The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-28
BOOK NOTICES.


OF Dalton, Ga. Harper & Bros, of
New York, publishers. Mr.. Harden,
the well-known Georgia novelist and
author of "Westerfelt," has written a
new book. 1t is a Southern story,
the plot being laid in East Tennessee.
and is we'll characterized by those who
have read it as the David Harum"
OF the South. 1t is full of droll humor
and its pictures of life as one sees it
among the folks who live in the Blue
Ridge country are we'll drawn. 1t is
interesting reading from cover to
cover. Mr.. Harben's success as a
novelist is subject of pride to the
people of his state, and "Abner Dan
lei" will add greatly to his reputation
in the world of letters.
"Railey's High School Algebra" by
NJ. A. Bailey, A. NJ. department of
mathematics in the New York Train
ing School for Teachers, New York
city. Half leather, 12mo., 297 pages.
Price, 80 cents. American Book Com
pany New York. This book, designed
for high schools and academies, COW
ers all the topics in algebra usually
combines simplicity with scientific
rtgor, and contains number of as
sumptions to be proved which, al
though far from self-evident, are TAX
en- for granted in many books.
Rabbits Grammar of Attic and
Ionic Greek" by Frank Cole Babbitt
Phi. D., professor of the Greek Ian
guage and literature in Trinity Col
lege, Hartford. Cloth 12mo, 44S pages.
Price, $1.50. American Book Com
pany, New York. This grammar gives
the essential facts and principles of
the Greek language in concise form,
with only so much discussion as is
necessary for a clear understanding
of the subject. 1t meets the needs of
secondary schools, and at the same
time is sufficient for all ordinary de-
mands of the college course. The book
incorporates the results of the most
recent pathological studies. In select
ing examples to illustrate syntax. pref
erence has been given to those au
thors read in the earlier stages of
the pupils progress.
"Platos Euthyphro." Edited, with
introduction and notes, by William
Arthur Heidel, Phi. D., professor in
Iowa College. Cloth, 12mo., 115 pages.
Price, 81. American Book Company,
New York. This is, we believe, the
first of a new Greek series for col
leges and schools, 10 appear under
the general editorial supervision of
Prof. Herbert Weir Smyth of Harvard.
1t is most attractive in appearance,
with a remarkably good reproduction
i Il
on the cover. After a very helpful
introduction, which considers the lives
of Plato and Socrates, the contents
and import of the Euthyphro, and its
place in the economy of Plato's works,
the text is taken up.
"A Girl Who Wrote" by Alan Dale,
Quail &c Warner publishers, % Park
row, New York. Cloth, $3.50. Many
will read this book because of it's title
and because they know it's author by
reputation, but we are not sure that
many will be pleased with 1t, though
we are confident that no one of its
readers will regret having read 1t. 1t
is an entertaining book, notwithstand-
ing the fact that the characters are
extravagantly draWn--are, in fact,
rather unnatural 1t contains nucn
feeling, some philosophy and much of
what is doubtless based upon the au-
thors experience. A matinee idol is
the heavy villain" The authors long
experience as a Metropolitan dramatic
critic has made him familiar with the
stage and its people, but he declares
that the actor in his book is purely
ina ginary, and that he built him up
from his inner consciousness. All of
the types were drawn from life, and
the book presents truthful and vivid
picture of journalistic life in New
York.
"Mesmerism in India and It's Practi-
cal Application in Surgery and Medi-
sine" by James Esdoile, NJ. D. The
Physic Research Company, Vincinnes
avenue, Chicago, Ill. Cloth, s1.00.
Those who take an interest
in mesmerism and physic phe
nomena are sure to find this book
a very valuable one. 1t deals largely
with mesmerism as an aid to surgery.
Some wonderful cures are said to have
been accomplished by it.