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THE SUNDAY CALL Company will list of lit- n they e reading pub- e pleasure of HE Bowen-Merrill ave been thrust good one get 1t is worth while. wood has done the very good it her heart- and i= a story that she for years P e to Ame r that this was really until “La- i the possible romance in haunted the by posi- the the s o one can say zar Willlams and not ne and might as well take story for gospel truth The romance that she around Lazarrc life is such a were s0 we asing one that one almost wishes it could be true It is know at Williams himself was sin his ¥ t he was the heir to the French throne, and, further, that ¥ a of refinement, culture and s that the Prince tory s de ilie visited him. s says his diary that the ed him elinquish his cl throne, 1 event, Le the r erwood’s romance makes capi- and that rs of f is what most con- tion rre s paturally a story of many intments for the hero, but in the Mrz. Catherwood cannot give throne of France, still she re- him with that which, to Americans s greater yet. She gives him of taking the throne if he much she can do without up- story of nations—but his own though cho w be found much more to the t of the reader. ere is no lack of incident in *“La- and ough it all runs as pretty 2 love story as one could wish to read. We meet the Dauphin in England on his & rom the French prison to America. « oniy a little boy at this time, and idiotic from his hard experi- ungeon of Parls. We see ONg enou to have him members of an exiled i nily and then he is spirited to the wilds of America. *xt we see him when the first dawn of consciousne has broken. He has been swimming with his Indian compan- fon, bas dived into the limpid lake. with suc vigor of youth that he has struck his hexd on a rock and knows nothing more until he finds himself an invalid in the hcuse of the Count de Chaum T ow on the head is the climax in the life of the boy imbecile. It is the knock that he needed to send his revi into the right channel. The woods since his abquctor from put him in the hands of an Pa Indiar nief for adoption has made of him a healthy animal that needed but this blow 1o set the wheels of mentality into motion and bring the warped mina back to the normal. time on, with a few lapses isness, this Indian foster- ws back to his white estate. He picks up a thread here and there that re- freshes s memory by degrees to the birth and finally nothing will satisfy him but a trip to Paris to find— he knows not what. Napoleon the Great is at this time in power. and what can a poor pretender with but the support of a devoted teacher and an indian chief, who insist upon following him, do against such 2 monument of strength? In Paris even he finds among the royal- ists, the old royalists, one at least who believes in him—one who saves him from the morgue of those who are drowned in the river, saves him on account of his likeness o his beloved King Louis XVI, has faith in him' and turns over to him the jewels of the royal family which he had ‘secreted at the time of the sacking of the palace. This worthy man does aij that he can to help Lazarre, and had he lived might have given the truth of hi histor; France a different turn. <5 Mrs. Catherwood handles the young Dauphin’s life in France most skillfully. Bhe works the interest of the reader up to the highest pitch and yet so cleverly keeps within the bounds of history that while you read you say, “How dramatic end yet how plausible! \? You follow Lazarre with breathless in. terest to Mittau, to the mimic court of the Count of Provence, where he meets &nd 15 recognized &s a brother by his sister, Marie-Therese. You see his claims fall before the witness of the man who had abducted him 4o America™and the evidence of the Abbe Edgeworth, who ad- ministered to his father on the scaffold. You know that he has a hopeless task before you and you sigh a sigh of relief when he realizes his own inability to cope with the powerful forces against him and is willing to return to his foster country, which to him has proved so kind a moth- er. He does not do this, however, until he has made a gallant fight which loses nothing in the able telling of the auther. One might imagine that after his:re- turn to America the story would be over, but the best part is yet to come. He takes sides with his foster country against the British and would seem lere to sink into oblivion as far as his inhei ed rank Is concerned but the chain of events brings Him back to parts of his old life. He has been hopelessly in love with the daughter of an exiled royalist family of high rank. Mrs. Catherw: develons this side of her story very strongly mow, and it will be easy for American readers to decide at once that Lazarre's success here is of more impor- tance than the throne of France. In