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practical test. They are largely cast In
the form OF dialogue. which appeals 50
strongly to the dramatic instinct OF the
child. Published by American Book com.
pany.
"vive TEmpereur" is a brilliant novel
by Mary Raymond shipman Andrews. 1t lie
full Of dramatic possibilities and F. C..
Yohn has taken his cue from these in
making a series Of six very telling illus
t%rations. The historical side OF this brill
liant story is a suggestion from some half
told Napolcoric legend. The heroine IL
a. charming, vigorous young woman. who
has to make a great decision between love
on the one side and power and position on
the other. The dilemma is placed before
her with duty az the main incentive. How
she meets the situation is the dramati
crisis OF the story. 1t is a most stirring
love story and in addition is full OF anus
ing character and incident. The most OF
the action takes place in an old castle on
the Irish coast. A son Of Marshal Ney is
the young lover in the tale. Published by
Charles scribner & Sons.
THE Vale OF Cedars and Other Stories
by Grace Aguilar. with an introduction by
NfalNf ahN " -
Robinson, is a historic tale of the perse>
cution OF the Jews in Spain under the in
QUESTION. told with feeling and powerful
Imagination, and abundant local color.
Fifty years ago, following Disraeli's revela-
tion of the mysterious yastness whence
swept forth the tribes who became the Jews
of Palestine, Miss Aguilar appeared upon
the literary horizon as exposition and q
defender of the faith Of Israel. After the
publication OF a number OF miscellaneous
works dealing with judaism. she wrote
the story which is now reissued.
Doubleday, Page & Co. have issued In
handsome and convenient form the libretto
of w. S. Gilbert's Patience. or Bunthorne's
Bride" The publishers have acted on the
belief that there are In this country a large
circle OF readers who have regarded Mr..
Gilbert's libretti as classics in their way.
The text of Patience" which Is as keen a
satire as has been published for many gem
erations, has never been available in at
~tractiye and convenient form. BY arrange
ment with the author, this revised edition
Is issued as a book of literary value, aside
from its musical interest, the text being
printed by itself. Mr.. Gilbert has written
an introduction, telling how Patience"
originated and was worked out. The pre-
face is characteristic Of the author, in Ats
factiousness and facility.
1.-The Deeps Of Deliverance,' by the dis
tingulshed Dutch writer Frederick Van
Eadem, is a book which tells the life his
tory of Hedwig Marga de Fonlayne. 1t
traces the evolution of the soul OF a woman
with a %singularly daring realism, but a
realism marked by a moral Significance. The
story is a study OF the inner life, a tragedy
of temperament and circumstance. A woman
CT strong conflicting impulses, to whose lot
fall certain Of the greatest experiences a
woman may know, Hedwlg finds at last a
guiding principle for her life. Published by
Harper & Bro
There are few critics in America who
write with more direct, clear sanity and
lack Of technical obscurities than Charles
H. Calm in his book. American Masters
Of Painting" He has here selected thir-
teen OF cur painters for brief and appreci-
alive estimates supplying fer the first time
an adequate though brief estimate Of the
men who have entirely changed the stand
ing Of American art-such men as Sargent,
Whistler, La Fargo. Abbey, Wyant, George
Inness. winslow Homer, George Fuller,
george lie FOTcSL bTuSn, l.. vi. 1IyOus nv
ratio Walker and Gilbert Stuart. The IL
Illustrated edition contains thirty-two repro
auctions Of the best examples Of American
painting, showing what our art has
achieved. Published by Doubleday, Page
& Co.
FLOWERS Of Song From Many Lands"
being short poems and detached verses
gathered from various languages, and rem
dered into English by Frederic Rowland
Marvin. The poems are gathered from many
and widely separated sources, and range
all the way from modern German and
French masters to barbarous and SEMI
savage bards, whose names are known to
few, and whose works are rare. The Orien-
tai poems are OF peculiar interest. The
book closes with a weird lament taken
from a bard whose desolate home was upon
the lonely shores of Greenland. Published
by Pafraets Book company.
An interesting book just published by
j. S. Ogilvie Publishing company called
Letters Of an American Countess to Her
Friend" by the countess herself. gives the
experiences Of a wealthy American girl
who had been captured by a famous count"
with the aid Of a syndicate. These letters
give IN Oeldll tue nedII gedTuluBS lOT lONc
and for her American home and friends,
when, alas, 1t was too late.
THE Kings Agent. " by Arthur Patterson.
is a historical novel during the last years
OF the seventeenth century. when William
of Orange and Mary ruled England and the
Jacobites plotted the return of the pre-
ender. John Churchill, the famous luke
of Marlborough. and his masterful countess
are among the leading characters. The
kings agent. Karl Brownker, plots to over
throw his royal master and the story OF
his double dealing with William and with
the Marlboroughs, his love for Isabel
Fritohville, a cousin OF the earl of Mar
borough and a lovely piquant heroine.
Published by D.. Appleton.
The above books are for sale by the
Megeath Stationery Co, 1908 Farnam st.