Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-09-14

Albert Moser, who has charge
of the Booklovers' library i'll
Wheeling, gives a list of those
books which have received the
greatest number of calls from
members of the library this sum-
mer. The Vikings Skull, by
John r. Carling, has been much
read. 1t is story of sensational
adventures from start to finish,
including a murder and the
search for treasure. 1t appealed
primarily, of course, to summer
readers who couldn't get up en-
ergy enough to read anything
more solid. In the Bishops Car
riage is the story of girl thief
who becomes a vaudeville act
ress. She is naturally just a tri-
tie vulgar, and of doubtful ethics,
but clever. really clever, and
amusing. The Crossing, by Wins
ton Churchill, though not the
most popular, is undoubtedly the
best novel of the summer. Sir
Mortimer. by Mary Johnston, sad
to tell, has not been much in de-
mand, not so much as it deserves,
for it has happy ending and a
mighty clever plot. The Cast
away, by Miss Halle Erm1ne
Rives. is a story of that fascinat-
ing. wOman-loving hero of melO-
drama, the poet Byron. The
events of the poet S life, his pitia-
bic deformity. his venomons de-
tructure. his cynical recklessness,
his many loves, land themselves
readily to riotous emotlonallsm.
One thing is apparent from the
nature of the above list. The peO-
pie, for their summer reading.
have demanded sensation, excite
ment. and. above all. interest.
The summer time is good time
to read. and then again it ism t.
Much as people like to read III
the summer. their books must.
above all. be readable They must
be books that can be thrown aside
with a sigh of content and permit
of another being taken up in its
turn and given the same atten-
ton as the former.
A story comes from the front
of the Eastern war-nOt a war
story. but the story of war
stOry-that is far more interest
ing than the whole history of the
struggle up to recent days. Nj.
Kirtloff. a Russian correspondent
for the Associated Press, while
standing near a battery writing
! the story of the attack on Gen.
Stalkelberg's forces which, at
that very moment was beng
made around him. was shot IN
the lung and was unable to con-
tinue writing. A Russian officer
thus tells the pitiful story OF he
roism-a heroism that forces
the correspondent to stick
to his story until it was sent off
| over the wire: IN. kirtlof.
| who was an enthusiast in his
work. had gained universal re-
spect and sympathy. He was shot
, through the right lung while
standing by our battery and fell
back suffering intense agony, the
blood squirting from his mouth:
Yet his devotion to duty enabled
him to overcome his sufferings.
He insisted upon being placed on
horse so that he could get TO
Lao Yang and file his dispatch.
| 1t took him FIVE hours to cover
the five and one-half miles to
Liao Yang. When he reached
there he was so exhausted and
weak from loss of blood that we
cot him into the hospital, al
though against his protest. He
| asked me to complete his message
for him. | am a soldier and no
writer. but | will say that after
the awful fight today we are
still holding our positions.
Senator Davis has small feet.
The exact size is not known, but
they don't look to be over skies