The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-13

known that she is the author of The
Martyrdom of an Empress" and The
Tribulations of a Princess" both in
tensely interesting and readable books.
Her first book-that is of which we
know anything-was within Royal
Palaces" an excellent account of the
royal families of Europe, profusely il
Illustrated, and telling all the scandals
and gossip of the courts for fifty years.
Nobody who did not have an intimate
acquaintance with the inner life OF the
palaces she describes could have writ
ten this book, but while she hides her
identity behind the name of the Mar
quise de Fontenoy, it is supposed that
she is a princess of one Of those very
families. From the little that is known
it is said that she was born in France,
married an Austrian prince with whom
she did not live happily and who for
tunately died, and she married after
wards an Englishman attached to the
English legation at Vienna. 1t is said
they left Europe and came to New
York, where they are both writer's for
prominent New York papers. The
Tribulations of a Princess" is supposed
to be history of the writer's own life,
and the new book by her, to be issued
very soon, is entitled "a Dotted Coro-
net" and it is said to be a continue
ton Of her experiences. While at the
Austrian court she was the most intt-
mate friend of Elizabeth, the late muir
dered empress and the most beautiful
woman in Europe at one time. This
book, which is a eulogy, is a rare trib-
ute of one who must have known her
intimately and who loved her and ad-
mired her as few women love each
other 1t is by far the best account Of
the late empress which has been writ
ten.
There is something of mystery about
this woman and her life, and many
have wondered that she dared to tell
the secrets of the courts of which she
was once a member. In the Martyr
dom of an Empress" is an account of
the tragedy at Myerling, when the
Austrian heir to the throne, Rudolph,
whom she refers to as "Rudi," killed
himself and thereby caused the woman
with herself. The real details of this
affair will probably never be known,
as the only ones who knew them all
were the two concerned, but the mar
quise in her book hints that when Ru-
dolf confided to his father the story Of
his love, the old emperor told him that
the woman he loved was his own sis
ter. This terrible story has only been
limited at, but Is generally believed in
IA
writer and her books are stamped with
truth.
Growth Of Roycrofters.
In late number of a small Boston
magazine called Wisdom there Is an
interesting account of the rise of the
Roycrofters, written by Ebert Hub
bard in his characteristic manner. 1t
is difficult for many persons to make
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a fake or a genius; sometimes he seems
the one and often the other; at all
events he writes in manner to attract
attention everywhere, and Is at all
times original. He tells interestingly
of how he started his enterprise, which
grew naturally until today the Roy
croft shops turn out books that would
be a credit to any country. He says
that in the month of June, 1895, he
printed a pamphlet telling what he
thought about things in general, and
He had no intention of issuing but one
edition of this pamphlet, but in order
to get it through the mails he and his
friends made up little subscription
list and entered 1t at the East Aurora
poStoffice as second class matter. He
says that after the postmaster looked
it over he admitted that it was second
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Then his helpers, the printers, were
about to leave the village, and they Of
fered him their small plant for $1,000,
and he took it, which decided him to
run his little magazine for year. They
were then working in an old barn and
filled up the time by printing a book.
From these small beginnings grew the
Roycroft plant, with it's unique coop
erative ideas, the stock being held only
by the workers. In his characteristic
way Hubbard says: 1--WE do our work
as well as we can, live one day at a
time, and try to be kind"
Three hundred and ten people are
on the pay roll at the present time;
they work at the two publications,
'The PhiHstine. and little Journeys"
Besides which they do bookbinding, IL
Illuminating, cabinet work, clay model
ing and terra Gotta. The Philistine has
circulation of over 100000 copies a
month, and they print $4,000 copies
monthly of Little Journeys. OF these
Hubbard says that most of them return
to the shop for binding. OF his books
he says that they have arrived at such
fame that the British Museum and The
BibliotheEe have given them corners.
With very few exceptions the writer
says they have no skilled labor except
that trained right there in their own
shops. He pays a high tribute to his
helpers in all lines, and writes some
what like an amiable father of a large
family. He speaks Of the pleasure they
all have in the visits Of famous people,
for the fame Of the shops has gone
abroad, and few travellers but find their