The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-25

but 1t Is quite certain II WOuiQ HdNS
taken the breath" of the lady in cues
ton. Mr.. Meredith is the author OF
what is known as fine writing" and
the above is an example of some Of the
finest.
"The Night Side of london"
1.-THE Night Side of London by
Robert Machray, illustrated most pro-
fusely by Tom Browne, is an elegantly
gotten up book printed in large type
on fine paper and making a most i'm
pressive volume without very much in
it. 1t gives light sketches of life in
London after dark, q most interesting
subject, and including descriptions of
music halls, clubs, theaters, balls in
the fashionable West end, and other
balls in the questionable East end.
The tales of the clubs are perhaps the
best thing in the book, as the writer
gives one an excellent idea of the stripe
of members that each club is organized
for. including many of the names of
London's shining lights in politics,
music, literature and art. He tells OF
the great heart of the city from IL
o'clock at night until 2 in the morn
ing, the busiest hours, when vast
crowds are pouring out of theaters and
into clubs, restaurants and music halls.
Mr.. Machray, who, it is believed, IS a
London journalist, writes very lneie-
gantly, at times ~yulgarly, and at all
times slangily, and while he lets the
reader know he is English, his COM
mand of good United States slang is
somewhat astonishing. Tom Browne
has made some striking pictures for
the book, giving n an excellent idea
of street and music hall scenes.
Advance notices have been sent out
by a Pittsburg firm of the publication
in the near future of a new edition OF
the famous old book, THE History of
Mr.. John Decastro, and His Brother
Bat, Commonly Called Old Crab" This
quaint old book, which has been called
the finest specimen of Rabelaisian
humor eve written in the English Ian
guage,' was printed first in London
in 1915, and attention was again called
to it through an article appearing in
Blackwood's Magazine in 1851. 1t has
again been revived and will be soon
published in a splendid edition by the
Irwin Press, of Pittsburg, which has
been organized for the sole purposes of
bringing out fine editions of rare ana
worthy books. Here are some speci-
mems of Mr.. Decastro's wit:
"a weak heart makes q weak arm
.'Mr. Decastro had been twice at
church in his life-When he was chris
ISItSu dllo w itC q AhicA ~ ~
was once more than most of his ac-
quaintances."
what a patient creature a woman
is when the man she likes gets hold OF
her"
GIVE a wild horse his head and he
will sometimes stand still of his W
accord"
ITO take a rascal to be an honest
MAI till you find him out to be a ras-
- I.-A - I - - I>pAcX M W
to be a rascal until you find him out
to be an honest man, is safe"
Il had rather a man should tell me
that l lied to my face than tell me a
lie to my face"
Nothing on the face Of the earth
sets a woman's ink running like love;
if you see a spot Of ink upo the tip
of a woman's middle finger you may
safely swear hat either she is in love
herself or some of her friends"
Much to kruser's Credit.
Among interesting items Of literary
news from London during the week Is
the report that President Kruger re-
fused a very large offer for the copy
right of his book, and wrote it as a Ia
Dor of love on condition that the pro-
ceeds should go for the benefit Of his
beloved people. This is very much
to his credit, and he will doubtless be
fully repaid for his trouble by he fact,
stated before the appearance of the
book, that he has proven the connec-
ton of Mr.. Chamberlain with the
Jameson raid. This is a greater salts
faction to Dom Paul and his friends
than any amount of money could pos
sibly be.
Jerome K. Jerome is offering
a new book to the world called Paul
Kelver," his first serious effort, in
which he ceases to be a funny man
and becomes the author of a serious
novel. Opinions seem to differ as to
the value of the story, but some critics
have gone so far as to compare 1t with
David Copperfield," because it treats
of the struggles Of a young man for
work and position in London. While
the efforts of the nero are said to be
amusing,Mr. Jerome has not striven
for humorous effects and has the salts
faction of knowing that the literary
world has taken him at his word and
has not Shrieked owe his first earnest
effort, which is usually the result when
a humorist tries to be serious.
Another item of news which is OF
interest in this country is that Mr..
Laurence Housman is about to &C
knowledge the authorship of IAN Eng
ilSh woman Love Letters, that lIluSA
parodied and much ridiculed volume OF
letters which set the whole world
laughing a yea ago. Mr.. w. L. Alden
was one of the. first to state 1t as his
belief that it was Mr.. Housman who
wrote the letters, but they were sc
variously credited to many different
writer's hat no one was certain until
this recent authoritative announce
ment. Mr.. Housman is appearing
again, this time with a translation OF
"Aucassin and Nicolette." He has
stated that the heroine of the letters
is an imaginary person altogether, and