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|l§r .*y\ B^K /I #v m. *s / I %^r f j I A <P <^J i I I AUDIENCE WITH POPE AUTHOR JAMES CREELMAN WRITES A GREAT DESCRIPTION New Book on Millet, the Painter— "With Napoleon at St. Helena" Com pletely Justifies the Charges Brought Against Sir Hudson Lowe as to the Treatment of Bonaparte. • One of the best descriptions ever •written of an audience with the pope, and one also with Count Tolstoi, ap pear in James Creelman's "On the Great Highway," a most interesting book of travel and sketches written at different times-for New York pa pers and gathered into book form by this veteran correspondent. Mr. Creel man tells of going to Rome with the hope of securing an interview with the ... .■.....-. ... ..,...■.-,; ■..:.:■■.-.'* ■■ ■ . : : ■■...■:. ;:.V. ■.:::,::':.:.:::: :i.:::: ■ ■ W. D. HOWELLS, Author of '"The Kentons." pope for a New York paper, a most hazardous undertaking he was assured by every one to whom he confided his ambition, something which had never been done and never could be, he was told. He went from cardinal to cardinal, from monsignor to monsig nor, but they all shook their heads in a discouraging way and told him the thing was out of the question. A thousand years of tradition stood be tween the pope and American news paper manners. One ■ cardinal who thought the affair quite improbable gave him this much comfort, that Leo XIII. was a broad-minded statesman, and that if he thought a newspaper interview would in any way serve the cause of Christianity, he would not allow centuries of conservatism to pre vent him from granting it. Finally Mr. Creelman confided his hopes to an American sculptor then in Rome, who after listening to his story, ex claimed, "Cardinal Hohenlohe will help you!" And finally through this means, the ambitious American newspaper Man —member of a class that generally gets its way—was enabled to interview the pope. Of the pope tie writes most interestingly: "No man can make that journey from the famous bronze portal of the Vatican into the pres ence of the imprisoned monarch, whom two hundred million human be ings hail as the vice regent of heaven' and earth, without being thrilled from head to foot. I care not whether he be Protestant, Catholic, Jew or pagan; * * * " The pope talked to him of the social unrest in Europe, of his love for the United States, and begged the interviewer to use his pen always for the upholding of the good and true and against disorder and immorality. As the pope turned to leave him, he blessed him saying: "Son, you are young and may be useful to the world. May the Father, Son and Holy Spirit go with you. Farewell." He further says of him: "And as we retired we looked back at the slender white fig ure standing alone in the shadowy room—and I knew I had been face to face with the most exalted personality fltt the GOLi) DUST twins do your work." GOLD BUST will take every particle of dust and dirt from you! noors end woodwork-makes them as dean as t whistle, neat asa pin. Nothing so good for washini clothes and dishes. N. K. FAIRBANK COMPANY, j Made only by THE N X Chicago, New York. Boston. St. Louis. Makers of OVAL FAIRY SOAP... fff'gyßWrHltMlgilflißft^ ■ I SPECIAL SATURDAY I MAY'S I DOLLAR BOX OF - CHOICE FLOWERS ffi Just.the thing for, th» dinner table, th» I : sick room or a choice gift ,' to a friend. S Easily..v/orth $ .75. Take a box and ' make ■ i home cheerful. . ■■ . . " S Li L, May & COi, :64 c. sixth st. ! of modern history. Of all the famous men I have met in my world-wander ings since that day—statesmen, mon archs, philosophers, philanthropists — I have seen no other man who seemed to have such a universal point of view." Mr. Creelman's account of his visit to Count Tolstoi is equally in teresting and he seems to believe thor- ■ oughly in his sincerity which some of those who have visited him in his home do notjseem to do. It was while' the correspondent was investigating the persecution of the Jews in Russia for the New York Herald, that he re ceived a letter from James Gordon Bennett directing him to interview Tolstoi in reference to his views on modern marriage. It was the publica tion of "The Kreutzer Sonata," which led to this inquiry and took the news paper men across Russia to the little village in which the philosopher, lives. Here is his description of the outward Tolstoi: "Altogether a strong face. A massive wrinkled brow; blue-gray eyes, able to see the inside and out side of a man at once; a. powerful, flat nostrilled nose, jutting between high cheek bones; a mouth made for pity; a vast gray beard; a giant body clad in a coarse peasant's dress, gathered in at the waist under a stout leather belt; feet shod in shoes made by the brown sinewy hands of the wearer; * * * " Then followed a talk upon modern marriage in which the Russian voiced his peculiar ideas, condemned churches as teaching false views and reiterated his well known ideas of not resisting evil which are so well known. Creelman came away impressed with the man's real goodness, and when in an