The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-20

| to be commended. No book of the year
has had so great popularity as did
| Nansen's "Farthest North a year ago
But more deserving of much apprecla-
ton are Through ASIA by Sven He
din. and In the Forbidden Land by
A. Henry Savage Lander.
Pearw's "Northward over the Great
lee is valuable book, in line with
the book of Nansen's. Of Penelope
Progress" we are in doubt whether we
shall call it a story or delightful mar
rative of travel
Very deserving works on prominent
| topics of the day are Control of the
Tropics" by Beiamin Kidd Anglo
Saxon Superiority by Edm. Demolins,
Woman's Club Movement in Amer
lea"
The Life of Our Lord in Art by
Estelle NJ. Hurll. holds a high place
in the history and illustration of art
Lovers of art in general and students
of photography in particular find de-
light in with Nature and a Camera
by Richard Kearton, and I'm Nature s
Image: Chapters in Pictorial Photoe-
raphy," by w. l. Lincoln Adams.
The eminent Scandinavian outh1r. DR..
George Brandes. has given us william
Shakespeare; Critical Study
Richard Hovey published his Mar
riage Of Guenevere' and Quest of
Merlin" some eight years ago. His
Birth of Galahad," which completes
his trilcgy, Interpreting the drama CT
the round table. is one of the books of
1898. In criticising this latest book.
several Of the leading critics distinctly
characterize Mr.. Hovey as a great poet
while evidently conscious of all thsir
words imply.
In lighter vein, but of much merit. is
Carman, by the Aurelian Wall"
Books of special merit both from a
literary and an historical standpoint
are THE Awakening of a Nation" by
Charles T. Lummis, and "Dreamers of
the Ghetto" by Israel Zangwill.
Two deserving contributions to the
history Of science are THE Wonderful
Century" by Dr. Alfred Russell Wal
lace. and the STORY of the Railroad
by Cy Warman. Of the former book We
will say that it has interested US more
than has any other book Of the year.
The History of Italian Literature
by Richard Garnett. and the History
Of Spanish LITERATURE by James Fitz-
maurice. and two carefully compiled
volumes on subjects on which such
handbOOkS We're much needed
We now come to fiction. and while
contemporary opinion Of fiction is al
ways an exceedingly uncertain one,
there is one novel of the year concern
ing which even an opinion should not
be ventured. "Aylwin," by Theodore
Watts DuntOn, may be one of the great
masterpieces of English literature. It
may be a meteoric disappointment. It
is too soon now to say. But leaving
this out for the present. during the year
there has appeared no novel equal in
the elements that constitute a great
novel to Hugh Wynne" of last year,
or anywhere near the mark reached by
the Honorable Peter Sterling" in
1895.
Yet many books of more than average
merit We're issued, among which we
will mention "Runert of Hentzau." by
Anthony Hope, Rose E Charlette,'
by Marshall Saunders. caleb West"
by F. HoplSinson Smith," Clan of the
Chariots," by w. H. Babcock. RED
Rock" by Thomas Nelson Page" 1.-THE
Forest Lovers" by Maurice Hewlett,
and "Roden's Corner by Henry Seton
Merriman.
Among prominent authors who died
during the year We're Edward Bellar1y.
William Black, Mary Cowden Clarke,
c. L. Dodsson. Harold Frederick
Blanche Willis Howard. George NJ.
Ebers, Richard Malcolm Johnston. Mrs
Lynn Linton and Marie Louise Pool.
While books by many of these authors
appeared during the year, there wac
nothing that added to the previous rem
utation of any.