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" books of the ■ "The Thrall of Lief the Lucky," a story of Viking days by Ottilic A. Llljen crantz, is a book. The writer of it is a young Chicago woman who has essayed literature for the first time and made a success. She has taken for a back ground events preceding the introduction <>.' Christianity into Greenland and the north in the tenth century, and upon this she has spun a tale that never lags and is full of strife, love and adventure. It "tencerns the capture of 'Alwin, the son of in English earl, by the Danes; he is taken to what is now Trondhjem, where he is sold and re-sold until he becomes the thrall or bondman, of Lief. He meets and loves Helga, a shield-maiden, a veritable Valkyrie, a woman with fight ing blood in her veins and who loves him in spite of his thralldom. The reader is carried to Greenland, Iceland, and finally with Lief upon that expedition which resulted in the discovery of Vineland, THE AUTHOR OF "MANY WATERS." Robert Shackleton, the author of the new novel. ••Mary Wat"-•*-.' ' made 'd-> first appearance ns a writer ef magazine stories, publishing a number of strain short sketches in New York publications? This was after he had served an ao prenticeship of several v<=ar* on the daily newspapers of that city. He started out which history tells us is part of what is now our own country. While Miss Liljencrantz has not entered a field entirely new, she has used her ma terial with a touch so fresh and sure that her book is individual and unusual. It is historical, and yet not so much so that it ever becomes dry and pedantic, and the love that Alvin bears for Helga and her loyalty to him is well and charm ingly told. It is safe to predict that "The Thrall of Lief the Lucky" will not be liked by women as well as by men and by school boys and girls; the latter will revel in the rude life of an age when, as the writer says, the people "were a race of conquerors; whose knee bent only to its proved superior. Not to the man who was king-born merely, did their alle giance go, but to the man who showed himself their leader in courage and their master in skill. And so it was with their choice of religion. * * * Not to the God who forgives, nor to the God who suffers * * * but they made their vows to the God who makes men strong, the God who is the never dying and all-powerful Lord of those who follow Him." It would be difficult to discover why "The House With the Green Shutters" was written. It is a realistic novel with a vengeance, and like all very disagree able books, is called strong. If realism consists in telling every detail of sordid commonplace life.if strength abides in the portrayal of lives better never lived, then indeed is "The House With the Green Shutters" both realistic and strong. It Is the story of the Gourlay family of Barbie; sour, dour Scottish folk of the most uninteresting type who fight and scratch and pull different ways through 330 dreary pages. Gourlay pere is described as a man of "brute force of character;" simple brute would have been more accurate. He was the great merchant of Barbie and he had built the house with the green shutters and it be came his idol. Here he dwelt with his slatternly wife, worthless son, and un interesting daughter. The story concerns itself mainly with a rivalry between tne unpleasant Gourlay and a "hustler" named Wilson, who sets up a rival shop and eventually drives the former to bankruptcy. The son John finally goes. to college, is Globe 5—23—'02 First Edition on Sale Satur day Morning. The New Solitary RUirsSa BY JOHN PHILIP SOUSA, IMPERIAL EDWARD" Written especially for. the Coronation of H. M, King Edward VII. and the title approved by him. This march is pronounced by competent judges to be Mr. Sousa _ best effort. * / B^-The first consignment received in the Northwest will be placed on sale Saturday morning, ■■y'ff Price 25 cents. W.J.OYER&BRO. 17 Dyer Building, St. Paul, Minn. Most complete stock of Music west of Chicago. expelled for drink and general bad con duct and returns to his father's roof in disgrace. Everything comes at once and the tragedy hastens to its end. The house with the shutters has been mort gaged, and Gourlay finds himself unscble to raise the money to pay the interest; his daughter Janet develops consumption and has but a short time to live, and his force of character is evidenced by his knocking his wife down and injuring her for life. The final climax is a terrible one. Father and son quarrel; the disap pointment of Gourlay at John's failure Is intensified by the prospective loss of the house, and his taunts becoming un bearable the son, half insane with drink and anger, raises the poker and fells, his father to the floor. The mother, to shield her son, calls the neighbors, telling them that Gourlay fell from a step-ladder and .was killed. After his death and burial the three find themselves penniless and to be an attorney, but changed his