The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-05-26

Mir. Lanier's "Romanee of PiscatOr'-
 MT. Dnnot's "The Tyrants of North
 Hybern" - Mrs. Whiteheuse's "The
 Efendf--Mr. Stephens ssThe Bright
 Face of Danger'-PrOf. Ashmore's
 ",IanuaI of PronunciatiOn"-Dr. Mun-
 gers New Rook-Forthcoming Books
 The Magazines.
 Among the many books of the year. rare one, rare in it's delightful idyllic charm. is "The Romance of Piscator," by Henry w. Lanier, published by Henry Holt & Co.,, New York. One doea not have to search for cases of re- freshment and entertainment through long interregnums of dullness in the Romance of Piscator" It is refresh ing and entertaining from start to fin- ish. There is no labored effort, no straining for effect in this romance of an angler. The story runs smoothly, daintily, effectively, apparently without effort, and gives unalloyed pleasure. Not alone those who intensely delight in the sport so dear to old Isaak Wal ton will find keen satisfaction in these pages, but all who enjoy a remarkably charming story. The following, taken from a review of the book in the New York Globe and Commercial Advertiser adequately sums up this admirable sto- ry by MT. Lanier:
 There are not many books in the course of a season which it is equally privilege to read and to pass on to oth- CTS with a well-deserved need of whole hearted praise; but, certainly, "The Ro- nance of Piscator," by Henry W. Lam fer must claim a place among them. His Romance of Piscator' is an idyl of Things as They Are. He has gone straight to nature for much of the best that the book contains; true woodcraft, and the love of the outdoor world. and the instinct of a sportsman reveal themselves at every turn of leaf
 From Virginia to Newfoundland eve " haunt dear to the heart of an angler, every secret stream and deep-lying hidden pool where a fnny prize may Turk and a fly be cast, seems to have been. called upon for it's tribute of joys and disappointments. The book is ap- propriately dedicated to ''every one who has hardened to the siren song of the reel" and if there were nothing more in it than the physical joy of iiv- ing that comes from a successful day on lake or river, the tingling delight of a doubied-up rod and singing reel, and a streak of incarnate lightning at the end of the line, it still would have been well worth the writing. But there is a good deal more in the book than the art of Izaak Walton. It is the TO- nance, not of Piscator alone, but of Pscator and the Peri-how he met her, how he pursued and she eluded, and how finally he might have lost her al- together had it not been for the famil- far sound of Bob White" signal at the unaccustomed hour of half past ten at night,
 It is a love story, told with all the daintiness and gossamer-like airiness of Henry Harland, but with this differ ence-that MT. Harands daintiness is deliberately artificial, his characters have the fragility of a Dresden-ehina shepherdess, his stories would fall to pieces if they were stripped of their stage properties of painted gardens and canvas castles, and electric moons. Mir. Lanier dispenses with stage prop critics just as he dispenses with Ladies Paramount and princes in disguise. A flesh-and-blood man and woman of to- day best suit his needs; his setting is the country road, the open field, the unspoiled wood; his incidents are the actualities, oftentimes the common places of real life. And from these ma terials. passed through the crucible of poets fancy, he has woven this bit of literary cIoth-o'-gold, called "The Ro- nance of Piscator."
 Price s1.25; for sale by leading book sellers.
 Al very meritorious new book, which will be persued with thorough interest and satisfaction is "The Tyrants of North Hyben'' by Frank Dilnot, pub lished by MT. John Lane, New York and London. It is masterly delinea- ton of the types of rural English life. The narration of the story is at no time dull, the characters are drawn with clean cut precision and there is no lack of scene and incident. The tyrants de- scribed wear no diadems, their sway is confined to narrow and humble sphere, yet they have that touch of na- ture which makes all men kin. The ty- rants are two sturdy, somewhat aged, well-to-do blacksmiths, opinionated narrow villagers of a struggling green island'' on the Hampshire coast. The hero of the tale, young Dick Carey, farmer, is the subject of unfavorable village gossip, gossip which does him gross injustice, which he endures with Spartan fortitude. Luck goes against him. His energy, thriftiness, his excel lent management of the acres he pos sesses are enumerated by baleful mis- fortunes. His superior "eddecation" has set half the village gossips against him. His brother Phil, a happy go lucky scape pe-grace, reappears upon the home scene after having lost every penny he had in doubtful ways, and af- ter he had tried a dozen different occu- pations from farm hand to waiter. New troubles ensue for the unlucky but worthy young master of the home acres. Dick despairingly loves Nellie Brierley the comedy, refined and esti- mable daughter of Squire Brierley, the leading man of the place. He worships her most of the time afar off. How the tide swept in Dicks forty acre corn field and swept away his chance of saving himself from financial ruin, and