appended note he speaks of the recent excommunication from the Rus sian church, he adds, "When the intol erant bigots who struck his name from the Christian rolls are mouldering in forgotten graves, the influence of Lyoff Tolstoi's example and teachings will be a living influence in the world." Mr. Creelman is also the author of a recent novel called "Kagle Blood," his first attempt at fiction if we mistake not, dealing with the fortunes of a young Englishman, the inevitable American heiress, who, strange to re late, the Englisman will not marry fearing the world will consider him a fortune hunter, a sufficiently unique situation to merit the book's being sensational. Finally having made a name for himself, everything ends in the proper manner and "he" marries "her." New Book on Millet. A new book on Millet, the painter, is. one of the most recent offerings by the Macmillan company, of London and New York. It is a biography of the simple Frenchman by Julia Cart wright and gives one a clear picture of his life and his art. There has been but one life of Millet before this vol ume and that is out of print, so the present book fills a place in the lives of famous painters of whom too mifli cannot be known. Millet was a sim ple peasant, living in a primitive man ner, knowing nothing of the world and what education he received came largely from reading the classics with the village priest. He was the eldest of eight children and born of a pov erty-stricken family, the head of which died when the* artist was eighteen. In spite of their poverty, Millet's father and mother were well born, and pos sessed of refinement and' a love of the best and the beautiful, by no means confined to persons of wealth. Early in life his father pointed out to him the beauties of the Norman landscape until he grew to love it like no other thing. The artist son, who as yet had shown no sigiis of talent, was early sent to school and learned most read ily, although he hated and failed in mathematics. His first years were spent in hard manual labor in the fields, and at twelve the village priest took a fancy to him and gave him an insight into Latin and the higher learn ing. At this time the first thoughts of an artistic career came to him, and he began to draw and take lessons from a Cherbourg artist. Soon after his aptitude in this direction was dis covered, his father died, leaving him the head of the famly and the one to whom the others turned. But he strug gled on, and his friends encouraged him not to give up his studies, and finally he received from the town of Cherbourg a sum of money large enough to make it possible for him to go to Paris, the Mecca of art lovers. Here he remained for many years, and here his young wife died and he mar ried the second time. Then he went to the forests of Barbizon, and a rapid ly increasing family made it necessary for him to obtain work wherever he could, as his art was not sustaining, and indeed was never fully appreciated until after his death. His life in Paris was terribly hard, he had struggled with poverty, sickness and troubles in numerable. "While there he had de voted himself to painting the nude, and had won some little renown for his work, when an incident occurred which made the greatest change in his life and inspired him to devote his art to something better. One night he was standing before a shop window in which were several pastels in the nude when two young men came up and looked at them. One asked the other THE ST. PAUL GLOBE. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1902. who painted them and the reply was: "A man named Millet, " who never paints anything but naked women." i Millet went home to his wife and told her that the shock of this remark had j changed all his ideals and thereafter he would consecrate his talents to a high ideal. This meant much sac rifice, as he had won a name for him self for his small pastels. His wife was sympathetic, and this was the first step toward the life at Barbizon, where he painted his wonderful peas ant pictures, which are now of price less value. At first tnese representa tions of homely life were not popular, and many were the misfortunes and trials that Millet and his wife endured during this time in his life. First among the cares was the artist's utter inability to manage his financial af fairs, he being afflicted like geniuses the world over, with a density about money matters. But finally he won the esteem of his neighbors, who were inclined at first to doubt a man who was constantly in debt to his butcher and grocer; bright er days came and he reaped some o> the awards of his work, though noth ing like what he should have earned and which came after his death. The readers of this simple life will learn a lesson of perseverence, which is more required than any other quality to de velop genius. Some of the best ex amples of Millet's are here, in St. Paul in the gallery of Mr. J. J. Hill. "With Napoleon at St. Helena." It is said that the chief value of the last contribution to the tremenduous number of Napoleon