The morning news., 1894-10-22
BOOK NOTICES.

al lindzlhuy, ana Other poems Dy
James Whitcomb Riley. The Bowen
Merrill Company Indianapolis, Ind. James
Whitcombe Riley has a well established
reputation as a poet. He has many ad-
mirers who will welcome his "Arma-
zlndy' with genuine pleasure. The title,
says the indianapolis Sentinel, is a relic
OF Indiana idiom, a coinage of the quaint,
homely dialect of the common people. In
his own words his use of it is as the
name of the girl, a heroine of the Hoos-
ieric, if not Homeric Had, in which
nave endeavored to trace the thread of
gold through her homespun web of com
monplace life of personal immolation on
the altar of duty" 1t is a simple story,
laid in the time of the war, told in dia-
lect, of invalid mother, helpless aunt
young girl and father. At his countrys
call the latter goes to the front, leaving
the child as the sole support of his help
less charges. He fights through the war;
but is killed in an accident, coming joy
ously home. The child struggles on, ac-
cepting all work, declining all charity,
Jes' a child, one minute-nex'
Woman-grown in all respects
And intents and purposuz-
Ats what Armazindy wuz!
Jes' child, tell ye! Yit
She made things git up and git
INOLHu LHdJ little Idrm o hern!-
Shouldered all the whole concern;
Feed the stock, and milk the cows
Run the farm and run the house,
.
And I've heerd her laugh and say
'Jes' afore pap marched away,
He says, L depend on you,
Armazindy, come what may
You must be a soldier, too"
Across Asia on a Bicycle" by Thomas
G. Allen, Jr., and William L. Sachtleben.
Profusely illustrated with photographs
taken by the authors, and with drawings.
l2mo, 234 pages, cloth, $1.5O The Century
Company, New York This narrative of
the remarkable journey of two young
American students from Constant!nople
to Pekin on bicycles has attracted wide
attention, both here and in Europe, dur
ing its appearance as a serial in the Cen
tury Magazine. The travellers were re-
spectively p and "a years of age at the
time they left New York, sailing for Liv-
erpool June g. 1890. They returned to
New York June g. 1893, via San Francisco
the distance travelled on the bicycles
alone being 1904 miles, which is said tC
be the longest continuous land journey
ever made around the world The young
men travelled entirely on their own re-
sources. They had had a thorough theo
/
s1rous of seeing foreign land and the prac
teal side of life. 1t was not their inten
| ton to make simply a bicycle Journey
around the world" Neither of them haC
previously ridden a wheel-they regarded
the machine simply as a means to accom-
plish an end. On their journey they tool
over $500 photographs, many of which ar,
reproduced in the volume which the Cen
tury Company issues.
The Birth of Soul" by Mrs. A. Phil
| lips. Rand, McNally & Co., publishers
Chicago Paper so cents. The author
| describes her story as a PSYCHOLOGISTS
study" 1t is a story that cannot faf
| to add very greatly to that ladys reputa
! ton as writer of fiction. She shows &
| firmness of touch, delicacy of percep
tion and a keen, intelligent penetration
| into the obscurer corners of human char
! acter hardly presaged by her former
! works, which, though clever and pleas
! ing, scarcely promised future greatness
nor hinted at genius.
Lord Ormont and His Aminta." b,
/ George Meredith. Charles Scribner'.
! Sons, New York, publishers. Cloth, $3.50
/ This is one of the few successful novel.
of this year. BY some it is ranked witt
"Trilby." The name of the author is O
/ ltSelI SuIHCleuJ TO JUSTIFY the Statemen
that it is a work of much more than or
binary merit The plot is excellent anC
the dialogue is bright, crisp and entertain
ing. There are no dun chapters. Thos,
who read the book will feel well repaiC
for having done so.
"Ravenshoe." by Henry Kingsley Two
volumes. Charles Scribner's Sons, New
York. publishers. Cloth. These ar,
finely bound volumes, and the story Il
one of the best that Charles Scrtbner,
Sons have issued for long time. 1t il
intensely interesting. 1t will be founc
to be fully up to all that has been said o
it. It is a story that we can read a sec
ond time with genuine pleasure.
THE Last Of the Danvers," by Ed
ward Lyman Bill. The Keynote Publish
ing Company, East Fourteenth street
New York. Paper, so cents. This i
an interesting little story that will pleas
| those who read it, and it promises to fint
a great many readers. 1t contains a mum
Der of incidents of a more or less dra
matte character.