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RVING BACHELLER has enriched the world of lterature by another work of sterling fiction that possesses many of the seme qualities that made his “Eben Holden” one of the most-talk- ed-of books of last season. “D'ri and 1" which has been appearing serially in the Century for the past yedr, is now pre- sented by the Lothrop Publishing Com- pany of Boston in most artistic book form. The binding of the present volume is similar to that of “Eben Holden,” pub- hed by the same firm, but has a charm- ing addition in the way of {llustrations In soft color tints by F. C. Yohn. “D'ri and I" tells a story of the War of 1812 as it became a part of the lives of the natives of the far North Country—the Yankees and the loyal French-Americans. It is the country that Mr. Bacheller loves and whose scenery and people he de- scribes so well D'ri, a contraction for Darius, is an- other dear old “Uncle Eb,” but a man younger in years and thrown in the midst of a Nfe of adventure. The story is toid by the hero, Ramon Bell, who rises to the rank of captain as time goes on. He and D'ri are inseparable. In the beginning we have a little of the North Country life among the ploneers in the Valley of the St Lawrence—and 2 charming glimpse it is, too. None knows better than Mr. Bacheller how to paint the life of the people in homespun with their quaint sayings and straightforward ways. The scene shifts and we soon find the hero and faithful D'ri fighting for the flag and for liberty. Their adventures are as numerous and varied as those of the Three Musketeers. At one time they put to flight a troop of British cavalry by training a fire hose on them from the roof of a tavern. At ther they win again by the strategy of stirring up an immense swarm of half- amed wasps. They do this while the ch at early dawn are surrounding the house. From the windows the Americans take long poles and start the insects on the warpath and then quietly close the sasbes and leave the wasps to do the fighting. The result is all that could be Gesired §till D'r! and Ramon cannot always win by guile; but on the fair field they are both all that the reader of historical nov- els could wish. D'ri is a glant in strength and always #®rives in time to help those who need his help the most. Ramon is a rharvel at all feats of arms and in sword ¥ bests one of the finest swordsmen of gland and kills him during a skirmish 16 woods. The excitement of battle is relieved by & charming bit of lovemaking that runs through the tale. Ramon falls in love with two beautiful sisters—French girls of noble blood. The matter is still further complicated by the fact that both girls love him, and it is only in the last few pages that Mr. Bach- eller relieves the suspense and brings the hero to the reader's way of thinking. There is a plot and counter plot and in any hands less skillful than Mr. Bach- eller’s it would seem that Ramon at times hes but the most forlorn hope of ever win- ning one of the fair malds where at first his success seems so certain. The girls are captured by the English, and a certain Lord Ronley, who is the mol- ished villain to perfection, takes a decided liking to one of them. To add to the trou- ble D'ri and Ramon fall into the hands of his Lordship's men and Ramon is recog- nized as the man who slew Ronley’s friend in the fight in the woods. Ronley cannot believe that this youth could have killed his man in fair fight, for the dead Englishman was considered the best swordsman in the whole army, so it is decided to put Ramon to the test for his courage and for his swordsmanship, He and D'ri are taken in hand by a secret crder to be put through the severe trials. D'ri glips from his pursuers and hides in & greased chute, where he holds on by his hands to keep from sliding, and with his eye glued to a knothole sees Ramon go through the ordeal of the sword. Ramon defeats all comes and finally, watching his opportunfty, succeeds in slapping the face of Lord Ronley, calls him a coward and so enrages his Lordship that they begin a fight to the death. The @escription of this fight is told in D’'ri's own words and is one of the most thrilling passages in the many hair- breadth escapes the pair meet. Ronley, though & villain, is not & coward, and al- most proves himself the better man with the sword, but Ramon is more than a master of the art of fence and finally gives his opvonent a severe wound. D'ri sees them bear his comrade away and finally hears them at the top of the chute about to throw his body down the slide. D'ri immediately releases his hold on the sides and