The herald., 1895-11-17

their Acquaintance with them and sympa-
thize with their trials during the exciting
days of the war Of 1912 which came with
peculiar hardships on the settlers of Ten
nessae. There is genuine ring to Miss
Morirson's work; her characters are clear
ly differentiated and stand out In pleas
ing contrast. There is not a dull page in
the book. Chilhowee Boys and Chill
howee Boys in War Time may be safely
recon- mended as two OF the best books for
young people that have ever been pub
lished. Every genuine American cannot
help feeling proud Of the fact that they
chronicle real svents and present things
and people as they were at the beginning
of this wonderful century. The scenes OF
the story are laid in the region already
made very familiar through the Tennes-
see romances of Miss Murfree. The book
fuller illustrations. Who does not remem-
Der The Harnt That Walk Chilhowee? A
few more pictures would have made the
scenes perfect in outline.
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THIS GOODLY FRAME THE EARTH.
Stray impressions OF scenes, incidents
ana persons in journey touching
5psn China hH Eygr Palestine an and
of The Life of Dorothea Lynde Dix,
etc. Houghton, Miftiin d Co., Bos-
Mr.. Tiffany has produced book apart
from and distinctly above ordinary
books of travel. and it is written with SO
much sprightliess and humor that the
to our large hearted friend, +. b. Has
hell of the Boston Herald, with whom
this journey around the worlu was made
by the author. Mr.. Tiffany Is q remarka.
bly, sharp observer and full and faithful
c!ironicler of what he sees. 1t is a book
as lively and readable as 1T is fine and
attractive in make-up. There is some
thing cry pleasant in the way the author
Stands up for the scenery of the great
northwest as compared with Switzerland.
He insists that the Rockies are the equal
of the Alps; that one beholds on the
Canadian Pacific "the precise counterpart
of Switzerland" only that the sun nielts
heights In the Alps. thus removing one
feature OF picturesquesness that strikes
the eye of the European traveller. This
seems a simple and just view.
But it is book that IS so full OF valu-
able and pleasureable desert ption that it
needs and admits Of no extended review.
1t will be widely read on its merits.
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TIE RED STAR. By L. McManus. au-
thor of Amabel, A Military Romance
6. P. Putnam'A Sons. New York. For
sale by Stoll & Thayer.
This beautiful little volume is No. of
the Autonym Library series. It is a
fierce, wild military romance, in many
ways, like the earlier one which gaze the
author his first honor. 1t is q story of
a great Austrian campaign, and the
scenes are laid in the events beginning
about the year 1867. He who wants 20
read one of the most stirring of the
shorter novels OF the day, put up in just
the shape for coat pooEet. can find it
here, and when done with it will be In
very much more commendable a state of
mind than he would have been had he
spent the same time on the average
story of tooay's society affairs.
THE MIDLAND MONTHLY, that vary
vigorous middle country magazine
published at Des Moines, has been
sent US by some friendly hand. Tor
which, thanks The most noteworthy
article in this (Nuvember) number is
Midland Women in California, illus
trated with twenty portraits. Tbs
Southern California group comprises
short accounts of Mrs. Mary M. Bow.
man, Mrs. Alice Moore MoMComas,
DR.. Dorothea Lummis, Mrs. Mary
Mrs. Theodosia b. Shepherd. Mrs.
Ella Hall Enderlin, who is doing
such excellent all-around work for
the Express, Mrs. Erna Foster Haber-
korn, Miss Gwendolin Overton, one
of the Argonaut's bright story writer's,
Mrs. Alice Carey WatarHuan- Mrs. J. TORY