The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-13

Cap'n Fri. story of the coast. BY
Joseph c. Lincoln. Illustrated in
colors by Charlotte Weber. New
York: A. S. Barnes & Co., 156
Fifth avenue. Price $1.50.
For long time we have known
Joe" Lincoln as a writer of charm
ing short stories in various popular
periodicals. Now we have "Mr. Joseph
c. Lincoln" as the author of a novel
of almost 400 pages, nicely illustrated
and handsomely bound, from a first
rate publishing house. Mr.. Lincoln
has a creditable debut into the COM
pany of novel writer; his story does
honor to the class, and there is no risk
taken in the prediction that he will
be well received and well liked.
"Capn Eri"-we prefer to think the
author intended the to have the long
and mellow sound, to chime with rye,
rather than the short sound like the
French 'e grec"-is destined to take
d place in contemporary literature
along with David Harum" and "Eben
Holden" not that "Capn Eri' is a
copy or reflex of either. Far from 1t.
He is wholly original wholly self-pos-
sessed. wholly characteristic. He is
hard-headed kind-hearted retired mari
ner of the New England coast, who
fears God, loves his fellow creatures,
humor Nor is he too old to experience
the grand passion" as we learn at
the end of the story.
No more delicious bit of fun can be
conceived than is set forth in the
chapter dealing with the arrival at
Orham of "the woman from Nam
tucket" whom one of the three retired
sea captains had pledged himself to
marry, though he had got into COM
munication with her only through an
advertisement. The three captains,
bosom friends, had gone to the rail-
way station to meet the woman from
Nantucket" AS they stood, all spick
and span, to welcome the expected
bride-elect, a big, burly negro woman
alighted from the car, bearing in her
hand grip emblazoned with the name
of the woman they were expecting.
The captains fled percipitately; ran
and hid in a fish shanty until they
were assured that an error had been
made, and that the real Woman from
Nantucket" was not black. From that
point on, with mingled humor, horse
sense and human sympathy, the story !
proceeds to develop the fine qualities
of the strong New England coast char |
acters around whom it is written. The |
reader gets a whiff of brine from time
TO time, and always keeps company
with healthy folks in a sweet atmos-
sentiment of the narrative are all
natural and all delicious.
The Issues of Life. BY Mrs. John Van
Worst. Green cloth binding; PIP.
343. New York: Doubleday, Page |
& Co, 1S3-137 East Sixteenth street. |
Price. S1.50.
Mrs. Van Worst follows her striking |
work, "The Woman Who Toll" which |
elected from President Roosevelt his |
famous race suicide" letter, with an
impressive novel, "The Issues of Life"
This story not only deals with race
suicide, but it also deals with womens |
clubs and club women. There has
never been a more searching arraing-
ment than this of that type of New
Woman" who substitutes clubs and
absolute personal freedom for home
and family ties. THE Issues of Life
is certain to arouse discussion.
Madeleine Dillon, who is a happy
mother, goes to New York while her
husband attends to some important
business on his ranch in the Far West !
She is caught up in the whirl of wom-
ems clubs and club life-she becomes
the friend of women who believe that
having children is a blot on their hap
piness and an obstacle to their social
success. She is drawn into vital human
experiences that show keenly and dra-
matically all the glamour, and the
tragedy, too, of the life of the new
woman" She sees their path through
society strewn with human victims, and
she learns that, after ALL peace and
sanctity of the home are the greatest
things in the world. The reader gets
an intimate view of woman's club
meeting. Mrs. Van Worst has drawn
her pictures unflinchingly. She has
shown the folly of one kind of or
ganized charity" and the absurdity of
a certain phase of Stunning She has
depicted the woman of race suicide"