The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-24

modern and strenuous age. The re-
suit is some very funny rhymes COM
bining the old stories and the very lat
est slang. The little book is gotten out
in most original dress by the enter
prising Western publisher.
The Shame of the cIties-By Lincoln
SteffenS. Mcclure, Phillips &, Co., pub
fishers. For sale by st. Paul Book and
stationery company.
Mr.. Steffens says in his introduction:
This it not book. 1t is a collection
of articles reprinted from McClure's
Magazine. Done as journalism, they
are Journalism still, and no further
pfetenslonS are set up for them in their
new dress. This classification may
seem pretentious enough; certainly it
would if 1 should confess what claims
make for my profession.
They were written with a purpose
they were published serially with a
purpose, and they are reprinted now
together to further that same purpose
which was and is-to sound for the
civic pride of an apparently shameless
citizenship" Mr.. SteffenS has left very
little for the reviewer to say. The
reading public is already familiar with
his style in the articles as they have
appeared. They are merciless exposi-
t1ons Of the municipal corruption of
several Of the largest cities in the
country and our sister city comes sec
ond in the list.
In his introduction he further SAYS:
When l set out on my travels, an
honest New Yorker told me honestly
that l would find that the Irish, the
Catholic Irish, were at the bottom of
it all everywhere. The first city I went
to was st. Louis, a German city. The
next was Minneapolis, a Scandinavian
city, with leadership of New Eng
landerS. Then came PittSburg, Scotch
Presbyterian, and that was what my
New York friend was. "Ah, but they
are all foreign populations" I heard
The next city was Philadelphia, the
purest American community of all, and
the most hopeless. And after that Chi
cago and New York, both mongreI-
bred, but the one triumph Of reform
the other the best example of good
government that had seen. The for
eign element excuse is one Of the hyp-
ocritical lies that save us from the clear
sight of ourselves"
Mr.. Steffens' book Is exceedingly
readable and not the least of 1t is his
introduction in which he sums up his
conclusions, of city government in this
country. which are, after all, not en-
tirely pessimfstic.
Denis IDENTIFY E. w. Hornung-Fred-
eriek A. Stokes Co. publishers. For
sale by ST. Paul Book and Stationery
1 company.
Mr.. Hornung's latest book Is admir-
ably described by it's publisher as "a
novel Of love, treachery and heroism."
Denis Dent Is the mate of vessel on
which sails the owner, his daughter
and the Villain Introducing in the first
chapter these four components of meIo-
drama, it is easy to scent the inevitable
shipWreck. rescue, heFoisn, treachery
and ultimate triumph of love long be-
fore the author gets to them. 1t Is a
most readable tale and absorbs ones
interest from the start to the final
chapter. where Denis comes into his
own. Especially valuable is the de-
scription of the Banarat gold fields
during the most exciting period. The
reader is forcibly reminded Of Charles
Reade's Foul Play by this novel. al
though the plots differ essentially.