away he goes at train- like speed until he feels himself leave the greased slide, shoot far out into the ailr 2nd then fall a frightful distance into the water below. Ramon follows him and would drown, he s 50 exhausted from his sword play, were it not for the timely as- sistance of his old chum. This slide is 80 arranged that had the men feared for their lives and clung to the sides their bodies would not have had enough impetus to have cleared the rocks which jutted out over the edge of the water into which they fell. As it was, they went go fast that they were thrown far out into deep water and by swimming * . in GRS ARy ashore managed to make good their es- cape. \ After their land adventures they have some spirited fighting by sea under no Jess & command than that of the great Perry, whose blue battle-flag reads, “Don't give up the ship.” This great sea fight where Perry wins against odds is described With characteristic and sim- ple force. The most interesting cheracter of the book s, of courss, D'rl. He is so orig- inal, so droll, so stanch; and, though so humble, yet so noble. To those who know him not he may seem blunt of genss, but they soon find that he is the eharpest of them all. One incident will gerve to illlustrate his peculiar humor all his own. When D’r{ first enlists in the army the boys are proneto have their lttle joke with the north oountryman, who seemsa #0 raw, so they put up & plot to have him stand gusrd duty without telling him of the matter of countersigns, and expect to have the laugh on him by finally his gun. comes very near capturing the whole trocted countersign. They Istriliing that his fallure his task, UL DAt o rders would incur the penalty - of deat! ' his post a little after indown.. T e was posted. The sergeant, with bis y of #ix, started back to the guardhouss, BT hey mever got there. They went as far as D’H. He stood With his gun rai “‘Come snother step.” :m he, light through ¥ e mosnlight Shroueh 7S they stood s ““Come forard—one at & time”" sald D'ri. “Drop yer guns 'n’' set down. Ye look tired “They 414 85 he commanded, for they could ses he meant business, end they knew he had rizht to kiil. i Sy ‘Another man came along shortly. ‘Halt! Who comes there?’ D'rl demanded: ‘Friend with the countersign,” he replied. Can't fool me,” sajd D'ri. '“Come up here "o set down '’ mek yerself tof hum, Drop yer n fust. Drop it, er T L E'fe dropped his gun promptly and sccepted the invitation to sit down. This last man had fome arguments to offer, but D'rl stood sternly and made no reply. T : 8 11 o'clock Captain Hawkins sent out in- quiries for the Soreant of the guard and his reltef, He could find nobody Who had seen them since dark. A corporal was also missing. The captain -sent & man to look for them. He got as far as D'ri and sat down. They walted for him in vain. The captain stood looking into the darkness and wondering about his men. He conferred with Adjutant Church. Then he set out with two men to go the rounds. They got as far as D'rl. “Halt! Who comes there?’ he demanded. +Grand rbunds,”” was the answer of the cap- tain. “Lay down yer arme,” said D'ri, “an’ come up here 'n’ set down. ““Haven't time,’’ sald the captain, falling at first to Foasp the situation. ° “You tek time, er I'll put a hole Jacket,” sald D'rl. One of the privates turned quickly and ran. D'ri sent a shot after him that only . jeg, end he kept on. Then D'l gave all atten- tion to his nmew prisovers. They could see no amusement in dodging bullets; they threw their arms on the hiliside and sat down with the others, The captain swore as he subinitted, “Don’t rile yerself,’” sald D'ri; yer rest “No, I don’t, nuther,” eaid “¥e'll hev t' hev it, anyway, *“This beats h a laugh. ¢ A feeling of alarm began to spread. The ad- jutant was standing in a group of men at head- Quarters soon after midnight. They were ears under in the mystery. The escaped soldier came running toward them out of the dark. He was breathing heavily; his leg was bleeding and . what is 1t7* the adjutant demanded. i “the man gasped and dropped down the officer inquired. the man repeated. “It's thet air man He's roped in everybody thet They're all settin’ on the hill Won't let a man move said D'ri. the captain answered, with D'ri! they call D'rl. come this w: up there beside him. when he gits him.” The adjutant enickered as he spat an oath. He was made of iron, that man Church, “Post & guard around him,” said he, turn- ing to an officer. “‘The dem fool'd tek the hull garrison ef we didn’t. I'll go 'n’ try t pull him off his perch. said the returned pri- 1 “He'll lay ye up,” vate, baring his