The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-12
THE NEW PUBLICATIONS.
SOME OF THE LATEST BOOKS OF
 THE SEASON.

"Hsming, ths Advsnturer,'' by Thso- dors Robsrts-Anua Farquhar's 'An
 Evans of sunOIk"-"A Knight of co-
 IumbIs," by Capt. Kiug-Forthe me ing Pubiieations-Magazine No'ss
 fleming. the adventurer, by Theodore Roberts. published by L. c. Page & Co.,, Boston. is as its title well suggests, live story. The hero has exciting ad- ventures, and plenty of them. The story reminds one of Richard Harding Davis's South American tales. The hero is certainly a picturesque character. He is a brave and chivalrous young Brit ish officer who loses his Fortune through the dishonesty of a man he has tried to serve for the sake of the woman he loves, and then loses his sweetheart, who has readily swallowed the false hoods of the cad in question, and rejects him. Promptly Captain fleming shakes the dusts of Dublin and London from his feet. and with an embittered soul, but a brave front, embarks upon the life of literary freelance. He becomes a war correspondent. In this capacity he visits Greece, Cuba Porto Rico, Central America and Chili. In Brazil he becomes commander-in-c of a millionaires private. army, the villain and his best friend turn up simultane- ously and there is a hot time in that section of South America, and Captain Fleming is in the thickest of the fray. There is happy ending, for the proud spirited girl who rejected fleming has her eyes opened at last to the true facts in the case, and the brave cap tain is a winner in love as well as in war. There are, however, three distinct love stories in the book, all ending properly. Mr. Roberts chronicles the career of his hero in calm and dis passionate style, with many natural di- gressions and Interruptions. He has in this, his maiden effort as a novelist, made an excellent start, for, though loosely constructed, the tale has the chief requisites of good story. MT. Roberts is a younger brother of the widely known and highly entertaining c. c. D. Roberts. fleming, the Adven- turer," sells for $15O at Judas.
 Anna Farquhar's new book, "An Evans of Suffolk, published by L. c. Page & Co, is romance of Beacon Hill, Bos- ton,--not of New Haven's Beacon Hill. In her previous book, Her Boston Ex perience," Miss Farquhar showed that she possessed decided talent in cleverly depicting certain phases of the social life Of '.The Hub Tn this new story she strikes a similar note with skill and success. A rich Bostonan marries an attractive and fascinating young wid ow, thinking her to be an innocent girl Thus Mrs. Gordon Fuller enters into a conservative Boston family. and into into the cream of Boston society, with out having explained her antecedents. The chief purpose of the story is to portray the effect upon Boston social circles when the truth about her be- the fact that she was widow and the the fact that she was a widow and teh widow of a coarse but wealthy old man, whose wealth she had inherited, that was to shock Bostonian families of cul- ture and reserve. It was the fact that she had been a waitress in a we'll known and fashionable Boston restaur- ant previous to her first marriage, and that she was the daughter of an ex- convict father--the neer do well of noble English fanily-that was to do the work. The girls object and aim had been to escape all association with her fathers name and character. To do this she had to resort to many sub terfuges and deceptions. As says the New York World:
 "The dramatic intensity of the story lies in her growing in love for her hus- band and her bitter struggle to escape her father. the attractive but disreput- able 'sblack sheep of distinguished English family. "Bucky" Stranger, his red head that Suggests good match" and his cheerful wooing of a modern Boston maiden, furnish delightfully."- humorous sub-plot.
 Miss Farquhar has written, as she al- ways writes with power and distinc- tfon. Her book people are genuine in their conception, consistent with them selves and with the story. Some of the atmosphere and crispness of Her Bos- ton Experience have found their way into the newer book of the same au- thor. Price s1.50; for sale at Judds.
 "A Knight of Columbia, by General Charles King a story of the War 340 pages; illustrated by George Gibbs.
 In this charming and romantic novel, General King seems to have surpassed all preivous efforts. The hero, a grad uate of Columbia College, first meets the reader in the Academy of Music. New York City, on the occasion of Commencement Day, in 1861, at the breaking out of the war. His magnifi- cent speech, "A Menace to the Flag" delivered on that occasion, full of the fire of patriotism, created the most in- tense excitement, the vast audience ex- pressing their approval or otherwise according to their political preferences, for as yet the question of which flag" was unsettled in the hearts of many. Then comes his enlistment, and he is fully launched on the troubled seas of those stirring times. His varied for tunes are closely followed, both in love and war, there being two fervent love