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$l.o0.
This wizard of the black art seems to
have as many lives as his famous cat
..Apollyou.'' However. we may reaso1la-z
bly, expect that this is his final appear
ance since his creator, DR.. Boothby, has
consigned him to a monastery on a
lnountain-side. in an otherwise uninha BIT
ed region. He has been an interesting
character. if somewhat uncanny. and has
been almost as much Identified with the
author as sherlock Holmes With Conan,
Doyle. The public says Farewell, Niko-.
la, and bids adieu to a 5hatr-raising,
fesh-creeping. fear-compeHing apparition,
a creature Interesting by reason of the
utter incongruity of its existence in this
enlightened day and generation. Dr.
Nikola" and his magic belong to the
Dark Ages.
FOR LOVE OR CROWN. A ROMANCE.
BY Arthur ", Marchmont, author OF
..In the Name OF Woman "a Dash
for a Throne. - Right Of sword
New York: Frederick A: Stokes Com
pany. For sale by The Bell Book and
Stationery Company, Richmond. Va
Cloth. Emo, illustrated. s54 pages. Price.
sl.5o IS e ss.S
The heroine Of this remarkable romance
was the daughter Of grand duke Of a
small Saxon principality, and was the
heir TO the throne In the case Of the death
of her weak minded brother.
There was a party opposed to her sue
Scession. and to secure her afetyz she was
taken to England. where She remained In
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by their intended victim, who flatters
himself he has the game in his own hand,
until, at the last moment, the tables are
turned in the most unexpected way; and
but for the prowess of Dicky Wells-a
small boy with a vivid Imagination, and
the proud founder and Captain of the
League of sBlood"-the man Of mill
lions would have disappeared forever
from the sight and knowledge of men.
THE TORY LOVER. BY. Sarah Orne
Jewett. Boston: Houghton.5 N1ifIlin! &
4 Co. Bonndsi In Cloth. illustrated. Crown,
81 Svo.. 4405. pages. Price, S1.5e.
Miss ..Jewett has brought to this new
novel a tale of the Revolution, the charm
Which characterizes her shorter stories
Sililful character delineation, q -well-con-
'ce1ved u and weli-executed pot, q style
winning.in it's simplicity. and a wealth of
local color make '"rhe Tory Lover. a
most aeceptab addition to the list Of
noye is.Sdealing with the days Of the Rev
:olutlon S1ssI is love tory, but it has an
historical setting. Lovely. Mary Halnil-
tom PaulsJ ones and a certain Roger Wal;
ltngford are the chief actors in tho
ORA ma ~ The time is that Of the Reyolu-
ton. and the scenes include Berwick and
Portsm1outh. changing to England and
francs - The, lover, Roger Wallingford,
y ZIG by trad ition, but goes out as
! 1eutattants with Paul Jon4s on the Ranger
rom fisa Hal conviction Of the justice Of
/ atrdpts cause and entire conviction
OF sthsslpz'ellnees of Miss Mary Hamilton
every reader will. heartily applaud.
The star5Isis .full8 Of stirring incident and
ORA intefest .s3#9
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Ofher Literary Features.

THE TELLER A STORY. BY Ed
ward Noyes Westcott author Of David
-Harum. New York: D. Appleton
ana Company. Cloth. limo. g.lt top,
illustrated, uncut edges; lls pages.
Erice, s1.0o
The first part of this, volume is given
up to a short story. rather a sketch,
found among the papers of the lamented
au-..or. Mr.. Westcott's fame rests upon
his ma enificent creation, David Harum.''
and this simple little outline Of a story
lis of interest only because it was written
by the author OF David Harun.'
The interest of the volume is found in
the letters OF the author to his daughter
and others. n1nys of them having ref
erence To the manuscript Of his great
work and its travels in. search. of a pub
fisher We get some interesting light
on the authors opinion OF the work. as
Wa,en Mr.. Westcott writes II have had
tie Fun OF writing It, anyway and nos
body si;l ever laugh over It more than
have. never could tell what David
waE going to say next. 4
The third part OF the volume contains
sympathetic biography OF Mr.. West
eott. written. by his friend, Forbes Heer-
mans.
sFAREWELI. tyIKoI-A." BY Guy
Boothby. author OF &. a Cabinet Secret =
Il .Dr. Nikola..' etc. Philadelphia: ]. B,
& Lippincott Company. Cloth, special
q covsr design l21no, s22e pages. Price.