bloody leg. “Eff fool ‘with him ye'll limp. See what e done t'_me. The adjutant swore ag ““Go t' the hospital,” Then he strode awi that night. The moon wes shining as the adjutant came in sight and hailed the group of prisoners. hat ye settin’ there fer?’ he shouted. ‘'You'll know'n a minute,” sald one of them. gain. he commanded. , but he did not return t be my friend” D'ri t work. Come up hers "' sald the adjutant. “Stop foolin’, man, “I ain't a-foolin’. “He aln't s-foolin’; he means business,” ®said one of the prisoners. “"Don’t tamper with me. Tl you—"" the adjutant threatened. “Aln't a-goin’ t' tamper with ye & minute,” said D'rl. It ye don't set down here quick, Tl put a hole in ye. unatic! Wha' d' me 7 ean ¢ turn ve out t grass a leetls D'ri answered, soberly. Yo look The officer made at him, but in & flash D'ri bad knocked him down with his mu ket. The adjutant rose, and, with an oath, jolned the others. “Dunno but he'll tek the hull garrison 'fors sunrise,”” he muttered. ‘‘Let ‘em come—might es well hev comp'ny.” A little before daylight a man sick in the hospital explained the situation. He had given D'ri his orders. They brought him out on a stretcher. The orders were rescinded, the pris- oners released. Captain Hawkins, hot to his toes with anger, took D'rl to headquarters. Genersl Brown laughed heartily when he heard the facts, and told_D'rl he was made of the right stuff. ““These greenhorns are not nice to piay with,"” he sald. “‘They're like some guns—ioaded when you don't expect it. We've had enough skylarking.” And when the sick man came out of the hos- pital he went to the guardhouse. A Carolina Cavalier. A historical novel of more than averags merit is “A Carolina Cavaller,” by George Cery Eggleston. Its scene is laid in the Carolinas during the time when the in- habitants of thp colonies were winning freedom from the supremacy of Great Britain. The' events which took place in America at this time, stirring as they are, are not made the point of greatest inter- est in the present story. The author has chosen to rely for the chief interest of the romance upon the ad- ventures of a young Carolinan, ~Roger Alton, who throws himself heart and soul into the struggle which his country makes to gain independence, and whose efforts in behalf of his country are all the great- er for being seconded by those of the woman he loves, Alton has been educated in England. He 1s still at Oxford when the colonies de- clare themselves a pation. Hastening to- ward America to join the patriot forces, he reaches the Bahamas and there is de- tained by the difficulty of crossing to the American éontinent without being cap- tured by the British. Finally he succeeds in purchasing & small sailing vessel, ostensibly for the purpose of cruising about the fslands on fishing expedition, but really in order to make his way to the coast of Carolina'and land near Alton House. Just before he starts on his voyage he is joined by a stranger, who offers to take the boat in safety to America. This man, whom Alton accepts as a fel- low-traveler, upon arriving in America disappears, only to reappear several ti; at eritical moments an‘t’i aid Almn. I:Q; at last to be discovered as the father of the girl whom Alton loves, who is a man whom disgrace has driven inte conceal- 4 A teach ment, but who spends the last few years of his life in fighting for his native land. Upon reaching his home Alton finds his father and his nearest friends ready to give life and fortune to aid the struggle for freedom. Alton organized a band of courageous men and with them rides up and down' the country, striking a blow at the British wherever he can and helping to keep the Tories, through fear, from giv- ing aid to the British. Alton has gained the love of a daugh- ter of a neighbor of his family, & girl ‘whose nobility and courage make her, too, play a heroic part in behalf of her coun- try when the need of action comes. Alton has a charming sister, as patriotic &5 he. Bhe is loved by a friend of Alton's, Charles Barnegal. Barnegal, “after the outbreak of hostilities, comes near losing friends and fortune through the machina- tions of his uncle, a Tory, and the villain of the story. At last, however, by the time the British have been defeated, everything turns out well for Barnegal. Alton and their friends. (Published by the Lothrop Publishing Company, Boston. Price, $§150.) National Livestock Association. The fourth annual report of the Na- tional Livestock Association, comprising the proceedings of the annual convention at Salt Lake City, Utah, last Janpary, and the work of the assoclation for last