The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-09-28
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

{ sellers. This is a very strong and ar l tistic book, the plot development meas.
 ured and slow, but firm and masterly l and with passages taat stand out viv- | idly and impressively. The book has
 deep and clear purpose, viz, the set
 ting forth by means of great crisis ir 1 the lives of Lady Redman and her hus- band, Lors Redman, and what came ot 1t, the view that the Roman Catholic 1 religion fails in spirituality, fails tc
 meet the religious wants of the soul as 1 compared with the Protestant faith
 The book is an arraignment of the proselyting activities of the church of
 Rome. It's scene is principally laid in
 England. It is story of refined, amiable and beautiful Catholic wife of
 very lovable character, who is urged by her Catholic advisers to win her hus-
 band and his estates to the Roman faith. Tender and loving, she recoils from this and is confronted by the pre- nuptlal agreement she and Lord Red
 man made that neither should in any way interfere with each others free dom of conscience in the matter of
 worship. Her great heart struggle comes when she comes face to face
 With another agreement they had also
 made in the presence of priest that
 any children who might be born of the
 union should be reared in the Catholic
 faith. Lady Redman comes to her
 husbands estates to find a strong
 prejudice against Catholics existing in
 that strong Protestant community
 Gradually the beauty of her character
 disarms this prejudice and she wins
 the hearts of her husbands tenants.
 Lord Redman keeps to his pledge and
 attends altogether as a matter of form
 and duty, rather of inclination, the ser-
 vices at the esta blished church on his
 estates as had done his fathers before
 him. Lord Redman's character is an
 admirable one. It is, however, when
 Lady Redman is about to become a
 mother that a terrible mental struggle
 falls upon her, a struggle between love
 and devotion to her husband and the
 promise that any children born must
 follow the mothers faith, A child Is
 born but dies at it's birth. The mother clings to her husband, and thencefor-
 ward occurs a pict uring of continued priestly intrigue and manoeuvering from which Lady Redman rebels and is gradually weaned from Romish infu- ence. She at last joins the Protestant faith and thereby sewers the last obsta- cle to her complete union with her hus- band, while Lord Redman, moved by his wife's piety, devotion and beauti- full Christian example, becomes Christian in heart as well as in name The arraignment of the Catholic church, through some of its representa- tives who figure in the story, is severe, yet there is an evident desire to be fair and Just, as shown in the charac- ter of one dignitary of the church. from whom Lady Redman in her religious struggle sought counsel. The many in the book all stand out clearly in their individuality, showing a masterly hand by the author espec- tally those of Lord and Lady Redman. The book is distinctly able literary and a strong psychological study.
 The New York Mail and Express speaking of the book, remarks, Tt is a novel of unquestionable strength, writ UGH Nilil CouSuHlIIldle art. US cHdfdC- .ers, notwithstanding the melo- drama tic touch, are lifelike the descriptions and the book reflects the of the class of people with which it deals. The bias of the book, I however, is what will mar it's merits in he mind of many a reader.
 Tn the Firefiies' Glow is the happy | title of delightful collection of short | stories for young folks by Ann Rogers | Moore, of Cambridge, Mass. published | oy F. Tennyson Nicely company, of New York and London, and for sale by | I, H. Pease & Son. The book can be | warmly commended as wholesome | md captivating one for children. | Young people will be both entertained | md incidentally taught beautiful les sons of morality and virtue in reading hese tales, and they will all want to cad them. Older people as well will njoy them The author, who by the way has herself written eight teen of he twenty-eigh pretty stories in the ,ook the other ten being admirable elections from the German, says in he preface, "The majority of the sto- ies are original tales by herself, but he has added several from the Ger nan, especially the modern German. However. a few of the older German tories are also adopted for their pecu-
 far charming lore in forest and moun- ain life, to which is added the fairy The author in present ng this collection does so with the in- ention of making them a beginning of
 series of tales which she trusts will ot only help to pass away few hours her readers pleasantly, but suggest 3 them wholesome thoughts. There is
 fine picture of the author for a from spiece.
 True Love Wins, or Midst Wars larms,'' by William c. Kennedy; pub shed by F. Tennyson Neely, New ork For sale by TT. H. Pease & Son. | wo pair of lovers figure in this pretty 1mance of our great civil war, and 1ere is plenty of life and action in the .ory, and exciting episodes and adven tres, and the story, well dramatized, lght to make a success upon the l age. The women of the story are omanly tender and attractive figures, nd lend a distinct charm to the tale hile the impetuous, brave, chivalric nd impulsive Confederate Mercedes ] nd his -blooded rival, brave, and intensely loyal to the .ars and Stripes, cross each others ith both in love and war in very ex- { ting adventures. The tale brings into ( ew deeds by raiders, guerillas and va Z