The Portland daily press., 1892-02-24
lated. New York: Worthington Co
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Elton Lakewood. By Frederick
George Scott. This essay in the line of
psychological fiction appears IKE the
work of very young man, win the iofty
INFESTED ideals and also with the didac-
ticism, moral and mental, OF his age. 1t
has rather anmnic and narrow-minded
quality, as if written by person peeping
tentatively over a sectarian fence, enjoy
ing the wider glimpse and congratulate
ing himself upon the safety and the
clover of his own fold. Mr.. Scott has
not yet outlived the period when one
takes himself very seriously and the rest
of the universe as emphasizing the solem-
nifty of the individual. This is the way
that he introduces his hero:
The silent processes have been at work for
centuries, and now they eliminate, temporarily
in an episode Down from sldereal
wastes, up from green depths OF ocean, CEN
cnme tSr iron wide foesI Notifications Until
| the supreme result for the time mas Deen arrived
at and Lakewood, small, red, plalntlve, hes IN
his nurses arms
There is, after ALL something amiable
in this innocent pomp Of young mans
manner in the days while he is still
coaxing the growth Of his downy NOUS
tache and mentality. Afterwards, one
learns to take himself more easily! New
York: Thomas Whitaker, Price 70
cents.)
The Mysterious Beggar. By Albert A.
Day. This story, which is in intention
and fact an exposure of the methods OF
beggary and imposture, is written by an
experienced professional student OF the
needs of the INDECENT classes. Mr.. Day
is the corresponding secretary and gen
eral agent of the Brooklyn Association
for improving the condition of the poor,
and in course of fourteen years has
learned many strange facts as to the or
ganized bureau of beggary, the sham I'M
postures and cruelties which band to-
gether to extort charity. The book is
aimed also against the sentimental lazi-
ness that prefers not to investigate, but
rather to give indiscriminately to every
applicant. Such false charity wrongs the
honest poor and prevents useful and
genuine sympathy and benevolence.
From literary point of view, Mr.. Days
story is sentimental and poorly written,
with too much of superlative and of en-
phasis, The coarseuess of life and Ian
guage is too much reported-but the use
full intention of the work is the excuse
for its less desirable qualities. (New
York: j. S. Ogilvie. Price: 81.
A Daughter of Heth. By William
Black. Mr.. Black is at present publish
ing new and particularly handy edition
of his charming novels. The volumes
are of rather small size and light weight,
with excellent paper and print and quiet,
tasteful binding. This number of the
series contains the story of the Daughter
of Heth, the pathetic, beautiful Coquette
with her fanciful destinations and her
tragic history. The novel is too familiar
in the memory of Mr.. Blacks large circle
of admiring readers, to need more than
the mention of the very available new
form in which it appears. (New York:
Harper and Brothers; Portland: Loring,
Short & Harmon.
The Crystal Hunters. By George
Manville Fem. Nothing can be more de-
lightful to the boys than story of adj
venture with thrilling perils and escapes
on every page, melting all their courage
and imagination. Such a book is this
story of the Crystal Hunters, Mr.. Dale
young Sake, and the Swiss guide Mel
chior, who made ascents into lonely AL
pine heights, not for mere foolhardiness,
but from love of manly adventure and of
science. The non-courageous reader,
finds oneself holding tight to the arm of
ones chair. with bated breath, when
Melchior and the good little mule fall
into crevasse, or Sake awaits help on
the narrow ledge of a precipice. 1t it
truly thrilling tale, everywhere manly,
righthearted and refined. Such stories
as this are the true antidote for the dime
novel in which the boys desire for adj
venture is often so coarsely and unin-
diligently supplied. New York: D.
Appleton & Co.; Portland: Loring, Short
and Harmony