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THJa ATLANTA ttiUOKlttAN AND NJKiWW.
LITERARY LIGHTS AND SHADOWS
By MAYS BALL (Arthur Pendennis, Jr.)
A WORD or EXPLANATION—Tbe review* npprnrlnjr In The Oeorfflnn hnve been published under the
thur r«Mtnnl«. Jr.** Arthur Pendenuia era* a book rvvltmr. n newap:t|»er writer and fine character In 3
Mr. Thackeray'*
Recently ther<* bare appeared a number af artlrle* in The n.uikinan 'nnd The Book New* Monthly, written by aome other
.M-raon under the name of “Arthur Pendennta.** No owe haa n copyright r~ ' * * * —*'*
take# and in view of the fact that #ome of. Tko Owfiitn'* »■
on thla name, of -conrae. but to obviate any ml#-
riiTe# It Is thought well now t.» allow
tbe rerfew/ug- all alonff.-Editorlnl Note.
allow there review
:lnn’s lw*ok review# have lH»en copied and quoted In the current mairn-
■ to appear .under the real uamo of tbo pereou who hn# lH<*n doing
•*THE EMILY EMMINS PAPERS.”
By Carolyn Wells. (G. P. Putnam’s
Bans.) On no account must the read
er allow himself to lio prejudlrotf for
or against "The Emily Emmlns Ta-
ners” simply because Mlsu Wells htip-
nens to be the originator of “Miss Fluf
fy Ruflloa." For It may be that at llio
lime that The New York Herald need
ed a new departun'—u side partner, as
It were for - Buster Brown"—and em
ployed MIsh Wells to assist In the con.
structlon or destruction of -higher
newspaper Ideals as exemplified In
■‘Fluffy Ilufllcs." Miss Wells must have
had a very severe attack of aphasia
„r something of that kind. Certainly
Miss Wells Is not In proppr line of
vision or Imagination on a low order
funnv-page: oven for The New York
Herald. However, Mlsa Wells. In her
rreatlon of •’Fluffy” haa given a char
acteristic title to a classification now
used by many of the muehy novels,
occasionally rent out on a long-suf
fering public.
But It la a great pleasure to know
that In "The Emily Emmlns Papers"
Miss Wells has returned to her own.
her best, which la very pleasing and
gratifying. Tho "Papers” give an ac
count of a charming girl who tnkes her
first frip to England. The book Is so
tpfrtfthlng. 10 decidedly’ attractive In
Its free-from-gulde-hook Information,
vet full of "firat Impressions’’ that It
j, likely to meet with open arms and
minds extended to It by a grateful
leading public.
Mlsa Emily Emmlns wishes to go
abroad, but ahe positively refuses to
' no ns a "tourist," declines perempto
rily to twelve "first Impressions” or
to lay out an Itinerary. Her expe-
tlences on shipboard. In London, short
visits In the English country and n
very short trip "o Paris, are not only
vt ry Interesting, but quite Instruct
ive to the embryo European traveler
or stay-at-home.
Any one who haa In London or Paris
viewed with alarm and Irritation the
vMi.il tourist parties, how these parties
lake ton minutes for n gallery In the
l-ouvre, an hour for Westminster Ab
bey, etc., will agree with Miss Wells
In her natural determination not to be
a -party tourist.” Miss Emily Emmlns
went to London, and outside of taking
one short trip to Paris for a week, to
Visit near there a house party of
friends, she remained In and around
lsindon on her entire trip. The good
suggestion* contained In this charming
book nrr Innumerable to any reader
who may In time go abroad. "Nlnety-
day pnrtles,” which cover Europe and
a little of Asia and Africa, will not ap
ical to the reader very strongly after
a refreshing seance with "The Em-
1,:.- Emmlns. Papers." The book Is light,
.pleasant reading; there Is nothing of
the --I’ve been there and you haven’t,
so I am going to tell you about It” In
He charming book at oil.
