The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-23

! HdSneQ upon you the most OBVIOUS Tea
lures Of the picture; then thru not too
many pages you study the details; and
then you lay aside the book, doing so
not with the impression Of having read
a story, but of having looked upon the
portrait of a woman from life. OF course,
the story is there. Real word portraiture
Is impossible without that Description
merely is only photography of a poor sort.
Geneva is a yeoman's daughter to
whom circumstances have been kind in
providing an education. She is poet
unapprec1ated in the sOrdid surroundings
of a debt. ridden farm. Into the farm
life comes an artist, rather rugged char
acter, who has not known love and does
not recognize it when it wounds him. A.
wealthy young man of the neighborhood
has long sought the hand Of Genevra in
marriage. Genevra at last piqued by the
behavior Of the artist yields to the en-
treaties Of her old sutton. Then comes g.
revelation, and then a-another revelation.
The result is, Genevra writes poetry, tho
there is none Of it in the book, and the
artist makes pictures. "
| Genevra discloses the secret Of her art,
which is the secret of all art, in con-
| versation with Noy, who aids her in get
ting a foothold in London: -
'For example," said Noy, ''do you think you
could at once set down your first Impressions Of
London or Of me? Or could you write story
lodging?' ..'
Genevra did not answer him at once =
''No,'' she said, reluctantly, ''I don't think I
could"
.'Why not?" he asked.
Geneyra closed her eyes for moment as If in
intense self-examinat1on. .. ~r -
4 81 think" she said, slowly, 81 think it is
because I only write about what is inside
myself I believe that when have forgotten
the things that you speak about SO that they
are part of me, like yesterdays dinner, be-
lieve that thensI could write about Them
The book is not exciting; portraits never
are. But it is good reading.
D. Appleton & Co., New York. $3.50.
THE SHRINE.
| Dear, I have built in a wood
shrine that is sacred to you,
And there would dream If could,
| But there's duty to do.
Deep in the forest 1t stands,
| Fragrant with balsam and pine,
| Built not by arduous hands,
| But by fancy divine.
Out of its twilight your eyes
| Look into mine, with a gaze
| Eloquent, wistful1y wise, g..
! Of impossible days.
Yet, tho MY Joy and my woe,
| Fade with the dimness Of years,
Still to your shrine will go /.
| For my laughter, my tears. - 81.
by Louise Morgan Sill in Harper's Weekly To-
Nov. 49, e.. ....
Seals In Lake BalkaI.-Edgar M. Con
dit, real estate man of Chicago, wht
has recently returned from a long tri]
thru Europe, Asia, Japan and Africa
has told Of his travels in Two Years II
Three Continents. Mr.. Condit Travelled
with his eyes wide open, made his note!
on the spot, and wrote out his impress
Iof ho1 hoct
gathered into a book make an exeellen
story of travel. We pick UP an interest
ing bit of information by the way; per
haps you knew it, but we did not unit
we came upon it in Mr.. Condit's book
1t is that Lake Baikal, which is SO mucl
in the way of the Russians Trans Siber
ian railroad, is the only fresh water lax
in the world in which seals exist. Pro
fessor Wright, an authority on geolog
ical matters, uses the fact as an argu
ment in proof of the flood.
Fleming Il. Revell Co., New York.
A Lost Fairy Book Found.-France
, Hodgson Burnett, in a sort of fairy tai
} Introduction to Granny's Wonderful
Chair, by Frances Browne, tells 11ov
! that book became known to her as
girl and then how it was lost and coul,
5 not be found until it had been searches
| lOr d lOllS, lO1o Ilulc uCI IL. WAS pIOU
ably found thru the aid of the fairies. I
is no wonder that it was searched fol-
as readers will say when once they ge
to know Snowfower and the accomplish
ments of her granny's wonderful chair.
Mcclure, Phillips & Co., New York. -
A Calendar for All Churchmen.-H. Con
roy Brewster in his Saints and Festival
of the Christian Church has produce
what is practically a church year-boo
in which is told the origin, history an,
present status Of each Of the chief festi
| walls Of the entire Christian church a
t we'll as Of a number Of local feasts an
festivals which obtain in certain part
of Europe To these sketches is adde
a comprehensive list Of other festivals.
" Frederick A. Stokes Co., New York. So.
HowelIs In Italy for Wlnter.-Williar
Dean Howells, the American author, ha
arrived at San Reno, Italy, and wi
Y spend the winter at that place, collectin
4 material for a new book. -+.+.