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bridge. New York. D. Appleton & Co. 50
cents. For sale by the st. Paul Book and
Stationery company
Rand, McNally & Co. issue a re-
print of THE Iron Pirate" by Max
PembertOn. The book is not new but
it is exceedingly good of it's kind, which
is sufficiently indicated by the title.
There is extraordinarily accom-
panied by a free shedding of gore-up-
on every page, and the reader in search
of thrills of horror can find plenty of
an excellent quality here.
('The Iron Pirate" by Max Pemberton.
Chicago. Rand, McNally Co. % cents.)
Rosa Nouchette Careys latest novel,
The Old, Old Story" is, as the title
suggests, an orthodox love tale. 1t
begins, indeed, with loss and trial, but
ends with wedding bells and happiness
for everyone concerned. Miss Carey's
realism is very limited in it's scope.
She is faithful to the details of every
day life which she chronicles with an
almost religious minuteness but it's
sordid spirit escapes her-perhaps in
tentionally, for, after all, the spirit Of
everyday life is less agreeable than
the atmosphere Of happy improbability
which surrounds this popular writer's
domestic stories. The Old, Old Story
is one of the best, as we'll as one of the
longest which she has published of
, late, and the fact that in the real world
the Well-bred but impoverished heroine
would have grown into wrinkled and
care-worn governess under the weight
| OF her trials and RESPONSIBILITIES in
| stead of becoming the lady of the
manor, has nothing to do with the
youthful readers enjoyment of pretty
story.
c'The Old, Old Story" by Rosa Nouchette
carey Philadelphia. The j. B. Lippincott
company 90 cents.)
F. A: Stokes &. Co. reprint in their
| Twentieth Century series s'Frorn
| Whose Bourne?'' tale by Mr. Robert
Barr, first published some eight years
ago. Mr. Barr has Travelled far to-
ward popularity since then, but his
carly work shows all the qualities
which his readers value in his recent
books. Snap, go" vigor and interest
are the qualities of this little story of
murdered man, who, from the world
of spirits, endeavors to have a. finger
IN the search for his own murderer
MI Bars spirit-world is singularlv
| unSplrltual, by the way and is ner-
Vaded by an eX-Chicago Journalist.
VINO retains lively interest in the
/ newspaper men of the Lake CITY. But
then' spirituality would be very much
! out OF place in the stories Mr.. Barr
writes, for they are pre-eminentlv of
/ TINS world, even when located in an
other.
NJ CFrom Whose Bourne?" by Robert Barr.
me f. A. Stokes company. New York. Is
cents: For sale by the E. w. Porter com
'Daireen" is one Of the products Of
Mr. Frank Frankfort Moore's facile
pen, but either it is an early work re-
printed or else Mr.. Moore is begin
ming to take liberties with his public
Whlch are by no means warranted by
ms mold upon them. At best. Mi
Moore Is clever and cynical writer
whose stories move and sparkle. but
nave no perceptibls depth. With that
oDnVlon OF the canOns of good taste
which overtakes most of the Younger
school of English writer's at odd mo-
ments, he is occasionally coarse. a
fault which his brilliancy serves to
hide "Daireen," however, does not
/ snow Mr.. Moore at his best II is a
stupid story of a young girls VOYAGE
10 the cape to join an invalid father.
Her Irish lover is aboard, in the guise
or common sailor, and several other
Would-oe admirers are also aboard
ana Da!reen,s emotional relations be-
come slightly complicated. .$It Is a
dlincut feat to render love-making dull
and embarrassing, but Mr.. Moore has
succeeded in accomplishing this
C'Daireen" by Frank FRANKFORT Moore
New I ork. K. F. Fenno Co. ST. For sale
by the St. Paul Book and Stationery com
panyO
DIR. Nikola," by Guy Bocthby, takes
up the fortunes of a character who
will be remembered by readers of "A
DR.. NikOla wanted the little Chinese
stick and what. he did whit The
story is one Of much interest and I'M
probability, and includes all sorts of
weird, adventures in the interior. of
China and Thibet, but it is hardly as
good book as its predecessor, which
moved with a dash that took away
the readers breath. DIR. Nikola''
drags a little at odd moments, and
the authors invention occasionally
shows near exhaustion, but, neverthe-
less, the story is good of its kind.
cdr Nikola, - by Guy Boothby New York.
D. Appleton & Co. 90 cents. For sale by
the St. Paul Book and Stationery company
The Flaw in the Marble" is the
story of an artist who admired a
beautiful actress. There is nothing
strikingly unusual about this situation
but the author has differentiated his
sculptor and actress with great care
from others of their guilds in Paris
and the little romance he has woven
about them is carefully written, in
which respect it is very much superior
to the average tale of artist life in the
French capital.
C"The Flaw in the Marble" New York
The F. A. Stokes company. Is cents. For
sale by the st. Paul Book and Stationery
company -Cornelia Atwood Pratt.