books, "With Na poleon at St. Helena," is that it com pletely justifies the charges that were brought against Sir Hudson Lowe as to his treatment of his famous prison er, which was a lasting disgrace to England. This latest work is in the shape of memoirs written by Dr. John Stokoe, who treated Napoleon for a time at St. Helena, now published by Paul Fremeaux, and translated into English by Edith S. Stokoe. The rea son that Dr. Stokoe's testimony in re-' gard to Lowe is considered of impor tance is because he only attended the emperor a few times and would have no cause for misrepresentation of the facts. So bitter was Lowe against the prisoner that the man who spoke to him jeopardized his position, and so. it was in the case of Dr. Stokoe, for the brief connection with the emperor ruined his career. He was count martialed and dismissed from the serv- , ice of the English navy. There is about this book the usual fascination that is always connected with the. name of Napoleon and that one hun dred years has not served to diminish in the least, but there is very little that is new, and indeed it would be very strange if at this late day there should be any persons, or any papers, that could throw new light on the life arid character of the greatest and most in teresting adventurer the world has ever known. Those who like the Scottish people and those who do not have got into a very warm discussion over the matter in the pages of a literary weekly. It is all apropos of Mr. Crosland's book, "The Unspeakable Scot," in which he opens the vials of his wrath upon that people. One of his critics writes near ly a column to show how mistaken he is, how he exaggerates and misrepre sents, and tells what lovely traits the Scotch possess if one only understands them. Then some one else takes the critic to task and shows in turn how mistaken he is. So the merry war goes on, and in the meantime —as it i 3 a very ill wind that blows nobody good —Mr. Crosland reaps a harvest from the sale of his book which all this criticism only serves to advertise. Collection of Blunders. Some one has been collecting a few of the blunders made t>y translators who turn English books into French, and a recent paper gives the following as a good example: "The author wrote that a certain person rode up to the house, dismounted from his car riage, 'and hitched his horse to a lo cust.' 'Locust of course refers to a tree. The Frenchman's dictionary doubtless gave only "sauterelle" as an equivalent, a word applied both to the common grasshopper and the mi grating locust. The translator made it (in French) "he hitched his horse to a grasshopper," and appended a note which, translated into English, reads: "In the United States grasshoppers occasionally grow to enormous, incred ible size. When a particularly gigan tic specimen is met with, it is cus tomary to stuff it, weighting it down with lead for greater solidity. The animal is placed in front of the out side door and used for hitching horses.'" Miss Anne MacDowell, whoever she may be, has written a book, soon to be published, about St. Francis of As sisi, which would undoubtedly be a great surprise to the saint were he able to peruse it. In her introduction she makes the statement that "there is a determined theory that Francis formed the Franciscan order," but this Miss MacDowell has discovered to be a mistake, although she admits that he "may be called" its founder. Miss MacDowell has evidently had private advices, or been able to obtain infor mation from sources which have not been accessible for centuries. The world and all the members of the Franciscan order, have t>een laboring under the impression for ages that St. Francis founded the famous order, and ti is feared that unless this book has a stupenduous circulation, many be nighted individuals will go on with that delusion firmly fixed in their minds. Miss MacDowell tells just what Francis —she does not allow him his title of saint—would think of the or der he founded, and proves to her own satisfaction that he would not have cared for it at all. She tells her read ers that "Francis had a horror of for mality," and that he aimed at some kind of an organization, but nothing like the Franciscans. Oh, no! Miss MacDowell's book will be of great in terest, as it is evidently something new on a very old subject, and it is pleas ant to know that it is to be published in this country as well as in England. —The Book-Lover. St. Paul, Nov. 1, 1902. The American Diary of a Japanese Girl By Genjiro Veto. Published by Freder ick A. Stokes company, New York. "The American Diary of a Japanese Girl" is quite as remarkable for its il lustrations and border color work as for its letter press. The book is gorgeous in the colors of the Orient and the Stokes company, its publishers deserve great credit. The young woman of the diary falls in love and does a large number of conventional and a few unconventional things. She is bright and entertaining. Children of the Wild —By Therese O. Deming, illustrated by Edwin Millard Deming. Published by