The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-08

steamboat traffic of the Mississippi and
its tributaries employed 1000 boats ,I IN
Tennessee Todd" which is published by
Messrs. A. s. Barnes & Co, refers to
still more exciting period-the time after
the Civil war when there was struggle
for existence between the steamboat traf-
fic and the railroads.
A book just out. with the edition all
subscribed for before publication, IS
state Builders" being the history OF
New Hampshire compiled and edited by
George Franklin Wiley, the author OF
Solitaire" The contributors to the volume
include some of the best known writers
of not only the state but of the entire
country. A very good evidence of how
widely scattered the sons and daughters
land is shown by the numerous inquiries
received by the Hampshire Publishing
corporation concerning another edition or
this interesting work.
One of the reviewers of Worlds Chill
dren" has made an amusing slip. He
classed it under Books for Older Cnli-
dren" beginning his review with the re.
mark that it was Undoubtedly the most
beautiful book for children likely to be
published for the holiday trade OF this
year" But by the time he reached the
end of his review something seemed to
that while Miss Dorothy Menpes has
pleasing style, it is better adapted Tor
grownups than for children.
Stewart Edward White recently wrote
to the Bookman in reply to an inquiry
addressed to several American authors.
do reviewers understand the underlying
meaning of your books p Reviewers are
the only ones who understand the under
lying meanings of my books. don't un-
derstand them myself until am loio
about them in the public prints. Usually
try to tell straightforward story OF
things as / see them, after which 1t is
gratifying curious and interesting to see
what the ingenious get out of It, 1t makes
me feel profound and philosophic without
having had to work out the development
of those qualities" But after a little
more airy persifiage he adds: Frankly
get a great deal OF good from what real
criticism / see.
The publication of Ernest Thompson
Seton's 1.-TWO Little Savages" has been
delayed again until copies can be printed
to fill the orders 1t is q large book, with
over 300 Illustrations by the author, and
by 200 pages the longest book Mr.. Seton
has written. He has for many months
been putting the finishing touches on the
had been sold on the oath of October. the
date set for the book to appear. while
the presses were ordered to continue and
the publication put off until later.
Mary washington's recently discovered
will has overthrown nearly all the ac-
cepted theories about her life and her
self. In writing her book about Inc
Mother of Washington and Her Times,
Mrs. Roger A. Pryor rapidly reviews the
few facts already known, and then de-
votes herself to telling for the FIRST time
the true story of Mary Washington life
Of her volume is devoted to picturing the
social life and customs and manners
and occupations of interior Virginia
throughout the. eighteenth century. For
6aIrn Priv cyaIa
lures of tide-water Virginia, but the
interior in which Mary Washington lived,
is untitled ground. Thus both the his
torical information and the pictures Of 81
is said to be written in singularly
charming and delightful style.
Doubleday, Page & Co. publish within
the fortnight, besides Ernest Thompson
Little savages," Samuel Merwin's new
story Of a self made college man entitled
Of fn Native Mn Rind aH life and mage by Aauiia
Kempster; "Petronilla Heroven," by Una
L.. Silberrad. the rising young English
author; the Memoirs of Madame Vtgee
Lebrun a charming French artist, and
Prof chickering's new atlas of the moon.
Some other October publications are How
to Make a Flower Garden" Stories of
Inventors by, Russell Doubleday; The
the New Nature library; new edition
Of Newest England" revised by the
author, the late H. D. Lloyd; American
Masters of Sculpture by Charles III
| Caffin, uniform with the same author
American Masters of Painting; and
"The Tempest" in Prof. Mark III. Lid
delrs large Elizabethan edition of Shake
| speare.
Sir Gilbert Parker gives this telling
picture of Wolfe in his recently published
volume. "Old Quebec: The Fortress OF
New France: only the most invincible
! spirit could have borne so frail a body
| through those weeks of hope deferred
A vague melancholy marked the line
Of his tail, ungainly figure; but resolu-
ton, courage, endurance. deep design
| clear vision, logged will and heroisH
shone forth from those searching eyes
| making of no account the incongruities OF
| the shallow features. Straight red hair
/ a nose thrust out like a wedge, and 9
| chin falling back from an affectionate SORT
of mouth, made. by an antic of nature
! the most grotesque setting of those twin
| furnaces of daring resolve, which, in the
! end. fulfilled the yearning hopes of Eng
| land
| The College Records, announced by Pau
| Elder e Co., San Francisco fill field OF
| such obvious demand that it is remark
| able to have hitherto escaped attention
| Practically the two volumes are intended
to serve as note books in which the va
| riouS experiences of the four years OF
| undergraduate lie may De recorded, De
| ing topically arranged, with pages anC
stubs for the insertion of photographs
and other souvenirs. Beyond this. how
ever, the authors have entered into the
work with the enthusiasm of their owl
college, experiences and by means of full
page cartoons. topical decorations verse.
and other literary material, have mad,
! the books of essential interest The pub
fishers promise two handsome volumes
| to be printed in two colors on fine paper
and substantially bound, 1.-The Girls Col
| lege Record" illustrated and compiled b,
Virginia Woodson Frame; THE Men,
/ College Record written and arranged b,
Wallace Irwin, illustrated by Gordon
| Ross.
Napoleon Bonaparte," history writer
| for boys by William G. Sprague, which
first appeared in the American Boy will
be published at an early date by the A
Vessels company. The author has Sc
lected the incidents which attract an,
| interest boys and history has not beel
| distorted merely to add interest to tn
| narrative.
A number of good reproductions o
famous paintings, illustrating Napoleon
career have been inserted. which make
altogether volume interesting, instruc
tive and attractive.
The attention attracted in New Yorl
TO the effect of pulp mills upon the water
| of the Lake Champlain section shows tn
| importance a subject which has fairl
dramatic part in the life and politics O
the Southern community pictured in Bald
| win Sears remarkable novel, The Circl
in the Square," just published by A.
Barnes & Co.