mind and took to newspaper work. His suc cess in the, magazine field led to his em ployment as assistant editor of the Sat urday Evening Pest, of Philadelphia, which position he now holds. Much of the material in his novel was gathered while he was a reporter. helpless, and the son is haunted by his crime and takes poison. Mother and daughter find two-thirds of the bottle left and they agree to die together. So the Gourlay family is wiped out, and a good job it is. The strongest thing in this horrible story is the portrayal of the mother-love of Mrs. Gourlay for her wretched son. It is powerfully drawn, never exaggerated, and redeems i-:t other wise weak character. ,-;, Without doubt there have been and are many unhappy families like • the Gour lays, and doubtless the tragedies we read of daily have a background of misery even more awful than that we have been considering, but why in the name of com mon sense make books of them? "The SAMUEL EBERLY GROSS. ■■i'iiiimi Bs-gmggm , iTrf.ji, l j L _...ij - ; .yy y y y '"-■ y - -. '~ -f y-.fff.fffffff f. - . • ,-y f ' *y!f^?&y^' »^*S___ H____i.'• ~ -* - X " **. -$tw&r. fsam&s:': -v --.-■■■; ;•-■- liffxaEdSlMm llß^2B___. 3 * *'" ££?;■> ::>'w:ojM^Kfe_. M_H_tt__. ■. d__^!^F^^^_^'^;^^»____________________! . • - ji - >-■ .**. ■ ---^eaß ■ - r , f. * - * 7 _ , .*..' Samuel Eberly Gross, who has just been declared by Judge Kohlsaat, of Chicago, to be the virtual author of Cyrano de Bergerac," is one of the leading real estate men of Chicago. He was, born in Dauphin. Pa., on Nov. 11, 1843, and is a descendant of John Gross, House With the Green Shutters" is mor bid and horrible, and George Douglas, the writer of it, has given an insight into a side of life we would all like to for get. - _ The final work of one who is considered by many the strongest living intellectual force of the time, has just reached the public;-"What Is Religion?" by Lyof N. Tolstoi. These essays were published in Russian about two years ago, but are now appearing in English for the first time. They are in part a re-statement of his peculiar religious ideas and also an answer to the edict of excommunica tion against him issued by the synod. The line between mental greatness and mental weakness is sometimes a fine one, and there are many who cannot make up their minds whether the Russian phil osopher is one of the earth's great ones, or merely unbalanced. Whatever may be the opinion of the world as to his orthodoxy, the forceful manner in which he scores fraud and hypocrisy and his ability to call a spade a spade is enjoyed by many who take no stock in his phil osophy. In his new book he says of the times In general:. "There is no doubt that there has never been in history so great a material success— great a control over the forces of nature—as that which has been attained in the nineteenth century. : But there is also no doubt that never in his- tHE ST. PAUL GLOBE/ SATURDAY, MAY, &4, \§§% Tory has there been such an example of Immoral life, free from any forces that control the animal propensities of man as that lived by our Christian humanity, which Is becoming more and more bestial." -ffyl The following in regard to the great and only William of Germany may make that young man sit up: What indeed, must be going on in the head of William of Germany, a man of limited understanding, little education and with a great deal of ambition, whose ideals are like those of a German "junk er," when any silly or horrid thing he may say is always met with an enthusi astic "Hoch!" and commented on as if it were something very important by the press of the whole world? He says that the soldiers should be prepared to kill their own fathers in ooedience to his command. The answer is "Hurrah!" He says the gospels must be introduced with a fist of iron—"Hurrah!" He says that the army must not take any prisoners in China, but kill all; and he Is not placed ln a lunatic asylum, but they cry "Hurrah!" and set sail for China to ex ecute his orders. Other new books are "Reasonableness of Faith," by Dr. Rainsford, who stands for muscular Christianity; "Many Waters," by Robert Shackelton, a tale of newspaper work in New York by one who has had long experience. The story is perhaps remarkable in that the jour nalistic characters are all of flawless morality, and as the writer knows what he is talking about, it rather puts to rout a preconceived idea that they are inclined to-be worldly. "Bits of Broken China," by W. E. S. Fales, which con cerns the Chinese quarter in New York; "Facts and Comments," by Herbert Spencer, a book bound to receive atten tion, and, indeed, it is claimed that now, when it Is a little more than a week old, two editions have been exhausted. Spen cer declares that this is his last work, and he has made it a summing up of the thoughts of a lifetime spent in philo sophic investigation. Mrs. Elizabeth Duer has contributed to Harper's Magazine for June an article entitled "New York Society a Genera