Frederick A. Stokes company. The book contains half a dozen well told stories for children of five and eight years. The pictures are lurid, but rather crude. The Kingship of Self-Control—By William George Gordon. Published by Fleming H. Revell company, New York, Chica go and Toronto. This is merely a reprint of nine ar ticles which attracted attention recently in the Saturday Evening Post. The ar ticles are thoughtful and well worth pre serving in book form. The Strongest Master—By Helen Choate Prince. Published by Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Boston and New York. "For no one has the right to try an experiment with other lives than his own —granting: that he may with that." This is the lesson that "The Strongest Master" teaches, and because the book is a strong book the Wesson cannot fall to be impressed upon tUJJ* minds of those ■who read it. A visionajjK young man and a visionary young \wßian, drawn to gether, by mutual iovei'Sflan great things for the wcrkingmen aigHworking women in .a certain factory tSfin in one of the New England states. Vbe young man, whose name is Christopnvr Waring, is a bookkeeper in the factory. He was ex pelled from Harvard in his senior year for gambling, and his father Tefused to forgive him, so the young man goes to the little New. EnglandT town and ob tains a position in the factory. He boards with the foreman of the factory, a man who has the gift of rude eloquence, much magnetism and very aaariouriced social istic views. His daugr>l£r, Clytie—or his supposed daughter—does not share these views, but he and her lpver, Christopher prevail upon her *to enter into their quixotic plans for the 11 uplifting of hu manity generally and the humanity in their immediate vicinity in particular. Both Dan, the fathier. and Christopher, the lover, think the marriage ceremony confers an authority on her husband that curses/the working woman's life, and both convince Glytie that she ought to be brave enongh to sacrifice herself for the good of the people and join her life with that of her lover without the marriage ceremony. Had the heroine lived in the dark ages she would have made\ an ideal mar.tyr. She does her best with the opportunities offered in these prosaic times, and. though secretly she has a good, honest respect for the mar riage ceremony, she resolves to. do as they desire. But the village workingmen's wives show unmistakably that they de spise her because of her act,' and will have none of her help. Finally a daughter is bom to Clytie and then she realizes that she has experimented not only with her own but with another life. The thought'maddens her, and before she has fully recovered from her "iftness she wan ders off with her baby. When discovered the latter is dead and the mother very near death. Christopher's eyes are opened and he is-legally rricuWed "to Clytie. All the participanfe in this experiment are in deadly earnest, a fact which makes the story a most interesting one. The book is well written* and both Christopher and Clytie are lovable in spite of their quixotism. The Heart of the Doctor —By Mabel G. Foster. Published by Houghton, MiffUn & Co.. Boston and New York. The scene of this story is laid in the Italian quarter in New York city. It is a tale of absorbing interest, full of life and color. The hero—and; he is the sort of hero who does the ..-^orld most good, for he is heroic in all'rthe commonplace demands of life —is a medical student who is the interne at a miss lon hospital In the Italian quarter. His' work is a dreary grind, but because of ills singleness of purpose and his devottor{ to duty, he be comes a glorified figure 'm, the eyes of the few friends he has in. the city's more aristocratic districts, .and he is looked upon as something verjt'Tiear a saint by the wartn-hearted but; .desperately poor people to whom he ministers. No one can read the story .without being the better for it, for the h"ert>;s goodness does rot r.:ake him an unreal person at all. K.vry reader must feel glad when the student — a full-fledged doctor before the story closes—-decides rtp'vremain in the quarter instead of accepting a more con genial practice in ' a Tvealthy Eastern tov/n. A pretty Jove story fhat ends happily for the hero adds to the interest of the stcry. The writer -relieves her somber picture with frequent flashes of humor, and even the Italian assassin with his .concealed stiletto does not make the tale a giewsbme one. The story is well writ tei*^; the characters are convincingly drawn and, as^ve have said before, the bock is one of absorbing interest. Come With Me Into Babylon—By- J*>siah : M. Ward. ; Published \by Frederick ;A. '- ; Stokes company, New^York. .' . ... ■■■ ;• _:!Mr. : Ward has taken the readers back to the time, of -Nebuchadnezzar and the :last "days- of ■ Nineveh. >■- He gives us j not a "glimpse,l>ut a picture: of the lives, of the Babylonians, whose name come to ;be a S synonym : for.