The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-23
BOOK NEWS

BOOK NEWS
The Funk & Wagnalis company New
York and London announces that the long
awaited Standard Encyclopedia is at last
In course OF prenaration. Preliminary an
nouncement of the work was made to the
press several years ago. soon after the
completion of the great Standard die
tionarys Then came the immense
twelve volume Jewish E,ncyclopedia and
active work on the Standard Encyclope-
dia was deferred until the Jewish Ency-
ciopedla should be well on toward COM
pletion.
Political savings as rich in worldly wis
dom as the business maxims of old Cor
Eon Graham are to be found in THE. Plum
Iree:' the new novel by David Graham
bestowed upon them. One enthusiastic
critic calls them "the most pertinent ar
ralgnment of civilization that has ap-
peared since Victor Hugo laid down. his
pen; Here are some of them. spoken
by Sena tor Harvey Sailer the giant boss
of the United States:
mans conscience is not the pro-
Queer but the product of his career
HatredS and revengeS are for the small
minds with small matters to occupy them.
wrong, for practical purposes is that
nll.l Milleh man cannot cajole or compel his
conscience 10 approve. .o- u
The Lothrop. Lee & Shepard company
have just received from Harry Leon Will
son, the American Dickens. the man
uscript of his next book ''The Boss of
Little Already which their readers have
at once pronounced the most effective
combination of humor and sentiment that
mas Deen produced in recent American
fiction. All who enjoyed his famous and
still popular book The Spenders.'' win
ike this, and 1t is even greater in point
of poetic fancy as we'll as humor. The
Illustrations are. as usual. by Rose Cecil
. Nelll, the noted "O'Neill" of Puck,
Messrs: Frederick "a. Stokes company
lament the fact that there is one Buster
views OF which have recently appeared
in the English periodicals. This is ''The
Life and Times of General Sir James
Browne, r. E.. K. C. b, X. C. S. l. (Bus-
ter Browne(." by Gen. ]. ]. Mcleod In
nes. r. E., v. c.
The new novel by Miss Elizabeth Robins
Is promised by the Macmillan company for
issue May 4. Its title is "A Dark Lam
term.
Miss Villa Sibert Gather. author Of
''The Troll Garden" a volume of dramatic
and emotional tales of life among the art
lists and high social Bohemians of New
YORK is western woman and a graduate
born in Winchester. Va. but when only
ten years old moved to a ranch in south
western Nebraska, country sparsely set
tied by Danes and Norwegians and where
she ran wild. spending most of her time in
the open. on horseback. After leaving
college she took up newspaper work and
was connected with the Nebraska State
Journal and the Pittsburg Leader. doing
literary and dramatic criticism. Her first
published work was April Twilishts,"
book of verse, which brought her a
great deal of attention from critics She
Is now teaching school in Pittsburg.
Mr.. Henry Wood. we'll known as an
economist as well as q leader In the new
movement achieved a
ing success with his pamphlet entitled
Arbitrary Price Making Through the
Forms of Law" recently brought out by
Lee u Shepard Because of its forceful
and timely bearing upon the question Of
liking transportation rates. one of the
leading railroad presidents at once order
ed 5000 copies for immediate distribu-
ton.
No-o-o-~-~~-~o~~-o~~->-~
filed with tenderness and sympathy there
is no shelter for sweet revenge
II they are opened to sweet thoughts
I there is no quarter for the bitter.
If they are filed with tranquility and
peace there Is no room for discomfort
If they are filled with gratitude there is
no place for benefits forgot.
If they are filled with the milk of hu-
man kindness there is no room or ref
uge for Ill will.-Chicago Tribune.
o. what happy day 'twould be
III you and i should iShtway go
From every selfish thought set free.
Our faces with good cheer aglow-
And carry. for the dear Lords sake,
Some unexpected JOY TO make
Our neighborS cup run o'eri