tion Ago," in which she draws a com parison between society of today and that of the 60s and 70s. As Mrs. Duer has herself been a member. of exclusive New York society during many years she speaks with authority. In the June Harpers also is an article on "Haunts and Homes of Walter Scott," by William Sharp; a short story by Mrs. Edith Wharton, famous now as fictionlst; a pa per on "Various Legends of Creation in Ancient Religions," by Morris Jastrow Jr., and by W. L. Alden an article de scriptive of the small town of Cremona, famous as the home of the violin mak ers. The' English magazine Good Words offered a prize for a coronation ode, and it is reported that up to now 1,047 have been sent in. Our hearts can only go out in sympathy to the unfortunate men who are to judge the merits of the con testants, and who are now engaged in the task of perusing their effusions. Among the countries that sent but one ode each may be mentioned the United States, Denmark, Belgium and Switzer land. Canada sent ninety-one, France four, and the remainder were written either in England or in English posses sions. The official ode will, of course, be the work of Mr. Alfred Austin, who is. so to speak, in the ode business, and can turn them out over night with but little mental strain—and, as no one reads them, no harm is done. As most of the magazines and weeklies and many large daily papers are sending special repre sentatives to the coronation, the descrip tive writing of that event will be va ried and numerous. That glass of fash ion and mold of form, Richard Hard ing LV.vis, goes for Collier's Weekly, and is now in Spain, where he has witnessed the crowning of the little Spanish king for the same journal. It will be remem bered that the humorous papers had much sport with Mr. Davis when he re ported the czar's coronation in 1896, but, in spite of his being a faddish young man. Mr. Davis is an excellent writer, and describes well and graphically what he sees. He is beginning a serial story in Collier of life at a Western army post, entitled "Ransom's Folly." Col liers Weekly has enlarged in many ways during the past year and has now added of^h^ a-^ S, department, for which some on donwfr. known feminine authorities on domestic science and club matters are now engaged. -natters The writer of a successful novel today Ins even rrore thin a ni:ur*l li;erary the revolutionary hero. Mr. Gross is a poet of note in Chicago, and has devoted much of his time to the construction of verses. His principal work, of course, is the play from which he claims Rostand plagiarized "Cyrano," "The Merchant Prince of Cornvilie." triumph to look forward to. for he can con.it upo . the dramatization cf his story and often mak-s more money from the latter than from the book itself. John "Let the GOLD DUST twins do your work.** I Are you a slave to housework ? GOLD DUST has done more than anything else to emancipate women from the back-breaking burdens of the household. It cleans everything about the house pots, pans, dishes, clothes and woodwork. Saves time, money and worry. "x----f: Made only by THE N. K. FAIRBANK COMPANY. Chicago. New York, Boston, -St. Louis. ----:': Makers of OVAL FAIRY SOAP. 7 - '":■'-■-. ...... ■ .-.■■. . - — . .- Luther Long, w hose last bock* "Naughty •Man, has been mentioned in these columns, states that he had received six offers for the dramatic rights of this tale. Mr*J jo ( & is not a novice in this sort of work; 'Madam Butterfly" was even more successful as a play than a story, and as there are plenty of amusing comedy situa tions in his last work this success is likely .to be repeated. ..-Jl' -^P leton* & Co. have just published The Earth's Beginning," by Sir Robert Stawell Ball, L..L. D. A very timely book just when volcanic disturbances are so common. The writer is professor of astronomy and geology in the University of Cambridge and is an acknowledged au thority upon these subjects. "The Victim," a translation of one of Gabriel D'Annunzio's stories, is remark able. It Is a cold-blooded study In the first person singular of an unfaithful hus band, who drives his wife to one Indiscre tion, more out of jealous pique than from any other motive. As a wonderful intro spection into the mental processes of a composite mind, it is almost classic. But it leaves a very bad taste in the mouth. No good can come of its perusal; over whelming egotism and its accompanying defiance of the' divine and human law, too often the concomitants or genius, can never point a moral or adorn a tale, and if one has no taste for moral vivisection, no neurotic tendency, no sore conscience to.i.urse into complacency, then forswear D'Annunzio. This unpleas ant story has been twice translated into English, once by a woman and once by a man; of the two the latter is more com pact and expressive and entails less ex pense for chloride of lime. To go from the last mentioned book to a story by W. W. Jacobs, called "At Sunwich Port," is like