The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-20
Of BOOKS AND THEIR [1laKERS

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son second edition.; "The Dominant
Strain by Anna Chaplin Ray, illustrated
Empire" by Francis Newton Thorpe lsec-
ond edition.; THE Wars of Peace by
A. F. Wilson; Love Thrives in War by
Mary Catherine Crowley Second edition. !;
Sarah Tuldon," by orme Agnus and
"a Prince of Sinners by E. Phillips OPP
penheim Second edition).
The readers and admirers of Hamilton
w. Mabie will be interested to note that
new book by him is shortly to be brought
out by The Outlook company. 1t will be
called Backgrounds of Literature, and
Emerson, Goethe. Scott Shakespeare, II
wing and other poets and prose writers
Mr.. Mabie will place behind each writer
the background of Landscape which most
color to his genius. The volume VIII DE
largely descriptive and have the interest
which attaches to transcription of some
of the most charming scenery in the
world; but will be also a series of studies
in what may be called literary condl-
tions.
What c. D. Gibson has done for the
American girl in art, Lillian Bell has done
for her in felton,
Miss Bells new story of social life in
Denver, THE Interference of Patrlcla,,
which is just issued by Messrs. L. G:
Page & Co., of Boston, should add not
a little to that authors reputation as
teller of clever stories;
ity it savors also of the sentiment. and
healthful atmosphere which associates
itself With those endearing qualltles
which We have all learned to love IN the
Patricia. is an impetuous, capricious and
breezy type of girl who could only have
grown up in the rarefied atmosphere Of
mountain city.
Mr. Edwin Markham writes to the
publishers of 1.-The Kempton- WAGE Let
ters' to say that he has been much I'M I'M
pressed by the volume, which he flnds an
entertaining. thought-compelllng book. L
should not be surprised If 1t became
classic on the subject of love.
During the autumn the Macmillan COM !,
pany will publish 1.-THE Magic Forest.
by Stewart Edward White, author of The
Blazed Trail' and "Conjuror's House"
This is charming story of the Canadian
woods. the hero being a little boy who
spending the summer with the Indians.
1t is full of the woods atmosphere
Houghton, Mif1in & Co. announce the
following new printings: Thirteenth edi-
ton of "The Right Princess" by Clara
Louise Burnham; sixth, edition Of The
by Aee Tohn Bur-
roughs, and third edition of 'Three Little
Marys,'' by Nora A. Smith.
Jennette Lees last novel, 'grhe Son of
a Fiddler" appears on the list OF best
books for summer reading recently pub
lished in Life (New York;. The story is
a charming bit of idealism dealing with
group of interesting people in a New Eng
land village.
Anne Thackeray Ritchie. has inherited
not little of her great fathers talent
In particular, her writings have the charm
and the personal appeal and the sense
of taking you into the writer's confidence
T I! gfye has few peers. She is writing
the introductions for the volumes by
Maria Edgeworth, which the Macmillan
company are publishing ne IN their series OF
latest of these contain Miss EdgeWorth's
Popular Tales" Illustrated by Charles
Hammond; and "Ormend," with many il
lustrations,, full of spirit and character
volumes Mrs. Richie contributes an in
PRODUCTION touching upon Miss Edge
way, and the authors views about it.
In the Atlantic Monthly for July there
is an extremely, interesting and impor-
f-Governmen The author of this
paper, Capt. Matthew E. Hanna, was on
the staff of Gen. Wood during the Ameri-
can occupation of Havana; for two years
and he is at the present time military
attache at the American legation in Ha-
vana.
Mr.. cutcliffe Hyne, the author of
"Thompson's Progress says of the hero,
in the course of q letter to friend in
New wi York by the way n ms p afaho
graphical as was suggested. l have
been game preserver Cor the son of one)
all my days"
Mrs. Nancy Huston Banks has con-
siderably enhanced the reputation which
she won through "ofdfield'' by the publ,
RoeR Of critics outsde Of aree
that the book is better than it's predeces-
sor, though it lacks the cameo-like deli
cacy of ''Oldfeld," because is has a
well, it is to be hoped that the book will
not result in feud. One critic in that
state rushed into print with a review in
which Mrs. Banks book was vigorously,
curacy. Two other critics in the same
city take directly opposite views and
praise the book highly.
"The Call of the Wild will be pub
lished simultaneously in three countries.
This promises to be one of the books that
count. The fact that it takes hold of the
ture in large way fits 1T to, endure.
London has found himself at last.
There is a marked similarity between
the spirit of the letters Ruskin wrote
to Mary Gladstone and other young
women, in the new volume of his Letters
to M. G. and H c. and those he adj
dressed to the imaginary eSix Little
Housewives many years previous In his
Ethics of the Dust" In both series of
letters are the same alteration for girl
hood, and the same charming adaptation
of a brilliant mind to the simplicftfes of
youth. The parallel is remarkable as
showing the perennial freshness of Rus
kin's spirit.
Lillian Bell, whose latest book ''The
Grip (Harpers), satirizes some of the do
nestle peculiarities of our English cous-
ms, is now at her beautiful home at Tar
rytown, N. Y, with her husband, Mr. Ar
thur Hoyt Bogue. Mrs. Bogue, who made
her first reputation with THE Love At
fairs of an Old Maid" was born in Chica-
go. where she graduated from Dearborn
seminary: Her father is Maj. William w.
Bell, Thirteenth Illinois cavalry. Mrs.
Bogue began writing stories at the early
age of eight, and ever since has con-
tributed to magazines and, in the intervals
of foreign travel, written many clever
books.
Mark Twain will pass the summer with
next he will sail for Europe on a trip
to be unertaken for rest and recreation,
but more especially to benefit Mrs. Glenn
ems, who has been i'll for a year.
prominent English novelist to whom
Drexel Biddle, the Philadelphia publisher,
sent a copy of Peggy O'Neal'' by AL
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