The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-20


Long VIII, to be published soon by Hough-
ton, Mifflin. 81 Co.. She was born in New
Orleans, La, on April 30, 1871. Her
father and mother were also natives of
New Orleans, but her fathers, parents
were Of old New England stock. She was
graduated from Wellesley with the degree
of B. S. in 1898. The four following win
tiers were spent in New Orleans, but since
1897 Miss Converse has made Boston her
home, and for five years she lived at
Denison house, the Boston college settle-
ment. Since January, 1900, Miss Converse
has held an editorial position on 1.-THE
Churchman.'' b. In June, 1909, she received
the degree Of M. A. from Wellesley. Miss
Converse's.s bookst ARE r'Dianas z<Fictrtx,,'
G8aD, :sThe,.. Burden *ef Christopher
$4,000 and '.Long: WIZ 190a),z a romance
Of the, fourteenth century, having for
theme the peasants revolt. - :ep - 80
The general verdict is that volumes of
hort*sstories7 are dull and are becoming
something of a. bore. $50 they are, If the
stories are poor. and: insipid. This can
not be said Of Lloyd Osborne's Love, the
Fiddler, which contains five. stories-just
about, enough-each: Of which has a fine
climax reached by a lot Of strategy deity
and humorously condensed, showing the
persistence; and playfulness Of the: rosy
god who fiddles his victims into the dan
CHG mood and rhythmic grayitation to
each other. Quite delightful are '"The
Chief Engineer and 'Ffrenche's First, "
the former a tale of a girl who played
mischievously a devoted lover in tan
talizing way, and the other an amusing
"affair. Of the heart showing the draw
| ing power of a family name. There is a
good Philippine war story, also, THE Mas
cot of Battery b. the mascot being
an old lady who ,chummed with the bat
terry because her son had fought and died
working the guns. II -
| Mrs. Laura, c.. Richards gave a very
strong proof of her story writing talent
| in that pathetic volume, Captain Janu-
ary," and a book announced from her is
accepted by the public as a guaranty OF
| it's attractiveness. In her The = Golden
Windows she has written a book Of fables
which will be acceptable to- grown-ups as
| well as to children. The little story Is 4
parabolic masterpiece, contentment being
the sdocet,": and it is the foreword fol
j all the other parallels! The gifted author
! has shown herself. an expert In teachins
by. this method, the method OF the Christ
himself. -. =. -,-.4 IS. - ~.
Edward stratyneyer has in many vol
umes shown himself master of the art o.
producing. historic studies in the pleasins
| story FORM In his At the Fall of Mon
treaI, or a Soldier Boys Final Victory
he; tells the story of the efforts of thu
English and colonial soldiers against thu
French strongholds, including montreal
| and Quebec, in 1859. Wolfe was to attacl
| Quebec and Amherst and Prideaux Wer'
to capture Fort Niagara and Oswego AM
| ioin Wolfe in the east. Wolfe's big figh
l and capture: Of Quebec and the union o
the English forces from the west befor
Montreal, the<capture of that city, whicl
terminated the war, are detailed, and tn
- - 1>4,y TNnxy
Morris and his cousin Henry Morris, a.
spies sent to learn the French position
toward Oswego, are thrillingly' related
This is one of the most Interesting vol
urnes in the Colonial Series
! Animal stories are much in demand an,
a few very good ones may be found famon
a large amount of unmitigated trash
Jack London's Call Of the Wild y
masterpiece of this kind of literatur
and has not been successfully rivale6
Miss Helena Higginbotham has, write
J, the autobiography of a Scotch collie Q
Z blooded lineage among these famous shee
, dogs who, was sent from his native heat
to the United States, and he relates hi
experience in a very interesting way an
with no little humor. The volume, Rover
q Story, includes an attractive dissertatio
l. on cats. a.
$ Richard Harding Davis excellent shol
: story, The Bar Sinister; has been issue
t in very attractive holiday attire with i
: Illustrations in color and preface whic
: will add to the interest of the book. TIL
story is that of a kid. a street dog, dc
scended from dog royalty on one side an
> from a black and tan nonentity on til
{ other. He turns out to be a prize WHINE
: taking honors from his own father at til
? New York dog show. Mr.. Davis prefac
: is In answer to a question as. to the trut
Of the story and a challenge to show thu
: it, is true.