The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-02-17

! lore and life in various sections of old
4 New England! In this book the author
depicts life in that -the-way cut
Off the spur of the Taconic Mountains
in New York state that runs down into
the meeting angle of Vermont ana
Massachusetts. In the upland valleys
of these mountains and along their
.slatey sides, lie the scattered hamlets
of which the Shaker Hollow of this
book is a type. In the days Of the stage
coach in that region there was buStle
and business everywhere, and the peo-
( pie kept in touch with those outside
| them. But with the advent of the rail-
road in the Mohawk and Hoosac val
! leys, or, to quote Mr.. Vivian, with the
death of staging from an overdose of
iron and steam, the light went out OF
Shaker Hollow, and all it's neighborIng
corners and centers. A dry rot took
! hold Of the whole countryside. Inc
people went back to digging hard
scant living out of their slatey hills and
gloomy woods and got closer and closer
to the. soil in the process. In Woro'
they became clear case OF arrested ue-
velopment, and it Is in such near-na-
ture people that the love-making, the
jealousies, the plots and mysteries OF
this story of Luther Strong are set
down as they really worked for good
and evil. 1t is therefore both as char
acter study--a community study, ratner
and as a romance founded on the play
of human passions that Luther strong
Is doubly interesting. The BOOK is
strong, vigorous and realistic. or the
character studies, Luther Strong HIM
self is, of course, the central ana, per-
haps the closest drawn; but those OF
Aunt Eft, the man whom jimmie, ana
Josh White all stand out in the unmls-
taxable clcarness of being true to life.
THE knights of the Cross, Or krzy-
zacy," an historical romance by Henry
Sienkewicz, author of Quo Vadis,'
with Fire and Sword" Pan Mi
chael" etc, translated from the origl-
mai Polish by Samuel Binion, author OF
Ancient Egypt ETC., and translator
of quo Vadis," ETC.; two volumes;
price $500 for the set; R. F. Fenno q
Co, New York, publishers. For sale by
the e. P. Judd Co. This translation OF
one of the grea test novels Of Poland .
foremost writer's Is dedicated by the
author to his friend, Hon. William T.
Harris, LII. D., United States commits
sioner of education. Mr.. Binion, in his
preface, we'll says of this remarkable
book: This romance of Sienkiewicz IS
in the very first rank of imaginative
and historical romance The time and
scene are laid in the middle ages DUR
ing the conquest of Pagan tLithuania
by the military and priestly order of the
'Krzyzacy, Knights of the Cross The
story exhibits with splendid force the
collision of race passions and fierce, VI
client Municipalities which accompanied
that struggle. Those who read 1t Will,
in addition to the thrilling Incidents,
gain no little insight into the origin
and working of the inextinguishable
race hatred between Teuton and Slav.
And so If Poland was made Catholic
nation, she was also made an undying
Halter of the German, the Teutonic
name and person" The book has al
ready had a large sale. The translation
is scholarly and complete.
"A Rational Marriage" by Florence
Marryat, authors of Loves Conflict"
Her, Lord and Master ETC.; 12mo
cloth, $1.25; published by r. M. Buckles
& Co, Gil East Sixteenth street, New
York. For sale by the b. r. Judd Co.
This Is one Of the brightest and most
books of the season, Dam
gerous ground is skilfully touched In
manner irreproachable. A clandestins
marriage Is hastily conducted between
the lovers the lady bargaining before
hand that practically they remain as be-
fore, as far as the outside world was
warm friends, the marriage
to remain a secret until the lady's ex-
pectations of handsome inheritance are
realized. Her irascible grandfather has
vowed to disnherit her unless she re-
mains single while he lives. The Lon
don Athenaeum in its review of the
book says: I'm the present case the
parties are young journal
ist of the type usual in fiction, who had
yet preserved his simplicity and purity
of feeing"-we take the authors word |
for this; and somewhat young. lady OF
"a Their Bohemian habits, who lives in
Hat, acts as secretary to an elderly mo-
bleman, and does typeWritfng for the
young journalist. She has "expecta-
lions" from grandfather, but only in |
the event Of her remaining single-the |
old gentleman having an objection to {
This fact added to a ma
i've dislike to restraint Is the induce
nent to the course of action indicated /
above How it turned out may be
gathered from the book. Those who are
acquainted with the authors work will |
on the data be able more or
ess to reconstruct the story for them
selves"
Those who welcomed the appearance
If Raphael, the initial number of the
Riverside Art series, as meeting in an
admirable way very distinct need,
Will be glad to learn that Houghton,
Mif1lin & Co. have just published an
,ther volume of this same ssr3s-Rerl-
brandt, by Estelle M. Hurll.
The publishers announce for the other
wo issues of the Riverside Art series
If the present school year Michaelan-
yelo On February, and Jean Francois
Millet.
'Philo- Sophia volume Of poems by
Anita Trueman, including Accom-, a !
Tale of the Souls Experiences" The
Alliance Publishing Co., 10 and 81 West
rhrty-flrst street, New York; hand
;omely bound in blue cloth and lettered