the ending of the book is the real climax of the piot.. Circumstances force on Lazarre one of two things: He must either give up the woman he loves or else sacrifice his ambition of becoming the ruler of France. The author leads up to this condition of affairs very nat- urally, but the surprises that reveal themselves from page to page hold th reader's breathless attention and keep him wondering what will happen next. Once begin to read “Lawarre” and no one eise can get a glimpse into it untll you have finished the book. y R. G. LATHROP.” Recent Books From the Abbey Press. Here is a brief mention of some lead- ing books recently published by The Ab- bey Press of New York he Arickaree Treasure,” by Albert G. Clarke Jr., is a book of short stories de- voted to unique characters of Montana— many of themp are said to have their pro- totypes in real life. There is humor in the story called “The Sun River Stam- pede”; then, too, a laughable deseription of Harrup's tremens in the story of his search for the big sapphire: a double de- nouement—two sStories in one—in the tale entitied *“Tis an Il Wind,” and the cli- max is unexpected and odd in “The Ur professional Conduct of Dr. McCall (Price, $1.) “Three Fair Philanthropists,”” by Miss ce Muzzy, is a bright novel showing the general insincerity of the charity fiend soctety girl. The ladies who give their name to the story succeed admir- ably in imposing upon themselves, but not n others; they at least serve the pur- e of entertaining the reader. (Price, o1 50.) A Coast Vacation,* 'by Mrs. Morris, is an elaborate vol- devoted to travels on charm of the volume is T sixty, of excellent photographs his cc the great number, c half-tone p nductions of that illuminate the text. Her descriptions cover Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Cali- farnia Yellowstone Park. (Price, $1 509 “Old Glory"' is a romance of Baltimore by Lulu K. Eubank. The story pertains to that period of our history in the war our last against the mbother The invasion and burning of on by the British and the bom- t of Fort McHenry in the harbor Itimore during the same year are the i he work. (Price, $1.) Family Robinson,” by Helen Pomeroy, is a narrative of the ex- periences of a family who have been left a tract of land in South Africa. The ex- act location of the property is unknown, 50 they set out through the wilderness to of 1812 when we were making fight for find it. Like the original tale the story is especialiy interesting for children. (Price, $1.) “Birds | ncaged and Other Poems" is a book of verse by Burton Langtry Collins. for his themes birds and bird he beauty, grandeur and freshness , the changes of time and sea- son, the mystery and majesty, the smile and the wrath of the sea. In cheerful or serious mood he treats of the joys' of vouth and the sorrows of age, of prob- lems of life, death and immortality, of faith and trust in the Creator. “Monsieur Paul de Fere,” by Anthony E. Wills, is a story that begins in Lon- don and after twenty years continues its action in Paris. It de: R tae life of a leader of Parisian society whose past is not without blemish. Incidentaliy a pretty story of love and devotion runs through- out. The climax of the piot is well s tained until the last pages. (Pri 3 “Green Valle: by 1. D. Buffington, is the story of & man unjustly accused of crime und of a woman's heart conguerel by love The rural Texan figures to ad- vaniage and a mob scene adds to the dramatic mierest of the tale. (Price, $1.) “Viola Livingstone, or What's in a Name,” by Mary E. Payne, teds of soclal life in New York as ft exists to- 1€ takes up the desire among ceriain ciasses for titles, The hero comes across the sea in search of gold and finds & golden bait awaiting him. The heroine, abe the average In intellect, rebels, and the hero finas that riches have wings, for the girl dizappears without giviug, warning. (Price, $L) £ “A Flower of the Tropics" is by Waraer P. Sutton, former Consul General to Mexico. ‘I'he book includes a number of short stories of Mexico and the border that are filled with romance and adven- ture. Mr. Sutton has aiso written myct about Porto Rico and Cuba. (Pric “Old School Days by Andrew Miller, is a memoir of boyhood, from earliest youth to manhood, mnciuding the era of the clvil war. lts opening chap- ters introduce a multitude of incidents ia the schoolroom, upon the playground, the sports of vacation and holidays and many of the arts and erafts of childhood. ‘The succeeding chapters are in turn devoted 10 the air casties, day dreams and hery worship, vacations, sports and recr tions, and the superstitions, terrors griefs that mark that period. nd In conclu- sion, the old memories are brought up and dwelt upon in pleasing vein. (Price, $1.00.) “With a Policeman in South Africa,” by E. W. Searle, is