>. luxury and 3 wantonness. ' Those were heroic days really, when the greatest-nations', of that remote antiquity ,1 the Babylonians, '.. Medes," ■• Lydians and Egyptian* met over the carcass. of As syria and engaged in that fierce struggle ..for the mastery qf the world.,. There ls»a romantic love . story of uninterrupted. to-: terest-running ihreugh■#** book. j§ i A ; Maker d^the^New :OH en ty^ani del Ro*l lins Brown—By William Elliot GritQs. ;7!'-Published by "Fleming" "H.'-Revell: coi&r :\. pany, . New. Yjork, - QhicagOLfiind- ;;' Dr. Griffls, who went to-Japan in l£fO| and organized schools and .served for a time a wyiJei-intrtdtSit oi -odtij^tion, ;is well fequippea . tqu? | «#|tit , the 1? great work of Samuel Railins, BrovytnC who * made an "almost*-faultlestr* fe?ansl«tiorr of* rthe| New ■ Testament into Japanese—which is still the standard. ;He stimulated and brought to America the first Chin,ese students wfc6 went abr6ad vf6T^a'n'ediica^, tion.;, He raised up many pupils. who carry on his work in his spirit. """ He thoroughly understood the Oriental and. may be regarded as the discoverer of that quality which has been challenged as to its existence— "gratitude ;- of Orien tals.'' He led a varied and busy life as teacher. Das tor, missionary in Amer ica, Ch : ax«i Japan..-.-; ' • . j In 1898 Dr. .Griffis was -sent as delegate of the American Historical association to the International Congress of Diplomatic j History, . Hague. ". iHe is member of ■ the U. S. Naval Institute. American Histori cal association, Asiatic Society of ; Japan, Asiatic Society of .: Kor£a, American So< , ciety; of Comparative,. Religion. Ameri can Oriental society ajidr many other sb "cieties' in this country' and ■ abroad.*- ■ -,■ Under Calvin's Spell—A* tale of heroic times in-Old.'GenevaMßy; Deborah Al ' cock. Published by Jfljeming H. veil company, New , York, .(Chicago and To ". ronto.: - : - . *J". ,„.. ,•, ' -.. :. -.' . Miss Alcock's story is largely historical, ■dealing with the time' Of Calvin and the Huguenots, '• the scene* centering in Gen eva, but , shifting atiftimes into Savoy and France.: As a stj>cy ; . the -plot is vig orous with ac.ion, suspense,. surprise and critical . situations. ':■■.:■; M,ojs."eover, rits - tone is wholesome and its ' tiej'oisin ':. inspiring. As history, ■ it, vividly -tiortrays the so cial, political and religious conditions : of the - time with the fafttibnai • dissentions, the indifference of ! the iSion-religious, the heroic devotion .of the ; Protestants. - and their toleration: of the-.Catholics. -. It ac quaints us with historic characters, fa miliarizes us with ■ domestic and public j manners and custdrris.-y&nd ' makes old ; Geneva and ■ its ■ mighty - influences \ live again. • : :/'i \ ■■i'^' ' . -•'' '. [ ;' : ! My Dogs in the Northland—By Egerton R. Young. Published by Fleming H. Revell company, New York, Chicago and Toronto. Dr. Egerton R. Young, well known as a lecturer, writer and hero of the ice ! fields, in his book makes'" what he calls a character study of great dogs. The story is an exciting- one, in which Dr. Young endeavors to have the marvels of i dog instinct, intelligence and strength • play the chief part. He thinks to make ! the acquaintance of Jack. Cuffy, Voya | geur. Rover. Kimo, Muff, Caesar and I Koona is to find out. that every dog, just | as much as a person, has his own mi i dividual character, and must be dealt | with accordingly. Terrible perils, won ! derful escapes and sudden emergencies mix with the most comical situations in the book. The Garden of Lies—By Justus Miles Forman. Published by Frederick A. - Stokes Company. New York. "The Garden of Lies" is a romantic I story of love and adventure in modern Paris with a very beautiful American girl as the heroine. There is a medley I of plot and intrigue,, jealous and idyllic ■ love, and some clash of swords. It is a most striking and original story. The Pete and Polly Stories —By Carolyn Wells, illustrated by Young Cory. Published by A. CA-McClurg & Co., Chicago. rwoH Miss Carolyn Wells, ', one of the most prolific writers of stories for children, has claverly put together a tot of nonsense in "The Pete and Polly; Stories," in which | two very engaging chiidcen have a series lof astonishing adventures *in strange places and with stranere"~CQmpanions. The illustrations are equally .girnsieal and di verting, and altogether, me book is one to allure the youngsters/ ' ~ Little Mistress Goodhope^nd Other Fairy Tales—By Mary ImlayriTaylor. with il lustrations in colorf-bjr Jessie Wilcox Smith. Published-by, A, C. McClurg & Co., Chicago. To bring out a book.'of fairy tales is a decided departure for Miss Taylor, her work previously having been upon his torical novels. Thesgr-/fairy stories are largely derived from JCnjflHsh sources, and are written with all.