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against sag HarDOr' De1nG presented In
popular price houses and the Lebler Com
pany may not handle the piece next season.
1t Is claimed that 5000 was lost on the
play this season. and the Liebler people de-
sired to recoup by putting 1t on the popular
circuit.
Although E. NJ. Hollands contract with
Mr.. Charles Frohman expires in May. no
will probably be one Of next seasons stars
playing under his own management. Mr.
Frohman only let Mr.. Holland go when he
found that he could not find play to star
him In.
Ethel Barrymore recently expressed her
self as having no tremendous ambition and
merely wants to be q good actress She
says she has no leaning toward Shakes
peare and especially Juliet" ''One is either
too young or too old fer that part says
Ethel
Augustus Thomas Colorado closed its
tour in Philadelphia last Saturday night
and Wilton Lackaye. Maude Hoffman and
Frank Carlyle are out of an engagement
Mr.. Thomas was very successful Tltn
Alabama" and Arizona" but a failure
must be marked against Colorado"
Another new star for next season has
1ust been announced by E. d. Stair He win
be George Sidney. who for the past three
years has been playing Hebrew characters
with Ward & Vokes. The new play In
which he will appear has the title Busy
Izzy."
r, E. Rice will have another chance to
regain his losses. as he has secured control
of Barnet's latest musical comedy, THE
Show Girl" which win open for an indef1-
mite rum In Boston March %. Paula Ed
wards has been engaged for the leading
role. The Boston cadets recently put the
piece on for a run and cleared something
like 10000.
Charles Hawtry. the English actor. who
has been playing all season In New YORK.
has bought two new plays for his return
to London. The new pieces are The Diplo-
mat" and THE Spur Of the Moment" he
has also the English rights OF The Bonnie
Brier Bush" Mr.. Hawtry returns to TINS
country next fall and will be seen In The
Man From Blankley's"
Charlotte Walker. Hacketts leading
lady. heroically saved q beautiful properly
apple tree in full bloom few nights ago
In western city from destruction. In
leaning against the tree she pushed 1t
across the balance line. and only by grasp
inE its limbs in stimulation of grief and dis
dain OF Brice did she save II from topping
over The act looked natural from before
the eootlights. out Miss Walker says shA
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Ella Wheeler Wilcox. the poetess has ap-
peared 40 . stage writer In Her First Di-
vOrce Case"
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THE SEA LADY.

This is another of those gruesome stories
by III. G. Wells, who loves to paint the hor-
rible and to portray supernatural terrors.
1t is the story Of a mermaid who fioated
ashore at an English seashore resort, and
with whom the principal male character of
the book. already engaged to the very hu-
man and very beautiful heroine, fell in
love. notwithstanding various struggles be-
tween his sense of honor and his passion
for the %amphibian. AS the story is told In
a very detached and fragmentary way, as
if it were gathered by key-hole espionage
and reports of serving maids and hall por-
tiers, it is not altogether satisfactory read
ing to one who likes a thoroughly connect
ed and consistent tale. But. then, Wells is
never consistent. and not usually connect
ed. The final chapter deals with the hero's
remuneration of his fiancee and his descent
into the sea with the mermaid, which is set
forth with just enough detail to enable an
imaginative, and especially a morbid per-
son, to fill in the necessary horror out of
his own mind. 1.-THE Sea Lady," by II. g..
Wells, from the press of d. Appleton & Co.,
New York.
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TANGLED UP In BEULAH LAND.

This story. by ]. p. Mowbray, is. in a
way, a sequal to that pleasant tale "A
Journey to Nature" but the author is less
successful in achievement this time. In
the former book the father and his young
son Charlie" spend a year in the woods to-
gether and become close companions and
comrades-a relation that continues to ex-
list until Charlie becomes a young man and
falls in love with an actress. 1t is to
rescue him from this ENHANCEMENT that his
father entices him to the remote Pennsyl-
vania home Of the old doctor who figures
in the other story. for an extended visit.
