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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
,ATTitPAY. orTonnn i:, imt.
New Books and Their Makers
REVIEWED BY ARTHUR PENDENNIS. JR.
IS THIS THE “SPIRIT OF THE
AGEJ" "Ellen M. B.,” writing to the
Success Magazine (October number),
under the caption "How I ‘.Made
.rood'" states that having been In
structed by the editor ot a weakly
publication to "boll down" a certain
manuscript to a "stlclc fall." she la- I
bored until long past midnight upon
her subject, which was submitted the
next morning to the editor.
"flood!" he cried. "Qood! You
haven't lost a point wo wanted to save. I
Who tsught you 'boiling down'T
I confessed to no teaching and ncyex
pe -'Well!'your first attempt was a suc-
he acknowledged generously.
■ Keep at It. Bolling down Is an art
worth studying. There are Shake-
■nesre's and Dickens' works; they
would be good books If they were
b0 To d th*abillty to boll down, acquired
•tier year* of study and labor. I large
ly attribute what success I have won in
n, ''ve god's 'amMlttle Ashes!" If. Dick
ens and Shakespeare were "boiled
,iown" they would make good books,
would they now? Did you catch that?
What should be done to an edltorlal-
rook who suggests "boiling down those
masters? Just forget, If you can.
“MORNING," by James Whitcomb
niicv (Bobbs-Merrlll Company.) It
5 not too often that an honest reviewer
■an conscientiously print the adver-
isernent boosts, or "blurbs" (as Mr.
|:L lt Burgess calls them), sent about
hv publishers of new books. But some,
times the publisher, strange as It may
,«m. does tell the truth about one of
ms books. It Is a pleasure to record
o the credit of the Bobbs-Merrlll Com
pany one very truthful foreword of a
book That one Is about “Morning, a
delightful book of poems by Mr. James
Whitcomb Riley. As the publlihan
have ssld It so much better than this
.•viewer can put It. and truthfully, too,
The Georgian takes the liberty of quot
ing from the Bobbs-Merrlll Company
""••Somewhere In our hearts, whether
... he of Hoosler or Gothamite extrac
tion, there Is a memory left over from
the dreams of youth-a memory that
has to do with green fields and running
brooks and the loyal, big-hearted peo
ple In whose lives these things are
inpreme. Therefore, we all. Hoosler
,nd Gothamite alike, lovo the poetry
of James Whitcomb Riley, l or Mr.
Riley Is the poet of the people.
Is the eremy of sham and pretense,
and his tender verses put to shame
the 'purple primrose’ brigade twangllng
the guitar of passion at tbs feet of an
exotic mistress. His are the poems
of eternal youth—such songs as Peter
Pan would have sung, had Mr. Barrie
seen At to make him a poet * *
They (the poems) are new In that you
have never read them, but they are old
in that they sound again the familiar
note of tenderness and beauty."
The Georgian passes up and puts
forth, approved, this appreciative letter
from the Bobbs-Merrlll Company.
"Morning" Is a delightful volume.
The Georgian only regrets that It has
not space to print also the charming
tribute to Mr. Riley, written by Mr.
Laurence Chambers In The Reader
Migaslne for October. "Morning" Is
full of delightful poems. Among them
will be noted especially "The Hired
Min's Dog Story." for this character
istic Riley poem Is also printed In Un
de Remus'* Magazlno for October—
the mngsilne and the book of poems
being Issued about the same time.
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ANTHONY HOPE (ANTHONY HOPE HAWKINS), AUTHOR
"HELENA’S PATH," "PRISONER OF ZENDA,” ETC.
190*. and has now been placed on sale
by the book sellers. You could not get
•nvthlng better for "her" than ''Morn
ing" It will prove Itself away ahead
o( flowers and candy. Try It.
“WHEN KINGS - GO FORTH. TO
BATTLE," by William Wallace White-
lock. (J. B. Llpplncott C'ompnlny.)
