The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-27
BOOK NOTICES.

London, by Mrs. D. H. Wall OF Ora
hamville, S. c. Mrs. Wall is a new
author in the field of fiction, but her
first effort is not likely to be her last.
She has written charming story full
of dramatic coloring, which suffuses
the quickly moving episodes. There
is moral too, in the story that must
appeal to every heart.
The insistent lesson of the book is
the misery which follows the mad crav-
ing for city life that leads boys and
girls to desert their happy country
homes for the city's struggle and sin.
Mrs. Wall opens her story in Geor-
gia and the reader is at once intro
duced to the peaceful home-circle of
Mrs. Arnold and her daughters Ruby
and Florence. They inded prove to
be sisters in name only. Ruby is a
selfish, luxury-loving GIRL and by an
early mercenary marriage to a wealthy
elderly Northerner, she starts the pitt
full chapter of her indiscretions. which
finally wreck her own happiness and
dishonor a husband and mother
There is a graphic picture, drawn in
Mrs. Wallis sparkling prose, of Ruby's
gay Chicago life, and of the summer
home on the broad-rolling st. Law
renee. The reader will fall in love
with Florence "at first sight" Some
one has compared her to Sophie in
Tom JONES'" so winning and tender
are the traits of her character.
Mrs. Wall has many friends in Sa-
vannah, who will follow with interest
her success in the literary world. She
is already at work on a second novel,
which will be published In a short
time SISTER in Name Only is on sale
at Adler'& Price. ST.
1.-THE Girl Proposition: a Bunch of
He and She Fables" by George AIDE.
r, H. Russell, West Twenty-ninth
street, New York. Somebody seriously
proposed the other day that chair of
American slang be founded in our
principal colleges. on account of the
popularity of George AIDE. But the peo-
pie understand George AIDE very we'll
without any help from the colleges be-
cause he writes in a language which
everybody understands. THE Girl
Proposition" proves that Mr.. AIDES
vein is very far from being exhausted.
The present volume is, as it's title in
dicates, a series of clever sketches on
a theme that is very dear to the au-
thor's heart, and which is vastly inter-
esting to most people. THE Girl Prop
osition" is packed with sense and wit
and entertainment, all in the inimita-
BILE AIDE vein, and is the best work
this popular writer has yet done. Pro-
fusely illustrated by Holme & Nc
Cutcheon.
1.-THE Chatterbox for 1902" Price 90
cents net; by mail $1OS. Dana Estes &
Co., Boston, Mass. 1t is unnecessary
to describe at length a book of which
the American publishers have sold
more than one and a quarter million
copies, and the sale of which in Eng
land has been even larger The 1902
"Chatterbox" has 412 pages, more than
200 illustrations expressly designed for
it by eminent English artists, six
handsome colored plates and illuminat-
ed board covers. The contents includes
a great variety of original stories.
sketches and verses, edited with the
most scrupulous taste and care. Some
of the stories of heroism and danger
will hold the attention of the most adj
venturous boy, and the anecdotes of
the animal world, and the tales which
inculcate lessons of manliness, truth
and courtesy, are no less noteworthy.
The boy or girl Is fortunate who re-
ceives "Chatterbox" for a holiday
present.
"Out of Gloucester" by James B.
Connolly. Cloth. $3.50 Charles Serb
ner's Sons, 15S-157 Fifth avenue, New
York. This in collection of Mr.. Con-
nolly's fishing fleet stories that have
appeared in Scribner's Magazine. In
these narratives there is that broad
and free atmosphere of the sea that
whets ones appetite for more. In
strength and style, Mr.. Connolly's
work will compare favorably with
that of any of his contemporaries; and
there are critics who do not hesitate
to rank his fishing fleet stories above
Kipling's work in that field.
t'American Navigation" by William
W. Bates. Price SO 80 net. Houghton,
Miftiin q Co., New York. This work
is full, thorough, and competent re-
view of American marine, consisting of
a historical survey of it's rise and de-
velopment, study of it's decline, and
a presentation of remedies. The author
deals vigorously with matters of con-
troversy. combats all bounties subsi-
dies, and other artificial stimuIants to
the shipping trade, and supports with
much Vigor the policy which he re-
CARDS as the sound one. Mr.. Bates is
a lifelong student of the shipping
question, and this. his second book,
presents his matured views. AS the
question of ship subsidies is likely to
come up before the next Congress, the
book has very timely value.
1.-THE Story Of Little Nell" from 1.-THE
Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dick
ems. Edited by Frederic Lawrence
Knowles. Dana Estes &c Co.. Boston.
There is no character in all fiction
purer or sweeter than that Of Little
Nell-none on whom the memory loves
more to linger. One can almost under
stand the tears that stood in Dickens
eyes while he said to a friend: I've
Just killed Little Nell" In the present
abridgement the words of the author
have been retained and the essentials
of Little Nells story were preserved.
Designed for children or as an intro |
duction to the "Old Curiosity Shop" it |
is scarcely less attractive to maturer
minds.
ION the Cross" by Wilhelmine Won
HIllene and Mary J. Stafford. Drexel
Biddle. Philadelphia. The subtitle OF
the story. "a Romance of the Passion
Play at Oberammergan." indicates gen.
orally its trend and locale. The reli- |
gious element plays a first part in the |
development of the plot, which is well |
and skilfully presented. The book de-
serves the favorable reception it has