The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-01
NEW BOOKS
THE BOOK OF THE WILD GARDEN. BNs.
W. Fitzgerald New York: John Lane, The

THE BOOK OF THE WILD GARDEN. BNs.
W. Fitzgerald. New York: John Lane, The
Bodley Head. =
The author means by the term wild
Garden" the supplementing of natures
floral and foliage beauty by the addition
OF such plants and shrubs as will make
an ensemble of the highest attractiveness.
Such. work can be dome effectively where
rocks crop out; in depressions which lack
good perspective, in moist places at the
foot of hills. Flowers in groups, vines
with abundant leaves and branches riot
ing over the rocks aid in making the wild
garden, which demands the minimum of
care and a refined taste in arranging the
addition to natures resources. The au-
thor gives a list of plants suitable for
various kinds. of wild gardens, with
recommendations of the conditions of soil
needed. There is also an extensive list
of Towering shrubs and trees climbers
water plants, ETC., which suggest the gen.
eral floral and shrubbery effect Of their
use In helping out nature, if application
is made of such resources by refined
taste There is good index and the book
will be a treasure to gardenmakers now
making plans for the approaching garden
season. 1
VERONICA; Yac;! 1oh,y By Martha % W; Austin: New
N. Mccarthy. Price, s1.5O.
A story with no startling adventures.
| Only the tragedy of a womans heart.
Women's hearts are very strange things.
The girl Veronica was the girl in a boy
| and girl love- She carried the fervor of
1T into young womanhood His fervor
waned as he advanced to young manhood.
He cooled toward her and panied her by
| his selfishness asd neglect. She broke the
engagement. Indignation and love can go
together. She sought to revenge herself
| by flirting with another man. She be-
| came distinguished singer and men
| sought her hand, but her heart had been
narrowed by the pain of one cruel disap-
pointment Yet she yielded to the i'm
| portunity OF a strong and worthy. mans
love and again she was baffled, for he
| died at the beginning of married life
which promised all that great earthly love
could give. Veronica held on to the early
love- She loved not the man, but the love
which had been hers in years agone
She wanted her latest ardent lover to give
lis love to some girl who had never
known love before. He would not; could
not. And she was finding the vision OF
the youthful love fading away before the
dawning Of a new love- She fought it.
but 1t conquered and healed her wounded
heart. It had not been broken, although
she thought it had been. She had loved
an unworthy man before. Unlike many
women she did not cling to the shattered
ideal. She swept away the fragments and
rejoiced in the new. AS study of hearts
this story is most attractive. ,'
HORSES NINE. STORIES OF HARNESS AMI
| SADDLE. By Sewell Ford. Illustrated. New
| York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Price, 81. Is
Minneapolis: NJ Mccarthy. III =. ~
The author is a distinguished authorit,
on horses and recognizes the fine point.
and intelligent nature of the loveablt
brutes, and in these stories Of notable
horses relates examples Of intelligenc,
of blue e-blooded and work -a-day horse!
which will greatly interest the read
er. He relates events from the, horse!
standpoint as we'll as the driver Of
owner, as in the case of Skipper. tn,
trick horse. Then we have the biograph,
Of Calico a circus horse; of 'Blu
Blazes," born on a wet Friday and deeme,
unlucky; Of "Chieftain," of the heavy draf
service; of ''Black Eagle a horse Of tn,
ranges, and of the aristocratic Pasha, so,
Of Selim, and his war experiences. Their
are other good stories which will rails
anybody's respect for the horse.