There, Unexpectedly, two beautiful girls
are found and X is these young women
who cause the two men to become tangled
up in Beulah land" There Is an evident
intention on the part of the author to por-
tray one of these girls as extremely at
tractive, but he quite fails in showing
wherein the attraction lies. Nor are his
other characters more happily drawn. The
story fails to carry conviction. Neverthe-
less. 1t is a vivacious tale, with some anus
ing episodes, and has the attraction of
dealing with twentieth century life. Dou-
bleday, Page & Co, New York.
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HI KISS OF GLORY.

In this, her first novel, Mrs. Grace Duffie
Boylan has undertaken to retell the life Of
Joseph. son of Jacob. In some ways the
story is well told. The opening descriptions
of the young shepherds at their play have
not only interest and color, but the right
pastoral atmosphere. The book is full of
graphic pictures of life in the desert and
in Eastern cities, races, contests of
strength, games and feats of archery. In
1.-The Kiss of Glory we have a Bible story
which lacks absolutely not only any re-
ligious element but any moralizing what
ever. There are plenty of contests and
battles. but not a single moral or mental
struggle. The story lacks soul life. 1t is
the narrative of untoward events, a
kaleidoscope of bright pictures. The title is
taken from Joseph's wooing of Asenath,
yet Asenath is scarcely mentioned until the
next to the last chapter. when Joseph sees
her for the first time. The name of the
book does not strike the keynote Of the
story whose theme is the whole life OF
Joseph. Mrs. Boylan, for a number of
years, has written lone Minute Romances'
for a Chicago paper. and she has a concise
and sprightly style. better suited TO the
short story than to the lofty tone OF a
scriptural romance. The G. w. Dillingham;
Company. New York.
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BARBARA LADD.

Charles G.. d. Roberts. poet, novelist and
historian. adds TO his catalogue OF charm
ing books another novel. Barbara Ladd."
As in 1.-The Heart Of the Ancient Wood
that symphony of wild wood cadences,
of whisperings of scented winds and of low
voiced murmuring of winged and footed
creatures moving softly through the forest
maze-so. in this, his latest work. Mr..
Roberts discloses his intimate acquaintance
with nature and his delight in observing
and interpreting her many phases. ever
changing, yet ever new and soothing to
the spirit. Barbara Ladd. too, the heroine
of the story, is in unison with nature. From
childhood all her senses nave been awake
and alert to understand the secrets OF
forest, field and garden. She Is at home
in her canoe on the lake and river. She
traverses narrow paths or rough country
roads On horseback and has no fear. She
is a child of nature in it's best sense, and
has the better chance to know the primitive
world from the fact that the region about
her home in Connecticut at the beginning
Of the wal OF the revolution was some
thing of a wilderness. Although Mr..
Roberts has put the scene of his tale I'm
this past time, so much written OF in cur
rent fiction, the narrative has little In com
mon with other stories based OF the history
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OUT OF THE WEST,

This Is a novel not exactly of to-day, but
of the time when the Populist craze in
politics was at its height, say ten or fifteen
years ago. The scene is laid for the most
part in Nebraska, many of the events TAX
ing place at Columbia Junction, "the dead
est town between Omaha and Ogden The
hero, that is to say, the leading male char
acter of the story, is one Frank Field, a
young but somewhat Maynard son of a
New York capitalist, exiled to this unat-
~tractive place both for the purpose of
Strengthening up and of taking charge of
two elevators that had come into his
fathers ownership on a debt. 1t is a dull,
dreary, gossipy village, n finding little
to interest him he engages in a series of
firtations with the girls with whom he
speedily becomes acquainted. The writer
Of the story, Elizabeth Higgins, has evil
IDENTIFY lived in one of these little country
towns and has observed closely it's most
unpleasant characteristics. The chapters
setting forth this class of peculiarities-the
rivalries among the young women, the
light, frivolous, almost immoral ways of
some of them, the gossip. the jealousies,
ETC., are extremely realistic. She misses,
however, as so many writer's out of SYM
pathy with village life do. the fact that in
the households of even the dullest village
may exist as much love, contentment and
happiness as can be found anywhere. tina
what the outside observer considers hope
lessly dreary is not so to the members of
such homes. She pictures only men
and women dissatisfied in some way with
their lot, or characters in themselves I'M
pleasing. While realizing that the persons
described may have good reason for their
discomfort, the reader is unable to get into
touch with them or TO be greatly concerned
with their woes. The lean years. come
and the hard times and the famine among
the farmers of the plains. TIC tell what
she believes TO be the truth about these
things and the consequent uprising of the
people in the form OF the Populist party
is evidently the chief purpose of the author
in writing the book.