going from dark ness to sunlight. It is a tale of sea-faring folk on the English coast, good, respect able, healthy people, who love and marry and live in a rational manner. There is a decided Dickensy flavor to the book, and in old Wilks, weak of purpose, but strong of heart, Mrs. Kybird, loquacious and om nipresent, as well as by minor chara-Kers, we are reminded of old-time favorites re posing between the covers of "Dombey and Son," or "Our Mutual Friend." In contradistinction to the many unhealthy, erotic books that are now seeking favor, it is an encouraging sign of the times to find a good, simple piece of fiction like the above published in the year of our Lord 1902, and which is veritable leaven in the lump of problem stories which form the bulk of modern fiction. When Stephen Crane died he left un finished a story of which an Irishman was the hero and which he called "The O'Rud dy." This work has now been finished by A. E. W. Mason and will soon be pub lished. Mason is known as the writer of "Miranda of the Balcony," which has made_such' a successful play for Minnie Maddern Fiske. -. Two books recently issued by John Lane are "Comments of a Countess," said to be amusing opinions of a woman of fash ion, and "The Decoy," by Francis Dana, a novel full of dramatic climaxes ana ex cellent character study. Among books of travel from the same publisher are "A Mountain Town in France," by Robert Louis Stevenson, a fragment, and illus trated by the author. "Travels in Eng land." by Richard Le Gallienne, and "The Rhodesians," by Stracey Chambers be ing sketches of the English in South Africa. , One of the best descriptions of what was really done at Los Angeles by the biennial gathering of clubwomen, sheared of the seas of talk in which it was engulfed, appears in a local publication, the May Courant, which has Just been issued. —The Book Lover. "Our Country's Story." "Our Country's Story," by Eva March Tappan. Published by Houghton Mif flin & Co., Boston, New York and Chi cago. This little book is a concise and con nected history of the United States, writ ten in a pleasant, ..flowing style that manes it very readable. It is to be com mended also for the chronological table In the front and a full and well ar ranged index. "The Mississippi Bubble." The Mississippi Bubble," by Emerson Hough. Illustrated by Henry Hutt. Published by the Bowen-Merrill com pany, Indianapolis. "The Mississippi Bubble" is a romance the scenes of whicil are laid partly in England, partly on the banks of the Mis sissippi and lastly in France. It is of more than ordinary interest to the Western reader, as the plot carries the reader for some time to that por tion of the West explored by Dv Luth and inhabited by the Iroquois, the Ojib ways and the Miamis. The hero. John Law, Is a bold and ad venturous Scotchman, equally daring and successful in the capitals of the old world and the trackless forests of the new. Filled with an abiding belief in the inexhaustible riches to be found in the country surrounding the great Fa- [. c IIf". r^/nn Jf :/fr*A tja> f~r~ Kfr l&4_f "~M~_mn_ _HBH_i__H_n^ni^_Hi^_BMi_MM_B_aa_Hß_«B__a_nnß__HMa_n_aßßHaaMMaaKaMaM^Baa^^B^^^^.^K_ ________——__■■_■_—_■_—_. MEMORIAL DAY FLOWERS SCPFLY THIS YEAR US BO UK Til AND PRICES ARE NOT HIGH Florists Not Compelled to Raise Fig ures, as Has Been Customary in Years Past Decoration of Graves Will Be General in St. Paul With Rich and Poor Alike. - There will be flowers galore in St. Paul for Memorial day, and they will be reas onable in price, too. Already the flor ists' shops are receiving orders for' wreaths, crosses, bouquets and other floral devices that will help make beau tiful the narrow homes of the dead on Decoration day. Unfortunately there are some grotesque devices that do not make beautiful, but to the simple bunch of flowers, the cross or even the wreath no : one can take exception. St. Paul florists say that the price of flowers this spring is not any higher than last year's price. The large roses are selling for 51.50 a dozen, the smaller ones for ?1. The car nations are spicier and more beautiful than ever this year, and the price asked for them is only 75 cents a dozen. The lilies of the valley are also unusually fine this year. They cost exactly the same as the carnations. Somehow it is difficult to associate tulips with the dead, yet orders for Memorial day decorations in clude, in many instances, these gaudy flowers. Death, they say, is a great leveller, yet it is pathetic to walk through a cemetery after the graves have been decorated on Memorial day, and note how the *same distinction in ex ternals that existed when those sleeping underneath were of the world now mark*; their last resting place. The graves of the soldiers are decorated alike whether they be privates or generals, but Me morial day has ceased to belong to the soldiers exclusively.,' All who, have friends or relatives in the cemeteries bring offerings to lay upon their graves. One grave is covered with expensive hot house flowers, while near it,, perhaps, a neighbor sleeps with only a tiny bunch of wild flowers, to show that he is still re membered. 