The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-11-29

Elder & Shepard. san Francisco. $3.50
to $500 net. according to style. Trade
supplied by Patton Bros. booksellers.
Salem. Ore.
A Lily Of France.
This Is a historical romance OF the
18th century by Caroline Attwater
Mason. The principle characters are
Charlotte De Bourbon and William
of Orange who delivered the Neither.
lands from the terror OF the Spanish
lnquisiticn Mrs. Mason has visited
Holland in search Of original docu-
ments and local color and found plenty
1f both to make a stirring story Of
great historical value. The leading
characters Of John Lothrop Moteys
rise Of the Dutch Republic stalk across
the pages OF her work clothed with
new interest but perfect in the delin.
cation OF their characters. The book
is handsomely printed and illustrated.
and published by the Griffith & Row.
land Press Of Philadelphia. Pa Price
s11o net postpaid 1895. Trade sup
piled by Patton Bros, Salem. ore.
booksellers and statoners.
Richard Gordon.
This novel by Alexander Black does
not lack for variety and action in
multitude of spheres. The beautiful
heroine who has sinned. the william
who is thwarted. the bits Of Bohemia
from the studio Of artists. the masked
ball Of the four hundred. the lawyer
who unrayels the mystery. the hero
who dips into Tammany politics. the
adventure with the pretty soubrette
in the beer garden the dash into the.
war with Spain. the rascal who be-
trays his sister the final makeup with
the girl in his arms-all Of these
scenes and more are depicted in
words Of force and originality. No
one will complain at not getting his
worth I'm this novel The
story Is laid i'm New York and has
vein OF humor and freshness that goes
far To- make good the somewhat
strained effort to get a plot ont Of a
difficult situation d. Lothrop CO..
Boston. Trade supplied at Salem. |
ore. by Patton Bros. Price $50.
The Romance Of the commonpl ace
Advance sheets reveal the most ser.
ous work yet undertaken by Gelett |
Burgess and that is not serious
enough to hurt That there should |
be another and abler Charles Lamb |
among us would surprise no one ifI
1nly we had the background OF tradi. /
ions favorable 10 his production. Mr. |
Burgess Is lightly, playfully humorous
except when he attempts the serious
and becomes a roaring farce As
when he speaks OF sexual passion. |
once rightly thought OF as exquisitely |
Jeautiful' but now being debased into |
he category Of the beast" The fact
'emains that in its moral attitude TO.
ward the sexual passion the beast"
S not debased 20 the human stand
.rd and Mr Burgess has his morality
! trhe inverted but that IS nothing
strange Tor a humorist, the author Of
he poem on the Purple Cow and the
Chewinggum Man. In these
'ssays the author aims mostly at a
.leyerer. kindlier humanity and his
york Is along right lines OF progress.
lie aptly finds two things safe from
he bias OF custom-youth and love.
To the child, the mudpile has infinite
possibilities OF bliss. To the one
.omes eternal beauty. 10 the other
'ternal mystery The truth is the re-
'iewer has read but one OF the essays
md hopes TO find time 10 read the
est. Elder q Shepard, Pubs. San
francisco. Price In homespun cloth.
1850 net
Some Children Poetry.
r. II. Russell, New York. has just
Mr.. Sun and Mrs. Moon" a volume
II delightful poems OF childhood by
lr. lie Gallienne The book has been
ayorably compared with Robert Lewis
'teyensOn's a Chlld's Garden of
'erse,' and its high poetic quality
ustines the comparison. These
'oems are marked by beauty and
hat has commonly been ascribed 20
he author. The book is charmingly
Illustrated.
Making Friends With Birds.
How 20 Attract the Birds" by
'eltie Blanchan author of bird
'eighbors" and Natures Garden" is
ust published by Doubleday, Page
Co, with a great number OF ex-
raordinary Photographic Illustrations
several of these intimate and sug-
estiye chapters have appeared i'm
'ountry Life in America and The
aides Home Journal and, altogether
hey form an unique work on the al
lost untouched subject of making
riends' with bird neighbors" 10
'hom the author has introduced so
lany thousands of readers.