The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-11-10
THE NEW PUBLICATIONS.
SO1fE OF THE LATEST BOOKS OF
 THE SEASON

~fhat Little Marquis of Branden-
 burg" Issued AbrOad-Max Pember-
 ton's "Beatrice of VenIceS-PauI
 Dunbar's "Ln GaI"-A Variety of
 Charming Books for Young People.
 One of the notable ne Y {, ooks Of the year just published in London is That Little Marquis of Brandenburg." This new book is making a sensation abroad and has special interest here as the author is W. R. H. Trowbridge, of this city, son of W. R. H. Trowbridge and grandson of Mrs. Thomas R. Trow- bridge. of Elm street. MT. Trow
 bridges new book has already re- ceiVed most flattering review in the Paris edition of the New York Herald, which in large headlines says of 1t: 'Unravelling Human Enigma; That Little Marquis of Brandenburg Ex- plains Secret Springs of Great Kings Actions; a Powerful Historical Novel; MT ". H. IT. Trowbridge's SeIf-Set Task Accomplished in a Masterly Man ner." Proceeding the Herald says: The task that the author has set him. self and has accomplished in master ly manner, is the unravelling of the human enigma presented in the very existence of Frederick the Great. With the single exception perhaps of Voltaire, he is all of the eighteenth century that in the popular mind has survived the ruthless ploughshare of NanoInon and daunonraav -
 "These two men were the grandest products of their era, and their fame rises among the ruins of the ancient regime like some splendid profaned Parthenon. The explanation is easy; the one was the thought, the other the action of that age.." Frederick the Great, the captain and ruler is known; but the man? What of him? MT. Trowbridge claims, and justifies his claim, that it is only when the story of his youth. is completely grasped that one can understand the great FNreder- ick. So he tells that story in one of the most interesting historical novels" that has been written for long time. The tragedy at Custrim is powerfully presented as the eliminating influence that transformed a strangely sensitive nature into a nerciless, almost inhu- man tyrant. Tn that never-to-be-for- gotten hour Frederick William had crushed his son as with the hammer of Thor. When Fritz was set free some months afterward, his fathers work was finished even better than he imag- ined. The character of him who was to preserve the state which Frederick William created out of his imagination, was formed. It was only on rare oc- casions in the years to come that the subtlest of the demi-gods lifted the strange mask he wore and showed the terrible stigmata with which his soul was scared to those who could under stand their meaning.
 The large circle of friends of the au- thor here will be proud of his very successful nterary york; rha new book is very highly spoken of in Lon sdon, where the author has made his home for a number of years. It Is also so successful that it is to be printed in the German language in Berlin to meet the demand for 1t in Germany. MT. Trowbridge's previous books are Cos sip of the Carribbees;" 'Vagabond IlOul OllAl4l #OL NhACll3 1fCllCL6 of Her Grandmother to Elizabeth;' Letters of Her Mother to Elizabeth;" "Oh! Duchess;" "Caprices of a Royal Incognito;" Girl of the Multitude;" Situation of Patricia;'' ''Inarticulate Genius MT. Trowhridge is also the author of play in three acts written in French, entitled "Jezebel,'' and the play is to be acted in German in the Lessing Theater in Berlin,
 Tn "Beatrice of Venice" just issued by Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, Max Pemberton presents a graphic and lively romance, as full of interest as a good egg is of meat It is entertaining from first to last. It is story of ad- venture almost wholly. Notwithstand- ing the period oi the story is that of the military operations of Napoleon in which Venice was taken by the French, the book is little concerned with the aforesaid military operations, and the only reference thereto is a spirited ac- count of the conflict of French naval vessel and the battery defending the City of the Lagoons. However, the times were times out of joint for Frenehmen happening to be in Venice just then, and no Frenchman's life was safe over night there. Even accredited agents of Napoleon were ruthlessly slaughtered in the night and found in the early dawn pinned to the pillars of Venetian churches with their threats cut. One of these secret agents, Cas- ton La Joyeuse was in Venice and he was marked for assassination, but was saved from a ghastly fate through the love for him of lovely woman, the lady Beatrice, who to save him takes the only possible method open to her, that of holding him a prisoner in her own home. By so doing Gaston sud- denly disappears from public view and the espionage of his enemies, who, owing to his sudden absence, gain the impression that he has been foully dealt with, and thus well disposed of. The Lady Beatrtca'a scheme worked well both as regards the safety of Cas- ton and the promptings Of her own heart. Another fair woman of high birth loved the happy, reckless Gaston also, and she, Blanca, sought also to- save him, but by a different process. The brave and chivalrous young Frenchn1an and his eomrade Villetard do numerous deeds Of valor, and there are other heroes in the story, all of