The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-05-25
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NEW PUBLICATIONS.
Masters of Men: A Story of the
/, New Navy" by Morgan Robertson;
Doubleday, Page & Co., New York;
by the well known author of sea yarns
is sustained, powerful and real story
of Richard Halpin, able seaman, his su-
perior officer, Lieutenant Breen, and the
tangled skein of their love affairs. The
development of Halpin from a boy, full
of pluck, courage, daring and rashness,
| too, the picture of an American sea-
mans life of to-day, and the exciting
adventures which he and the lieuten-
ant undergo when "shanghaied" on to a
"hell ship" Of the merchant service,
make a tale that no reader can resist.
AS a lad at school, Halpin has many
brushes with bigger boys and fierce pu-
gilistic encounters. Wrongly accused of
to Brooklyn and ships as third-class boy
in the navy. Four years later, when
skilled in debate with fists" he re-
turns to his native village with a doz-
en- shipmates, and they paint the town
red and Halpin pays off some old scores
with some Of the toughs who once
Iwronged and beat him. Halpin and
Lieutenant Breen mutiny on the hell
ship, but escape from irons at last and
join the Oregon at Rio. They take part
in the Santiago blockade and have
many more thrilling experiences. The
romance ends happily, Dick inherits
wealth and weds the girl Of his heart,
who has waited for him and accepts
him at last, The story Is vividly told
and as boys book is one Of the best
Of recent years, being full. Of adven-
lures and action, and the heroes being
of the true manly sort
Sirius volume of fiction, by Ellen
Thorneycroft Fowler, author of Con
corning Isabel Carnaby," THE Far
kingdoms, "a Double Thread and
"Cupid's Garden" Uniform edition;
12mo.; cloth, $3.50; d. Appleton & Co.,
70 Fifth avenue, New York; for sale by
r. H. Pease & Son. A new book by the
author of Concerning Isabel Carna-
by" and THE Farringdons' needs no
introduction. Her new book is a gall
lery of vivid miniature of various
phases of English life. Its unfailing in
terest will increase the authors we'll
earned reputation Sirius is, in short,
a very acceptable book Of short stories,
in all of which one readily discovers the
charm which characterizes Miss Fow-
ler's previous books. The stories i'm
press the reader by their fidelity to life |
and the extreme naturalness of the types
of character depicted. Miss Fowler ex- :
cells in her presentation Of character
and her stories are all good, wholesome,
crisp, bright and entertaining. Some of |
them deal with phases of; society life, |
others with heroic self-sacrifce. There
is a wholesome moral underlying each |
story, but there is no preaching and the |
reader is never bored. Every one likes
a book of good stories, and these are
very good
A new edition of His Letters" by |
Julien Gordon, author Of Mrs Clyde"
9 A Puritan Pagan" ETC., has just been |
Issued by d. Appleton & Co. New
York. His Letters" achieved instant
and have created wide in
terest among the reading public. The
writer's style and dction is charming,
and these passionate letters touch the
chords Of emotion and sympathy in the
readers heart. OF the book the Louis
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ger knows her world thoroughly and |
paints it from the inside. 1t is there
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brilliant in epigram. Therein lies it's
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says the Chicago Chronicle. For sale
o. Dyio |
Prince Rupert, the Buccaneer," by
1utcliffe Hyne, author of THE Filibus-
Iers,' 1.-The Adventures of Captain
Kettle" etc, is story full of stirring
adventures, hairbreadth es-
apes and scenes on land and sea, all
enough and well written to
BOOT. The story is told in the first per-
ION by a girl disguised as man, who
n that disguise served as buccaneer |
With Prince Rupert, fought like a tiger
md was never discovered to be other
han man. She loved the prince devo-
edly, but never discovered this to him, |
which, with her success in concealing
he identity of her sex through all the
xcting skirmishes and hand to hand
onflicts through which she passed Is
lightly amazing. The girl, Mary ,
acted also as the princes sec I
etary. The scene of the story Is laid !
4 the West Indies. The prince, whose i
rrand is to raise money with which to /
upply the court of Charles II, which
las temporarily established at The [
Iague, lands with his little fleet in Tor ,
uga. The excitement then begins at
nee and adventure after adventure
blow in quick succession. AS is we'll
aid of the story: "From one hair
plitting encounter to another the good
rince passes; he threads his way along
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