a nurrative of per- sonal experiences in connection with the mounted police in Natal. The book pos- sesses the interest of a novel while at the same time imparting a large amount of valuable information about a country and peoples who have commanded the atten- tion of the world. (Price 75 cénts.) The Road to Kiageby’s. Frank Burlingame Harris is a _name that will appear on the titie page of but one book, for death claimed the young author before his first effort in the field of fiction had gone to press. He had at ieast the emall consolation that the last, and to him most important, work -ef his life had been accepted by a publisher; but beyond this there ‘was little. He aid not even live to see the first proof sheets of his novel. Harris died while yet & soung man in his twenties, -and from the promise shown in his book, “The Road to Ridge- by's,” his death has been a loss. He began newspaper work at the early age of 18, and soon attracted attention among the members of the local news- paper fraternity. It was always one of his life's ambitions to write a novel of f:".“m‘ life of the Middle West. Such a cne is his “The Road to Ridgéby’s.” Not oniy does this book combine all the elements of a good story, but the character studies show thought and careful development. His plot has a cer- tain degree of novelty about it, and the air of mystery that hangs over both the head of the heroine and the life of the hero will carry the Teader's attention until the end. A prettty little love story, too, 18 *“The Road to Ridgeby's.” Newton Mills comes as a tramp to Ridgeby’s farm, but not as’a tramp of the ordinary kind. Ridgeby himself insists upon bringing him home, for he finds Mills horsewhip- Ping & brute of a fellow who had beert cruelly beating a worn-out team of horses. It is easily seen that Mills is a gentle- man in breeding and education, but to 1l _questioning” he answers that he comes from nowhere and is going—no- whe Of course he falls in love with Sibley, the adopted daughter ¢f Ridgeby. Sibley i a girl out of the ordinary. She has beeiy educaled at Vassar and has seen of the. world, but her education not spoiled her in the least and she back on the old farm and gladly to repav o little of the kindness of opted parents. Ridgeby mortgaged irm to give the girl her education ow she has allowed herself to be- Hawkins, whose is now mortgage. Sibley has v beeause she thinks that by her self sacrifice she may be able to save the roof over the heads of those who are 5o dear to ber. After we become better the character of Abner it iz easy to under- stand what a forlorn hope thers'is In'even this great offering of Sibley. She comes, in_time, to, reaiize that herself and finds acquainted with that the mortgage is to be foreclosed and she is to be held to her word as well. Whether Mr. Harris leaves bhis heroine to fall into ti utches of. the dreadful Abner or helps out the deserving Newton is not for the reviewer to Ridgeby and his wite play a little part of their own in the book, with an under- current story of love and mystery—very pretty quite well orked out. Lilt, the fine, big hearted and strapping hired man, is a character worth reading ahout, _ and Newton Mills is a Lero well out of the ordinary. He wrestles like one from the professional mat, he handies the plow and milks the cows like a born farmer, and vet through it all he shows the refinement of an elezant home and gentle parents and tle broadness of a college education. In rarts of Mr. Hariis’ work there is the 1lity of Hamlin Gariand's tales of the Middle West; in some of his characters there is shown the same careful sindy of human nature that has mafe a success af “David Harum'' and “Eben Holden'; and for the whole ihere is a good story well narrated. (Published by Small, Maynard & Co., Boston. Price, $1 50.) How They Succeeded. “How They Succeeded,” by Orison Swett Marden, is the life stories of successful men told by themsalves. This is certainly a unique and original method of recording chronicles of success, Dr. Marden in this book has set down the story of successful men and women told by themselves, either in a serles of interviews or by semi- autoblographical sketches. This plan gives to the book an even greater authenticity and interest than if the career of the char-. acters selected were recorded by another hand. The interviews were. secured for Dr. Marden's magazine Success, and many interviews thus ac- corded. they have been in this bock, they malke a most entertaining and inspi of life stories, full of incentive to ambitious youth and of inter- est to older persons. The book is a re- markable record of success achie spite of obstacles and circumstances, si that honesty of purpose, strength of will and native ability are sure to win at last. The life stories here told are those of