The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-23
THE NEW PUBLICATIONS.
SOME OF THE LATEST BOOKS OF
 THE SEASON

Lucy Thurston's "where the Tide Comes
 Inr-Anne Warmers A WOman's
 wIIT--M. F. Walters ssThe Wood
 Carver of 'Lympus'-Mr. TOWnsend's
 Nsure.-Ginn and Company's New Se-
 ries of Readers-Coming Books
 Magazines.
 Where the Tides Comes h." by Lucy Meacham Thruston, author of Mistress Brent" "A Girl of Virginia. etc. is a new novel of uncommon interest and merit just published by Little, Brown and Company, Boston. It is awakening much interest and is already in lively demand. The heroine in this new story is every whit as charming as the au- thor's delightful "Girl of Virginia. :" The scenes are laid in Norfolk and Portsmouth and the book presents a genuine love story with touch of poll ticas, while the southern atmosphere is delightfully."- unhackneyed. The story is pure and wholesome romance. Page Nottoway, the heroine, is fascinating girl, who narrowly escapes being spoiled by a typical southern father, liberal and careless, who sends her to college and supplies her with more mon- ey in his generosity than he can afford Her hero is Hugh Blakey, stalwart, handsome, the young Virginian of to- day, called from wildcat" real estate into politics for politics good and his own. There are plenty of other live people in the story-Page's father and mother, lovers still in their days of thinning white hair-are two it is a privilege to know. There are pictures of market days. of planting and picking days, of political days; a dab at dis franchisement, the incident of a vote less negro's vengeance, the side story of an old mansion with a secret under ground passage. There is even poten- tial rival, for few moments, to Hugh Blakey. The title of the book merely indicates where the scenes are laid, and as already indicated, the book is full of local coloring. The only defect is the authors attempt to cover too much ground in this exceedingly pretty and lively southern romance. The book is well Illustrated by Oh. Grunwald. Price s1.5O; for sale by all booksellers.
 Where the Tide Comes In' is the fourth book which Lucy Thruston has written. She is Baltimore woman, and, after having graduated from the schools of that city, she taught history two or three years. Since her marriage Mrs. Thruston has devoted her spare time to the study of history and litera- ture, and her interest in Maryland CO., lonial history led to the writing of Mistress Bent. story of Lord Balti- more's Colony in 169S, published by Little, Brown and Company in 1901. This book was said by critics to be one of the historical novels of the year. Mrs. Thruston's next book, "A Girl of Virginia" was a modern love story, with the University of Virginia for it's scene of action. It was one of the pop ular summer novels of 1902. Jack and His Island" Mrs. Thruston's third book, published in the fall of the same year. was 2 tale of adventure of boy along the Chesapeake bay during the war of 1912.
 A bright, new novel sure to entertain is "A Woman's Will" just issued by Little Brown and Company. Rostcn "A Woman's WHIP is by Anne Warner. The heroine is a young, fascinating and wealthy American widow whose brief marriage was most unhappy, the hns- band being unworthy and addicted to drink. Her unhappy experience has set her resolutely against making second marriage Desirous of travel, she goes to Europe accompanied by her devoted maid, and there immediately encounters and becomes interested in wealthy and gifted German composer of rank, who is also a famous violin player and who straightway falls desperately in love with her. The charm of the story is in the slxilfully drawn characters, the bright dialogue and the realistic paint ing of the scenes and places in which the events take place. Munich, Zarich and Lucerne. There is a cousin of the lady, a hearty, handsome fellow, Jack by name, who comes over to Europe to give the charming widow a bit of ad- vice and incidentally do some of the chief European places of interest. Jack doesn't interfere with the little womans turn of affairs, but rather en- dorses the titled and eminent musi- cian who by the way is masterful and eccentric and has most impetuous way of love making, but whose ardor is frequently chilled by unexpected re- pulses. But "a woman's will' is an anomaly in most cases and utterly worthless when Cupid stands in with his bow and arrow to take hand in the game. Rosina, the charming wid ow of the story. at last reveals the weakness of her will and ler resistance to the urgent pleading of the Herr Won Ibn grows weaker and weaker until at last the titled German lover is made in- sanely happy. The book has several apt illustrations by I. H. Caliga; price $1.5O; for sale by all booksellers.
 A charming book just issued by Little, Brown and Company, Boston, is '"The Wood-Carver of 'Lympus," by Miss M. E. Waller. author of "A Daughter of the Rich,' "The Little Citizen,'' etc. The hero of Miss Walters new story is certainly one of the strongest and most original characters portrayed in recent fiction. Hugh Armstrong, used to busy out of door life, meets with an ac- cident in felling a tree and thereby is