The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-30
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G7HAT fertile writer of hair-raising
fiction, Guy Boothby. in his latest
work, "Sheilah Mcleod" (Ncw
III York, Frederick A. Stokes Co., for
sale in Scranton by II. Howard
Beidleman) tames down somewhat. This
time we have only one murder and one
prison delivery. But the reader who en-
joys fiction that sweeps him along will
yet find this book exciting enough for
| all practical purposes. And for Won
der, there is also healthy and conspicu-
Gus Moral
Laird & Lee, of Chicago, bring out the
| first American edition of won by a Wo-
| man." one of the most touching as well
| as most dramatic stories of the great
| Italian novelist, Edmondo de Amlcis
| whose THE Heart of Boy occasioncd
such favorable comment. The translator,
| Signor Mantellini, has done his work well,
and delicate illustrations by De MatteiS,
| are scattered all through the little vol
| ume, which is dairtily bound in ivory
parchment cloth and gold.
What has been hcraded as the most
| ambitious venture yet hazardcd by that
| exceedingly clever and effective writer,
| Miss T. f. MontresOr, appears from the
| Appleton press under the title AT the
| Cross Roads" 1t is Il story without
purpose, although by subtle suggestion
| ii teaches many wholesome lessons. 1t
| is also a study of marriage, by. a woman,
in which seXqality is not paraded morbid
| ly and in which there is not a tanning of
| social discomfort. In other, words, ii is
| just a good, interesting, normal story,
| with touches in character drawing such
| as do not come from less than a genus
pen.
| n ha 10 nf 10 sa1s SllrA
| ly none is daintier both in contents and
| in guise, than phyllis in Bohemia" by
| l.. Fl. BCkford and Richard Stillman
| Powell COhicaso Herbert 5. Stone & Coz
| Phyllis is the demure rural maiden who,
| before she will marry her thoroughly ur-
| banized Strephon, makes him satisfy her
| longing for a personal introduction into
| Bohemia-that mirage which always al
| lures but never is. The narration of the
| journey into this mythical land, of the
| arrival and sojourn there, and of the IN
| cvitable dsillusionment is most exquisite,
and indeed. stamps the book as really
rare thing in this day of overmuch scrib-
| bling,
1.-TWO Offenders" a double-barreled tale
| of dramatic assassination, by Ouida, is
| published in paper covers by the j. B.
Lippincott Co, Philadelphia. 1t is Oudia-
csque.
o
\ young woman with a mission, a high
ly moral mission, that of setting other
peoples affairs Alright, whether other peo-
PIE want their affairs set Alright or not;
| a Young woman who carries this pencil
ant so far as TO refuse to marry the
| man she loves, because of her be-
lief that he should marry another;
| a Miss Providence" who serves
Dorothea Gerard as an excellent
| f,gI alNv hon N
we are doubtless supposed to accept With
| out protest as type of Yankee woman
hoOd-these are the ingredients of No 90
| i'm AppletOn's Town and Country Library.
We should imagine them better suited
to the country than the town.
The third volume of those delightful
Little Journeys of Ebert Hubbard has
been issued by the Putnam's, being Lit
| tie Journeys to the Homes of Famous
| Womcn"-namely, Elizabeth Barrett
| Browning, Madame GuyOn, Harriet Mar
tinCau, Charlotte BrOntc, Christina Ros-
setti, Rosa Bonhcur, Madame de Stael,
| Elizabeth Fry, Mary Lamb, Jane Austen,
Empress Josephine and Mary w Shelley.
MIR. Hubbard has an artists nice perceo-
tion in choosing the salient thing and
letting the unmpOrtant slide, His studies
of women of genius are themselves the
work Of a genius finely harmonized with
It's SUBJECTS.
| Volume five Of The Philistine, in aristO-
| cratic garb beiitting the gems inside,
comes down the RoyCroft press with Edi-
tor Hubbard's compliments. The Phlis-
tine is Hubbard Hubbard is the Philis-
tine, and If he were not a man of infinite
variety both would grow wearisume. The
fact that neither pals, does it not prove
Hubbard a genius?
| Since Rider Haggard went into innoC u
Gus desuetude, admirers of the incredible
in arChaeological fiction have had only
William lie QueuX to fall back upon. For
tunately his imagination has been equal
to the emergency, II you don't believe It.
read The Eye Of Istar" (New York the
Frederick A. Stokes Co., for sale i'm
Scranton by NJ. Norton. 1t Is a tale OF
mid-African miraculousness worthy to be
put alongside "She."
Lying Prophets" by Eden PhillpOts
(New York. Frederick A. Stokes Co., for
sale in Scranton by NJ. NortonD is a novel
with a purpose strong but unprepOssess-
ing 1t is a demonstration OF the cruelty
of many widely prevalent conceptions OF
Christianity and plea for broad re-