The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-05-23
SOME NEW BOOKS.
Recent Contributions to the Field
Of Literature.

"a Garden of Romance. a collection of
the best short stories of all ages and
countries" edited by Ernest Rhys Is
soon to be published by the Amsterdam
Book Company.
Georgia Scenes an old time South
ern favorite, to he republished aud issued
by the Harpers.
A timely book, "The Outgoing Turk"
by ii. C. Thomson. is announced by d.
Appleton g. Co. The study of the rela-
tions Of the powers to the Eastern ques-
ton Is one Of special interest at this time,
and the descriptive contrast given of
Christian and Turkish rule is valuable
"FieI ceheat, the Soldier" is an histori-
cal romance by j. G. Smith, author of
mistress Dorothy Marion"
''The Eye of Istar" is n new story by
lie QueX and closely resembles his ''Zorai
da." The new story is laid in Africa,
and deals with the Soudan. The hero
discovers an Assyran city founded by
Semeranimus and ruled overly Istar. one
of her descendants. who is worshipped
by her people as n goddess.
Harper & brothers have secured The
American rights of the forthcoming life
Of Tennyson
"Bolanyo," Opie Reads new novel, is
the story Of an old town on the Missis-
sippi river a State senator is the CEN
trail figure, and the English papers say in
him Mr.. Read has created an American
companion to Colonel Newcombe. His
whims, native hamor and shrcwd polti-
cal politeness are finely depicted by the
author, who knows his story and tells it
well.
Lads Love" by S. r. Crockett, is fresh
charming story and the pictures of humor
and pathos of the Galloway people whom
he knows so we'll are admirably depicted.
''The Choir Invisible,'' by James Lane
Allen, published by the Macmillan Com
pany, of New York. Any novel from Mr..
Allen is looked for with pleasure, but one
of AN historical character and dealing
with his native State, Kentucky, is
doubly attractive. When he is ut home
and dealing with the lives of the people
he knows so we'll of whom he is one. no
other writer is half so we'll qualified as
he to undertake such Il book us he has
given us and none could have succeeded
as he has. His blending of nature and
nrt is done so charmingly that one re-
grets to come to the end of his story His
love for nature puts life into every atom
he describes and brings it to his readers
eye though he were part andparcel of the
narrative he is reading.
In the present hook he tells the story of
the first appearance of the whites west of
the Alleghanies, and their life in the
border town of Lexington, Ky CONTRAST
ing the aristocratic elements of the little
colony strongly with the hardy back
woodsmen. There is picturesqueness in
his characters and their surroundings we'll
fitted for his poetic mind to dea. with in
his exceptionally pure English and he has
given us such vivid pictures OF the people
that we see them living again the life
they lead before they joined the choir
"Invisible.n
"Miss Archer Archer by Mrs Clara
Louise Burnham, published by Houghton,
Mifllin Sc Co. A host of readers will
welcome this bright. clean story of Amer
lean life. 1t is told in Mrs. Burnham' s
| inmitable style, and has two heroes and
heroines. The scene drifts from WASH
ington to Pulpit Rock on the Maine
coast, Fortress Monroe, Old Point Com.
fort and one of the old time Virginia
homesteads. The above drama is pleas
antly acted, and Mrs. Burnham tells how
everything came TO n satisfactory end for
all the parties concerned. We can hear.
tily recommend it as one of the beet book $
| for summer reading.
WHEN your horses need shooting try j..
s. Shaner, 3p7 West Salem avenue. He
understands his business thoroughly.