Field, the young Fastener, affected by
the general sentiment, goes into politics,
and. developing oratorical talent, becomes
q leader and is sent to Congress. Before
this, however. he has married q young
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This little story by Paul Leicester Ford.
hrst published not long before that popular
authors untimely death, has been issued
by his publishers, Dodd. Mead & Co. I'm
beautiful holiday form. A handsome cover.
several striking Illustrations In color nv
Christy, heavy paper with decorative bor-
der designs in color suited TO each page. ALI
go to make up a sumptuous setting for
this pretty bit OF fiction. For the beneat
OF these who have yet to read II for the
first time. II might be said that IL relates
the adventures Of a little unsophisticated
country girl who, owing TO a combination
of unusual circumstances. was allowed 70
go alone from the conventional aunt's home
to attend a formal dinner. How she failed
to reach her destination. but ate her din
ner in a strange house. is the burden OF the
tale. Many admirers Of the Inflated young
writer will be glad TO have this beautiful
book as a memorial.
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page photographic reproductions of pic
lures, they have made a very handsome
book.
The story is that of a Wall-street man
who, broken down by the nervous strain Of
his life, is ordered into the country for a
year to recuperate. With his little son he
''roughs it" for that length of time and
becomes acquainted with nature and sim
pie ways of living in a manner that would
not have seemed possible to him before his
overworked heart gave warning. The ex-
perienoes of the year. his wise and witty
omment on men and things Che was not
so far in the wilderness that men-and
women-were not to be found) and the
progress Of his acquaintance with himself
make UP the record. Nothing In
the record is more cleverly done
than the portrayal of his feeling
toward the country maid Griselle.
He had a mild elderly-widower liking for
her. which he construed into something
more serious. He knew in his subconscious-
ness that he was not wise in thinking Of a
possible marriage with her, and when he
finally learned of her engagement to a
country youth, injured self-love and secret
relief were at wal with each other in a
pleasingly human way. The wise old doc
tor who figures in the pages is not the least
attractive character there. The book Is
one to be read leisurely and more than
once. consequently Il is a volume which
once read arouses a desire for ownership.
Doubleday. Page & Co.
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ness. 1t is a queer-shaped structure. built
on the docks. with the rear abutting on
the river. Grandfather Nat. besides receiv-
ing stolen goods in a roundabout way and
selling drinks TO his patrons. is in league
with smugglers. who store their goods in
the Hole i'm the Wall" stephen, the
nephew. loses his mother when a boy and
goes to live with Grandfather Nat. his
father being at sea, and here II may be
mentioned Stephens father never came
back, having persisted in a ship that was
scuttled for the insurance money. While
Stephen is living at the Hole" he witnesses
many crimes-murders committed for
money and revenge. The grandfather's con-
science is pricked and he resolves TO reform,
send Stephen TO school and bring him up
in more wholesome moral surroundings.
This is done after the Hole in the Wall
burns. and with it the man who was re-
sponsible for the loss OF Stephens father.
Several women and a number Of male cut
threats, among the most notorious in Lon
don. furnish material for grewsome trag-
edies. One OF the women displays a heroic
devotion TO the chief murderer. There Is
little in the book OF an elevating nature,
but 10 students Of sociology and criminol-
ogy ii will prove interesting. Mcclure.
Phillips & Co, New York.
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REFLECTIONS OF AMBROsINE.

