The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-05-13
new BOOKS.

Wilson
(Appleton's Town and Country Library.
No. 81. Cloth $l.00. Paper boc)
John Carradus was hard old man and
when he died he remembered all his
children, left the bulk of his fortune to the
daughter OF one of his runaway sons.
whom he had treated hard enough In life.
and cut off glorious Nell Carradus. an
other granddaughter. by a father whose
personality appears later In the romance,
without shilling-and none of the chill
dren needed his benehcence more than
Nell. None, indeed, deserved al better,
as VIII appear In the course of this vivid
story OF Westmoreland people, in which
the reader Is introduced 10 society high
and low, and none at all with fine lot
OF capitally drawn characters ana an ar
tistic blending OF their several fortunes
and misfortunes into the tale. There are
Mary Glyn and Eleanor Carradus and
Nell the rBacca queen. and the rector's
wife and divers either women and cor
responding variety OF men, a very num-
erous acquaintance that takes YOU right
into the life of the narrow and natural
manufacturing town where many OF their
fortunes are worked out with fine skill
and entertainment for the reader. The
book has strength and character quite
unusual I'm these days of superficial writ
ing, vague portraitures and Indifferent
scenic effects. one follows the stories
OF the delightfully."- assorted company that
travels through the book with uncommon
pleasure. They are real people and TO the
smallest and most briefly sketched char
acter, they have individuality and are
made interesting. 1t is a capital story.
KING FOR A SUMMER. by Edgar Pick
ering:
published by Lee and Shepard For sails
by Davis. $loO)
Here is a rafting story of life and
adventure among the Corsicans, that ro-
mantle and lighting people with whom the
young Napoleon was Identified. The hero,
driven from home, is thrown with bandits
and becomes one of them. They are the
kind OF bandits of which Robin Hood was
a fine representative, although that pic
turesque English outlaw lacked good
deal IN his composition that made the
Corsican brotherhood particularly strenu-
Gus. The bandits, who are good fellows,
after all, and discriminating in the pur-
suit of their wild life. join the patriots
in what is known as the Rebellion OF 1875,
which results in the establishing OF
king Baron> Theodore Won Neuhof, who
relgns for a summer-a brief, but bril-
liant career that has given King Theodore
historic Importance and his title TO this
lively romance There is much Corsi-
can history as a background of the adj
ventures of the hero and his comrades.
and that Is Worth knowing about. The
pictures are spirited, illustrious OF some
OF the thrilling incidents that crowd the
story.
A DICTIONARY OF SPORTS:
Alfred Benjamin a Co.. of New York,
manufacturers OF mems clothing, are this
season sending out an enormous edition
OF daintily gotten up book, entitled
Dictionary OF sports the first of
proposed series. Volume l contains all
the popular terms used.(in golf, tennis,
baseball and racing and accurate, COM
prehensive definitions of each with clever
Illustrations i'm part. Nothing of the
same character has heretofore been COM
piled, and the Benjamin people have thus
pre-emptied hitherto unworked field,
| and one which combines instruction with
L entertainment. The advertisements, are
ingcnious.y interarded, and in no wise
interfere with the pleasure Of the reader.
though they cannot be evaded. IL Is "A
striking bit of advertising literature. The
| work is the conception and execution OF
Samuel Jaros, of New York, and it dem
onstrates him TO be a genius among ad
| writer's and publishers.
NEW hooks FROM THE ABBEY
PRESS:
The/times and scenes of the Bulgarian
atrocities and Russian nihilism in erup-
tioh are the background OF an historical
romancc and n love story written by
Thomas Emmet Moore and entitled My
Lord Farauhar'' (S1.25). The romance is
vivid with exciting incident. Fortunes
Wheel" by Martha Gray Gl.OO is an au-
photography of a child's life just before,
during and after the Civil WARM New
York state village on the Canadian bor-
der. I'm the South for a spell during the
reconstruction period and back again In
the North. 1t tells OF people and places
of interest and pictures the stirring
scenes Of the period as they were vividly
impressed on the young mind. IL is plain
y record OF real facts in a typical
American community during a stirring
period OF our history. "Infans Amoris,
by r. Everett Harry. G15O) Is the ro-
nance of a sorrowful soul. related In the
vernacular by one who sinned and was
forgiven and died i'm the time of the Sa-
viour on earth-an arraignment in the
.orm Of a tale, of denominatlonal Chris
tianity and much else that Is the fashion
in worldly matters. In Tho Chiefs OF
Cambria" (Sl.25) Mr. Morgan Il. Jones
writes stirring romance of Wales In
the eleventh century The author has se-
lected an heroic country and an heroic
age for his romance and the tale demon
strates much study from original sources
that evidently provide authentic local coll
or and atmosphere as the background for
the figures, chiefly historic apparently,
that crowd his pages with 8 rrins ven
lures cubs Career" by Harriet wheel
er Csl. .O0 has an interesting animal for It's
hero-a cub bear that has been adopted
by a mssionary's family living among
the Oiibways OF Lake superior. Ihe
book is calculated to especially interest
young readers and cubs misadyentures
are related with great spirit. The Life
Worth Living" by Wilbur {. Newell
tSl.0O pictures, I'm chapters that are like
chatty sermons. the realities and rewards
OF the spiritual kingdom, presenting the
value OF a holy life and clothing spiritual
truths in popular and easily understood
language Portraits OF Jesus Christ John
Wesley. George Whiteheld, Jonathan Ed
wards and Dwight l.. Moody contribute
TO the attractivcness of the work. The
silken snare" by William Leroy 600 cts)
Is just "A love story told with no preten-
slons 60 intricate plot but with an eye
to natural incidents and epidoses that are
undoubtedly founded on facts. Margaret