The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-04-15
SANDBURRS by Alfred Henry Lewis, an
fhnI, of MyNnlfvillan Publishers Ereder.

SANDBURRS by Alfred Henry Lewis, an
thor of ''Wolfville" Publishers, Freder
lex A. Stokes Company, New York.
This is collection of Mr.. Lewis's char
acteristic sketches that have appeared
in the newspapers in the past two year.
There are half dozen 'Wolfville' stories
where We meet our old friends doe
Peets," Jack Enright' and Others and
there is series of ANNALS of the Bend,
in which we are introduced to the shades
and shadows of some lower grades of New
York life. There are all a number of
character sketches in the inimitable style
that has made Alfred Henry Lewis a
popular favorite. He has an original
literary style that is as delightful and
piquant as it is fresh and original. 1t
will be as popular as 'Wolfville" and is
already in it's second edition.
PIKE AND CUTLAS, Hero Tales of our
Navy, written and illustrated by Geo.
Gibbs; Publishers j. b. Lippincott
Company; Philadelphia.
This book, dedicated "to the cadets of
the United States Naval Academy, Past,
Present and Future is a series of charm
ing tales of the navy and naval heroes
from John Paul Jones to Dewey, Schley,
Sampson, Hobson and Bagley 1t is writ
ten in a manner that will attract boys
and men alike and is beautifully and pro-
fusely illustrated
1.-THE QUEENS GARDEN" by Mrs NJ
E. M. Davis, Publishers: Houghton,
Mifflin and Company, Boston Price SIPS.
The scene of this charming little story
is the French Quarter in New Orleans,
at the time of the epidemic of yellow
fever. 1t is story of the love of two
young people. The young man is re-
porter, who it is said helped to turn the
) world over every night" 1t is good
story we'll told.
RED BLOOD AND BLUE by Harrison
q Robertson; Charles Scribners Sons, New
York. Price $1.50.
The scene of this story is laid in East
Tennessee, the boyhocd home of the au-
thor, who is associate editor of the Louis
Vile Courier Journal. The hero is a chiv-
arous and honorable young man, with
out advantages, whose father had skip
ped the country" after defrauding many
people. The youth overcomes his struggles
pays off all who lost money through his
heart of the girl he loved, being the
successful rival of her blue blooded sutton,
who possesses those virtues that ought
to belong to all who are designated as
blue blood The career of both young
men are strongly put, and the reader is
introduced to the social distinctions which
obtain in the locality where the charac-
tiers live. The heroine is one of the finest
in raj Ixr
superior TO Janice Meredith" and the
women of most latter day novels. The
novelists of today, generally, give us a
gushing or a tickle woman. wanting in
strength of mind and purpose. So few
succeed in drawing a pen picture of the
best type of women that Mr.. Robertson
success is the more notable. After all,
the true test of the good novelist is:
What sort of woman does he make his
heroine? By that test Mr.. Robertson
would take high rank The book holds
the interest from cover to cover, an in
genious plot, dealing with The career of
each of the men as soldiers and as citi-
zen, as we'll as with their rivalry for the
favor of the heroine being so absorbing
that you do not wish to lay down tie
y book, until you have seen how it Will turn
out.
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FIELD, FOREST AND WAYSIDE FLOW
Frs nv 49, ~'-'~~ (E. NJ. Hardinge)
Crown 500. cloth decorated, illustrated.
Price $3.50.
= The chapters Of this book are so ar
ranged as to follow the waxing and wan,
: ing of plant life during an average season.
For the busy reader who seeks a practi-
cal, rather than technical knowledge
of our common flowers and grasses, it is
the best work we have seen.
THE CARDINALS MUSkETEER by NJ.
Inlay Taylor, Publishers, A. G. Nc
Clure and Co., Chicago.
In this year of the Paris Exposition,
when the thoughts of many are being
turned to France. this story, the scene
of which are laid in France. in Richelieu' s
time, will have a timely interest. 1t is
enc of Miss Taylor's best romances and
, has about it the atmosphere of chivalry
and romance. The love story is of alb
sorbing interest.
BRYAN'S BOOK PAID WE'LL
Mr.. VIM. E. Curtis writes from Wash
ngton to the Chicago Record:
wv. B. Conkey. of Chicago, who came
here with the committee to see Admiral
Dewey, says that he has sold nearly 300
900 copies of Mr.. Bryans book, THE First
Battle" and that there is still an active