The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-18

CToBER 10, 1902.
ardent pro-Boer. It is scarcely pos
sihle that no publisher will buy the
rights Of this book for this country,
where the heroic struggle of the bur-
gherS was watched with much SYM
pathy. The advance orders in Ger
many and Holland for the work are
very large, and in the former country
the mere fact that 1t contains an zap
probation" of Mr.. Chamberlain is SUI
The same reason might sell large
numbers of the book over here.
Got" and Gotten"
The word gotten" which is never
in very good odor, has been up for
discussion recently and many persons
who know what the best English is
have filed their protests against the
common use Of 1t. A young woman
wrote to a literary paper in criticism
or the common use of the word, and
she was Endorsed by no less an au-
thority than Thomas Wentworth Hig-
glnson. who goes into the family his
tory, as it were, of the Objectionable
word. He says it is a Southern i'm
When he was visiting cousins in Vir-
GINA, and the common use of it all
over the country he claims was one
OF the results of the war. Unpleasant
as the. word is, there are times when
got. which the critics say Is almost
always sufficient in it's place, will not
do at all. And got is almost as OBJ
Jectionable as gotten; Il have got' is
form of expression painfully COM
titled, but Il have" will do just as well
in almost every case, and Is infinitely
more euphonious. 1t will, however,
take considerably more than pro-
tests to literary papers to drive got
and gotten out of the ordinary talk of
the time. The Book Lover.
st. Paul, Oct. Is, 1902.
The WfirIWlnd-By Rupert Hughes.
Published by Lothrop Publishing COM
pany, Boston.
''The Whirlwind" is story of the Civil
SO s,onality, who is. boldly. and strongly de-
lineated, from his humble, country child
hood, with it's environment of poverty and
FAMILY degradation, through brilliant
tial candidacy-all Of it graphic, typical
and of compelling interest.
John Mead, representative, self-made
native rs statesman; a man who sins. suf-
ful canonization as historic character,
Is the center of q novel which depicts
the American life, political and social, in
bodies the private life of a public man,
and 1t is the authors gift to make us
realize in John Mead's career how home
~ an and +h nama az yet how splendid and
of men. unforgettable women, mothers,
sisters and wives, make 1.-THE Whirlwind''
yeritable and fascina ting; and the strik-
Ing title is good description Of the
sweeping career Of the hero.
Janet Ward-By Margaret E. sangster
Published by Fleming H. Revell COM
Margaret E. sangster, already wen
known to the reading public as the au-
thor OF ',Wlnsome Womanhood" and "Ly-
RIGS Of Love-" has written a charming
story in Janet Ward" q girl of sense
who confronted life much as most Of US
find it, In the end discovering in the Ian
guage of Miss Sangster, that "those young
women are happiest who find their career
ending in q good mans love and their
world bounded by the four walls Of love-"
Aunt Abbys NeIshbors-By Annie Trum-
bull Slosson. Published by Fleming H.
Revel company, New York. Chicago and
Aunt Abby's Neighbors," first pub
lished last June. has proved so popular
with the reading public that it is now out
Ralph Changers Fortunes-By William
Perry Brown, illustrated by W. II. Fry.
Published by the saalfield Publishing
'Ralph Changers Fortunes" the story
Of young mans contests and conquests
on sea and land. Is one of those common,
nor very bad It isn't bad enough to put
one into helpless series of yawns or good
enough to keep one reading it into the
wee sma' hours -, Sooner or later, prob,
reach the conclusion that he ought not
to have written it.
Daniel Boone-By Reuben Gold Thwaites.
Published by D. Appleton & Co., New
York.
Mr. Thwaites' Daniel Boone" is the
latest Of the Appleton's life histories. Aft
er giving Boone a number of left-hande ed
the founder Of Kentucky and His serv-
ices in defense Of the West during nearly
half century of border warfare were
Clark or BENJAMIN. Logan" Mr.. Thwaite
says: 'Boone's picturesque career pos
sesses a romantic and even pathetic in
s 5fret that Of f te to ihm af
Boone was great as a hunter, explorer,
surveyor, land pilot and rif1eman.
Mr. Thwaites' book Is brief but thrill
ing story of the life of a pioneer of the
West. He acknowledges that most of the
information published therein comes from
the manuscript Of the late DR.. Lyman
Copeland Draper.
Eagle Bloody James Creelman. il
Iustrated by Rose Cecil O'Neill. Pub
lished by the Lothrop Publishing COM
In Eagle Blood" James Creelman, long
known as one of the most incisive of
newspaper writer's, has made an excep-
tionally strong novel, In his war descrip-
happy to a degree. His story introduces
an Englishman of noble family, who comes
to America for the purpose Of making his
way, not by a marriage for money, but
American spirt-conquers lion blood-the
blood of old England. He is American
lied through the strong influence of a
Yankee girl who is depicted ,G as the held ideal
one Of the great psychological intensity.
tender in it's love motif, quick and varied
in action.
Illustrated by G. F. Nudemord. Publish
ed by the Lothrop Publishing company,
Boston.
Julian Ralph throws out strong hint
in his 1.-The Millionairess'' that the women
of the "400'' of New York drink wine,
smoke cigarette and swear. At any rate,
he describes such characters.
He credits these women with hooking
the laws which uphold civilization, with
making light of wedlock in speech and In
the conduct of their lives. He reports
conversations in which they and the men
of their degenerate circle practically de-
clare that our rich fashionables make their
own rules OF conduct for themselves.
BY the persons who know New York
best, Mr.. Ralph has been praised for his
faithful picturing Of the ways Of its plain
Pass" stories. In his latest and most
mature work. 1.-THE Millionairess,' he
conducts us into the company of 1.-THE best
coveries of lawiessness and downright
vuIgarity, where we looked only for ex-
emplary living. Mr.. Ralph is born New
Yorker, and has seen the fashionable set
at home and abroad. His work has al
ways been trustworthy. The weight OF
probability, therefore, all favors his lively
picturing of the set called "The Catamar-