The herald., 1896-12-20

1T is not too much to say that the
mantle of Stevenson has fallen upon Bar
rie. Still young man of 36, he has
touched the public heart perhaps most
| deeply of all the great Scottish group OF
| novelist to which he belongs He is not
so consummate a master of pathos as
Maclaren, but his humor and exquisite
literary art appeal to an even wider
circle
Everything about this volume is good
1t is beautifully printed and the illustra- =
tions by Mr. Clifton johnson are really
fine, so soft and clear and natural. They
are almost as real as the scenes them
selves, being absolutely free from any
stiff and fomal lines. Arriemuir, now
known to the world as "Thrums," is alive
to us who go through these many illus
trations and read the text over again.
One feels it were easy to go the sixty odd
miles from Edinburg just to have look
at the little window in the curiously-
shaped house, now become famous. We
do not under-value the later hooks Mr..
Barrie has given us, but not one of them,
nor The Little Minister before it, can be
said to be quite up to this. The subtle
charm of this book is thing somewhat
apart from anything else he has written.
A NIGHT OF THE NETS. BY Amelia
E. Barr. Dodd, Mead & Co
Grey sky, brown waters as bird that
flies,
My heart fits forth to these:
Back to the winter rose of northern skies.
Back TO the Northern seas
This strong, new story of Mrs. Barrs
has also been referred to in these columns
and is mentioned again in connection
| with the holiday trade, because it de-
serves place very nearly alongside the
volume noticed above, and would make
a charming gift to anyone who loves
hearty, old-fashoned story telling. 1t is
a story of a hardy race and is full of real
heroism. the heroism that lives in peo-
pies hearts the generations through and
makes them strong
NOBLE BLOOD AND A WEST POINT
PARALLEL. b. Tennyson Neely
For sale by c. C. Parker
This handsome little volume contains
two very touching sketches. The first
is Prussian cadet story, which tells OF
I the devotion of two brothers and the
surprising nobility of nature possessed
by the younger one.
I The sketch is translated from the Ger
man by Capt. Charles King and Annie
/ Williston Ward. To this sketch Cant
I Kirtg adds story of cadet life, which he
entities A West Point Parallel. and q
charming bit of work it is. A prettier
I or more interesting little volume of short
| stories will hardly come to hand this
| season.
KRUGER AS A SHOT.
| Kruger had no equal as a runner. He
| was also famous for his skill with the
! rifle. Indeed. he would have challen gee
the best of Buffalo Bill s outfit and Civ.
| en- good account of himself. An ole
! friend of Kruger told me, of his owr
I knowledge, that Kruger was once or
| horseback and chased by an infuriated
| buffalo. His horse was good one bu
on this occasion had become rather ia
! tigued, and the buffalo commenced tC
! gain The unequal chase promised tc
! end disastrously for the horse and its
rider, for the buffalo kept gaining, anC
would soon have it's horns in action
| Then Kruger performed feat which
! his old friend recalled to me with grea
| pride. He turned in his saddle, raised
! his rifle. took deliberate aim while his
horse was in full gallop fired. and the
| buffalo fell, shot straight through thu
forehead --Harper's aMgazine.
WASHINGTON'S TOLERATION.
From Ford's new volume ON The True
| Washington we make this extract:
There can be no doubt that religion!
intolerance was not part of Washing
tons character. In 1875, when the New
England troops intended to celebrate