The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-08-15
THE NEW PUBLICATIONS.
SOME OF THE LATEST BOOKS OF
 THE SEASON.


 THE SEASON.
 Thomas Dixon, Jr.'s"rhs One woma n"
 -Mr. Van ZiIes' "A Duke and His
 DonbIs-nIiss Edwards' ''The Fu-
 Tzs's Tower-MIItOn GoIdsnlith's ''A
 Victim of Conscience-ComIng Books
 A strong novel and of absorbing in- terest with a powerful object lesson as to the trend of socialism in reference to the marriage question is "The One Wo- man." by Thomas Dixon, Jr., whose : previous book, "The Leopard's Spots,' D won renown for it's author. It is pub lished in handsome style by Doubleday, Page & Co.,, New York, and is illustra- aed by B. West Klinedinst. The author showed in ''The Leopard's Spots" his mastery of the expression of powerful human emotion. The new story ap- peals to wider audience on the para mount subject for a novel, the power of love. In this case it relates to love as affected by the movement toward so- cialisrn, which the author evidently considers prevails not only in Germany, but is threatening this country even in its free love aspect. It is essentially a love story and character study of three strong men and two fascinating and beautiful women. In swift, unified and dramatic action we see socialism a deadly force, in the hour of the eclipse of faith destroying the home life and weakening the fibre of AngIo-Saxon manhood. This dream of fellowship and solidarity is shown to be lapse to the herd, out of which, under love, the sacredness of marriage was evolved as one of the main props of civilization. The crash and roar of New York's CO., lossal life are heard-in grandiloquent language at times-throughout the nov el. The five chief figures of the drama are distinct and vivid. These are. first and foremost Rev. Frank Gordon, the brilliant brainy and brawny preacher and dreamer running to socialism, Mark Overman the bluff cynical, sensi- ble, one-eyed bachelor and wealthy banker, college classmate and chum
 
 the minister's first wife and mother Of his children; Miss Kate Ransom, the beautiful, wondrously voluptuous, rich and intellectually brilliant woman who gave anonymously one million dollars in trust to build Gordon's new peoples temple through worship and infatuation for him, and who became Gordons sec. ond wife, married to him by some so- cialist formula or declaration; and last ly the gifted attorney, Morris King, who for years had loved Ruth, but hopelessly, who rises rapidly in New York politics. becomes governor of the state and saves Gordon from the gal lows only,to return him to Ruth's arms with a remarriage performed in the prison portals. Ruth was the one wo- man. a true loving wronged woman. The book is intensely emotional 4 at times, but is pervaded with fire and earnestness and a rude strength that carries the reader onward to it's close. Two scenes of great dramatic strength occuf fffv the story, one of which is the railroad wreck when the wronged wife saves from terrible death the woman who had supplanted her in her hus- bands affection and who in the horrors of her peril in, the wreck awakes to re- alize the wrong done and Gordon's true character. Price si.50; for sale by the Pease-Lewis Co. Just the story for a hot day, dull day or any day when diversion is need- ed, is the happy skit or novelette, by Edward s. Van File entitled "A Duke and His Double.' In these happy days of American high society circles when a real live duke is so enthralling and so essential to social triumph, this story comes in pat. It is refreshing bit of bright reading. The plot does not put too greata strain upon ones credu1ity; the pretty girls of the story are wholly American, unspoiled by fiattery, though wholly charming, and the duke, who is nlasquerading as waiter at the elegant New York home of these girls, and their father, MT. Flint, ''the Flour Baron Of Chicago, is no fortune hunter, no gay deceiver, but, as it turns out, is real hero, whose assumed role first. as waiter and then as 8 real duke, the latter done to please the flour baron and incidentally give him and his fam- fly the entrance into the creme de la creme of New York society,-is taken in order to shield his elder brother from the consequences of sad breach ot trust. It was the happy thought of the flour baron to employ this bit of strat- egly in order to gain the social position he much desired. He had claim upon the Duke of Hastings, having saved him from the clutches of grizzly out in the Rockies once upon a time. Of course there lis romance in the inper- sonation and Dorothy one of the girls. and the supposed impostor fall in love. This, the flour baron hadn't counted on in the development of his scheme. The society scheme worked all right with an English duke as the star attraction. How all turned out happily with two love matches for a wind up is for the reader to discover. This genial farce comedy is one of the attractions for the season issued by Henry Holt & O., VI ~