The St. Louis Republic., 1901-11-02


do the right in his literary work. This may
or may not be an idiosyncrasy. Aside from
the invocation, If 1t may be so termed. the
collection of stories are entitled to more
than ordinary consideration. He explains
that the passions which govern people In
their actions are not all from the love mo-
tive. Other desires. such as music, nature,
money. pride, strife, revenge, children, hon.
or friendship. loyalty and duty, may be
'the very pulse of the machine" From the
first story. entitled "a Lover of Music" to
the last. THE Keepers of the Light" the
ruling passions stands out clearly and
forcefully The book is handsomely Illus
trated. Scribners.
''Some Women I Have Known" will ap-
peal to those readers who delight in the
subtleties of the feminine nature. The au-
thor Maarten Martens. dedicates "the his
tories ito women without a history" Yet
the men without histories will find Just as
much to interest them as will the women.
Rightly enough. the subtitle. "A Gallery
of Charming Miniatures" does not over
draw the line in the least. The painter Of
the miniatures shows his knowledge of the
gentler sex in all the tales. some OF which
are dramatic. while others are powerful
simply because they trace developments
that are common to every race and station
has met in Eastern Europe.-Appletons.
Amelia Gere Mason has followed up her
study Of women in the French Salons by
a volume treating of Women in the Golden
Ages" just published by the Century Com
pany. The golden ages included in Mrs.
Masons book begin with Sappho and close
with the American clubs of to-day In
writing of Sappho. the authoress tells Of the
hrst women's club. Quantity enough the
friends who gathered around Sappho-for.
be it known. that Sappho was not the
woman of tradition, according to Mrs. Ma
son-had their quarrels about dress and the
latest fashions. Club women will be sur
prised to know that they are not a new
product. There were new" women in
Rome as well as in Athens The solid In
formation in this book is rendered the more
pleasurable from the delicate and interest
ing way in which the subjects are handled
Charles Richmond Henderson, professor
Of sociology in the University of Chicago.
is the author Of a valuable collection OF in
formation relative to THE Social Spirit in
America" published by Scott. Forsman 4:
Co., Chicago. The book will be found an
excellent manual for social and study clubs
and will be equally valuable for the general
reader.
Helen Churchill Candee's present address
Is New York City, but any reader of her
first novel. IAN Oklahoma Romance" lust
published by the Century Company, will
recognize that she has been "on the
ground" where she has placed her scenes
Mrs. Candee has thrown into striking con-
trast the combination Of primitive and
civilized conditions. The romantic elements
of such life are set forth with vividness.
A. c. McClurg & Co. have excelled In
producing volume of Swedish Fairy
Tales" by Anna Wahlenberg, translated
by Axel Wahlenberg. These stories are of
the good old-fashioned sort, where kind
hearted fairies and big goblins do wonder
ful things to beautiful princesses and bad
Kings. The tales are as simple as Hans
Anderson's. The lessons they teach are
never forced, but are obvious and good and
wholesome. The illustrations are up to the
usual standard set by Helen Maitland
Armstrong.
No little attention has been given by the
public to two colonial stories from the pen
of Maud Wilder Goodwin. entitled "The
Head Of a Hundred and "Sir CHRISTOPHER"
Little, Brown & Co. now publish the third
and last in this series. The three are bound
together. both by unity Of scene, the re-
gion along the Chesapeake Bay, where
Maryland and tidewater Virginia made
their first settlements. and by a thread Of
sequence IN the lives involved in the plots.
The career Of Sir William Berkeley, the
beginning Of which is sketched in Sir
Christopher. is traced to q gloomy close
In White Aprons" The contests waRed
by Claiborne against the colonists across
the Virginia border. and the fued which
ragged around the name OF Ingle when CAL
vert ruled in Maryland. and Berkeley in
the Old Dominion, are fruitful enough
sources Of romance. The author of White
Aprons has taken fullest advantage of
the opportunity. The work is done cleverly
so cleverly that she asks that no descend
ants of the historical names which she has
introduced into her book shall take Of
fense.