The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-11-02
THE NEW PUBLICATIONS
SOME OF THE LATEST BOOKS OF THE SEASON.


 THE SEASON
 sThs Fortunes of the Landrays," by
 Vaughn Kester-"The Flight of Geor-
 giana," by Robert NeiIsOn Stephens
 'Wilderness Babies," by Julia A.
 schwartE-'The Only True Mother
 GoOse"-IntrOductiOn by Rev. E. E
 Hale-Dave Porter at Oak Hall," by
 Edward Stratemeyer-"JOsie Bean,
 Flat Street." by Harriet A. Cheever-
 New Books From Paul Elder &
 Co.'s-FOrthcOmIng Books.
 McClure-Phillips & Co.,. New York, have among their newest publications a notable book, and which is also a re- markable first book. The author is Vaughn Hester and the title ''The Fortunes of the Landrays.'' It is a big panoramic novel dealing with the pioneers in the Mississippi valley, and into it's story come frontier days in Ohio, the gold rush to California. im- migrants on the plains, the civil war, the boom town period in the middle west, and the beginning of the man. ufacturing epoch. The author mar rates the lives and loves of four gene rations of the Landray family. In its last chapter Stephen Landray figures who is the grand-nephew of Stephen of the same name in the first chap ter. The family fortunes are traced through the California gold fever peri cd of '49, with the Mormon and Indian terrors, through the civil war and past the years of reconstruction; but the fulcrum point of interest, all the time Is at the little town of Benson, in Ohio, where Virginia Landray waits and grows gracefully old even under cumulative cares. The book is so thoroughly an American novel that it enters the lists for ''the great Ameri- can novel" The narrative is broad dramatic and impressive and full of vivid incidents. There are illustra- tions by the Kinneys, which is to say, of course, that it is excelIently pie tured. $1.5O. For sale by the Pease- Lewis Company
 The Flight of Georgiana," by Rob- ert Nelson Stephens, one of the late publications of L. c. Page and Com pany, of Boston, will probably outrival iii popularity any of the previous works of this author. It is story of love and peril, in England just after the battle of Colloden. The hero is Charles Everell, young Jacobite offi- cer escaping for his life, but after a chance meeting with Georgiana, the young ward of a loyal, but somewhat unprincipled subject of the king, drives everything else from his mind. He fingers in the vicinity of Foxcroft Court, where the young woman lives, and the adventures that follow are thrilling enough to meet the approval of the most ardent lover of excitement. The young officers courage, recklessg ness, audacity and wit as describeH hv MT. Stephens has much to do zlxb +he interest in the book. -MrT stenhens sTas pfs5aGtgd ahS excellent ro- liance. The plot is a remarkably strong one and it is handled in mas terly style. Price $1.50; for sale by the E. F. Judd Co.
 Wilderness Babies" by Julia Au- gusta Schwartz. Illustrated. Pp. 234. 12nlo Decorated cloth. Boston. Lit tie, Brown and Company. Price $1.
 A beautiful book that will delight the children. It does not attempt to pie ttire the wild animals as full of senti- ment, poetic feeling and conscientious scruples as is the fashion in many animal books of the day. It deals with the generally accepted and established facts pertaining to the babyhood of the wild creatures and especially with the play element of the wilderness babies. The author evidently knows how to write in a style to captivate the young. The book vividly describes the adventures and perils of sixteen common mammals, ranging from the buffalo to the whale, and the tales are full of life and interest. There are also sixteen full page illustrations by; John Hoybers and others artists. For sale at all book stores.
 ssThe Only True Mother Goose" be- ing an exact reprint of the original edition published in Boston in 1883. With introduction by Rev. Edward Ev- erett Hale.
 In 1883 the firm of Monroe & Fran cis, in Boston, produced what was called 'sThe Only True Mother Goose Melodies Without Addition or Abridge- ment, Embracing also a Reliable Life of the Goose Family" A number of important editions of these original jingles with their profusion of quaint, well-executed black wood-cuts were produced by different booksellers, and gave enjoyment to thousands of chill dren and their elders. A great many people of advancing age have a dis tinct recollection of this book, but it has long been out of print and copies have become very scarce and valuable. The Boston Library did not have one until 1902, and it is now among their most carefully guarded volumes. Mrs. Harriet Blackstone c. Butler, a well known member of the Daughters of Dayrot1,finn pnscasSo3