The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-11-17


 way thither via the route across Mica ragua, befriended by an old sailor. A re.nion and exciting experiences in San Francisco follow. and the reign of terror which produced the vigilance committees, with their summary jus tice. gives opportunity to take the law into their own hands to the extent of securing the thief and compelling res titution. The future more than repays the hero for the injHatice suffered. The book is a bright, able and whole some contribution to the knowledge of our country's progress. Colonel Drake has put much of his personal recollec- tien into the story, and knows what to tell and how to tell it. Lee & Shep- ard, Boston, publishers. Price SIPS; for sale by all booksellers.
 Modern Composers of Europe" by Arthur Elson; illustrated published by r. c. Page and Company. Boston; for sale by Judd
 This is by the author of "Woman's Work in Music A Critical History of Opera" etc, and is profusely illustra- ted with photographs of the composers.
 It contains an account of the most recent musical progress in the various European nations with some notes on their history and critical and biograph- ieal sketches of the contemporary nlu- sical leaders in each country.
 Of Pietro Mascagni 1t says Though Mascagni can hardly claim rank as composer of the first class the power and vividness of "Cayaleria'' ' deserve all praise His later, works. however. have not come up to the same standard. None of his other works has found favor i'm other nations, as the failure of Mascagni's American tour will bear witness"
 Of Charles Camille Saint-Saens of France and Edward Hagerup Grieg of Norway, the author speaks in the high est terms and of Richard Strauss, and in connection with his F minor sym phony gives a paragraph of local inter- est as eollows;
 It is said that Strauss while at the Hochschule in Munich, was walking in the gardens with two comrades Hora- tio W. Parker and Ludwig Thuille-- when one of the three suggested that they all try their hands at writing a symphony. If the other two works were composed, that of Strauss seems the only one ever brought to public notice.
 Several delightful short stories of the woods by that charming story writer, Charles c. D. Roberts, come from the press of T.. C.Page and Company, Bos- ] ton. Two or these are entitled respec- I lively The Hunter of the Pine Gloom and The Watchers of the Campfire. ! l They are admirable descriptions of for est life and do not attempt to endow the wild animal with the intellect of a human being as do So many tales of their kind. One of them makes a book that can be read in a half hour. They are profusely illustrated by Charles Livingston Bull.
 ] Two others of these books are The King of the Mamozekel'' and The 1 Lord Of the High Air.n
 The first mentioned deals with the life of bull moose MT. Roberts tells I the story of the life Of this moose from l the day of it's birth until the time of it's death, and the story is full of deep irl- Iterest throughout Mir Roberts states | that while all the actions of the moose in this story were not, of course, seen | in one particular moose, still every thing which is mentioned in the book has been performed by some one of the tmany moose that Mr. Roae,1s has ob- served and that for the sake of adding interest to the story the iiffere.lt ac- tions and adventures are attributed to one hero of this animal tragedy
 The Lord of the High Ali. is. as the title would suggest, the story of an ca gle.
 l Both of these books also are heauti- fully Illustrated by Char.es Livingston, Bull, and are very handsome as well as interesting books.
 l All of these books are published by |. c. Page and Company, and sell for fifty cents each by Judd.
 Loyalty Island" by Marion W. Wildman; published by l. c. Page and Company, Boston: for sl,,e by Judd. l An account of the adventures of four children and their pet dog on an island, and how they cleared their brother from the suspicion of dishonesty. The story is another addition to the cozy corner series of charming iuve- miles. The Illustrations which are an Iattraetive feature of the book are from the pen of Etheldred B. Barry.
 Lillian Bells Abroad with the Jim mics" struck the public fancy and we'll deserves the popularity 1t won, and her new book At Home with the Jar dines' promises to be equally public favorite. It is published by l.. c. Page and Company, Boston. In this, her new literary achievement, she has found the true key to happiness. It is | marriage, and in a most vivacious way l she romantically unfolds the Jardines' experiences. Beginning with the first ecstatic days of their honeymoon, spent at the Waldorf, Miss Bell (writing from the personal point of view of Faith Jardine) makes a clean breast of eve- rything from the psychological moment when friend over the billiards recom- mended a cook to Aubrey; including | the arrival of that mistress of the culi- i nary arts as well as an unlimited yo- I II II