7 •. """V SOCIAL. ' ff-f.-x x,. .7v . Miss Louise i Foley, of Summit avenue, gave a dinner for the graduating class of Baldwin seminary Tuesday evening at her home. Covers were laid for twelve, and the decorations were carried out in the class colors, pale blue and white, and the school colors, white and gold, the combination making a very pretty effect. The guests were: - Prof, and Mrs. C. J. Backus, Miss Anna Clement. Miss Maud Dent, Miss Donalda Donald, Miss Edna Hillman, Miss Letta Phipps, Miss Hattie Slccum, Ralph F. McDougall and Frank W. Teasdale. The commencement exer cises will be held in Park Congregational church Thursday evening, June 5. Rev. Alexander McGregor will make the ad- ther of Waters, he goes to France, and there, as director general under 'he re gent, Louis Phillippe, is the originator of that vast financial scheme, the 'Mis sissippi Bubble," which, when it bursts, brings ruin to prince and peasant alike, lhe ruin of the scheme, the story tells us, is due entirely to the insatiable greed of the regent himself. The plot is built upon the unrestrained - passion cf a treacherous and unscrupulous woman for the affianced lover of her friend,whom she betrays and steals away, only to be cast off with scorn later by the man whom she has deceived and whose life sha has wrecked. v It is a well told and interesting story, the more so, perhaps, because some of the scenes are laid In territory i.ithe.'to little invaded by the fiction writer. "The Trnth in Christian Science." "The Truth in Christian Science," a lec ture before the College Club of Boston, Mass., by H. E. Chusman, Ph. D. Pub lished by James H. West company, Bos- ton. - In this treatise by Mr. Cushman. who is professor of philosophy at Tufts col lege, the writer asserts that Christian Science is a form of mysticism. . It is a revolt, he declares, against eclesiasticism and materialism, and like all reform movements, mystical and idealistic. He denies that it is, as asserted by its fol lowers, unique, but on the contrary, in his opinion, it has been much more fully and logically expressed by such ancient writers as Plotinus. in "Enneads." He, however, believes that Christian bcience is of great importance as a symptom of our current social life, and as tending to lead to an era of welcome idealism which will replace the present material istic age. The lecture is neither lauda tory nor denunciatory in tone, but is intended for a plain criticism of one of the philosophical beliefs of the day. "The Earth's "Beginning." "The Earth's Beginning," by Sir Revert Stawell Ball. LL. D.. F. R. S. Pub lished by D. Appleton & Co., New York. "The Earth's Beginning is, as the au thor says in the preface, "a popular ex position of tl"* universe from fire mist," ir other words, a series of lectures upon the nebular theory of the earth's origin. At one time, explains the writer, the earth must have been a great quantity of heated vapor, in form immensely larg er than now, though less in mass. The nebula which formed the sun ana car earth were confluent parts of the same nebula, and this then was the origin of our solar system. .--■-,. The chapter on volcanoes in general a.a the eruption of Krakatoa in parti-U ar is of special interest since the eruption of Mount Pelee. . _. The book is illustrated by a number of fine colored plates. "The Story of Animal Life.*' "The Story of Animal Life" is a little say. Published by D. Appleton & Co., "The Story of animal Life" is a little, text book on zoology belonging^ to a se ries entitled the "Library of Useful Stories," be'ng issued by Messrs. Apple ton As a science primer it is probably useful as the language is unusually free from technical terms, but its value would be much enhanced for American students if in the studies of common objects the Illustrations selected were not chiefly found in the British Isles. Other improvements that naturally sug gest themselves are a curtailment of the discussion of degeneracy in the chapter on "Man." more s**ace being devoted to it than seems sul'able in a work of this sort, and the omission of the last chap ter fre entire relevancy and appropriate, ness ot which appears- doubtful. HINTS AS TO NEW BOOKS. The Scribners announce the near pub lication of a highly humorous novel by Barry Pain, entitled "The One Before." It will carry, many illustrations, done humorously in the spirit of the story, by the English illustrator, Tom Browne. "Audrey," the title and the name of the heroine of Mary Johnston's latest novel, has a curiously interesting word history. By a process of pronunciation and elision which only the English are capable of, lt comes from the name Etheldrida. In Saxon times the feast of Saint Etheldrida, or Saint Audrey, was held every year In the Isle Ely on the 17th of October. At this