The age-herald., 1902-02-09
Miss Johnston's Lates
 Work" Audrey"
Some New Books

old Common Records and church regis ters. The book will be entitled "The Conquerer."
 "M. de Tavannes smiled. Mademoiselle averted her eyes and shivered." Could anything promise better than this open ing of Mir. Stanley Weyman's new TO- mancc, Count Hannibal?'
 !" But your heart, he cried fercely. is his. Your heart, which you told me in the meadow could never be minen lied,' she murmured, laughing tearfully and her hands hovered over him. It has come back. And 1t Is on my lips And she leant over and kissed him. And Count Hannibal knew that he had entered into his kingdom, the sovereignty of a wo- mans heart' Could anything be more satisfying than such an ending? Between these two passages is told story in MT. Weyman's best vein, with the crimson horror of St. Bartholomew as an hist ori- cal setting. Oh Count Hannibaf one critic writes in burst of enthusiasm, 'it will send thrill through the most jaded reader and keep even a reviewer from his bed"
 John Philip Sousa. the March King has written much in a musical way, but ''The Fifth String is his first published story. In the choice of his subject as the title indicates, MT. Sousi has remained faithful to his art, and the great public, that has learned to love him for the marches he has made, will be as delighted with his pen as with his baton. "rhe Fifth String is an odd fancy, a strange mixing of the real and the unreal. It has a strong and clearly defined plot and tells of marvellous violin, of a wonder full love, of strange temptation and of what came of them all. The fatal gift of Mephistopheles by which the violinist won womans love, but which at last aroused her jealousy and forced him to prone his constancy is one of the most unique therzes in fiction which in it's treatment proves the authors artistically sensitive temperament and his tremend- ous dramatic power. A cover, especially designed. and six full page illustrations by Howard Chandler Christy serve to give the distinguishing decorative em- bellishments that this first book by Mir. Sousa so richly deserves.
 There is a class of fiction difficult to de- scribe except by saying that it applies to imagined scenes and climes the meth ods of the historical novel. We are accus- toned to think that Anthony Hope set the fashion with his 'Zenda" stories but if we go back a little it will be seen that Stevensons Prince Otta" came still ear Her. MT. Harold MacGrath, one of the popular young writers, in "The Puppet Crown" has written a dashing story which lovers of the "Zenda man. ner' will everywhere welcome. This tale was selected for serial publication in The Evening World for its dramatic quality. There was no question of it's holding the attention of readers from day to day. Of the same nervous, active quality is MT. McCutoheon's "Graustark. the story of a love behind a throne This book has amply merited the continuing success 1t has won.
 F. Frankfort Moore's "A Nest of Lin nets" is a pretty love story of the days of Sheridan. For Love or Crown?" by Arthur Marchmont, bears plainly in It's title the promise of the stirring romance which fulflls it.
 F. Marion Crawford in his Marietta" ]" returns to his beloved Italy. It Is a tale of Venice in which much is told of the ways of the unique city and the people thereabout.
 l"Wolfville Days'' by Alfred Henry Lewis, Is probably the most successful book on Western life published since the early works of Bret Harte
 Hester Blair" by William Henry Car son will be out the latter part of this month and splendid sales are predicted Tor It. PAUL FRY.