The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-04
Minor Mention

A very spicy love story is 1.-THE Fortune Of
Christina McNab." by s. Macnaughton New
York: d. Appleton & Co.; $D, Scottish wo-
man and new author who certainly shows
fine qualities as a writer of fiction in this
book. Christina, crude, uncultured Scottish
girl of real beauty inherits a big fortune
some 91S,OO0 a year. She was engaged to
marry Colin McCrae. an electrical engineer, q
smart young fellow and devoted to her. Chris
tina concludes that she is prepared to marry
a lord and get in the aristocracy and she
throws Colin overheard, but throws out a
rope for him to hold to-. The doings Of
Christina. polishing up for aristocratics sooi-
ETY. and getting posted as to its ways, are
amusngly described. @EEs
There is very pleasant reading In Eliza Orne
Whites "John Forsyth's Aunts" (New York:
Mcclure Phillips & Co. Price, $3.50. 1t Is
the story Of a. family and their friends, and Is
calculated to give most any reader a "mor-
ming face" by the time he reaches the chap
ter entitled "A Taste of Freedom" The three
aunts, old maids all, Deborah, Letitia and
Lucy, lived together and looked after the two
children of their nephew John Forsyth, who
was widower. How these delightful old
maids after much diplomacy and strategy
succeeded in marrying John off to a pretty
young lady, is a charming feature Of the
book, which Is otherwise taken up with the
interesting doings of the three aunts, who
had both wit. humor and wisdom.
Henry T. Coates & Co., Philadelphia, have
issued new edition Of that once much-read
work, Mrs. Catherine Groves The Night
Side of Nature" with an introduction by Dr.
THOMPSON Jay Hudson, author of 1.-The Law
of Psychic Phenomena Mrs. Grove assem-
b1es in her book the most Interesting details
of psychic phenomena known to her. she
seems to have believed In apparltlons ana
that the ghosts were the spirits of dead per-
sons. DR.. Hudson, from the standpoint OF
hohy
Grove, regards the occurrences cited in this
book as psychic phenomena entitled to scien-
tifc examination and of great Importance TO
man in the study Of his place in nature.
John Lane (New York: The Bodley Head)
has issued Alice Meynells Later Poems In
a handsome little volume bound in green and
gold. A very good example Of the quality OF
the lady's thought is '.At Night" which runs:
Home, home from the horizon far and clear,
| Hither the soft wings sweep;
| Flocks Of the memories OF the day draw near
The dovecote doors OF sleep.
Oh which are they that come through sweet
OF all these homing birds?
Which with the straightest and the swiftest
| flight?
Hutchins Hapgood has written very at
| tractive biography Of Paul Jones (Boston
Houghton. M1ffin & Co. Minneapolis: N. Nc
Carthy Price, 65 cents), which embodies an
entirely proper estimate of the man who GER
| tainly served the United States we'll, but was
ready to serve wherever he saw the best
chance for himself to crafty his love OF
| glory. "The deepest thing In his SOUL, says
the author, "the love of glory, rendered him
incapable at once Of meanness and OF true
! patriotism" This was shown by the ease
with which he gave his services to Russia
Our own government never gave Jones the
promotion he wanted in the navy.
"Wall Street Stories is a volume OF ex-
ceedingly good stories of clever operators II
stocks in Wall street. by Edwin LefeVre
These bright stories were originally published
in McClure's Magazine and are issued In
book form by Mcclure, Phillips & Co., New
| York There is much humor In them ano
Mr., Lefevre is at his best in 1.-THE Woman
and Her Donds," showing the dlthoulty some
women have ccmprehending the movements o.
stocks and the mysteries of stock speculation
| Paul Bourgeois 1.-THE Screen is rather
dull story of a liaison between a young
Frenchman and a married woman, the two
utilizing reputable married woman they
both knew as q screen to conceal their guilt
the young man pretending to be in love will
the innocent mutual friend. There is some
thing very nauseating about the persistence
of the liaison in French novels and even more
disgusting is the persistence of many English
and American novelists in parading this kline
of business in their books. 1t is altogethe,
beastly. New York: j. r. Taylor &c Co.