Marshall Field, Alexander Graham Beli, Helen Gould, Philip D. Ar- mour, Mary E. Proctor, President Schur- man of Cornell University, John Wana- maker, Darius Ogden Mills, Madame Nor- . William Dean Howells, John D. Rockefeller, Julla Ward Howe, Thomas A. Edison, General Lew Walla Andrew Carnegie, John B. Herreshoff, Amelia E. Barr, Theodore Thomas, John Burroughs, F. H. Vreeland and James Whitcomb Riley. Portraits and pictures of achieve- ment illustrate clume. (Published by the Lothrop Publishing Company, Boston. Price, $1 50.) Paul Travers’ Adventurss. “Pau! Travers’ Adventures” is a fire book for hoys, by the editor of the Chi- cago Evening Post. Samuel T. Clover. In his story, Paul Travers, a young Chicago lad who wishes to be a journalist, first determines to see the world, and, almost penniless. sets out on his tour as a globe- trotter, determined to tramp his way around the world and to pay his own ex- penses as he goes. How he does this, from Chicago to Chicago. in a self-sup- porting tour of a year and a half; the ad- ventures, the trials, the disappointments, and the successes he experiences; the dan- gers he faces on land and sea; the hard times he has in trying to keep alive and keep going; the sights ue sees in the Far West, on the Pacific waters and islands, and the methods by which he finds his way, around the world and finally gets back to his home and his work—all these Mr. Clover tells in straightforward, simple and absorbing style, 8o that one does not hesitate to accept the assurance that the ‘‘Adventures”’ were largely founded on fact. (Published by the Lothrop Publish- ing Company, Boston. Price, $1 25.) | General McClellan. The latest in that excellent series of “Great Commanders” published by D. Appleton & Company, New York, is the life of General McClellan by General Peter 8. Michie and edited by General James Grant Wilson. The late General Michie’s high rank as a student and his impartial temperament have afforded em- inent qualifications for the preparation of the military biography of a soldier whose career presents to the general reader many difficult questions. While the sery- ices of McClellan in the Mexican War and his intelligent observations of the war in the Crimea are rich in features of inter- est, the most important part of his life is the brief period from April, 1561, when he was commissioned major general of volunteers in Ohlo, to November, 1862, when he was relieved from the command of the Army of the Potomac and ordered to Trenton, N. J., which was the end of his military career. General McClellan's work - of organization, his campaign in Western Virginia. his preparation of the defenses of Washington, his creation of the Army of the Potomac, his conduct of the siege of Yorktown and of the Penin- sula campaign (with its-reaction upon himself indlvidually), the battle of South Mountain and the bloody conflict of Antie- tam are all analyzed in this volume by a writer who has had the advantage of per- spective as well as military knowledge and a familiarity with the later literature “of the war. ' McClelian's ability as an or- ganizer and his power to secure the devo- — tion of his soldlers are fully recognized, but the writer also places impartial em- phasis upon his excessive prudence, and an the deficiencies of his information serv- ice. The various phases of his strategy and tactics are candidly reviewed. Gen- eral Michie's judicial volume will be wel- comed for its thorough and fair presenta- tion of one of the most striking chapters of the Civil War. It is well illustrated with portrait and maps. (Price $1 50.) Gulliver’s Travels. “Gulliver's Travels,” by Dean Swift, has been recognized for nearly two cen- turies as one of the very greatest nursery storles ever written. It carries such an air of verity that the most astounding adventures seem almost ‘credible, while its-dry humor never fails of its mission to charm. Viewed simply as a child’s book it must ever remain a classic. Chil- dren revel in the tales of wonder, where a traveler meets pigmies so small that his middle finger can measure them, and glants so large that he can find refuge in the hollow of their hands. They langh at the amusing results of these unusual adventures. They marvel perhaps at the accuracy of the author's measurements. And reveling, laughing and marveling as children, they are not concerned with the terrible satire hidden between the lines. The irony and the sting which first caused the book to be written were di- rected against the foibles of a generation, That and many other generations have passed by, leaving to the book its gentler missioh of charm and pleasure to childish minds. The present volume is compact and adapted to everyday use. The type is large and clear, the paper of good weight and the illustrations are excellent. Both