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. . 1
The appropriate and artistic lllustra-
tons are the; work Of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles II. Woodbury..
MAUDE ADAMS BY Acton Davies. New
York: Frederick Al Stokes Company.
Cloth, Illustrated, 1smo, gilt top. rough
edges, 10 pages. For sale by The Bell
Book and Stationery Company, Rich
mond, Va
AS the title indicates. this attractive
little volume tells Of the stage life Of
Maude Adams. She was practically
raised, as her mother was. an actress,
and little Miss Maudie' made her first
appearance before the foot-Iights when
she was between seven and eight months
old That she was a most determined
young person IS shown In this CONVERSE
rion which the author records. Miss
Adams at this time was just five years
old. Mrs. Adams is speaking to her hus-
band: = Look here dear, Mr. Emmett
wants to know IL you won't let Maudie
go on and play that chld's part.
Most certainly not, replied the faith.
er Shes my only daughter, and I've
no intention Of letting her go on the stage
and make fool Of harself."
At this point the young lady comes
tntosthea conversation.
ather, Il 5woul1 like to go on the
stage. and A1audie would not make a
fool of herself
That settled tina matter, and at the age
of five Miss Adams made her second
stage appearance.
The author gives US an interesting de-
.scription Of this favorite OF the FOOT
GGhtS. a. she faz1. annaasaa n lis1axsnA
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seclusion She became engaged to young
,Englishn1an, and his efforts TO protect
her from the intrigues Of the two politl-
cal parties of the native principally -Who
wished to obtain possession of her per-
son to further their own ends-have been
made the basis Of 9, most thrilling ro-
nance.
"A MAN OF MILLIONS. BY S. Height
ley, author of THE Crimson Sign
.'sThe Silver Cross, 2 etc. New York.: Dood
Mead & Company. For sale by The
Bell Book and Stationery Company,
Richmond, Va. Cloth, 12mo., 3se pages.
Price, s1.5o.
This is assensational bit of modern.;ro-
nance. in which a murderous { hinaman
and two other accomplished Villains figure
slargelr.#It is a well written story, rather
lurid IN its tone. The ploti is briefly out-
lined asSdollows sssEs4 ~, *
Percival Colhurst had, in his youth,
been led into ali sorts Of dissipa ton by
his cousin, Christopher Ashworth.s c.,l-5
mina,ting In an act which sent Percival
! flying from the country (England) with
the law: clan1orins at his heels. After
years Of wandering he returned to his ma
tive village. asveritable Monte Cristo, with
but one desire in life-to repay in kind
the man who had wrecked his life Chris
1 topher, Who had run through all his III
gotten wealth, believed that Percy would
be the same easy prey as before, and
taking into his counsel a. still more #ex-
pert lain, they lay their hendish plans.
These however. are easily seen through
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men have actually achieved success Ma
attempt has been made to produce an ex-
haustiye encyclopedia OF social reforms,
but only to illustrate a tendency, and en-
courage individual workers and associa-
tons.
THE EXPANSION OF iHE AMERI-
CAN PEOPLE. BY Edwin Erle Sparks,
Phi D.. Assistant Professor of Ameri-
can History. the University OF Chicago.
Chtca go: Scott, Fourseman and Co.,
Cloth. octave, gilt top, illustrated, 46l
pages. Price. 81.
The purpose Of the author has been to
collect material winch would show the
growth and development Of the country
in lines not generally followed by the
historian. This has led him to bring
togelaer vast amount OF material ne.Y
to the average reader. The value of
this will be apparent at once on seeing
the book. for il shows that the expansion
Of tbs American people has been brought
about by the road-maker, the frontiers
man. the farmer. the ranchman. the
miner. the railroad buisder. and the msr-
chant as well IS the statesman and
government ofacial. The manner Of Nv
ing. the methods of travel the modes OF
doing business-all those material mani
festations OF the social, intellectual and
political development of the .1ation are
graphically described and abundantIy i'll
Illustrated by means Of reproductions OF
old wood cuts and photographs OF every
description The book Is invaluable to
every one who Is interested in tracing
the growth OF the nation through all
the changes In the life OF Tho 0spa,A
40Un - aAs Bgssaa< ez7
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roles, and now and then we catch "a
glimpse OF the woman herself. her per-
sonality and her views OF life.
