The St. Louis Republic., 1900-12-09
The Penitentes." by How. Three
Books by Waterloo and One
BY WctmOre and Yost.


I."U.- How il young man. a Harvard
han. and a grandson Of the late captain.
Jams Lads lie has read law bill was Il
soldier who did Not get To- tn" front In the
Srnni~h-AmeIiran War. has Travelled con-
sii'rHbiy aud has teen sn o!auivorpus
reader. IL" has an otIy'e in the rooms occu-
pied by the managers Of the Eads estate
IN IT." Chemical huIldiag and IT was there
that h- wrote much or that story OF love
and jealousy. religious fanati"ism and SOL
der hfc-'rnc Pcnitentes ~ San Rafze -
tThc Howeu- -Meir.:ll Company. igoJ
II iS story that Il stirring IN spots and
GENERALLY Interesting. IL deals with sup
I,us-j branch Of the catholic church which
'"lonlZed in the San Luis Valley In South
ern New Mexico. lives In a peculiar way.
and practices the rites Of Its extreme fanat-
ic.sm. Chief Uf these Is a sacrifice at tho
ft9st OF San Rafael of u chosen member
upon the cross. There is II multiplicity OF
heroes who share the hunOrs about equal
~: there Is one heroine DOLORES a SPAN
ish "icl. Who IS a rirt and who goads ''Fa-
nira.' q Penitertr girl into such a fury Of
Jealousy that. 10y ulinlpjia ton OF a deck Of
cards she causes The choice Of being the
'rlIcIiiXidl sacrifice To- fail upon her sweet
heart. Dolores who moves through near
" every chapter OF the book. is we'll
drawn c!aractar-and the author l-aves her
living on the cross which. IN spite OF the
soldiers. has claimed the sweetheart whose
love she stOla from "Faiita''
There IS spirit IN many OF the descriptive
passages o: The Penitentes' and clever
ress I'm other paris There II dulness here
and there. and q crudeness Of workman
a al Ifa 'pI l,t -
erco; for this is Mr.. How's first book
Since he wrote THE Penitentes" Mr.. How
has Allied commission from Eastern pub
fishers for n life OF Captain James Eads'
which has not Vet appeared lie "a now Wis
iting IN the East. the guest or Prescott
Warren. a Harvard chum. to whom "The
Psnitent.S" was dedicated
Since 1857 Stanley Waterloo. who was for
considerable period engaged in newspaper
work In 81. Louis. has published three
books The first was THE Story OF Alb"
a tale Of the time OF the cave men. IN
which there flows pretty current OF love
and also IN which there are descriptions OF
many sang1linary prireval battles. wherein
stone weapons and our barbar!c forl,ears
played the parts After Abb came "Ar-
mageddon." In 1859 II being tale of love
war anu illNtsltlOI, Win WHICH IL "OiiIrflb
aifsh!p has mich 20 do. Next came, also
In 1883. ''The Launching OF a Man"
In the past year. two other ST. Louis
newspaper men have published. through the
Bowen-Merreil Company. a book which
has met with reasonable success The
title is "Sweepers of the Sea- and the
authors are Claude H. Wetnlore and Robert
NJ. Yost. The story deals with South
American revolution, several patriotic
young men ard n remarkable navy. which
easily subdues the enemies OF the flag II
floats and then sails against and ann'hi-
iates foreign navies.
Perhaps James Newton Basket, not being
technically Il st. IsouisTin. IS not entitled to
a place IN this calendar OF ST. Louis au-
thors. But while Mr.. Basket lives In
Audrain County and does his writing there
he is frequent visitor 10 81. Louis and a
faithful member OF the Mercantile Library.
He has written two books which have met
with considerable success The first was
AT You AIS House" tho second was "As
the Light Led" Both are careful studies
of Missouri country life. and both show
q keen--and observation-disclosures of the
beautiful and the humorous.