"When Kings Qo Forth to Battle” Is a
modern story, fashioned after all of the
other Innumerable “Zenda" romances,
which have been written and published
since Anthony Hope paved the way.
•Mr. Anthony Hope Hawkins has a
xreat deal to answer for, some of
these days—for Justice will be done In
this world; If not here, certainly In the
nest. However, "When Kings Go
forth to Battle" Is a much better
story than the usual pauedo-Zenda ro-
tnsnee. Of course, to enjoy a book of
this kind, the reader must dispense
with his common sense, for the time
being—he must simply take what the
author has to any aa a possibility—and
kt It go at that. In “When Klnga Oo
Forth to Battle" the action takes place
[n the small German principality of
nostrum." and Involve! a change of
rulers, mainly through the Inatrumen-
isllty of an American man and girl,
strangers to each other, who become
involved In the Intrigue In a moat un
conventional manner. The American
man and girl win out; tljey succeed In
dethroning one king to enthrone an
other, falling In love, between times
(strenuous ones, too,), with each other.
The'book Is interesting and will please
lovers of the "Zenda" stories. Of
course, it doesn't approach to within a
thousand miles of Mr. Anthony Hope's
stories, but It will kill time very pleas
antly, and that Is a great deal—to some
readers.
The only thing In the book that a
Southerner may seriously object to Is
the misconception of the author as to
the location of Mason and Dixon’s line.
The hero explains and apologizes for
his Southern nccent to the heroine by
telling her that “those of us who hod
from way down South in Dixie" all
have It. That will seem plausible
enough to a Southern reader until the
boro Introduces the heroine to a friend
and says: "Miss Earle comes, you
must know, from the same little pro
vincial town of New York as myself.”
But what Is a little mlxed-up geogra
phy "between friends" or authors these
days ? Evidently not much.
When Kings Oo Forth to Battle" Is
likely to be a good seller.
"POISON ISLAND.” By A. T. Qull-
ler-C'ouch ("Q.”) (Scribner's Sons).
The author of "Poison Island" must
have read very cloaely "Treasure Is
land," for In his work he has followed
up very actively the plan carried out
In Mr. Stevehson'a masterpiece. "Pols,
on Island" comes a great deal nearer;
being similar or comparable to "Treas
ure Island” than did "The Mystery,"
the Joint work of Mr. White and Mr.
Adams, which was heralded far and
near and then again not so far, as be
ing equal (perish the thought) to Rob
ert Louis Stevenson's great story.
In “Poison Island" there Is the, same
youth who Is Instrumental In starting
the expedition for the flndlng of the
treasure. The youth has the same kind
of friends who help him and there arc
the same species of villains who at
tempt to get the "papers" and map.
True It Is there was no John Silver on
the ship, aloqg with the party who sees
the treasure In "Poison Island.” The
treasure Is found and In the telling of
the tale the author makes a most pleas
ing story out of It. It Is a relief to
not And so many sudden deaths nnd
murders. There are some, of course,
to give color to the treasure hunt, but
It Is a good clean story and the Inter
est holds from the beginning to the end
of the book. There Is quite a unique
character In the book, a Dr. Beaure
gard. who Is already nn "Poison Is-
and." who had been engaged In pois
oning ali people who In the past had
made attempts to And the treasure.
However, In this case the old doctor,
we are led to believe by the author.
having been smitten by Cupid, desists
In his poisoning business—that Is to
say, so far as the treasure seekers are
concerned, but he gives Instead the
poisoned Ice to his old servant and
takes a dose himself. The story Is well
worth the time spent In reading It.
