The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-06-03
THE NEW PUBLICATIONS
SOME OF THE LATEST BOOKS OF
 THE SEASON.

"saHdust, q Polish Romance of the
 .Carpathian TimbeIands," by Mime.
 LOngarde-'oFhe Ultimate Passion"
 by Phillip Verrin MigheI-Other
 BOOks-AIagazines.
 "Sawdust: A Polish Romance of the Carpathian Timberlands," by Dorothea Gerard (Mme Longard de Longarde)'
 This is a story of exceptional interest, richly repaying persual. It is indeed pretty romance.
 The havoc of the modern-SaWmil in the Polish Carpathians is subtly sym bOlic of the havoc it's miller's son caus- es in the tender heart of titled lady. "Sawdust'' is an unusual and vivid story, intensely modern in its treat ment, although the scene is laid in a little-known corner of the world. The German who invades the peaceful for ests of 'Carpathia with his restless in- dustrialism is admirably characterized as a tirelessly working selfmade man. His son, Rudolf, with finer sensibilities and with no less strength, proves ir- resistibly attractive to the daughter of the ruined former landholder. She is a charming girl, Katinka, and the readers sympathy goes out to her as to a real person. The Count, her father, though impoverished by the business cunning of the German is finely drawn as a gentleman. Although the master ful German apparently forces his way over all obstacles, he reckons without one hidden force,> which brings the story to a dramatic climax.
 Illustrated. In the Griffin Series of copyright novels. t2mo, S60 pages, $l.OO The John c. Winston Company, Phila- delphia. For sale at all book stores.
 A new book of striking interest just published by Harper & Bros. is 1.-The Ultimate Passion" by Philip VerriH Mighsls. A young man of high ideals playing into the hands of a powerful, corrupt political ring in order to gain power through their influence and ulti- mately to defeat thern-this is hint Of the plot of this strong, virile novel by Mir Mghels. It is work of unusual power, an absorbing story, showing the machinations of political schemers and others prominent in social and business life in New York The startling incl dents that the political situation brings forth are closely woven in with a charming love-tale.
 John Hakon, the principal figure in the book, is a United States Senator when the story begins, but he has in- cured the displeasure of the ring and is forced to retire from public life dor a time. Later the leader of the ring" Graystone, discloses his plan of running Hakon in as the dark horse at the national convention and securing for him the Presidential nomination., on condition that Hakon If elected shall marry Graystone's daughter, a shallow, unattractive girl. Hakon determines that he will enter the ring to learn their methods in order to successfully nombat them, persuading himself that the result will justify his action. What follows is a series of entanglements and dramatic situations, and Hakon's happy escape from an adventures and the tentacles of the ring are told with vividness and power. And it is New York political life through and through that is depicted.
 MT. Mighels, the author, will be we'll remembered as the author of "Bruv- yer Jims Baby" Price $1.50; for sale by the Pease-Lewis Co.
 The origin of Hamlin Garland's latest novel appears to be somewhat excep- tional. The Tyranny of the Dark, y ! (Harper & Bros.) 1t appears, is the out growth of his own experiences in the investigation of phychical science, to which he has devoted a good part of the last ten years. He was for four years connected with the American Psycnical Society, of which he was president for two terms, succeeding Rev. Minot J. Savage, MT. Garland en- tered the society merely as an investi- gator, and associated with him were such men as B. o. Flower, editor of The Arena; Amos E. Dolbeare, Professor of Physics at Tufts College; and Rabbi Schindler. T. D. Allen was secretary of the society, and he and MT. Garland be- ing appointed a special committee on writing, visited many phychics, and had interesting experiences upon which he has founded many of the eX- citing scenes in "The Tyranny of the Dark" When recently asked concern ing his own convictions on the subject, MT. Garland said: "As an author, am holding the even hand, because at the present stage of our knowledge I be- lieve that to be the only really scien- tific attitude. A bigoted scientific view is that these things do not happen, but a larger scientific attitude is one where you inquire, Do they happen?' That was the attitude of Sir William Crookes and of Zollner."
 Japan is the principal topic in the National Geographic Magazine for May In it's fisheries, says Dr. H. M. Smith of our Bureau of Fisheries, it ranks above all other nations in the number of per- sons engaged in the industry, the amount of the product and its import ance in the domestic economy, the skill shown in catching and the methods of scientific aquiculture, and the extent to which water growths of all kinds are utilized. He describes from personal observation several methods of catch-