The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-06-19
Books for Summer Reading.

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1nst now. when every one Is planning
h;s M her vacation. travellers 70 noun
tnins senshore, or country want TO Know
what books to take with them ne loi-
loving books, widely different IN char-
aeter, are among the best new novels,
and each Is full of entertainment anu
amusement. .f !,
Tho events in "The Crossing, the NV
novel by Mr. Winston Churchill, author
OF "Rlchard Caryel'' and The Crisis,
take place in the wilderness from when
have been carved the States of Kentucky.
Tennessee. Ohio, Indiana, and LIMOS.
David Ritchie, its hero, grows up IN
North Carolina, crosses the Blue Ridge
with tho American immigrants OF lilf
into the Great Wilderness, fights British
| and Indians and goes with George Rog-
ers Clark and his men TO Tlaskaskia and
to Vincennes where they trap the Brit
lsh General Hamilton, THE Ialr-Buyer"
Davids later adventures carry him TO 81,
Louis and down the Mississippi to New
Orleans, where he finally wins the beau
tful Helene. Many charming women be-
sidos the heroine appear In the book;
which overnows with the romance Of
adventure, tho atmosphere OF the woods.
and the spirit of tho American pioneers
who won the Northwest
Mary Stuart is the heroine OF Mr.
Maurice Hewlett's new novel. THE
Queens QUAR-; which stands out among
the years books by its distinction, its
power. its force, and its picture Of life
in heroic age. The lovely Queen of
Scots still fascinates the world. MIR.
Hewlett's book surpasses former attempts
TO tell Mary's romance because he has
sought to find out her secret by finding
out her heart Mary herself, magnetic,
h beautiful, passlonately alive, athrst for
love, is the centre of a tale teeming with
interest, plot, and intrigue, 1t is novel
of frst-rate power and interest. s5
..The Singular Miss Smith" ON the oth-
er hand Is Il bright, breezy story of a.
beautiful heiress who thought she would
find out now working women live. Partly
Mrs. Florence Morse Kingsley Is poking
fun at some of the solemn undertakings
Of women's clubs; but chiefly she tells a
charming love story of the old-fashioned
sort. Miss Smith suddenly gives IN her
Investigations as to why girls would rath-
or work In factories than In private
houses, because she finds herself confront
ed With a problem Of very much more
pressing interest .{4
The best Of the summer books for a
man Is. 1.-THE Merry Anne by Mr.. Sam
uel Merwin, who wrote that other vlrile
story OF business life. Calumet X
which. by the way, has Just appeared In
paper covers at 25 cents 1.-THE Merry
Anne is Il fleet tllttle schooner lnat car
ries lumber from port to port on Lake
Michigan, and Dick Smiley, her young
Captain. is working hard to pay for her
and to win the girl he loves. Beveridge,
his rival for Amie's hand and n spy of
the Revenue Service, finds Struggled IL
qlors aboard the Merry Anne and tries
to prove Dick guilty and to put him to
shame before Annie. Several exciting
voyages lead to the chase of the culprits
through the woods of the northern penin-
sula. Mr.. Thomas Fogarty has embel-
lished the book with thirty attractive
drawings.
The hero OF Margaret Horton Potter's
new novel, THE Flame Gatherers," Is
an Arab Prince of the house of Asra
who Is captured In battle by the Rajah of
Mandu Owing to an ancient curse, tho
Asra must die If love they cherish"
Ahalya falls deeply in love With Asra,
and tho first part of the tale relates their
growing love and Asras fight for her
against the Rajah's vizier. Asra gives up
his talsman asainst the curse to win
Ahalya; and how it. all comes out must
be left to the reader, The action is con
slant, and the story giows with life and
color and charm.
THE adventures OF Elizabeth In Ru-
gen" is even more fascinating and
piquant than the same authors "Elizabeth
and Her German Garden" Elizabeth