The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03
BOOK NEWS

OF the spring issues which are selling
n @ Maid, is IN It's fourth printing ting
Large second editions of Caroline Abbot
Stanley's Order No. IL and of Maud
Wilder Goodwin's -Four Roads to Para
disc" have been needed to supply the de.
mand. Both -Four Roads to Paradise
and Utilize: A Mennonite Maid" are
found from week to week in the published
the large city Libraries. OF last seasons
favorites. Jean Webster's when Patty
Went to College continues in demand,
having passed into its eighth large edition.
Three editions of Elizabeth Cherry Waltz's
PA GLADDEN." have been printed. and two
editions of Davy Gray's "Gallops e."
Charlotte Perkins Gilman, the author of
Human Work. and 1.-The Home (Mc-
Clure Phillipsl. has just been offered an
Important editorial position on the Wo-
mans Journal. Mrs. Gilman has ire
mendous following among people in touch
with advanced thought, and her books
have aroused animated discussion
throughout the world between the con-
servativeS and the radicals. Mrs. Gill
man Is a granddaughter of Lyman Beech
er, and, therefore, comes naturally by
her faculty for telling people what she
thinks they ought to hear. Her birth
place was Hartford, Conn, and her ca
reer as writer and lecturer began in
1890; since when her reputation through
the translation of her books into almost
every modern language has become in
ternational.
A valuable reference book upon art and
artists has just been issued by Messrs.
Herbert S. Stone & Co., under the title
Painters Since leonardo" The book
is written by James William Pattison,
turer at the Art Institute of Chicago,
and art critic of the Chicago Evening
Journal.
Barbaras new novel, 1.-THE Woman
Errant'' went into its second edition on
the day of publication. The old title OF
this new novel by the author of People
speculation. It is explained by DR.. Rus
sell, Barbara's father: 1.-The woman err
rant, God help her, it seems to me, is she
who either from choice, hazard. or neees-
sity seeks a cause outside the protecting
wall of her natural affections" Chiefly
she enters business life for the fun of it,
or to try her wits. reckless how her com
petition reduces the pay Of others.
1.-THE Little vanities of Mrs Whitaker
new story by the prolific author OF OF
Funk & Wagnalls company for publica-
ton the first week in July. 1t is de
cidedly amusing and lifelike bit of do
mestio comedy, telling. in the authors
llghtest and brightest style, the love
story of Regina Whittaker-an original
heroine with a bias toward independent
Regina's experiences as wife and mother.
as a vigorous member of societies and
clubs. and as a client of beauty doctors,
fat reducers, skin manipulators, hair
dressers, mil1iners. dressmakers, etc, are
described with rich and sympathetic hui
NOR. The incidents leading her to sus-
pect her husbands faithfulness and the
complications which resulted are narrated
with fine comedy and frequent touches of
pathos.
Rudyard Kipling has just finished new
volume of short stories, which will be
published this fall by Doubleday, Page &
Co.. under the title, "Traffics and Dis
coveries." This is the first volume of
collected Kipling tales since 1.-The Days
Work" which reached wider circulation
than any other book of short stories in
recent years. 1t contains one long tale,
1.-The Army of a Dream" hitherto I'M
published.
The beautiful limited edition, extra il
lustrated. of Richard Henry Stoddard's
sRecollections,' published by A S.
Barnes & Co., was recently seen by Ber-
nard Quaritch. the well known publisher
and dealer in fine books of London, who
promptly arranged for the English rights.
In view of the success of this edition it
is probable that the publishers will raise
the price of the few copies which they
have since no more will be made under
any circumstances and the value of this
unique work has appreciated since pub
LEGATION.