The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-11-16
THE LITERARY FIELD.

W. Young Master" Nv Orie Read.
T.airdp& Lee, publishers. Chicago. From
Rotttcr Bros, Houston.
Tx. story of master told by his slave,
rorEaying the peculiar social conditions
thE existed in this country prior to the
war; 1t can hardly be said that the av'
ti{,r has brought on. any new point In his
NARRATIVE, and yet It Is a work of strange
ltwer and fascination. 1t IS the same
IA story of young slaves devotion to
The master he has been raised with, con-
fainng the usual homilies upon the in
tustice ana humanity of slavery. but
there is brightness and vivldness about
the work that is peculiar to all OF Opie
Reah'A writings. The old Kentucky home,
with rs great stone house, the wooded
hillvdts. the whitewashad cabins and the
hundreds of negroes working on the blue
grass farm. is described IN a charming
maunep AMI the pictures of "Old Mas
ter" AID "Old Miss" are made true TO
anto-bellum life. The Young master. who
vas given the slave of the story on his
sixth birthday. is n noble character, and
Ids development into a brilliant lawyer
seems quitoanatural. Dan. his slave, Sc
ere'ly secur an education at the same
preston that the Southern slave owners
objected TO their negroes being taught
| more than a few scraps of wi, fom. This
is one of the many false ideas that are
skillfully interviewer into this story and
yet it is so well told that it seems very
plausible IN every particular
Tho slave follows his master into the
war. the son having taken the Confeder
ate side although his father uphela the
Union. Just as the strife of states Is
coming to an end young Master" is
Killed. The faithful slave although now
ehdhc'pated travels thousands of miles
TO reach the old home AMI delivers the
sons last message 10 his father. He
reaches the old Kentucky plantation lust
IN time to fina "Old Master" on his death
bed delivers the message. and then learns
what the reader has already Iivined-that
he is the son of the man who had given
him away as a slave. ani the natural ha,f
brother OF his Young Master"
ri . .;hIe X Ray or rhoiogra ply of the In
eoiai ovation w fih'" :; MortSn n D., N
| american Technical Book comnanv
Ne''y street. New York 10
i"'' book attempts to explain the pro-
dhcNon of the Roentgen rays. A large
| portion or the work is necess arlv devoted
to definitions of terms used In discussing
measuring and applying electric energy.
phIaseology that is quite unmeoninp 70
persons who are not familiar with alge-
oraic terms and the use of equations
ihoSe however. who have the necessary
foundation of mathematic and electrical
knowledge VIII find the book a useful a A
10 the study of the rays. The Wort, Is
hheFa'y illustrated, and nearly forty re-
productions OF autographs taken by DR..
NaVt'n' Illustrating the human anatomy
are given in the appendix.
Not All the Kings Horses" bv Katn.
ennt Ewes Thomas. The Cassell pub
>N,MhS company, 81 East Seventh street.
"a hoV9l of Washington society. which is
strictly up to date. the year 1892 being
taken Al the time of the story. It tells
OF wo,lan who has reached the topnost
r .-.l. .Othe aider of fashioaable honors,
, -'' whose name was then proen. nent In
the most exclusive society Of the canita,.
SIicenly She learns that her immense
Torture IS lost. She is a widow ard re-
/ solves to make a bold Play before the
CRASH comes. She Is loved by a wealthy
nam whose money Is his Only distinguish
mr. attribute. She loves lawyer. who is
so wealthy, Her efforts to cnsnare one
~. "'H'T III NfrN snort space of me
are rNly aqsrrihed ana form the principa.
feature II thu story The result Is hor
mari age or sale, TO the man whom sho
Ahhors, Int whose money saves her from
! se1ia! extinction.
va Niiolins." published ~ Lyon &
only, ''ee !" No''h's'9
TINS is a beautifully printed ana author
',atvely written book about old yio,lns
!hai v'o'inis'S everywhere win hail with
delight It is safe 20 say Ma any lover of
tae fiddle Nigh, seek 10 IN time before h,
could dnd another vo;umX whose rc,,,sa1
would afford him such fund of ent,r-
talnmen'. The short niov T. hies of tho
famouo violin makers ~ worJerfullv
eodo'cs ~ s.s' prove ~ Of interesting iFa,s nn;
10 H'oliN.Sr. great ani SIN
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