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Hunt Won Gottsscholk, i'm the oldest OF
introductions, with the type all mixed of
with little chicks. says his wish is that
these illustrated verses may awaken the
latent patriotism in the nursery of the
present generation to such an extent that
they will follow naturally in the foot
steps Of their jingoes and grow up from
patriotic chicks to the Yankee-Doodle.
Docs first, last and all the time.
THE FoREsHADOWED@ WAY. BY AIRS.
Helen Aldrich De Kroyft. F.. Tenny-
81 son .,eely Co., New Y ork-
The strange realization Of a vision that
came to the author when a young girl in
school is powerfully and dramatically set
forth in this volume.
The story is told in letters written by
Mrs. De Kroyft from time to time TO her
friends, and gives a detailed description
in the purest and most eloquent English
dicticn of the various stages oil her life
that were so accurately predicted in the
remarkable vision that appeared to her.
This included her marriage, the death OF
Z her husband, the affliction of blindness,
her struggle for "a livelihood from the
sale Of "a book, and finally, the slow re-
turn of her eyesight.
1t is with her trips through the Upited
States, beginning when TaylorsWas Presl-
dent, that the letters most concern them
selves, and the material here collected
possesses the keenest interest for every
American. Her meetings With the great
men of that day, who xhibtted toward
sher the most generous CONFESSION, are
vividly described.
The President and Henry Clay5were the
two first names she secured for a sub
scription to her book, and the courty
chivalrys Of those days as pictured in the
books contrasts strangely. with the curt
ness OF the present. -
The book is in all respects a fascinating
feeling that finds expression in the con-
stancy Of her faith that God will lift
the.veil of darkness In the end.
PETERsON,s POEMS. BY J. j. Peter
IS son F. Tennyson Neely Co. New
II DIRK.
1t is seldom In this prosaic age. that
eve find a soul so intensely romantic. 80
deeply conscious sofz the purpose and pos
sshtiitiea Of lfa. it, gladdnsss and its
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THE GREAT WHITE LIGHT.

In a speech Before thecurtain after the
first production of When knighthood
Was In Flower" at Indianapolis. alI.
Charles Major said these words: ''These
are qualities which I believe arc OF in
finite value 10 one who has to stand in
the great white 1ight-a target for the
cgcr-rcady and evcr-watchful critics" The
qualities 10 which, Mr.. Major referred
were meekness i'm victory and patience in
defeat: but this, and the fact as to wheth-
or Mr.. Major is really in 1.-The great white
light" arc matters which we do not care
TO touch upon. Our subject in the pres
ent article is The nature and intensity of
the great white light in which. ac-
cording 10 Mr.. Major the successful au-
thor ever stands.
We assume that by .'thc great white
1lotoriety. which attaches itself 10 the
life Of the author who has produced a
work of note. 1t is II recrcttable thing
that this light has increased ! afocus ara
intensity during the last few decades Re
E-eftable in many ways, but chiefly be-
cause the really modest and sensible au-
i thor, who has sufficient wisdom and
j lack Of conceit to detach his personality
from his work, is annoyed by the con-
stant flashing of the search-iight upon his
alone-life and daily walks: and regret
table also because by the use of this light
7 the public are led away from the true
i object Of interest. and are prone 10 for
get the mars work in the personality of
the man. 1t may DC noted in passing
that the authors who honesty complain of
the great white light because of the
first reason we have given are me- sufl.-
] cient III number to cause us to hope for
! an organized reform movement from
! them.
But the second reason has weight with
those who desire TO find hope for the
future OF literature. The divergence of the
interest of the public IS IN Ell, ,:;img Tor
letters. The exploitation of works of
fiction simply because they are written
by young girls, for example. is all for the
worst in literature. The motive Of Curl
osity is not that because of which a book
should be read, though every day it is
growing more and more in evidence as a
reason.
But this apart. why should the produc-
ton of a good book or good poem or a
good play bring the author at once into
the great white light?" ]; is the work,
not the man, which is offered to the
public: cannot the public accept the work
and allow the man to remain in quiet OBJ
security? Not literally SO. of course; the
name of one Who has won success may
well be upon every tongue; but let it be
/ only as the writer. not as the man What
/ does it serve us or literature that we
know that this great author has domestic
/ troubles or that that is a model family
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Juvenile Gsorks.

MADAME LIBERAL1TY. Ey Juiiana
Horato Ewing. Boston: l.. G. Page
& Company. Cloth, special covel de-
sign, l2mo., illustrated. "A pages. Price,
30 cents. For sale by Hunter & COM
pany, Richmond, Va.
