The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-08-15

Messrs. L. c. Page & Company, of Boston, are issuing in the early fall, a work entitled The Cathedrals of Northern France" The text is by Fransic Miltoun, and the very unique and elaborate series of illustrations in pen and ink, wash and monotone of all of the grand and lesser cathedrals of Northern France, some eighty Tn num- Der, are the work of Blanche McManus (Mrs. M. F. Mansfield1 we'll known throughout the American publishing world. Miss McManus is now resident in London, but is most often found on the continent from whence she has drawn her inspirations for this series of drawings, which are stated to be some thing out of the usual. This book, both as to text and illustrations, covers a hitherto unoccupIed field for complete ness and variety of treatment. It is further claimed that no single work hitherto issued in any language deals Mediaeval France,-the "Monumentes Historiques'' of the present day, and those former cathedrals which widowed of their bishops at the Revolution.
 The c. H. Clark Publishing Company are putting out two books this fall of widely differing nature. In "Marjie of the Lower Ranch" Frances Parker, a real ranch girl, has written a story of woman to write of ranch life and small wonder, for women who possess the ar- tictic skill of a successful author have not as a rule the love of isolation from the comforts of civilization.
 Miss Parker is cultivated college woman, who has spent many years in northern Montana. The reader is put at once into the atmosphere of the scene, which is made unusually true by descriptions from womans viewpoint The heroine of the story, "Marjie Mar varre, is a natural warm-hearted girl, who makes life pleasant for all around her. A thrilling love story is carried through the book with skilful develop ment. The chief charm of the tale lies in the western dash and breeziness with which the author has iinbued her work. There is not dull page. The minor characters are drawn with a hand so steady we know that they are the counterparts of living persons, whom the author has met and known. It is a book that young people will rev. el in as well as grown-ups.
 Love Stories from Real Life," by Mildred Champagne, co. M. Clark Pub- fishing Company is just what it's title says, four long love stories founded in incidents that have come under the au- thor's observation. Mildred Cham pagne is well calculated to write on af- fairs of the heart, although but slip of girl. As journalist she has been immensely popular and has endeared herself to thousands of readers, for she gets down close to the wounded heart and talks sensibly and convincingly with her listeners. No one would imag- inc that twenty year-old girl could know so much about human affairs, but life has been her one great study since early childhood. She has discussed sit nations in her book of love stories that few writers would dare handle.
 Ward, Lock & Company of Warwick House, London, are to publish Miss Petticoats" and "On Satan's Mount" They are warranted in their venture by the large sales these books have al- ready had on this side. MT. George Richardson, of the Boston Traveller, has dramatized Miss Petticoats," and a