year, has just been issued and f{s being distributed to the members of the associa- tion. Each delegate receives a copy of the report, and it will be sent free to any stockman In the country who will send 25 cents to Charles F. Martin, secretary, 211 Quincy bullding, Denver, Colo., to pay postage. The book is handsomely bound in eilk cloth and consists of about 550 pages on handsome plate paper, {llustrated with portraits of those who took part in the last great convention, and containing the valuable papers delivered, as well as the verbatim report of the interesting discus- slons. The stockman of to-day requires Just three books in his library. He should have the ‘Year Book’ of the Department of Agriculture, the annual report of the Bureay of Animal Industry, and add to these the annual report of the National Tivestock Association and the library is complete. The two Washington reports convey fully all the work being done by the Government, and the Nationat Asso- clation report shows what the stockmen are doing for themselves. If these annual reports were all that the stockmen got for . their membership in the Natlonal Assocla- tion, they might consider themselves well repaid for the outlay. In some respects the last publication of the National Asso- clation is the most interesting of any yet sent out. Those who have had a mixed understanding of the work being done by the assoclation should read the fourth an- nual report and be enlightened. The Cruise of the Petrel. ‘““The Cruise of the Petrel,” by T. Jen- kins Haines, is a bright, stirring tale of the sea. Its scene is laid during the war of 1812 and its hero, John Heywood, is a young man whose fortunes lead him td take part in some of the exciting events' of those troublous times. Heywood, in a great desire to go to sea, becomes & stow- away on & whaling ship, the Petrel, which starts from New York for a voyage to the South Atlantic. Heywood is allowed to join the crew. Through the collusion of the captain of the vessel and another man the ship becomes a privateer and Heywood and the other sallors are com- pelled to ald in plundering English mer- chantmen. Finally the Petrel is herself captured, but before the Americans can be summarily dealt with the English ship is in turn captured by the American frig- ate Essex. Heywood is on board the Bs- sex when the frigate suffers defeat in a memorable fight with British men-of-war in Valparaiso harbor. Heywood at last makes his way back to America and after securing the berth of first officer on board a large coasting vessel bids the L NN/ NNN PN /Y A By i £/ NN /NN /NN /N A Border Tale of ALANNT \ ‘//'\ !/ ) NV 65,000 SOLD BEFORE PUBLICATION D’RI AND I BACHELLER Author of EBEN HOLDEN YOHN IRVING 1llustrated by F. ler farewell. (Published by McClurs, hillips & Co., New York. Price, $1 50.) The Story of King Alfred. Tn thelr “‘Library of Useful Stories™ D. Appleton & Co. have-published a life of King Alfred by Sir Walter Besant that will prove a valuable addition to the other excellent works of that series. These books are published at the nominal sum of 85 cents with the avowed intention of making them popular, and, as the pub- lishers state, it is their idea to have this series of little books dealing with vari- ous branches of useful knowledge, and treating each subject in clear, concise language, as free as possible from tech- nical words and phrases, by writers of authority in thelr various spheres.” In the present volume, which is com- plete in itself, the author, after a brief introduction, explains how the authori- tles on King Alfred are tested. He then gives the genealogy of Alfred and his descendants. Following this he writes of England of the ninth century; the child- — Co. The suthor examines the points chief- ly disputed and demonstrates that it Is possible to reveren~e the Book of Genesis without being slavishly bound to a literal acceptance of what was written poetically and figuratively. On the other hand, he does not try to prove that every statement of Genesis is in complete agreement with the resuits of recent sclentific investiga- tion. “I gladly leave that task,” he writes, “to those who are sufficiently ig- norant both of sclence and of Genesis.” Price $3. 