The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-02-13

1t was situated near the Massapequa
river close to the Great South Bay and
not far from Tryon Hall. The old gen.
tleman died in 1775 and thereafter the
house was looked upon as haunted and
was used as a storehouse only An
upper window in the west gable was at
first boarded and then bricked up, but
some unknown force within burst out
the obstruction. Time after time the
attempt was made to close the opening.
but always with the same result, the
work being at once demolished by some
powerful though unseen agency. The
building was pulled down in 1888. To-
day a wide meadow stretches around
it's former site. Mr.. Hotchkiss utilities
this old building in his story.
He also uses the ancient structure
now known as Petit's Hotel, still stand
ing in Jamaica, and still doing business
as a hostelry. He calls it Hunters
Hotel" perhaps for his own purposes,
as it never went under that name. 1t
is yet an interesting relic of revolution
ary days, it's weather-beaten and I'M
painted sides looking as they then
looked. It stands like a reincarnated
dream of the past, its old horsesheds,
used as barrack when the British oc-
cupied the town, still intact though
sagged with the weight of years. Per-
haps the old NAPLES by the churchyard
over the way were the very ones which.
as saplings, cast their shade over the
redcoats as they swarmed through the
quiet street.
OF For a Maiden Brave" the New
York World in the course of its review
says: "Chauncey C. Hotchkiss was a
leader in the great revival of American
historical fiction that began about ten
years ago, and he has remained one OF
the best writers in that field because
his choice of it has been the result of
spontaneity and natural selection"
His new novel is the authors best
| work and the two women who figure so
conspicuously in it's pages are drawn
with great care and delicacy."
The Commercial Advertiser says:
"Mr. Hotchl5iss has written another
novel of revolutionary times, and again
he has succeeded in making an interest
| ing story. 1t is a story Of adventure
naturally told
| The Mail and Express says:
Colonial and Revolutionary America
remains Mr.. Hotchkiss' chosen field,
and from it he has garnered some ex-
cellent stories that will repay reading
at any time. =. Mr.. Hotchkiss is not
hackneyed in the reading. His tale Is
fresh and Ingenious; 1t demonstrates
that we shall always have the historical
novel with us, If not in it's multitudes,
at least in very welcome sporadic
cases.
Messrs. Harper G Brothers first pub
fishing day for 1908 will fall on Febru-
airy 6. On that date they will publish
the following books: "The Pride of
Tellfair,'' a novel of middle western
life, by Elmore Elliott Peake, author Of
''The Darlingtons;" new edition, COM
pletely revised, Of John Bigelow's psy-
Geological work 1.-THE Mystery Of
Sleep" and a new juvenile story by
Charles Edward Rich, entitled "The
New Boy at Dale"
Mrs. Alice Hogan Rice the author OF
the new book "Lovey Mary" and Of
| Mrs. Wigs of the Cabbage Patch"
/ wrote the latter, her first book, under
/ her maiden name, Alice Caldwell He
gan. She is the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. S, w. Hogan, of Louisville, KY,
where her fathers home has been for
many years center Of social life and
| hospitality. AS Miss Hogan she was
1 pa, i,aKo IT,, -, aln
| of the "po' white quarters of Louis
vile. There she found her characters,
and while it has been said that Mrs.
Wigs is an actual parsonage, this is
denied, and 1t Is understood that the
character was made up from a number
of individualities. The sale of Mrs.
| Wigs of the Cabbage Patch has been
very large; in fact, it has exceeded that
of any other book ever issued by the
Century Company. During the three
weeks preceding Christmas sixty-two
thousand copies were sent out by the
publishers, and even after the holidays
were over the sale was averaging one
and two thousand day.
Miss Hogan was married on the 18th
of December, and is now Mrs. Gale
Young Rice. Her new book, "Lovey
Mary" will be issued under the name
of Alice Hogan Rice.
| Old Paths and Legends or New Eng
land, by Katharine NJ Abbott, is one
of the early Forthcoming publca-
lions Of Messrs. G. P. Putnam's Sons.
The idea of this book grew out of the
fact that Miss Abbott's little paper
bound Trolley trips, describing old New
England neighborhoods that may now
be reached by the trolley, have met with
an astonishingly wide demand. In this
more pretentious work Miss Abbott
has utilized her fund Of material to
draw a picture of the quaint byways of
New England. The book will contain
many illustrations of Massachusetts
Bay, Old Colony, Rhode Island, Provi-
dence Plantations and the Fresh River
of the Connecticut Valley.
Harper & Brothers will publish spe-
| cial limited edition of Mrs. Humphrey
| Wards novel Lady Roses Daughter"
, now nearing completion in Harpers
Magazine. There will be three hundred
and fifty numbered sets in two volumes,
autographed by Mrs. Ward Two other
editions will be published at lower
prices.