The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-01
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ment or his reform Ideas.
NEW BOOKS.
CONTRASTS. BY Florence Henniker. New
York: John Lane, The Bodley Head
Contrasts" is an eminently fitting title
for this volume of short stories, reveal
ing contrasts in human life and thought
and character and disposition. The
eternal feminine" pervades the volume.
A story is inclined to be stupid If the
feminine element is omitted The first
story introduces her in Lady Coppinger, a
widow courted by two men and wrestling
over the great problem of marriage,
whether she should know supreme and
passionate joy for a few years with Fitz
Roy beside her or exist in monotonous,
unbroken peace with Jaxley for money
Fttz Roy was brilliant, passionate, impul
finally, but it looks as If she preferred
Jaxley's steady love even if life with him
promised less cakes and ale than the life
with the Eighty Fitz Roy. "Mr. and Mrs.
Carteret," present another phase Of the
marriage question, in which Carteret, mar
ried to an angelic woman whom he adored,
was haunted night and day by the shadow
of an occurrence in his earlier life which
gave a hideous dwarf an opportunity to
levy blackmail upon him. The occurrence
was caused by the inevitable feminine
Then in Ex-Trooper Tempany, we have a
painful contrast" in the last days of an
old soldier and his wife barely living on
small pension and hopes Of getting more
from the government, hopes never real
lied. The faithful friend who helps in
this case is woman. The contrast is
one which is apt to moisten many eyes.
THE Man Who Waited is another pain
full contrast. There are sixteen of the
| stories and the author shows herself an
expert in short story writing. The author
of In Scarlet and Gray" has never done
| any sloppy work.
YOUNG PEOPLES HISTORY OF HOLLAND.
| By William Elliot Grifs. Illustrated Bos-
ton; Houghton. Mifnin & Co. Minneapolis:
N. Mccarthy. Price, $1.5O net.
The author of this nature book writes Of
| the trees as one with the intimate knowl-
| edge OF thoro student Of this speciality
and with earnestness and familiarity Of
| close acquaintance. The book treats
| chiefly Of the trees of our northern states
| the author beginning with a few ele-
mentary observations on the leaf and
| organs of the flower Of the tree, the de-
! velopment and distribution Of pollen.
The stirring of the sap, the Towering Of
| trees the life of the leaves and their useful
functions the making Of new wood and
| bark, the summer and autumn life of trees
and the subject of perpetuating forests by
seedlings, the transportation by birds and
winds of various tree seeds are instinct
lively and charn1ingly treated by the
| author, and no one can read the book
| without acquiring many new and useful
suggestions. It is profusely illustrated.
| WITH THE TREES. BY Maud Going, Author
of with Wild Flowers etc. Illustrated by
E. h. Lincoln and G. B. Going. New York:
The Baker & Taylor company, 1897 Seven
/ teenth street. Minneapolis: N Mccarthy
Price, 81.
The history Of Holland is the history
of a people who secured their country
after long contest with the encroaching
ocean and then, upon their natural foun-
dalton, found that their liberty-loyin
nature compelled them to fight the lib
erty- hating nations of Europe. The con-
tinuous examples Of heroism and self sac
r1hce Of the lowlanders, present splendid
object lessons for the young to-day It
required strong courage and determine
4 ton for the first people of that region to
settle there and make homes and villages
on mounds of sea clay, with water surgins
about them. The Romans came and built
cities and roads, forts and canals and
temples and then the Roman empire fell
! and the northern nations occupied the
provinces and the country we call Holland
was ruled by a line Of counts. Count
4 Walram, eleventh century, became the
head of the House of Orange, the reign
ing family at the present time, the royal
dignity having been declared hereditary
In l747. The Dutch early embraced
Christianity and adhered to the Protestant
cause at the reformation and made the
long, heroic fight for country and re.
ligious liberty against Philip of Spain an6
: his formidable armies, who invaded Hol.
land. The story Of their friendship TO,
America when the colonies were warrins
with Great Britain for their rights anG
; their losses on account Of that friend
ship of the efforts Great Britain, France
and Prussia made to destroy the Dutch re-
public Is we'll told. The Dutch helped de
stroy Napoleon at Waterloo and broke tn,
I Gallo yoke and made the young Prince O
Orange, William L. king. ancestor of tn,
present ruler Queen Wilhelmina. TIL,
story in this book is inspiring and Mr.
Z Griffis has done a great thing for tn,
2 young people in writing it,