The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-22
BOOK NEWS.

book which met with instant success, and
which is enjoying a popular sale today.
, Since that time books written by the au-
thor of Miss Toosey's Mission" have
appeared with great regularity. but the
host of admirers of this writer's books
have been in complete Ignorance of her
! disclosed for the first time. On the title
page of Gay. Story" just published. are
the words. by Evelyn Whitaker, author
Of Of mis- Miss T .9Sny Mission Laddie
Brown &. Co., the publishers of the Miss
Toosey' books are unable to supply addi-
tional information in regard to Miss
Whitaker except to inform her admirers
that she is an English writer who has
always declined to furnish biographical
Information OF any kind for publication.
One American critic has said: ITO say
that a book Is by the author Of Miss
Toosey's Mission has come to mean that
it is wholesome. bright and true moving
sometimes with a pathos that contains
| no hint OF weakness and merry with the
genuine joy not unfamiliar even in COM
mon lives of common people" Besides
publishing Cay" Messrs Little, Brown
f t%e are Of sr ps Gg popgaF ro edition
uniform size and style
"My Favorite Book Shelf is the latest
work of Charles Josselyn, author of 1.-The
True Napoleon, one of the best and most
successful of the recent numerous con-
tributions to Napoeonic literature and is
published by Paul Elder & Co., San Fran
cisco.
There is no period In English or Irish
history containing more picturesque ma
terial for fiction than the Irish uprising
of 1898. S. R. Keightley, author of The
just published fascinating chronicle of
this period called 1.-The Pikemen' a ro-
nance Of the Ards of Down, purporting to
be the narrative of Rev Patrick Stirling
formerly OF County Down. Ireland, later
of Sangamon county. Illinois. Brentano's
have the work just ready in America.
Messrs. A. S. Barnes & Co. publish this
week New Fortunes, or How Molly and
Her Brothers Came to Boulder Gulch," a
new story for young readers by Miss
Mabel Earle Miss Earles success as a
contributor to the Atlantic Monthly and
other magazines argues well for the quail
1ty OF her first long story. This is largely
an outdoor story and the experiences of
Eastern girl in Western mining camp
form a theme which renders the title of
MeSSrs A. S. Barnes & Co.'S new juvenile
series; 1.-The East and West Series pc
culiarly appropriate.
Brentano's announce that thew are
about issuing a book of sustained and
dramatic interest entitled Mrs. j.
Worthington Woodward Z" This story wa q
recently published in small edition with
the title Dainty DEVILS but upon offer
ing the work for sale this title was found
to be quite misleading as to the story's
character and literary merit. Whereunon II
was decided to change it as above this
being the name of the heroine. The story
is extremely well written and full of fine
character drawing Its scenes are New
York s most exclusive social center Bren-
tano's have acquired all rights and will
put upon the market Immediately a hand
Somely bound edition of this brilliant story
with It's new title, Mrs. J. Worthington
Woodward
Col George B. Mcclellan. the newly
elected mayor of New York city. has writ
ten book entitled THE Oligarchy of
Venice which is to be published next
spring by Houghton, Miff1in &. Co.
A prominent London publisher is adyer-
the only one in English" He evidently
forgets the scholarly two-volume work Of
James, Parton published by Houghton
Miff1in d Co. more than twenty years
ago.
Miss Margaret Sherwood. author of the
charming Italian idyl Daphne IN a
graduate of Vassar and has also stuEied
she took the degree of Phi d. aft Yale.
and is now associate professor of Eng
fish literature at Wellesley college. hay
ing peen an instructor there for several
years. Besides contributing to some of
the magazines, she has already written
three novels.
The question of Russian treatment of
the Jews has again been brought to the
front by the report made by J. b. Green
hut to Secretary Hay.
Mr. Greenhut has just returned from
Russia, and his account of social condi-
tons and the intolerance of Russian Of
6cia1s goes far to confirm the newspaper
reports. and the more detailed chronicle
given by Michael Davitt IN his startling
book. Within the Pale" just published
by A. s. Barnes & Co
Book collectors will be Interested to
know that Houghton, Mifflin & Co. are
issuing limited large paper edition of
Fiske's Dutch and Quaker Colonies in
its illustrated form. Other volumes in
this set have been quickly taken I'D and
are now held at premium. "Ponkapog
Papers" by t. B. Aldrich. also appears
in a small uncut edition. bound in boards
with paper label.
The discussion in New York over the
deepening of the Erie canal lends spe-
ciaI interest to the chapters On Inland
Waterways in Ellen c. Samples Amer
lean History and Its Geographic Cond1-
TONS which Houghton Miff1in & Co.
have just published. The author makes
the significant point that in case Of war,
a deepened Erie canal would enable the
United States to send cruisers into the
great lakes. Her book aims to furnish
a link between earth history and human
history.
An Odd Lottery.
A new version OF Portals baskets is to