The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-06-21


 now has his innings. Several dramatic 2 things dramatically told happen. The
 story is full of charm and interest, and
 the picturing of Virginia life in refined
 circles incidental to the story is admir- !, able, Love, horseback riding and foot
 ball are features of the book, the pie turesque side of life in Virginia is well described, and the whole story has a
 wholesome, breezy, outdoor flavor It is likely to prove one of the most accepta-
 ble of the summer novels of the year.
 The book is handsomely illustrated by
 Oh. Grunwale.
 The Mate of the Good Ship York V
 By W. Clark Russell (L. e. Page &
 Co.,, Boston,. Price S150. For sale by
 the Pease- Lewis Company. No matter
 if the story seems at times improbable,
 MT Russell interests the reader and
 this new book from his pen is very en-
 tertaining, and one reads on and on un-
 til the tale is ended and closes the book
 charmed with the story and ready to
 hear from Mir Russell again. Although
 this new story is not the authors mas
 ter piece, it is very entertaining and
 ought to sell we'll. As tho New York
 World says: MT Russell is never al
 a loss for a new way to bring a hand
 some young sailor and a pretty girl
 happily together amid scenes of ocean
 adventure and shipwreck. He has done
 it in this instance by means of daugh-
 ter's running away from stepmother's
 abuse, followed by the burning of the
 ship in which she takes passage from
 England for the Cape When the maid is rescued it is by a party from the
 York. And there comes the mate.
 Subsequently the York has her share of disaster There is period when the girl and the mate are navigator, dog watch and crew-always with the aid of particularly large and wise dog who has been the property of the cap tain
 Like the rest of Mr Russell's yarns 1 this one has the roll and eXhilaration and almost the salt smell of the sea. It is correspondingly refreshing"
 The Brooklyn Eagle says: But what ever may be the defects of Clark Rus sell s methods the fact remains that his sea stories always have the quality of holding the readers attention. He is a master of the art of picturesque writ ing, of putting into his tales something of the charm and mystery of the sea- In a word, he knows how to recount tale of adventure"
 The Boston Transcript says: "All who like a thrilling tale, and especially those who understand nautical affairs will enjoy reading it."
 Hartford Times Tt is as if you saw and heard the events and the dialogue. In short it is Clark Russell al nearly his best and those who like sea stories need ask nothing better than that, There is a good frontispece by ". H. Dunton,"
 Messrs. l.. C. Page & Co.,, Boston, | have just published a splendid book for | summer reading, and one in which ev- cry lover of nature will take rare de- light. This new work is 'The Kindred | of the Wild; A Book of Animal Life" By Chas c. D. Roberts, author of those | charming books, The Heart of the | Ancient Wood" "The Forge in the For est Poems" etc. It is in cloth and gold cover with 5t superb full-page drawings and many minor decorations by Charles Livingston Bull. MT. Rob erts latest work of fiction makes a most | interesting addition to the slender stock of nature classics. He has studied with close and unwearied interest the lives of the great eagle. lord of the air, the pam ther that rules on the Upsalquitch, the lucifee, haunter of the pine gloom, Kehonka the wild goose and all the furred and feathered creatures of the wilderness and the hunted trails. In view of the great and growing interest in the study of nature seen through the eyes of close observers and trained recorders like MT Roberts, and re- ported under the guse of fiction, this will be book of great popular interest The same unwonted note that he struck in "The Heart of the Ancient Wood is { here, but in deeper cadence. { Richard Le Gallienne writes: "Of the new books of the year the announcement [ that appeals to me most is Prof Rob- erts new book of animal life, The Kim l 1red of the Wild In it's review of the book the New ( York World says: | There are thirteen stories of animals ! in this book. Some of them have been previously published separately But s n their present form they are new, and e pound with the superb illustrations by V Charles Livingston Bull they make | volume which charms, entertains and ' informs Tn his Introduction Prof Roberts discusses the whence and why T If the representative animal stories of D .o-day-the bits of fiction in which in- u ;tead of men and women characters we a lave heroes and heroines from the V lumb creation. Prof Roberts has 0 'aueht wonderfully the elusive indvid- lalities of which he writes. His animal Ii tories are marvels of sympathetic sci c nee and literary exactness." D Queer People," By William Henry II Bishop, 12mo. 2S2 pages, cloth; retail O 1; Street x smith, New York. For sale tt " the Pease-Lewis Go. el This is a collection of unusually clev- v, r stories by our townsman Prof s Bishop of Yale, the most important of 4. which is a delightful sketch of a Bow ~ ry boy who is picked up by fashion, 6 ble lady. His attempts to reform and u we respectable are pitiable. There are ~ aw such chequered lives IS that of the , brownstone boy who is, in turn, sea- p' lan, drummer, actor, lecturer, druggist nd reporter. This character is as much tC