-.jtiie story-teller's skill. The book is furmer distinguished by the charming picturef^by Miss Smith, who belongs to a coterie of artists now making themselves famous by their draw ings of children. Her work is notable for its imagination, technique and beauty of color. Mayken—A historical story of Holland for children, by Jessie Anderson Chase, with five full-page' illustrations by the Kinneys. Published by A. C. McClurg & Co.. Chicago, i "Mayken," has been brought out as a companion volume to "Margot." one of the most successful historical stories for children ever published. In make-up and general appearance the two books are practically uniform, and there is a sim ilarity in their central idea —the exciting ij&Jsßj&mflk s^*' t^J^JN .'.', i'i J!* LfT % 1 fa^^^ev^n I Wmßal II U°y /// f- **fe4 ;. Girls who work are particularly susceptible to female ills, especially .-"when obliged to stand on their".-' feet from morning until night. . ■-.. :t Day in and day out, month in and month out, the year through, the working girl toils; she is often the bread winner of -the family, and must • work that others may live; whether she is sick or well, whether it rains or shines,' whether it is warm or cold-she must get to her place of employment and perform, the duties exacted from her. ,'•::'.-•: -> :• ':f ■"'': - *- - • m , Among this class the symptoms of female diseases are early manifest by weak and aijhing i backs, pain in the lower limbs and" lower part of the stomach; in consequence of frequent wetting of the feet monthly periods become painful .and- irregular, and frequently faint and dizzy spells, with loss of appetite, ■ until life is a burden and it is hard work to drag about. All these symptoms point to a derangement of tha female organism, and if taken in time can be easily and permanently cured. ' :]'.' - - : ■' ■-:■.; •. "• "-■■ ■■.-'': \L:::\,: /.;: ;-.;;:;.'.-. --■■.;v;.'.'.:--":. - , ' " :.':'^-':i?^;" - f\-'\- A Cordial Invitation!to: Every Sick and ; | l||if|||ling Working Girl. . ;-- r-' . It Is to these girls that Mrs. Pinkham holds out a helping hand, and extends a cordial invitation to correspond with her. Her unrivalled record of success in treating woman's ills makes her letters of advice of untold value to every ailing working girl, and from her wide experience and skill she quickly points the way >to health. Her advice is free, and all letters; are held by her in the strictest confidence. Address, firs. Pinkham, Lynn, flass.l Don't put off writing her until your health is wrecked. Grateful Words from Working Girls Who ~ v Have Been Helped. .., " Dear Mrs.'; Pinkham: — I want to thank you for what you have done for me. I was dreadfully tired, I stand over my work all day, and.no one who hasn't tried it knows how it makes your back and sides ache. I: couldn't sleep, and had no appetite, but thanks to Lydia E. Pinkham' Vegetable Compound, I feel entirely.^different: now; it is a wonderful medicine. I do not feel that my work is hard now, and I recommend your medicine to other girls who are always tired." —Miss Isabel Surgin, 293 Willis Aye., New York City> - -^>* '/- .' ■ :'-• '-^':■'■■ ■•'"•■^::;> -..'-'•,.•./',.' ■:-^ : J, ; ; > "Dear' Mrs. Pinkham:—Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has done so much gboa* for me that I wish to recommend it to all girls whose work keeps them standing on their' feet all day in a;, hot store, /Rie doctor said I could not live Bud I must give up work, and stay out of doors; he did not . seem to > realize that a girl cannot afford to stop working. My back ached, my appetite was poor and I could not sleep ; y menstruation was" scanty , and very painful. One day when suffering I commenced to take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable ; Compound and it helped me, I soon found that my menstrual penods were free from pain and natural; now my health is fine, and every one is surprised at the fchange in me, and I cannot be too grateful for what you have done for me." — Miss Janet Paine, 530 West i 125 th Street, New York City.— ssooo.oo forfeit if originals of above letters proving genuineness cannot be produced. WISE IS THE WOMAN WHO HAS FAITH IN LYDIA E PINKHAITS VEGETABLE COriPOUND.I life of a very youthful heroine in a stir ring period of history. The Spanish sub jugation of the Netherlands is the back ground for the story of little Maylten's adventures, and the' young readers who were absorbed In "Margot" can safely take up this new romance. Coquo and the Klng'6 Children —By Cor nelia Baker, with six illustrations in color by Lucy Fitch Perklna. Published by A. C: McClurg & Co., Chicago. Coquo is the king's jester, and one of the most entertaining characters imagin able for children. He is the guide and counselor of the high-spirited little prince and princess—"the king's children" —and together they have some surprising ad ventures. The three discover a lovely little fairy in the woods, whom they take home and make one of the family— the little sprite gradually taking on the form and size or ordinary mortals. The pictures are most unusual in their clever ness and beauty. Under Colonial Colors—By Everett T. Tomlinson. Published by Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Boston. As a writer of boys' stories, Mr. Tom linson is already widely known. His stories of colonial days have been es pecially successful, and this tale of war, adventure