The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-21


 ton, previously spoken of. the New York World says:
 Frances Parker's new novel, Hope Hathaway" the heroine's troubles be gin early. One is cousin who wants to marry her. Another is a mother who doesn't see why not. The rest are minor sorrows. The two chief and co- operative grievances drive the girl from what should be a happy home to teach school in a nest of half-breed children. Then inscrutable fate takes a hand. Hope meets the man. She gives him water, of which he drinks. and turns upon him eyes into which he looks, and the romance is in motion.
 Hope-Hope Hathaway! Hope Hathaway" Thus muses the lover-to- be. Needless to say. after this, that he is an English younger son destined to be lord.
 Hope Hathaway is Miss Parker's second book, Her first was Marie of the Lower Ranch published a year and a month ago. Tn the new story is evidence of growth. It is longer than the other. It is full of brisk action a quality which makes stories go. Nine pictures by Charlie Russell, known as ..the cowboy artist" furnish the illus trative pages of Hope Hathaway" and are features meriting a special note. They have the invaluable quality of ex- pressing real lise.
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 A detective story that has numerous elements of mystery, and abounds in exciting adventures is "The Albert Gate Mystery, being the further ad- ventures of Reginald Brett, Barrister Defective" It is by Louis Tracy, au- thor of Wings of the Morning, .The Stowmarket Mystery, ' eThe, Final War, etc. It Is published by R. Fl. Fenno and Company, New York The Albert Gate Mystery" is surely an ab- sorbing story, one that rivets the read .or's attention closely to the end. The author is best known by his story The Final War" in which he pictured Eng land and America as standing side by side against the world. The affair ot Albert Gate, for which his services are retained, is both complicated and sen sational. involving the murder of seve, ral persons, the disappearance of a young English diplomat, and the rob bery of number of stupendous diar monds sent to London by the sultan to be cut. The search takes MT. Brett and his friends to Paris and into some hor- rid dens frequented by an audacious and skillful band of conspirators.
 Of The Albert Gate Mystery the New York World says; Some of the Sherlock Holmes stories have excelled in style, but none has surpassed in holding and consistent interest ''The Albert Gate Mystery by Louis Tracy. It is a story of diamonds and diploma cy-the sultan's jewels stolen in Lon don, and Europe holding it's breath lest the Turkish throne be upset while the hunt goes on. There will be sitting up late O nights to finish this book.
 The Newark Advertiser says:
 Sherlock Holmes has d rival at last. Reginald Brett possesses all the astute- ness, tenacity of purpose and faculty of deduction of Conan Doyles great de tective. Tn The Albert Gate Mystery Louis Tracy has given us a detective story, few better, than which have ever been written.
 Price $1.5O; for sale at Judas. A capital book Is ''The Cromwell of Virginia" story of Bacon's Rebellion, published by Henry T. Coates and Company, of Philadelphia The author lis Edward s. Ellis, A. M, the we'll known and highly popular and success full author of Deerfoot series, Log Cab- in series, Boy Pioneer series, North west series, etc. This is wide awake story, one of MT. Ellis best, and boys. little and big, will appreciate the exci- ting adventures recorded which follow lin Virginia directly after the King Philip Indian war in New England. The historical vein running through the story renders it instructive, the general facts touched, including the glirnpses of life among the Indians of Virginia and of the administration of the tyrannical Governor Berkeley of Virginia, and the war with the southern Indians, being true to history, while the scenes of war fare are told graphically, A unique character of strong personality is Peleg, the northerner, who fought with un- daunted bravery in the King Philip war. Price $1.0o; for sale by the Pease- Lewis Go.
 Utterly unheralded, and by an author practically unknown in this country, '.The Divine Fire,'' by May Sinclair, published by Henry Holt and Company, New York, seems to be making, judg- ing from the reviews, a literary sensa- tion. This story of a London poet un- fortunately born, has just been sent to press for the second time.
 Messrs. Henry Holt andt Company find that the demand for Lavignac's s Music and Musicians keeps wonder fully even. They have just had to send the book to press for sixth time. Possibly one reason of it's success was noted by the well known lecturer, w. J. Henderson, when in his review he said: 'The wonder is that the author has succeeded in making those parts which ought naturally to be dry so readable {