The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-15

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A new edition of Henry Van Dykes
Little Rivers one Of those books that
take one outdoors and lead him by many
waters, will be welcomed by quiet and
philosophizing anglers, and by all who
like to get close to natures heart, whether
angling has any charms for them or not.
The book in binding. letterpress and pa
per is like those other books OF DR.. Van.
Dykes, 1.-THE Ruling Passion" and 1.-THE.
Blue Flower" issued by the sa me publish
ers, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York.
Mrs. Charles Brookfield's attempt to tell
a story thru the medium of a, diary is
not success. The smallest number OF
people in the world can make a diary. in
teresting. Old Pepys made q success of,
his diary because he told a straight, can
did tale of. a priggish mans daily life.
Marie Bashkirtseff's emotional eccentrici-
ties won her many readers. The Diary of
the Life Of a Woman Of the World" is
densely dull. A married woman tells Of
her f1irtations at Monte Carlo and other
places, with sundry admirers; and hints
how her absent husband was shining
against the marriage bond after his fash
ion. Very commonplace is the whole book.
The woman of the world" really ought
to be ashamed Of herself.
| Zut and Other ParIsians is the second
book Guy Wetmore Carryl has produced,
| his efforts before writing his "The Lieu
! tenant Governors novel Of no little
merit, published q few months ago-be-
ing chiefly in magazine literature. There
are eleven sketches Of life in the French
capital in Gut" and it is noticeable how
Frenchy in his tone and expression he
| has become thru his long residence ir
| Paris, where he represented the Harpers.
Gut" is an animal story, for zut, a mis-
chief maker and a cause Of human dis
/ cord, was a white angora cat. '"rhe Next
Corner" lie .Pochard, 2 The Tuition OF
Dodo Chapuis,' "A Latter Day Lucifer,
i I'm the Absence Of Monsieur are excel.
lent examples of the authors picturesque
style.
/ There is no book extant which. embodies
-|sso much information about Dante Align,
4 Teri, his age and work in that age, and
his influence and genius, as Charles Aller
4 Dinsmores Aids to the Study Of Dante
j Dante's is one Of the greatest names O.
4 genius producing Florence, and he livet
In the dawning Of the renaissance, thu
Z period of the awakening Of Italy, wlei
the Italian language was becoming rathe
as a vehicle OF expression, facilitating thu
1 growing yearning for the power of ex
4 preston. The thirteenth century, TIL
4 century of Dante, was notable for tn
: activity Of expression in literature an
the arts, during its latter half, and tn
lI.Comnedia.' of world wide reading an,
t study to-day, was the browning expires
sion Of the geniuss Of Dante. The autho
of this book has included Dean Church
s "Florentine Political Feuds. and Their In
f1uence Upon Dante; Charles Eliot Nor
81 TONS 1.-THE Intellectual and Moral ,AWak
!. ening Of Italy; Giovanni Villani's accoun
j Of Dante: Boccaccio's Vita iii Dante
E Brunis biography; Professor Norton
; narrative Of Dante's life and his com
ments on the original portraits of Dante
j photos Of which are included in the vol
I ume The author discusses the "Divin
{. | Commedia," the Vita Nuoya, and til
: minor works, and devotes considerapl
q space to the Interpretation OF the Com
!. media. = The suggestion as to the in
!. telligent study of Dante's works. will b
!, appreciated by those who have come ur
der the sway Of the revived interest