The volume IS enriched by twenty full
page illustrations. showing Miss Adams
in her different stage, characters. and the
frontispiece Is a most excellent phnto-
gravure OF the actress as seen OF tna
stage.
THE SOCIAL SPIRIT IN AMERICA. By
Charles Richmond Henderson. Professor
of Sociology IN the University OF Chs
cago- Chicago; Scott. Foresman & com
pany Small octave, cloth, 80 pages.
Price. $3.50.
The aim Of the book is to place before
the general reader some Of the forms OF
activity that are being manifested IN the
interests of social reform. It Is believed
that extending the knowledge of the man
ifesting of this social spirit viii greatly
enlarge the activity towards social prog
ress- The titles OF a few of the chapters
VIII indicate the character OF the book:
Better Houses for the People. Public
Health Good Roads and communtca-
ton, What Good Employers are Do
Economic Cooperation Of the Conmun!-
Political Reforms Charity and
Correction and 1.-THE Social Spirit In
Conflict with Anti Social Institu tons.
The authors studies In this special field
have given. him wide acquaintance with
present conditions. and his knowledge
OF reform movements enables him to
write with intelligence and fairness.
The concrete. methods here described are
not imaginative inventions of the author,
but WAYS by Which AaxAeak nan and 49,
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FICTION.

GLASS ;.ANDEGoLD. BY James Q. G.
Duffy.S555J. BIZ Lippincott Company,
Philadelphia.
Mr.. Duffy has unquestionably written
a powerful book. 1t has faults-the con-
versations ::;.re stilted and --.ere is an.
occasional leaning toward melodrama
which. -4arms the effect. Nor is the con-
struction of the story flawless; there is
is something in the nature of an anti
climax. Yet withall a powerful book. In
such aznovel as this the chief considera-
ton must of necessity be the delineation
Of character; and here Mr.. Duffy has,
as a rule, been successful. Miranda, the
heroine..&is not entirely satisfactory. She
is carefully thought out; but the execu-
ton is not always equal to the evident
conception. She. loses our sympathy at
times: she; is merely fippant where she
should be reckless, and sometimes she
utterly fails to rise to the situation. Yet
at other times she is an admirable pic
ture; she ::is ,ightfully self-contraGictory,
and her ir1pulsive nature leads her into
impasses thai ,..row her back upon her
self ais. develop her in varying yet con-
sistent directions. Chrysostom Gray, her
betrayer ia far better drawn, though he
is .marred at times by the touch of melo-
drama of which we have spoken. He
appears all too little in the book; he
should have been made the chief charac-
ter after Miranda, instead of being in
PRODUCED in the opening chapters only
to, disappear until the end. Lord Her
bert again, is a little shadowy; he is
hardly the man from whom we should
have expected such triumph over preju-
dice and tradition as is evidenced in his
marriage to Miranda Yet in this criti-
cisHls We may. be doing the author a n in.
justice by failing to see his intention:
for often commonplace men, under stress
of = a great issue, suddenly rise to I'M
,Wonted heights, and this may have been
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-03
POETRY.
soNNETs AND SONGS. BY Mary NJ.
Adams. p Putnam's Sons, New

-
York
There is nothing in "Sonnets and
Songs" Miss Mary M. Adams book OF
verse. to proclaim the coming Of a. sHea-
Nenmspired poet yet there is some fair
and some, good work contained IN the vol
ume. Miss Adams has q great liking Tor
thu sonnet; bur, unfortunately, she does
not recognize the requirements OF that
form Of verso. There is fierce and never
settled discussion as to the true sonnet
form; but although this remains debat-
able, We require from one who chooses
this form of expression that he or she
Shall at least adopt a persistent form.
Miss Adams does nothing Of the kind;
she will have two different forms on
fronting pages She seems to think that
she has a right to make the sonnet con-
form to the temporary needs OF her
muse. This idea is not original with Miss
Adams but is none the less unpardon-
able.
And yet there is good work in the
book. though c!osged with too much that
is of little worth and too often itself
marred by. carelessnes5 or ignorance of
form and even Of express sion. Let us take,
as example. the best of Miss Adams SON
nets, called
D:filemcut.
The altar lamp burned low; the night
was: near;
Yet Love his vigil kept; his shrine I'M
harmed
The darkness, by his loneliness, dis
armed,
Found light. still dwelling in it's vaulted
- sphere, q
a jeweled light that knew not mist or
By All the: pure white radances charm
ed.
