The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-04

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 "Their eyes held steadfastly to each other for a moment: she seemed to waver and she caught the back of chair; then she turned and went out.
 For long he watched the door out of which she had gone then needless of the pain he rolled over and stared at one great poppy in the back of the eoueh.' It is said thatMarion Crawford has just finished new novel which he calls 80 prano, a Portrait" The heroine is the daughter of an English scholar and an Ann rican mother. The story opens in Paris, where the girl is cultivating her voice in order to support herself by singing. Soprano" will appear as a serial in the June Munsey under the title of Margaret" MT. Crawford spent last winter in his villa at Sorrento instead of in New York
 A recent critic writes that the conclu- sions on the negro problem. recently reached by Poultney Bigelow in his lec- lures at the Boston university, are about the same as those reached through other lines of argument by Prof. William B. Smith in his book "The Color Line" MT. Bigelow first put forward his views in chapter in "The Children of the Nations" which was reprinted and dis tributed by Boston university to correct some misunderstanding as to the lec- turer's views.
 Among new and forthcoming novels an- nounced by the Macmillan company are;
 "A Dark Lantern" by Elizabeth Rob- ins powerful and striking novel, Eng fish in scene.
 "The Game" by Jack London, spoken of as the most" graphic and vigorous hit of fiction since "The Call of the Wild
 'fThe Little Hills" by Nancy Huston Banks showing the many and steep Tit tie hills" which arise daily even Tn the simplest life.
 'The Storm Center" by Charles Egg bert Craddock. Filtration. love and court ship are the chief elements in this war story the hero of which is a wounded Union officer in Tennessee house. hold. The tale is light, entertaining and thoroughly readable.
 Nero" the new play by MT. stephen Phillips, is promised for publication at the same time as the production of the play in London by MT. Beerbohm Tree. It is said to mark a notable advance in dramatic power for the foremost among modern writers of acting plays in verse.
 "The Celibates' Club" by Israel zang will, is volume bubbling over with rollicking fun from beginning to end. It is volume not to be read through at a sitting but to dip into from time to time for delightful anecdotes of adventure and mishap. Of it the Boston Transcript writes: He touches with the gayest and most fantastic wit upon the frivol- ities and inconsistencies of modern life" 
 Some interesting material concerning Paul lines will appear in the July num- Der of Scribners Magazine. It was orig inally prepared by the late Augustus c. Buell. for incorporation in Paul Jones, Founder of the American Navy It is an account of Paul Jones' written by John Kilby. quarter gunner of the Bon Homme Richard.
 Henry James will publish through Houghton. Mifflin & Co. this autumn book of travel sketches, entitled English Hours" It will contain many pictures by Joseph Pennell The author Is visit ing his brother Prof. William James, in Cambridge.
 In recent very clever review of MT. Carey's interesting and already popular story "The Van Suyden Sapphires," the writer concludes: And for the sake of his feminine readers, MT. carey mas sweetened his story, so to speak, with dash of love, manifested in the steadfast devotion of Captain Duncan McCracken to Gwendolen." For his feminine read CTS, And what about his poor ''mascu- line" readers? Down this way we can prove that they enjoy "a dash of love" even more than the gentler sex.
 Four new books just from the press of Doubleday Page x Co. are:
 'The Life Worth Living" by Thomas Dixon, Jr.. author of "The Clansman' and "The Leopard's Spots" in which the author has gone into new field.
 Fairy Tales Every Child Should Know" edited by Hamilton Wright Ma bic.
 "The Little Conscript" by Ezra S. Brudno, the author of "The Fugitive. .. It is a timely subject, dealing with life in a Russian army.
 'John Henry Smith," by Frederick Up ham Adams. an amusing novel. quaintly illustrated by A. B. Frost
 sThe Tyranny of the Dark" Hamlin Garland's latest novel, is said to be daring venture into a new and fasci- hating held-that of the occult. The au- thor has for many years been member of the American Psychical society. and