The book has one
only one-redeeming feature; it's pic
lures are good.
Jezebei-By Lafette McLaws. Pub
lished by Lathrop Publishing COM
pany, Boston.
Biblical stories-Stories that are
peopled with biblical characters
must always have a peculiar fascina-
ton for the average reader. Like the
historical novel they possess the charm
of reality that more fiction, no mat
ter how intensely presented, lacks.
But unlike the historical novel, the
biblical novel never distracts because
Of glazing historical Inaccuracies. That
there are such inaccuracies IN the bib
0lical story no one can doubt, but who
is there that Is able to point them out
Mr.. McLaws has selected one of the
wicked women Of the Bible for the he
roine of his new book. The name,
Jezebel, has always been turn of re-
proach on all lands where the old tes-
lament is read. This book which
makes of her a heroine attempts no
extenuation of her wicked deeds but
neither does it condemn. Indeed, the
book is a picture rather than lesson
"a picture of splendid pagan time
when brilliant pageants, the glitter of
FURNISHED gold and the flash of jewels,
concealed vice, cruelty and oppression.
The story opens with pen picture
of Elijah, the prophet, praying in the
desert for the safety of Israel. Elijah
is one of the principal characters in the
I1rrf
has drawn of him shows him in the
light of a fanatic rather than of a
great teacher. This treatment of the
prophet gives q curiouSly pagan tone
to the book. 1t is not that Elijah is
pictured as weak or hyStericaI. In
deed, the story shows him consistent
ly strong throughout even to his mar
tydom, but it is a strength born of
frenzy rather than of reason. The
story is told in the first person by
dwarf who is a follower of Ahab, aft
erwardS king of Israel. Ahab falls in
love with Jezebel, daughter of the
king of Tyre, and carries her off to his
own country Israel. For awhile Jeze-
bel is loving and contented wife. But
Elijah's constant preaching against
false gods of her own people, enrages
her and she plots the prophets dis
truction. Her plotting in the end Is
successful and the prophet is stoned to
death. Later a miracle, performed be-
fore their very eyes brings about a
change of heart in Jezebel, and her
husband and they cease their persecu-
ton of the followers of Elijah.
The book is we'll written and at times
dramatic. Some excellent illustrations
by Corwin X. Linson add to it's attrac-
tivenesS.
The Cross of Christ in BoIo Landry
John Marvin Dean. Published by
Fleming H. RevelI company, Chicago
and New York
Rev. John Marvin Dean, who was
formerly an army secretary of the in
ternatonaI committee of the Young
Mems Christian association In the
Philippine islands, has just issued