The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-19

In Sir Gilbert Parker's new romance.
A Ladder Of Swords, CHarper & Brothers)
are several poems which. tho printed
between quotations, were written by the
author himself. Following is one of the
songs sung by Queen Elizabeths fool:
Who would lie down and close his eyes
While vet the lark sings Ger the dale?
Who would to Love make replies,
Nor drink the nut-brown ale
While throbs the pulse, and full's the purse
And all the worlds for sale?
Tho wintry blasts may prove unknd,
When winters past we do forget;
Loves breast in summertime Is Kind,
And alps well while life's with us yet
Hey, no. now the lark Is mating,
Life's sweet wages are In waiting!
A literary secret has been disclosed.
The Confessions Of Marguerite, reviewed
In this column some time ago, was from
the pen of Opie Read. The book was first
published anonymously. It compelled at
tention as a rather strongly drawn dark
picture Of the experiences Of a country
girl who had a taste for art and went to
Chicago to become an artist. She never
arrived. Instead, she was reduced sew
eral times to the point of collapse from
lack Of food and exposure. And the eff
fects of her experiences upon her moral
nature were not pleasant to look upon. A
new edition Of the book has just been
issued.
George Barr McCutcheon admits that
he Is the outhor Of Brewster's Millions
a book the authorship Of which has hith-
erto been attributed to one Richard
Graves In explanation of the conceal
nent Of the authors identity, Mr.. Nc
Cutcheon says that it is the result of q
| wager with a publisher to the effect thai
the name of an author has nothing to dc
| with the sale of a book.
| ALLS WE'LL.
| Why harbor fear? The planets one By
one
| Their peaceful paths pursue through
| trackless space;
The myriad stars, tho distant from the
Yield mellow light with undiminishet
| grace.
What tho swift, sudden storms SWEEP
swiftly by
And fret the face Of heaven for al
hour?
Above the ternpest's rage a boundlessz SIX.
4 Unshadowed bends it's blue in Tranquil
| power.
To steadfast souls nor strife nor sin ca
bring
Resultant i'll. Where Love and Quie
The full, harmonious spheres Of bein
: swing
serenely on their way-and all is vel
Elizabeth Carpenter in Harper
i Weekly.
Martin Hume, whose historical worl
1.-THE Love Affairs Of Mary Queen {
Scots was SO successful last season, ar
bringing out thru McClure-Phillips
similar book entitled The courtship {
Queen Eliza beth. Mr.. Hume has charg
: Of the Elizabethan Calendars In tn
J British public record office, and has ha
access to state papers, hitherto neglected
/ which have given him an immens
amount of new data. For the America
edition he has added two new chapter
: dealing with the purely personal side
the virgin queens amours, including
newly discovered story Of a son born I
Elizabeth and one of her favorites.
The scribners are just publishing tt
last novel from the pen of the late Hem
, Seton Merriman. It's title is The La
Hope, and it has not had a serial publ
5 cation. The story was completed SON
3 months before the authors death.
e deals with an attempt upon the Frent
= throne during the presidency Of the ms
who afterward became Napoleon III. II
= period was romantic to a high degre
Many royalists still believe that the s,
of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette d
:; not die in the temple, and the auth
y. connects him with mysterious Frenl
y wait who, at the time Of the dauphir
supposed escape, had been picked u
adrift in a small boat, off the coast
t France, and raised in an English iishil
: village. It is the son of this waif
e young fisherman with features of strikil
: resemblance to the Bourbon type, WI
eagerly accepted by royalists as the he
to the throne of France, is the hero Of t
!. novel, ...,
l. Two editions Of Dr.. S. Weir Mitchell
y ''The Youth Of Washington: Told in
d Form of an Autobiography, will be
e sued soon a popular edition Of 800 pag
y y for $3.50, the other a limited edition
g extra value and price. This book Is t
IS fruit Of years Of study and sympathe
t. research into the heredity, circumstanc
e and events which fitted the son of
70 careers in history; and serial publicati
IS established it's rank with the best Of !
# MitchelPs historical work, and as
,e extraordinary achievennen t in literary a
d, The Uneasy Chair
p TIE MAGAZINE SAMPLER
- Some Fine Epigrans.-The Rev. Her
10 Van Dyke contributes a wise and e
ID quent essay on The School Of Life to