It Is a delight to note Miss Carolyn
Wells’ return from "Fluffy Ruffles’’-
laad. That she can successfully resist
the temptation to make a funny-page
In Hie m-it simper*. "The Emily Emmlns
Papers” prove. Stay where you are
“put," Mlsa Wells, ns President Rooae-
\eti save Mr. Joel Chandler Harris
Reduced Illustration from the
Chas. Scribnor’a
renders these days
out apart. _
/Sheaves” elands
d'-cft - -
It Is a pleasure to call to the atten
tion of the Atlanta readers of The
Georgian the fact that there Is an "At-
Imtn end” to Mlsa Wells, for she is a
cousin of Mr. Frank L. Woodruff, of
this city. v.
the Christmas' number of
HARPER’8 MAGAZINE. The Christ
i.ta* number ef Harper's Magazine Is a
Isauty. It Is full of good things. Ths
oniinnry numbers of Harper's are dim.
cult to surpass, but In the Christmas
l«sue the publishers havo out-done
even themselves. The Illustrations,
some In color, ore beautiful. The ae
rial by Mrs. Humphrey Ward, called
“The Testing of Diana Mallory," con
tinues very pleasing. ■ Alice Brown,
Thomas V. Briggs. Mark Twain, Wil
liam Dean Howells, Elisabeth Jordan
and Thomas A. Janvier have stories In
this number. The Christmas edition
of Harper’s Magaxlne would be enough
for n Christmas gift. Just by Itself.
"SHEAVE8." By E. F. Benson.
(Doubleday, Page & Co.) * At.C'ole Book
Co. If the reader has ever read "The
Angel of Pain," "Dodo" and "Dolly
Dialogues" he will be prepared to en
joy ths matured charm of expression
which Air. Benson shows In “Sheaves,"
a new book Just published by Double-
day. Page ft Co.
The situation therein discussed
hultc unusual In that It deals with the
love nnd marriage of a woman (beau
tiful and charming) of about 42 years
»W who finds her happiness in her love
for a young man 21 years of age.
Hugh Grainger Is the young chap,
"ho has a great vocal talent which,
•wing recognised by the powers oper-
»<lc. he becomes a great Wagnerian
labor. Mrs. Edith Allbutt, a widow-
tow. had been moat unhappily married
Jo tin English reprobate. She meets
Hugh Grainger, they tall In love and
*£* married, notwithstanding the great
objectlnna of Mrs. Allbutt’s slater. Lady
«5’e. Afrs. Allbutt haa been unhappy
for twelve yean. In answer to her sis
ter’s arguments, Mrs. Allbutt can not
»e» why ahe should not now accept
happiness when It cornea. "Peggy,”
l-ady Rye, a delightful character, the
real heroine of the book, thinks that
with Airs. Allbutt 42 years old and
Hkgh si, the former now a beautiful
woman, everything would be all tight,
for the present, but how would It be
“hen the wife la (0 and the husband
41. Just In hla prime? At any rate the
two lovers, mismated as to aga but
mated tn every other way. were mar
ried and lived together ideally. The
book dealing with Mils situation of the
marriage of two people so different as
m »ges, ons with tho natural enthu-
*~*m of youth, meeting the acceptance
5* IH' by the elder. Is not carried out.
»» the reader win expect, to Its legiti
mate end, for the wire Is attacked by
tuberculosis, and dies at a resort In
Kwltterlsnd. So far as Mr. Benson
carries his theme. It Is very convlnc-
m*. But the author does not allow
readers to get more than a glimpse
'"hlch possibly Is better) of the fore-
* r, V ,,f th ® *H« •» to how the years
which are coming will affect her rela-
' .bw.wHh her young husband.
rll " '■ a Very Interesting book. The
character drawing Is very clever. Mr.
•wnson makes "Poggy" the character
*ho will appeal to all readers. The
COUNTRY LIFE IN AMERICA. One
of the most beautiful publications that
The Georgian has seen this year Is
the Christmas number of Country Life
In America. The photographs, the co|.
ored pictures and paintings excel any
thing that rimes to this paper. It Is
different, of course, tn Harper'a In Its
work, but It Is as handsome us ths
Christmas number of that magazine
above discussed. The whole publication
Is a wonder. Even the advertisements
are almost good enough to cut out and
frame. Country Life In America occu
pies a unique position In the magazine
world. It would almost’ bo Impossible
to produce a handsomer magazine thah
the Chrlatmas number of thla publica
tion. Country Life In America stands
right at the top of current magazines
In Its text, composition and Illustra
tions.
wife la very nice and dignified, but
• ."Pew." The scene of the
*7 '■ '*ld In England. In London
T h at country places along the
— — It Is one of the accepted
"u£* ; f , , hl * T®» r - There la an oc-
- "at of Hugh Grainger’s debut as
Lohengrin” at Castle Garden In Lon-
, "-,. wh ®. r ® hla wife, occupying a box.
tb» reader* p * rtormanc ® that wl1 * ,hr * 11
“BY NEVA’8 WATER3,” by John R.
