The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-05-23

But, after all, when the eyes are
 drenched in an April shower" and II
 want mamman!" is poor, homesick
 baby Andres plaint.
 takes less than four hundred pages
 to tell of the Anglicization of Eliza l beth's boys, and one would sooner that 1 it took more than less. They are a houseful, those children, but heartful as we'll. It was happy inspiration for the good of all her reading friends
 when Elizabeth thought to send them 1 to Hugh
 Price $1.50; for sale by leading book sellers.
 Songs and Stories from Tennessee" |" 1 by John Trotwood Moore; published by Henry T. Coates & Company, Philadel-
 phia. In this charming volume of 35S
 pages the author presents an interest
 ing historical and traditional story of
 life as it has been and is, in the beau
 tiful Middle Basin of Tennessee-the
 Blue Grass Plot of the state, the de- scription of which is one of the most
 artistic chapters of the book. MT. Moore has given to the world a book of story and song, depicting the earnest l life, the sweet simplicity, the matchless l beauty and the unpublished story of 1 that part of the country and it's folks and folk lore. True to life is the inti- mate characteristic picture of the old plantation darky, his sayings and do- 1 ivy fA 1 "ole massa, "-the massa of the humane 1 type, chivalric, hospitable, brave, i'm petuous, prejudiced and vain of his an- cestry, even with his faults, lovable. The stories, and there is joyous and 1 pathetic string of them, are all enjoya- i ble and the poems of wrich the last half of the book is composed, present negro melodies, historical songs and ditties, mostly illustrative of the South, --and of the South especially "befo' de wal" The book is attractively gotten up by Coates & Company, and it is meeting with success, which it we'll merits. The Boston Transcript is an extended notice says of it: Few northern people have known intimately the old plantation darky type now nearly passed, but they will find in this volume a remarkably true picture of him and his life Only those who have lived in or visited the Middle Basin Middle Tennessee-can appreciate the accuracy of MT. Moore's reproduction of the speech and manners of the old time negro; but every one will enjoy his stories. for they show all the natu
 ral wit that a generation ago was com- mon in the stories that the darkies loved to tell of their adventures, many of which, to be sure, were purely imag- mary.
 The book is illustrated with several full-page pictures, the work of Howard Weeden and Robert Dickey Price $1.50; for sale by the Pease-Lewis Com pany.
 That Printer of Udelrs," a story of the middle west, by Harold Bell Wright, with nine full-page illustra- tions, by John Clitheroe Gilbert; 12mo. cloth; ornamental design gilt top; price $1.50. This is an intensely inter- esting story, full of local color. The opening scene is laid In the moonshi- ner's district of Arkansas. From there the scene changes to the more familiar localities of the middle west, and later on returns for time to the life of the mountaineer in the Ozarks. There is a continuous love story throughout, most clever, stirring and original.
 The animation is at times almost startling. The humor and pathos is true and wholesome. As g. perfect sto- ry of practical Christianity the author has handled his subject with fearless ness and skill. That Printer of Udell's'' is destined to become one of the most popular books of the year. Published by the Book Supply Compa- ny, 266-26S Wabash avenue, Chicago; for sale by leading booksellers.
 Florida Fancies'' is little book by Mir. Fred R. Swift, proprietor of the Bridgeport and Waterbury, Conn.,, Heralds. The book is an innovation in way, for it keeps away from the beaten paths of most books on Florida. which stick as close to hotel life and the shop talk of winter trip to Flori-