Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-04-26

son, author OF Alice Oh VIC NflceH' a.
nes," comes srom the press OF G. w.
Dillingham; Co, publishers, New York.
The scene OF the story rs laid on the
gulf coast, near New Orleans ard the
Pearl river regisn.. Kirk MacCullough,
who had abducted the granddaughter
of travelling p~eachcr. has hidden
his identity in the name OF Pierre
Rameau, and is king of Honey Island,
the rendezvous of a. bold band of rob-
berS who had reared Il ricfs harvest
along the gulf coast, The story OF
his undoing is Il very interesting one.
TIE book ends in Il most unique amt
satisfactory manner, and will be
| pleasing to all who fave read "Alice
Of Old Nincennes." The story through
out is complete with dramatic adj
venture.
''Thc Successors of Mary the First"
| by Elizabet h Stuart Phelps Ward, is
an amusing satire OF the servant
| problem by one of the. most widely
| read authors of the time. 1t is the
! experience of a family with number
| Of servants--of various nationalities,
| degrees of illiteracy and shades Of
incompetence. The resulting per-
pIexitics and tribulations of the mis-
l
| gence offices (Which she found to DC
| densely unintelligent) and with vari-'
Gus societies for improving servants
and protecting mistresses, cali out
some of the authors most delicious
| satire and cleverest irony. The book
has been written with, evident Zest
and enjoyment, Il circumstance which
accounts for its highly entertaining
I r. Va Roc
ton. Bakcr-Trisler Co., Des Moines.
| In honor Of the 18th birthday OF
The Youths Companion the publish
ers have issued a handsome 10Th
Birthday Souvenir" 1T contains
series of striking maps and suggestive
facts, showing the vast growth of the
nation and of the nations foremost
family weekly since the day in April,
1927, which saw the first number Of
the first volume of The Youths Com
panion come from the press.
''The Story of Eva" by viii Payne,
author of Jerry the Dreamer" THE
Money Captain,' etc. is Il story OF
Chicago life and novel Of character
the hero an eastern man and the
heroine a western woman. It's pic
lures Of various phases of life in the
lakeside city are discriminating and
entertaining, which the development
of the man and the woman forms Il
story of dramatic power and great
spiritual insight. It is daring in its
treatment of topics usually forbid
den, but it treats them with consider
atcncss and dignity, and carries a
powerful moral; and it is marked by
high artist ic quality. Hough~
&, ~ Il
York, and Gakcr-Trisler Co., Dey
Muines.
! cold Bowers Legacy" by Edwin
, Asa Dix, is 1t new book by young
author whose first novel, deacon
Bradbury" published year ago, is
already in its eighth edition. Like
deacon Bradbury.' the new story is
a study Of New England character
and conditions. the scene being laid
8 in the same fictitious villagc-Felton,
= Vermont. 1t is Il serious work,
9 though by no means without its light
: or touches: and the picture it pre-
:, scnts of the typical folk OF a rural
a community. while imaginative in con-
ception, is Photographic in detail.
"Old Bowen's Legacy" is the dying be-
quest Of 4 miser who. till death stood
at his elbow, believed in the innate
0cpravity Of mankind, but was per-
suaded by the village lawyer to &c
consider his harsh Judgment, the re.
suit being that his entire fortune
n (S5,000) was willed with his last
- breath 20 three trustees, to be dis
. posed Of ncoMlitionally, in a luml
: sum, for "an Enthusiastically worthS
: object" Fc~tunately for the truS
6 tees, "thcy were each blessed with q
4 tolcrably 1ars: and aTrreciative sense
: Of humor' The unfolding of the plot
e occupies the year allowed them fol-
d the making Of choice; and their de
ciSion is calculated to surprise the su
4 pcrfcial reader. The Century Co.
New York.
= Miss pritchard Wedding Trip
=. by Clara Louise Burnham, is story
-. Of continuous interest, and has the
delight of many surprises. The hero
= inc is New England spinster disap
+ pointed in an early love and requit
It ed in an original fashion. The
man she loved dies and intrusts tt
her his daughter. who so much re
scmbles her father that the trip tt
Europe on which Miss pritchard ac
companies the girl assumes for hel
I the scmbIance Of the wedding our
q ney she had lorg since planned t.
y take with the girls father. 1t is ;
= pleasant fancy happily carried out
. 1t ends with real romance, in whicl
Miss Pritchard has 4 hand. helping t.
T make her ward happy. IIought on
" Mif1lin O. Co., Boston. BakerTrisle1
u | Co.. DcS Moines.
Il "Pcnelope's Irish Experienced b,
Y Kate Douglas Wiggin, is the story o
l. the experience in Ireland of Pc ,clope
e Francesca and Salemina, the same
fnn-loving THO Of unconventi onal tray
elers who made such amusing eNcur
sions through England and Scotland
The quality of the book defics defini
/ ton. 1t is all spontaneous fun. limo
l. cent mischief and pure sentiment
s. elusive in definition but most certain
|. in entertainment. The three friend:
q visit picturesque localities and out o
/, the way places, every turn of tht
: road making its contribution to theil