The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-06

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We have read "wilmot's Chill" way through
We don't know how Wa came 10 90 u. put wo
did IL Maybe 10 was ns aa,my, ,o'n, s,r 'pr, an
easy chair and pipe no, ~ Mas a e cleare,1
MAJ DO there was something about the s'orV
that pulled W along like the nnseen o. o
tricity unaer a trolley car Maybe the siol .
WIS worth reading AT any rate W" reao ~
clean through
worth GOOD many ''Guices' TO cpistolary
correspondence IL Miss Callaway' > Charm anu
Uourtcsy OF Letter'Wr riting' ~ makes won
derfuiiy fetching reading; ana ~ uugh' 10 20
days who writes letters. and we hope there are
q good many
To the memory Of the lats Captain FREQ
Eurnaby, who WAS a lover OF advenJure anu
glorious teller OF his erperfenees. tbo hutnor
OF "WiId Hos." crdieStvs a story tha, tho
gallant English soldier would doubtless nave
epjoyed reading "Nild Rose" is refresbing
reaailg II ~ q tragic tale ard u Is toid
with a simplicity that gives the reader an I'M,
preston that u y AL true I,as !, mss a,r We,
Eurnaby would have liked ~, because mere
isn't namby pamby lint In The whole BOOK,
found 20 like the same sort OF story when
you drop "A plumb line plunk through the
crust OF literary Stiffness. and softness ihas
may obscure his real soul by rroviuing him
hearty good story like wild hose
The author OF the Time Magazine" has gone
into another fancy with "ihe Wonderful
stories than that OF The Angel and bella
Hardy. and the good Vicar, ana al .h. Ieopls
a more readable sketch Mr. Wells has what
may be called the "newspsI Ter style Has
story tells itself, and you are finished win IL
before you really discover whether the story
is worth reading or not This result Is, OF
course, pretty good evidence that the book
has been worth reading
"Tbe Grove" at Great Stanmorc must be
delightful place. and Mrs Eliza briRbtwen,
who lvos there, must he lovely woman
Tho plctlre uf "Ihe Grove" that makes tho
frontispieco TO Inmates OF My House and
Garden looks just as you would exrect if 10
look, and we need not even the enmpse
kodak gives of the authors face TO tell Us mat
she is a lovely woman Many OF the "in-
mates" of Mrs brightwen's house anu garuth
are no different IRON the -nmales oi thon.
sands OF houses and gardens, but probably
few Of the owners thereof would ever know
what delightful company these familiar IN,
mates are, Dut for Mrs Brightwen's deighlfal
stories about them The author ~ lovor ~
all living creatures, "A STUDENT OF nature az
EXPRESSED at THE Grove and she writes
enfertalningly Of cheese mites and Hes. OF
moths, bees aud doves as OF queer pets, such
as Lemurs and brown owls Her stories and
studies have all the charm Of personal chas
with The reader. and the illustrations are
fetching
stnndish O'Grady writes fine stories of adj
venture tor boys, ano tie -, ha;n or Cod IS
sirrns msnx tall Feu5 go Is wsoss sans Ioaks we w
used To read, and who ~ stil writing ihefn--
for the young men kind OF boys. each OF these
books las a distinct charm OF it's own III we
were a boy, we 81 ouid little prefer fenn's
story. bteauss IL Is illuminated with The
better pictures
Another good story book is Herbert d Wards
Dash TO the Pole"--in an ''sei opoie' The
ndyenturers reached the pole, but they could
find nobody 10 believe ~. So the expedition
m ght just as well have failed -except that ~
makes good story
II WIS happy momsnt, and ono that has
borne the fruits of a larco success, when MIS-
Elizabeth " thsmpno! conceived the idea ot
creating a sweet wEolcsUm" pirl, whose IN
telligence and interest IN frt, welded TO
lofty moral purpose should pave her whv
wi erey.r she went. and brighten the lives cf
those with whom she came in contact, as she
perfected herself. and added to her stores or
Information in the various scenes which she
visited Mrs hampncy has G. rtcinliy had IN
mind the needs OF the KEGS Daughters, who
represent a vast company Of reaCers IN the
United States, and her faithiui work has
steadily met with an increasing re- ,onse from
this large circle, amt from those of that age
and condition In 'Mitcf Winnie At Yer
sailes," the sixth volume of the Witch
been reproduced from photographs OF famous
paintings in the art galleries of Versailles, and
The book Is an interesting bit OF storytelling
Elsie Dusmoro Is now living ~ Newport,
this statc, but the chier-n may expect to
hear more from her later on he came TO
NsTpsrS ,rST ,hs tyr nrnsy ,SoFasyns oS
land Waters tells about II Miss F.rkys
many young readers. who have already en-
joyed such good times with Elsie. VIII be
AL TO make the trip across country with her
this charming little book
The sclcctioirof the speeches of Abraham
Lincoln, compii.d by T. Cn,ttendvp. ought
To be IN the hands of about every man over ~
wears OF age Lincoln was a hrs,-class maker
OF srcpchps HE dldn Z use language 20 conceal
thought but TO express ~ with an effective.
ness that few orators cun approach Moro
over these speeches give a pretty good out
line history of tho United States, through n
critical, important and most interesting
period
Tho newest issue in the Coplcy square
series from rho Arena Publishing Company is
cover the Old 1rail," 10y l. France 1t j. a
mining camp romance. the telling of which
Is unrestraincd There Is in IL scmo character
drawing of the more sloppy" Gjnd. aud the
quality OF feryor in incident Is strained
Shcrman's Book.
Advance sheets OF volume OF "John Shcr.
man's hocollcctions OF Forty Years in tho
House. senate and Cabin.t," are on the desk
1he Nernrr conpony of Chicago IL he pub.
lsher. and the two volumes Will shortly bc
on sale
II has been some fow years since we hav.
had n somebody's" book This IL an auto
biography John Shermans public life OK
tends irum 1854, and . IS TODAY ~ conspicu-
aus ~ all ut any public man y'u car name
Sumo idea OF tn popular interest the OOk
mnN cnmmnuu nnN Ia Rlonnel from the