The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-06

Fl tions and crimes, preserve sort of primitive nobility and majesty which lend them a certain dignity even in their worst excesses. These crimes and errors seem to be necessary episodes in primeval struggle with destiny and nature, and we sometimes find our-l selves almost sympathizing with these delinquents, brought so close to us byi time and geography, but as remotel from modern civilization as if theyi were dWellers on another planet"
 Price s1.50; for sale by the P. P. Judd Company.
 A book admirably adapted for use as a text book in higher schools and col- leges, and very desirable as a book of reference for teachers and 'grown-ups,' generally as we'll, is the Students American History" now appearing in a revised edition, by David H. Mont gomery, author of The Leading Facts of History Series;;" published by Ginn & Co, Boston. Students American History" is supplied with accurate maps of our country at various differ ent periods of it's history, and with va rious other illustrations.
 Written in the same interesting style as that which characterizes the au- thor's books for elementary grades, this Students History is broader in scope and more philosophical in treat ment. In this latest edition the work has been thoroughly revised and many parts have been rewritten. The follow ing distinctive features of the revision are important:
 Particular attention is given to ques- tions of political and of constitutional history.
 |. The opening and the settlement of the West and it's influence on the develop Iment of the nation are fully treated. For the greater convenience of teach Iers and pupils all references to authori- ties are given at the bottom of the pages, and the system or cross refer ences has been made more complete
 New maps and illustrations have been added wherever it seemen desirable
 List price, $1.4O; mailing price, $1.60; for sale by the publishers and all lead- ling booksellers.
 Specimen Letters,'' edited by Albert S. Cook, professor of the English lam guage and literature in Yale university, and Allen R. Benham, fellow in Eng fish, of Yale university; published by Ginn and Company, Boston
 | Pupils in schools and students in col Ilege are taught descriptive narration and even augmentation. A few of. them will have occasion to describe, to narrate, or to argue, but all of them will have occasion to write letters. Yet beyond the formulas for beginning and closing a letter, Nttla is contained in the ordinary textbooks on rhetoric to aid the beginner, and there have hitherto 1 been no available collection of models. l Specimen Letters is selection of familiar and entertaining letters by a number of writers and in a variety of styles. Here the novice can see how even trivial matters are invested with grace and charm, and perhaps learn to initiate the care and naturalness of the. masters of epistolary style. Both the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries | have been laid under contribution, and several recent memoirs have enriched the collection. Although designed chiefly with reference to school and col lege use, it will amply repay even fre- quent perusal by the general reader One hundred and fifty-six pages; list
 pnlce sixty cents; mailing price sixty
 five cents; for sale by the publishers
 and all leading booksellers.
 Tn her South African romance enti- l tied 'on the Firing Line" Anna Chapfn
 Ray, ((of this city), has collaborator,
 Hamilton Brock Fuller. MT. Fuller is
 a Canadian who grew up just in time
 to be in the field during the last eigh-.
 teen months of the Boer war, yet he Twas in two of the more important en-
 agreements of that later period. With l the Scottish Horse, he fought and was wounded at Vlaakfontein, and, nearly
 a year later he was with the South
 African Light Horse during Lord Kitcneners famous drive at Wolve-
 hoek. Miss Ray is an indefatigable lit
 erary worker, who scored her first suc-
 cess as the author of juvenile story, l'.Teddy: Her Book" Since this first
 book was published by Little, Brown
 and Company she has written almost
 constantly. Besides her Teddy" sto- tries she has written three novels, Each Life Unfulfilled," .The Dominant
 Strain" and By the Good Sainte Anne" A nlsw edition of the latter lbook-a romance of Modern Quebec
 has just been published, with many lfull-page plates of scenes in and around Quebec. In "On the Firing Iine' Miss Ray has a wider field than she has Icompassed before
 T Curiosity regarding the identity of
 Sidney Mccall, the name that appears
 on the titlepage of Truth Dexter" has
 been revived, now that a new book by
 this author, entitled '"INhe Breath of the
 Gods" is announced for publication in
 May. On this subject the publishers of
 both books, Messrs. Little, Brown and
 Company are silent. It is announced
 however, that ''The Breath of the Gods''
 has strong Japanese coloring and . that the heroine Yuki, is as subtle a
 character delineation as was Truth . Dexter. .u
 Curly is the title of a romance of } the Arizona Desert, which will be
 brought out in May by Little, Brown DrtcgfN Nlan NNys