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WHAT IS NEW
IN BOOKS
Publications Coming
From the Presses.
Points About ibt New Literature
Just out.
Sixty lit 81*. Chip* fro*# IJ'erary
Workshops. ((filed by Witt M. Clem
ena (New York, New AndtlrtMi
Hook Company. Prie* 75 cents. I
Perhaps 'be non Juat criticism that
could be passed on thla attractively
gotten up little volume of collected
eu-blnipi and paatel# in prose la th*
abaurb one we have alt aroited at. If
you tike thla kind of thin*, then thla
I* the kind of fhtng you will like" The
brief aketcbes are modern in the ex
ircme aenae of the word and they afe
morbid In the extrdmesL Many of
the so-called chips have been collected
from very important literary work
shops indeed. aDd many of them are
written na though on a thumbnail. In
very carefully selected and oftentimes
exquisite English, but they all tell of
broken hearts, of death under some
shuddcrlngly horrible circumstance, or
of life lived hopelessly. Occasionally,
very occasionally, there ia a pleasing
little romance In outline, and still rarer
is a word study In which the subject
matter ia lighted by one tiny ray of
hope. Then, towards the end, we find
theae satisfactory little bits.
l-aith Renewed.
How good it is, when the mist has
hung very heavy all the day, and the
dismal drops have splashed down from
roof and tree, to see once more the
blue hilltop against the grey sky and
to have all the fog roll away like a
dark shadow of sorrow. It is as when,
in a foul little shop, something of
cheese and old leather, the men sit
with their pipes around the stove and
tell low tales acid laugh. Then sud
denly the door opens and there enters
a tall gray-eyed girl, and all the men
rise and stand abashed, and the place
grows light and clean.
The Lullaby.
The mystic crooning of the heavy sea,
Ecrne In the Eouthwind through the
brooding night,
Seems like a .cradle song of God to me;
The old, old song, unchanged though
years of years,
Bidding me slumber on, nor dream of
fears, , ,
Till dtiwn shall rise, and night s thin
phantoms flee,
And He once more shall say, “Let
there be light.”
„ —C. F. Lester.
I tv. 4. _ , l, John Bluw
do lie °Boston (Nrw York l> Ap-
I Bfftgrw of thcHogu«e’>t« sad of
I ! ** ,1 \i l * France called
t The 811 urge of God,** have always
* floo to (he rule. The action of the
jProteotawta retaliate upon the Catho
lica for their persecutions, and the peo
ple of the church are slain by the Ca
in tsards who come down from thelv
' mountain fastnesses to plHsge *»d d«*
stroy and thru disappear again. The
heroine of the story Is the adopts*
daughter of Haville the Intcudant, and
the hero the English nephew of a great
French prlneeaa. Given the time* snd
■ (he circumstances and the picturesque
background of mountains and of grand
cathedrals, the story could not fail to
lie other than readable, as handled by
the author of "In the Ihiy of Adversi
ty," It claims the reader's Interested
; attention from the first page to th»
last.
Her Memory, by Maarten Maarteus.
(New Ycrk, D. Appleton A Co. Price
L 1.50.)
To onnounco that a book by the
great Dutch novelist Is fresh from the
! press Is Immediately to Insure for that
| book a brilliant success. "The Greater
i Glory," "God's Fool," and .loobl Av
j mingle," have not so long ago receiv
ed an enthusiastic welcome, and now
jennies the most finished novel the great
author h«s yet given us. a veritable
spirit's breath, sweet and pure and
lovely, "Het Memory.”
The life oT the man in whom the
memory of the heavenly sweet woman
j lives is a constant straggle between
I the ideal, which Is represented by his
j inclinations, and the practical which
jhe recognizes means for him duly. In
! the end, he affirms; "The only happl
! ness left on earth 1b common sense—
j to. take life as it comes, and do one’s
I befit."
There Is not a dull page in this nar
i rative of a man’s dual existence and
the purely lived life of his misunder
stood daughter, and It is marked by a
1 force as powerful as rare, a force that
■is exerted always for the best; for,
1 while there is much In it that Is sad
beyond tears, there is none of that
hopelessness which has so marred
many of the recent novels otherwise
! superior. The plot Is not elaborate, and
ione is glad that there are no complfea
jtions of action to break the flow of the
j thought. The thought continually ore
lutes thought in the reader, and he finds
[himself going back again to read over
some beautiful passage, to combat a
theory of the writer, or to approve of
U. as the case may be, but always to
be keenly alive to tbe fact that here
Is something worth reading worth
XHB -A.T7QTJBT.A SX7NI3 A.'Y' IIKKVL T>TD
remembering, worth constantly thlok-
I lug shoot.