"HELENA'S PATH.” By Anthony
Hope. (The McClure Company). Ev
eryone who has been awaiting with In
terest another romance by Anthony
Hope, and expecting something de
lightful, will And It In "Helena's Path."
a new story Just Issued. "Helena's
Pnth- Is written In that charming style,
which Mr. Hope alone seems to use so
well and with which he has been de
lighting all classes of readers. In the
past few years. The author has not
taken his readers to any undiscovered
or unknown principality of Europe, In
"Helena's Path," but has laid the scenes
of his latest story In England, and the
time—the present day. Ambrose, Lord
Lynborough, arrives In England to
take up his "responsibilities." He flnds
thut Nab Range, a piece of property
adjoining his Scarsmoor Castle, has
been purchased nnd Is now tho resi
dence of Helena, the Marchesa dl Han
Scrvolo, a lovely young widow. From
the castle to the sea beach ran a path,
across the property of Nnb Range.
Lord Lynborough and his ancestors
for some hundred years had used this
path In going from the' castle to the
beach to bathe. The marchesa closes
up the gate through her property and
proposes to make Lord Lynborough and
his guests walk some three jnllts out'
of the way to reach their bathing
beach. The story then Is all* about the
mimic warfare as to the use or non
use of this beach path. Both "Lord
Lynborough and Helena, ;ho mar-
chesa, are determined to triumph
without going to law about the matter.
Lord Lynborough wins over to his
side the guests at the marchesa house
while tho latter Is busy gathering ?ln
by her charms nil of Lord L.vnborough’s
guests. The xtory-Ja delightful. It Is
Just such a story as all readers expect
from Mr. Anthony Hope, of course,
both Lord Lynborough nnd Helena win,
for they fall in love with cneh other
and the pnth remains closed to out
siders but open to Lord Lynborough.
But It Is the telling of the story that
Is the whole thing. Mr. Hope excels
in his delightful humor and when In
the book he brings Lord Lynborough
and Helena together for the Anal set
tlement of their dispute, alone nnd
undisturbed, the author gives his read,
ers a fascinating glimpse of, shall It
be called the "old school" manner of
love-making? "Helena’s Path" Is a
charming piece of light literature, Just
what all of us have a right to expect
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“THE SHEPHERD*OF THE HILLS.”
By Harold Bell Wright. (The Book
Supply Oo.) It Is strictly n matter of
personal taste as to Just what kind of
a story readers will like. Some of us
prefer to read of city life, others of
mountaineer tales and some renders
even prefer to pore over stories about
kings and queens and such and so on.
So that In the end what will suit one
person will displease another. A new
book, "The Shepherd of the Hills," Is
a story of life In the Oxark mountains
In Arkansas. It Is good and will de
light any reader who cares for such a
location for his romance. To those
persons who know nothing of mountain
life and care less, "The Shepherd of tho
Hills" will at least prove Instructive
and startling. .There aye not any
feud or much tobacco chewlrig In the
book, but • nevertheless It Is about
mountain life Just the same. Of course
It Is startling to be told that a story
dealing with country people, mountain
eers, etc., hJs not a foud In It, and
that a ton of chewing tobacco will last
the characters In the book at least thir
ty days, but the fact remains that "The
Shepherd of the Hills" Is not a feudist
or u chewer. The pictures of life
among the Oxark mountains, and of
the people who have never seen a rail
road train, seem real enough to the un
initiated (these who have seen rail
road train*), but when he gets through
with the book the reader Is likely to
wonder why a large book should be
written about people who don’t want
to see a railroad train; prefer to not
know how to read or write, and gener
ally speaking are not much better than
the "beasts of the field." The plot of
the novel Is good. If similar to a great
many such stories. In or out of moun
tains. with a poor ruined (dead) girl
and her child, her devoted and
ed parents: a lovely country girl, like
unto a Venus; Incidental country men
and women, good, bad and indifferent,
and from the latter the reader can se-
unnecessary, the subject was naturally
and promptly dropped. Now, Mr. New
ton Newkirk comes forth In his de
lightfully ridiculous book on the “Stork'
and gives as his principal reason fur
having written II. that he has no chil
dren. “knows nothing about babies, has
never experienced the Joys of father
hood," but as he also says that most
people write about things of which they
know nothing, he gives us the benedt of
what he suspects.