A new child's story by the author of
"Jackanapes' and STORY OF a Short
Life that pathetic juye ate classic. IS
always welcomed by the little folks, as
well as by the children o. u 'arEer growth
We are introduced to Madame I'bI-
atty as a most unselfish little; maiG, al
though one of her brothers c)laiSlctarizes
her as 1.-THE most meanast aHl tie gen
erousest person 1 ever 1in.w.'".s Her un-
seltishness grows as she Slows, and to
the end she finds her sretcst pleasure
in self-Genial- for those she loves Tie
story is told in Mrs. Ewlng.s own de-
lightful style, and the llls:-aticns are
by Etheldred B. Barry.
PEBBLES AND PEARLS. BY C1eland
Kernestaffe. 12mo. Cloth, 81. 80. Pub
lished by f. Tennyson Nicely Company,
New York.
The author moGestly calls his delight
full verses "A Collection of Poems in
Patches.
we must assume that Pebbles is to
designate the measures that trip in light
or vein. guy Of heart, fancy free, with a
mischevous twinkle in the eye, while un-
der pearls we choose to class the
sweeter and more tender cadences which
the book so generously offers.
MEMOIRS OF SIMPLE SLAION.s#N erses
by D. B. Keller. Illustrated in colors
by Charles S. Vandervort. Published
BY Ri. Russell, New. Y ork.
The verse and the pictures are both
irresistibly funny. The colors are bright
and catchy, and the. book makes
charming and acceptable present Tor q
child.
Yankee. Doodle Gander, published by r..
II russell. New York is handsomely
bound and Illustrated with the veryaafun-
NEST colored pictures. The jingles are
= !, Siolly. ana the pictures will even make
TIA old folks laugh The author. Oscar
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relli' etc. New York: Frederick A.
Stokes Company. Cloth, special cover
design. 12mo., $40 pages. Price, S1.eo.
= For sale by the Bell Book and Stations
cry Company, Richmond.
The scene Of this novel is laid at the
time OF the terrible struggle between the
Huguenots and the Catholics in France
Just before the massacre of st. Bartholo-
new. OF The hero of this stirring story,
the author s;tys: 1T is, perhaps, only
in France that such4a character can eN-
list. Certainly 40 country in the world.
and no period in history, hasSever# been
richer in romance than the French wars
of the sixteenth century, and this is one
of the strongest novels they have sug-
gested.
THE HISTORY OF SIR RICHARD
cALMADy BY Lucas 1Ialet. New
York: Dodd, Mead & Company. Cloth.
special cover design, limo, 6S7 pages.
Price, Sl.5o. Fer sale by The Bell Book
and Stationery Company, Richmond
4 striking and yIrile modern romance,
tho scene of which is laid in the moorland
and forest country Of the northern part
Of JIampshire, i'll London and III Naples.
II deals with the experiences and adVen-
t,rcs of an English country gentleman
Of an essentially normal type OF char
acter. subjected 10 very abnormal cond i
lions of life. 1t is a powerful. prese en- Ia
ton of a strong and heautlful soui IN IN
habItins :, deformedl body and lighting
its way from the. depths of humiliation
and despair up to Il plane OF absolute
happiness and content.
THE LADY OF LYNN. By Sir Walter
Besant. author of .'All Sorts and Con-
ditions of Men. The Orange Cd Cd, i''etc.
New York: Dod6. Mead & company.
Cloth, special cover design. iilustrat-
ed Emo. s74 pages Price. sl.so. For
sale by The Ben Book and Stationery
Company. Richmond.
This is a story of life in the middle of
the eighteenth century The Lady of
Lynn is a wealthy, young heiress. whose
guardian. Captain crowle. has endeavor-
cd to keep from the knowledge, of bis
townspeopIe the amount OF his ward s
inheratance. SO that she should MT fsil
prey TO fortune-hunters. tbs his; aln-
bitinn 10 marry her to-a yns,s1g man nf
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sorrow, its pain and its power, as the
remarkable young poet who fashioned
these verses.
The literary style Of the principal poem,
THE Rover" recalls with irresistible
force the poetic works Of Walter Scott.
We find in many passages all the I'M
speakable sadness of the Lay of the
Last Minstrel while others sound the
martial tread and bugle call. and we can
almost hear and feel the marvellous dash
and spirit of the dauntless Marmlon-
Nothing could be more logical, strong
and impressive than the verses on tie
Judgment = the most scornful cynie or
the most blase egotist could not read
them without a SILVER of dread and the
keenest thrill of awe.