2 x Acting and Actors. D. Appleton & Co. of New York have Just published a second edition, with sup- plement, of Alfred Ayres’ book, “Acting and Actors, Elocution and Elocutionists. This volume comprises a great number of essays about theatrical people and the stage. All of these papers have been pub- lished before in various periodicals, but now, appearing as they do In convenient book form, they cannot fail to be of in- % IRVING BACHELLER. hood and education of the King; Alfred’s wars; Alfred in religion; Alfred as.a law- givern; Alfred as an educator; Alfred gs a writeri{a summary of the reign; the d;:ln of the Ming. g . . ) ¥ The Book of Genesis. “Like a huge cube of granite cut by some gilant of old, the Book of Genesis has resisted all the attacks of time. It has been overturned again and again, but it makes little difference which face is uppermost—it is still grand, solid, impos- ing. If this great block has been set for centuries in the path of progress to dis- courage investigation and to ruin sclence, that is ndt the fault of the block itself but of the pygmies who placed it there.” Those who demand a reconciliation be- tween sclence and the teachings.of the church and those who dread the encroach- ments of science upon the Sacred Word will alike find assurance and support in Dr. Worcester’'s study o6f “The Book of Genesis in the Light of Foreign Knowl- edge,” published by McClure, Phillips & 3 £/ s C. terest to those interested in the drama and actors. Many of the essays appeared over tén yedrs ago, so the general reader may not find them particularly to his lik- ing. ‘Harrison, Greys Fiske write§ the preface, Edgar 8. Werner the introfluc- tion and James A. Waldron the prologue. The Fourth Estate. Those who read with pleasure last year the translation of “The Joy of Captain Ribot,” by A. Palaclo Valdes, will be somewhat disappointed with a new rovel by that author entitled “The Fourth Es- tate.”” Unlike its predecessor, the present story 1s lacking In wholesome optimism, although it displays the charm of style and the fldelity of portraiture which is pre-eminently characteristic of the work of Valdes. The theme of the story is not especially pleasant. It is the troubles incurred by a.man of wealth, Don Rosendo de Belin- chan, who seeks to aid his fellow-towns- men, and incidentally to direct their af- fairs, by publishing a newspaper in which D'RI AND 1 is declared by competent critics a story of MAS- TERLY STRENGTH and ANOTHER TRIBUTE to the AMERICAN character and people. It is a worthy successor to “Eben Holden,” the first great character creation of this Author. LRSS Pl e bl ot e ek Sl ity BOUND IN RED S§ILK CLOTH, TLLUSTRATED COVER, GILT TOP. PRICE $1.50 _— LOTHROP PUBLISHING COMPANY, BOSTON /7 N s S NN L he volces the patriotic sentiments which inspire him. Don Rosendo has in Sarrio, the town in which he lives, an enemy who also begins the publication of & paper. The two enemies at first content them- selves with criticizing the political opinions of each other. But eventually descend to personal abuse of the most flagrant kind, which has a disastrous ef- fect upon the happiness of Don Rosendo’s -family. Don Rosendo has a daughter, Cecilla, & noble girl, but not beautiful. She Is betrothed to a young sailor, who at the end of one of his voyages meets Ceclifa's young sister, Ventura, who has . into a most beautiful woman. Succeeds in turning the young man's from her sister to herself, and the. ries him. Ventura is vain, selfish and fickla. Affer a while she tires of the love of her rus- band, and finally consoles herself with that of another man. It is this scandal in the home of Don Rosendo which his enemy spreads abroad through the me- dium of his paper. The publication of It brings affairs to a climax and over- whelms Rosendo with sorrow and shame. (Published by Brentano, New York.) Various Verse. “Tabby’'s Defense,” by Harrlet Fillot, Is the autoblography of a cat told in simple language with a view to enlisting the sympathy of children on behalf of ani- mals. The book is {llustrated with line drawings. “Cupid 'In Grandma's Garden,” by Mra. David O. Paige, is a clever bit of versa depicting the flowers hard hit by Cupid's arrows. The discord that follows demands the expulsion of Cupid in disgrace. “How Tommy Was Cured of Crying.™ by Gertrude Mitchell Waite, makes a lot of fun in verse for the little ones and quietly preaches a bit of a lesson as well. For many years Mrs. Walte was a pri- mary teacher and so understands the childish mind. ““Cat Tales in Verss,” by Elliot Walker, is & collection of rhymes every ome of ‘which sings a strain in the life of some tabby or tomcat. The verses are bright and catchy. These four books are simflar in style and are published by The Abbey Press of New York. Price 50 cents each. In His Own Image. “In His Owp Image,” by Frederick Baron Corvo, is a collection of Itai- ian folk storfes supposed to be related by the Italian servant of an Englishman residing in Italy to his master. The stortes