The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-24
NOTES OF NEW BOOKS.


writer of short stories. but this is his
first important venture into the field OF
historical fiction. The time of the story
is the period just succeeding the Revo-
luton. and the hero Beverley, is young
American officer. Mr. Thompson has made
a somewhat daring departure from the
traditions of novel writers by making ms
heroine strong, active, almost hoydenisn
maiden, the kind OF girl often to Do
found in the pioneer life of those days.
She can use a foil as we'll as distait'
and is not dismayed by hardships which
would have crushed Janice Meredith or
the dainty heroine of TO Have and to
Hold" She is full of life from the rip
pies of her bronze hair to the tip OF
her light foot, and her wits are as quick
as her heart is warm.
The minor characters in the story are
all well drawn, notably the Indian, Long
Hair; the withered up little Frenchman,
Oncle Jazon, and the great figure OF Gas
pard Roussillon, Allce's foster-father. The
priest, Father Beret, is also fine Dit OF
character work. The incidents are saia
to have been taken from history Tor the
most part. and the author has reproduced
the life of the time with much care ana
skill. In fact, while the book is doubtless
the outcome Of long and thorough study
and investigation, 1t is not dogs cared
with much handling, and gives the I'm
preston Of having written ITSELF I'm
tianapolis: The Bowen Merrill Company
$500
"Geber: Tale of the Reign of Harun
AL Raschid Khalif of Bagdad.' by Kate A.
Benton. is a story of Arabia as it was IN
(yphpr
physician, with the mysterious. half SUI
pernatural powers ascribed to those VINO
practiced the healing art in those days.
The book reminds one of Ebers' Egyptian
novels in its complexity of plot. wealth.
of detail, and number of characters, ana
is written skillfully and with 1nucn power
Of Imagination and description. There IS
an Introduction by Jesse Benton Fremont.
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Com
pany)
IA White Guard to Satan" by Alice
Maud Ewell, is story Of Virginia IN
colonial days. told in quaint, old fash
toned language. 1t deals with the adven-
lures Of certain Mistress Elizabeth God
stowe in the time Of Bacon's Rebellion:
There is a vivid description of Nathaniel
Bacon, who figures in the story. and OF
Governor Berkeley and several other no.
table people Of the time, AMI the atmos-
phere of that quaint period is we'll repro
duced. The scene is laid upon the YORK
River, and the story is full Of the odd SUI
perstition, stately manners, and simeaa
emotions Of the folk of Colonial days. 1t
is we'll written in every way tBoston;
Houghton, Mifflin G Co. S1.25.)
1.-THE Golden Horseshoe" by Stephen
Bonsal, has the somewhat cumbersome
subtitle: Extracts from the letters OF
Capt. H. L. Herndon. of the Twenty first
United States Infantry, on duty In the
PhilIppine Islands, and Lieut.. Lawrence
Gill. A. D. C. to the Military Governor OF
Porto Rico, with postscript by J. sher-
man. private Company d, Twenty-flrst In
| fantry: edited by Stephen Bonsal.' This
description indicates fairly we'll what the
book is like. Between the two packets OF
| letters one gets a picture OF the workings
Of colonial government on both sides OF
,orId. The history Of the Philippines
| as they have been Influenced by Western
civilization is given, and there is deal
Of other interesting information. New
York: The Macmillan Company
-.u,rIon OF 1.-THE Puritan in Eng
land and New England" by Ezra Hoyt
Byington. has come out. 1t has an intro
duction by Or. Alexander Mckenzie and
a new chapter on witchcraft in New Eng
land. There are portraits of William Pyn-
chon and Col. John Hutchinson, and a pic
ture of the Old bingham Meeting House.
1t is a valuable and handsome book and
should be owned by clergymen and others
who are interested in the history of the
religious movements Of this country. Dos
ton: Little. Brown & Co. s2)
A limited edition Of lone Hundred Qua
trains from the Rubaiyat of Omar Khay
yam" by Elizabeth Alden Curtis, has APP
peared, and though 1t is rather a daring
thing to attempt to succeed Edward FitZ-
gerald ('What shall the man do that
cometh after the king?"), Miss Curtis has.
on the whole, done her work we'll The
following quatrain is fair example of her
translation:
All unconsulted do we come and go;
. thou, who quickened to life to know
OF sin and sorrow. shalt thou then complain
That we should use our unsought portion so.
New York Brothers OF the Book
THE Christmas Angel" is dainty little
fairy tale for little children, by Katharine
Pyle, who is also responsible for the very
quaint and cunning illustrations. 1t de-
scribes the adventures of little girl called
Mary, who goes to the Wonder Country In
company with a gingerbread doll, and there
meets Kris Kringle's mother the Noah's
Ark people, a live toy village. several dolls,
and all the other toys usually shut up in
shops in an uninteresting state of dumb
ness In the pages Of this story book they
are very much alive indeed. and no child
of six, or Whereabouts, can fail to be fas-
cinated with the happenings found in it.
Boston: Little, Brown & Co. s1.25.)
Hugh Darnaby," by Garrett Morrow Da-
Wis, is story of central Kentucky in the
time of the civil war. The author is a resi-
dent OF Washington. and is evidently IA
miliar with the scenes from which he drew
his material He says in a brief preface
that most of the incidents of the book are
founded on fact washington: Gibson
Brothersl
THE Reggie and Reggie Stories" by Ger
trude Smith, illustrated by E. Mars and
NJ. H. Squire, make up dainty book for
very small readers just issued by the Har-
pers. $1.50)
omega Et Alpha" by Greville d'Arville.
is book Of verses grave and gay, some of
which show considerable talent The verse
which confronts one al the beginning adj
dressed ITO My Critics." is at least unique
1t reads:
fain would ask o. thee
As critics true and brave,
If / a poet he
AM, not rhyming knavef
For if fail in rhyme.
With mind intent high
The lofty heights TO climb,