Carling. (Little. Brown 4 Co.) If the
reader Is looking for a novel that will
keep him on the go. compel him to for
get bedtime, even curfew bedtime, and
mix him nil up with a delightful
(though Impossible) hero, then "By
Neva's Waters” will suit him.
The romance deals with the secret
history of Czar -Alexander, whose fa
ther, Czar Pnul, was murdered by con-
eplrators In their determination to
crown Alexander In Paul's place. The
hero of the story Is a semi-soldier of
fortune, who had a habit of traveling
all over the earth nnd getting himself
and others Into all kinds of trouble.
Nowadays "Lord Courtenay” would
have been locked up for a continual
breach of the peace. He was ona of
those chaps we delight to read about,
who feared nothing, not even a woman,
and who would rather fight than dine.
That about describes Lord Courtenay.
Once when he was hunting trouble In
the south of Europe, he saved the life
of a young lady who afterwards became
the czartnn. Grateful young lady that
she was, the czarina wore around her
lovely neck a miniature of her pre
server in youth. There would be noth
ing radically wrong about this minia
ture wearing business, ezcepl tho all-
important fact that the young lady was
now married, and It la'said, wltbjmme
basis of truth, that husbands do not
enthuse over the sight of other men's
pictures worn on a chain around their
It Is unnecessary to state how Cour
tenay went to Russia, for he went there
any way nnd continued on his way of
trouble-finding. As the reader knows,
it Is not difficult tn find trouble any
old place—even In Atlanta—If the pur
suit of tho same la mada strenuously.
Well, Lord Courtenay arrived In 181,
Petersburg, and the find brilliant per
formance of this young man was to In
sult Czar Paul on the streets In front
of a regiment of troops. That was not
a vary bod beginning on the trouble
hunt. After this art,' the fool killer
not being present. Just at that mo
ment, Courtenay runs the gamut of
experiences, to the delight of the read
er. Of course, the. hero wins. The
reader, whenever he becomes thrilled
and worried over the tight places and
fears the death of the hero, If he will
Just remember that If the hero gets
killed, the book would have to atop, he
will be comforted, for no author Is go
ing to stop hla book—If he can'help it.
CmSrtenay falls in love with the czar-
Inn, not knowing who ahe Is. She
has an attack of aphasia, losing her
memory, but nothing elec; and full* In
love with Courteney. Then the esar-
Ina being thrown into the river again
(ahe logt her memory before by a duck
ing) sh« regains her facuKles, her es
teem for the esar and spurns Courte
nay. The weak point at The end la
that Courtenay, having raved about the
unknown beauty (the czarina), Just os
soon os she gives him the Icy stare,
he sake artbther ’Innocent bystander
to marry him. The other woman agrees
to marry Courtenay because the author
of a successful romance Is compelled. In
this day and time, to marry off the hero
and allow hla readers to imagine -
"happy ever after."
But before this denouement there are
more exciting episodes, more fights, es
capes a few sudden deaths and more
general excitement than one can Imag
ine. And It Is nil pleasing, tbo. The
reader-will not care to lay th* book
down until he has finished It.
Atnude Adams’, etc.. Is viewed with
great hesitancy ami doubt. There was
.[ play Hint ciinic I" Atlanta in.. it.-e
mentioning any names or dates) some
time mm. It \v;tm direct from New
York and In the company was a leading
la.lv of mo ot New York fame. But At
lanta had not heard about her or her
play. Result: There vvna not a hand
ful of people at the Grand. But when
“The Devil's Auction” came! Oh. but
w I'.il’i the noC Tile Theater Mi. - -.Itm
would do much to post Atlanta people—*
a wlshetl-for consummation—hence this
elongated notice.
"THE CRUCIBLE/’ by Mark Lee Lu
ther. (.Macmillan Company.) Alark
Lee Luther, in his new novel. "The
Crucible." |M* taken for his heroine a
new- type of girl, who hail been unjustly
sent to a house of refuge by h«r moth
er nnd sister, on account simply of an
exhibition of superlative playfulness.
Accepting Mr. Luther's statements re
garding Jenn Fanshaw’s incarceration.
It compels the reader’s blood tn boll
• times In the reading f her wrongs.
