The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-12-15

Vlic average reaeloT. Inofe are the Stall
wart and the scoffers' but most of us
enthuse over the tender passion PACED
and in print. "a Woman of Forty"
comes from an easy, ready pen, some
times betrayed into crudity or an
awkward bit of English as expect"
for believe" or think" or extremely
prettily" where the lys trip up ones
tongue. The heroine has too much to
suffer; and life in the story is rather
hard living all round. Yet the narrative
is not wanting in interest and in GER
tain strong points. The atmosphere of
Lady Mary Milton and her artist hus-
hands home is well given and at least
one love scene in the story touches a
responsive chord. New York: D.
Appleton and Company Loring, Short,
and Harmon. Price $1,000
The Curb of Honor by NJ. Betham-
Edwards, author of "The White House
by the Sea. Kitty, ETC., depicts for
us the sacrifice by a strong individuality
of its own happy destiny to insure
that of young sweet girl, ardently
beloved.
1T is not new theme, the portrayal
of a morbid nature, over active in in
tellect and oramped in physique, sup
pressing the dawning passion of whole
some young soul and turning its current
into other channels; but it is always
a painful one. The present story has
the complication of family quarrels and
an early social w-breaking from the
effects of which others must be shielded.
The scene is chiefly located in the
Pyrenees, just how far honor is COM
patible with marriage of pure benevo-
lence on at least one side, is for the
reader to consider. The authors style
and construction of sentences is some
what uneven and detached. (New York
Anglo-American Publishing Company.
The Rose of Love by Angelina Teal,
author of Muriel Howe. is another yari-
W OF the ever attractive love story.
From fair skies, clouds arise and at one
time threaten SO darkly that they seem
to display the heroine's power of re-
nunciation, outdoing those of which her
lover had earlier thought himself scapa
BILE. Matters are pretty sad and the
reader consequently much depressed
but happiness has flown not perman-
entity to remain aloof. In her rearrival
many satisfactory things are said and
done. The story is well told and though
lacking in wit and humor has tender
ness and, sentiment, and is distinguish
ed by quite charming power of descrip-
tion. New York: Dodd Mead and
Company Portland: Loring. Short and
Harmon. Price s1.00)
Amanda M. Douglass author Of
Larry" "Foes of her Householdn etc..
publishes in "Lyndall Sherburnen a
sequel to "Sherburne House, The
story has great many people in it all
full of spirit and busy activity and very
much to the life-doing what we should
all be doing under similar circum.
stances. With religious tone, it is yet
free from cant. The little lady, chief in
the plot of the story, has some unhappy
experiences in living down the past of
her mammals having been an English
governess and married without the CON
sent of her husbands family Good
blood and fine character in this same
mama are finally, during her orphaned
daughters girlhood, however, accepted
as atonement, and in the end "Dell"
wins her way, as such an affectionate
loyal little body, full of faults but true
at heart ought to do. (New York !:
Dodd Mead and Company; Portland:
Loring, Short and Harmon. Price 81. so.
Among books for the older boys and
girls, place should be ma for Sophie
Swett's {" The Mate of the Mary ANN
Harper's Young Peoples Series The
author is known favorably by her
Captain Polly" and "FIying Hill
Farm. 1.-THE present volume is excellently
illustrated and ten to sixteen-(ages,
not persons)--will settle down content
eddy TO these pages, full of adventures
breezy with: accountssof many. happenings,
and fintroductions tn very rea1 lode and