The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-02

soned into a fictioniSt is Edward Mott |
WoolIey. who has had long expert |
ence on Chicago papers. He has writ
ten Roland, of Altenburg," in which |
his hero is much concerned with kings |
and courts Mr.. Woolley does not |
write without knowledge of these |
things, as his newspaper work has
taken him all over the world, and once
he was presented to Emperor William. |
The king of Italy also received him, |
so that he knows somewhat OF courts
from the inside His book is full of
lively adventure and his hero is
reigning prince. Herbert S. Stone &
Co. published his book during the past
week.
The following good story is told by
Dr. Edward Everett Hale in the cur
rent Golfers:
A gentleman who had in his employ two
English grooms accidentally overheard the
following conversation between the two
servants
had for some time been endeayoring TO
get the second groom to attend service
at the church presided over by the New
York clergyman. said:
Didn't you like the sermon.'
Every much" replied the other, very
much. even hif e is bit Ugh church and
HI Methodist. III InlIkS as wv L II PIOD-
/Iy hattend the hafternoon service, toe,
Hi just knew you'd change your mlnd,
remarked the first groom, trfumphantly;
AS Hi told yer, I've eaad am tWlct an
what arm as il done me-
The Vikings skuIl-By John r: CARING.
Little, Brown & Co. For sale by st.
Paul Book and Stationery company.
The unpleasant name of this dra-
matte and exciting story gives no hint
of its excellence. Unlike Mr.. Carvings
book. HThe Shadow of the Gar" 1t is
no less good and charms by reason of
its absolute originality. The story is
briefly one Of a struggle for lost in
heritance and of the shadow Of old
traditions But this does not give any
idea of the remarkable adventure of
the hero ldris in pursuit of the key TO
the mystery of his life. His father,
Olave RaYengar, has left home after
quarrel with his father, changes his
name and goes to Brittany, where he
fnarries. One night he quarrels with
man who has in his possession
priceless heirloom of the RaNengars,
the Runic ring, which has come down
from a strange past and forms at once
their dearest possession and their
curse. This man is found murdered
and the ring has gone. So Eric Mar
Ville-as Ravengar calls himSelf-is ar
and little son live quietly near the
prison One night Marville is rescued,
goes to his WIFE where he is found by
officers and in trying to defend himself
from arrest. he accidentally kills her.
Idris is just child. but his mother has
told him of his father and he hates
him as the slayer of his beloved moth
er. After all Marville is again res
cued when returning to prison and car
1sin1 aWaV friendly boat.
This is the prologue of. the story
The scene now changes to England to
the castle of the Ravengars at Ormsby,
where the old lord is dying and Olave,
his son. returns as mysteriously as he
went He succeeds to titles and es-
tates marries and has a son, his wife
dying. Then into the story comes
Idris. rightful heir. though he knows it
| not, and having solved the Runic char
acters on the ring, he seeks the treas
ure of which it tells him. How he
finds it obtains his Inheritance, the
hair-raising adventures he has and the
surprising denouenlent of this Interest,"
ing story, We Will not spoil for the
reader by telling here. The book is
one of the best of its class, and will
be most welcome to those who read
for distraction and enjoy rafting
good story.
veraIIlus. A Tale of the Coming of Christ
BY Irving Bachelor. Harper and
Brothers. For sale by st. Paul Book
and Stationery company.
If this were a modern love story
dealing with everyday life, it could be
called pretty and we'll written, but in
tale dealing with the time of Angus
tus we look for grandeur, instead Of
pretty writing and power instead of
grace. The authur of ben Hur" has
really left but little to be said by other
writer's dealing with the same period
of time. and this rather pretentious
book of Mr.. Bachelors is only
shadow of its great predecessor. There
is much to be commended in the tale,
viewed merely as pretty love story
Of an older day, but it lacks the at
mosphere with which tales of the
| Christ should be invested, and fails of
its object if its intention is to carry
| one back 20 the most important age in
the worlds history. Mr. Bachelor has
created most interesting characters in
Vergilius and the girl he loves, but the
story lacks the element of greatness
which is expected of a book of this
kind.
! Free Anaerica-By Bolton Hall. L. S.
Dicley & Co, Chicago.
Bolton Hall is a son of DIR. John Hall,
| of New York, and this is the third
pamphlet ne has written upon the
| problems of this country and concern
| ing the condition OF the American peo-
| pie 1t is frank discussion of politics,
capital, labor, charity, trade unions,
| taxes, wealth, temperance and monop-
| olies. Mr.. Hall is not an advocate Of
| legislation as a cure for all evils, indeed
| he believes the repeal of many laws
! will help us more than the enactment
| of more, and he thinks the people have
| the matter entirely in their own
| hands. He is not a socialist. not
i hater Of the rich, not crank, but
| deep thinker. who views political and