The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-07-07
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

Scotland and the West Indies in the
 Seventeenth Century" by s. R. Crock
 cit; Doubleday, Page X Co, New York; | 446 pages; $l.50; for sale at Judd's. The
 author himself well describes this as "a
 rollicking and adventurous tale aftei
 the manner of The Raiders It has
 special interest here, since the hero s
 most exciting adventures take place in
 the West Indies; he is kidnapped from | Aberdeen to be sold at Philadelphia as
 a slave, but escapes to an Indian tribe | The story is founded largely on histori- | cal happenings. MT. Crockett possesses Philip Stansfield's" own memoirs and | has unearthed many curious matters possessing a novel interest, which lend
 color and reality to the romance. All
 who have read Mir Crocketts previous works will be prepared for the lively conglomeration of amazing adventures,
 reckless and piratical deeds, weird
 scenes and picturesque incidents with
 which this story abounds.
 ''The Baron's Sons" is another bril- liant story from the pen of the famous Hungarian novelist, Jokai It is a
 work of three hundred and forty pages
 and has for its frontispiece fine pie 1 ture of it's famous and now venerable author taken at Budapest four years l ago. The book is published by L. c.
 Page & Co.,, Boston; price $1.5O; forsale | at Judd's. "The Baron's Sons is TO- | nance of the revolution of 1S4S, the
 scene of which is laid in the courts of St. Petersburg, Moscow and Vienna,
 and in the armies of the Austrans and
 Hungarians. It follows the fortunes of three young Hungarian noblemen,
 whose careers are involved in the histor-
 ical incidents of the time. The story is told with all of Jollafs dash and vigor,
 and it holds the interest of the reader from start to finish. Moreover, the au- thor writes in this book of stirring
 scenes and times in which he was con-
 spicuous figure, he having been one of
 the revolutionists of the Kossuth period
 and in this book one catches the spirit
 of those exciting days, in which patriots
 figured and brave deeds were done that
 will forever live in history. AS has
 been well said of the book: Ut is hu-
 man and sympathetic tale, which one
 leaves with his faith in human nature
 strengthened It is one of the best nov
 els of the year"
 "The Black Terror, a Romance of
 Russia by John K. .Leys, author of '"rhe Lindsays" "The Lawyers Secret" etc; 340 pages; l.. c. Page & Co.,, Bos-
 ton: $1.50; for sale at Judd's. This Is a stirring tale of the present day, present. ing in a new light the aims and objects of the Nihilists. The story is so vivid and true to life that it might easily be considered a history of political intrigue in Russia. disguised as a novel, while it's startling incidents and strange de- nouement would only confirm the old adage that truth is stranger than fic- tion" and that great historical events may be traced to apparently insigniti
 cant causes The hero of the story is young Englishman, whose startling re- semblance to the czar is taken advan- tage of by the Nihiists for the further ance of their plans.
 Cap and Gown in Prose" is book of "short sketches selected from under graduate periodicals ia recent years. The compiler is R. l.. Paget, editor of Poems of American Patriotism, The Poetry of American Wit and Humor," etc. l.. c. Page & Co., Boston; 296 pages; $125: for sale by Judd. Nearly every college of note in the country IS represented in these selections, among them Amherst, Woman's College of Bal timore Bowdoin, Brown, Yale, Harvard, Columbia, Chicago, Cornell, Leland Stanford, Massa sachusetts Institute of Technology, Mount Holyoke, Pennsylva- mia, Smith Radcliffe. Trinity Tufts, Vassar Wellesley Wesleyan, etc. Se- lections are from the Yale Lit, Already Farewell" and "The Cat the Queen Stroked" from the Yale Courant; "The Augury of Birds" "The Complete Ath- Iete." ''Divine Aid" "A Fortunate Four some,' and Unavailable" also from the Yale Lit, First Conversa tion Across the Fence" and "The Smoker The | book presents a very interesting medley | of stories by college students that will | be found delightfully."- entertaining to | the general reader as we'll as to college | young people.
 "A Rise in the World" by Adellne | author of ''The Story of | Penitent Soul" Blake of Oriel," etc: | 377 pages; F. M Buckles & Co., 9-11 | East Sixteenth street, New York; S1.25; | for sale a Judd's. Miss Sergeant has achieved another distinct and striking | success in this the latest effort of her prolific pen. "A Rise in the World'' is an extremely interesting book, one which merits the favor of the reading public. The London Literary World | says of 1t: "ln A Rise in the World Miss Adeline Sergeant, the fecundity of whose invention surprises us more and more, has supplied readers with capital for the rainy hour, and we fully expect that those with whom she is favorte will nearly all agree in 'anking her last novel among the best of the family created by her pen. Of course Miss Adeline Sergeant l las not been able to resist the tempta- ion to admit in the form of Lionel re- turned, as it were, from the dead, serpent into Elzabeth's Eden But we lid not allow this episode to discourage IS, for we trusted the author to finish Ter story in burst of sunshine. Among the characters Elizabeth is our avorite. Miss Sergeant has rarely inn lgined and drawn more attractive leroine" The New York Mail and F,x- press says of the book: Miss Sergeant | continues to pour her work upon the market and to astonish us by the com- ! ,arative excellence of its quality"
 His Lordship's Leopard" by David (