Jem Fanshaw was sent to this house
of refuge, wrongly or rightly, It does
not nuke nny mutter. Tho book deals
with Jean’s experiences (principally)
after her discharge from thlo refuge
house, and her life and struggles In
New-York. While Jean was Incarcer
ated she made good her escape, meet
ing a young artist from New York who
was camping near the prison. Home-
thlng he says .ap&ihe way he says It
Impresses Jean, and she returns of her
own accord to the prison.
When she reaches New York, her
troubles begin, first as a cloak-maker In
a sweat shop; then as a dentist'
clerk; afterwards as an artist’s mod
el, when she, of course, meets her long
lost friend, tho young artist of th.
woods—one Craig Atwood, who Idves her
and marries her. Even then her life Is
full of trouble, principally because At
wood's sister, quite ambitious for her
brother, bad had’dfher matrimonial ar
rangements planned for Atwood.
Hut. after strenuous times, many
misunderstandings are straightened
out. nnd we leave Jean and Craig At
wood ready for many years of happy
life together.
The book Is pleasing In many ways,
but' In one way especially, and that
Is the evident habit of the author of
allowing his characters to do exactly
what a normal man or woman would
do under th* same circumstances.
They (the characters) are simply real
ordinary -people, nnd they appeal
strongly to any reader. The theme of
the book, the terrible price that so
ciety demands for the slightest devia-
llon from Its (not God’s nor man's, but
Its) rules runs thr.tign the whole book.
The story Is one that The Georgian
takes pleasure In recommending.,
Thoro Is one thing about moat book,
(even' In "The Crucible," It appeals)
and that is the ease with which ordi
nary men break down with their shoul
ders dotible-locked oaken doors. This
Is literary license possibly, but does any
reader recall hot*- easy It Is In a book
for a slightly built man to break down
a locked door? Did tho reader ever try
to break In an oak door, locked?
Is not really aa easy as most books
have It.
THE AMERICAtTmAGAZINE. The
American Magazine for December Is
very good. Ida M. Tarbell has an artl-
clo on "Roosevelt vz. Rockefeller:’’
Lincoln Steffens, Ellis Parker Butler.
Edward Peple nnd Vcnlta Seibert have
contributed Interesting articles thereto.
Mr. Dioly le to write exclusively for
The American Magazine In 1808. The
Georgian la especially delighted to see
the Success of a young Birmingham
girl shown by the appearance of Miss
t.uclne Finch* story, "The Slaves Who
Stayed." * »
Reduced illustration from "Tho
Little Colonel’s Knight Comes Rid
ing.”
UNCLE REMUS'S MAGAZINE. The
December number of Uncle Remus’s
Magazine only adds tp the reputation
ot that popular publication. Atlanta
noocle Ore Justly proud of this Southern
but cosmopolitan magazine. If. there
were nothing els* In lh®„ December
number but Joel Chandler Harrle’ edi
torial "Santa Claus and th* F allies” and
"Billy Sanders’ ” orgznlzatlon of a new
legislature, and Don Marquis’ dlsror-
tetlon on passing things In general.-tb«
'CLEMENTINA’S HIGHWAYMAN,'
by Robert Nellsott Stephens and George
Hembert Westlcy. (L. C, Page ft t'n.)
As The Qenrgtnn understands It, Rob
ert Neilscn Stephens, before his dentb.
drew up a plun of n story which he
wad not able to finish nnd that George
Hembert It’estley, taking these notes
left by Mr. Stephens, has written the
story. If la a good story, this of "Clem
entina's Highwayman." whether this
explanation of things la true or not.
tells uf one Lord Eastcourt, who,
through the dishonesty of his steward.
Is left penniless. But he can again
become- rich by marrying a Miss Hen
rietta Melwood. because a wealthy un
cle has left n lot of money to these
two If they will marry. Eastcourt pre
fers to #eo the young lady first—which
was Just as well. Ha finds that Miss
Henrietta Is not attractive, but her
fx»or-In-worldly-goods cousin. Mias
Clementina, surely Is. When the book
opens, Eastcourt has only a few pounde
In English currency left, so he gives a
dinner. The hero of n romanre, Just
when the wolf Is knocking at the door,
always, gives a dlnnor, to aa to retire
gracefully, It may be. Well, all nt thla
dinner or punch party get drunk, and
one of the tnvtted guests tells Eastrourt
that he (Eastcourt) has hot the courage
to he a hrfghwayTnen. Eastcourt wagers
that he hus; that he will etop a couch,
rob Lie passengers, escape 1 nnd keep
In hiding for a week. Thus begtns the
R iot—for Clementina la sent home by
er sunt In ths charge of a disreputa
ble man called "Beau Brockcnfleld.”