TWO figures knelt in calm and unalarm-
- - Il ed ]. ~;
Nor dreamed their chapel held one poi
soned fear.
5 It traced its. slime where Trust its rubr.c
And 10 1.-the pillared arches fell away;
The bread and wine on sacred yestments
laid,
Knew only rottenness at break Of day;
While wounded Love langushed in
stencil to die,
It's ruined temple changed into sty.
There Is power here; but overlaid by a
mass of faults Apart from the display
of. bad taste in the penultimate line Miss
adams 5 would be hard-pressed, VIC
imagine to explain what she meant by a
Poisoned fear" or by Trust Its r,1bric
made. - What meaning does she attach
to rubric We can find no possible
relevancy Of the word to the thought
Is "A
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45 ! :
young LADY,, but any one who could take
any real harm from it must. be very sus-
ceptiblef indeed to evil = influence The
book is, Simply funny in a way and moth
ing more. for good or Ill. 1t is we'll IL
Illustrated. ass A.. j.
THE SECRET ORCHARD. BY Agnes
and Egerton Castle. The Frederick A.
Stokes Company. New York.
Agnes and Eserton4 Castle usually con-
themselves in their-books with the
long-ago; but in THE Secret Orchard.
the romance which the. Stokes Company
publish, out which first appeared in the
pages Of the Cosmopolitan, the authors
have turned for inspiration and theme
to modern times. The scene OF the! book
is laid in France, at the Chateau of the
Duke Of Cluny. Cluny, who is a de-
scenaant of the House Of Stuart and pos.
esses all the weakness and yet the strange
powers OF fascination which belonged to
the kings and princes OF that family, has
married a beautiful American girl and
husband and wife love each other deep
W unhappily. however, C1uny has" an
intrigue with a young girl, named joy,
though he swears that the fault lay. not
with him. The facts are known only TO
one man, an old lover of the Countess:
and he is faithful, to the best interests
OF the woman he still loves, and keeps
the secret But joy is adopted by the
c.less Countess, and thus Cluny is
kept in constant memory of his sin.
Worse yet, Joy loves him and Is. eager
to win him back; and, of course, there
ensue complications. JOY is loved by
an impossible. American. and when he
asks her hand from the Duke there comes
an advertisement. Then Dodd. the
American. shoots the Duke in a auel, and
all ends unhaEpily. y. }. -.
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. FOR MY LORD.

That which pleases my Lady should
charm my Lord. That it does not usual
" do scat least in love-stories-must be
set down to the difference between femi-
ninity and masculinity. A reasonable cx-
PLANTATION is 1t not? and, like many rea-
sonable explanations, it does not explain,
but-nay, we'll hut thee no buts;" on the
contrary. let us leave the question OF
cause and come to that of effect. What
qualities must a lovc-story possess il 1t is
to win the approval of my Lord? We
may say that whereas my Lady values
love first and action second, my Lord is
all for action, Both Lord and. Lady in
sist on love, but in differing proportions.
Glands aloft in surprise at the implica-
ton of a love-story without love; but,
alack-a-day. they abound). The heroine
of love-story, if it is to charm my Lord.
must be the dominant figure Of that sto-
ry. True, now and again, she must share
the centre of the stage with the hero;
but it is on the heroine and not on the
hero that the eyes OF the masculine reader
She need not approximate the type that
1ules-is not the word a trifle strong?-
the heart of my Lord. Nay, more: she
may have hair as dark as the raven
wing and eyes that vie in blackness with
the sloe, and yet she may win fi1e mo-
mcntary; affection Of him whose real love
is radiantly fair with a shimmering cloud
OF wavy gold that crowns the face in
which shine eyes of the 7cornflower's hue.
