Evening star., 1901-05-18

EVERY INCH KING the Romance W.fis of Henry Rr ef
Josephine Caroline Sawyer New YORK: bodu'
Mead & Co.
Henry has been usually considered TO
have been a good deal of roysterer IN
the days of his princehood. Perhaps
Shakespeare is to blame in a large meas
ure for this impression, through the dis
closure of relations to him of the Immortal
trio Falstaff, Bardolph and Poins. WHAT
ever the source of the belief, the author of
EVERY Inch a King" has set about to cor
rect the impression and to show, by means
of this novel, that Henry V was never the
evldoer history and literature have hith-
erto regarded him, but that at no time
save, perhaps, for one month after his tenn
porary exile from court-did he forget his
royal dignity or the responsibilities of his
position prospective King OF England
The story is pleasing and devoid of the
usual tragic features of romantic novels,
although Henry's evil genius is eventually
executed for treason. The author explains
that she has drawn her love story partly
from the imagination and partly from his
tory, defying the student to disprove It,
even though she cannot herself prove It's
truth.
TARRY THOU TILL COME; or, Salathiel, the
Wandering Jew. By George Croly Introduc-
tory Letter by Gen. Lewis Wallace. Twenty
full page Illustrations by T. de Thulstrup. New
York. Funk & Wagnalls Company.
Many romances have been woven about
the legend Of the Wandering Jew, and none
of these has ever had a greater vogue than
Crolys "SaIathiel which was originally
published in 1927 and was sent later
through many editions under varying titles
The present revival is accredited in meas
ure to the influence of Gen. Lew Wallace,
whose interest in biblical literature was
aroused by his sojourn in the orient, as
amply shown by his own great novels
Gen. Wallace has written an Introductory
letter to this edition, claiming for it the
exalted rank of a place among the six
greatest English novels ever written, the
others being ing ,IvanhUe Last Last Of the
Eyre" and "Hypatia" This story covers
in the main the period of thirty-seven years
from the crucifiXion to the triumph Of Titus
over Jerusalem. Appended to the repro
duced and corrected story are notes on the
origin and meaning of the immortal legend
and the status of the Jewish race.
THE ANGLosAxON REVIEW; Quarterly Mis-
celany. Edited by Lady Randolph Spencer
Churchill Mrs ,e, George CORVALLIS gaw we Vest Vol
CORVALLIS West New York: G. P Putnam's
Sons Washington: Woodward & Lothrop.
The gorgeous edition de luxe English
magazine continues to appear despite the
frequent forecasts that it is too ambitious
in plan and style to last The latest issue,
just at hand, reveals that the promoters are
not averse to occasional indulgence in
"timeliness,' for there are three articles
evidently suggested by the recent change
in the British sovereignty, one on Mon
archy and the King by Frederick Green
wood; another on st. Edwards Crown"
with a colored illustration showing the
crown of England. by Cyril Davenport, and
one descriptive of squire's household in
the reign of George l, by w. H. Mallock,
-,t1 lott Of xinCr -orIf
the frontispiece of the volume. The bind
ing of this issue is in red and gold, being
reproduction of Alessandro Piccolomini' is
Della Institutions Morale libri XII print
ed at Venice in 1860.
SIDE LIGHTS ON MANAGEMENT: World Systems
of Railways. By Major Pangbourne, author of
Worlds Railway etc Baltimore: Published
by the author.
Major Pangbourne has studied rail-
ways in both hemispheres until he is quail
fled to write in both general and specific
terms concerning them. His present book
is unique In some respects. 1t is written
in skeleton form, the first object being to
present the fact or assertion, regardless of
the rhetorical rules Consequently para
graphs are cut down to sentences, and SEN
tences to clauses, and sometimes even to
exclamations. This conduces to rapidity of
expression. Some of the results are pic
turesque, and the whole is instructive from
the writer's point of view. Much light is
thrown upon the various systems of rail-
way management in this country and
abroad, question of vital Importance in
these days of consolidation and phenom-
email building.
A DAUGHTER OF NEW FRANCE: with some
Account Of the Gallant Sieur Cadillac and his
Colony on the Detroit. BY Mary Catherine
Crowley author of An Every Day Girl" etc
Illustrated by Clyde ". De Land. Boston: Lit
tie, Brown Co.
Romance writers are beginning to turn
their attention to the great lakes for in
spiration, and the few who have produced
books out of the material there abundant
have proved the wisdom Of the departure.
"A Daughter of New France is not as
sprightly as some of the recent stories of
adventure and love, but it has the note of
earnestness and truth, and there are
glimpses in it of some of the historic scenes
enacted on the St. Lawrence and the De-
troit.
THE AMERICAN HUSBAND IN PARIS. By Anna
Bowman Dodd author of Three Normandy
Inns" etc. Boston Little Brown & Co.
This dialogue story is Of an American
husband who was discovered" by MS wife
during Partisan trip. She has often been
abroad, he never before. She learns his
real worth and his high position among the
men of influence on both continents during
their visit to the French capital In exposi-
ton time Some amusing and interesting
characters are introduced and the story de-
velops delightfully."-.
Ell CAPTAIN vENENO; Por Pedro A. De Alar-
con Edited with notes and vocabulary by
George Griffin Brownell, professor Of romance
languages, University OF Alabama New York:
American Book Company.
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