The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1902-12-13

Germany, by Wolf Won Schierbrand-
Master Adam, the CaIabrisn-The
Lightning Conductor, by {. N. & A. NJ.
Williamson - Popular Handbook
Youth-Fine Art spectaIsies by the
Raphael Tuck & Sons Co.
A timely and instructive and ex-
ceedingly interesting book is Ger
many" by Wolf Won Schierbrand,
work of 375 pages, published by
Doubleday. Page & Co, New York.
price net $2.4O, for sale by The Pease-
Lewis company.
The rise of Germany to her present
position in international commerce and
politics has been one of the most sig
nificant developments of the last quar-
ter century, but one meets in America
with the same ignorance regarding this
great trade rival that is so often CEN
sured in the attitude of the English
business man towards America.
During his long career as a news
paper correspondent on the continent,
Mr.. Won Schierbrand had quite I'M
usual opportunities to become familiar
with the inner workings Of the German
government and with the personalities
of the men who control the empire. He
describes intimately and fully the rul-
ers, aristocracy, society, politics, COM
merce, manufactures, finances, art,
music and literature of modern Ger
many, His picture Of the Welding of
a. world-empire' is brilliant char
acter study of one of the great nations
of to-day, and is of profound interest to
every intelligent reader. The table OF
contents is as follows: Germany as
World Power" THE Kaiser as He Is"
''The Kaisers Personal Influence"
sThe Kaisers Family Life Ger
nany's Political Life" "Reichstag ana
Political Life" Rise and Growth of
Socialism, The Polish Problem in
Russia" 1.-The Agrarian Movement"
'.Prussian Hegemony in Germany"
n-Germanism," The Tariff Cues
ton" Conversations With the Four
Chancellors," Commerce and Manu-
featuring 1.-TWO Typical Modern Ger
MANS" Shipping" The Army" The
Navy" Education" Social Gus
TOMS Colonies" German Royal
Courts" ''Press Conditions art and
Literature Outlook for Germany
A book which makes very interesting
reading whether it is a Dumas book or
not is Master Adam, the Calabrian,"
translated by Mr.. Harry A. Spur, and
j published by r. F. Fenno & Co., New
= York. The translator in his preface
makes out a very good case in support
of his theory and belief that the book
was written by Alexander Dumas. He
gives strong circumstantial evidence
in the first place and in the second calls
attention to the fact that various in
cidents in the story-those of the
speaking Madonna, of Fra Bracalone's
foretaste of Purgatory, of Compere
Matteo and the three Sous and lastly
of Saint Philomelas Miracle-all of
these to the palate cultivated by the
best romances of Dumas are recog~
,nizable as his own. The book is GER
tainly very readable and entertaining,
OF it the New York Sun remarks:
I'VE should be sorry to see the discus
sion over the true and the fictitious
work of Alexander Dumas transferred
to English. Mr. Harry A. Spurs ex-
+ PLANTATION prefixed to his translation of
master Adam, the Calabrian' (R. F.
Feno & Coz, amounts to little more
than hope that the book is by Dumas,
based on finding it ascribed to him in
an old Brussels edition. The story is
bright enough to stand on it's own
merits it is a tale of love and brigands
in a romantic part of Italy with plenty
OF fun thrown in. In the translation it
Of n
ton of Dumas travels, even if it be
not genuine"
For sale by all booksellers.
One of the exceptionally bright, read
able and entertaining stories among
this seasons new publications is 1.-THE
Lightning Conductor" edited by C. n
and A. NJ. Williamson, and published
by Henry Holt & Co., New York. 1t is
being greeted with satisfaction by a
multitude of readers, 1t deals with the
adventures of a bright and handsome
American girl who with her maiden
aunt starts to tour France on a
Cranky automobile. When their ma
chine is behaving outrageously and
their situation is becoming deplorable
a cultivated and good looking young
Englishman, skilled automobiist,
who is also touring, comes to their res
cue allowing himself to be considered
as professional, is engaged by the
hapless ladies as their chauffeur and
courier, and this is where "The Light
ming Conductor comes in. Their trib-
ulatfons are not at an end for the ma
chine is still unregenerate, but their
prince in disguise, with his skill and
Drawn, tides them over their difficult
ties, including several scary places, and
wins their golden opinion. The denoue-
ment comes at last and is a very hap
Ply one for at least two persons who are
fayorites with the reader Sprightly
htlnor pervades the description of IA
fniliar highways and rare byways in
Provence, Spain, Italy. Capri and Cor
sica. Lovers of brightly written sto-
ry set in a. cheerful atmosphere will
find genuine satisfaction and pleasure
in this romance; price $3.50; for sale by
the E. P. Judd Co.
Three small popular handbooks" in
uniform binding are issued by the Penn
Publishing Company of Philadelphia.
One of them is a collection of "Pro-
verbs Maxims and Phra SEES" made kv