The Saint Paul globe., 1902-04-26
NOTES ON LATE LITERATURE

A noteworthy thing in the list Of ffc-
tion announced by Houghton, Miffiin &
/ geographical range of the books Two
continents, three countries and dozen
states are covered by the authors. The
scene Of Mary Johnstone's Audrey
Goose Girl, Kate Douglas Wiggin
takes for her demesne a bit of Sussex.
IN old England. Mande Edgerton King
idylz Bread and Wine" has it's scene
IN Switzerland, and Abbie FarWelT
Browns In the Days of Giants" be-.
longs to Scandinavia.
A curious article is announced in the
Voice Looks" 1t Is contributed by
Prof. E. w. Scripture, director of the
Psychological Laboratory of Yale uni
Versity, and presents diagrams of the
pew and others as recorded by Prof.
scripture S magazine for enlarging
curves of speech from a gramophone
rlate- Mr.. JeffeTson's contribution to
Wrinkles toast, "Hai So. Eh? Fine
schnapps. Well, your good health. Abr
which, 1t will be seen, includes a large
range Of vowels and pitch.
Of the thirty most popular books for
the month of March in the Worlds
Work report from the booksellers and
Librarians of the eighteen largest cities
published by the Macmillan company,
and the same percentage for the same
publishers was shown in the report
from the librarians Of New York state
for the past year.
The Ledger Monthly for May has on
its cover a lovely picture of a lady
and her children gathering spring bios
Lowenheim. The first item in the
Ledger Monthly for May is an item de-
Voted to housekeeping at sea-, entitled
Feeding People on Shipboard,, with
dining salon of the Sgreat White Star
steamer Oceanic There are Illustrated
articles on "Photographing Living Wild
Things" by l.: w. Brownell; "A Mis-
Northwest, by Edgerton r. Young,
''Water Lily Culture" by Rene Bache;
'At Wellesley With the Barn Swal-
lows" by Edith L. Morris, and two
pages devoted to bridesmaids at Spring
Weddings" by Corinne r. L. F1rton.
showing many beautiful groups and
gowns
Of Aaron Burr as he appears in her
novel, "The Conqueror" which is based
on the Life of Alexander Hamilton one
is not surprised to find that some of
the old colonial houses with which he
was identified, and which are still stand
ing, have the reputation of being haunt
ed. Commodore Thomas Truxton's old
house at Cra1bury, n. J., has secret
panel which leads to a bedroom which
again is approached by a winding stair
way leading way from the entrance hall
up to the third story. Tt was in this
room that Burr hid for two or three
weeks after the duel.
The breath of spring blows through
the pages of the May Broadway Maga-
zine. One of the chief articles is enti-
-lxt rrVrfl -
charmingly illustrated with outdoor
scenes in tho metropolis. The most
fetching and handsomely illustrated ar
ticle is I'm the New York Studios, en-
bellished with five full page portraits
Of New Yorkes prettiest artist models.
Other notable features are the Truth
About Gen Miles,. .'Where Money
Talks" Women of Brains or Beauty,
Held Thcm,7 and Stories of Society
Frank L. Stanton's first book entitled
"Songs of the Soil, was published some
years ago by D. Appleton & Co. His
many admirers viii be glad to learn that
a second book of verse will, in the fall,
be brought out by the same firm as a
holiday offering. Henry G. Appleton re-
Gently had a conference with the dist1n-
guished author with the above result.
Alfred Henry Lewis has promised his
publishers that the kcenlplete copy OF
his next volume waE be in their. hands
in time for publication in the coming au-
tumn. ''Wolfville Days" has just enter
ed upon career that promises to be
even more successful than that OF Nv OIL
Vile" Some one said lately: Wolf
vile Days viii add to the esteem in
which the general public hold Mr.. Lewis
an even greater amount than was lost
to the author by his Richard Croker..'
1.-THE Snow Baby Mrs. Robert Peary's
Arctic true story with, true pictures,
as to occasion comment among bookseli-
ers, as a work of this nature generally
ceases to sell after the holidays
The May number of I.ippincottS S Maga-