The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-11-28
THE NEW PUBLICATIONS
SOME OF THE LATEST BOOKS OF
 THE SEASON


 THE SEASON.
 ALand-Ho," by Morgan ROBertson-I sThe House of Merrilees,n by Arehi-
 bald MarshaIl-FOrthcoming Books
 December Magazines. Morgan Robertson is one of the wri- ters who may be depended upon for exellent work, and his new book, Land-Ho," published by Harper and Brothers, is of the right stripe and justifies antieipations. The host Of admirers Of his books will find Land Ho" very entertaining as well as of absorbing interest. "Land-Ho" is composed of short stories of the sea, the first three of them connecting in the adventures of Angus Macpherson. an intensely Scotch Scotchman,-so much so that his sailors all call him Scotty." He is broad shouldered, powerful, moon-faced, brave and intre- pid and fiery-tempered navigator. A skilled navigator he is, too. He loves God and he loves also mammon. He runs into a streak of phenomenal hard luck on several exciting voyages, and after tiring of bad luck and deep water he turns to barging. But not to give away" the story-it is enough to say that Angus meets with all sorts of sen sationaI adventures and hairbreadth escapes ''as he sails" It is to be add ed, however, that his luck finally 1Ia s. s% |, Angus is a strikingly interesting good fellow, All the stories of "Land-Ho" have the right snap, and smack strongly of the sea in its various moods, and they carry the readers in- terest without break until the book is Finished. Price $1.5O. For sale by the Pease-Lewis Co.
 Between the covers of "The House of Merrilees," by Archibald Marshall, there is a fascinating mystery concern ing a lost fortune and a lost heir which works out as comfortably as you please to the satisfaction of everybody ia the story "The House" is a per- picking house of mystery indeed. As has been well said of it and the book: SeilCAu4 GAdHL4tldlIOA uL lIS 1lluSLTd- tors reproduction discloses in the moonlight great horse of white stone, perched on the summit of a hill and guarded by lines of huge trees. It is ap- preached by way of wooded terraces rising from a lake 1n which a hidden fountain sends up gleaming cataract. How could one find better abode for q family skeleton? And the authors natural advantages do not cease here. To begin with we have little cottage at the end of the lime grove, by the church, a young woman whose lined lace els of troubles endured in silence, and a boy, little George. Add a period ical visitor, gloomy, taciturn man, whose business is a mystery, and we are off on a voyage of discovery. There are Vexatious calms, disquieting storms, reefs and cross-currents, but eventually MT. Marshall brings us breathless to port
 For pure romance "'The House of Merrileesa is certainly worth perusing. It Is unusually well written, and the leisure hours can be spent very enter tainingly in unraveling the aforesaid mystery. The book is, moreover, very Handsomely gotten up, as is the case with all of the publications of Her bert B. Turner & Co.,, Boston. Price, 81.50; for sale by all booksellers.
 Messrs. Henry Holt and Company <will publish at once very helpful book Nature and Health" by the Weii-known New York physician, pr. Edward Curtis. Although ones health Is q serious matter, he has frightened his popular treatise with humor and anecdote. He covers the hygiene of the person and the home. Among the subjects treated are Breathing, Eating, Drinking, Drugging for Delectation, Seeing, Hearing, Clothing, Bathing, Disposing of Water, Disinfecting, Ex- ereising the Body, Exercising the sMind, Sleeping and Waking, Working and Playing, Living and Dying.
 What's in name, or even in fame in America when it reaches Germany? A German publisher (with a transla- ton in view) has written Messrs. Hen " Holt and Company: "If Sinclair's s Divine Fire is kind of criminal nov- ell please send this book on approval 
 Jerome K. Jerome, the author of Three Men in a Boat" etc., and Charles BatteN Loomis, the author of Cheerful Americans" (both of which books were published by Messrs. Holt and Company are now touring the country together in readings from their works. This gives most interest ing chance to compare typical Eng fish and 8 typical American humorist. < The author of Animal Snapshots, !" announced by Henry Holt and Compa- ny, speaks of securing a photograph of a certain wild fox ''only after two weeks of constant work" The pub fishers find that the proper printing of MT. Lottridge's remarkable photo- graphs is no easy task. Most of the first set of sheets had to be discarded as Imperfect, and publication delayed two weeks to insure doing justice to the authors material.
 In these days @ really good novel finds its market all over the world. Booth ,Tarkington's Conquest of Ca- naan" is an example in point, for, be- sides numerous American editions. spe-