The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-15

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by a pair Of brown eyes with desire to
get somewhere and has the pluck to
try and the luck that usually goes with
pluck. He is introduced to the reader as
stowaWay on a transatlantic liner
bound for the, United States. From the
steerage, after he is discovered, he gets
a glimpse Of "a slender little girl in a long
tan coat and a white tam-o -shanter.'
It is fate. He sees the girls address,
Kentucky, on her grip as she leaves the
steamer, and for Kentucky he starts as
soon as he can after landing. The rest
of the story is for the author. Mrs. Alice
Hogan Rice. 1t possesses humor, pa thos
and tragedy is we'll told and leads whittier
the reader wishes, of course. '"
The Century Company, New York, ST..
y MEMORIAL DAY.
From out our crowded calendar
| One day we pluck to give; ,
1t is the day the Dying pause r..
To honor those who live.
t-McLandburgh Wilson in the May At.
lantic.
A ROMANCE OF THE vlckSBuRc
| slEGE.--Nnval Richardson has told E
| wartime story in The Heart of Hope. The
scene is Vicksburg during the siege ant
the characters involved are from botf
sides of the line. An element of mystery
runs thru the story -heightening an in
terest which would otherwise flag a
times The structure of the story in thu
main is good. but the characters arr
i rather filmy and the authors style some
what stiff and artificial.
/ Dodd, Mead & Co.. New York. 81. so.
! A POETIC PIRATE.-The recent publ
/ cation by the Harpers of new book b.
i E. S. Martin, The Courtshp Of Carefu
Man, recalls an amusing incident in tn
literary career of this genial essayist
Soon after leaving Harvard. Mr.. Marti
wrote and published anonymously, tn
volume of poems now known under tn
q title Of "A Little Brother of the Rich.
4 Some years later member of an Englis
firm, browsing one day at London book
stall, came across the little volume an
was so pleased with it that he desired t
issue. the book in England Diligen
search failed to reveal the author and
was therefore published under the frankl
truthful title of ''Pirated Poems bearin
4 on the titlepage a note to the author, ex
4 planning the circumstance and offering
share the profits with him, should hi
identity be proven. Mr.. Martin learned
. this edition and when next he went t
London he met the publisher, whom h
s describes as "a most agreeable pirate.
MANUSCRIPT Of KEATS nHYPE
RIoN."-One. of the most interesting Ii,
erary discoveries that has been made in
long time is that of the original manu-
script of Keats Hyperion, " says TT
Critic fer May Curiously enough Mis-
Bird, the lady in whosesp ossession it wa
s was unaware of the treasure that ST
owned. The manuscript was given b
Keats to Leigh Hunt. After his death,
1853, Thornton Hunt presented it to Mis-
Bird. who lives at Hampstead. Anon
ether residents of that charming quartz
i of London is DIR. Richard Garrett, who #
so many years has been known in cor
nection with his work in the British m,
scum. As soon as DR.. Garnet saw II
manuscript he told Miss Bird that It We
undoubtedly In Keats own handwritin
and this opinion was Endorsed by 9th,
experts. Miss Bird at once gave the .tru