The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-13
THE NEW PUBLICATIONS
SOME OF THE LATEST BOOKS OF
 THE SEASON.


 sAn Embarrassing Orphan,s by Sir
 William E. Norris-"FoIks Next
 Door.n by pr. W. 4. Cronut-''The
 Bank and the Treasury" by Pro-
 lessor Frederick A CIeveland-Forth-
 coming Books-sIasazines If an attractive girl does not know that she is an heiress in her own right, and that her guardian is bound by oath to her dead father not to reveal the fact until she has made a love-match with suitable man, she may very cas- fly fail to be sought after by the one who could make her most happy. IT, however, designing matchmaker dis covers her fortune, he can lay very pretty plot with marriage as the net.
 This is the motive of An Embarrass- ing Orphan by the veteran novelist, Sir William E. Norris, which has just been issued by the John c. Winston Company. Philadelphia. All who have been so fortunate as to read MT. Norris previous romance, particularly Lord Leonard the Luckless." will anticipate a treat in this his new work, and they will not be disappointed.
 Elsie Britten is committed to the charge of her aristocratic uncle. Sir Ed ward Denne, by her dying father, a South American millionaire, fearful that his daughter might become the prey of fortune-hunters. The father stipulates that Sir Edward shall not make the amount of her wealth public until he can announce with approval Sher engagement to a deserving sudtor. The latter secretly hopes that his nephew, Major Roger Denne, will prove to be the lucky man, and he is delighted to find that the two are mutually at tracted. Elsie grows so fond of him. however, that when he tells her of his love she refuses him because she thinks that their poverty would result in nise- " for him.
 It is her uncle, the Marquis Valmai- son, who hastens matters to the final continuation. He cleverly succeeds in reading Britten's will and adroitly plans to have the girl marry his son. Oppor- funity favors him for Elsie, just after refusing Roger, is resigned to accept the eccentric, but geod-natured Pierre as husband on basis of good friend ship and nothing more. Accordingly she writes from the Mediterranean is land of Valmaison, where she is a guest, telling Sir Edward of her decision The latter telegraphs his veto and starts at once esouthward. Crossing from Toulon in a furious storm he is greeted by his courteous competitor, the marquis, only to find that Elsie with her iance and her mother have gone to Paris to hurry through the marriage ceremony. For several days Sir Edward, a virtual pris- oner on the island, rages against the weather, the marquis, and the feudal- ism which makes impossible the use of the peasants in escaping. The readers suspense is held almost to the breaking point during the polite interchange of courtesies between the two gentlemen when every minute is pressing.
 Sir William is a postmaster in the art of telling story and "An Embarrass- ing Orphan" is marked with the bright touches of his facile pen. The charac- terization is deftly and suggestively done, and the pages sparkle with wit. It makes admirable light reading. The book is handsomely illustrated, by J. Steeple Davis. Griffin series of copy wright novels; 330 pages. Price $1.50; for sale by all leading booksellers.
 
 The host of Connecticut friends of Dr, w. A. Croffut will be pleased to know that his book of travels, Folks Next Door. the Log Book of a Rambler" has gone into its third edition. This work is a breezy collection of accounts of travel along the New England coast, in Canada, Mexico Cuba and South Amer ica, and we'll merits it's popularity Ii differs from the usual prosy, stilled &C., counts of travels and rambles so ire Squent,, and teens with life and animal tion, and is one of the most readable ac- counts of travel published in many a day. Old Connecticut Journalists will remember Mir. Croffut as for a short period forty years ago financially asso- ciated with the late Abner l.. Train and A. Homer Byington of Norwalk, now United States consul at Naples, in the publication of the New Haven Palladi- ,1m, MT. Croffut being the editorial wri- ter. The late c. s. Bushnell, of Monitor fame. was one of the leading owners. The subtitle of the book explains its contents in that it is "the log book of g. rambler" There is no question about pr. Croffut's own admission that he has the "Wanderlust." Fortunately he has the power of making it possible for his reader to share the pleasures of his journeys.
 The author fittingly explains in his short preface: Those who glance ovei these pages will not need to be told that they record the observations oi one who loves folks better than flowers or trees or ocean waves or mountain peaks" The book is essentially 8 study of human nature-of those varie. ties of human nature that are to be found only along the picturesque coast of New England. MT. Croffuts keen sense of the ridiculous, and his ever. present vein of wholesome humor give him ample opportunity to make the most of these word pictures.
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