The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-19

striving to win a fortune by letting fur
nlshed rooms 1t is a smooth spoken adj
oW to the wicked and grasping CITY, but
the widow herself though worried by
many dift1culties manages to keep her
head and most of the money which she
brings with her to the city.
New York is filled with furnished
room houses says the writer in her in
who has failed to keep one may not ex-
actly have missed her calling, but she
has acquired that varied experience
which no other vocation can rival for va
The book itself shows that there is
much variety in the calling. but readers
las = Wrights widows many trials and
tribulattons in New York city cannot fail
to feel relieved when she finally decides
to give up the struggle and return to her
village.
Father Tom Of Conveniently Elizabeth
OReilly Neville. Published by Rand
McNally & Co., Chicago and New York
AS the title suggests, this is a story of
irish life in. the secluded hills of Come
mara, among the ignorant superstitious
inhabitants. The story lacks action and
interest. The. author invariably takes the
longest way around, always using just as
many words as possible to tell the story
and describe the scenes However, the
book is not without its merits, and doubt
less will interest many readers.
The author says, 1T would take the
idea OF this wonderously beautiful region.
and the pen of a genius TO describe those
interesting mt rest i people people who >, go down to
neither a master nor a genius, as por
trayed by this volume, but she succeeds
IN introducing number of thoroughly
irish characters into the story, some of
tnem very We'll drawn. There is no plot;
if there is, it is indistinct. The story
rather deals with the ordinary, everyday
life, ct the fishing people on the coast.
| Three American botansts are introduced
| into the book, in fact one Of these tells
most t.I # not t all, Of the story
Father Tom Is one of the good, but
! jolly sort of priests, who do a great deal
of good without making any fuss about it.
and are still fond of good dining. This
character is perhaps the most real of any
| introduced into the book. The book is
| Illustrated with photographs Of scenes
| and characters of Connemara. and is
| bound in green cloth.
The History of the Five Indian Nations
OF Canada-By Hon. Cadwalleder Cold
| en-. Published by New Amsterdam Book
| Company, New York.
1t has been said by Shea that this his
! tory was written ito lay more complete
| " before the public the Importance OF
! the Five Nations-or Iroquois--to the col
! ony of New York. as a barrier against the
French, and means of controlling the
! West. These nations were dependent
| upon New York, and were barrier be-
| tween the English and the French in that
! part of the world. The history was writ
| ten many years ago, in about 1870. ana
contains valuable information about the
Indians who We're such dangerous enemies
to New York trades people. 1t is now
more valuable as reliable history, told
| in charming style, and accurate as to
I the smallest details
The book abounds in private adventures
| and experiences which all tend to make
more interesting the bare facts of history
| Mr.. Golden had great faith and conf
| dence in these Indians and endeavors in
his history to emphasize their abilities
and better qualities
The book is published in two beautiful
little volumes, bound in white and black
| The first volume contains a steel engrav-
! ing of the author and in the second
there is map of the land occupied by
| the Indians.