The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-16
BOOK NEWS


strangely enough, in these DAYS when
~ non ~nensts nave ransacked every nook and
corner OF the globe. new Greece which
cGsrrleS GraaeS still about it the romance of old
There was .'Phroso'' to be sure RIIt
George Horton has had a virtual monopo-
~; ~, During his period of service as con-
second administration, he gained mate
RAJ Tor two volumes of verse and sew
erdI novels, including the popular Like
ed Monks Treasure. . His book on Greese
country life In Argolis,'' as well as his
novels on Greek subjects, were favorabIy
received by the faculties of the different
universities of America who sent ne
tition to President Roosevelt, asking that
ne ne De reinstated in his old post, He was
ieappolnted OF Dec. 2S, 1904. Steps have
peen taken looking to a Greek edition OF
the Monks Treasure
Her racy letters make capital read
!ng' is the verdict of the Boston Adver-
user upon Miss Adelaide L. Rouse's novel.
Ihe Letters of Theodora'' - with Yicis-
Siousfy OF authorship the author is OBJ
sonallty Is strong one" saws the Ioilis-
vile Courier-Journal. and it is felt on
every page-a vivacious, independent.
self-willed young person, thoroughlv hu,
man and lovable. Even the despairing
letters are sparkling"
Messrs. A. s. Barnes & 90 anrorroa q
tRird edition of Abraham Cahan's novel
OF OF revolutionary Russia, THE White Ter
Mcclure Phillips are publishing 6ftb
esdltlon of Edwin Lefevre's Wall Street
HSH9ornes' SHo' and third edition of The
wbio6 EiGWer Ga, Garden" by Ida D. Bennett,
~ Fruit Garden and The Country Home"
Oh their Country Home Library
IN April is to he iSS1Ia6 +ho
American Unitarian association of Bose se
1,aoa Don a volume of sermons by the late
chors of the Soul Nearly ali the SER
mons in this volume were Selected bv DR..
1Hiertord: with view to publication, some
time before his death His eldest daugh1
ter, assisted by the Rev. Messrs Henry
Cow, r; w. Stanley and w l.. Tarranf
ma nlade the hnal selections. The sermons
OF Or. Herford in the later wears of his
ministry In Boston and in London AS
an an 5iS in5ir9duetion ss to the volume is given a
Rev Philip III. Wicksteed.
obfiSS9g bHfiou9ghton' to- Miffin & co. have been
the publication of their definite edition il1f Of
George Herbert'S Works" on the edit
1ng msn0 OF ya1 which Si Prof G. H. Palmer has for
Works" in the one Volume Cambridge
edition. which was announced for public3
uon thls spring, also will not be ready
-, 1t would be difficult to say how MANY
last chapters to 1.-The MasGuerader =" nv
hatherine Cecil Thurston, have been writ
en- since the publication of this hook
some time ago the New YORK Times
published an ingenious letter from read
sr, showing how Mrs. Thurston could
taken Chllcotes s place and property with
out defrauding the latters heirs by MAX
Dag ing Ine two twin brothers who had been
Critic contains another interesting final
chapter, in an article called THE Justi-
MAXI Edtloh t6a ol J9hn ta Loder WHICH would also
who publish the book, report that every
IeW days they receive additional material
from an ordinary letter up to a manu-
script of considerable length CARRYING the
story a chapter further. either attempting
10 Justify Loder's action, or showing what
mlght nave happened. One interesting
fact is that never, however. in these an
pended chapters. has Loder's deception
been disclosed.
Paul Elder & Co of San Francis
CO announce several new series of leaf
lets. One series will consist of twelve
nature lyrics, the selection being limited
to the work of California poets Anoth-
er series Is of miniature size thoughts
tersely expressed and beautifully printed
and adaptable for correspondence enveI
opes. A third series is for the chiIren's
Grafton.
Anna Mcclure is puzzled by the public's
demand for optimism. She is the author
or, Of The Law Of Life and has just had
Inc Fort or Storms" her second book
brought out by the Appletons.
One of the curious things connected
with my first book" she writes, was the
all over the country taking me to task for
marrying my heroine to a middle aged
man, for not divorcing her afterwards,
OF this experience was: What did they
think would have become of the story il
| hadn't done thus and sop But the ma
lorlty, In my experience clamor for what
Thomas Hardy disdainfully calls the op-
timistic grin that ends a story happily
ed and q fnn descrintinr of tl0 aieee.4