cover and frontisplece are printed in colors. (Published by Thomas Y. Cro- well & Co., New York. Price 60 cents.) Biographical and Other Articles. “Biographical and Other Articles,” by William C. Todd, A. B., president of the New Hampshire Historical Society, is of unusual interest, both on account of’the value of its contents and the personality of its author, who has &’ very strong claim on the reading spublic through his recent gift of $50,000 to the city of Boston for es- - / i Francis ChurchTT Williams. Auther of “J. Devlin--Boss.”” is a young Philadelphian, whose short stories in Scribner’s and FR&NCIS CHURCHILL WILLIAIS, the author of “J. Devlin—Boss,” other magazines during the last two or three years brought him to the attention of the Lothrop Publishing Company, which has just is- sued his first novel. He is one of the increasing circle of men who have to credit this newspaper training with a share of whatever success they have won in the field of fiction. Mr. Williams during the past nine years has served in various editorial capacities on Eastern newspapers, and much of what went into ““J. Devlin’ was drawn from his experiencesand observations then. Hec is a son of Francis Howard Williams of the Au- thors’ Club of New York, and in 1891 graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, where he played football and rowed on the crew. His short stories have dealt largely with the workers in the big steel mills and with polities. It was an incident which he witnessed one day in the home of the local “boss” that gavs him the idea of his novel. lin” was not written primarily with a purpose. “J. Dev- Its author believed there was a good story in the life of a figure which is so intensely Amaz- ican, and there is scarcely an occurrence or personage in his book which could not be referred to the characters and happenings in any one of our big cities during the past few years. However, as the story stands, it is Mr. Williams’ hope that it will suggest to some readers that, after all, the political boss is a man like themselves. Curiously enough, consid- ering the fact that the book declares itself a “romance of American poli- tics,” women have bought it in large numbers. GREAT PRICE F s now nearly a quarter of a century H go since the late Mr. Gladstone opened the Caxton Exhibition and ;delivered one of those illuminating and erudite discourses exvected of such a man.an such an occasion. In the course of his remarks he sald: “Westminster did little for Caxton,” alluding, of course, to the poor patronage bestowed by that rich parish. To Wellington street would seem to have fallen the duty of rendering full justicc, and yesterday, at Sotheby's s, Mr. Quaritch gave the huge sum for the book known as ‘‘The (or Royal) Book: Or Book for a Ryall Kingz.” This is an extraordinary price when it is considered that the copy Is not of ihe carllest productions of the Caxton Press, being printed in 1487-8; whereas .the “Dictes and Sayinges of the Philosophers’ was printed eleven years before, and a good copy of it fetched only £1320 in the Ashburnham sale of books, 1897. ~ Again, it might be reasonably argued that yes- terday's submission is inferior to the “Jason,” the ‘‘Chaucer,” the “King Ar- thur” or:the “Godefroy of Boulogne.” But book collecting of late has received an enormous impetus, and as the big na- tlonal libraries gradually absorb the fine fleur of collections, there is greater eager- ness displayed by private persons to se- cure the few spoils remaining. Thus it fell out yesterday that the Cax- ton fetched about £500 more than the most sunguine estimate. The bidding be- gan at 100 guineas. leaped to 200 guineas, and thence to 500 guineas:; but as book sales are generally conducted in pounds sterling Mr. Hodge momentarily steadied the company by saying “50 pounds.” Seven hundred pounds, £800, £ were quickly passed, Mr. Denham, an American buyer, being especially prominen up to this stage. Not until £1050 had been reached did Mr. Quaritch weave in. From this point up to the final bid of £15i0 the affair re- solved itself Into a duel between the great dealer and Mr. Pickering's representative, After Mr. Quaritch had smilingly sald “fifteen hundred and fifty,” with appar- ently every intention to go on, his op- ponent was silenced. “I'll take it,' re- marked the successful bidder, and with fthe Caxton under his arm he made his exit. There are only four other coples of this book extant, and these are in public libr: rles, two, of course, being in the British Museum and the magnificent Ryland Li- brary at Manchester, which contains the Althorp collection, purchased from Earl Spencer for £250,000, this wonderful nu- cleus Including fifty-seven examples of Caxton’s patient art, The book 1s printed in the type known as “No. 5 according to the