The reader sees the answ-er already,
for, of course. Eastcourt stops the
roach containing Miss Clementina and
her ungentlcmanly chaperon. Now,
after this. It Is nil quick action, not a
moment Is Inst, everything moving; the
robber pursued: caught; he escape*—
pursued again, this time with Clemen
tina plodding beside him. Everything
turns nut all right. Tho reader knew
It would before he read thirty pages,
but there Is enough movement, swift
changes nnd trouble encountered by
the hero and heroine to suit anybody.
Everybody meets at one house. Miss
Henrietta dlectoses herself; Eastcourt
spurns her and takes Clementina, and
we all say "Bravo!" The story la laid
In the times ot George II. It is a di
verting story. Nothing heavy about It.
How- could there be? It la an ’attrac
tive light offering for the holiday sea
son. The book Igibeautlfully Illustrated
by Miss Adelaide Everhart, uf At
lanta.
THE THEATER MAGAZINE. The
December number of The Theater Mag.
aslne It very attractive. Thla maga
zine Is edited by Arthur Hornblnw,
who "novelized” the play, "The Lion
and the Mouse,” and also wrote the
novel. "The End Of the Game." review
ed quite a while ago In The Georgian.
The Theater Magazine Is unique In Its
descripttr ns of plays. Its splendid Il
lustrations of actors and actresses and
In reviews of the metropolitan offer
ings on fhe stage. It Is very hand
somely produced, with beautiful pic
tures. It would surely be a good work
If The Georgian could Induce Atlanta
people to post hCmstlves on "shows."
Unless a piny has been around the cir
cuit—it does not matter how great a
success-1; has gteen in ,New Tork—the
“THE KNIGHT OF THE SILVER
STAR,” by Percy Brebner. HL. F.
Fenne ft Co., through American Bap
tist Publication Society, Atlanta.) The
render la familial 1 with the usual type
of Zenda story—for the type Is one lhat
la uneecapable. More's the pity. But
In the usual Zenda story the render Is
told about where (If not definitely
where) the make-believe kingdom Is
pnbnhly located wherein happens so
many wonderful things.
NoW. In "The Knight of the Silver
Star,” It Is quite' different, for no one
knows (neither the render nor the
author) what the answer should be.
One of these rovlng-over-the-earth-
Engllahmen happened one day down
In southern Europe. Out hunting (they
atl hunt, do these English), he heard
of a mysterious country. Where? No
body knew but one "dreamer," who
undertakes to pilot Clinton Verrall to
this mysterious country, which was on
the road to yesterday. The country
lay some place, but where, even the
guide did not know; except that It' war
beyond the mountains, over Impossible
heights. Any way. Verrall followed
Ills guide. The guide, poor chap, fell
down a mountain side and was killed
Verrall was not hurt, for obvious rea
sons. namely: The book would have
had to ami. Verysll <ell (fell Into Is thr
only term applicable) Into this coun
try. which lay surrounded hy great
mountains. The people Inhabiting this
country Were still living In tho medieval
times. Thera >ere no guns nor pis
tols (sorry sltuutton for a romancer,
that); no gun powder, but there were
swords galore aiul two factions fight
ing for the throne, one headed by a
king (Just a mere king), the other—can
the reader guess—by a beautiful worn
an (as Alan Dale, the dramatic critic
of New York, would say, a "bee-yoo-
tlful" Woman). Verrall wss acclaimed
the coming and Inng-expaeted
“knight,” nnd was made one Imme
diately, to fight for tha lovely princes*
The reader can see the answer—that
Verrall. the knight of the sliver etar.
fell In love with the princess, who
loved Verrall. too. Verrall had a ri
val—a pretty strenuous villain, too.
for ho kept VerraU busy. There, arc
fights galore, love-making much-a-
much and all kinds of Zenda monstroa.
tty.
There Is no need to explain that
Verrall wins the princess and at last-
just ns the villain "stilt pursued" them
—these two lavers and a fnllhfal squire
escape through the mountains (how”
thla reviewer will never tell you, be
cause he did not learn from the book).
