The Saint Paul globe., 1904-01-31
Joe MllIer,s Complete Jest Rook-Pu95isa- 81,
LITERARY NEWS.

One of the sensations Of 4he year II
college circles has been the fearless castl-
| cation of modern university Ire In popu-
| lar novel, 1.-The Torch by Prof. Herber'
M. HOPKINS of Trinity, has stirred up a
world of discussion, especially on the IA
cific coast. Its main incident IS so strlKlne
and its characters are depicted with such
realistic Vigor that readers feel an IN
stinctive tendency to give the scene To-
cal habitation and TO supply the charac-
| ters with names from life. The false.
hearted president Babington is mosi
frequently identified with President Jor-
dan of Leland Stanford, and Mrs: Tup-
per- is taken to be an impolite disguise
for Mrs. Stanford.
In the January number of Out west, q
magazine published at Los Angeles, the
editor breaks forth in savage attack
upon the book Mr. Hopkins sends him
the following dignified statement in self
justification
Messrs. A. c. McClurg & Co. will this
spring depart from their usage OF
bringing out but one star book OF nc
tion a season, and Will pupiish In MarcI
two romances which they believe Will al
once meet popular favor. Strangely enough
the savage Indian of the frontier figures
prominently in each of the stories, but In
the one it is the frontier of Canada In
1866 and in the other the frontier of In
diana and Illinois in 1872.
The announcement that DR.. w. 8.
Rainsford is to write life story has
called up memories of the early days OF
his work in connection with historic st
Georges church. One enthusiast, who Is
something of an antiquarian as regards
the city's history, has just called atten-
ton to the first st. Georges church when
it was in the lower part Of the city. II
stood in 1911 in Beekman street. close by
Cliff, a district now given up entirely to
business purposes, but the energetic
searcher has found the site and found, too
that building there still bears the name
of st. Georges building, to recall the
church of old. One interesting memory
the fact that Washington Irving was bap-
tized there, he having been born close to
the Golden Hill. DR.. Rainsford will tell
of the later history of the church in his
Preachers Story of His Work. and will
be published shortly by the Outlook COM
pany.
The controversy which has been going
on over the appointment Of Gen. Wood as
major general has awakened interest in
Johnstons History Up to Date" con-
else account of the war of 1898 between
&t Co., publishers). The book was written
at the time the events described took
place. and the facts We're gathered large
ly from eye witnesses. Gen. Wood, then
nection with the Rough Riders" at Las
Guasimas, San Juan and Santiago, and
later as governor of Cuba.
One of the first books to be issued by
Houghton, Mif1iin & Co. this spring is the
Baroness Won Huttens new romance 'Vio-
lett" Her last book. "Our Lady Of the
Beeches." met with large success a year
or. so ago, and ''Violett'' Is eagerly wait
ed. The baroness visited this country last
winter. and received much social atten-
tion from her old school friends.
1t is said that the book by George B.
Mcclellan on 1.-The Oligarcffy Of Venice
viii contain surprise for those who have
regarded the new mayor OF New York as
politician pure and simple This book.
announced for early publication by Hough-
ton, Mifhin & Co.. will show Mr.. McClel-
Ian also IN the character of scholar and
man of letters.
OF Miss Elizabeth Shippen Green. the
we'll known artist, is told this incident
of her earlier days of illustrating. She
had received the galley proofs OF a story
by Mrs Stepney RawSon. which was to
appear in Harper's Magazine. and for
which she had been asked to make the
pictures. As frequently occurs, the name
of the author did not appear on the proofs
but instead there was printed at the top
positor to whom the job had been assign
ed--one Gallagher" Miss Green was so de-
lighted with the story that when she re-
turned her completed pictures to the Har-
PSiS oHS SAitSoSCQ hcf SuthuSidSm dDOuL
it, adding: But the authors name Is un-
familiar to me. Who is Gallagher"
The recent dispatches from Russia re-
garding the probable revival of Semitic
persecution has increased interest in Mr..
Michael Dayitt's remarkable book, with
in the Pale" The publishers of this book,
MeSsrs. A. S. Barnes & Co., report that it
is now in its eighth thousand 1t is said
that the book has produced a profound
impression upon members of congress
since It Is universally accepted as the
standard work upon this great race and
religious question and it Is written as the
result of personal observation In Rus
sia-
Miss Ellen Glasgow the author of THE
Deliverance," the notable novel Of the
year, has three sisters who are devotediy
interesting in her work. This interest
''The Deliverance." Miss Glosgow had
given her sisters an outline of the story.
and 1t appealed to them strongly. Wher,
she writes, she locks herself in her den,
small room In the Glasgow home at
Richmond, Va. After she had finished
a chapter she allowed her sisters to read
it. AS the story developed they became
absorbed. They could scarcely wait form
day to day to learn the progress of the
novel. AS the story grew, they camped
outside Miss Glasgow's room, and when
she came out after a hard mornings
work there was a wild scramble for the
freshly written sheets.
Miss Elizabeth Jordan. who is best