Arizona republican., 1901-05-27

| ne pauses here and there, browsing
 awhile in one department and then in another, he wonders why any more books should be written for a few
 thousand years. And yet, humanity is
 never satisfied. Always desiring some
 thing new-a change from what we are accustomed to. Our chefs must con
 coct new dishes to tempt their variable appetites. The modiste must present new ideas in suits and headgear, to
 meet our demands for a change of
 styles, and authors will ever be expect ed to invent new tales or retell old ones, to entertain the masses from one generation to another.
 And there is always fruitful source. Just now it is the literature of the queen. No less than half a dozen dif- fersnt biographies of this illustrious woman have been placed upon the pub fishers list in the last few months. We have Victoria, Queen of England, Passing of the Great Queen, by Marie Corelli, whom, is is said, was Victo- ria's favorite novelist. This book is great tribute to an honored queen. but shows the ear marks of having DeeH HdStIIy written
 Queen Victoria, Her Grand Life and Glorious reign. with Life of Edward
 VI, and brief history of England, Coul- ter and Cooper. editors. is an authentic and readable publication.
 Life of Her Majesty, Queen Victoria, by Fawcett, and Story of Victoria, by Wintle, are other publications along this line.
 One of the most readable books con- corning the great queen which has come to our notice is Victoria. Maid, Matron, Monarch" by Grapho q. A. Adams). MT Adams has been for sonn time on the staff of the Advance. and under the pen name of "Grapho" is well known as a witty and forceful writer. This little volume is at once entertaining and bears unmistakably the stamp of "Grapho's" leading char acteristics. It is concise, direct and vigorous. It is history presented in a fascinating style. and it is no drudgery to follow it's action. The books, as it's title indicates, presents the illustrious woman as maid, matron. monarch. Be- ginning with a brief history of the House of Hanover, and re,ating in terse language the birth of Victoria, MT. Adams is soon we'll into his biog- raphy, and the leading events of her girihood, womanhood and reign are placed before us in rapid and unweary- ing succession. Here and there in Ht- tie byways we recognize touches of "Grapho" in his inimitable humor and subtle pl5asantry In chapter enti- tied Household and Habits" we have a glimpse into the domestic side of the worthy monarchs life, and under In ciGents and Anecdotes" we learn some interesting and hitherto unknown events in her remarkable career. The closing words on her majesty's death are beautiful tribute from an Ameri- can citizen to an English sovereign and we lay aside the book with heightened regard for the honored woman who was both Queen and Mother and a more charita able-like attachment and intimate relation with our brethren of the old world.
 To the reader looking for a biog- raphy of Victoria in which he will get the facts in a terse, entertaining style, intermixed with pleasantries and de- void of the dullness too often found in biographical literature, we would rec ommend this little book, Maid, Mat