authority Blades, and is a transla- tion of the work ‘‘compyled and made atte ‘the requeste of Kyng Phelyp of Fraunce in the yere MCCLXXIX.” Further the title goes on: ranslated or reduced out of frensshe In to englysshe by me, Wyl- — OR A CAXTON \ lvam_ Caxton. * * * Wyche bhook |is callyd in frensshe le livre Royal, that is to say the ryal book, or book for a king. *. * * Whiche translation was achyeved, fynysshed and accomplysshed the xiil day of Septembre, in the year MCCCCLXXXIIIL" The copy measures ten by seven and one-elghth inches, all these particulars being of vital import to bibliophiles. As might be expected, this book formed the chief feature of the sale, although there were other lots which on any other day would have been considered remark- able. Mr. Pickerlng bought the next suc- ceeding lot, “Promtorius Puerorum,” for £205—a fine and perfect copy of the first edition of the firet English and Latin dic- tlonary, the source of many old English words and phrases now obsolete. A sim- flar observation applies, by ‘the way, to that rare compllation Randle Cotgrave's French-Bnglish dictionary, to which even French writers owe many obligations, Spenser’'s .“‘Shephearde’s Calendar” and other writings in one volume fetched £130 (Quaritch), and a number of Thackeray's sketches, formerly the property of his housekeeper, £101 (8abin), Admirers of Stevenson's works should note that the “Edinburgh Edition,” In thirty volumes, realized £35 10s (Bain), and a book of Ital- fan wood cuts, by Jacobus Bergomensis, “De plurimis claris mulieribus,” went for £28 10s, a previous copy ha realized £41 in July, 1899, Altogether the day’s sale amounted to £3§7 4s 6d.—London Danily Telegraph, § and maintaining a free news- ;:l:::h::g periodical reading-roora in con- nection with the public library. Previous to this the liberality of Mr. Todd made :t possible for the city of Newburyport, Mass., to establish and maintain what is belleved to be the first absolutely free reading-room i the United States for making newspapers and periodicals ac- cessible to the public. The New Hamp- shire Historleal Society, of which he is president, has also found in this mndes:i scholarly gentleman its most liber: donor. Mr. Todd is a native of Atkinson, N. H., and a graduate of Dartm suth Col- lege, who has traveled widely, observed intelligently ard had exceptional opportu- nities for personal acquaintance with no- table men. The papers comprising this volume, dealing with “Daniel Webster, “Caleb Cushing,” “Thomas Hart Ben- ton,” “Lord Timothy Dexter,” of l\ewf; buryport, “Some Persons I Have Met, A Summer in Norway,” ete., are not only ably written, but have great historical value, in that +hey present inci¢ents and details of much interest which came with- in Mr. Todd’s personal knowledge and which are not recorded in any other pub- lication. Not only the friends of Mr. Todd, who are leglon, but all wto are in- terested In the life and history of our country will find these papers entertain- ing and helprul. (Published by Lee & Shepard, Boston. Price $1 50.) Muzzarelli’s French Course. Anteine Muzzarelli, officier d'academie, professor of modern languages and t- erature, author of “The Academie French Course,” bas just prepared a new volume in conformity with the new laws of syn- tax promulgated by the French Govern- ment, March 1. 1901. This work is called ““Muzzarelll's Brief French Course.” It it prepared on the same gencral lines as the author's two-volume academic French course, and aims at clearness combined with completeness and thoroughness. The grammatical topics discussed have been wisely chosen, and all matters o primary importance are fully treated. The exer- cises in reading and writing French fur- nish abunrdant practice on all points of syntax, It has the distinction of being the first text book to conform in all re- cts to the radical reform incorporated in' the new laws of syrtax adopted by the French Government. (Published by the American Hook Company, New York. Price $1 25.) Jack Morgan. W. O. Stoddard fs so well xnown as a writer of boys’ storles that his many young friends will be glad to know that he has written another stirring tale, both instrugtive and entertaining, for them. There is a wave of interest over us for historical fiction and Mr. Stod- dard’s new tale fits well in with this de- mand. It has been the custom to dis- parage our second war with England, giving all glory to our fighters on the sea and but little to our soldiers on land. In some respects it may have been a leaderless war; but, as the events are studied at this distance, the land actions as well as those on water are standing out more clearly and receiving more of the justice they deserve. In this new view of the war of 1812 Mr. Stoddard’s story is something more ghan a mere tale of adventure