The Saint Paul globe., 1902-07-05

nd9iMpaper aditsrpiaP paaia man. Aa e. Tichenor brief
magazine gives the following informa-
tion concerning its aim, or rather lack
OF aim The Blackboard does not claim
To- 10 possess POI -. editorial qualities" says the
nish moments Of recreation for minds
Iifss Ii sIs or;as T;ork and recall the pleasant
exclusively to original stories relating to
teacners and pupilssE and incidents of
school or college life.
stories by the following writer's: Edna
FRANCES Montgomery. Curtis L. Mosher,
Oscar Lienlokken, James w. Wright and
Hattie HIATT 3 L; l. Craig. An of these stories
nave 10 40 with schools or school teach
ers, ana az are very readable. The mag
azine is attractively gotten up In red and
piack. A sketch showing the interior of
price of the magazine is five cents. 1t is
published in st. Paul.
"A Remedy for Love-"
/, c., Boston and New York
When a novel opens with a poignant
regreat at his dead wife's picture it is
pretty apt to close with an account of
that same widower's second nuptials
Ellen Oieny Kinks new story, "a Rem
edy for Love : is no exception to, this
should be called "A Remedy for Love" :"
for no remedy is offered unless matri-
mony may be called a remedy Certain
the end OF the story which, by the same,
is charming tale for summer reading.
Stanwood Fleming, a widower of forty,
hero. Mr.. Fleming is wealthy and his fad
Is scientific research. There are three
heroines. One is Mr.. Fleming's private
the, other two are the daughters. The
frst part of the story Is taken up with
the debut of the daughters into society
ana their numerous love affairs.
Both Theodore and Agnes Fleming are
very real young women, differing suffi-
ciently. in characters and temperaments
to make for, each other excellent foils.
Agnes is gentle and self-contained. Theo-
dora Is outspoken and coquettish. Both
are lovable. Miss Speed, the secretary,
Is Is convincingly drawn. The difficulty in
acute conscience on the part of his pri-
yate secretary. She cannot bear that
ner employer should prove false. to the
memory of his first wife, In the end,
however, he succeeds in convincing her
that his first love was only a part of
his youth. and buried forever with that
the course of love clear for their father
and in return he withdraws his opposi-
ton to the suits of the lovers they most
prefer. The final chapter leaves every
pody, including the reader, happy. The
story is Well worth perusal.
"Amor Victor"
Amor Victor" novel by Ephesus and
Zone, 95-lO5 A. p, by Orr Kenyon.
Published by Frederick "A. Stokes &
company.
Amor Victor" promises to be one of
the books OF the year. Mr.. Kenyon has
told the story Of the iniquities of the peo-
pie living along the shores of the Mediter-
ranean In the days Of the Christian era
ana the great; struggle of the Christians
10 maintain themselves against the fire
and sword and forms of what they con-
stituted the dominant elements of the
army, statecraft and society.
In note explanatory at the end of
the volume Mr.. Kenyon says: "In writing
this book the author has Striven to bring
pefore the modern mind the nearest possi-
ble approval to a genuine photograph of
the life and environment of the Christians
who lived at the close Of the first century.
Th1s much must be borne carefully
lands, at least, is suppressed, hidden and
more or less Illegal Then it was largely
untrammeled, unconcealed and hardly
molested by the law.
"A conQueror is best measured by
thorough understanding Of the conquered.
We measure Wellington by Napoleon. 1t
may be wise TO measure Christ by Beel-
Zepup and to measure the first Christians
by their Pagan neighbors. If this be
WISDOM, then = has this book not been writ
ten in vain.
"FoIk Tales of Napoleon"
with introduction by George Kenyon.
Publlshed by the Outlook company,
New York.
There are two Of these stories of the
great soldier, the first by a Russian
peasant, who asserts that Napoleon was
created by the devil and the other by a
peror of the French had a great compact
with God and that he was advised and
directed by familiar spirit in the shape
OF a"Red Man"
The Napoleon of the People," is a
story told to a group of French peasants
by Gougelat; village postmaster, who had
infantry. Some Of his descriptions are
thrilling-for instance that on the re-
treat from Moscow, of which he says:
women women wagons; ae & eaanonmall We're being
A few Of the bravest guarded the eagles;
because the eagles, you understand, stood
military honor that had to be kept un-
stained and that was not to be humbled
by the cold.'
Referring to Napoleons early triumphs,
And what lot Of battles there were!
Austerlitz, where the army maneuvered
as if on PARADE Eylau, where the Rus
slams were drowned In lake as if Ma
poleon had blown them in with a single
puff; Wagram, where he fought three
days without fifnching. In short there
were as many battles as there are Saints
In the calendar.
Folk Tales is an interesting contri-
button to the literature of the summer.
"The Love Story Of Abner Stone"
''The Love Story of Abner Stone" by
Edwin Carlisle ,Litsey Published by A.
S. Barnes &. Co, New York.
There is slight occasion for putting
they are commonplace, varying only lit
tie from the love stories of a million 9TH
er people. That of Abner Stone is of this
class. 1t was all very sweet for Abner
and the young woman in the case2fulI Of
May days and bird songs and clover bios
somS-bue Abner made love under clear
accepted in conventional sort Of way,
and they lived happy ever after" much
as the young people of st. Paul and Albert
Lea and Sleepy Eye do today
Abner selected his life mate fifty years
ago, but this old story is very, very much
like the new stories which are being form
ulated by the young people of 1902. Alb
Therefore nobody will be obliged to waste
much time on It.
"The Russelis In Chicago"
"The Russells in Chicago" by Emily
Wheaton. Published by L. C. Page &
Miss Wheaton first contributed 1.-The
Russells in Chicago to the Ladies' Home
Journal in which it attracted much at
tention for it's strange situations and
subtlety of plot The book contains sever
al excellent illustrations Of Chicago
SCGllSS, dAlOlI6 Tie was park
club, the Field Columbian museum, the
Lake Shore drive and residences. the
flower beds at Lincoln lark and the Uni
versity of Chicago.
"Van Dyck."
tVan Dyck," a collection of fifteen pic
lures and a portrait of the painter, with
Introduction and Interpretation, by Es-
telle M Hurll. Published by Houghton
Miff1in & Co., Boston and New York
Miss Hurll gives several of Van Dycks
masterpieces, like ..'The Vision of ST An
thony, THE Madonna of st. Rosalia,'