Verfall carries his princess to England
and makes her his wife.
The story Is simply n lot of Impos
sibilities. Now. If readers like ro
mance of the Zenda type, exaggerated
rnrried to the "nth” power, they will
enjoy "The Knfght of the Hilver 8tar,"
If not, they will be bored to death.
There, are more chances that readers
will be delighted .than lured. It Is
worth while taking the risk with "The
Knight of the Silver Star,” for nothing
ventured, nothing gained.
The Illustrations tn the book are un
usually good.
COSMOPOLITaTTmAGAZINE. Since
Militant Randolph Hearat purchased
from John Brlsben M’tlker The Cos
mopolitan Magazine, at a price which
has been stated at something like a
half million dollars, the magazine has
bean steadily Improving. The Decem
ber number haa atortes hy Gelett Bur
gess, Bruno Leasing. Alan Dale, Jack
London, Alfred Henry Lewis still qn
the Wolfvllie theme, an attractive one;
and n cutting piece of stiff re by Am
brose Bierce on “The Insurrection of
the .“eaaantry.” In which he deal* nu
merous blows to hla critics, wbo Mat
Is Too Much Money
Harmful to American Women?
“When our foreign prides speak of the American woman they
have in mind the wives and daughters of unwisely chivalrous
men, who have blindly allowed their women folk to pursue
ignorant and half-baked ideals of emancipation.”
“Almost ,without exception} her attempts at a career
have been futile, and often they have been notably, even
pathetically, ridiculous.”
“Lacking all vital contact with life, ignorant of all the deeper
wells of human impulse, her mind and her very good looks
are as superficial and as trivial as her activities.”
Women will be interested in 1
. The American Drone
in this week’s issue of
THE SATURDAY
EVENING POST
A beautiful special Christmas Number of 52 pages. Of all newsdealers, at 5c. the copy;
$i.jo the year by mail.
The Curtis Publishing Company, Philadelphia, Penna.
“The Wine of Wizardry.” It Is difficult
lose” Mr. Bierce. Tha December
number of The Cosmopolitan shows a
steady Increase In value.
THE HEARtTTnE,” by Gelette
Burgess. (Bobbs-Merrill Co.) The
Georgian Mated last Saturday, in Its
book reviews, that Gelette Burgess Is
at his best, which Is very good, when
he tries to be funny. When a funny
man attempts the serious, people never
■ I... kin kl. .1 ... In ... .linn kl>
give him his due. for. In reading his
serious books (’’The Heart Lino” Is
seml-serlous), one Is likely to assume
that the author Is ridiculing the situa
tion, when he Is not.
"The Heart Line." written In memory
of "The City Tliat Was." Is quite an In
teresting story. It deals with life In
Ban Francisco before the earthquake.
There Is a prologue lo the story In
which Is shown a Madame Grant, a
mind reader and mystic of Frisco In the
seventies (a rent personage. It this re
viewer Is not mistaken in his recollec
tions of the West). This mystic dies
and leaves a young adopted child, a boy
who, In the book proper, becomes the
hero of tho story. He. Francis Grnn-
thope. Is a palmist. He ha* for his as
sistant and clerk Miss Fancy Gray. So
ciety In San Francisco flocks to the
parlors of this palmist, among whom
Is the heroine of the story, Miss Cly-
tle Payson.
Tho story deals with the great num
ber of fakers who Infested Ban Fran
cisco In the shape of spiritualists, min '
readers, palmists and sharpers general
ly. Mr. Burgess Is very good In his
treatment of that class of thievery.
Ills descriptions of the way that those
sharks work together and their mnnte-
bank perfnrmancss are splendid. The
author send* his heroine, Miss Pnyson.
a lovely girl of "temperament." all over
San Francisco, Into Bohemian alums,
and, on the other hand, he Introduces
the palmist, Francis aranthopiv right
Into the dining rooms (mark you) of
the best people of that city. The pultn-
1st was not asked as a performer, but
he wo# Invited as a guest, who seemed
to please that aristocratic element or
Frisco said to -bo headed by South
erners. That situation does not go very
well, nor do one or two of his pictures
)f Bohemian life In Ban Francisco.