The Its*he* of humor arc constant
1 -mile behind (he tears, which makes
ibe human nature portrayed seem very
'rial The • barartera are all unique
j without being nnnstnrsl. and It is
i ,}uite worth one's mind to meet all of
them, even down to the French valet
twin- dws not dare lo stay In England
for fear the language will give him
I, oncer of the throat.
For ibe rest, 10 comment upon Maer-
Uen Maarten's flswlesa style and ex
j qutslte diction would be merely to
| feebly echo the numerously Nig
I r ralsee of the great critics, whose word
j la law in the world of letters.
The volume la very attractively
! tround in yellow, gold and silver, and
{has as a frontispiece a fine picture of
the Author.
I»ve in Epigram, compil'd by Freder
ick W. Morton. (Chicago. A. C.
MeClorg A Co, Price 11.08.)
From Huddha la Add srn. from
Chanuer to Ibsen, from Shakespeare to
Tolatol. all tbe great masters of the
art of writing have been called upon
for tbelr contributions lo tbe collec
tion of hundred* of wise or otherwise
sayings concerning love. The dainty
volume in its beautiful red and gold
dress is packed tight with such choice
bits as:
First love Is an Instinct—at once a
gift and a sacrifice. Every other is a
philosophy—* bargain.
—A. 8. Hardy.
The platform or the altar of love
may be analyzed and explained; It Is
constructed 01 virtue, beauty and af
fection. Such is the offering; but the
ethereal spark must come from heaven
that lights tbe sacrifice.
—Jane Porter.
Love la indeed heaven upon earth;
since heaven above would not be hea
ven without it.
—William Penn.
To love to know Is human, lo know
bow to love Is divine.
—Joseph Roux.
Love Is never lost. If not reciprocat
ed It will flow back and soften and pu
rify the heart.
—Washington Irvine.
All love should be simply stepping
stones to tbe love of God.
—Plato.
Love makes time pass, and time
makes love pass. Proverbs.
The faults are beauties In a lover s
eyes. —Theocritus.
Love places a genius and a fool on
a level. ' -J. B. L. de Greased.
l,ove is like the moon -when it docs
not increase, 11 decreases.
~Louis Pfcilippe *l* Sftgur.
The sparkling epigrams are divided
Into sections, each one ts which Is !•-
trod need by a short brilliant essay on
the main theme, beginning with the
I VrtfcgMFh»rtNsT fcf Kdw.rtl Rusco
Itegrwdsuow. at laws, by Max Norda
ILuv* a Thing ~f Exchange. b> Ralph
W| Mg Emerson "la vr in OM Bn
stash from “lane fc Old finalh-»,"
•by Henry fuyler Bdnper; lawns Rvo-
IfWton Inin B.empathy, by Olive Kchrel
{nee; Putin.la<ion of Pure ld>ve. Tofatot .
Falling In Low Robert larulac B'«*i n
mn. Love as Ilmen Haw It; Wbnf *
'Woman Would Uhf. Eva Whltthnne
, Trvwccsnt: What Home fan Do. Sam
uel Stpile*; Cupid Vermin the Anthro-
KKdogUts. Grant Allen; lawe Through
Carlyle's Glasses: Airs of Married
11arte. Charles laimb; Love for One's
Neighbor, Fredertek Nleiwche: Made
!for Bach Other, Oliver Weldnll Holmen;
1 1awe. Sleep and Death. Walter Savage
I lainder. and larva a la Mode, Oulda.
Personal Hkclrlie* of Recent Authors.
by Hattie Tyng Griawold. (Chicago.
A C. McClurg A Co. Price $1.50.
For several Bessons now the firm of
A C. McClurg A Co. hn* ably aus
: rained Its high reputation of giving to
'the reading world the most attractive
and withal popular volumes to be found
|lt, the vast collection* of holiday publl
| cptlops. Thla year, even If the linn
[ were not so widely known II would
! soon become *o for Its publication ol
(■‘Personal Sketch™ of Great Authors."
which hna already been enthusiasM
i cully received by Ibe crltlrs, and which
I promises to be among the leaders in
i ihe holiday sales.
