The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-03

Romance of the West Indies in 1920,
by Mrs. Schuyler Crowninshield. A de-
gree of personal interest attaches to thi:
book from the fact that the husband OF
the author was Captain Sigsbee's pre-
decessor in the command of the Maine
from which he had only just been de-
tached when the ship was ordered tc
| Havana.
| j. w. DeForest is an old favOrite
| whose Lovers Revolt" is the first book
he has produced for more than a gen
GRAFTON. 1t is a tale of early revolution
| airy days, and those readers who re-
member the charms Of overland and
Miss Ravenel's Conversion" will be
| pleased to note that his hand has not
| lost its cunning.
old Chester Tales is collection of
short stories. but there has been no
more artistic work in fiction during the
past season than this delightful pro-
| duction. 1t is quite the best book that
Mrs. Deland has written.
Fourteen years ago Theodore Watts
Dunton finished and put into type the
book "Aylwin,' which was only pub
lshed last fall and which was the liter
airy sensation of the season in Eng
, land 1t is book filled with subtle fan
cies and breathing the spirit of pre-
iAo E'AA"'ii'C EhiipSbl'tlS O., wen as llit
wild life Of the gypsies Mr.. Dunton's
admirers find in it also well developed
and fascinating story. while to others
the charm Of the novel is lacking.
AT the Blue Bell Inn the latest
book of J. S. Fletcher. is small volume
containing several tales of the days
when King Charles I. was engaged in
the struggle with parliament.
Gloria Mundi'' was finished Just be-
I,a Of III
While it exhibits all his industry and
literary skill, it does not rank with the
stories whose plots are located in places
where the author was more at home.
All Of Octave Thanet's books are of a
high degree of excellence, but THE
Heart of Toll has no special character
istics to differentiate it from her pre-
vious work
Archibald Clavering Gunter is nothir:;
if he is not up to date. and he is apt to
he quite sensational. In Jack Curzon"
he has retained the interest which his
books always create. and he has awaited
himself of the romantic material fur
nished by our campaign in the Philip
pines.
Among all the authors who are repre-
scented in our article this week H. Rider
Haggard is the one who has given us
the greatest surprise. 1t is hard to think
of Mr.. Haggard without vision ap-
pearing of adventures in African for
ests, and of cruelty and gore without
limit. Mr.. Haggard ordinarily writes
books to be sold. In order to sell he
uses every device to excite the magma
ton and to divert the reason of his
reader
But in DR.. Theme" he has construct
ed sober. deliberate and argumenta-
tive novel with a purpose. The book
does not hack interest. If it did it would
not be MIR. Haggard's. But the inter-
est is subordinate to a purpose. The
purpose is to expose the danger to
which society is subjected by the thto-
ries of the Observation-Disclosures. This
is a sect Of social reformers little known
in this country. but who are producing
considerable excitement in England.
Their efforts have recently resulted in
the passage of an act of parliament,
which does away with the compulsory
feature of the English vaccination law
This exception was made because it
was supposed that so few people would
take advantage of the exception that it
would not be noticed. The result was
that over million persons claimed the
exemption and now an effort is being
made to repeal the amendmen:. The
cause of the vaccinationists is ably ar
gued in Mr.. Haggard's novel. The 9th
er side is presented in essay form in a
chapter in Wallace's Wonderful Cen
fury"
The colonial and British expedition
which resulted in the capture of Ha-
vana is we'll known to those familiar
with our early history. That an at
tack was made on the Spanish South
American colonies, in which both Eng
| lish and colonial troops participated, is
| not so we'll known The story of the
| experiences of the New England con-
| tingent in this campaign is the theme
of a novel by Charles w. Hall. Cart
| agena; or. The Lost Brigade: A Story
of Heroism in the British War With
! Spain. 17402."
ries is The Man Who Wins by Rob-
| ert Herrick.
Perhaps the most popular Australian
| novelist is Ernest Hornung All of his
| books are in active demand in our H.
brary. and The Amateur Cracksman'
is sure to have many readers.
| Few authors, American or otherwise
| are more conscientious in their work
than is William Dean Howells He is
not very well lifad by the ordinary
| novel reader. because he pays very lit
tie attention 20 his plot He is mainly
| concerned with admirable characteriz-
| alton and with the throwing of light
| on some question of interest to the stu
| dent of sociology. Sometimes he pro.
| duCes a novel which is decidedly enjoy.
/ able as story. is was the case Will
"A Modern Instance The Rise O
| Silas Lapham' and THE Hazard o
| New Fortunes" He always produce:
an acceptable piece of literary work
manship. as he has done in his lates
book, Ragged Lady"
A new southern writer of promise has
appeared in the person of Miss Mar,
John9.one of Alabama. Her "Prsone1
OF Hope: Tale of Colonial Virginia,
is an historical novel of freshness ant
originality.
Before long We may perhaps look 70
a Kentucky school Of story telers
While there is no suspicion of imita
ton, Miss Eleanor Talbot Kinkead'
FLORIDA Alexander: A Kentucky Girl
| affects our palate with a stong trac
| of the del ghtful flavor of the work O
| lanes a Allan