The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-03-30

under the title Up from Slav'
 this point It is a book of solid value
 and eloquence without eXaggeration | Give them an idea for every Word General Armstrong once said to the au-
 thor at the outset of his career as a
 public speaker. MT Washington in the
 present book has nearly followed so diff
 flcult a counsel
 From the merely literary point of
 view the book, though uneven in merit,
 deserves high oommendation. It is
 doubtful if any one will pack into fewer
 lines than has MT. Washington the soul
 of that great historic fact, the reading
 of the Emancipation Proclamation.
 Truth Dexter" by Sidney Mccall;
 Little, Brown & Co.,, Boston; $1.50.
 This is a riew American society story, entertaining from beginning to end, and | full of sparkling and brilliant dia- 1 logue. Contrasted with q clever eocie- | ty woman, is Truth Dexter, an unles- soned southern girl with capacity for development, but unused to city life. There are number of exceptionally | WEI QldNil (Iicti dltSlSs liptopiy "'ih''' l Dexter Truths grandmother, char acter study of great delicacy, and the old plantation life is made very real. The Boston Journal of March 23 says
 Truth Dexter" is a fresh, strong, de- lightful story, a story which we recom- mend with all our heart. Indeed, in seriousness of purpose. in variety of scenery, in contrasts of character, and in the general quality of it's workman ship, it is one of the few remarkable novels published in Boston in recent years It has many commendable feat uros. It is thoroughly modern; it has well defined tmospheles (southern and northern) it has love story which plips the heart, and it has some pages noteworthy for dramatic intensity. The best portrait. the best figure in the book. is Truth Dexter-alWays true to the South, alwyas true to herself, sim pie nd ffectionte as a child, who emer- ges from her experiences in Boston and in Europe unspoiled in mind though learned in fashions The author has very skilfully skeched her budding love for her ready made husbandther pogn- ant stupefaction at his unfalthfulness and then her new love for the penltent and somewhat sinned-against hero In many respects True Dexter is an un- usual book, and, all in all, 1t is a pow erful and very charming book.
 ''The Love Letters of the King. or the Life Romantic" by Richard Le Gal lienne, author of The Book Bills of Narcissus, etc. Iittle, Brown & Go. Boston; $1.5o This book has already attracted wide attention ahd is ihaving a wide sale, it's talented and gifted au- thor having won already so much favor with the public by his previous brilliant books. This story perhaps shows its authors literary skill and charm in their highest degree. It abounds with clever, clear-cut aphorisms and witty sayings, and religion. nature, society and solitude, all appeal to the author as he tells the story The book has many wholesome human touches, but its greatest charm lies in his style and original point of view The Chicago Times-Herald says of the book
 It is worthy of all commendation, as dainty and delicate as the wing of a moth, and altogether delightful. The New York Journal says of it: Tt is all in all the very best thing MT. Le Gal lienne has done and prose poem He is born genius.
 Three delightful poetic effusions up- pear ii the book and are given here with, and for just what they are, un-  0 love, I look across the sea,
 The sails go by. From vastness into vastness fade,
 Lost in the sky. 0 the great world! so wide and cold.
 And you so far,
 If only you could come as near
 As wonder star. :, Aloft, alone, I vex it not
 With me or mine
 So far-yet am 1 near enough
 To see 1t shine.
 Long after you are dead
 l will kiss the shoes of your feet, And the long bright hair of your head |
 Will go on being sweet;
 Tn each little thing you wore,