The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-25

ana Go well. While InoSe CdIeS SHOW
a marvellous insight into child nature
| and will be beloved of children. they
| are not likely to be passed over by
larger children III will be read u
| rereud by Kirling adorers.
The BOOK lover.
st. Paul, Oct. %, 1902.
Faith and character-By Newell Dwight
Company, Chicago and New York.
DR.. Hills condenses much that is good
to know in the 134 pages Of Faith and
CHRISTIAN The obstacles and Excuses
That Stand Hesitant Before the Tires,
hold Of the Christian Life" Mans Ne 44as
| Scope, It's Laws and It's Divine Measure
ments.' The author calls attention TO
the young paint-grinder in the studio OF
Italy's greatest MASTER. who developed
striking evidences, of artistic skill when
an enemy of the great teacher came to the
boy and urged hing to found a school OF
his own, saying that wealth and honorS
and invitations TOT kings palaces might
be his. the Youth answered, in effect: i
am not ambitious Ito found a school or
dwell in a palace, but l am ambitious to
myself his ideals,'ss' DR.. Hills says that
simple thought cohdenses in a word the
essence of the Christian life. ne de1lnes
a Christian as who is loyal to Christ
in thoughts. sXnanathies, friendships, pur-
poses and ideals"
Sister in Name nN-By Mrs; D. II. Wall.
Published bye f. Tennyson Nicely.
Love Of lifefof luxury and excitement
in a great city by a frivolous girl is the
kernel around which is built SISTER in
Name Only" The absorbing narrative
of Mrs. Wall runs the Of the emo
lions of the human heart-ove, hate. bit
ter rernorse, bitterer repentance, despair
and shame. TBeIStory is a charming one
with a moral worthy OF n readers
study.
Tom Moore-By Theodore Burt sayre.
Published by Frederick A. Stokes Com
pan New York.
idol Of his own Mr.. sayre has written
a pretty story about the Wooing of Tom
Moore. The play Tom Moore" also writ
ten by Mr.. Sayre, has been on the stage
for more thar q year, being first presented
in August, 1901. The story is opened with
a quotation from one Of Moere's best
songs;
I'm watching and pursuing
The light that lies
In wonnans eyes
Has been my hearts u~ndoing.'
WoIfvIlle Nights-By Alfred Henry Lew
is. Published by Frederick A. Stokes
Company, New York.
Alfred Henry Lewis always writes well.
the plains Of the great Southwest, he has
written with a greater degree OF pathos;;
closer to nature tina in either "Wofyl1e'
orer4sWolfville Days, which preceded the
present story. There is plenty of gun
play and display of courage. Cupid, too,
is aroun in that wild land and does his
part to put the proper sort Of thrills into
the book.
Tennessee Lee-By Tydance Bruce. Pub
lished by f. Tennyson Nicely, New York
and London.
A pretty little story of life among the
moonshiners of the Tennessee mountains
of the backwoods of Dixie, but none the
less charming on hat account. The book
falls short of Zoe pages, just enough for
an after.supper tonic. Tennessee Lee,
blossoms, her sunshine and her troubles
in just about the proper proportions,
finds her affinity after a while and lives
happy. ever after, one of the things which
contributed most to this being money in
large quantity left to her ~ a Mr.. Car
lock.
Phillips. Published by Frederick A.
Stokes company New York.
Undeterred by the large number Of
fsave the mark with a shipwreck, David
Graham Phillips opens his story with a
~shipwreck, butt there was no water ex-
| cept tears in this one. 1t brought ruin
to the whole family because the father
| suddenly died. This man, Wentworth
Bronfield, scarcely ever saw his wife and
and long over him, which led a contentious
n%eighbor to remark: "They dom miss
him; they miss his salary-his 81. 900 a
year. The reai house of mourning is the
house that's lost It's breadwinner.'
MI. Phillips tells his story charmingly,
taking his heroine to the desert island,
to the black flag, 20 a Pickering fire, to
| embers, to ashes, through the highway Of
| hp nrlinacc tG -Iiphfrf Tho DnUa1 is ono 0f
unusual interest Sand general excellence.
1t is entertaining from cover to cover.
The Girl Proposition-By George AIDE.
Published by r. Fl. Russell, New York.
Somebody seriously proposed the other
day that a chair of American slang be
count of the popularity of George AIDE.
But the people understand George AIDE
very well without any help from the col
leges because he, writes in a language
Proposition: A Bunch of He and She
Fables" is the title of his latest book,
most attractively published by R. II. Rus
sell, New York, and 1t proves that Mr..
AIDES vein is very far from being ex-
hausted The present volume is, as it's
title indicates, a series of extraordinarily
dear to the authors heart, and which is
vastly interesting to most people.
A Lady's Honor-A chronicle of events in
the time Of marlborough, by Bass
Blake. Published by D. Appleton & Co.
"A Lady's Honor is a disappointment.
The plot and incidents upon which the
tale is founded are supposed to have taken
place two hundred years ago. In a period
Astounding with romance and chivalry
there is ever to be found quaint and in
teresting material for the novelist. This
author, in the tale herein presented, evil
dences want of familiarity with the time
and temperament of the period in which
he has chosen to place the scenes and
characters of his novel.
We wish toobe generous to the author,
and therefore refrain from p~articulariz-
ing. the many crudities, inconsistencfes
and absurdities with which the tale
.'up-to-date," and nthe prescriptions Of
Lindley Murray heve been somewhat dis
regarded. "a
The author evidences, however, the
ability to do better work, and we regret
thai he has fot chosen subject matter
more in ~consonance with his ability and
scope of general information.
III 80
"A Bayard From Bengai-Being some ac-
count of ths1 magnificent and spanking
career of Ghunder Bindabun Bhosh,
Bungsho, Jabbersee. T. A. Calcutta
T T%italiinssS' ffeio Whole edited fetIn and re-
ytsed BY F Austey. D Appleton & Co,
"a Bayard From Bengal" handicapped
by a sub-titleDoof great length, Is a book
of considerable merit. Much is made of
the havoc made by the English language
by Mr.. Austey's suppositious narrator.
For instance, Mr.. Bhosh and Lord. jolly
were soon as inseparable as a Damon
and Pythoress." Later he ~rejoiees ex-
ceedingly when Lord Jolly UNDERSTANDS to
steer him safely from the Scylla to the
Charybdis of the London season" He
also deplores almost m tears. the hours In
which he fell beneath the Establishments
of the Duchess Dickinson and because as
1 Simpson with Delilah.' Mr.. Austey's book
| was first published serially in Punch.