The Portland daily press., 1898-12-05

Now that our army Is to ba enlarged this
volume will be Of special interest 1t
pleasures and relaxations of the officers in
Her Majesty IS service, of their sports and
pastimes, adventures and explorations.
and of the notable contributions they
have made to science in various branches.
1t also shows these officers to be accom-
plished socially, and distinctly men of the
world. The book really makes army life
seem very desirable.
1t is not by any means the mers diver
sions of these officers which are described,
but their duties in the service, as we'll.
In short these pages give vivid picture
of military life in England the only
country where there is any considerable
standing army, without compulsory GER
vice.
from the publishing house of the Fred
erick A. Stokes Company note three
books, each very unlike the other. These
re S. Baring-Gould's Dom itia; Grace
O,MalIy'. Princess and Pirate by Robert
Machray; and A Yankee Boys Success,
BY Harry Steele Morrison, with an Intro
duotion by Chauncey M. Depew.
Domitia, the Rev. S. Baring-Gould' g
powerful novel, is on the same lines as
Quo Vadis, only that it goes beyond the
time of Nero and pictures much that oc-
Cured under his successors. The book is
written with great care and skill as to
the historical portion of it, and is a su-
perb reproduction of scenes and events in
the life of that time. Domitia, daughter
of Duila aid Domitius Corbulo, Is an
interesting and charming personality and
the setting of the drama Is sensuous, bril-
liant and striking.
Grace o. Malley is a story presumably
told by Ruari Macdonald. Redshank and
Rebel, and set forth in the tongue of the
English by Robert Machray. 1t is an
eyentful tale of Queen Elizabeth's con-
quest of Ireland. Grace O'Malley was at
the head of famous Irish clan, and was
a veritable pirate, and her chronicler de-
cIares the time of the reign of King James
the Sixth of Scotland to have been an
age of great women; Elizabeth of Eng
land, who broke the power of Spain;
Mary of Scotland whose beauty and wick
edness were at once the delight and
despair of her people; the French Queens
whose talents in statecfaft have never
been equaled; and that extraordinary
woman, the Pirate Princess Grace O'Mal-
ley, who led her Clan. which lived by
piracy, ana kept their independence while
waiting for Spain to help them escape
from the yoke of the English.
A Yankee Boys Success is true record
of the experiences of a boy of sixteen,
Harry Steele Morrison, who tells in
simple and straightforward way his
peculiar experiences Of life He intro
duced himself to MIR. Chaunoey III. Depew
as ssthe Boy Reporter, and this gentie-
mar has written short preface to his
book. Having saved twenty-five dollars
from his pay as Office boy in Chicago,
Master Harry starts on trip to Europe
which he makes successfully, although
he does not advise other boys to go on the
same journey with only that small
amount of money.
The froutispiece of the volume repre-
SCENTS Master Morrison as interviewing
President Mckinley. He goes to New
York, and thence to London as pantry
boy on cattle ship. Tie attends the
Queens Jubilee, and earns money at
journalism. He visits MIR. Gladstone, and
Queen Victoria, but what doesn't he do?
And I must leave his further experiences
to be related by himself, simply stating
that it is all most extraordinary and re-
msrkable
Table Tales of Cupid, told by Paul
Leicester Ford. and published by Messrs.
Dodd Mead & Co. is one of the charming
books of the season. Like all that Mr..
Ford writes it is extremely clever and
original, and his manner of telling the
principal stories His Version of 1t and
The Corteloyn Feud is inimitable. The
former is romantic love story told by a
horse, old Reveille, of his master British
army officer, to his mates in the stable.
IF there were not another page in the book
it would be we'll worth buying for that
STORY alone, The wit of the thing is rare,
and the style is 50 graphic that one really
feels that these fascinating animals are
doing nothing extraordinary with their
wise remarks, story telling and repartee.
W. Gordon Parker has written, and
Messrs. Lee and have published bright
and wholesome book for boys entitled Six
Young Hunters or The Adventures OF the
Greyhound Club. 1t Is all about party
of boys from the East who have gone out
to Indian Territory, where their Uncle
has lodge, for wild sports such as hunt.
ing, fishing, and all the other fun that
they can get. Their fortunes and mis-
fortunes ara no end interesting and being
good, manly, honest boys their haps and
mishaps are of natural and wholesome
kind, and win give no falss ideas or
stilled and hurtful notions to the young
broader.
The children should be grateful to
Messrs. Dana Estes & Company for the
long LIST of beautiful and delightful boulys