The morning times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-27

leaves 49,
The Frederick ietokes. Company hove
4 % Fessasiy, 5000 20 tAets reputAjpn as
purveyoss - delightful fict1on. In.
%. addiae to- fAdr hook hatitAe little
volume. by ADbert Barr, '.One Days
c0tfftsiIfpse Thouyh an Anefteaus who
writes or Aniesicaas In America, Mr. Barr
mas for solfsetimeslived AID written In
England. lR:O1e bays Courtsbjp .tpetwe
characters tributary to the affair are a
BOstUu syOune lady and an Englisb,artist,
A cOtnbiaation OF circumstances, which are
usually''ktud to- the herOes Of fiction, bring
them together on q days outing in a
canoe To moot the Shawcngen Fails;' In
lower Canada. Mr. Barr brings in play
bis delightful skill In cOfi,edy scenes and
love making, with the result that the little
story Is Enthusiastically readable. In
the same volsa,e, Is anothero and shorter
story by the same aut3or, The Herai':s OF
FaTe!" Pills little comedy Is likewise ,etr
acted on the water, but instead OF .aking
place on an'Obsctire Canadian river. ihe
scene Is an Atlantic passenger steaii,er,
and the drainatis 'persOnae are writer's In
stead of artists, 1t digplayR more, sAyen-
tion than the former, but is not more de
iishtful In lts other parts.d The StVksylIetr
lisbed the work In their Newport Seriss, OF
hoard .nstxteen mo-, bound IN green tnleth,
silver aud carnine. 49,
- ECENT South and interior African com
n plicauons have made OF more than
- r. passingtnt sre st all that pertains either
= In fsct or fiction to the people OF the
500 DART continent In England at pres
ent there Is fad for African literature.
'qt1ias Brought Rider Hsggard and Bertram
Milford again. into the foreground rs rom
ancers OF the natives. Mr.. Milford's latest
f<,rx. rsah ahad h,yE "A Etnkaa haara
the mysterious title THE White. Shield"
The Significance attached, to this Zulu.
emblem Is set out In the story, in a mall
nef f0nEer' than permit So oe dts repetition
here. He notes peculiar and hitherto
unknown fact that ZuiuS us well as other
uncivilized races are fond of listening to
stories and hold narrator in high repute.
Mr.. Milford puts his stoty. into the. mouth
OF UHtuswa, the white headed chief. 1t is
u thrilling tale aud has aas added charm
In the simple and sometimes quaint ex-
preston OF the savage narrabora His ptint
OF view like wise accents the originality OF
the tafs. winc1 ~ wholly heron and Lnree
parts mythical"
= HREE valuable requisites for wsrk
OF contemporaneOus reference are
TINT n be complete, up to-date, and
relis0le. Poor's Railway Manual OF
issued. It Is manifestly complete. Its cor
rections up to the day Of publication speak
for it's -Up.to-datspess, and its reputation Is
its best guarantee OF reliability. This
book Is an Indispensable to any one Con-
nected with the railroads or railway inter
ests OF the United States Everything
pertaining to every mile OF read Is given
out nd IL is edited In Il 50 careful and In
telligent Cushion that. though an. Integral
fact OF individual insig mica nee, IL Is
Quiekly"availa BILE In this manual Its. In
troductory review sets out in interesting
style the conditions of the American rail-
road systems during the past year. The
Information presented in the 80 Manual Is
arranged under Tour general heads. The
all the steam "a lirohCisin the. United 8 tates
and Canada. and the chief ones in Mexico.
In the seeonsip eiivisioD a rer sta Re aents of
panies IN tits country and Canada. A
third sets out the statements VI the leading
Industrial corporations and organizations
auxiliary to. railroad interests, In tin.
fourth section are set out the tinanccs OF
the nation, and all cities, counties and
States.
HE Herb Moon was Susan's way II
denoting a period OF long standing be-
tween proposal and acceptance and
| marriage. lisa good enongh designa-
20 ton Tor this period which can only be
otherw designated. by u rather long and
clumsy cxpiana tion. II like wise makes a
good title for John Oliver aIobhes' story
recently published by the Stokes Company.