The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-07
CeHtral's Earnings.
BOOK NOTICES.

THE Monarch Billionaire" by Nor
rison I. Swift, author of Imperialism
and Liberty" and rs 1t Right to Rob
Robbers?" is published by the ]. S,
Ogilvie Publishing Company. 81 Rose
street, New York The title is a true
index to the character of the book, The
monarch is one Giles Wyndop, who,
by dint of shrewdness and keen busl-
ness sense, has risen from the place
of laborer to that Of foremost capital
list and financier of the world. For a
time his rule is absolute, but his
daughter, whom lie had instructed
from childhood in his business meth
DDS and in his sociological and labor
views, finally rebels and casts in her
lot with the oppressed laborinE class.
Through her instrumentality a meta
morphosis is wrought. Public opinion
changes and the great structure of
false doctrine and alienation of human
right totters to its fall. Wyndon
with his shrewdness, notes the change
and adaots himself to it. He declares
that had it been withheld a brief time
longer the world would have been I'M
der his sway. The book is devoted al
most entirely to a discussion of socio-
logical and economic questions.
THE Little Shepherd of the King
DOM" by John Fox, Jr. Charles Scrib-
ner's Sons, 153-157, New York city,
publishers. Cloth, $3.50. From the
start the great success of this novel is
assured No serial for many years has
attracted more enthusiastic comment.
This is owing to many attractive quail
I.,,k al % It.SA- \
pathos of its characters and the ad-
mirable writing of Mr.. Fox. He has pic
tured sympathetically boy life among
the Kentucky mountaineers; life at a
blue grass college in the simple days
before the war; class feeling between
the mountaineer and the 'furriner, -
which persists to the present day: the
way in which Kentucky was rent asun-
der by the Civil War, and the romantic
glory of Morgan's men. The book Is
bound together by a beautiful love
story,
Character Reading" by Mrs. Ly-
ons. The Saalfield Publishing Com
pany, Akron. O., publisher. Cloth so
cents. This little volume of 1S1 pages
contains a vast amount of interesting
and valuable information. Whether
one believes in the features of the
faces as guides to character or not he
cannot help finding in this book state
mentS that will attract and hold his
attention. There is enough in the vol
ume to interest room full Of people
whole evening, II there are people
who seek amusement by reading char
acter from the eyes, nose, ears and
mouth of a person. Evidently the au-
thor has made a very careful study
of the subject which she handles with
so much skill and knowledge.
The September number of Tales
From Town Topics is an excellent one
Beginning with a complete novel, there
follow short stories. verse, witticisms,
burlesques and clever articles of a
character somewhat different from the
contents of any other magazine. One
of the stories that is likely to attract
attention is G. E. Miles MY Strange
Physician a weird tale that reminds
one of Poe in his most gruesome mo-
ments. Another is Israel Zangwill s
THE Eternal Feminine" O. strong and
finished study of universal woman
kind. That brilliant raconteur Charles
Stokes Wayne, supplies an amusing
tale of Love for the Million" and
there are stories. grave end gay, by
Kate Masterson, the late Capt, Alfred
Thompson and many others. The verse
is mostly of the kind so closely asso-
ciated with Town Topics-sometimes
cynical, sometimes delicately senti-
mental, but always clever Town Top
les. 452 Fifth avenue, New York city