The Portland daily press., 1898-05-04


object to the various dialects which BOOK
writers are using SO freely, and IND them
perplexing and difficult but Scotch,
Yorkshire, Yiddish and Creole are PLAIN
sailing--as it were-compared with the
language of golf. One wallows IN such
phrases as ''putter' and "eaddies' and
''topped balls,'' and "short puts, and
s4bunkered at the last de, and 'fo]z-
ling" and "brassey" and "niblick,
and "side hazards, and Stance" uni
ones head swims, and thus we leave Inc
Golfoide to the initiated, not doubtin
this argot to enjoy such clever stories as
the "Hong Kong Medal" "The lo
Ball., and "The Obsession of Robinson
Brown
Next on the list is Senorita Montenar,
which is really very thrilling and ex
venture and loye-as You choosel 1t is
story of the war of CHILEAN indepent
ence, and Lord Cochrane, the British Ai-
miral, called ''the Dauntless,'' is one of
tae principal characters. The he, o is also
an English officer. Captain Wildash. AMI
there are naval engagements, wild as
saults, duels and wounds, fights with
Spanish brigands, and through it all
runs golden thread of a love story. as
delicate and tender as il love were of
more account than all else in the world.
and the exciting adventures merely Incl
dental.
Last Of these is story that the bows
who L know pronounce ''fine,'' with
great emphasis. It is written BY Albert
Lee-who once pleased the children with
his Tommy Toddies-and is called -Four
for Fortune. Two Americans meet in
New York restaurant French sailor.
who has half burned chart which indi-
Gates hidden treasure, and they all 60
off in search of it. The expedition pro-
ceeds from New York to Halifax, and
thence to Sidney and ST. Pierre, ard.
there is much interesting adventure and
a remarkable and unusual climax.
One can always count upon Estes &
Lauriat for sweet pure and wholesome
books for the young people, and among
these the stories OF Mrs. Laura e. Rich
ards (who inherits much of the genius of
her mother, Mrs. Julia Ward Howe),
shine like stars in the armament I do
not know when I have read a more
charming bit of romance than is con-
tanned in her dainty volume entitled
Love and Rocks, and it would be equally
fascinating to the girl of sixteen, or the
woman Of sixty. 1t is lovely idyl of
one of the Islands on the coast of Maine.
and is simple, direct and absolutely true
to nature in each OF its dalicate touches.
A nd Rosin the Beau is one of her new
books for children, and has all the pretty
CLEANS of humor and pathos which make
whatever Mrs. Richards writes SO win
ming.
The same publishers have on their list
two bright little books for the youngsters
which are particularly attractive: The
Pineboro Quartette, by Willis Boyd AL
len; and One Thousand Men for Christ
mas Present, by Mary B. Sheldon. Both
books are prettily bound and well
illutrated; the former being story of
how some young folks succeeded in
editing and printing newspaper, and
the latter, of how Washington crossed the
Delaware on Christmas eve and captured
host of Hessians in ths midst of their
festivities
Dodd & Meade have published one of
the cleVerest and most captivating stories
of the season: The Children of the Sea;
A Tale Of the Forecastle, by Joseph Con-
rad. The tale is not very pleasant one,
but it is most striking and peculiar, and
written by man of genius rather than
talent-the former quality being rare in
this decade, and the latter rampant.
This book was published first in Eng.
land with the title. The Niger of the
Narclssus, and the author knows his ship,
his sea. and his forecastle life by heart.
The characters stand out like carved stat
ues. and one does not forget them. The
descriptions of the sea In calm and storm
are indescribably fascinating The.writer
makes of the ship living thing, and of
the sailors of the past he says: "They
were the everlasting children of the mys-
FERROUS sea. Their successors are the
grown up children of disconnected
earth. They are less naughty, but less
innocent; less profane, but perhaps also
less believing and if they have learned
how to speak they have also learned how
to whine. But the others were strong and
mute they were effaced, bowed and en-
during, like stone caryatides that hold
up In the night the lighted halls of re-
splendent and glorious edifce. They are
gone now-and it does not matter. The
sea and the earth are unfaithful to their
Children
MIR. Israel Zangwill-and what
charmer he is-has made the Ghetto wild
~, interesting to his hosts Of readers and
admirers. And the new volume published
ny Houghton & Mifflin, The Imported
bridegroom, and Other Stories of the
Nox.l~ l.