and action written for young people. It is a conscientious and most interesting study of the operations on the Ohio border and on lLake Erie, which resulted in General Harrison's masterly defense of the fronticr, culmin- ating in the battle of the Thames and in Perry's glorious victory of Lake Erie. Of course against this background Mr, Stoddard has thrown a capital story. Jack Morgan, a sturdy boy of the fron- tier, is a fine lad, and his adventures will stir the blood of all young Americans; while the varied life.of the border, with Indians, scouts, frontiersmen, British soldiers, anxious but earnest women and brave, determined men, is full of color, and is almost electric with action. (Pub- lished by the Lothrop Publishing Com- pany, Boston. Price, $1°%.) Pauline. In “Pauline” Mrs. G. R. Alden (“Pansy”) has attempted a serious study of complications which, arising in mis- information, or rather in insufficient in- formation, lead to the flight of a high- spirited young wife from her husband, and to all the distress and difficulties of baffled search, struggle with experience, and the sad regrets and self accusations of sundered lives. Mrs. Alden treats the story she has told with cleverness and conscientiousness, belleving that all problems and troubles are solved by faith; and she weaves into a romauce that in other hands might easily drop into the sensational that strong thread of personal religion and helpful charity that strengthens the suffering soul, and leads, as in this story, the most compli- cated path to peace and reurion at last. Her story is most interesting. Her reci- tal of it is in this gifted writer's most approved style. The book is well illus- trated by 'HKtizabeth Shippen Green. Pubhished by the Lothrop FPublishing Company, Boston. Price $150.) The Poetry of Niagara. To Americans *‘the falls’” means but one cataract—Niagara! The mighty torrent has inspired brilliant descriptions and moving verse, but little has been done in the way of compiling the poetry of the great cataract as Myron 7. Pritchard has done in this charming souvenir vol- ume, ‘“The Poetry of Niagara.” Witn wide margins, clear type and all that good printing and paper can do to make the book attractive as a presentation volume, it contains poems and poetical extracts inspired by Niagara as it appeared to such poets of to-day and yesterday as Gilder and Howells, Cranch and Mrs, Sigourney, Brownell, Channing and Heredia, Hough~ ton, Brainard, Mrs, Whiton-Stone and others. The book is beautifully illustrated by sixteen characteristic and notable views of Niagara and should be prized as a de-_ lightful souvenir by the thousands who visit the falls. 1t is especially timely this Pan-American year, when to the multi- tudes who visit Buffalo, Niagara will be an even grander natural signt than the exposition itself. (Published by the Loth- rop Publishing Company, Boston. Price L) —— Calendars for 1902. The Ketterlinus Lithographic Company, Fourth and Arch streets, Philadelphia, is already in the fleld with som: very dainty calendars for 1%02. It is publishing coi- ored four-leaf bristols about 5x7 inches that will especially appeal to the younger generation. The calendar for three months is glven at the bottom of each sheet, and in the middle of the leaf is the figure of some little boy or girl in fancy pose and costume. Its larger calendars, with colored figure drawirgs by Leon Moran, are very attractive; the drawing is good and the color work excellent, Literary Notes. “The Private Life of the Sultan,” by George Dorys, is announced for immediate publication by D. Appleton & Co, Recent events have imparted a peculiarly timely interest to this book, which is said to give a remarkably Intimate insight into the life and character of the Sultan of Tur- key, Love and gambling are adroitly mixed in a new novel soon to be issued from the press of R. F, Fenno & Co. The title of the book is *‘Franks, Duelist,” and the author is Ambrose Pratt, Primarily it g a story of adventures and the period is that of Nagoleon's contemplated invasion of England, Another Eugene Field treasure has been discovered and will soon be issued In book form by the New Amsterdi:m Book Com- pany. It is a falry story designed for ) children, containirg a number of origina)’ poems, which, having the charming touch of Mr. Fleld's genius, will appeal to adult as well as the juvenile reader. The A. Wessels Company will issue mediately “French Cookery for Ame Homes,” an excellent little cookery b, containing over 600 recipes clearly ox. plained. Mr. W. A. Kelsey has just sold o interest and retired from the ma ment of the Los Angeles Express t, sume the presidency of the new co dation of the Western Graphic anc Capital. For years the Graphic h voted itself to the general interest Southern California and the Capit