The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-08
BOOK 81 NOTES.

| Peggy O'Neal," Mr.. Alfred Henry
Lewis latest book, which will be is
| sued by DreXel Biddle, is the most pre-
| tentlons of his stories. 1t develops a
new field of American literature, or
| perhaps 1t would be better to say, deals
| with times and einstances hitherto left
| TO cold and pulseleSs historians. The
| book gives one a new light on the
celebrated "Old- Hickory" telling his
| character intimately and perfectly, and
| aftord1ng new view of certain events
which had much to do with the history
| of this nation.
One of the most interesting features
about Miss Dorothy Menpes' book on
The Worlds Children, which will
contain hundred illustrations by her
rather, Mr.. Mortimer Menpes, is that
| the Illustrations. are engraved and
printed in colors by the authors sister.
Miss Maud Menpes received her art
| education first of all from her father
| who devoted himself more especially
to teaching her the artistic side of her
| business.
I'm the Guardianship of God" is the
title of the new book by Mrs. Flora
Anna Steel, which is just appearing
from the Macmillan press. Mrs. Steel
! rose to fame almost at bound on the
the Face of the Waters" she strength
ened her hold upon the public with her
next book, THE Hosts of the Lord"
Her new book is a volume of short
stories of indians life1 named after the
first one; and they have to a large de-
| gree the quality of strength and of
unusualness.
Mr.. Arthur T. CUTLER COUGHS new
book, Hetty Wesley, promises to be
one of the more striking among the
autumn novels. This is practically
life of Wesley, put into the form of
fiction; and it is likely to- prove a
human document of considerable i'm
portance and remarkable of its kind.
1t will be published in October by the
Macmillan company.
/. H. Caliga, noted New England
portrait painter was secured to pro-
vide colored illustrations for Helen
Milecete'S novel, "a Detached Pirate"
which Little, Brown & Co. publish, and
his conception Of Gay Vandeleur the
vivacious heroine of the book, repro
duced as a frontispiece, is note
worthy example of book illustration in
four colors.
Lillian Whiting whose latest book,
Boston Days." has just gone into the
third edition and is receiving increas-
ing notice as vivid picturing of the
social and literary Boston of the Gold
en- Age Of American letters, is now in
Paris, after passing the spring in Italy.
Boston Days, which is also published
in London, is being much read in Rome
and in Florence, and is reported by
Meals circulating library in Paris as
quite in demand in the French capt.
tai. Miss Whiting visits Paris espe-
cially for the spring salons, which Of
in no lnfn cl&
preston of artistic France, embodied
both in paintings and sculpture.
Books taken from real life seem to
be growing popular. Beside the num-
erous collection of letters, real or fic-
titiouS, every one will recall how many
local celebrities have been lately trans
lated into fiction and won fame. From
these it is but a step to the genuine
article himself; In 1.-The Autobiogra-
ply of a Thief Cox, Duff1eld & Coz,
Hutchins Hapgood, the editor, has dis
covered one. of the most engaging
types. Light fingered Jim is a shrewd
and witty rogue and one capable as
it seems of honest reform.
Messrs. Fox, Duffield & Co. announce
for early publication a novel by Mrs.
Fred Reynolds, entitled 5"The- Man
With-the- Wooden-Face." 1t is a love
story. the scenes of which are laid in
II1S w 01SU Hills. IH6T0 is q O0C1Q0Q
novelty in the way the tale is told and
the love interest is one of charming
simplicity and directness.
The publishers of the Casters Mag
azine have just issued in pamphlet form
the article on the Bonus SYSTEM
which appeared in their Machine Shop
Number, published few weeks ago.
Mrs. Humphrey Ward, whose Lady
Roses Daughter" is the most talked-o Of
book in America and England today,
will be especially entertained as the"
guest Of the New Vagabond club in
London on June II, at the Hotel Cecil.
The chair will be occupied by Jerome
K. Jerome.
Miss Grace Lathrop Collin, whose
Putnam Place" has been designated by
Mr.. HoweIls as IAN instant classic" is
a singularly youthful woman to have
attained such dignity of success with
her first book. Miss Collins leads an
active literary life, and has a distinct
Discrimination for the ordinary routine
of social obligations. She is keen and
sympathetic observer.
Miss Sarianna Browning, only sis
ter Of the poet, died a few weeks ago
in Florence, where she lived with her
nephew, the poets son, at the latter's
villa, La Tore a1rAntella. Miss
Browning had led singu1arly unset
fish life, devoted first to her mother,
then her father, and finally to her
brother after the death of his wife.
The title of the forthcoming novel by
Mr.. James Lane Allen has been chang
ed. Instead of "Crypts of the Heart"
it will be called "The Mettle of the
Pasture" The title is taken from a
line in Shakespeare. Several years ago
Mr.. Allen was engaged upon a novel
which was announced as bearing the
title '"The Mettle of the Pasture" That
work was a long historical novel Of
Kentucky life. Various reasons led the
author some years since to change
his purpose in regard to finishing and
publishing it. Out of it has grown a
new novel, having the same title, but
bearing no relation to the historic field
of the early study.
About the middle Of June the McMiI-
Ian company will publish "Thompson's
Progress" the new stoy by Mr. Cutliffe
Hyne, the creator of captain Kettle"
Miss Beulah Marie Dix, the author of
''The Making of Christopher Ferring-
ham," has written a new novel which
the Mcmillan company will publish in
the autumn under the title of "Blount
of Breckinhow." The story is laid in
England in the year 1642-1645, and
claims to tell of a domestic tragedy
as set forth in the letters of a prosper
Gus family of Yorkshire gentry-a kind
of tragedy as common now as then.
LATE JUNE MAGAZINES
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