The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-15

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~ NE of the most charming of the
81 Christmas books for children
W and even for grownups-is
"Granny's Wonderful Chair" by
Frances Brown, and called .The Story
of the Lost Fairy Book" published by
Mcclure. Phillips & Co. The introduce
tion is written by Mrs. Hodgson Bur-
nett and is fitting opening for such
delightful stories When Mrs. Burnett
was a very little girl she went to a
school kept by two prinn maidens who
gave Der as a prize, the fairy stories, en-
titled "Granny's Wonderful Chair" she
loved them and read them constantly
and almost knew them by heart until
one day the book entirely disappeared.
The little girl hunted high and low for
her book, grew up to be a woman and
still hunted in old book shops every
where she went, married and had chill
dren, to whom she told the fairy tales
and yet did not find the book. One day
she wrote out what she could remem-
Der of one of the stories, it was pub
lished in magazine and was seen by
some one who had a copy of the book
and who wrote to the editor. In this
way Mrs. Burnett heard again of her
much loved fairy stories and all this
she tells in the Introduction to these
very stories which are repubiished for
the children. No wonder Mrs. Burnett
always loved them, for here we have
the real fairies who do beautiful things
in an airy fairy way and make every
body happy with ease and celerity. The
children Will delight in this beautiful
book.
A book recently published by Hough-
ton, Miffiin & Co. is an attempt to set
up friendly relation between science
and religion, rather taking for granted
that they have hitherto had merely
bowling acquaintance with each other.
The work is entitled, Balance, the
Fundamental Verify" by Orlando J..
Smith. In his opening chapter the
writer says: I'VE live in world in
which, if science and philosophy do not
err, there Is ceaseless motion every
where, and perfect rest nowhere. There
is motion In the heart Of the granite
mountain, in the minutest portions Of
the human body; motion great and in
significant, perceptifle and impercepti-
bic, disastrous and %, Nef1cent Is this
motion-which is as persistent in hu-
man consciousness as in matter-un-
der no restraint, no order, no law? Or
is 1t under the control of some power
or principle which curbs excess, re-
strains deficiency, restores balance,
grants compensation? Whether the re-
turn of equivalence and compen-
sation is not fundamental in nature,
alike in physics and in the human
soul-whether the rational foundation
of mans hope for a future life and for
his belief in the rightness of the world
order, should not be sought for in the
supremacy of equivalence and compen-
satfon-this is the subject of my in
quiry, in which shall deal briefly with
the relations of balance to physical
science and pass promptly to the larger
question, the relation of compensation
to human affairs
This is the task he sets himself, and
through many pages of close reasoning
and profound thought, but in simple
language, he reviews the facts of life
In relation to his theories He finds
materlalism system Of wrong and Of
death, and-argues strongly for future
life and for eternal justice He ap-
pends to the volume number Of opin-
ions of his theories from college pro-
fessors and clergymen, In the main
complimentary, and then in turn the
writer answers some of the objections
made by those who criticise and disa-
gree with him. The entire question is
interesting, is ably treated by Mr..
Smith, and though some thinkers NAV
disagree with him. his book is an
achievement just the same.
Hope Hathway-By Frances Parker. q
M. Clark Publishing company. For sale
by St Paul Book and Stationery com
pany.
A mixture Of the wild West. and
love, favored with wit and adventure
Is bound to make an interesting story.
and this one is no exception to the rule.
nope hathaway belongs to a New
YORK famly and her mother is a So
clety woman, but her father spends
most of his time on his Montana ranch
and Hope prefers this to her New York
nome PIqued at her fathers abiect
fear of her tyrannical mother, Hope
goes up to the Harris ranch to teach q
: half- breed school, and there meets her
fate in the person of Edward Living
ston, an Englishman. Here the story
really begins and revolyes about the
attempt OF some cattlemen to rob Jsy-
fngston OF his sheep, whom Hone is
able to checkmate and to do a good
turn for the man she loves. But, alas
she believes he has deceived her and is
married and so she houts him. In the
end it is discovered that Livingston
was the victim OF misunderstanding
and Hope and he find their happiness
together. Barring q slight crudity In
the writing of 1t, the story is interest :
ing and readable.
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The Law Of the Landry Emerson
Hough. The Bobbs- Merrill Company.
For sale by st. Paul Book and Station
cry company.
A very fine and strong story is this
OF the readjustment in the south after
the war. The tale Is mainly Of Miss
Lady, a charming waif and stray whose
identity is involved in mystery, and of
Aohu Edding a fine cnacir,aa,,- xs3 =,