and friendship is in his best vein. A more heroic enterprise could hardly be found than that he has chosen —Arnold's expedition to Quebec. No sportsman or canoeist passes over the course of that famous march through the Maine woods without a thrill of admira tion for the men who blazed the trail for their daring attack on Canada. The story of the expedition and the as sault on Quebec is told r ;th much spir it and with such mastei/ of historical detail that it carries the reader along completely convinced. Famous characters appear in the narrative, which is lighted by no little humor. With the Flag In the Channel—By James Barnes. Published by D. Appleton & Co., New York. The wonderful story of adventure at sea which Mr. Barnes tells in his new volume will be new to almost all readers, but it is founded upon fact. Capt. Con yngham was the predecessor of Paul Jones. When Dr. Franklin and Silas Deane, of the marine committee of 1777, issued the commissions for vessels which were to sail in the capacity of national cruisers, the first commission, . dated March 1, 1777, was given to Capt. Con yngham. He crossed to the British channel, captured English ships, entered English ports in disguise, and his brilliant exploits filled England with dismay. Behind the Line —A story of school and football by Ralp Henry Barbour. Pub lished by D. Appleton & Co., New York. This is an exciting football story by a writer who has placed himself at the head of writers of stories of college snorts. "Behind the Line" deals with life at the preparatory school and in the earlier years at the university. It con tains thrilling descriptions of football contests, and gives an intimate view of the preparation and training for football and other athletics. This story is one of much variety and incident. and it sketches the various incidents said amuse ments and also the work of a large preparatory school. Jacks of Ajl Trades—By Katherine N. Birdsall, illustrated in two colors by Walter Russell, with many text cuts. Published by D. Appleton & Co., New York. In this book the author endeavors to show that "the child is father to the man." Miss Birdsall has taken nobility of character as the keynote for a most wholesome and inspiriting story, the plot of which is of absorbing interest. Timothy and His Friends —By Mary E. Ireland, illustrated by Charles Hope Provost. Published by the Saalfield Publishing company, Akron. Ohio. "Timothy and His Friends" is a well told story of how a Baltimore newsboy met and conquered many obstacles, met a good girl and made her his wife. The tale has plenty of action and has few dull pages. NOVEMBER MAGAZINE HINTS. Social, economic and political topics largely dominate the Review of Reviews for November The editor, in "The Prog ress of the World," give an exhaustive review, of the coal strike, while Mr. Wal ter Wellman contributes a graphic ac count of the settlement of the strike as viewed at Washington, and Frank J. Warne writes of "John Mitchell: the La bor Leader and the Man." Col. Carroll D. Wright, of President Roosevelt's arbi tration commission, is the subject of a character sketch by H. T. Newcomb. Charlea A. Conant writes on "The Growth of Trust Companies;" Prof J. W. Jenks on "Self-Government in Oriental De pendencies;" and Arthur Wallace Dunn on "Government in the Philippines, 1898 --1900." The November number of Sports Afield Is a notable issue of that always inter esting journal, being replete with stories of adventure, tales of sport by flood and field, with matters of unusual merit in the departments devoted to natural his tory, our young sportsmen, amateur pho tography, game protection and our friend the dog. In the current issue Edward Hall, the Montana*, horseman, writes forcefully on the art of bronco-breaking; W. C. Black tells about duck shooting on Lake Erie in the early days. There is a graphic recital of a stag hunt with hounds in British Columbia by A. B. Williams; while Prof. Rice's description of life and conditions in the Ozark coun try of Southern Missouri will be read with interest. The World's Work for November is a birthday number, with handsome cover of blue and gold. It's most striking fea ture is Andrew Carnegie's article on "Europe vs. America." This article is probably of greater international im portance than, any other private utterance in many years, and it is, as well, one of the most interesting contributions to mag azine literature for the last decade. The November number of Lippincott's Magazine is filled with fiction, long- and short, varied enough to suit readers of all sorts and sizes. The Monthly Novelette, "The Other Man." by Frederic Reddale. is a modern romance with the spice of mystery. From the diamond fields in South Africa the story quickly shifts to high life in England. A tragedy happi ly averted makes a good end to a tale which shows those desirable gifts, mark ed originality and spirited style. The big feature of the November St. Nicholas is the first installment of How ard Pyle's serial, superbly illustrated by the author. In this work Mr. Pyle has attempted to do for "King Arthur" what he did for Robin Hood several years ago. This noted author-artist brings his ripest experience to this new work, and the de lightfully quaint style of the text is most sympathetically and adequately supple mented by drawings. Any boy or "girl with an ounce of romance is sure to be much interested in this story, which maTks the return to the serial form of publication in St. Nicholas. The fiction in the November number of Everybody's Magazine is good. "The Un regenerated," by Lindsay Denison, is a capital piece of writing. Lillian Bell tells "How We Tamed the Cook." 