The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-02-13
IN the FIELD OF LITERATURE

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=, ii, women who take up literature as
-a,s.s,on were as hopelessly uninterest.
,rc "a cosima chadlcigh. the neroine %
ceoree PASSIONS "a Writer OF BOOKS, ono
sa,,,a understand the old-time aversion 70
~. ,vne known as "bluc stocking. Pedan-
10 ana unwomanly as this girl Is por-
,r.v.d nv the author. the only wonder Is
thai she discovered that sne couiu 'ose
anybody. even though that discovery 'ooA
Mace after she was married ana tne ooIeSs
!, ber nassion was a man other tnan ner
h,.hond To calmly state this fact TO ner
c,od .natured spouse and in business-iihc
s.sh;an nronose division Of labor ana
inco me was to be expected, and IL 10 WIZ
,ov that the reader finds that Iom' ner
husband. refuses to agree to any suon
plan, allowing her to go away 10 Keep W
writing books, and having her own az
surd ideals to the end of time. without
being In the least immoral, TINS ID Tue
sort of book that leaves an unpleasah.
imnression and wish that II had never
been written. D. Appleton g. Co.., pub
fishers. New York.
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Few books, even OF the latter day school
OF literature. hold the readers attention
and interest from the first page to the
last. To say tt At one does this Is to rem
der II great praise. The Altar OF Life
by May Bateman u. p. Lippincott Cob
can honestly receive such criticism, Its
concise style, its novel story OF woman
duplcty and mans martyrd m, sur
mounted by an almost superhuman reveia-
ton Of woman's love, enthrall the lover
Of clean, high pitched fiction. The atmos-
phere OF military life in India is WONDER
fully well portrayed, the entire pen and
ink picture being one well worth placing
in the gallery of gems every reader en-
deavors to collect.
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"Uncle Nathan's Farm" by Mrs. NJ. a.
Cornelius. is the title of novel recent
ly published by Laird & Lee. The story
is rather dragging and laboured but the
dialogue is at times clever and amusing.
II deals mainly with events and incidents
occurring On Nathan Gillette's farm In the
West. The story reads as IL 1t were
true life tale. but possesses little of merit
or distinct interest as narrative.
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A thoroughly English story and one
quite interesting from every point of
view is Herbert Vanlennert," by c. +.
Keary, published by the J. b. Lippincott
company. Philadelphia. The scene is laid
in Europe. and the reader is taken by fas-
cinatlng channels to various parts of the
continent. A strong tracing OF social real
ism is very palpable aud the book leaves
good taste in the mouth.
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1.-The Key of thu Holy House" ro-
nance of Old Antwerp, has been published
by b. Appleton Co., New York. 1t is by
Albert Lee. II deals with the cruel and
high handed doings of the Spaniards just
before the establishment of the Dutch Re-
public. MIR. Lee writes very pleasingly,
and his plot is cleverly constructed
THE Rights of Women and the Sexual
by Karl Heinzen. This work
recently published by Charles H. Kerr &
c.. Chicago, deals with the sex problem
as connected with political. social, econom-
ic and religious conditions. 1t contains
some novel and original suggestions upon
the subject.
white Dandy, or Master and t. by
Velma Caldwell Melville. has been received
from the j. S. Ogilve Publishing conf
pany. New York. This is companion
book to BLACK Beauty giving a horses
own story and teaching kindness to the
horse as we'll as to other animals.
1.-THE Last War" or THE Triumph of
The English Tongue" is the title of quite
an interesting prophetic work by S. w.
Odell; published by Charles H.. Kerr &
Co., Chicago. II is supposed to be a story
Of the Twenty sixth century and deals
with the last great war that placed the
English speaking people 10 possession of
the world.