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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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I have taken six bottles of Wine of Cardul, and am now in good health and as hearty as can be. I shall always praise the Cardul Home Treatment, and I wish every suffering woman would give It a trial.” Sold by all druggists, In $1.00 bottles, with full directions for use. Try if. Wine of Cardui O 13* 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 We Sell a Superior Grade of CEMENT. 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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. Our Prices the Lowest Yeti $10 TEETH, $5. 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Atlanta, Go. 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 real forceful old character (the best In the play), to get his assistance. He sayi: "I know the look In your eyes when you are not telling the truth; you get that look from me." But the old man helps out Becky, the husband Is sent for, Becky promises to reform and "live happy ever afterwards.” Truth” Is a bright little play ■ The and the reader can easily understand Its success In London and New York. Miss Marie Tempest produced the play In London, as did Mrs. Clara Bloodgood In New York. Substitute article* pay larger proflt. That — —to change your mlml. When your mind is made up, keep It so by Iniltslnit on retting wb*t you want. ACCEPT NO SUBSTITUTES. TWO CANDIDATES IN FIELD FOR MAYOR OF NEWBERRY. "THE TRUTH.” A Play In Four Acts. By Clyde Fitch. (Macmillan Company.) The Macmillan Company are doing a very creditable piece of work In pub 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 themselves successeq on the stage, we have an opportunity to see In book form. "The Truth" Is simply the story 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 ing lady mixes up things *o much—to 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. Every Family Medicine Shelf ought to contain "The Household Surgeon” which is a bottle of Dr. Porter’s Antiseptic Healing on Relieves Pain Antiseptically Cleanses—Heals. A Household Surgical Dressing for cuts, burns, braises, sores, skin dis eases, catarrh, or all wounds and exter nal affections, wbethersligbt or serious. A preparation unlike any other, originated by an Old Railroad Surgeon. 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