The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-28
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For sale by ST. Paul Book and Station
cry company.
Margaret Sidney is the author of the
| Pepper books and other we'll known
| stories for children, but it is evident
| that Mrs. Wigs, of Cabbage Patch
! fame, has inspired her to try her hand
! at the same sort of thing, and very
well she does it. Sally Is a character
| at a summer resort where she does
! fancy washing for the summer board
| ers. She is getting on toward fifty
| and declares that if she passes that
milestone unmarried she will be
sure enough" old maid. So she
| makes up her mind to marry Mr..
| Tubbs, a small, frightened man, who
desires nothing SO much in the world
| as to be let alone. But Sally success
! fully leads him to the altar, and con-
! cIudeS that no matter how fnSignifi-
| cant he may be, he is still a man and
| she will be, as his wife, Mrs. Some
body, and that is the height of her
ambition. There is a pretty love story
running through the book and the
quaint philosophy of Sally is very
readable, and at times shrewd and at
all times highly amusing. There is
always a charm in the work of Mar
| garet Sidney and this small volume is
no exception to the rule.
Young Heroes of Wire and RaII-By Alvah
Milton Kerr Lee & Shepard, publish
ers, Boston For sale by st. Paul
Book and Stationery company.
This is a book of wonderfully vivid
stories of railroad life, portraying the
heroism of trainmen, telegraph opera
! tors and dispatchers, each story a COM
plete drama in itself with thrilling eli
max, and yet too truthful to be classed
! as sensational It>is by Alvah Milton
| Kerr, formerly a train dispatcher of
| long experience, and now justly noted
| writer of railroad stories, who has
brought together from many sources
! the most striking acts of heroism per-
formed during the last quarter of
| century of railroad activity, and has
| cast them in stories of Singularly in
tense interest A great deal of infor-
nation reveals itself in the develop
ment of the narrative, though such is
| the skill of Mr.. Kerr that the merely
| technical is never allowed to dull the
| human or dramatic interest. The peo-
pie of this book are alive and active,
and in emergencies proceed to accom-
! pliSh things; the tone of the work is
healthful and inspiring, and leaves a
decidedly good taste in the mouth"
Most of these stories first appeared in
McClures Magazine, The Youths Com
panion, Philadelphia Saturday Evening
| Post and Success; which fact is very
strong guarantee of merit. No one
who begins reading these stories in
this finely printed, illustrated and
bound book, will be likely to allow any
thing to Interfere with their COM
pletion. Price, s1.0O net.
Joe's Signal code-By w Reiff Hesser.
! Lee & Shepard, publishers, Boston. For
sale by ST. Paul Book and Stationery
| company.
Mr.. w. Reiff Hesser, a well known
citizen of Reading, Pa, who is both an
| electrical and mechanical expert and
gifted writer, has for a long time been
most actively Interested in the welfare
of young men, and has given his best
effort to preparing a book that should
possess every element of thrilling
story, and at the same time instruct
in useful knowledge and leave whole
some influence. He has. well accom-
plished his purpose by producing a
book of absorbing interest which has
the intrinsic worth of an entire list of
ordinary fiction and juveniles, and is
| equally interesting for all ages. 1t tells
of the abandoning of fine ship with
its cargo in the Pacific ocean. The
leading characters, who are to leave
last, have their escape cut off by the
destruction of their boat, but succeed
in saving the ship, and lead most in
teresting life for a year on a hitherto
unknown island. A code of signals de-
veloped by Joe, the youngest member of
the party, with some friends previous
ly made, comes in curious way to be
the means of their salvation. The
amount of reliable information regard
ing electricity, mechanical work, and
natural history that is brought in SO
naturally adds to the interest of an eX-
ceptionally good story, instead of max
ing it SLOW as one less master of his
subject might have done. Further
more, without any preaching, it pre-
sents nobility of character in way
that wins constant admiration. The IL
Illustrations by Frank Merrill are capt.
tai. Price, $1.00 net.
Famous ChiIdren-By H. Twitchell. Lee
e Shepard, publishers, Boston. For
sale by st. Paul Book and Stationery
| company.
A handsome book, which any intelli-
gent parent may be glad to add to the
library Of a child, and which, indeed,
any one may read with profit, is 'Fa-
nous Children by H. Twitchell.
These are we'll written accounts not
women, but of boys and girls who for
deeds and experiences during their
childhood are famous in history song,
and story. For convenience the sub
jects are grouped as Royal Children .
Child Artists, Learned Children -
| DeVOleQ CnllUreU, heroic .0nllQr61,
etc. The names of THE Two Little
Princes" Louis XVII" Mozart, y
"Canova,' "St. Genevieve," "St. Eliza
beth of Hungary" David and Joan
of Arc" are here, as well as those of
many more, perhaps not less worthy or
interesting, but less we'll known. The
stories are in every way reliable, as
the best authorities in each case have
been carefully followed, and the genu-
| vol of he &c or1I1 llv
, sixteen full-page reproductions of not
ed pictures dealing with these eharac-
: tiers.
The Autobiography of "CaIico" Dog
BY Helena Higginbotham. Lee & Shep-
ard, publishers. Boston. For sale by
, st. Paul Book and Stationery company
. This book is dedicated ITO all who
have pets, and treat them kindly, and
would be glad to understand them bet
ter" and commends itself at, once tc
all who are fond of fine dog or in