The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-10-25
THE NEW PUBLICATIONS.
SOME OF THE LATEST BOOKS
 OF THE SEASON.

OF THE SEASON.
 Barbara Ladd by c. G. D. ROberts-The Last Word, by Alice MaeGOwan-Tho warden of the Marches, by Sidney C. Grier-OIher New Books from L.. C. Page & co.'s-GIimpses of China and Chinese Homes-Tho Spiritual Outlook -Brenda, Her school and CJub-Other Publications by Little, Brown & Co.
 No more delightful literary produc- tion this year in the line of romance has been brought out than Charles G. D. Roberts Barbara Ladd," a book which has the subtle irresistible charm to the full which distinguishes MT. Roberts stories. It is story which comments itself to every lover of the beautiful in nature. Its charm is potent, its style original and its literary flavor distinctive and unique. In Barbara Ladd" the scene is once more the Heart of the Ancient Wood and the characters one and all dwell close to nature in all her varying moods. The book enchains the readers attention and holds it to the story's end A most sat- isfactory love story 1t is also, which is another reason which commends it to all the world. Of Barbara Ladd" the Commercial Advertiser says: 'The heroine herself is, at the outset, woodland creature, with freeborn in stincts that proclaim that she belongs to the kindred of the wild" That the epoch of the story is that of the war of American independence is quite imma- terial. What really counts is the we'll drawn picture of a passionate Wayward young girl, fiercely rebelling against compuIsion, and finally subdued by the gentle wisdom of well-timed indulgence and affection. Excellent portraits, too, are the two punctilious old fashioned brothers, Doctor Jim and Doctor John, both of whom devotedly love Aunt Mehitabel.
 The Boston Transcript says: From the opening chapter to the final page MT. Roberts lures us on by the charm of his style, by his rapt devotion to the changing aspects of nature, and by his keen and sympathetic analysis of hu- man character.
 "On almost every page does MT. Rob- erts show his love for the forests and the fields, for the animals that dwell therein; and he moreover does not, as many nature-lovers do, neglect the town and it's people in the excess of his longing for the unframed and unciv- ilized world.
 Barbara Ladd," in short, is adelight- ful piece of fiction and MT. Roberts is to be congratulated upon his success. The volume is also an excellent piece of ook-making."
 Barbara Ladd" is published by L. c. Page &s Co.,, Boston: price $1.50. For sale by The Pease-Lewis Company.
 .gThe Last Word" is the title of a charming story already successful book, by Alice MacGowan and publish ed by L.. c. Page & Co.,. Boston. With 8 breezy chapter it starts out most en- gagingly with a scramble by Texas cowboys after the hat of the heroine, Miss Darlington West, whose fland- some face is shown for the frontispiece. Of course six or ten cowboys riding full tilt after a lady's hat which is being blown hither and yon by wind and each frantically endeavoring to lasso < 1t results in the hats destruction, whereupen the gallant riders scurry off on their ponies to the nearest millinery shop, five miles away, where each buys a hat of the astonished milliner and %I.,1, sIa x stage coach where the fair lady has her choice of head gear from the selections The lady is on her way east to make her way in New York journalism. On the train the girl falls in love with the manager of big publishing house who hands her a copy of of the "Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, much thumbe6 and inside it the managers card What follows is a remarkably we'll toI6 story of the many events in which the heroine figures, the field thereof ex. tending all the way from Boston tC Washington. The most finished piece of character drawing is the sketch O. the artist Bushrod. The New York World says: "Out of it all comes book vivid, bright, original--one of { kind and the kind most welcome tc readers of the hitherto conventional Price $1.50. For sale by The Pease Lewis Company.
 One of the most striking posters tha has recently been issued is tha brought out by l.. c. Page x Go. in con sSrlection with Alice MacGowan's "Tht Last Word" This poster is unique il that it is not only an excellent sum ming up of the book, but also a portrai of the author. The mounted figure il the foreground which turns to wavt farewell to a, city seen against the yea low light of the evening sky, is an ex cellent study made from Miss Mac GoWan herself.
 'aThe Warden of the Marches" tn, new novel by Sidney c. Grier, publish ed by L. c. Page & Co.,, Boston, is { story of surpassing interest Tn, s.Marches' of which the story tell. have no reference to the ancient bordel lines between England and her thel hostile neighbors. Scotland and Wales The story is of strenuous life on tht frontier of British possessions in India and the pictures Of life and times ol the borderland in question are typica and realistic owing to unwise interfer ence with the administration of bray, sterling British officer. Major North, b, an official. The smouldering fires of dis content and distrust among the fanati BaaJ 1lnT n~6cy siy1o TnI Iio,