The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-08
NEW BOOKS.

author Of Red Pottage,'' book which
1t would hardly be very proper to read
aloud in q family circle. Moth and
Rust" the story which occupies the
greater portion of this latest volume from
her pen lis a portrayal of social delin-
quencies which affected the happiness,
directly and indirectly, of Janet Black,
the pretty, innocent heroine. wrongly
suspected of evil she had not imagined.
It was a case Of innocent, maiden love,
killed in the heart where it had doomed
awhile. Poor Janet married an artist
who was content with her dead heart
with the beautiful face with the marks
of inextinguishable pain upon 1t. !:
VENICE, By Grant Allen. Two Volumes H.
Illustrated. Boston: {. G. Page & Co. Min
neapolis: The New Store. Price, So for
the set. - K ~- 81 -.,u - .;.., :
There is a charm in the name "sVenice,"
for there is a rich and kindly sugges-
ton of art and literature in it, albeit the
Venetians dominated the commercial ac-
tivities of the Mediterranean littoral at
one period and cannot be forgiven for
their agency in mutilating the marvellous
remains of Greek sculpture In their
acropolis at Athens in their assault upon
the Turks with shot and shell in the
seventeenth century. Mr.. Grant Allen
has fully carried out his purpose of sup
plying the Intelligent tourist, who wants
to gain culture from travel, with large
historical and antiquarian informa ton
which will enable him to enjoy and bet
ter appreciate the architecture, sculpture,
painting and other works Of art in Euro
pean cities This work on Venice to- be
followed by others. Ruskin's criticisms
on Venetian ,artsin 1.-THE Stones s4of
Venice are unrivalled in their beauty
and influence. Mr.. Allen takes the read
err through the whole city, prefacing the
tour with an account Of the origin of
Venice. Venice shows the Towering of
various styles Of architecture, the Greek
and Byzantine, Gothic and renaissance
chiefly, and much space is given to the
architecture, sculpture and mosaics Of the
famous st. Marks, nearly half the first
volume being devoted to that great struc-
ture Of varied architecture The illus
trations throughout are numerous and
attractive and the reader who follows the
authors leading will find himself max
ing a very satisfactory personal visit to
the wonderful city In the sea.
A LITTLE BOOK OF PING PONG VERSE Bos.
ton: Dana Estes company. Price, 75c. Post
age, &c. IT, b. ..s. a& = ~
Ping pong has become immensely popu-
lar in a comparatively brief period. When
a game stimulates a throng OF poets to
sing its praises Their must be something ii,
from many newspapers and magazines.
Judging from the rapturous measures of
the Ping-Pong poets, the sentiment on the
title page must be correct. i
"Ping pong for breakfast. Ping pong for
lunch, - ~ 49,
Ping pong for dinner and tea;
Ping pong for always; and when I'm
Ping pong, I'm dreaming of thee!" =
The volume contains the authorized
rules for playing the game which requires
doubt be appreciated by the devotees OF
ping pong and attract many people to the
game.
CULVER OF ARROWS. Being Character
istic Sermons Of David James Burreii, D. B..
LII. D. Delivered in: the Marble Collegiate
Church of New York City. Selected and
Epiton3zed by Thomas Douglas. Ph. D. In
PRODUCTION by Wayland Hoyt, D. D.. IL. D.
l. New York: Funk and WagnalIs Company.
Price, 1.2O.
DR.. Burrell and DR.. Hoyt both held pas
torates in Minneapolis for some years. DR..
Burrell's luminous expositions Of Scripture
are familiar to the people to whom he once
ministered. In New York he has not
abated the force Of his preaching. His
terse and vigorous style and his many
happy side lights on familiar passages oil
the Bible, bringing out the deeper mean
ing, characterize these Arrows" A fear
less preacher OF the old gospel, DR.. Burrel
draws large audiences who want to hear
the Bible truth delivered from a mar
who believes in it with all his soul and who
strikes from a stalwart right shoulder
There is a fine portrait, OF DR.. Burren fol
the Hontispiece.
THE ART OF THE VATICAN. By Mary Knigh
! Potter, author OF love In Art etc. illus
trated. Boston: L. c.. Page & Co. Minneap
oils: Evans, Munzcr, Pickering s Co. Pric,
+ Sc.
| In this handsome volume the reade,
finds a most interesting account Of thu
very valuable art treasures in the gal
leries and halls of the Vatican palace II
Rome Here are found masterpieces o
Christian and pagan art. The author give
| a plan and full description Of the famou
Ipalace and notes the most famous Of tn
works Of art There are over forty fin
illustrations, Including such works as tn
l..Laocoon,, the Venus Anadyomene,
i Raphaers TRANSPORTATION" and grea
works Of Michel Angelo, Titan, Domeni
chino Fra Angelica and others. Their
lis fine description Of the Sistine chape
THE author has done well to cover 5
many Of the art treasures with her en-
PERTAINING descriptions, when. as she ad
faits, 1t would take many volumes t
describe them all even superhcially. Til
volume is something more than a guild
book to the Vatican galleries. #