The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-22

in. Others thought she had been abb
Quoted, and among these was the
young detective, who, after talking
| with the governess, who had heard the
sound of wheels shortly after the dis
appearance, made up his mind it was
a deep laid plot. The story is of the
usual description; following clews into
blind ways, false scents and fresh
starts. The plot finally revealed, which
ends in the finding of the little heiress,
is original and very interesting. prov
ing that this veteran writer of detect
i've stories is by no means at the end
of her resources in this line. A slight
vagueness at the very end mars the
finish somewhat, as the lover of de-
teciive stories wants everything
Strengthened out beyond the peradyen-
ture Of doubt, but at all events the
child is found and we know why she
was taken. The book is likely to be
finished at one sitting.
The Hills of Freedom-By Joseph sharts
Doubleday, Page & Co. For sale by St.
Paul Book and Stationery company.
This story, which is excellent in its
way, is worth reading for the wonder.
full delineation of character of old Gen..
Harris, q Mexican war veteran, and
that of his physician and friend, DR..
Moregraves. suggestive name enough,
by the way, for man of his profess
sion. The story concerns conditions in
the South year or two before the out :.
break of the war, and the main issue
is the command of the general that his
son Tom shall marry his ward Julia.
The general was injured in the war,
and, paralyzed from the waist down,
was confined to wheel chair, from
Which he. issued orders or manifestos
lmperiously. His temper is irascible,
Will LIZ
fallings out with the sarcastic ply
slcian over cards and their disagree
ment about everything else, is capitally
told. The generals fits of temper were
quickly over and then he would repent
frequently waking up the doctor in the
middle of the night to apologize to
him. When his son Tom returns from
Harvard he is pledged to marry an ac-
tress, and when he tells his father the
terrible truth is shut up in his room
under guard, and Miss Julia is likewise
imprisoned in hers, because she has
not consented to marry Tom before he
has asked her. The denouement is
most amusing and results in Tom and
Julia eloping together when each ex-
pected to marry some one else. There
is a pathetic story Of a fugitive slave
involved, and an excellent picture is
drawn of the conditions in the South
just prior to the outbreak. One of the
best characters in the story is Gabriel
Trench, whose twelfth examination for
| the bar finally admits him and gives
him chance to marry Miss Agatha.
who had been true to him so many
years. The book is well written and
unusually interesting.
First Lessons In the New Thouu1t-By
D. w Winkley,- M. d. James II. West
& Co., Boston.
Some of the books which have ex-
plotted what is called new thought
have contained SO much nonsense that
they seemed a plain bid for ridicule,
but this little volume is written seri-
Hously and with sincerity by a man who
evidently believes the world will be
made better If mental healing becomes
general. For mental healing is the
phase of new thought which appeals to
the writer and which he attempts to
explain Boiled down it is that by
keeping the mind in an orderly, tram
gull condition We thereby ward off dis
ease The disturbed, lisquieted. dis
tressed states of mind ever tend to dis
order the body-are diseaseful." He
then goes On. to argue that health is
natural and disease unnatural, from
which he claims that all we have to do
is to banish fear and all evil passions
and we cannot be afflicted by disease.
IL SiNiH6 sSpeciiicT Instances OIL mental
healing the writer says: "The privi-
lege has been accorded him (the writery
TO witness what would surely be called,
looked at from the usual viewpoint,
very remarkable healing done by this
method; the privilege to see, for ex-
ample, fibrous tumor of four or five
pounds weight entirely disappear un-
DER THIS treatment, not to return; to
see an injury of the spine. that had
been fn,-
not yielded to the treatment of expert
physicians. removed in few weeks;
TO see rheumatism of long standing
and supposed to he inherited entirely
and apparently cured; to see dyspep-
sla completely arrested and over
eome,v and SO on through a long list in
Guiding nearly all the ills to which flesh
is heir 1t is evident the writer sin
cerely believes in the power of the mind
to cure the body.
Strenuous Animais-By Edwin J. Web
ster. Frederick A Stokes company.
For sale by the st. Paul Book and Sta 4
tioneTy company.
More remarkable stories of animals.
who talked, danced, mourned and died
of grief. A dog shaped like a balloon.
"a pet frog with eecentricities of
strange nature, a ferret which could
lay cables. pig which could play
checkers, the dog fish with thirst
for oil, all these figure in the tales here
told which might delight the heart of i
some child if he did not take them too
seriously. The writer has allowed his
Imagination full play and it is unnee-
essary to add that he is possessed of
a lively one. The book is Illustrated
with pictures, which do full justice 10
the knowing animals.