fair all the countryside gathered and bought cheap finery, necklaces and all the little knick knacks characteristic of such occasions. These came to be called St. Audreys, which was soon shortened to tawdries, from which comes the word tawdry. Miss Agnes Reppller has gone to Eu rope for at least a year. She will travel in Touraine and Brittany for the sum mer. In the autumn she will go to Italy and spend the winter in Rome. She goes for a holiday rather than for work, but will keep up her various series of essays which are appearing in Amer ican publications. Her latest book, "The Fireside Sphinx," has gone through four impressions since last fall. The next book to be issued by Hough ton, Mifflin & Co. In their notable series dress, and Mrs. Russell R. Dorr will pre side at the organ. * * » Miss Julia Rogers, of Summit avenue, entertained a few of her friends yester day afternoon in honor of her cousin and guest, Miss Henrietta Stoy, of La fayette, Ind. Mrs. T. R. Kane, of Dayton avenue, entertained eight women yesterday after neon at .team whist in honor of Mrs. C. C. Kimball, of Hartford, Conn. » * * Invitations have been issued by Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Jay for the marriage of their daughter. Miss Myra Jay. to Lucien T. Ware. The wedding will take place Tuesday evening, June 3, at the home of the bride, on Iglehart street. Mr. and Mrs. Ware will live in Sioux Falls. * * * Mr. and Mrs. Otto Remuler, of Aurora avenue, will give a progressive cinch party Tuesday evening. * * * Mrs. Brady, of Conway street, will give a parcel shower for Miss Abbie Treacy Saturday afternoon, May 31. ,» » « Miss Holland, of Williams street, will give a dinner party this evening for Miss Treacy and Louis J. Dolenty. • • • Mrs. John Knuppe, of Summit avenue, grve a pansy luncheon yesterday after noon In honor of Miss Ringen. of St. Lou is.' Covers were laid for ten. » * * Invitations have been Issued by Mrs. M Treacey. of East Third street, for the marriage of her daughter. Miss Abbie L. Treacey, to Louis J. Dolenty. The wed ding will take place Wednesday after noon. June 11. at St. Mary's Catholic church. Mr. and Mrs. Dolentv will be at home after July 25, at 629 East Third street. CLUBS AND CHARITIES. The Ladies' Aid Society of the First Presbyterian Church held an all-day work meeting yesterday In the parlors of the church. A luncheon was served at 1 o'clock, and was In charge of Mrs. Moore and Mrs. Holcomb. The Intermediate Society of Christian Endeavor will give an outing party today to Wildwood. : -r ■■_ A card party will be given for the ben efit of St. Vincent's Catholic church. Mrs. J. J. Ahem, Mrs. Fielding and Mrs. T. E. Sands have general charge of the ar rangements. . - ■ . Miss Mary Rader. of West Third "street will entertain the members of the chorus choir of the First M. E. church this evening. PERSONAL. Mrs. «D. F. Vail is visiting in Red Wing. Lieut. E. E. Persons, of Fort Snelling, has gone to Yellowstone. Mr. and Mrs. F. Jay Haynes and fam ily, -'Dayton avenue, will leave next month for Yellowstone Park to spend the summer. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Whitten, Mackub- tai-'j***-■' jM T|r|« «jga_'t-r» Is on every box of th« jenuln* (_r-^SLaj>' Laiative Bi'bmo-Quinlne Tablets, -f"7f^&?x&s%S*** fo» gaii^dy-^'cure* a cold In one day. of fine limited editions will be Henry Fielding's "The Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon," which will appear this month. The edition is to be limited to 300 cop ies. A photogravure portrait of Field ing, after Hogarth, will form the front ispiece of the volume, which will be bound in rough brown paper- boards, with cloth back and paper label, whol ly uncut. The forthcoming "Life of Longfellow," by Thomas Wentworth Higginson, in the American Men of Letters Series, will be especially, interesting on the personal side; for Mr. Higginson. having married the niece of the first Mrs. Loiigfeliow, has had access to letters, throwing much light upon Longfellow's early married life. The Island of Martinique has suddenly become an actuality to thousands of peo ple who had only the vaguest idea of Us whereabouts. The papers are full of the country and the . people and all avail able literature is in great demand. An excellent Idea of the historical importance of the island can be obtained from Mrs. Latimer's new novel, "The Prince In cognito." The hero of her story is wreck ed on the shores of Martinique and al most half of the book is devoted to his adventurous career there. Some charming pictures of the tropical beauty of the fated island are given. The A. Wessels company will publish immediately "The Progression to Im mortality," by Henry S. Brooks. Mr. Brooks has written from a new stand point on this ever mysterious and all ab sorbing subject; the eternal question, on i which every one who has- really uvea must have "asked and asked again for light. ■• ■ WITH THE JUNE MAGAZINES. The June Century is alike a man's