The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-27
BOOKS OF TODAY

ton. There are eleven bright short stories
The Ghost of Guadalupe. by Gen:
by Elizabeth A. Moore; How Don Q.
Outwitted Don Luis. by K. and Hesketh
Prichard; THE Black Hands" by Albert
Bigelow Paine; Cupid in the Eleva tor,
by Carroll Watson Rankin; Heroes Both.
by Walter e. Grogan; Such Stuff and
Dreams Are Made. On. by Gisela Dittrick
Britt; "a Powerful Blend" by Claudia
Conductor 2 one of the tales of The Pr
caroons;- "A San Francisco Nights En-
tertainment;' 1.-The Adventures of the
Persian Prince by Rey. r F. Venede;
also Cyrus Townsend Brady's fascinating
serial-"Sir Henry Morgan-Buccaneer.
Four entertaining special articles, Ihe
Building Of the Panama Canal, by North
Ill d. by John-a Dreams; How TO
Improve Your Game of Lawn Tennis, by
a veteran player; and "Photographing IN
visible Ripples, by Herbert c. Fyfe; fur
nish the more serious articles. Home
Notes, giving practical suggestions on
household and fashion topics complete a
number which will help thousands OF
magazine readers to pass many pleasant
and profitable hours. The stories and ar
ticles are exceptionally well Illustrated
Everybodys Magazine for August con-
tains an article by F. Marion Crawford
upon the coming conclaye IN Rome TO
Mr.. Crawfords position as official biog-
rapher of the late pope, his words carry
weight. Each number of Eyerybody's is
an Improvement upon the last.
Among the short stories of the August
Century will be David Graya's Isabella"
Wasson's "Overhauling the Politician
ers." David Gray, whose "GaIlops" is
one Of the recent successful books OF
short stories is a young Buffalo lawyer
and eX-newspaper man. and a son of the
poet and Journalist, David Gray. Isa-
bella" tells how "a mare OF character
wrought the confusion. of two horsemen
ers is another of the quaint character
studies which have brought Mr.. WaSson's
rame into prominence.
Marion Harland outdoes herself in the
powerful story she contributes to the
teenth of August, 1874" The title smacks
of history, but the pathetic tale is pure
fiction of the most appealfng sort An
adYe9tuTe story by william Tia; LIE Q9 euo
tacles," is a rousing good one about a
royal disguise and what comes of 1T.
The way a medical man sacrifices him
self for a friend whose wife finds some
compromising letters in her husbands
pockets, is told under the title, Another
Mans Excuses" by E.. Spence de Pue.
This sounds true.
Alice Browns powerful new novelette,
Judgment" begins its first installment in
the August number of Harpers Magazine,
and is illustrated in color Other fiction
in the same number is by Robert W.
Chambers. Margaret Deiand, Mary E. Will
kins Freeman, Marie Van Worst, Arthur
Cotton, Christopher ST. John. James
Branch Cabell, Ellsworth Kelley, Muriel
Campbell Dyar and May Isabel Fisk.
Harpers Bazaar for August is as usual
full of articles which are valuable to the
housekeeper, the society dame and the
woman of the world. An article upon
tn home life of the little Spanish king is
an interesting paper in this number.
There will be another PA GLADDEN."
story in the August Century, The
Tramp For this the material was largely
drawn from family tradition. for Pa
Gladden's character is actually based upon
that of Mrs. Elizabeth Cherry Waltz's
father, Maj John Nicholas Cherry, of
Columbus, Ohio, a man of broad and
genial charity, much humor and quaint
phraseology.
Margaret Sherwood, the author of THE
Princess Pourquoi," Contributes story in
the same vein to the fiction number of
Schribner's, entitled 1.-THE Princess and
the Microbe." Under the guise of a fairy
story Miss Sherwood shows some of the
results of the higher education for women.
The Black Cat for August has the usual
number of good stories, one of them be-
ing 500 prize story entitled 1.-The Tickle
more BOOM" by F. E. Chase.