The Saint Paul globe., 1903-07-13

R. Lighton. William Hamilton Osborne
| Gerome Chambers, Louise c. Howe, Fred
erick StolSer. w. Bert Foster, Una Hud-
son, c. S. Valentine. Frances Howard,
son are among the contributors A cover
of classic design. brilliantly attractive IN
red and gold. and eight artistic portraits
printed in colors, help to beautify the
number and give it distinct identity
among the summer magazines
An old Florida colonel recently met
Booker T. Washington, and in a bibu-
lous burst of confidence said to the negro
educator:
.'suh, I'm glad to meet you. Always
wanted TO shake your hand, sub. think,
sub. you're the greatest man in America
"Oh, no., said Mr.. Washington.
You are suh,'' said the colonel, and
then. pugnaciously: Who's greater?''
We'll" said the founder of Tuskegee,
there's President Roosevelt
No: sub roared the colonel Not by
a jugful; used to think so, but since
he invited you TO dinner l think he's
blank scoundrel.
The chapters which have appeared
from month to month in The Century dur
ing 1902 and 1903, telling the story of
Pa GLADDEN., his simple faith; his quaint
optimism his broad humanity, will be
gathered and published in book form in
the fall by The Century Co., under the IT,
tie Of PA Gladden-The Story of Com
mon Man. Elizabeth Cherry Waltz, au
thor of these sketches. is authority for the
statement that the character of Pa Glad
den is based upon that of her father Maj.
John Nicholas Cherry, cavalry officer
during the Civil war, and a man of broad
and genial charity, much humor, and
, quaint phraseology.
Prof Edward Everett Hale Jr., of Union
college. has edited Shakespeare's ITEM
Literature Series. The edition contains
an account of the passages which the poet
Keats marked in his own copy of 1.-The
Tempest This constitutes a real ad-.
dition to the critical literature upon the
play, and will be priced by teachers and
students who use this edition
Col. Thomas Wentworth Higginson. who
has enjoyed. the friendship of many of the
great American authors, is about to pub
lish through Houghton, Miffiin & Company
Readers History of American Litera-
ture. His fund of personal reminiscence
interesting material, and in his previous
biographical and critical work it is seen
that he IS discriminating as well as SYM
pathetic Mr. Henry ". Boynton, well
known as writer, critic and teacher. is
assisting Col. Higginson in preparing and
arranging his material for class use.
Theodore. Leschetizky. the teacher of
PadereWski and many of the most ia
enty-three years of age on the second OF
July. His "reminiscences will appear in
the autumn written down by his sister
in-laW the Countess Potocka.
A matter that demands world wide at
tentlon Is the arra1gnment OF King Leo
July Review of Reviews. Mr.. Stead
charges the Belgian monarch with specl1c
acts OF misgovernment in the Congo Free
State, and the charges seem to be sub
stantiated by the statements in the same
number of the Rev. w. NJ Morrison, an
American missionary who has just return
raiding and the wanton murder of ma
tives are some of the crimes of which
the Free State administration stands ac-
cused, and the British house OF commons
has called upon the powers concerned TO
abate the evils complained OF.
One cf the new novels aireadys in press
for early fall publication will be issued
under unusual auspices. Moreover, it
promises to attract ususual attention, II
the reports of those who have read the
manuscript are any criterion. The author
| is Mr.. Eugene TnWing, who for twenty
years has been connected with the pub
fishing house of Funk & Wagnalls COM
pany. formerly as editor on one of their
periodicals, and for the last ten years as
general literary critic and advertising
manager Mr.. Thwing has written many
ent work is his first long novel. 1t is in
teresting to note that the book will not
be published by the house with which the
author is himself connected. In fact, the
manuscript did not go the rounds of the
publishers in the usual way. One of the
officers of the Consolidated Retail Book
sellers knew OF us COIHplellOil dllu
thing Of its character. He gained permis-
sion to read it, and after doing so prompt
ly secured a thirty days option on the.
novel The title-of the novel is The Red
Keggers." 1t is a vigorous story OF a
numbering and farming community in
Michigan covering the period from 1868 to
the end of 1871.
Morgan Robertson wrote his new sea
story, 'Sinful Peck" in the dead of night,
which is his favorite time for work. He
composes directly on the typewriter, ana
when he sets down a paragraph it is
done, for this author never revises in de-
tail. He may write a whole story over
again, but as he writes, sentence by SEN
tence, the nail must be hit on the head
each time. When the story is done. it is
either in his opinion, a success or fail
ure. If the former. it goes to his pub
Usher; if the latter, it is consigned to the
oblivion of the waste-paper basket.
Harper & Brothers new subscription
edition of the works of Richard Harding
Davis is almost exhausted, and new
edition is being hurried to completion to
meet a a.demand which has gone beyond
the expectations of the publishers. Mr..
Davis has lately returned from trip
abroad. and is now at his nome in the
country, where he has a private golf
links.
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