"The Btork Hook" Is one of the most
ridiculous publications that has been
Issued In a long time. From cover to
cover the book In perfect taste keeps
the reader In a broad grin. "The Stork
Book" will take the place of rattles,
spoons and rings for Arst-blrthdny
gifts if this reviewer knows anything
about such things. The book Is funny
and clean, from beginning to end. The
Illustrations by Wallace Goldsmith are
quite In line with the text and the
binding Is very pretty, with the picture
of an old stork flying nnd In Ita mouth
hanging from the book li a little china
baby doll. “The Stork Book” Is a gem
of Its class.
lect his own special villain, for In "The
Shepherd of the Hills” there are a great
many rough men.
"The Shepherd” Is the old father of
the young artist who had treated the
dead girl badly. The Shepherd, who
had been a great preacher In Chicago,
but crushed by the rascally meanness
of his only aon. disappears nnd goea to
Arkansas, where by vicarious atonement
he becomes a shepherd for the moun
taineers Insofar as the sheep nre con
cerned, ns well as the people in his lo
cality. The Shepherd Is an excellent
character, as are many of the charac
ters In the book. Some seem unreal at
times and the author, while he tells his
story In a simply way. does seem
occasionally to be striving after the
melodramatic, nnd. pity to say, he
sometimes misses his goal. At the end
of many chapters tho author will be
discussing something or other or some
people and he will end the chapter by
saying that while all that he ,Ja de
scribing is going on. namely. VLhlle
Mr. Howitt (the shepherd) was writing
his letter at the ranch and old Matt
was tossing sleeplossly on his bed at
Ihs big log house, s horseman rods
nlonly down from the C ompton Ridge
road. » » • It was Jim Lane. Now
the fact that this horseman was Jim
Lane was of no moment. Jim had a
perfect right, nor was It unusual or
startling for him, to ride down <-omp-
ton Ridge road, and his aforesaid horse
back ride had nothing on earth to do
with the context there or anywhere else
In the story. Therefore, mention of
Jlin’s ride was only on attempt at the
mysterious. Then again, when the au
thor has an attack on a cabin, wherein
are Young Matt, one of the heroes and
the Shepherd, when ten men try to kill
the Shepherd and his friend, get them
outside and prepare to lynch them, the
outlaws are recognised; the victims are
rescued and then the author goes along
for chapters and chapters, allowing the
outlaws and victim*, big strong men
all. to live at peace with each other. Do
mountaineer* In Arkansas act like that,
Mr. Author? Not so In Georgia.
The story Itself I* well told, with the
exceptions noted: the plot l. good If at
times unreal, and "The Shepherd qf the
Hills” will interest thoroughly any
reader who cares for such a romance.
Mr. Harold Bell Wright, the author, Is
a very young man and gives promise of
something quite superior yet to come.
The Georgian will be on the lookout
for It.
“THE STORK BOOK." By Newton
Newkirk. (H. M. Caldwell Company.)
A few years ago at a certain club In
Atlanta a prominent physician and a
young attorney, both married some
years, were angrily arguing, almost
coming to blow* over the Important
question, as to what kind of school a
young boy of 10 or It years of age
should be sent to gain the most learn
ing and gtneral advantage. The dis
pute grew so healed. In fact. It dis
turbed a lot of the member* of the
club who were In the adjoining apart
ment—the reading room. "Cooler heads
prevailed," and, upon being Informed
as to the nature of the discussion,
one of the "cooler heads" mentioned
that as neither of the heated dispu
tants had any children the argument 1
was worst than useless and entirely
“THE MEDIATOR.” By Edward A.
Steiner. (Fleming H. Revell Company.)
"The Mediator,” Professor Edward A.
