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thoroughness manifest in the whole treat
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THE GENERAL MANAGERS STORY.
BY Herbert e. Hambleu. The Macmil-
Ian company. Price, $3.50.
The boyhood Of the author Of this vol
ume. who first became known to the world
through his captivating book ION Many
Seas" is familiar to the writer Of these
| lines, for both of us once dwelt in the
same little New England community where
! was taught the duty as well as the need
of economy and the dignity Of labor.
Young Hamblen, as he has told us, had a
hard fight in his first ventures. abroad.
| visiting many lands and traversing many
seas, and finally settled down as hard
working engineer In New York. And while
at his work it seems he thought out the
matter of writing book, which. with the
assistance of friend, was accomplished,
with what results we all know.
This volume tells the story of the life of
the worker in all the grades of railway
service, from the first jobbing about the
yard with pick and shovel up through the
whole round of employment The most in
teresting portions Of the volume are
those which tell of the trials of the engin-
eers and their immediate fellow-workers,
and most intensely interesting incidents are
related concerning these. The life of a loco
motive engineer is full Of incidents more
or less exciting, and many are here record
ed. Stories Of wrecked trains. attacks by
robbers and invasions by tramps are re-
cited as are the more widespread and dis
astrous troubles that beset railway man.
ayers in the way of strikes and riots.
In short the volume-which, by the way,
Is profusely illustrated-is written out of
the experiences of life. and is, therefore,
something sure to be entertaining and in
structive. 1t does not contain so much
that is romantic as does "On Many Seas
but 1t is just as true to life.
MEMOIRS OF STUDENT LIFE IN GER
MANY. BY w. R. Gosewisch, M. D., Los
Angeles: John H. Train. publisher, 12S
South Broadway. Cloth, illustrated, 2S2
pages; price, $1.50.
The putting forth of a new book by a Los
Angeles author and from a Los Angeles
publishing house. is no longer such a rarity
as to call for particular comment; and yet
the conditions are such that such stroke
Of enterprise is in itself worthy Of comnen-
dation. Mr.. Train is young printer new in
the publishing field and the work In hand
does credit to his courage as well az to his
mechanical genius and training.
A great deal has been said and written In
fragmentary way about student life in Ger
many, until there Is bohemian fascination
about the subject that appeals strongly to
most people. DR.. Gosewisch. who was for
four years a student at the University Of
Berlin, gives an interesting account of Ger
man student club life and the practical
jokes of the students. The exploits of the
duelers are of course given due prominence.
Vacation tramps on foot through Germany,
Switzerland, the Tyrol and other parts of
Austria take up very readable chapters,
while legends, romances and folk lore are
not forgotten. A charming glimpse of Ger
man social life is also afforded in an account
Of visit with a baronial family in an old
castle on the Rhine. The authors literary
style Is well adapted to the various subjects
he presents, while the illustrations, with one
exception, are excellent. The book is from
the press of Kingsley, Barnes & Neuner Co
of this city.
R. N. Stephens, author Of IAN Enemy
Z
Page & Co., Boston.
They who have read IAN Enemy to the
King" not long ago received here.
which has had its dramatic version and
been produced by Mr.. Sorthern throughout
the country, will readily and cordially en-
dorse Mr.. Stephens as a writer capable of
writing a, brilliant romantic novel, and will
turn to this new story with avidity.
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adventure that stirs the blood to read
about. The scenes are laid in and about
New York in the blood-scourged year of
177S-old New York, which was then
packed snugly into the southern angle of
the Island of Manhattan like gift in the
toe of Christmas stocking"
1t is full of spirit and dash and Is nearly
enough correct as to facts to entitle it
to be classed as a historical novel. 1t is
brimming with action and incident. Not
even "St. Ives" has more happenings In the
same space Of time than are recounted in
the last chapter entitled 1.-THE Broken
Sword"
TRUE SAILS. BY Allen Raine, author of
"Meifanwy," etc. D. Appleton & Co.
This wholesome and touching novel Is
tale of little Welsh village. The Welsh
spelling is altered somewhat to make easier
reading, which is help. This is No. 241 of
the famous Town and Country series.
| A AMAN-AT-ARMS. A romance of the days
of Clan Galeazzo Visconti. the Great
Viper. By Clinton Scollard. With six
full-page illustrations and specially
designed title page by E. w. D. Ham
ilton. Price. $780, Lamson, Wolfe G.
Co.
| The scene of the story is laid in Italy, In
| the latter part of the fourteenth century.
| The hero, Luigi della Verria, unable to bear
| the restrictions of home or to reconcile
himself to the profession of law, as desired
| by his father. leaves his family, and, as
the result of chance. becomes a man-at-
arms in service of Clan Galeazzo Visconti
| the cunning and unscrupulous lord of Pa
via, known as the Great Viper. Thence
| forward the vicissitudes and adventures,
| both in love and war, of Della Verria are
| told in a way to incite the interest to the
| highest point; and strong picture Is drawn
| of Italian life at this period. with its petty
vendettas, family broils and the unprin-
cipled methods employed by the heads of
noble families to gain their personal ends.
| 1t is delightful volume in all ways, and
has an added individual value in the illus
trations and title page by E. W. D. Ham,
| ilton.
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