The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-08


ing is very well told:
In what manner the scales fell from
my eyes 1 cannot pretend to say. 1t
was miracle like a birds S first fight,
or sunrise, or the opening of a rose.
The soul of me drew away, and stared
with amazed contempt at the little
shell of sophistry in which it had been
imprisoned. The f1imSy edifice of
bachelor philosophy came topping
down like any house of cards; and all
/ have written of Sans SoucF turned
in moment to the veriest trash"
Miss. Susie thinks better of it and the
story ends properly.
Every comfortable bachelor should
be sent copy of Far From the Mad
dening Girls"
Gabriel Praed's castie-By Alice Jones.
ST. Paul Book and Stationery company.
Once in awhile there is book with
which it is difficult to find definite
fault, and yet which does not hold the
interest. Gabriel Praed's Castle" is
one of these. 1t seems to have every
element of a successful novel, and yet
the reader finds his attention wander
ing before he is half through. The
story concerns some Americans in
Paris; the plot is well contriXed, the
as they should be, but the whole is
badly put together. Gabriel Praed is
one of those fabuIously rich Americans
who throw money about Europe reck-
zlessly, and in this case his fancy is for
antiques. He falls into. the hands Of
a man whose business it is to sell
spurious old furniture, silver and
tapestries to guileless folk, and if 1t
was not for the hero of the story, An
drew Garvie, who was i'm love with
Julia Praed, her father would not only
have fallen a victim to the band Of
conSpiratorS who We're; trying to sell
him a castle full of old things, but he
would have married-the woman. who
was posing, as the last member of
ducal family and who was in reality
an artists model secured for the part.
AS it -eventuated, Mr.. SPTaed and most
of his money were saved. and the story
turns out happily for the two couples
whose affairs have interested the read
er, but withal the book is not convinc-
ing. 1t could sbe rewritten and pruned
to much advantage.
Zelda Dameron-By Meredith Nicholson.
The Bobbs Merrill company. For sale
by st. Paul Book and Stationery COM
pany.
Zelda is very nice girl. Indeed, it.
is seldom one finds such a thoroughly
charming young woman. between the
covers Of book. Zelda is returning
from Europe with her fashionable aunt
when the story begins, afld goes to live.
with her Grabbed old ia atiler. Her
mother was Merriam and she died
when the, girl was very goung. so when
Zelda goes into her mothers trunks, in
the attic and discovers letters and pa
pers which prove aeenelusiyely that her
father broke. her mothers heart, the
girl discovers she has a problem to
face. But Zelda is very fine, and as
She sees her duty it is to stay with her
father and try to make him over by
her respect and attempted love. She
is well surrounded by loving friends
and relatives; Rodney Merriam, her
dear old uncle; Olive Merriam, who
becomes her best friend, and last, but
not least, Morris Leighton, her lover
Zelda's gradual awakening to the fact
that her father is a scoundrei, her
shielding of him, and her loyalty, are
very well told. All the main characters
in this excellent story are we'll drawn
and 1T can safely be called one of the
best of modern American novels.
My Lady Lauahter-By Dwight Tilton.
C. M. Clark Publishing company, -Bos-
ton. For sale by St. Paul Book and
Stationery company.
A girl who laughs merrily and un-
ceasingly is, after all, a benefactor to
her race. The world needs cheering
sadly and one reads with much pleas
ure the history of MY Lady Laughter" :"
The story concerns days. in Boston in
colonial times and contains many fine
dramatic scenes which stir the blood
and make the reader realize what the
Revolution meant. The author has
oil <,,,f xxyxiff <,e,f
thrilling story of times that have not
been used overmuch for fictionai pur-
poses. The charming heroine marries
the right man, and when we leave her
she is still laughing happily.
Hints on Revolver shooting-By Walter
Winans G. p. Putnam's Sons. For
sale by ST. Paul Book and Stationery
company.
If woman were asked to mention
a subject about which it would be diff
ficult to write book, she might men
ton revolver shooting-if she thought
of it. If one believes for a moment
that all there is to shooting revolver
is holding it up and pulling the trig-
ger, he will find himself vastly mis-
taken, according to this small volume.
There are 126s pages in this pretty red
! book and they are all about selecting
a revolver, the cleaning and care of it,
| how to use it, different kinds of car
! tridges, targets, sights, trick shooting.
etc. Here is one excellent piece of adj
| vice with which no one will disagr ::
The great thing is that the revolver
| should never point in any direction
where it would matter. if it went off
| by accident" The book will be of value
to sportsmen.
| Four American indians. BY Edison L.
Whitney and Frances NJ Perry. Amer
lean Book company, New York, Cincin-
natl and Chicago.
In simple and interesting form are
| presented here the life stories of four
| of the greatest American Indians
King Philip, Pontiac, Tecumseh and
! Osceola. They represent four periods
! of the history of the red men, from the
earliest coming of the white settlers
to the final expulsion of the Indians
from Florida. The stories are told to
/ some extent from the Indian point of
! view, and the injustice of the treat
! ment the various tribes have received
| is clearly explained. Portraits and IL
lustrations add to the attractiveness
of the book, which is intended for sup
| Elementary reading in the fifth year.
| MacauIay's Essay on Addison-Edited by
Charles Flint McCiumpha, Phi D., pro-
fessor of English in the University OF
Minnesota. 184 pages. With portrait
~ n prff, 70