Steiner's Arst novel, gatners Into a stir
ring piece of Action, a wealth of ro
mance from the Old World and the
New, with the hoperulness and senti
ment that have marked his previous
work In the press and on the platform.
"The Mediator" breaks ground In a new
Held for Action. The central Agure Is
the son of a Jewish rabbi on the bor
ders of Polish Russia, who, from birth,
was set apart by his father as a leader
for his own people. The story Is told
In a delightful way of the life of tho
poor, passionate Jewish boy at his home
In Poland; how lie revolts at hla fa
ther’s faith and the 13,600 laws of the
Talmud. Then he almost completes his
training for the Rontun church, rebels
against that, anil comes to New York
and Ands true life there. The long, ter
rible trip In the steerage of the poor
Jew nnd his companions to New York
Is strikingly drawn by the author. On
shipboard the Jewish boy meets a phil
anthropist nnd his lovely daughter, who
are Interested In good works among the
Jews In New York, and It Is Anally
through June Bruee, the lovely girl, that
Hainuel Cohen wins his way. Bnmuel
Is sent by the author through the sweat
shops of New York and Is brought In
contact with various types Of Ameri
cans and race prejudice up to the crisis
of his romance. The author drawa
strongly tho struggles through which
poor Samuel passes In his fight to And
the right, whether through the Tnlmud
nr the New Testament, nnd he does It
In such a way that he stirs the great
chorda of the human heart with his
pathos and the Intense human action
which only a writer with Insight can
produce.
"The Mediator" Is an unusually
strong book and very Interesting. It
deserves a large sale.
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put It plainly, she lies so continually—,
until, having lost the confidence of her
husband and every friend, she tells him
the real truth ai sha did also to her
close woman friend, but of course, then,
no one would believe anything she said.
She goes to her old reprobate father,
who lives In Baltimore, "In a Ant," a
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"THE TRUTH.” A Play In Four
Acts. By Clyde Fitch. (Macmillan
Company.)
The Macmillan Company are doing a
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lishing many of the recent stage suc
cesses tn book form. "The Truth” by
Mr. Clyde Fitch Is one of a number of
these play*, which, having proven
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of a charming woman In "society," who,
through habit and training, prefers to
tell a false tale about anything even
when the truth would have been better
from every point of view. The charm
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Special to The Georgian.
Newberry, a. C„ Oct. 12.—Indications
point to one of the liveliest municipal
campaigns In Newberry In recent years.
The executive committee of the Demo
cratic party haa been called to meet on
Haturday night, which will arrange for
the citizens’ meeting. There are only
two candidates for mayoralty honors,
Hon. “Hub" H. Kvana and Alderman
J. Langford, but rumor haa It that
there will be other announcements. Mr.
Evan* has served several terms an
mayor previous to hla election to the
legislature and afterwards to the chair,
manxhlp of the board of dispensary di
rectors of the slate.
THE FARMER AND THE SPINNER.
The farmers and the spinners
Will now together pull. y
To devise some means
To slay the bear and bull;
For they are lazy dronee,
That neither plant nor spin.
But hanr around and wait
For the honey to come In.
They ore highway robbers,
This pair of worthy brutes;
But their days are numbered.
You can bet your boots;
For the planters and splnnera
Found a place where they can meet
Where they won't have to go
Way round by Wall street.
Atlanta Is the meeting place—
Where else could It be?—
For the planter and hla home
Is what the spinner came to see.
They are working on a canal
Over plain and through the hill
To bring the cotton patch
In closer touch with the mill,"'
Teddy seems to know
That he ought to kill the bear.
But of the ones he ought to shoot
He doen't touch a hair.
If he would give the farmers doys.
All they want of range.
They would lead him from the swnmj
To the New York Stock Exchnnge.
We. the common people.
Have no Anger In the pie.
We have to pay the price.
Whether cotton I* low or high.
But we ever extend a welcome
And a hearty good will
To the stewards of King Cotton
And the bosses of his mill.
J. B. G.
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