This little yoEu1ne will find its way
into the minds of those who know their
favorite poems by heart, and it is pre-
dicted with confidence that these verses
will live. and that the author, gifted with
G rare talents will take rank among the
poets whom the world delights to honor.
ingston Prescott. illustrated by A. d..
Mccormick. Boston L. c. Page &
Company. Cloth, special cover design;
illustrated, 12mo., IS pages. Price 30
cents. For sale by Hunter s. Co., Rich
mond. Va.
This issa most pathetic little story of
the 1ife-work of a little child: how her
love and sympathy gave hope for this
life and the life to come of a man scared
witt sin. Told in .simpIe words. full of
tcnderest patnos. It cannot fall to arouse
I'M the heart Of the reader. however
young Of old. desire to do some good in
the world: s little child shall lead
them. @
81 is one of the Cosy Corner Series"
a deserVedly popular collection of juvenile
works
OUR LITTLE BROWN COUSIN. by
Mary Hazelton Wade. Illustrated BY L..
J. Bridgnan Boston: Lie Page & Co.
Cloth, special cover design, 12mo.. IL
Illustrated. OF pages. Price 50 cents. For
sale by Hunter s. Co, Richmond. VI. S
oThise book Is one of the Little Cousin
Series. q delightful and Instructive set of
stuvaniIa hnoks This vnInn1a Halls IN sim-;
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ia mi,y and position. He Discovers Sa-T-
uel Semp!e,@ q Syoung man OF Lyn1 e.
tempting to make love to his Wafd ana
ssoundly cudgels him for it. m revenge
for this indtgnity, Sempie'i plo s to mar
E1v the heiress in spite Of hecs a,atu,ail,
dissipate her fortune and make her re
miserable, in the carrying cut o. "h:Sh
.despicable plan he is in 4 II, ASSURE sue
ceSsful.
4 NEST OF SLINNETS. BY. f. Frankfort
Moore. author Of .'The Jessamy Bride, :
etc. New York. D...Appleton & Com
nany. Cloth. Inns illustrated, Alt
pages. Price, 81. 80.
This charming romance, is in the Vein
the author developed SO happily In The
jessamy Bride and t is. in many re-
spects more mature and important Work.
The story is exceedingly happy in Its
delicate reproduction of eighteenth-cen-
fury atmosphere. The love scenes are
placed sbefore the reader with q daint1-s
ness and grace admirably BETTING the
finer aspects OF the period. The Incidents
and adventures of the romance-for there
are stirring adventures Witnessed,
shared in or gossipsd about by brilliant
figures Of the time,%a Sheridan, ~ alpole
5 and Selwyn; while the ponderous pres
ence of DR.. Johnson makes itself felt
here and there. and Goldsmith appears
+ as a smore modest member 7of Il the com
pany. The quality and character OF
fascinating time have been aptiX rea l 81
blythe author. His work.ApromlseS "
mark a new and conspicuous ccess.
MoUsMT: A Story ofssti1e VEST an 10
Is East. BY Give Holland antnor, y
..Mv. Japa nese Wife, z, etc. New. = ORR.
Frederick "a Stokes Conpany. Gioth,
12mo.. s47 pages Price & 20 For sale
by The Bel. Book and statiolnerySeon ON
pany, Richmon 81 a.
S. OF this novel the ant hor. writes:
sThe following story, while complete
I'm itself, is sthe sequel TO a former one
entitled Ny Japanese Wife SIS It 7 re-
counts the further doinEs OF, In, Inc ,nt..e
nf the critics she does in the story
sTshaves now written into thatso her Eng
slish sister n-la w--to such an extent that
thevEwere kind enough to express a. de-
sire. for. the recital sof her further expsTi-
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pie words of the life of '.Analfer." the lit.
tie brown Malay cousin, in whose home
the leaves of the breadfruit-tree serve as
plates and the halves of the cocoanur
shells for cups. Others of the same series
by the same author are Our Little Jap
anese Cousin. Our Little Indian Coils-
in . and Our Little Russian Cousin The
writer's style is particularly happy and
the little volumes are filed with the
quaint sayings and do;ngs of children in
other lands.
MARGoT. By Millicent E. Mann. Chi.
cago: A c. McClung & Co. Cloth. 81 e-
cial cover design. illustrated, 81 pages,
small quarto Price 81 net.
