San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-02-04
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

worth's which has been sent to the
LIGHT for review. The work is in
tensely dramatic, very we'll written
and absorbingly interesting. The
scene is laid In Virginia just after the
close of the revolutionary war. The
characters are well drawn, the pen
pictures Of the time quite graphic and
the readers sympathy, curiosity and
interest sustained to the close. For
sale by Mic Tengg.
"The Burmah Treasure" from the
same house is work bearing upon
the oldRosicrucian theory of the abil-
ity of man to prolong hife, by ac-
guain lance with NATURES secrets hid.
den from the rest of the human
family. The plot of this story Is quite
involved, come of its dialogue unusu-
ally good, its lights and shades of
character we'll drawn and it's incidents
generally introduced with natural
ness. The scene is laid In England,
the early gold days Of California, and
In an unknown island In the Southern
Pacific ocean.
The preface to the second edition of
Helen Gardeners society startIer-"Is
this your son my Lord"-is as start
ling as the book itself. There has
been nothing published within
decade that has hit society as hard.
This preface is justification of the
probability and naturalness of the
work, which was generally regarded
by the critics as too intensely too too
to be accepted as portrsying In any
true sense the vices of society. On
this point the author says, "this
novel was not written as history, but
there Is not material point In it
which is not based on fact" 1t is
terribly real and terribly truthful as
the author affirms, and the proceed
ings In English courts, which reeult.
ed In Mr.. Stead's imprison ment for
telling the truth concerning the vices
Of the English arts socracy, prove
most conclusively that there is too
much ground for the charges brought
by Helen 81. Gsrdner against modern
society. Parents can read this book
with advantage. Found at all the
news dealers. ...
The Arena for February is one of
the best numbers yet issued. The
editorial notes are worth alone many
times the price of the number. These
notes deal with "Deplorable Social
Conditions" "Uninvited Poverty"
"The Rum CURSE" Masculine I'm
morality" "More facts and what they
reveaW and 1.-THE age of consent.p
The last three deal with social prob
lens and are manly and vigorous
and needed protests against the
lsxity Of Legislatures in surrounding
young girls with the safeguards of
such . protection from vicious
approaches as 1t Is within their power
and plainly their duty to do. The
student of astronomical science will
find very pithy article In Camille
Flammarlon's New discoveries In the
planet Mars" "Morals and fgleaves,'
Is characteristic article by "Hellen
London" and with others not men,
toned here will repay perusal. The
whole number, to the thoughtfu
reader and student Of social prob
lens, is replete with meaty matter.
THE COSMOPOLITAN for February
has q variety of good reading mat.erl
"The Welsh America" is particu.
larly so. This article is elegantly
illustrated, and has q historical in
terest of no mean character revealing
rs 1t does the influence of the Welsh
mind In our literature, In our laws, In
our puIpits, In our military councils
and In our national affairs. The
noble part born by the Welshmen of
revolutionary tunes Is lucidly set
forth and the great debt America
owes to these men from the days of
the Pilgrims 10 those of Henry M.
Stanley is well illustrated. The
fiction in this number is good, as are
also other articles Of 3 descr iptive
character. 1t is the best magazine
for the money published.
THE New Orleans Republican Q
Weakly nuhlica tim dauatad To afal.