and a woman's numDer. For so-called busi ness men there are articles on. Making Laws at Washington." a searching expo sition of the machinery of congressional action, by Henry. Loomis Nelson, the well known student of public affairs, with attractive pictures by Keller; on /Tri umph of American Bridge-Building, by Frank W. Skinnner. with pictures of the j most notable bridges built by Americans; ] the second paper Dy Ray Stannard Baker i on "The Great Southwest." dealing with "The Desert;" "An Audience With Diaz," by Alfred Bishop Mason; a diverting pa per on "Episoaes of Journalism," by Francis E. iLeupp, the well known Wash ington correspondent; and a curious arti cle on "Bloodhounds in America," and their growing use in the West as de tectives. Of particular appeal to women are the third part of Mary Adams' much discussed "Confessions of a Wife," deal ing with "Motherhood." and "The Royal Family of England," by Prof. Oscar Browning, of Cambridge, England, set ting forth some characteristics of the royal family, based on personal acquain tance, with several portraits of the king and queen, two of which, in tint, form the double frontispiece of the number. That literary ability is Inherited would seem to be a fact, judging by the list of contributors to the June St. Nicholas. Interest in the capital story, "Hunting the Puma." is increased by the fact that the author-illustrator Is a seventeen year-old lad and the grandson of Edwin Booth: Ethel Parton, who contributes a charming ballad of. the old Puritan days. Is the daughter of James Parton, the noted historian; Rosalind Richards, who writes of the woods in June, is the daughter of Laura E. Richards, famous as the author of "Captain January;" and there is a rather remarkable letter in the "Books and Reading" department, the work of the seven-year-old daughter of Louis Evan Shipman. The chief feature of the June Woman's Home Companion is an article by Edgar Fawcett. on the coronation of Edward VII., entitled "The Crowning of a King." The Rev. Dr. James L. Barton contrib utes an interesting "Chapter of Mission ary Adventures." Arthur Hovt gives a graphic description of what will happen "When the Pope Dies." Another feature is "The Children of the White House." The fiction is especially strong. Cyrus Townsend Brady's serial. "Woven With the Ship," continues to grow in Interest. The spirit of summer lightness and charm are thoroughly Infused into the pages of the June Criterion. Five com plete delightful short stories and five ex cellent articles, handsomely illustrated by competent .artists, are the" notable fea tures of this issue, and there Is .-. large number of especially noteworthy poems. Prominent in the line of fiction is the closing installment of "The King Mooso of the Mamozekel," by Chas. G. D. Rob erts. No one who has read this story can fail to appreciate the writer's mas tery of animal motive, the spirit of out door freedom, and the freshness and al lurement of the forest. Abbie Carter Goodloe's "The Edge of the World" Is also in this number brought to a dra matic and thrilling end. The Smart Set for June opens with a novelette by Gertrude Lynch, entitled "The Fighting Chance." This story is as interesting as it is valuable. It pre sents a vivid picture of a phase in the life of an honest statesman, and the in street, have returned from New York. Miss I (aval Grant, Goodrich avenue, is entei tabling Miss Warren, of Grand Forks. Miss Cr-nndall, S-dby avenue, Is enter taining Miss Branston, of Winnipeg. Miss Rose Shannon has returned, after spending ten days in New York. Mrs. Hubbard and Mrs. Charles H. Mc- ■— aimmmmmm.^*e*mm*me^mmmmmmm»*.**^^m^*fmmjmamafmmmmm!timim ir* "—■■____■■■ in 1 " * ' ■__■_*_■_■_■ ■■ ' i ■■■ n. 11..1 —J The wife of a Virginia colonist beats oft a tax gatherer. Find Lord Culoep per and his wife. Solution for yesterday: One in the foliage back of the hunter* the oth r-r over the shoulder of the man on the left. Gill have returned to St. Paul, after hav ing spent several months In the South. Mrs. S. R. Trembly is entertaining her sister. Mrs. Henry Mitchell, and nephew, Dr. H. B. Mitchell, of Elmira, N. Y. Mrs. J. Watson Smith, Summit avenue, has gone East. Miss Butler. Dayton avenue, will leave next week for Yellowstone Park. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Grant, Selby ave nue; have returned from their wedding trip. Mrs. Frederick Grant. Marshall avenue, has- returned from California. Misa Helen Dean. Summit avenue, will leave shortly for New York. Mrs. George Ranney and Miss Lilian theme is treated with great skill by an author whose personal experiences en able her to write luminously of de*oa« "-en life In Washington. The love-in terest in the story is fascinating, why* - the plot is absolutely distinctive as orfir.. nal as it is satisfying. Beyond all thi* there is the charm of very clever d'f logue which permeates the novelette The short stories are of great variety' but all very human and all of the hf.