Although THE Visits of Elizabeth had
10 do with the immoralities of English So
ciety, the ingenious air of the young girl
relating her experiences and the apparent
Inconsistencies of her occasional witty
comments gave the book an interest which
its general theme did not justify. This
attraction is lacking In THE Reflections
of Ambrosine." by the same author. Elean-
or Glyn. Ambrosine. like Elizabeth. is a
young girl reared in strict seclusion
according to the French method, and is
brought by her aged French grandmother
to England in order to be married. The
husband chosen is wealthy. but a boor. and
he and his relatives are made unneces-
sarily offensive and uncouth. Through her
marriage, however, she is introduced into
a smart set and an atmosphere OF immor-
atty. Every married woman has her lover
and every man his sweetheart. All the
members of the circle know each others
lapses, but discreetly ignore them. Am
brosine tells the story in the form of a
diary. She is not shocked and apparently
not Disguised with what she sees. Indeed.
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Japanese life before that beautiful idyl.
"A Japanese Nightingale" appeared, so
perfect In each detail that 1t is e. pleasure
only to look at and handle the volume. So
successful was this book that her later
one was looked for eagerly, and when 1t
appeared 1T was seen that the author could
treat the more serious side OF Japanese
life as cleverly as she did its gayer phases.
Wistaria is a beautiful young japanese
girl of high rank who is loved as pre-
cipitately and passionately by a young
prince of the hereditary enemy of the fam
lily as Romeo worshiped his Juliet. In the
most romantic manner. withal. in the in
describably delicate, s~elf-contained fashion
bred into the high-class japanese youth,
this young prince of Mort DISCUSSES himself
and so woes wistaria under her uncle's
roof and her aunt's nose. Complication
arise, in which the course of their true
love Is a rough road indeed, and tribula-
lions pile upon these two poor creatures.
The cause of the trouble is that cornerstone
of Japanese life. than which nothing Is
more adamantine-flial obedience. Japan
csc children obey their parents at all times
and under all circumstances And upon this
rock poor, pathetic little Wistaria almost
founders the ship OF her love, but not
quite. There is a war. there are suicides
of high dignity and honor, there are fetes,
there are anna incidents of all kinds.
EMPOWERED each and all in the stately cere-
mony of the life. wrapped in the symbol
ism of cherry blossoms, kimonas and gor-
geous brocades. Or. perhaps Ii is a ques-
ton Of the two short swords Of the noble
man against the one sword of the low class
mercenary. There Is one incident of his
toric interest in the story, namely, the APP
pearance Of Perry with his fleet; and born
OF this episode is a large part of the fight
ing in the tale, due TO the determination
of the more enlightened Japanese to open
their portals to the outside world. The book
is attractive in its typographical features.
with a charming likeness in color of the au-
thor as a frontispiece. Harper & Broth
ers, New York.
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THE SHADOW OF THE ROPE.

This newest product of the fertile Horn
ung genius. the advent of which was
awaited by a host OF admirers on both sides
OF the water, j~ustiies the pleasant antici-
pations raised by its advance announce
ment. Il may not be said that Mr.. Horn
ung has created a new character possessed
of all the fascination OF his lovable rogue
Rafies, for the most careful reading of
this book fails to show that he mi
any such onerous task. But Mr.. Steel.
hero of 1.-THE Shadow of the Rope is none
the less a delightful character, perhaps
more, since his villainy lies altogether in
the past. A noteworthy feature of this
story Is tina 1t does not reveal the exact
nature OF SteeTs disagreeable past, and
this. too. without in any sense detracting
from the interest OF the narrative. The
author proceeds on the pleasant theory
that when one Is living a fairly decent life
his buried sins should not be resurrected
against him. But Mr.. Hornung has done
more I'm this book than unfold a compli-
Gated and absorbing mystery of crime and
motive. He has evolved one OF the oldest
love affairs imaginable. He also displays
great ability in Misunderstanding. II
would be difficult to conceive a more
graphic description of a typical female de-
stroyer OF character than Mrs. Vincent.
who disbelieved in Rachel Steel from the
first and never stopped until she had ac-
complished her despicable purpose. The
book abounds in cleverly handled situa-
tons. and the dialogue is far above the
mediocre. To classify the Hornung stories
Is difficult. They certainly deserve TO rank
above the detective narratives OF Mrs.