Most of his Bohemian descriptions do.
but some Jar terribly untrue to reel
life. But the sfory Itself! That Is
good nnd will hold the Interest right
through tho book. It Is better—fnr
better—then "The White Cat,” wherein
Mr. Ilurgesa Incidentally took a flier
(and fell down) on the negro question.
"The Heart Line" will please.
THE READER MAGAZINE. The
Reader Magazine-for December contin
ues th* Interesting debate between Mr.
Bryan and Senator Beveridge. This
time the debate Is on "The Tariff;
Kelp or Hindrance.” O. Henry, that
greet writer of short stortei (he can not
be beaten, even If ho has Just been
married In Asheville, N. C.). has a
pleasing story. CRlled "The Day We
Calibrate." Other Interesting articles
ind stories are by Brand Whitlock,
ra Hamilton Blrchall. Ellis Parktr
Butler. Perclval Gibbon. Meredith
Nicholson ("The Hnuso of a Thousand
Candles" man); also » poem by James
Whitcomb Klley. It Is n good num
ber, tbat for December.-.
THE EMANCIPATION OF MI88
SUSANNA.” by Margaret Hannls.
(Funk * Wegnolls.) A new number of
the "Hour Glas, Stories." published by
Funk ft Wagnall*. I* 'The Emancipa
tion of Mias Susanna.” by Mfjs Mar
garet Hannls.
It Is prettily gotten up. The story Is
naturally not heavy, only dealing with
two separated lovers who use very
sensibly the Christmas time to renew
ghelr love-making. Mrs. Wtggln we all
know, especially through her "Rebec
ca Bowens Randall," and her delinea
tion of the New England people. This
story under discussion opens with the
preparation for a Christmas celebra
tion, the decorating of the old church
nnd the peculiar people who figure In
th* story. The lovers had separated.
The girl remained at home. Justin
Peabody, unsuccessful, comes back
from Edgewood, Maine, to marry, If he
can (although he Is a failure In busi
ness), his old sweetheart, who had
waited and waited fifteen years for
him. Nancy was decorating "The Old
Peabody Pew” when Justin returns,
th* only member of the Peabody family
alive. It Is a pretty little love story,
aifd a’ suitable Chrlstmaa gift It would
make.
CUCC3S0 MAGAZINE. The Decem
ber nuinoer of Succeaa I* very good.
There.are artlclea of Interoat. "Present,
ed at rourt.” by Laura Farlow: "Drug,
glng i Race” (Chinese opium traffic),
by Samuel Merwln; a third Installment
on the "Real Lawson." and a lot of
short stories; on* especially good by
Arthur Stringer, called "The Travis
Coup." Success Is an excellent maga
zine nt reasonable price.
"DI8COVERIES If7 EVERY-D’.Y
EUROPE.” By Don C. Setts. (Har
per ft Bros.) Most European tourists
tnke ajong a ’’Badeaker," which le Just
os well. It would Improve a trip to
have also along Mr. Sens’* funny-"Dla-, Mr. Harris. Illustrated In color by J,
coverles In Every-day Europe." For'- - - — L —’
In his little book he tells of the things
ties on wie mono con INDEPEND
Ith the Rockefeller place *1 , ,7.,,", “
" that ’’the serpentine drive pendent, pjbllehed w
Is called the Vlale Maclila. parlor magazine. It
It 7 IS a Pleasing little story. In which
Is unfolded tho means by which a
spinster, thought to he hopeless In her
splnster’.iovl. accomplished her mutrl-
monlal ambition. It Is quite Interest
ing. This story of Miss Hannls. who
collaborated once with Mr*. Winn, pro
ducing ’’The Uw nnd Ihe letter” (for
which latter production there woa no
excuae at all), shows a decided Im
provement, one that win delight all
Southerners, for Mis* Hannls. I* a for
mer Mobile. Ala., woman, a nice*, su
The (leorslan understands, of Hon.
Hannls Taylor, former United States
pilnlMdr to Spnln.
••The Emanrlpqllon of Miss 8u.anna
Is a bright, charming little story.
“THE t'-D PEABODY PEW,” by
Kate Douglas Wlggln. (Houghton,
Mifflin ft Co.) "The Old Peabody
Pew? I» a Christmas,wior> PS regards
the tourist will see and tell about when
he get# home, but will not find In a
guide book.
It I* very funny. Mr. Belts says
thnt "Paris doe* not put flg leave* on
Its statuary, but It makes the Seine
bargee fold up their mast* at night so
as not lo mar th* scenery." That "th*
robber castles on _th# Rhine can not
compare with
Tarrytown;’’
In Florence
vc-lll: possibly because It Is so crooked,
and so on.
