The National tribune., 1896-11-05
RECENT LITERATURE.
FOR FREEDOMS SAKE. By Arthur Pa,ersc

FOR FREEDOMS SAKE. By Arthur Paterson.
Published by Lippincosi. Philadelphia. For sale !
by Brentano, Washington. Price Si.25.
A story of the days just before the war. The
scene Is laid in Kansas, John Brown Is the
background of the story, and the plot tells oil
many struggles between the free. soilers and
the border rufiians. The romance Is OF young
Massachusetts, mana farmer-who went out
to Kansas TO start home there and to help
save the State from slavery. Once there he
found there was only one party that he could
join with any honesty and force, and that was
the Abolitionis,s under John Brown. The
heroine of the story-a girl, who at first IS n
staneh Souiherner, with sweetheart among
the troops making life as dangerous as possible
for the free-solers-reads one of Horace
Greeley's rousng editorials. and begins to see
the other side. 1t is story of an interesting
chapter in our history. and is well told.
THE swoRDMAKER'S SON. By W. o. stod-
dsrd. Published by the Century Co. For safe
by Robert BealI. s95 Pennsy ivania avenue Wash
ington. Price Sl.23.
A dramatic story Of boy life in the Holy
Land at the beginning of the Christian era
The hero is the son of Jewish swordmaker.
who rebels against the Roman domination OF
Judea and is driven into hiding. The plot
brings the young hero into active partlci PATTON
with the very founding of Christianity and the
events Of sacred history. There is also picture
OF life in imperial Rome in the days of TiberIus.
with an account of foot-race and the preim-
mary training of the athletes. Dir. Stoddard
visited Palestine for the sake of getting the
local color for his story. Mr. Varian's pictures
have been drawn with careful attention to &C
curacy of detail and the preservation Of the
spirit of the time and place.
THE MARCH TO THE SEA- A Poem. By 3.
H. NJ Byers. Published by the Arena Publish
ing Co.. Boston. Price 81.
81 n No
the war subjects that related to il there are
not dozen which are now generally remem-
bered and quoted, aud which will live IN the
future. One Of this dozen poems of real merit
was "Sherman's March TO the Sea" written by
S. H. NJ. Byers, Adjutans of the 9th Iowa. 1t
will be sung long as the history OF the war is
remembered and Americans love 10 sing OF the
deeds of their ancestors. 1t caught the popular
fancy at once, and gave the soldier-author a
National reputation as a poet OF high order OF
talent. In this little volume, which Is very
handsomely gotten up. with fine illustrations. he
has gathered number of his other poems. all
of them on war topics, and most of them reiat-
ing to the famous March to the Sea-" They
are all strong and vivid. and frequently show
actual poetic genius. They will be read with
interest by young and old.
THE PRIZE CUP. BY J. T. Trowbrdge The
Century Co., New York For sale by Robert
Beall, 495 Pennsylvania avenue, Washington.
Price Sl.5O.
1t is almost generation ago that Mr.. Trow-
bridge first came into popularity with his IA
nous stories, Cudjo's Cave and Neighbor
lakewood. These books still find appreciative
readers, and head the long list of Mr.. Trow-
bridges works that have been received with
wide favor The secret of this writer's success
is that he knows boys and depicts them-not
impossible and priggish heroes, but just boys.
His latest story is The Prize Cup. The title IS
obtained from silver trophy won In an ath-
letc contest, and it is about this cup and its
mysterious disappearance that the plot de-
velops.
Magazines and Notes.
Harper's Magazine for November. Special
features Jameson's Raid, by Ponltney Bige-
low; The First President of the United States
by Woodrow Wilson; The Literary Landmarks
of Florence (illustrated), by Laurence Hutton;
The Dominant Idea of American Democracy.
by Prof. Francis N. Thorpe; The Cuckoos and
the Outwitted Cow Bird 10 illustrations by
the author). by William Hamilton Gibson !;
Five Short Stories. The second installment of
George Du Maurier's The Marian gives some
delightful pictures OF schoolboy life in Paris in
the last generation. with the authors own il
Illustrations. The other fiction includes short
stories by Thomas A. Janvier, John Kendrick
Bangs, Z. A. Alexander, Octave Thanet. and by
a writer new to the magazines, Miss Victoria
Clement. The poems Of the number include
Feet of Clay by Louise Belts Edwards; The
Interruption by Ella w. Peattie; and Outward
Bound, by Edward N. Pomeroy.
Self Culture, a magazine devoted to current
topics, political, scientific, and literary. Pub
lished by the Werner Co., Chicago. Price 20
cents.
McC7ures Magazine for November win con-
tain the first iustallment of five or six-part
story by Rudyard Kipling. Ir is Kipling's
first long story of American life. being tale
of adventure among the Gloucester fishermen
OIL the Grand Banks. It will be illustrated
with drawings from life by ]. w. Taber.
The news in The BookHlan for November is
bright and interesting. as usual. and he who
would keep up with the books of his day needs
just such magazine to help him.
Yale University is the snbject of an interest
ing article in the November number OF Frank
Leslie's Popular Monthly. II is written by one
of the senior students. George Henry Nettle-
ton and is profusely illustrated with views and
portraits. 1t is the first OF a series OF papers
on American Universities and Colleges, to APP
pear in successive issues of this magazine. An
other attractive and well-illustrafed article in
this number is The Stage Debutante, by Arthur
Hornblow. giving portraits of many of the
younger actresses. Then there is description
of Madagascar and the Malagasy, by Mary Tit
comb; an article on Mrs. Robert L. Lees life
in Richmond during the war, by Sally Nelson
Robins; and paper on Egg-Hunting on the
South Farallon, by c. Ii. Thompson.
The Outlook for October contains Princeton
15Oth Anniversary" 1.-The Boys Republic"
William Morris; "a Poets Workshop" ;
1.-THE Founder of the Y. NJ. C. A." Published
at Is Astor Place. New York.
The Catholic World for November has Right.
eous Mammon ian interesting paper on banks).
by E. NJ. Lynch; Shakspere ard the New
Woman; Genoa aud It's Campo Sauto, +. NJ.
Edselas; Anton Rubepstein with portrait),
Rev H. G.. Ganss; The Future of Catholicity
in America, with reference to Mission Work TO