Rohlfs. even the Sherlock Holmes
shsteass OF DR.. Doyle. yet they scarcely
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A young Englishman named Desmond
WINS a yacht which he calls the Hendrix
Hudson" While cruising around In the
North German sea he becomes the unex-
pected, though not unwilling, participant in
a fight between a United States merchant
man and a small Russian wal boat. After
a brisk fight the yachtsman takes aboard
TWO Polish fugftives. father and daughter,
whom the Russians are after. Then ensues
a number of brisk encounters on and and
sea, until finally the contrabands are safe
ly on their way to England in the intrepid
little yacht. There is bloodshed in plenty
and a measure of unhappiness for the
daughter. with whom the Englishman falls
In love. But all ends happily In the mar
riage of the young people. The story is not
long, for the author. Frank Mackenzie Sa-
vile. has let the action tell the tale. The
frederick A. Stokes Company. New York.
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entitle their author to a front place in lit
erature Whether Mr.. Hornung's genius,
diverted into different channel would add
more enduring luster TO his fame. is an
open question. A trial would certainly be
interesting.
geographically and as TO binding, 1.-The
Shadow Of the Rope" is satisfying. its rich
dark-green cover and gold lettering con-
trasting agreeably with some of the night
mares of bookbinding that make their ap-
pearance about this time every year. New
York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
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A JOURNEY TO NATURE.

These papers were originally contributed
to the New York Evening Post. where
they attracted much attention. At that
time only the initials OF the writer were
attached and curiosity was expressed as to
the identity of u. p. NJ" When IL was
finally announced that these letters stood
for j. p. Mowbray. not much information
was conveyed. as this was a name hitherto
unknown in literary circles. Since then
the public has made rapid acquaintance
with him through magazine sketches and
two or three books. These papers first
appeared In book form a year or more ago.
and the volume met with such approval that
the publishers have thought it well to
bring out a special holiday edition. Print
ed on heavy paper and with numerous full
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The publishers might have spared the
statement on the cover of this book tina it
is the first novel written by Mr.. Jack Lon
don. The book itself shows that it is a first
effort. Mr.. London Of that be his real
name). has, it is said. written excellent
short stories prior to essaying this long
novel. He had better stick to the briefer
form of fiction. "A Daughter of the Shows
Is not wholly bad. but it is exceedingly
crude. The plot is poor in conception and
equally poor in its development. The book
abounds in inconsequential discussions and
amateurish use of English. 1t may be
summed up in a few words In the state
ment that it is simply not worth while.
Mr.. F. c. Yohn. a clever illustrator. has
wasted some good color work on il. Phila-
delphia: j. b. Lippincott & Co
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Joan-of-Arc sort of persona girl who, like
himself, had been a campaign speaker, and
had attained much local fame. AS might
be expected married life does not transform
him into a lover of domestic duties, and
love after marriage, partly through her
fault, partly through his, does not run
smoothly. Why is 1t, by the way, that the
congressman in fiction is invariably a ras-
cal? There Is reason to believe that some
honest men have served in that office. and
in any case the need of variety should lead
novel writer's to vary their drawing.
Out of the West" is the authors first
book, and as such has merit: but on the
whole it is an unpleasant tale, and the pos
sibility that it may be an accurate por-
trayal Of certain conditions once existing
does not make it the less unpleasant. Har-
per e Brothers, publishers.
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slowly rotting in the summer suns and
winter storms. year after year. Upon the
~promontory above the beach an old adj
miral. who had served his country long
and bravely. built a home in which to spend
his declining years. and as year after year
passed the conviction grew upon him that
he and the old ship would collapse together.
His granddaughter lived with him, and.
being young and pretty. a love story neces-
sarily followed. rounding out an attractive.
wholesome tale. In the preface Mr.. Brady
says that the "veracious Tales which
compose the second part OF the volume are
called so advisedly. as they are all in one
way or another founded upon fact. Among
these I'm Oklahoma" is one of the best.
Published by ]. b. Lippincott Company.
Philadelphia.