The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-09
NEWS OF THE BOOK WORLD

NEWS OF THE BOOK WORLD
THE UNEASY CHAIR
From Darkest ceIIbacy'' to Brightest
MatrImony.--
One young man with many learned ideas on
One house, 'Shingle Blessedness' built by
him in secluded spot far from the maddening
girls.
mainly clever, living down the road.
There you have the combination which
resulted in the undoing Of one Sands, Of
learned ideas on the Subject of the bless
ings Of bachelorhood, the-hero, shall we
say?-of Guy Wetmore Carryrs Far from
the MaddenIng Girls. It was this same
Sands who gave utterance to this bit Of
deep wisdom:
You wouldn't suspect mandolin of designs
upon your celibacy, would you? or philopena,
q piece of embroidery, fan, or box Of can
dies? Poor innocent! Put girl behind it, and
matchmaker standing close-hauled in the Of
fng, and each and every one of them has an
awful, fatal significance.
One possessed Of so much wisdom, you
would think, would be in no danger. But
Sands wisdom was the result Of much
thought. His clear ideas did not spring
and there is where he-fell down. How
would you expect him to be proof against
the girl down the road who could upset
him In the following fashion?
why she asked slowly, 'is girl like a
COOKE 49,
81 can't imagine says l.
L. Because said Miss BERTH, "she's ready
maid before she's engaged and maid to order
afterward.' y .. @
'Aha,'' cried triumphantly, "you admit the
inferiOrity Of the wife, - . ...s.. .,
81 haven't said whom she is made to order"
said Miss BERTH.
recover a wet cake of soap before it reaches the
carpet. "a
The circumstances, and sufficient
space Of time, led to words by Sands,
words Of which he writes this record:
The words had no sooner left my lips than
was seized with a profound sense of disgust.
Here it was the same old story-an autumn
afternoon, drawing on to twilight; such a "cozy
corner as now comes, complete and ready made,
In any department store, at maximum cost Of
$3.50; tea, girl; ridiculous appearance Of
intimacy which did not exist-and was begin
ming to maunder like sophomore in hammock.
Bah! ~. ,.A #ss-@ a-e 90
What came Of his words you may be
able to guess, but you will miss 1t If you
satisfy yourself with guesses and fail tt
read the book. Far From the Maddenine
| Girls is book of much humor, Of much
nonsense, too and Of some wisdom, all
l1umorously put, frightened by romance
and illustrations by Peter Newell.
! Mcclure, Phillips & Co., New York.
| A NEW YEARS WISH. ~,
This wish for you: that past rough roads
unheeded '..,..-.-. :.
You march ahead,
Undaunted, with the hope Of trust be.
| !" gotten
To win life's bread:
| To 81 rry1,1 koAv ~
| portion,
With signs unsaid.
To find fair blooms from last years brow,
leaves springing,
Upon your way;
To reap the worth OF deeds gone by tina
I ~ left you
A bit more gray,
A bit more strong to live and love will
= others
From day to day.
In fruitful fields may Time think wise t.
give you
A gentle part:
With love Of home and friends to twin
about you
May this year start
Blue skies to cheer you, and peace Of Co
to guide you, =.
o faithful heart
Edith Livingston Smith, in The Outlook
They VIII Buy Scott's Works. - TIL
American bookbuyer is an inconsiderat
. being; he knows nobody reads Scott
, that Scott is an author suited only t
, simple, uncritica1 boys, not to the com
plex, analytical, mature mind; that Scot
( has no atmosphere, no art, no critics
faculty, no human feeling no ever g
l many things to be found in the work
Of the American critic-novelist, but VIVA
does the American bookbuyer care? say
> the New York Times Saturday Review
AS far as the experience Of Messrs. Dan
3 Estes & Co. this season bears witness
. he buys Scott in preference to any othe
t author sold in sets. The firms line In
e cludes some four hundred and twenty
E one volumes, by twenty authors, arrange
t in sets Of from four to forty-eight vol
Y umes Shakspere, Thackeray, Dumas
Hugo, the first Lord Lytton, and Ruski
are among the twenty, but Scott has lie
all the rest. -. ,.,.
Letters from an Entertaining Core
0 OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES may have them I
d read by his own freside, radiator or hot
Q air register, in Roma. Beata, by Mau
= Howe (Mrs. John Elliott), author of "
d Newport Aquarelle," etc. The letters al
s not all from Rome, but then Rome
n Italy, and Italy is Rome in poetic sens
d at least, and it will do to say that til
y book Is made up Of letters from eth
eternal CITY," We are satisfied also ths
If anyone had correspondent writin
such letters as Mrs. Elliott's he woul
pronounce them very pleasing readin
and would not allow his end of the col
It respondence to flag lest his correspond
: ent's letters grew too infrequent.
}, For example, take her letter on ''Bao
t, Magic and White" and In that the stor
" LOT the difficulty of a friend in makir
'sjup a dinner party of eight because or
e De %Gooch, who had an evil eye, was
be there. Even very intimate friends
the wouid-be hostess not only began t
but did, make excuses and refused
go, because they feared the influence
De Gooch's eye, which report said he
, been the cause Of more than one cata
trophe, such, for instance, as the smasl
It ing Of a tray Of costly glassware. Surel
l. If the hostess could stand such expel
/ sfvely influential optics in the heads
D. her guests, the guests had nothing
ID complain Of And to think too, this san
man Of the unfortunate eye lived in SUI
dread Of his life, for fear someone PAM
stricken by his eye would poison hi
that he would at first drink none Of h
hostess coffee. And Mrs. Elliott assur
n her readers that this story Is mo dream
r, that the evil eye is indeed power amo,
3, all classes in Italy, even foreigners b
3 coming converts. to belief in its MALI