been given over to society matters the consolidation of the two a twer N thirty page weekly, printed on except ally good paper and illustrated by uy date process half-tones, is prom Judging from the first copy, Los Angel is the gainer of a very superior weck The American Board of Commissio: for Foreign Missions, which will hold ninety-second annual meeting at I ford, Conn., October 8-11, 1%1, has lished a very attractive souw gramme. Charles Dexter Allen, e tor of the programme, is deserving high praise for the excellent arrangem and selection of matter. The sou comprises nearly a hundred pages ne bound in paper and is in the conveni form of 5x7 inches. One of ghe grea: charms of the little booklet is the n of halftone reproductions of inte photographs of buildings and plac articles vary in scope from poin: transportation arrangements an tainment of delegates to sketches, articles on missionarie lists of names. The Baker & Taylor Company Hish this fall another book by W. coln Adams, the author of “Amateur P tography,” “Sunlight and Shadow” 2 “In Nature's Image.” Mr. Adams was formerly editor of the Photographic and the American Annual of Photo phy, and as a manufacturer and ed became one of the most skillful men the country with the camera. “Woodlan and Meadow” is not primarily a work photography. It 1s really a series charming country sketches on a Hampshire farm, dealing with the p of life in various seasons. But papers are grouped about and illust by a rare lot of photographs taken b Adams and others. There are to be 200 illustrations in the book. In ad the skill of the camera has also bee voted to initial pieces and tail pieces of a novel character. When Henrik Ibsen celebrated his tieth birthday in 1833, his friend, Henr Jaeger, wrote the critical biograp! which, in Willlam Morton Payme's lish translation, was published elev years ago by.Messrs. A, C. MeClurg & Co: The work has for some time be out of print, owing to the destruction tho remaining coples in the fire of Feb- ruary, 1900. Since it is the standard Eng- lish work upon its subject a new editi has been greatly needed, and this ths publishers are now about to supply. Mr Payne has written for the new edition a supplementary chapter which gives an analysis of the six plays that Ibsen has produced since Jaeger's book was writ- ten. This makes the book a complete ac- count—the only one existing in English— of the life and writings of the great wegian whose career is now unhappily drawing to a close. Little, Brown & Co. announce for this fall these new books for younger reader “Brenda’s Summer at Rockley,” by Hel Reed, author of “Brenda, H School and Her Club ‘As the Goo: Flies,” by Katharine Pyle, author of “Ths Christmas Angel;” “High School Day: in Harbortown,” a new book by Lily F. ‘Wesselhoeft; “Four on a Farm, and How They Helped,” by Mary P. Wells Sm “The Magic Key,” by Elizabeth S. Till “The Captain of the School,” by Editn Robinson; “Teddy, Her Daughter,” a Sequel to “Teddy, Her Book," and “Phebe, Her Profession,” by Anna Chapin Ray; “Morgan’'s Men,” a sequel to “Scout- ing for Washington,” by John Preston True, author of “The Iron Star,” etc.; “The Story of a Little Poet,” by Sophis Cramp Taylor; a new edition of “Another Flock of Girls,” by Nora Perry; “Holly- berry and Mistletoe,” by Mary Caroline Hyde, author of “Christmas at Tappan Sea”; also the two children’s plays, “The Little Women Play” and “The Little Men Play,” adapted by Elizabeth Lincoln Gould from Miss Alcott’'s famous stories. Mention has already been made of the resurrection of “Sherlock Holmes” by Dr. Conan Doyle, writes James Walter Smith from London to the September Literary Era. Messrs. Newnes managed to induce Dr. Doyle to revive his first and great hero, and the publication of the new de- tective story has begun in the Str Magazine. A well-known American p lishing firm offered a huge sum for ths right to publish this story serially in America, but Messrs. Newnes preferred to run it in the American edition of tI Strand. What success this venture of Doyle’s will have remains to be seen, bt it is not improbable that “‘Sherlock Holmes™ will be one of the successes of the autumn publishing season. William Gillette will open in September at the Lyceum Theater with his dramatization of “Sherlock Holmes,” and if the success of that play in America is repeated he: it will give a valuable fillip to the s: of the new bock in London. The prett point in literary ethies which has b raised by the resurrection of the de hero of fiction--although Dr, Doyle has cleverly avoided the direct charge of rais- ing Sherlock from the dead—would better be left for discussion among those who are less busy than we, —_— Books Received. THE POETRY OF NIAGARA—Comptied by Myron T. Pritchard. 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