The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-02

A Ladder of swords,by Sir Gilbert Parker.
 A story of the days of Elizabeth, The principal characters are exileo from France because of their religion but the Red Hand of the Medici" des- covers their hiding place on the lsie o' Jersey and demands that Elizabeth re- turn the hero to France. but the Eng fish Queen Is touched by his love fol the heroine and impressed by his cour- age so that she protects him and his sweetheart. The characters of Eliza beth and the heroine are ably contrast | ed, and though purely a love story, il | is not lacking in perilous adventures Some Successful Americans, by sher. man Williams.
 ume of life stories of great Amer jeans, the author proves his dictum: "A well-written biography Is as inter- esting as a novel. and far more profit able reading" The stories are those of people who have by genius, charac- | ter. indomitable will and energy won places in the world for themselves. | There. are the life stories of Abraham Lincoln. Peter Cooper. Mary Lyon. Hor- ace Greeley. Cyrus Hale Mccormick,
 Frances Willard. Louisa NJ. Alcott, AL
 exander H. Stephens. Leland Stanford. Charles Pratt. Cornelius Vanderbilt, Ell Whitney, Henry Clay and Benjamin
 Franklin. All the men and women of
 this book began life under adverse cir Icumstances, or as Andrew Carnegie differently puts 1t Graded, nursed and
 reared in the stimulating school of poverty" The sketches cover a wide range of callings, extend over a con- siderable period of time, and represent different portions of our country. The author of this volume. a most readable and profitable one for the schools of our lands, states: You can scarcely factory who did not come up from the ranks. Permit me to call your atten- | tion to a few who have made their way up from humble beginnings. Philip Armour lived on a farm until he was 20.
 "Oakes Ames. the great shovel man. ufacturer, was the son of a blacksmith. Charles Brush. the noted electrician, spent his early years upon a farm George Henry Corliss. maker of the famous Corliss engines. began lifs as a clerk in a cotton factory. | Alexander Cassatt, President of the Pennsylvania Railroad, was a rod mas in the employ of the company of which he is now president.
 l James Chickering. the great piano maker, was the son of a blacksmith. Samuel Colt, the noted manufac- turer of firearms, went to sea as a boy before the mast, and was afterwards dyer and bleacher in his fathers fac tory.
 Andrew Carnegie began as a bobbin boy at a salary of $1.20 per week. William E. Dodge, the wholesale dry goods merchant, worked in a cotton mill.
 1 Thomas A. Edison was a newsboy. | "Jay Gould was brought up on a farm, and became. first, a bookkeeper, then a surveyor.
 James Harper, founder of a great publishing house, was a farmers son, and was apprenticed to a printer. { John Rockefeller began life as an assistant bookkeeper in a commission
 house at a salary of less than $4 a week.
 "Charles schwab began his career driving stakes at a dollar a day. l "John Jacob Astor was the son of a butcher and worked with his father till he was 16 years of age After he had worked for himself three years he had only saved $75."
 This is a part of a list given which
 might be extended indefinitely. It
 shows what any boy can do if he be Industrious. prudent, economical. per
 sistent and temperate. A good book
 to put into any boys hands. | What Mir. Harben's critics say of his new novel "A Georgian"
 "A Georgian" makes vigorous reply l to Uncle Toms Cabin.
 The Georgians." a new book by Will | N. Harben of Dalton, Ga, js just from