The St. Louis Republic., 1903-10-24
other Fresh Publications.


Under the Jack-Stah." ~ Chester
Bailey FcrEald. contains eleven amusing
short stories. Some q them have ap-
peared in print before. Perhaps readers
will remember "a Hard Road 10 Andy
Coggins." published In the Century AIara-
zinc months ago. In many respects enc
OF the best short stories OF these times.
Of a fine strain OF humor. ard eluaI-nE
Kipiing's excellent story. ''Brusgles.nith"
Most Of the stories In the volume have TO
DO with the wild and cften violent al
ventures Of Sudden LanuiEan, spider
legged. with his hands dangling at his
knees and Clarence O'Shay. squat. with
his two little bandy-legs. and the look
like = milestone" These two invented
the tricks OF the trade" which was sea-
manship. You 30 with them to The
Lights Of SltIIa." ard you follow them
through many experiences on n rowing YES
sell There is pathos IN The Passing OF
Lannigan." good humUr in Clarence at
the BAN good fun IN The Lannigan
System With Girls" and crecpinnss in
the adventure ot a Yarn or the Pea
Soup Sea" O'shay and Lanuisan are
devilish sailors that Will stick in the mem
ory for some time. The volume is pub
lished by Century Company.
Hamlin Garland's new book. ''Hesper.''
which Is fairly divert!ng. might have been
entitled How They Took Ann over the
Jumps" being the story OF a gentIy-b-ed
girl, Ann Rupert. who left her luxurious
home in the eftete East 10 go 20 the far
West with her delicate young artist
brother. and Of the men and things she
encountered there, among them a robust
uoUs. yet refined, young rancher. with
whom. Of course, she fell IN love. Ann
was. at the beginning. what one Of Mr.
Garland's slangy Westeguers might have
termed cold and conventional PROPOSE
tion. but as she is brought into closer con-
tact with the Hamlin Garland Western
civilization she realizes more and more
the warmth and reality OF this life as
contrasted, by H.. Garland. with the arti-
fciality OF her former social life In the
East: and her character expands in con-
sequence. The most noteworthy feature
Of the book IS the wealth Of material
which the author has done into ''atrnos-
phere'' and local color" Lovers OF the
West should relish the trceziness OF its
pages. Published BY Harpers.
Malcolm Dearborn's 'Bcthsaida." tale
Of the time OF brutal Tibe-ius Caesar. and
dealing with the trial and death Of Christ.
is fun OF graphic descriptions" so-csIled.
and IS somewhat rcEiiai-crut OF ''Quo
Vadis." without approaching TO the quail
ity Of the latter. II one must have his
torlcal novel OF this era. by all means
read "QUo Nadis'' in preference. Diliiag-
ham, publisher.
No week would be complete without
some sort OF contribution from Cyrus
Townsend Brady. and for this week he
has historically novelized Sir Henry Nor
gan, the buccaneer. whose courage, cru
city and ferocity are portrayed with all
the vividness and accuracy and truth
which would naturally Characterize the
work Of so eminsntly prolific a writer,
Sir Henry was certainly n wicked pirate.
and a horrible fate overlook him-besides
the fate which compels him to spend
eternity within the obscurity OF a histori-
cal novel. Sir Henry Morgan" is pub
ished by Dillingham;
Geraldine Bonner is a good story-teller
and has served long apprenticeship with
the short story. Her novel. "To-Morrow's
Tangie," gives evidence Of her excellent
training II is interesting-and. after all,
that expresses the sum and substance OF
favorable criticism-5eing a colorful,
warmly human. and moving tale OF the