The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-06
BOOK REVIEWS
and
LITERARY NOTES

The Man Who Pleases and the Wom-
an Who Charms. By John A. Cone.
Cloth; 131 pages. New York: Kinds
& Noble, 3135 w. Fifteenth street.
Price as cents.
1t is the desire of every person to
please those with whom he or she
comes in contact. That desire is nat
ural and laudable, and anything that
will assist to it's consummation is
worthy of commendation. Mr.. Cone
has made study of those character
istics and accomplishments that make
men and women attractive to each
other, not in a sentimental way, be
1T understood-the book is no treatise
on love-making-bu in the amenities
of daily intercourse. 1t may be called
a handbook of refined manners and
correct department; and there are
great many persons who might read
and digest it with profit.
The Modern Bank. BY Amos K. Fiske.
Cloth; S48 pages. New York. D.
Appleton Co. Price $3.50 net; by
mail II cents additional.
This is one Of the Appleton business
series" books. Its author, Mr.. Fiske,
is member of the staff of the Jour
nal of Commerce and Commercial Bull
letin. He does not discuss theories
and principles, or attempt to give a
history of banking, or describe va
rious systems. He takes an up-to-
date, modern bank and writes the de-
tail story of its operations, showing
how things are done and why they
are done. In style the book is clear,
direct and forceful. 1t is a volume that
business men will peruse with pleas
ure and profit.
AlPs Fair in Love. BY Josephine
Caroline Sawyer, author of Every
Inch King" Artistieally illustrat-
ed in colors; muslin; PIP. BAG. New
York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 372 Fifth
avenue. Price. $3.50.
Did anybody fear that the good old
summer time would not make it's ad-
vent during this year of grace? Did
persistent and recurring cold waves
chill expectancy? Then here is an
earnest that summer days are really
en- route, and not so far away. Miss
Sawyer's new book suggests a sum-
mer resort, a hammock or rustic set
tee in a shady nook, dreamy hours to
be .peopled with romantic personages-
since there is apt to be at the resort
q. scarcity of the less romantic bipeds.
wearing negligee shirts and flannel
trousers-and all the other accompani-
ments that go to make up what we call
the vacation season. "All's Fair in
Love"-is a warm weather story; one
of the kind to browse and dream over,
but not to lose interest in. Its peo-
pie are knights and ladies of the old
days of Scottish and English chivalry;
its scenes are laid in the stirring times
when feudal outbreaks along the bor-
der were of no infrequent occurrence.
The houses of Douglas, Percy and
Neville, illustrious in British history.
furnish the leading characters. The
noble young heroine becomes a widow
by the death of her husband in a tour
nament before her honeymoon has
waned. Two young men, one a Percy,
the other Douglas, boon friends and
inseparable companions, fall in love
with her. She becomes betrothed to
one of them, by order of her father,
but secretly loves the other. So well
does she manage that neither guesses
the real lay of thes land until the prop
er time, when true loYe has it's recon-
pense. The narrative is primarily
love story; that is the heart and soul
of it. But it is full of action, of doubt.
of danger of a false step and of un-
certainty until the end is reached. It
is story that will be talked about and
add to the reputation of it's author
The Anglers Secret. By Charles Brad
ford. illustrated; PIP. 206. New
York: G. P. Putnam's Sons.
The secret" that Mr.. Bradford ex-
pounds in this (to real anglers) de-
hghtful little volume is not how to fill
a creel; not how to make the biggest
kill of scaled beauties; not how to ac-
'complish the largest catch in the
smallest space of time. Those who
may imagine from the title that it con-
tains recipes for Turing large numbers
of fish to their death with minimum
of trouble, or by any special means at
all, will be disappointed. Mr.. Brad