The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-04
HOLIDAY BOOKS.

sA The. Girl And The Kaiser.--A book as sweet and fresh as half-biown rose. The glow and freshness of youth shines down every page The youth that loves for loves sake only and turns as lightly and as rightly from the gold haired Auerbach to the nobler .Waldersee and all in twenty-four hours. It. is unusual to find the hap piness of thirty-six hours making a, rare and readable volume. But from the charming breakfast table talk of the Admiral of the North Sea fighters O. Germany and his little American German niece. to the last page that ends with the Kaiser's last words: "Do not be over-confident that my of- ficer does not love you. Fraulien." we have spent scarcely so many hours with as charming a coterie of characters as are met in latter day fiction.
 Aunt Tony with her beauty. her pri- fancy her fortune and her title in her own right is captivating.
 Her artistic and harmless firtations with the Admfrals young omcers are light and airy and fanciful enough not to he disapproved by even her husband, the Admiral. The little American niece knows and loves this rebellious, tiny aristocrat of an aunt: Her young aunt whose bri1liancy seemed to be all of her head, as if her heart had never been touched yet who was so lovaole and fascinating withal.'.
 The dear little aunt! Her head al- ways reigned rightly her heart. Thus she bids farewell to a fancy for one of the young officers of her husbands squadron:
 ''she had overestimated him. He was very primitive and absurdly young. He treated her as boy would treat schoolmistress who had given him per- mission to see her pupil in the parlor. His attraction for her ceased at this blow to her vanity. We'll she thought, why should I ever be discontented with Wolff? He must, perforce. always hold me young. What man could pay he a greater complimentT
 The influence of the Ghost of the Blue Room adds a touch of the supernatural, the graceful supernatural that twines like blossoming ivy about old places. The sketching of the Kaiser is well done and must be from true life. When the little American girl falls asleep on the terrace with the corn flowers which she was to present to the Elm peror a withered mass in her lap she wakened with a smile to find an officer near her: His evident amusement did not soften her lean, tanned face, whose sharpness of outline was height ened by the, high cheek bones, nor did his kindliness abate the almost fierce intensity of her fine gray eyes. His mustache had the imperial upward twist which has become so significant pn the German Navy and Army that to wear it with the downward. droop made popular by Prince Bismarck is almost equivalent to lese- majestic.
 At the supper on the terrace he showed himself the lover of "Kirch, Kleuche, kinder "Clurch. cooking, and children, what the Kaiser liked best In women" He wanted recipes of the old black mamies, cooking of gum bo soups and beaten biscuit.
 After the ball the Kaiser comes near failure in his desire to play the part |. H destiny to the young lovers. But youth and love mightier than both sword and pen come on the scene to
 A bright book that wins interest as beauty wins love.
 The illustration by John Cecil Clay, is more satisfying than Mir. Clay's usual work is. His pictures often miss be- Ing as beautiful as they could be. as his portraits often show how lovely he great authors might be. These pictures of wilhelmina are all lovely Ind loveable. The Girl and The Kais- .r. By Pauline Bradford Mackie.
 An Angel By Brevet. A story of modern New orleans. By Helen Pit Kin. This woman of the South has been so ably and amply reviewed in he columns of The Advertiser. that we can but add a word of personal praise and appreciation. Miss Pitlkin has done the work on this novel with The vividness and virility and viva sity that her many admirers expected If her. Miss Pitl<in Is already well known and well beloved throughout the length and breadth of the South. She Is one of natures favorites on whom III good gifts have been showered. She s young woman who out of her abundant success is always holding a helping hand to others less fortunate. The young writers who rise up and call her blessed. a very fairy godmother 70 them, are legion. This romance of he far South will win new fame for Miss Pitkin. In it's pages are blended he lazy charm the passion the super ntious strain, the true nobility which