The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-11-08
TIL; LITERARY FIELD.

THE LITERARY FIELD.
Captain Shannon" by Coulson Kerna-
han Dodd, Mead & Co, publishers. Iltth
avenue and Twenty-frst street, New York
Cloth IL mo-; price S1.25.
This is an out and out detective story
but OF fine sort The crime which the
amateur detective traces SO skilfully is
not, as In the case OF Mrs. Green's stories
and in the tales o: Poo and Gaboriau,
some single murder or robbery. but a Sc
! ries OF dynamite explosions planned by II
set CT English anarchists. OF whom Cap
tain Shannon" is the daring leader. 1t is
a rather curious fact that almost on the
very day when the first instalmeut Of this
story appeared. the very man from whom
MIR Kernahan took the idea Of it. James
lyman. who was known as Number One, -
should have issued his manifesto. And in
many points the very wording of lyman s
manifesto is similar to that OF Captain
Shannon In this narrative. The story is
OF i character to make its perusal more an
excitement than a pleasure, and even tho
most faded novel reader could hardly
lay 1t down unfinished. Mr. Kernahan has
II direct and engaging manner OF spinniug
u story.
"The Mistress OF sherburne," by Amanda
NJ. Douglass. Dodd. Mead & Co., publish
ers, New York.
This is a charming story. with much OF
realism in the plan of the work, and 1t Is
couched In such a pleasing style that In
tprpgt 1pae loaNsn bn 10
opening to the closing of the book The
author Is noticeably free from association
and never seeks TO heighten interest by
artificial surprise or climax. She awakens
and sustains a lively interest in her char
acters though often making their con.
versation too long drawn out.
THE New and True Religion" by Chas
NJ. Stebbins Publishers Printing company
Boston, Mass.
The golden rule OF the new religion"
as set forth by Mr.. stebbins Is to enjoy
life all you can without abridging the right
OF another to his enjoyment" The author
does not develop any Ideas that could be
considered startlingly original. nor can 1t
be discovered that the religion he strives to
ncuicate is any improvement upon what
the world already has. One OF his ideas is
this: THE Creator planted In man the
germ OF immortality. Man finds however,
when he attempts to cultivate the germ
within him, that he is hemmed in by
wall Of circumstances, the principal of
which arc: The necessity Of procuring the
means OF subsistence for himself and those
dependent on him; and that OF yielding to
Others OF Gods creatures, who by right
or force compel him to respect their claims.
The greater number fad the strug-
gle for existence sufficient for them, con-
soquently the germ within them dies out,
from lack of cultivation, and their life ends
with the death OF their bodies" Truly. a
wonderful philosophy. a beautiful religion,
The Story OF the Mine" Is the title OF
an important new book, by Charles Howard
shinn. which will be published Immediately
oy D. Appleton Co., in the Story of the
West Series edited by Ripley Hitchcock.
The figures of the prospcctor and the miner
are clearly outlined in the course OF the
romantic story of that natural treasure
mouse which more than any other embodies
the romance, the vicissltudes the triumphs
me excitement and the science OF mining
Iie-the Great CVmstock Lode.