are of fair interest and are told with a certain degree of charm. The fact that some of them first appeared in “The Yel- low Book” may be a hint to read them or to avoid them, according to one's taste. (Published by John Lane, London and New Yerk.) ———— Literary Notes. Lippincott’s Magazine In fts August number published a novel by & new write: under the title “The Lifting of a Finge: The author, Mrs. Ina Brevoort Roberts, s a New Yorker, and this, her first long story, will be put in covers by the J. B. Lippincott Company during the fall. Mrs. Roberts states that it is her intention to follow up this novel with other work in the line of ¢haracter study. The series of volumes by Yale professors now publishing in connection with the bi- centennial anniversary of Yale Univer- sity is to appear also in England. The Scribners are the American publishers; the London publisher is Edward Arnold, a nephew of the poet and an enterprising young publisher of books of the more sub- stantial sort. “The Century Book for Mothers,” which is designed to be “a practical guide in the rearing of héalthy children,” will soon be issued by the Century Company. The authors are Dr. Leroy 1. Yale and Gus- tav Pollak, both of them well known in connection with the. magazine Babyhood. <The book is practically exhaustive, and a thorough index makes it doubly useful. ' Orison Bwett Marden, editor of Success, whose books have reached a total sale of over 100,000 volumes, has in preparation a new book entitled “Talks With Great Workers,” fllustrated with portraits of Schwab, Depew, Lipton, Sage and others. The book will be published in the fall by Thomas Y. Crowell & Co. For some time Rufus Rockwell Wilson, author of “Rambles in Colonial Byways” and other books of a semi-historical char- acter, has been employed upon a work to be entitled ‘“Washington: the Federal City,” and this work, to be issued in two volumes, is now in press with the J. B. Lippincott Company. Mr. Wilson's treat- ment of the sybject should give to his writing a wide interest. He treats of men quite as much as of events, and the close relations between the history of the Fed- eral capital and the history of the country should give the book = national aspect. The Critic, which has made a specialty of exoloiting Russian novelists, has a critical sketch of Dimitri Merejkowskl, by Herbert Trench, in its September number. Merejkowski ‘s thought by those who know best to be the equal of Sienkiewicz. A feature of the September {ssue is an wxhaustive account of the rise and fall of the comic paper in America, by Willlam Henry Shelton. The article is illustrated with rare reproductions from original sources and is both instructing and amus- ing. The frontisplece of this number is the most striking of the many striking portraits of Tolstoi ever printed. We ven- ture to say that it will find its way into many a frame. G. P. Putnam's Sons will, with the be- ginning of the autumn season. introduce to American readers a new Russian au- thor, Dimitri Merejkowski. This author has secured with his Russlan public an increasing repute for his trilogy of his- torical romances. The first Is entitled “The Death of the Gods,” and has to do with the career of the Emperor Julian. the Philosopher (whose earlier name in Chris- tian history was the Apostate). The sec- ond romance, “The Resurrection of the Gods,” has for its period the Renaissance, and takes for its hero Leonardo da Vinel, while the third, “The Anti-Christ,” has for its leading figure Peter the Great. The “Death of the Gods” is complete in itself. It is described by an English critie as ‘“‘possessing many of the qualll which secured success for ‘Quo Vadis This critic writes: “It is as full of coior &s ‘Salammbo,’ and secures as close an interest for its characters as ‘Hypatia.’ The work is dramatic, simple and schol- arly.” Mr. ‘Merejkowski has selected as his representative for Europe and the United States Herbert Trench, sometime fellow of All Souls’ College, Oxford. Mr. Trench has secured the sole authorization for all English versions of Merejkowski. His translation of this first work is de- scribed as “full of poetic charm and glow. The narrative reads like an original pieca of work.” “The Death of the Gods” will be published early in October. The Eng- lish edition will bear the imprint of Arch- ibald Constable & Co. The Century Company has a number of ‘works of fiction on its list for publication in October, some of them by new writers. One, already having a very large advanca eale through the trade, is “Circumstance.” by Dr. 8. Weir Mitchell, a novel of mos ern life and character, which is said to be strong in plot and action, and having in it some of the Introspection of Dr. Mi chell's ““Characteristics’” and “Dr. North. The popularity of Dr. Mitchell’s fiction has led to the publication of a new and uniform edition of his eleven novels, Other novels on The Century Company's list are “Mistress Joy,” by Grace Mec- Gowan Cooke and Annie Booth McKin- ney, well-known newspaper writers in the South, who have here written a2 romance of the close of the eighteenth century, in which Aaron Burr is a conspicuous char- acter; “Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch,” by Alice Caldwell Hegan of Louisville, Ky.