Although this is Mrs Mann's first jtt-
venile book. 1t is easily apparent that she
understands tho art of telling a story liz
way to interest young people. In Mar
GOT she has aimed to give them boog
that will correspond with the historical
romances their elders are reading so FREE
quently at the present time
MarSots father. who is shoemaker to-
the Court Of France in the reign OF Louis
XIV. is a Huguenot: and when the times
OF persecution came little Margot s kur-
ried out OF France. She escapes, to
America and has many strange adr.is-
lures in the wilderness. In the end her
courage and sweet sIovable disposition ind
the reward OF happiness. The illustr;.-
tons by Troy and Margaret Kinney are
unusually charming.
SWEDISH FAIRY TALES. BY Anna
Wahlenbers. Translated by Axef Wai,-
lenbeEg. Chicago: A. c. McC1urg- c.etn
special cover design. Illustrated, snlan
uuarto. 15s pages Price 81 net
These are fairy stories OF the good old
fashioned kind. full OF heart and insaeinii-
ton, and sure to delight children. They
have the simplicity OF Hans Andersen
tales: and the lessons they teach. Though
never forced on the attention arc obvious
and good and wholesome.
The illustrations by Hsien Maitland
Armstrong are unusually charming They
show the technical skill and the fine mas
ination that distinguishes the work OF
this artist to am unusual ,degree and shs&
also interpret the spirit OF the stories
9rrnSt successfully.
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"A PARFIT GENTEL KNIGHT. BY
Charlton Andrews Chicago: a. c.
McClung d Co. Cloth special cover
design, Illustrated. with twelve full
page drawings, 12no.. IA pages. Price,
sl.5o
ecribes the hero of this roTnance-the
Count of Chabaies-who shows himself
TO be the finest type Of the gallant gen
tleman of the period. without fear and
without reproach. The Incidents OF the
story take place during the reign Of
Charles IN. Of France. the days of con-
slant strife between Catholics and HUI
guenots. when intrigues and assassina-
tons were everyday affairs.
THE Count of Chabanes is confronted
with a situation which few men can meet
successfully-tne necessity of serving the
woman he loves, while he knows that she
belongs 10 another. and that man his
best friend and superior officer. The no
hility with which he protects her name
from the faint of Court scandal and
keeps the trust imposed upon him is the
leading motive of a powerful and brill
liant romance. 1t lras the complicated
plot and rapid action that command an
absorbed interest on the part OF the
reader, and the book bids fair to be
an,e ,lg the seasons successes.
TIE NIGHT HAWK: 4 Romance OF
the Sixties. BY AliN John. New York:
Frederick a. Stokes Company. Cloth.
special cover design Emo, S7S pages.
Price. a.50. For sale by the Bell Book
and Stationery Company, Richmond,
Va.
The story is one that may certainly lay
0faiiu 10 originality OF subject. as It has
% do with the Confederate blockade
runners. Who took their renturesomc
course between Halifax AID the ports OF
the Southern States. The heroine Of tho
story is southern woman of wealth and
good birth who acts as Confederate
spy in Halifax. and whose career is TO
some extent based on that of a charming
southerner who actually served the Con-
federacy as its secret agent
THE TRAITORS NAY. BY S. Levett-
xsa.s. Authnr ~ ..rhA Honour of Sa-
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81 ARTHUR. T. EASTMAN, Lit. D.
Assisted by a Staff Of Prominent Literary Men

covers in brief space a wide range OF
subjects. and throws bright light upon
the social conditions of Germany.
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Other eiterary Features.

"A PARFIT GENTEL KNIGHT. BY
Charlton Andrews. Chicago: a. c.
Mcciung d Co. Cloth. special cover
design, Illustrated. with twelve full
page drawings, f2mo.. IA pages. Price,
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kitten. What for you askn' me bout
young miss?"
Answer my questions. Where did
your daughters husband spend the
night?"
"He spen' de night wild de doctor,
Tourse-comin' an goin' to sick folks
Grs ike e always dol"
did he have the carriage out 2"
"Course ne he'd de kcrridge QUIT"
Nolbin walked the floor, more and
more disturbed. He adopted q more
gentle method.
Nanny, how long have You been
Z with this family?"
"Olc marster-way back yonder--gi'
me to ole miss when she was born;
an ole miss gi' me ter Miss Frances,
sab, Been hynh always!"
Nothing on earth could tempt you
to say or do anything that would en-
danger your young mistress, of
course"
NO, sah Ole miss say, day she die:
Nanny, take cyar my chile;' an
hole or han an promise
DO you know that l am TO marry
your Miss Frances"
"Fo' God! Who toll you dat?"
ut was in her fathers will. But
you are not to speak of that-not a
word, even to her. The time will
come, nanny. when I shall rely
upon you TO hell me take care of her
and make her happy. viii you help
me?"