-l literary standcrd. ' " "-** Features in June Success are "Tho t™ portance of Physical Culture in Wom.^ Colleges," Louisa Smith; "The Corona tion of Character" (a poem) - *v?£?" Markham; "The CrownlngP oT'hr s_.hvE Seventh Edward." Curtis Brow • "\Vh-n Grandma Went to School" (a onJ^f Robert Mackay; "A Boy's Fig PS' ters i and II.) Rebecca Harding Da££ x rom Poverty's Path to the"r>rt^ ?• Throne," Edward J. Dillon DraSon's. Appropriately, Everybody's Magazi-* for June begins with a character*tket£h or Edward VII. . This Is an entertaining account of his majesty's n rJm r,5 mode of life, peculiarities ana fvfrtuE' written in an interesting vein by Au f mors Roberts, and illustrated with in numerable photographs of the kin," A queen, and their palaces. Most \7rJrf cans will read with interest the _E article. "Did Columbus Discover Am*£ ca?" based on the investigations' o? Henry Vignaud, which evposes i ■!,'* bus' claim as the original discoverer of America. In "Should Christian-; iff the Holy Land?" Arthur S. Greene adv , eates a new crusade on Christian „£" ciples for the acquirement of Palestine. Pearson's Magazine for June offers a wide variety of reading matter, ranSnl from the serial personal article and thS popular science paper, to an "apprecia tion of the game of ping pong by tho lady champion of England. The personal article is entitled. "The Real James Cor don Bennett." It is written by Julia* Chambers, for many years one of Mr" Bennett's able lieutenants On the STe^r York Herald, and presents the most <*nl lent features in the life and character of that very remarkable man To Mr Bennett belongs the credit of being "Jr.a first man to originate legitimate news for his own paper, as in the case of Stan ley and Livingstone, which was prac tically the opening up of Africa to th*3 civilized world. The value of news treated as an In strument of education is admirably dem onstrated in the current ir_u< of Tha Little Chronicle, of Ch-cago. As in tho ' case of the daily papers, the catastro . phe in the West Indies is given the most prominent position, but while the circum stances require the daily to publish from 10,000 to 20,000 words ever: twenty four hours on this subject, the great bulk of which is de-voted to the tragic side of the calamity, The Little Chron icle, while presenting a graphic picture. of the scene, does not dwell unneressardy on its horrors, but i*scs the events to teach geography (physical and political), history, literature and astronomy. "A PASTEBOARD CROWS." Significance of the Title Chosen by Clara Morris for Her "Novel. The significant title chosen by Clara Morris for her forthcoming novel of tne New York stage. "A Pasteboard Crown, finds its suggestion in the passage from one of the earlier chapters here quoted. The hnrtajne, a girl of no stage experience and the actor-manager are represented standing before a portrait of Mrs. Siddon^j in character, wearing the crown of her role: ... ... The actor laughed derisively. A pasteboard crown." he cried, "so th:.n.f-/ covered with goldlcaf you dare not try to burnish it!" "You do not mean that, Mr. Thrall!" "I do mean it! A cheap and gaudy thing, the outside blazing with rr.re jewels, made of glass! Inside, paper, glua —a pasteboard crown! A thing worthless, meaningless!" "No!" protested the girl; "your words are very cruel. I do not think you right ly judge the value of tho crown dra matic, for even If it were but pasteboard it would not be worthies or meaning less. It would still be a sign, a sym bol, of artistic triumph, of true excel lence, of the world's approval." "You arc obstinate," he declared. "And you are not grateful to your profession. I'm afraid." she said, re proachfully. Then she hurriedly added: "I beg your pardon. Of course, you know of what you speak, and T am very presuming in my ignorance, but"— she clasped her ban., tightly above tho rose on her breast -"I long to wear that crown some day." . A few red petals fell from the roso and were caught in Thrall's hand. He glanced at Sybil's rapt young face—hi.=? resolve was taken. "You shall have your wish," he said. "I will place the crown upon your head. Only promise not to reproach me when you find for yourself that It Is only pasteboard." o-a.s*_?o:_=i.x.z__. Bears the ™9 Kind You H?.v~ AJW3V.~ BOL'^t Signature /^» , x/U^/f-H~-^" of <^a&X^£&&4{ Ranney have gone to Cleveland, Ohio, for a month's visit. Good Fishing on the Omaha. Bass season opens in Wisconsin tomor row. The Omaha makes a rat>- of one fare fur the round trip. Tic-kit; good going Saturday; returning, until .Monday. All Information 382 Robert street. PICTURE PUZZLE. Passing ISysSj^ Strange WJW But True. Jo Astor House ffff * ulu Coffee equal- any "5 3C ff/y «X 40c Coffee, at, per lb *"• ~ lg Tfi 3. O. SCHOCIi'3 pure phas \ffi «__ Phats- Baking Powder, sbse -*. lutely pan; guarar.tssi or money tack. •_ — n 1-pound can -* J !** J. 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