The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-08-10
NEWPUBL1CATroNs.
CONTINUED from Ninth Page

'crankiSms' OF Mr. MattheWman.
There are many Of them thai we don
believe he means but there are many
more that possess the strange value of
truth, and more still that 'e not cyr-
ical at al, but deliciously whimsical,
frothy, witty and delicate. Taking
them all together they comprise col
lection or up-to-d date reflect ms of a
: sharp observer of polite society that
will please none more than Tie people
who make up polite society"
However, we fear neither will be able
to carry away from the volume the
complete charm of the aphorisms, since
about fifty per cent. of that is due to
the ilustrations--one hundred of them,
and all full page-which Clare Victor
Dwiggins contributes. Undoubtedly
these drawings will go long way to-
ward winning for the book such popu-
larity as it may attain. They are
dainty, whimsical and they illustrate in
every instance the idea of the author"
"e19,000" is the suggestive title of a
! strong story of the detective type by
Buford Delannoy, who has written sew
eral bright detective stories. The
wheels within wheels that played about
the disappearance of the nineteen
thousand pounds and the tortures ~
which they subjected the man who set
out on the trail OF the money are told
in a spirited style and for some timc
the reader is kept guessing as to how
it will come out. There are some sur
prises for even the seasoned rGader Of
detective stories, but after all truth
is stranger than fiction, and none OF
the events is outside the bounds Of
probability The reader after being LED
through a great variety of exciting
scenes is finally consoled with the sue
cess of the detective who is at last re-
warded by securing the missing treas
ure and by winning rhe hand and
heart of the pretty Tessie who is the
daughter of the true owner of the mon
ely. Published by r. f. Fenno g. Co..
New York price $685. for sale at
Judd's.
when a Witch is Young" is the title
of a romance OF the last part of the
seventeenth century, by "4-19-69," The
time is that of the old Puritan days
when witches We're hanged, and the
place is Boston. The book presents one
of the early American patriots Cover
nor Sir William Phips, whose remark
able career. with it's treasure finding,
French and Indian fighting and hor-
rors, has been neglected by romancers.
With naive and POLITICALLY charming
woodland love scene. and color and
freshness of treatment quite lacking in
most stories Of early Puritans. this
book is an example of the novelist's art
that appeals to the readers sentiment
and intelligence. The sombre features
of witchcraft are only used as a dra-
matte incident to heighten the action.
The hero is the very beau ideal of sea
rover, while the little Puritan heroine
is one. of the sweetest and most stead
fast of bewitchng maidens. The book
is very lively and entertaining and has
many spirited scenes. Published by r.
F. Fenno & Co., New York; price $3.50;
for sale at Judd's.
THE Crystal Sceptre," by Philip Ver-
rill Mighels, tells of the remarkable adj
ventures of an aeronaut cast away
among the Missing Links of the Trop-
les" Weird, fanciful, exciting and alb
sorbingly interesting, this story is in |
the class with Jules Verne's "Mysteri- |
Gus Island" Haggard's She and De-
foes Robinson Crusoe. 1t Is full Of I
spirited adventures and the army of |
readers who like good stories of adven- |
ture will like this one, for it is full of |
surprising and sensational stories, In
teresting from start to finish. The |
New York Times says in its review of
the book: What befell the stranded
hero who came to WELD the crystal
sceptre" over the Links we shall not re-
veal, for that would be to rob the read
err of pleasantly thrilling hour. The
story is told with vigor and carries one
along with it. To those who like its
kind it will be an acquisition, especial
ly to the boyish reader, who will like 1t
the better, because OF the romance
browning the adventure. Of course,
there are those to whom such eXcur-
sions into the realm of the imaginary
are heavy in the extreme. To those
THE Crystal Sceptre" will not at all
appeal but it is safe to say that very
many will find it add materially to their
" stock of harmless pleasure
The New York Journal says: Every
body who enjoys story Of strange adj
ventures will be sure to enjoy reading
1.-The Crystal Sceptre" by Philip Ver-
rll Mighels, the author of 'Nella, the
Heart of the Army Published by R.
r. Fem & Co., New York; price S1,50;
for sale at Judds.
The Century's August Midsummer
number is one of the best of
the months magazines. Mrs. Schuy-
er Van Rensselaer, shows herself a
true and loving daughter of Manhat-
tan in her description of Midsummer
in New York" and all who have visited
The city at the season when it is usual
" supposed to be deserted will appre- ,
,iate the pictures she draws with her ,
iacile pen, scarcely less graphic than ,
he illustrations by several well known
artists which accompany the article. :
Alexander Hume Ford follows with a {
inc paper on Americas Agricultural Z
of Russia a subject ,
which is both interesting and unhack- :
Keyed, and which Mr.. Ford handles in 8
mastery way. William Trant dis
,usses THE Paris Commune, Thirty
Years After; President Harper con-
tributes his contingent to the series of
)apers on Alleged Luxury Among
College Students; William R. Brooks
ellis some interesting facts concerning
'Photographing by the Light of =.
Ienus"; Lee Bacon describes some
harming Venice Gardens" H. G.
OWights poem, "a Venetian Garden" ,