Nay, more; the statuesuue beauty that
hero's heart is eclipsed by the vivacious
beauty that skips when she walks. Away
with constancy! she is a shrew; and why
should not the reader change his loves
with his books? In real life he must not;
in books, he may. What then does my
Lord require il he cares not for the at
tributes of the heroine and treads a meas
ure as gafly with black-browed Bet of
Cornwall as with the lily maid Of Castle
Devon? What does my Lord require if
he dwells not upon the personality of the
hero? but stay; in the latter regard he
insists that the hero shall be a man,
mans man. too. He requires of his love
story that it shall have a plot and-as-
sertions to the contrary Notwithstanding
he delights in mystery, although the mys-
terry he fancies is somewhat of the Sher-a
lock Holmes type. While that of my Lady
is that delicate confusion, that slight OBJ
security, that clouds yet does not hide
the plot. Then, too our masculine read
er demands incident. He totally rejects
all classes of poses. so dear to the femi-
nine reader. With him there must be
incident; there must be something hap
pening: the picture-play must give place
to the continuous performance per-
ltormance in which incident must crowd
Incident What variety of incident. ask
you, is necessary? OF this no man can
speak authoritatively. AS change the
hues Of the chameleon-a charming but
oeer-worked simile-so change the moods
of men. and with them the masculine
choice Of incident. but. if in accord with
the mood, a suicide is as welcome as
wedding-no comparison is meant-a duel
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nizcd. To all these Careers Of Danger ans
and Daring has*op eneds otlr eyes from! rolli
constant successtonS of thrills-thrillss* of
emotion, admira ton and excitenen AZ Z.
Moffett tells JUS the steeple- climber.
the deep-sea5 diver the balloonist, the pl-
lot, the bridge builder the city s1lrenan.
the aerial acrobat, the wild -beast#ta al. ,
the dynamite worker and the locomotive l',
engineer
The illustrations are capital. though
their aid is not needed to enhance the
charm Of the book.
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Book Notes.
TRUE LOVES REWARD. :

Love. walking in the garden Of the king,
Beheld a queenly lily blossomng.
Then fondly stopped to pluck 1t for his
breast:
But said the voice: us this thy cherish
inS?''
Behold, the voice spake on: Loves
Would leave the blossom where 1t thrlves
the best
So Love bent down and kissed the chaste.
white thing.
And 10! the king MADE him an houored
guest. --------.
Ray Clarke Rose in eat the Sign of the
Ginger Jar Reprinted by permission.)
Billy Burgundy (and few are the admir-
ers Of stories in slang that do not know
hm) has just Issued Il little book called
'"Toothsome Tales For those that like
ninuant and yet permissible stories the
book will prove exceedingly attractive
The illustrations are well done. the stories
are we'll told, ana the little moral append
ed to each tale will not be declared entire
ly pointless.
Two little books just issued by the Cen
Z fury Company bid fair to run each other
Of the Cabbage Patch by Alice c. He
gan, and Tom Beaulns." by Gouver-
neur Morris. They are both first books,
and they rival each in brevity, Mr.. Nor
ris' story containing less than $4,000
words, and Miss Hegan's less than 25,OO0.
TON Beauling'' was sponsored by. Rich
ard Harding Davis. and Mrs. Wigs by
Edwin Asa Dix, author of Deacon Brad
bury"
-
Among the daintiy- printed booklets OF
the fall those of Elder and Shepard of
San Francisco take high place. We note
with pleasure the excellencies OF ''1O1
Sandwiches (the- book and the recipes
are both comnendeD and Friendship
The publications of this firm should be
kept track Of by bibliophiles
Mr.. George Douglas. the Scotch novel
fst, was born in the west of Scotland and
brought up midst a farming and mining
population. thus having the opportunity
te. know through and through the life of
which. he has written in 1.-The House with
the Green. Shutters" At the age of eigh-
teen he proceeded to Glasgow University.
II neglected, my classes for the first two
years, writes Mr.. Douglas. "and went in
for omnivorous general reading. I don't
believe much in reading. however. The
stuff a man gets for. himself is infinitely
better than the stuff he gets out OF
books. !" Rather a n odd statement for
writer Is 1T not? In his first year at
Glasgow. the future author seems to have
taken a brace, as they say for, in that
wear he won scholarships worth $4,000
With a portion of this he went to Oxford.
Having finished there, he tranpedE down
to London and with a total capital of
seventeen pounds started out as 4 man of
letters Mr.. MeIdrub. now of Black
WOODS. was the man who published his
first article. Mr.. S. S. Mcclure was his
first American publisher:
Justin FIuntly Mccarthy has been for
some years constructing asromantic novel
founded on the career of Francois yillon.
Contrary to the general rule, Mr.. NcCar-
thy has dramatized his story before pub
fishing it, and Mr.. E. II. Sothern is now
= X = -
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2 in AIR. sDufys thought The minor
characters are we'll drawn, though there
IS tendency to exaggeration in some Of
them, especially among the New Y orkers
while tho English people are rather too
conventional. u. M. BIS