Discoveries In Every-day Europe
should be taken along a* a kind of
pony or Jack" to enliven the'Bodea-
kcr.
THE LITTLE - COLONEL'S
KNIGHT COMES RIDING.” By Annie
Fellows Johnston. (L. C. Page A Co.)
The young reader who has followed
"The Little Colonel” In her previous
adventure* at a house party, on holi
days, nt boarding school, In Arison*,
on Christmas vacation nnd as a mold
of honor, will delight in ihe last of
Mrs. Johnston's series dealing with the
Little Colonel. Just publlahed. called
"The Little Colonel's Knight Comes
Riding.” In It Mrs. Johnston end* th*
story of-the Little Colonel’* girlhood,
when Ihe latter meet* her "choseu
knight." to be with her through Iff*.
The knight seems to be all right, for
he measured up to the Little Colonel's
>nrd-*t!rk and that required quite .1
lot. •
When this last of th* aeries has been
written, the publisher* offered a prise
to the young render who would suggest
the best title for thla story, the reader
to be given a suggestion as tn the con.
tents of tho story.. "The Little Colo
nel’s Knight Cornea Rlillng” was se
lect eft
It Is like all of Ihe other Little Col
onel series, clean, bright and whole-’
some.
every moment thus engaged WtU keep
the Interact right up to the proper ten
sion.
There are not many stories, even de
tective stories, which will do that these
days, but this one discussed (which Is
a detective story) will do It.
The trouble all comes out when a re.
markably handsome chap who had been
rather particular in his opinions of
women, meeting a magnificent young
woman fall* In lovo nnd expect* to
marry her. She evidently was willing,
too, for she agreed to meet ’him at the
church, but this story shows that you
never can tell. For the bridegroom
went smiling to his wedding, but there
wss no bride there and sho never old
appear so the book opens with the hero
patheflcally "waiting at the church."
To And out why a woman who loved
her flsncee, and was anxious to marry
him. should disappear from off the
earth as she did, It was necessary to
call In Lester, a young lawyer, nnd
Godfrey, th# newspaper reporter, to
unravel- the mystery, ami the book
I* an account of the experience* of
these two sleuths, their clews and the
happy ending.
It Is a light story, very Interesting,
and If the reader ha* nothing espe
cially disturbing on hla mind (nr If he
has) "That Affair at Elizabeth" will
compel him to forget It In the thrill
ing experience* described.
“UNCLE REMUS AND BR'ER
RABBIT." By Joel Chandler Harris.
With pictures In color by J. A. Conde.
(Fred A. Stokes CO.) The Fred A.
Stokes Co., has Issued. In a handsome
book a lot of Uncle Remui' stories by
A. Conde, Esq. Bom# ol tho stories are
In prose, others In poetry. It Is un
necessary to say anything about Uncle
Remus down her# or anywhere else.
The announcement of * now Illustrated
edition should be sufficient. The book
Is very attractively gotten up and
would make a pretty gift for young
people during Christmas time.
THE INDEPENDENT.. The Inde
weekly, Is a very su-
discusses sclencik
literature, current events nnd about
everything that happens. The splen
did book reviews written by Mrs. L. H.
Harris ndd materially to the worth of
that publication. Mrs. Harris had a
most Intereating article last week on
Licensing novelists, os to what mai
ler* should be discussable. Mrs. Harris
Is always Interesting, If at times It Is
hard tar agree with her, as for Instance,
In her recent statement tint Timm.i*
Nelson Page Is “long gone obsolete.”
REVIEW OF REVIEWS. The De
cember number of the American Re
view- of Reviews Is a characteristic
one. It discusses with authority the
panic, under sub-heads of the financial
lids, Ihe West’s revelation, the trust
mpanles ami the c lea ring house sys-
tern. Also net results at The Hague,
American painters today, and our navy
ond the long cruise.
"THAT AFFAIR AT ELIZABETH.”
By Burton E. Stevenson. (Henry Holt
A Co.) If the reader Is looking for *
atcry that he can pick up after suppei,
read a lew pages and then go catch
up on a gooff night's sleep, ho had bel
ter let ’That Affair at Elizabeth” atone.
it Is a book that a rapid trader ran
get -through with tn an evening, but
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