Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-11-22
LITERARY NOTES.

TINS happily named book. Mr.. Thomp-
son spends his winters en- the shores
of the Gulf of Mexico, and revels in
the balmy climate that enables him
to pass most of his time out of doors.
An intelligent observer of birds and
bees and trees and flowers, he writes
enthusiastically of the fauna and
flora of this earthly paradise. An
archer of long standing, and an ex-
perienced raconteur, he draws the
long bow with n skill that endears
him to the lover of good stories, il not
to the feathered folk of Bay st. Louis
or the neighborhood of Tampa. And
as diligent and discriminating
reader of what is the best in the lit
erature of Greece and Rome aud
France and England and America, he
cultivates in his Winter Garden not
merely the plants that perish, but the
flowers of thought that flourish per-
ennially. A glimpse of the authors
Winter Garden is given in a colored
frontispiece.
The Bread Line" by Albert Bige-
low Paine, comes from The Century
Co., New York. "The Whole Family"
might have been the title of this
story, for it describes the attempt of
two writers and two artists in New
york to start weekly paper of that
name without capital, and push it to
circulation of million copies or
SO the first year. We shall not dis
courage any one from reading the
book by telling whether they sue
ceeded, or whether the enterprise
failed and swallowed up all the capt.
tai that was put into it-or would
have been put into it, if it had been
there to put. 1t is worth while TO
read the story to find out for oneself,
especially If one harbors any such
ambition as animated these redoubt-
able journalists, and is looking about
for warning or examples to profit by.
1.-THE House Behind the Cedars," by
Charles w. Chestnut, author of "The
Conjure Woman" and 1.-The Wife of
HIS Youth" is one of the late literary
successes. Like Mr.. Chesnutt's pre-
vious books, this novel is a story of
the Color Line" showing how diff
cult it is to hide or escape the heavy
penalty of even the slightest heri-
tage of negro blood. 1t involves 70.
nance, very dramatic incidents and
revelations of character, and while
its literary charm will attract read
ers, the deep significance and tragedy
OF the story will stir feeling far
profounder than mere interest.
The Bowen-Merrill Company, In
dianapolis, has recently published
"Te Redemption of David Corson,"
by Charles Frederic Goss, and the
unusual character of the work has
created much comment. The author
takes hero in the person of hand
some young Quaker, n dreamer and
a visionary, seer and prophet;
causes him to fall from the heights
of mysticism and religious ecstasy in
which he is found in the first chap
ter, with that swift and awful sud-
denness with which Lucifer plunged
from Paradise into the depths below;
let's him run the gauntlet of dissipa-
ton and vice, of debauchery and
crime; and then effects his redemp-
ton through the power of his own
words, spoken in the period of his
youth end innocence. The book has
been called an answer to 1.-The Dam
nation of Theron Ware" and it is
certainly entitled to the considera-
ton of the reading public.
"a White Guard to SATAN" by Alice
Maud Ewell, and from the publishing
house of Houghton. Miffiin e. Com
Pany, Boston and New York, is the
latest of the historical novels to come
to our desk. The story purports to
be an account of the adventures and
observations of Mistress Elizabeth
Goldstone in that time of the trou-
BILE in Virginia now called Bacou's
Rebellion, which same did take place
in the year of grace 1876" 1t is an
interesting story, told in a delightful
manner and will probably meet with
the great success which it merits.
Ednah and Her Brothers." by eliza
Orne White, author of "Winterbor-
ough," The Coming oil Theodore"
"When Molly Was Six," etc, is a de-
Gghtful story for little folks, Just
such a story as one always looks for
when he picks up one of this authors
books. 1t is beautifully bound and
would prove an ideal present for any
child. Published by Houghton, Milf
lin &c Co., Boston and New York.
Two beautiful holiday books are the
two volumes of "Penelope's Exper-
iences," in England and Scotland. by
Kate Douglas Wiggin, illustrated by
Charles f. Brock. Nearly all the
good adjectives have been applied to
Mrs. Virgins account of her travels
and observations and romancings in
England and Scotland. 1t remained
for an artist to put in visible speech
what words could not fifty express
and this has been done. with admira-.
BILE sympathy and skill, by Mr.. Charles
E. Brock. He has sprinkled her des-
criptions and fancies with wide va
riety of designs which belong to the
story so well that Mrs. Wiggin has
adopted them all as an integral part
of her narrative. There are n hun
dred illustrations in the two volumes.
Hougthon, Mifilin & Co., Boston and
New York.
The Revolution is fruitful field of
romantic imagination but the first
story relating to the War of 1912 is
Rev. Frank Samuel Child's "Friend or
Foe" The scene of this is Fairfield,
Conn, whose history Mr.. Child knows
SO intimately. and which was the
scene of his Revolutionary story "An
Unknown Patriot" that was favora-
bly, received last year. Daughters Of
Lois Hardy. who figured in that story,
are heroines of this. The wars pas
sions and its swaying fortunes i'm
pregnate the atmosphere of the story,
but there is little actual fighting in
1t. There is much good history. at
tractively used as background or
incident; there is sufficient romance;
there are several illustrations-there
is q wholesome, readable book.
Houghton, Miffiin & Co., Boston and
New York.
Even deaf mute can tell time fo-
a clock talks with its hands.