'The Red Law and the White" Is a football story under strange conditions, and there is a series of "Little Stories or Real Life" which are decidedly worth reading. The chief articles of The Bookman for November are "Emile Zola," by Harry Thurston Peck; "Conflicting Standards in French Literature," by Albert Schinz, and "The Novel 3 of Elizabeth Stod dard," by Mary Moss. The first number of The Reader is a surprise andtdelight. For the intelligent reader it is the most satisfactory maga zine published. Its contents are a happy mixture of interest, inspiration and en tertainment, and -without being frothy-are bright and readable. The opening article in the November Scribner's, "In,the Path of Immigration." Is by James B. Connolly, who recently made a trip to Europe for the purpose of making a careful study of a problem that is of constantly increasiag 1 interest to America. President William DeWitt Hyde, of Bowdoin college, opens the November At lantic with an impressive discussion of The New Ethics—the moral laws and safeguards of our race, the spirit of which all laws are but the symbolic impression. The Atlantic contains other valuable so ciologic and economic essays, notably "A Quarter Century of Labor Strikes," the first of an interesting and timely series of papers on trades unions, by Ambrose P. Winston. Sir Philip Mangus has the place of honor in The Engineering Magazine for Novem ber, his topic being one of great current interest—technical education. Sir Philip has been one of the foremost workers in the movement which has already given England the splendid schools at Manches ter, Sheffield, Birmingham and elsewhere. Hi 3 point now is the very practical one of the commercial gain which comes to the nation. Among other notable features The No vember Criterion presents: "Commodore John Paul Jones," a hitherto unpublished article on John Paul Jones, by the late Ad miral Porter. It is the famous admiral's last article, and doubly interesting as being the record of one of the three greatest American sailors set down by another of the trio. "The Glory of Autumn," by Sir Edwin Arnold, is a rarely beautiful bit of prose poetry, written with all the great English poet's felicity of expres sion. "Russell Ryder." by David Bruc» Conk lin, will be issued immediately by the A. Wessels company. Mr. Conklin has suc ceeded in depicting a unique personality in the' leading character, and though he gives the more penurious side of the farmer. Russell Ryder, is far removed from the so-called "hay seed" —a man of deep affection for his own, alert, and of good principle. WITH THE LATEST BOOKS. David Belasco and Mrs. Leslie Carter have issued for private distribution a beautiful souvenir edition of the story of Dv Barry. Abbie Farwell Brown's new book. "A Pocketful of Posies" (Hougton, Mifflin & Co.) is a collection of rhymes which makes a welcome addition to the playful books about children and should give much of the same pleasure that is found in Stevenson's "Child Garden of Verses." Miss Urown has a rare faculty for enter ing into the mind of a child in a joyous spirit. "On the Cross." the new novel in which it is said "Trilby" would have a rival, is now in its third edition. Drexel Biddie, of Philadelphia, the publisher, states that two large editions have al ready been sold, although this book was published only two weeks ago. The Henry Altemus company, of Phila delphia, announces that early next year it will publish a historical novi-1 having Benjamin Franklin as the central figure, which will be written by Cha-tes Felton Pidgin, the author of "Quincy Alnms Sawyer." The title of the book has not yet been announced, but the work will deal with the long residence of Benjamin Franklin in Paris, as ambassador to th» court of Louis XVI. The historical page at that time was full of prominent char acters, and the ill-fated king, his indomi table queen. Vergennes; the French min ister of foreign affairs; Neckar, the great financier; that erratic genius Beaumar chais, and the celebrated Voltaire, will move through the pages of the coming volume. One of Houghton, Miffiin & Co.'s most attractive holiday books is "Grimm Tales Made Gay." by Guy Wetmore Carry!, whose art of writing droll and merry verses has already given him a reputa tion in his earlier books, "Fables for the Frivolous" and "Mother Goose for Grown ups." The present volume, as Its title in dicates, is based upon Grimm's fairy tales. 7