The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-11-04
THE NEW PUBLICATIONS
SOME OF THE LATEST BOOKS OF
 THE SEASON.

 %I. N. R. l., Prisoners Story of the Gross," by Peter Rosegger-E'The Pang Yanger," Romance of the Cat
 skiIIs, by Dr. EIma T. Travis-"A
 Little Girl in old San FrancIscO," by Amanda M. DOugIass-Mr John H.
 DIckerman's "COlOniaI History of Mount CarmeP'-Other Notes.
 One of the unusual books of the sea- son is "I. N. R. L." by Peter Roseg- ger, a German peasant author, who has for number of years been stir ring the German reading public with his striking writings. This latest sto- ", translated and brought out in this country by McClure-P Phillips, is a life of Christ, a sort of modern Evangel such as a Matthew, or Mark, or Luke might have produced had he lived to- day and been imbued with modern thought. It is supposed to be written by q poor carpenter, who in fit of so- cialistic enthusiasm has committed crime for which he is in prison under sentence of death. He writes in order to comfort his soul by contemplating the compassion of Jesus and the beau ty of His life, and expresses his memo- ry of it in homely and intimate words The book is illustrated with an inter- esting series of color pictures painted by Corwin Knapp Linson ill the Holy Land.
 Born of the most simple and ignor- ant parents, in a remote valley of the Styrian Alps, where to be able to read print was remarkable,4a and to be able to write almost unheard of, practically ignorant until he was twenty-two years old, Peter Rosegger has come to be one of Germany's most adored au- thors, and his story of Christs life.
 Rosegger taught himself to read by the scraps of newspaper that were used for patterns by the tailor to whom he was apprenticed. He early began to write a peoples calendar of stories, poems, &c., which he read to his simple peasant neighbors. It was one of these modest efforts sent to German newspaper, which caused him to be hailed as poet. His story of Christ's life, q. N. R. l.; A Prisoners Story of the Cross," has been one of the great literary successes of the last decade. T. N. R. T." is for sale ($1.50) by the E. P. Judd Co.
 A romance of the Catskills is "The Pang1Yanger," the title of a. book by Elnna T. Travis, M. D., which Me Clure-P Phillips have just brought out. It Is a tale of tha Catskills, and is per- rneated to rare degree with the rug gedness and the leafy forest mystery of that picturesque country. This fresh outdoor quality invigorates an idyllic love story. Its unusually orig inal plot involves Abijah Bead, of Pang Rang, tannery town, a man enlbodying the sturdy, unconventional freedom of the Catskil1s; Barbara Hunt, sweet southern girl who comes north; and another woman, one who had contracted with Abljah in his + tls s marriage, aff the wit resses to which have disappeared, and who had married again, leaving moth erless. as the story opens, Abijah's lit- tie son. Here surely are the elements for a story. Although "The Fang Yanger". is Dr. Travis first writing, she has taken remarkable advantage of her opportunity.
 A charming new story is Dodd, Mead and Company's Little Girl Se- ries" is "A Little Girl in Old San Fran cisco" It is by that pleasing and pop ular writer, Amanda NJ. Douglas. It tells the story of Laverne Westbury, who, in her early childhood, was taken to California to live. The time at which the long journey is made is the early f1fties, and the story reflects the conditions and curious contrasts of the period. As the action develops, the leader is carried forward through the yearfof development to the San Fran cisco of contemporaneous times. One follows Laverne's life story through girlhood to womanhood, as in the oth- CT books in the Little Girl series" " This new story is a very welcome ad- dition to the Little Girl series" For sale by the E. P Judd Go.
 recent valuable addition to the books of historical character pertain ing to our good old Connecticut state is the new work by John H. Diclker- man, entitled Colonial History of the Parish of Mount Carmel" It gives this history "as read on it's geologic formations, records and traditions '' MT. Diekernan has done his work ad- mirably. We opine it must have been labor of love. The result is a hand some book (from Ryder's printing house) printed on fine paper and de- lightfully illustrated. Every loyal Mount Carmelite, every true son and daughter of the old town of Hamden, every New Havener who loves the memories of hours spent in or about sTt1e Sleeping Giant" or who has fond recollections of old friends who dwell, or whose ancestors dwell in or about Mount Carmel, will want a copy of this book. Old associations count fol so much when connected with the woods, the fields, the valleys and mountains where hours of unalloyed