The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-08-15
New York; price 75 cents; for sale by the Pease-Lewis Co.

A novel by a journalist which con-
 tains not one word about newspaper life ! is a rarity. Miss Louise Betts Edwards
 has been for years connected with prominent newspapers; but for the
 scene of her first novel. ''The Tu-Tze's
 Tower" published by Henry T. Coates | Ss Co, of Philadelphia, she has turned,
 not to the reporters room, the news desk, or the settlements of the special 1 correspondents work, but to far-away barbaric Tibet and western, aboriginal
 China. The uprising of 1900 against the i foreigners in the latter country forms
 vivid episode toward the end of the book. The plot centering round the fig ure of the TutZe, "the man every one wanted to kill is one which keeps the blood in circulation and the book in
 hand until the story is finished. There
 is not in the book historical character, ] an ethical problem, a married person or
 any purpose, save that of being inter
 esting, which object is assuredly &C., | complished in a truly enchanting and
 remarkable degree While Miss Ed | wards is practically new writer in the
 book field, yet she possesses true in- sight into ths soul of romance, a fiuen- | cy of description and an easy flowing, graceful style which, coupled with viv-
 i'd imagination and familiarity of loeali- ties and subjects described, make a combination which can only be found in
 the born romancer. She has contribu- ted frequently to the magazines and
 newspapers. Her first attempt att fic- | tion was short story in 1894. Step | Brothers to Dives" which was accept
 ed by the first magazine to which she 1 sent it, Harper's Monthly. It dealt,
 from a novel viewpoint, with the much | bewailed problem of the extravaganza | of the poor. Since then she has contrib
 uted steadily to leading newspapers and | magazines. Her two novelettes, "A Woman for Nothing" published in Lip pincott's Magazine for July, 1901, and | "A Friend of Cara's," in the Smart Set | for September, 1902, attracted much fa- yorable attention both in this country . and in England, where they were re- viewed in leading London newspapers. ! The author has succeeded in making Winlfred BIaize, the widow of Victor Blaize, an American, a very charming | | unrealized his dream of exploring the
 sacred places of Thibet, leaving unfin- ! ished his book on the aboriginal people which Winifred promises her dying hus- band to complete. She goes back to ! China and seeks with her little retinue the country of those whom the Chinese call the Man-tze and falls a captive to the ruler of the country, the massive and brave Tu-tze, who straightway falls in love with her and desires her in marriage, He long lays siege to her
 heart and long she resists his pleadings. It is only after divested of his power by
 his plotting priests and other enemies. and made a captive--a captive Samson wearing heavy wooden collar, his hands bound behind hinl-that she awakes to realize that he has won her heart, which she promptly bestows upon him.. Foreign hosts assail the city and her Samson, breaking his bonds, responds to the frantic call of the peo- pie to deliver them and delivers them. The book, in the closing scenes, is full of dramatic situations, and is very in- teresting throughout. For sale by all booksellers.
 A strong expressing story is "A Vic tim of Conscience" by Milton Gold smith, published by Henry T. Coates & Co, Philadelphia. It abounds in dra- matic situations. The principal char acter is Isaac Schwartz, an emigrant Jew, of an educated family, who is be- set by misfortune and who comes to be regarded as "Schlemiel, man per- petually under the ban of i'll luck. In desperation he obtains small loan through the efforts of his friend, the good Rabbi, and bidding farewell to his beloved wife and children, leaves his home and goes to California to dig for gold. Here trials, rebuffs, grinding toll are his. He shares the cabin of re" pulsive drunken prospector who alter nately befriends him and bullies him and who coming home drunk one night furiously attacks Isaac. The lat ter in terrible peril, strikes his assailant heavy blow on the head and leaves him for dead; then digging up their hoarded gold from its hiding place, he fees, feel ing the brand of Cain upon his brow. He returns home and engages in busi- ness. Everything he does prospers. He is no longer tSchlemiel." He be- comes the leading wealthy man of the village. He becomes a philanthropist; he gives of his wealth to every good work that presents itself; but all the while the feeling that the hand of Cain is upon him haunts his every move- ment and nowhere is there any rest for
 him. In vain he seeks peace of con- science. The denouement of the story
 reads like a fairy tale and this is left
 for the reader. The book presents an
 excellent picture of Jewish life as it was in this country years ago, and will we'll
 repay reading. For sale by all book sellers.
 Professor Boros, of the university of Kolozsvar, Pennsylvania, has written to ask permission to translate Miss Keiler's s''Story of My Life" into the Magyar language. In transmitting the letter to the publishers, Doubleday, Page & Co.,, pr. Edward Everett Hale