When the samo author published her
■‘Home Life of Great Authors" alio
! tilled o long-felt wnnt. by giving some
of those Intimate und personal detail*
|of the lives of a group of masters In
literature which tend towards making
a writer's works nu»re Interesting be
cause they help to give an Insight Into
his personality. The success of the
former book encouraged the author lo
continue her work by writing of Other
great authors of recent times, hoping
to make the works of the author*
treated more vital and human, by re
vealing. as she expresses it, "the men
and women behind tbe musks.
She has brought to her task a great
deal of talent as a writer, much pa
tient skill in the mailer of research,
and much of that rare insight which
can come only from perfect sympathy.
Many of the side-lights she turns on
the lives of the great authors are as
novel as Interesting and valuable, and
rvery page is incomparably rich with a
charm all its own.
The authors dealt with are Alfred
Tennyson, Ernest Renan, Charles l)ui
<vin, Matthew Arnold, George Du Muu
' rid Elizahf lb Harnett Browning, John
j Rnskfn, Thomas Henry Huxley, Hnr
-1 ,-| e t Reci her Stowe. Robert 1-otiis Ste
'v uson, William Dean Howells, Louisa
May limit l.yelf Tula*<4. Rudyard
Kip.leg ChrtNin* R«a«H. Henry fka
vlC Bhe*ban, |4t»y#rd Taylor *•»'• •>•*
Matthew Karri* .
All of tba Us»k Under • skill .a
brought to be*r *" making »he »«!•
tme's exterior nttrartive and each o.
authors la a treaaure in Ua*lf. spar',
from lla graceful aettlng and the
thoughtful words arcompanylng It.
iSiccras Against Odds, by William O
Stoddard. (New York. 11. Appleton
IhWuUKtf of "Crowded out o' Cro
teld." "The Red Pstrlm" and other
! well known Juvenile books has road'
"Ourceaa Again** Odds” a s'ory
which cannot fall to api<al to every
limy so fortunate as to rex* U- ™
l hem lives on the eoest of 1/ ng Island,
and has many exciting adventures an
land and sH., adventure. In which*
burled treasure plays no small part,
hut which are not at all Improbable
Tbe story la thoroughly wholesome. Is
attractively bound and elaborately and
tastefully llluatrated.
THE FRUIT DEALERS.
They Will Reap a Rich Harvest From
the Soldiers.
"I noticed nn admirable article In
tile Sunday Herald a week ago on the
vr.lue of the troops !o Augusta," suit!
an army officer, lo the Herald office,
last night, "but I lug to differ from
you on one Item. Yoy enumerated a
number of line* that would be espe
cially benefltte.l by sales to soldiers
and you omitted the fruit men. I be
lieve that, in proportion to the busi
ness done under normnl conditions, the
fruit men Increase I heir sales mor*
from the trade of st Idlers than any
other line of business.
"I do not know why It is, but it is
so. that a soldier has o weakness for
fruit They will go a mile out. of their
way to reach a fruit store. Walt and
sec if I nm net correct in this "
CULVF RTS IN PLACE BRIDGES.
The Recommendation Which the Com
missioner of Public Works Makes.
The Commissioner of Public Works,
I understand, has recommended, or
will recommend, to the city that there
be no more bridge building In Augusta.
His idea is that, in the line of mak
ing permanent improvements perma
nent, culver!*, stone or brick, should
Du <<(interneted. This sort of bridging
atiemus or waterways would tic more
expensive, hut would he a fixture,
demanding no repairs, painting or the
attention which iron bridges require.
Wooden bridges, of course, are out of
ihe question.
THE CIRCUS
COMES ON
Grand Show That Will
be Mere Tomorrow.
The Finest Cirrus That Ever Toured
This Seitinn.
Cirrus enterprise has undoubtedly |
reached Ihe Built In the combined
Adam Forepaogh and Sells Brother*'
Shows, which am to charm and divert
the vntailea of "aawduaf und span
gle." tic rabouts tomorrow. The Idg
lent of the 4-Paw-Selts combine has
from year to year grown larger and
lurger. and has heretofore taxed even
the vlaual capacity of cross-eyed peo
pie: but now that s length of #25 feet
and a width of 275 feet has been at
tained one ran hardly perceive any
possibility of further extension. Fif
teen thousand tieople can be comforta
bly seated at a single performance In
this great amphitheatre. The aetual
expenses, rain or shine, reach the un
precedented figure of $7,200.