—a pathetic and humorous lttle story which will make a popular Christmas book; “An Oklohama Ro- mance,” by Helen Churchill Candee—a timely story of a love affair complicated with a land claim; and “Tom Beauling,” a romance of to-day, by Gouverneur Mor- ris of New York—a book which ls sald to be remarkable for fts humor and vivacity. Fach of these four novels is the first its author has written. In addition to thess the same house will issue “God Save the King,” a story of the time of Charles IT, by Ronald MacDonald, author of “The Sword of the King,” in the dramatization of which Julla Marlowe is soon to appear. A review .of recent and forthcoming books brings to light a noteworthy fact— nemely. that literary genlus, like man¥y other things, to be possessed with the spirit of The pub- lieations of MeClura, Phillips & Co., which have been popular during the recent months and those which sive promise of becoming so, offer perhaps the best ex- ampla. To start with the far West, thers is Jack London, the author of those strong northland storfes, born and raised in California and educated all the way up and down the western coast of our conti- nent. In the same State Stewart Ed- wa-d White, the author of “The Western- ers,” spent a portion of his boyhood. He was horn, howev~r, in Michigan and re- cefved the greater part of his education theve, heing @ graduate of the university. He i still a citizen of thc great West in the widest sense of this statement. Chicago adds two names to the lists, Pdith Wyatt, who wrote “Everv One His Own Way.” & collection o short stories which Joel Chandler Harris says have Jong been waiting for some ome to write them, and I K. Friedman, whose timely novel of the steel industry will be ready early in September. Mr. Friedman s of th~ University of 1cht , &8 1s lfkew > W. H. ‘Boardman, ‘lfhmn:'fllovm of the Woods” is one of the recent sdditions to our literature of nature. Henry Somerville, the author of “Jack Racer,” another new novel, is an Ohio man by birth and residence. ‘Booth Tarkington, made famous by his *“Mon- sieur Beaucaire,” claims Indiana as his native State. We must recur once more to Michigan, which seems to be a rival of Indiana in a literary way, to mention Wiliam D. Hulbert, the writer of animal stories, who on account of poor ha.lv.n has spent the greater part of his life In the wilds of that State; :nd Bdwin Le- fevre, now a New Yorker and well knowg as the author of the “Wall Street Stories. who came at the age of 14 rrom caltfornia to Michigan, where he attended school. The Rev. Cyrus Townsend Brad—. who fs noted for his stories of belligerent history, moved, or rather was moved, to Kansas at the age of 10 and for over half his Ufa has called the West his home. Here we lLave ten writers more or less closely connected with the West, whose works have been or will be published within a single year by one ?yl;m—):rcflu-r‘ol. Co. Moreover, they o vr;:‘t'\lxu::atxcewdon, in the fleld of fiction. Of these nine products of the imagination six have Western settings. Now the question arises is the West Waxing romantic? The World’s Work for September con- tains the strikingly interesting story of one of the most notable achievements American industry has ever accomplished. How the famous Goktelk viaduct was bullt near Mandalay, of American-mada material, according to an American esti- mate, by an American company, is told by J. C. Turk, who was the engineer in charge of the construction, and the ar- ticle is finely {llustrated by photographs taken in India by the author. And the magazine has many other interesting fea- tures. To lovers of country life and the growing of plants and fruits two articles, one about the Arnold Arboretum, by Syl- vester Baxter, and the other concerning Luther Burbank and his remarkable ex- periments, by Liberty H. Bailey, both handsomely illustrated, will appeal to lovers of outdoor work. Willlam H. 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