The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-18
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NEW HOOKS

Dood, Mead q Co., New York, an,
nounce the publication Of '.The Mas
ter Christian, by Miss Marie Coreli,
author OF "1he Sorrows of Satan"
In yigor ofs,style, in ,daring concep-i
ton. in tenderness and pathos, and in
its wide appeal, "The Master Chris
tian" presents features OF extraor-
binary interest. 1t is impossible 20,
sketch the outlines of this romance,
and it is enough to say that it deals
with the great problem of humanity
and religion, the eternal struggle be-
tween the spirit and the flesh. An
allegory of striking beauty runs
through the book. 1t will appeal
with an irresistible attraction to the
Roman Catholic, to the Anglican, to
the Nonconformist, to the agnostic
and the bigot, to the wording az
well as to the religious. This book
will inspire the keenest and most sus-I
tanned interest, and will excite eager.
discussion. 1t puts into articulatei
language the inarticulate thoughts of
the majority of mankind. 1t is prob
able that this book will be one Of
the most widely read books of this
century.
college Administration by Charles
+. Thwing, LII. D., president Of West
err; Reserve university and Adelbert
college, is announced by the Century
Co., New York. college Administers
ton" is the ripest fruit Of DR..
Thwings pen. it is the work of q
man well qualified to Judge of the
needs of college presidents and
teachers, and competent to express
those needs in plain, concise, and
no less business-like than rhetorical
form. There is no reason why Col
lege Administration" should not be-
come textbook among teachers
generally. The topics treated are,
vital. 1t is as necessary for the coll
lege president to understand the adj
ministration of the affairs of his
Nchoci as it is that a -demonstrator
of anatomy should be able to dis
criminate between the metatarsals
and the metacarpals. Two chapters,
''The College President" and admin
istrative and Scholastic Problems"
for this reason, establish the books
chief claim upon the attention of
public educators.
"Hard-Pan," by Geraldine Bonner,
is story of the San Francisco of to-
day. The heroine, Viola Reed, is the
beautiful but unspoiled daughter u
one of the bonanza kings, now, and
for years past, ''fallen on evil days.''
The supplemented old gentleman care,
ries his head high in his poverty, but
for the sake of his daughters co1n-'
fort does not scruple to borrow
money from her rich lover, john
Gault, on unendorsed I. o. US. When
she accidentally discovers this, and
learns that John has half suspected
her of knowing and approving of her
fathers living at the lovers expense,
she insists upon the sale of theirt
little house, the return of the bor-t
rowed money, and their removal to-
another city. How the matter isl
Strengthened out in the long run, or
whether it fails to be cleared up at
all, we must leave the reader to find
out for himself, only warning him
that it is love story rure and SIM
ple-not novel of plot, or purpose,
or profound psychology. The Gem
fury Co., New York.
Theodore Roosevelt's new book,
The Strenuous Life" also comes from
the Century press. Mr.. Roosevelt Isl
the best illustration of his, own ideal
of the living of the strenuous life, y
phrase with which his name is insep-
arably connected. The volume SO en-.
titled is the latest of the many naval,
military, political and personal
themes which he has found time to-
turn out in the past twenty years.
while serving the city of New York as
police commissioner, the state as Leg
islator and governor, and the nation;
as civil service commissioner, assist
ant secretary OF the navy, and colonel
of volunteer cavalry regiment. I'M
addition to being a soldier, politi-'
clan and an author, he is also ranch
man, a sportsman and a lawyer. Few
men, therefore, can look at any subs
ject from SO many points of views
and it is this personal "all-round-p
ness" no less than the keenness Of
his observation, the strength of his
feelings, and the force of his literary
expression, that commands wide
audience for everything he writes.
Miss Ruth Hall has shown in her two
books for boys she has good grasp
of historical facts and the faculty
with facile imagination-to weave
them into good stories. Her Boys OF
Scrooby' and I'm the Brave Days Of
Old" have proved popular with youth
full readers and with older ones who
like plenty of adventure and heroic
young fellows with genius for COM,
ing out of tight places in good order.
Miss Halls new book, ''The Black
Gown" is intended for older readers,
though most likely boys and girls will
read it and find it quite worth while,
It deals with the old Dutch life and
society in and about Albany a hun-
dred and fifty years ago; and as Miss
Hall has spent her life mostly in the
region covered by her tale, she has
been able to give to it,a freshness and
familiar knowledge which render il
very attractive. The hero is a capital
fellow, who proved his valor in the
battle of Fort George. Published by
Houghton, Mifflin & Co., New York.
Z A large company has come to expect
every year new storya and 8 thor
oughly good one-from Mr.. Everett
T. Tomlinson. Two years ago he told.
the story of "The Boys Of Old Nom
mouth" tale of Washington's cam
paign in New Jersey in 1878. Last
year he gave an acco,s4t of IA Jersey
Boy In the Revolution. !" This year he
entities his book I'm the Hands OF she
Redcoats." and describes the picture
of his hero boy and his confinement in
the jersey prison ship. In this, as in
B HE previous books; Mr.. Tomlinsop
secures freshness and vividness for
his interesting story by visiting the
scenes of his incidents, and converss(