The herald., 1893-10-15
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Other stories cOnLaiueu IN THIS VOluD'
are: The Crazy Professor, Dofia Paula
Treasure, The Don of Pauper ALLEY
The Arrival of the Magpie and LII
Tiburona. These stories are all true Il
life and perfectly preserve the atmos
phere OF the localities in which tht
scenes are laid. We believe that in in
terest and literary quality they will mo-
fall below the work done by our mos
popular writers.
The Public Opinion speaks very highly
OF one of the late books issued by ths
Arena company it is entitled Redbank
or Life on Southern Plantation, by M
L. Cowles; typical southern story by
q southern woman. In this story we
have Georgia after the war, some south
erners ever lamenting the issue OF the
great strife, always bewsiling their loss
others with truer manliness and noblei
womsnhood accepting the inevitable
and bending every energy to the better
ing of their fortunes and the upbuildlne
of their state. This novel gives a true
picture of rural home life in the south,
a reliable statement of the relations
that existed at that time-and, to GER
tain extent, that exist today--between
the old owners and the former slaves,
many OF the first-named being fair and
Just. q large portion of the latter retain
ing much OF the ante -bellum respect and
affection for master and mistress. This
book abounds in delightful descriptions
of old southern "dining days" OF the
free, joyous rides through the pines; OF
child life on the plantation; OF all
things, in short, that make up the real
south, known only to the southener ana
never portrayed more faithfully, more
graphically, more charmingly than BY
Mrs. Cowles. In the story we see no
sectional bitterness, we find no heroine
indulging in mawkish nonsense or rhap-
sodizing about some new cult, no con-
versations that bring to the cheek OF
innocence the blush of shame. Mrs.
Cowles is a far fairer representative OF
southern culture, far better exponent
of southern feeling and customs, than
some other writers OF that section whose
novels, so.called, have been advertised
over the whole land. All southerners
who feel an interest in the authors
of the south; all northerners who de-
sire to obtain an insight into real south
ern life, should read this valuable and
thoroughly delightful novel. You will
find it full of interest and characterized
by thorough sympathy and acquaint-
ance with the lifs described, faithfully
representing an interesting phase OF
southern life.
One of Morrill,, Higgins & Co.'s new
books, published in Chicago. is by Oscar
F. G. Dag. entitled The DEVILS Gold, a
powerful work, handsomely illustrated.
romances that have always been 80 pop
ular with the reading public. Some
thing in the vein of Haggard's She, it is
far better written, and in quaint lam
guage supposed to have been in use
years ago, making the book striking and
apart from the ordinary work. This
work is selling almost as rapidly as the
publisher can issue them. The romance
brings in lost race of people supposed
to have lived in the southern part OF
Oregon, among whom four Americana
penetrated, and finally escaped. A color
of truth is given to the narrative by cor
roborative circumstances taken from
newspapers, which makes the work all
the more striking.
All of the above books for sale by The Stoll &
Thayer Co., i39 South Spring street.
Book Chat.
Andrew Lang's Christmas book this
year will be The True Story Book, with
numerous illustrations. 1t will be pub
lished by Longmans, Green & Co.
A new edition, largely rewritten, of
Andrew Carnegie's Triumphant Democ.
racy, including the facts and figures of
the census OF 1890, is in the press of the
Scribner's.
Charles L. Webster & Co. have ready
q new book by Bliss Carman, entitled
Low Tide on Grand Pre-, book of lyrics.
The London Athenaum has styled Mr..
Bliss Carman "the most poetical writer
of verse that Canada has produced" 1t
is, therefore, with great pleasure we
call attention to Mr.. Carman's first vol
ume of poems. 1t will include a num-
Der of the young poets favorite pieces.
The selection has been made with refer
ence to similarity OF tone, the theme oil
the book being closely indicated by it's
title. The volume will be tsstefully
bound for the Christmas trade, and is
likely to be one of the leading poetical
efforts of the year.
University Football, edited by James
B. Church, contains chapters by Cowan,
Irvine, George and Poe of Princeton,
Lee and Hallowell OF Harvard, and Bull
and Winter of Yale, each of whom ex.
plains the play of the position in which
be has won fame. The book will have
portraits and illustrations of plays. 1t
will be published by the Scribners.
Edith Thomas is the author of a vol
ume of poems for young people, with the
happy title In Sunshine Land, which
Houghton. Mifflin & Co. will publish.
Another charming juvenile book from
the same house will be Polly divers
Problem by Kate Douglas Wiggin-the
problem being how Polly could make q
living.
Prof. Clinton Scollard will issue this
fall further description of his poetical
pilgrimages, entitled On Sunny Shores,
1t will be published as q companion vol
ume to his popular Under Summer
Skies, the two works complementing
each other. The charm of style and
daintiness of touch shown in the former
book OF travels is more than maintained.
The reader is carried in jaunty way
along the Wye river to Ambleside, down
the Neckar, through the Tyrol, over the
Splugen, and tsrries for a season at Bel
laggio and Verona before proceeding to
allrring scenes in Greece and Syria.
Mrs. Margaret Landers Randolph again
throws light upon the text with her i'm
aginative illustrations, and, as in Under
Summer Skies, number of Prof. Scol-
lard's fanciful poems, inspired by the
events of the, journey, are scattered