Yes, sah You can depen on man,
my night or day. But. marster, when
you goin' marry Miss Frances? She
ain nothin' but er chile now"
II know that, and that is why am
consulting with YOU. l am going to
tell you a secret. Will you keep it'll
1t is to help her"
"Yes, sah ain goin' tell nobody,
sab"
do you know what happened in her
room night before last. nanny while
you were away?"
What happen dere. sah?"
"a man was shot in there and des-
perately wounded"
Hush" The woman's dismay was
genuine: so was her curiosity. She
leaned forward eagerly. who dat
done shot i'm?
Il don't know"
who de man got shot ."
Il don't know that. Was there moth.
ing wrong about the room when you
came back?' He saw the quick intelli-
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SYNOPSIS.

SYNOPSIS
CHAPTER I-story opens IN R,tNr,ArS,
Va. on day Fort Sumter surrende rcd.
Dr. Francis Brodnar makes remarkable
request of his friend, Dick Somers, to
which Somers finally agrees. He Ia TO
iaarry' biindfolded' woman whose
name he is not TO know, ask no qles-
tons. and finally. when she Is ont of
the power Of certain enemies. Is to grant
her an honorable divorce
CHAPTER II--According to the agree.
ment. Somers is mySteriously married to
young woman, who is called Frances,
and being left with her, they fan in love
with each other. Upon her insstence he
HEhts match in the dark ROOM that
they may see each other a pistol shot
rings crt. Somers falls with a scalp
wound Just as Brodnar comes TO take
MN away. He is conveyed to the doc
tors Office.
CHAPTER 1II-somers on his recov-
~, receives telegram to report to war
ice Immediately. He learns Frances
IS we'll and asks the doctor to tell her
Richard Somers passes out of her life
70 servo his country. His duty dose.
please God. and she needs his arm. he
Will follow her TO the end of the earth"
CHAPTER IV-Woman named Louise
is visited ny Raymond Holbin the IA
Their of her child who has not kept his
promise to marry her. and who bears a
f'rildng resemblance to Dick Somers
Enc tells OF having, in her despera ton.
shot man who she thought was he
CHAPTER v-Frances' father John
Brookin, makes his will bequeathing her
certain property upon condition that sha
marry Holbin. his stepson Just before
he dies she dsllusions his mind of no.
ton that she had been disloyal to him.
and tells him a friend has wished her
TO say to him: Ask Raymond Holhin
what ne has done with Louise (the dy-
Ing man S niece): for he is tho man who
BETRAYED her by mock marriage, and
took her abroad"
CHAPTER VI-Holbin's absence from
the Brookin funeral is noticed He is
busy in the deserted residence of de-
ceased unraVeling the mystery of the con-
nection between the shooting told him
BY Louise and the implied charge against
bim made by Frances. He finds evidences
Of rivals presence in Frances room.
Ind his evil mind fills with suspicion Of
}he pure girl.
CHAPTER VII-Holbn decides to ask
Dr. Brodnar IL he knows the man who
was shot in Frances room The doctor
asserts he had been shot there and that
he suspected Mrs Brookin (Holbins
nother) Of being the woman who fired
shc shot. which, he declares, missed its
mark.
CHAPTER VIII-Baf1ed in attempt ia
learn anything from DR.. Brodnar. Hol-
DIN turns to Frances, but is again un-
fuccessiul. However. by a skillful move.
Inc man has made a most powerful i'm
preston upon the woman he homes to
marry.
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her, her own seeing nothing but ere
face in that half-lit room where her
shrine was raised, all that was Left
of resentment vani shed out of her
heart. When afterward she realized
this she was amazed and troubled.
One federal soldier at least in all the
hosts that fell into confederate hands
had no cause to complain of his nurs-
ing. A hospital stretoher bore him TO
the home of Frances 81 oolin and into
her room. 1t was her whan. and the
stepmother was INDUCING her wbins
IN those days. These Frances and
nanny. with william Us helper and
Brodnar as an occasional adviser. law
ished on him such care and tter ton as
he had never dreamed was possible. for
be was one of those homeless waits 70
whom war had promised nothing but
excitement and change. IL was all a
mystery TO him, but he questioned not.
He accepted the girls simple sta tement
as 10 Somers, and was content TO lot
the sun of his prosperity shine on.
One day when the soldier was able
to limp about The garden upon his
crutches and sit in the shade by tho
FLASHING fountain to read in the Dis.
patch OF the great battles being fought