The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-06-22
RECENT PUBLICATIONS.

Reginald Statham, author of Blacks,
Beers and British" "Mr. Magnus,"
South Africa as 1t Is" ETC.; publish
ers, London; T, Fisher Unwin and Bos-
ton, l.. G. Page & Co. This is valua-
BILE contribution to recent history, and
despite the authors preliminary re-
marks as to the difficulty of writing the
| biography in question owing to Presi-
dent Kruger's reluctance to talk of his
| career, the result is highly satisfactory
and gives an adequate picture of the
life and times of the sturdy, earnest, in
domitable hero and patriot in question.
The book, which is well-bound vol
| ume of three hundred pages, is accom-
panied by fine frontispiece portrait of
President Kruger, and an excel
lent map of the South African republic
| and the Orange Free State, together
| with plan of Pretoria. The author,
in concluding the volume, after pictur-
ing the dangers which menace the
South African republic, says: There
| is however, a brighter side. There Is
the hope that by President Kruger's
tact, his firmness, his watchfulness
from hour to hour over the course of
public events, he may be able to hold at
arms length the destruction that
| threatens, until even the diligence of
his enemies grows weary and public
opinion in Great Britain swings around
once more to its normal position. If
Mr.. Kruger can accomplish this he will
have rendered not only to South Africa,
but to the British empire, a service ut
| terly beyond the power of thanks-a
| service the value of which will appear
greater and greater as the generations
roll by. Whether his life and career
end in tragedy or in peace, there will
| be few men of this century who will be
| spoken of by the men of the next centu-
| ry with so much respect and apprecia-
| ton as Paul Kruger" Mr.. Statham's
| book concerning this brave old man
| will be found a valuable acquisition to
any library.
1.-THE Pineboro Quartette," by Willis
Boyd Allen, author of 1.-THE Gold Hun
| tiers of Alaska" 1.-The Lion City of At
rica," etc., is very pretty story of how
quartette of young people, suddenly
left fatherless and almost penniless and
| obliged to seek home with a relative
with large family of his own, succeed
Gu, liz UuSH lilC Illl1tly 6id eiiid WtSC
counsel of a Chicago millionaire news
paper publisher, whom the eldest boy
had rescued from impending death in a
railroad wreck, in starting little pa
| per in country town, and ultimately,
through enterprise and pluck, in extin-
gushing a rival weekly of no merit,
and establishing successful and pay
ing country journal. 1t is a sprightly
story, of interest to young America,
we'll told and is we'll illustrated by AL
ice Barber Stephens. Estes & Lauriat,
of Boston, are the publishers.
Gin Kings Houses, Romance of the
days of Queen Anne" is charming
story by the well known and successful
writer Julia c. r. Dorr. author of ''Po
ems" 1.-THE Flower of England's Face"
"a Cathedral Pilgrimage" etc. 1t is a
work of 375 pages, illustrated by Frank
T. Merrill and published by l.. G. Page
& Co., of Boston. While the story tells
| of kings and princes, of the homes of
royalty, of plots and counter-plots, and
of marplots, and is of distinctly his
! toric interest, the central attractions
are Robin and his little lady. and last
but not least, Dame Dorothy, mother
| ly, lovable woman, of strong individu-
ality and answering loyalty, who from
quiet country life was taken to be-
come the nurse of princes and princess
es, while her little grandson Robin be-
came the sworn companion of royalty.
Mrs. Dorr has In the life of Robin and
his girl love and of Dorothy drawn a
sweet and tender picture. The book Is
worthy OF wide perusal. 1t presents
| ;eft hao
zone Thousand Men for a Christmas
| Present" by Mary B. Sheldon: illustra-
| ted by L. ]. Bridgman. Estes & Lauri-
at, of Boston, publishers. 1t is a capt.
tai little story, graphically told which
will interest all the boys. 1t covers 81
pages and concerns stirring events in
revolutionary days, in the momentous
times when Washington with his belea-
guered and ill-olad patriot forces
crossed the Delaware and thrilled the
country with the news of the victory at
| Trenton.
'The Continental Dragon, Love Sto
ry of Phillipse Manor House in 177S."
| by Robert Nelson Stephens, author Of
IAN Enemy to the King, and illustra-
ted by II. C. Edwards; L. G. Page &
| Co., of Boston, publishers. A very in
! teresting and well-told romance of rev.
dictionary days in which love, chivalry,
war and mystery are very happily
blended. Red-coats and Continentals
Light Horse Harry, the first families of
Virginia the Hessians and Tories figure
in the story and all ends happily; love
triumphs over odds that seemed insur-
mountable.
"Anita, the Cuban Spy" by Gibson
| Willets, author of His Neighbours
Wife" ETC.; published by F. Tennyon
Neeley, New York and London. This
is another addition to Neelys highly
popular imperial library. 1t is a graph
ieally told romance illustrative of the
terrible times in Cuba just previous to
the breaking out of the present war,
and wildly pictures the deeds of brave
men and heroines in behalf Of suffering
Cuba and the horrors of Spanish mis-
rule. Love, mystery, sensation and
historical facts are happily blended.
"Noah's Log Book" by George r.
Howell, of Albany, N. Y, published by
F. Tennyson Nicely, New York and
London 1t is romantic tale of the
adventures of two brave and philan-
thropic young Americans possessed of
much money and leisure, and of their
excursion to Mount Ararat, where by
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