The Management.
Tbe Fore pa ugh show, one of the
largest on earth, was In 1896 eom
bined with the entire Sells Brothers'
plant, almost its equal In size, and
the combination is stated to he most
decidedly the greatest unification of
circus features ever seen In one en
closure. Tbe foremost showmen In
the world are its Joint owners and
manager*, vix: James A. Bailey, now
dazzling the Britishers with the Bar
nuni-Balley show; that famous man*-,
gerial trio, the Sells Brothers, and W.
W. Cole, who has just returned to
American management arter a ten
year.’ career In circus exploitation in
Pails, Berlin and Vienna., The ad
vance business of the 4-Paw-Sell*
combine Is conducted under the direc
tion of Peter Sells, while the Imme
diate management of the show Is In
the hand, of Lewis Sells. The general
offices and headquarters of the show
are at Madison Square Garden, New
York.
The Menagerie.
Tbe menageries of this aggregation
are said to he the most phenomenal
collections of the kind ever assembled.
Among the performing animals are
two distinct groups of trained cl ■-
chants, taught iu different schools and
entirely unlike. Eight of the largest
of the Forepaugh contingent dance u
quadrille, which Is said to ho the
most remarkable exhibition ot animal
training on record. Woodward s sea
iious and seals the only troupe ot
the kind In the world- will rejoice the
youngsters especially. Another rare j
I treat fur tbs 1 h,idle# will Ist 1-4
I unique performance of the t* jy tie*
I’kaat. “Cqhw." an Indian Z#stx. and
ia aroup of lltmgaiian ponies In on*
I grand frolic
other Attractions.
f The equestrian, gymnastk and hlp
' pod route act* are numerous and novel.
1 Most of them' are especially engaged
!in Europe Among tH'se most not*-
I Itle are the Livingston, lie Mora and
| Devree troupe*. Ryan. Sterell* and
IWi Itxell. known lo tbsropc •# ••»*
Shooting Stars." laisefl and Garoalla,
and the four lllckelta, Austria's pre
mier gymnasts Th# superlative cques
| irlan feature I* the rimultaneoua ap
j pearance Jn three rings of the threw
{champion lady riders of the world—
[ Maude UvtngiWm. May Davenport
I and Katella Hobson, who hall from
England. America and Australia in
the order named Another pre-emi
nent feature la the Octavlan troupe of
sixteen Homan soldiers and athlete*
in a thrilling exhibition of the sports,
combats and evolutions of tbe Caesar*
lan era. Mme. Yucca, th* strongest
woman In the world, is also one of tha
most startling acts of *he plural ring
circus. Th# hippodrome races are
stated to be the most exciting of their
kind up to date, and will furnishf
many surprising sensations.
••Splash” Tuatln.
Paul "Splash" Tustln. the cham
pion high and trick diver of both
hemispheres, lias created a tremen
dous sensation this season by his dar
ing aud soul-stirring performance of
diving from the apex of the hippo
drome t'-nt Into a small tank of water
—(blrty-six inches deep. Prof. Tuatln
covers a distance of seventy-two feet,
and executes a complete somersault,
in this perilous and quparalalled per
formance. Other novel and amazing
features occur so frequently in the
three hours' program that a mere
mention of them will occupy mor#
space than is at our command.
Th*- Inaugural event of "4-Paw-Sellg
Day” will he the great street, proces
sional display of the combined show*
that, will leave the exhibition grounds
at 9:30 a. m. tomorrow and traverse
the principal thoroughfares of tha
city. The Forepaugh-Sells Federation
is the only important exhibition that
will be seen In Georgia this season.
Its only possible rival, the Barnum-
Balley show, remains In England an
other year, and Buffalo Bill’s route
does not Include uny territory vlalted
by Forepaugh and Sells.
(Jludyn— I had tickets for Ihe matinee
yesterday and invited Laura Willings
|ey (o accompany me to the opera, hut
slie begged to be excused. Fanny—
Whatever In the world ever made her
do that'.’ f should have been delighted
at such a chance. Gladys She Hiihl
she wasn’t going to he classed os one
of the girls who never have invitations
to go In the evening.