Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-02-25

JoHH II. w HltSOn, autnOr OF Bar
CARA, a Woman of the West" has writ
ten another western novel entitled
"The Rainbow Chasers''
Robert Shackelton has written q
story of trusts gigantic beyond pre-
cedent which will bear the title OF
"The Great Adventurer."
Dwight Tilton's new novel. INV
Lady Laughter" has for its heroine g
character as fascinating as Agatha
Remer in Miss petticoats."
A History of Modern England
from the pen of Herbert W. Paul viii
be issued in five volumes by the Mac
milan Company at an early date.
Books about Japan are much in de
mand. Two of the best are "A Hand
book of Modern Japan and the "rht
Heart of Japan" published last fall
Thomas Hardy's new book soon tC
Oe published will come forth bearing
an odd title. THE Dynasts: A Drama
of the Napoleonic Wars" in three
parts. nineteen acts and 1870 scenes
Thomas Wright, of Olncy. is engaged
IN a Life of Walter Pater." 1t i.
stated in the Athenaeum that owing
to the large amount of material in his
hands it will take him two years t.
finish his task.
Some new manuscripts of Tasst
nave just been discovered in Italy
Ihey form part of collection of docu
ments bequeathed to the city OF
Modena by the late Marquis De Fro
SIM. Among them are letters hitherto
unpublished.
DIR. Lyman Abbott, whose Life OF
Henry Ward Beecher," recently pub
lished by HOughton, Mitiiin n Co.. has
had marked success, is preparing g
volume of quite different character tt
treat of PRIESTS and Prophets OF
Christianity"
A rather interesting book is Lille
Hamilton F'rench's Homes and Theil
Decoration. in which are given sug
gestiOns to 1.-the householder. The book
is the result of the authors cOrrespon
dence with women in this country
Canada and abroad, by means OF
which she ''discov erred that for the
most part these women were harrasset
by a sense of their own limitations ant
confused by Il medley of suggestion.
and by various prOclamat tons latin,
to infallible standards in household
decoration
j. NJ. Barrie is very much to tn,
front in the world of English letter.
these days. His modesty, his fond
ness for children, his confessed lacl
of practically. his liking for fairy
tales and the sports of childhood, hi.
shrinking from notoriety are mucl
dwelt upon. Yet MIR. Barrie has shown
himself one of the most practical OF
living authors, with knack of find
ing market for the products of hi.
well-trained imagination which som,
of his always avOwedly wide-awakt
and popularity seeking contemporaries.
cannot acquire.
Ought books for children to have 8
moral, and ought that moral to be
evident? The real moral in Mabe
Osgood Wrights new story, Aunt Jim
my's Will, book for girls of ten t.
sixteen, relates to the happiness anC
pleasure and satisfaction you gail
from the sunshine which you spreat
around you. Bird. Mrs. Wrght's hero
inc, is brought from her happy country
home to live in IL cramped New YORK
tenement with some cousins who dc
not know how to live happy. reason
able lives. After the first disappoint
ment is 'over she devOtes herself tC
taking care of the little cripple; but
incidentally and unconsciOusly she
makes all the others happier by heI
presence. She is brave and contenteC
and does what she can to make life
nicer for the others; and in the end
she has her reward indeed.