The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-25


epigrams. politician says contemptu-
ously of another politician:
Give him the Order of the Thistle, and he will
| eat it.
And Grace Redway says of certain
narrow religious folk:
They have only rule for morality; you
mustn't do evil that good may come but
you may do much good you like in order
that disaster may follow il.
Altogether the book is a delightful
thing in it's way, and it may be remarked
that the artist who designed the cover
was knowing in his way as the author
in his. New York: Harper & Bros: $500
Through Old Rose Classes by Mary
Tracy Earle. is book of short stories, of
which the one which gives its name to
the book is the first and possibly the best
They are all characterized by certain
daintiness of touch and a careful and ar
tistic nnish. and they are all good stories.
Some of them are stories-not in dialect
of Virginia life; the interest in all is psy-
Geological rather than rOmantic--the sub
tie interest which comes from the skillful
picturing of contrasting characters.
Two of the tales are told in the form
of conversations between drummers for
fruit commission houses. Both THE Shut
ties of the Web and ION the Night
Train" are good in their way, and one be-
comes interested in the commercial trav-
elers who tell the stories as well as in
the tales themselves. One of the pretti-
est little romances of Southern life in
recent literature is Lawyer Money CT
which the heroine is one of those dainty,
faded winsome, resourceful Southern gen.
tlewomen whom one sometimes finds in
such incongruous situation as that of mis-
tress of a boarding house or fruit farm.
Enthusiastically enough, her name is
Miss Willie Clark This one story ought
to ensure the book a good sale in the
South. especially in Virginia, for the
writer has told her tale with a delicacy.
sympathy, and humor which are simply
delightful. (Boston: Houghton, Miffln &
Co. $L5O.)
"a Soul IN Bronze" is novel of South
eTn California by Constance Goddard Du
Bois who is evidently an admirer of her
predecessor in the same field. Helen Hunt |
Jackson. The hero is an Indian, who has
been educated by a wealthy woman, but is
forced by unfortunate circumstances to re-
turn to the reservation. The plot turns
upon his love for white girl, and the in
evitable questions Of race prejudice. The |
story is rather dramatic without being ex-
actly sensational. and the interest of the |
reader is held to the end. 1t is not one Of |
those romances in which the end can be |
foreseen from the beginning. Chicago: |
Herbert S. Stone & Co. S1.25.)
"Crittenden: A Kentucky Story of Love |
and War" is new novel by John Fox, jr., |
in which the author makes use OF his re- !
Gently gained acquaintance with military |
matters. AS most OF his readers know, Mr.. |
Io,y tba
late war and went through the Santiago |
with credit to himself and profit
to the public. In this book he tells the
story of that campaign. bringing in several
generals. 1t may be remarked |
in passing that since he introduces Chaffee |
and Lawton under their own Names there
really seems no need of the very thin dis
guise which is put on Gen. Joseph Wheeler. |
as nothing which is said about
the general could possibly furnish founda-
ton for libel suit. Several Incidents of
the campaign are woven into the somewhat
loosely constructed plot notably Wheeler's
ride to the front at Santiago. and a little
episode in connection with a negro trooper
who encountered Spaniard posing as an
American.
''what regiment you b'lorg tof'' The voice
was nggro's and Bob's, and Grafton and |
listened keeny. Bob had evidently
got sharpshoOter up a tree and caught him
loading his gun
Tenth Cav'rly-Tenth'' was the answer. Bob
laughed lorg and loud.
''Well, you jus the man been lookin fur-the
Is. white I seed whut 'longed to a
niger regiment. Come down. honey
That story was told by the Rough Riders
IN their return home.
The book is fairly good war story.
hough considered purely as a novel there
s nothing very remarkable about it. 1t
S simply Kentucky novelist's view of the
campaign. New York: Charles
'cribner's Sons. s1.25.)