The Saint Paul globe., 1903-12-13

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latest one is no exception to the rule.
This time it is boy who is the central
figure; a boy who starts in life with more
than the usual handicaps of a hero, as his
father had fallen from grace and spent
his last years in prison. Added to this
when the story opens Alec's aunt. with
whom he and F1ip-his sister-lived. lost
her money, and Alec starts out to find
employment. How he struggles and final
ly succeeds is good reading, irterspersed
with pleasant pictures of the young peo-
pie whom he meets and one girl he grows
TO love and whom, we are allowed to
guess, will not say him nay. Flip is the
inspiration Of her brother and her ISL
ands of Providence are the good and
pleasant things that come Unexpectedly
when one Is trying to do right. An ex-
eellent story for juvenile and Sunday
school libraries.
The Reign of Queen IsyI-By GeIett Bur-
CESS and Will Irwin. Mcclure, Phil
lips & Co., publishers For sale by ST.
Paul Book and Stationery company.
When these two names are in conjunc-
ton on title page of book, one conf
IDENTIFY expects much entertainment with
IN. And in this case one is not disap-
pointed, even if the reader does at times
wonder what 1t is all about. Queen Isyl
Is California girl who is made queen of
fanciful, quite original thing, being q
series of tales told at the queens court.
There are short stories of love and ad-
venture, entirely Burgessesque, therefore
utterly unlike anything else. A very good
book to pick up and read aloud as the
stories are quite complete in themselves
In binding and letter-press this volume
Is one OF the best we have seen
japanese Art--By sadakichi Hartmann.
L. c. Page & Co., Boston, publishers.
For sale by st. Paul Book and Station
cry company.
cerning Japan and its people is of inter-
est, this book on the wonderful art of
the country is particularly timely. Its
purpose can. best be learned from the
authors preface: TT is not SO much
book for experts and connoisseurs-too
much has been written in that strain
put for those persons who would like to
become more Intimately acquainted with
japanese art. but have been deferred
from doing so by the want Of a book
Which would accomplish this without
obliging them to become specialists. This
is the first history of Japanese art
which attempts to popularize the sub
Ject. I have endeaYored sincerely and
sympathetically to reproduce all its lead
show its gradual growth from the archaic
period to our modern time" and all this
the writer does, and the result Is most
interesting volume, not only acquainting
art, but giving him very good general
idea of the country and its strange peo-
pie. With the introduction of modern
civilization, the writer claims the art of
the country was almost at a standstill for
some time, but reaction is beginning
and the new movement promises well for
the future.
The cark Of coIn-By Harry Lindsay.
The Fleming H. Revell company, pub
Iishers. For sale by the st. Paul Book
and Stationery company
Here is a story instinct with the Strug-
Cling in the business world, in which a
young man fights his way to the top, la
boring against all sorts of difficulties. The
chase for wealth is well pictured and the
reader feels the. excitement of the COM
mercial world and the tense spirit of the
market. Carried away by the maddening
fight, the hero succumbS to the lust for
gold and forgets his honor until too late
The latter part of the story tells of his
redemption and his fresh start in life
aided and inspired by the woman he loves
who remains faithful to him. There are
many useful lessons to be learned in
perusing this story, and it was evidently
the intention of the author to address
himself to young men apt TO forget their
high ideals In the mad scramble for
money.
oaIdos' Dona Perfecta-Edited by Edwin
Seelye Lewis, Ph. D., American Book
company, New York, Cincinnati and
Chicago.
This work of Galdos is a novel illus
rattng the prejudice of rural Spanish
community when brought into contact
with the results of modern advance in
science, religion and politics. This in
tolerant attitude is personified by the
characters of Dona Perfecta, whose affec-
ton for her nephew, a young engineer.
gradually turns to hate and fnstigates his
murder, and of the family chaDlain who
looks upon everything modern as an at
tack on religion and lends his aid to Dona |
Perfecta's schemes.
chateaubriand's Les Adventures du Der
Bruner, Ph. D. American Book com
pany. New York, Cincinnati and Chi
cago.
This edition of the well-known work Of
one Of the foremost French romanticjsts
is prepared for rapid reading in the first
year OF the course. The style is sinpIe
and easy, yet classical, and the sllbierf |
students attention.
Fifty Fables by La FontaEne-Edited bv
kenneth Mckenzie. American ESaoi- /
company, New York, Cincinnati and
Chicago. 0A1u
A convenient and suitable selection of
the fables edited in a scholarly manner
WITH Eingllsh annexation. The fables here |
given, including nearly all the best known |
ones, and few that are less familiar vii
read. - al 2 -
MerInee's coIonaba-Edited bv E4iAr
Parker Williamson. American EaoI- |
company C5.ilpy' New York, Cincinnati and
This masterpiece of Merimee tells the !