The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-01

MT. Cheney, by the Way. has just started
 on trip to Alaska on a freighter that
 will go as far north as Kadak
 The hardest and longest golf drive yet
 proposed is in Frederick Upham Adams.
 outdoor novel John Henry Smith," The golfers had been cruising in the Mediter-
 ranean, and are anchored off the Bay Of Naples. One of them, gazing at the
 smoke wreathed crest of Vesuvius. says: Jack that is quite bunker, but with little more practice l believe l can carry it.'
 Although published year and a half ago, "Freckles.' by Mrs. Gene Porter
 Stratton, is selling as well some new | DOCKS. The lame hero of the book, ''Freckles," by Mrs. Gen Porter Stratton,
 Is selling as well some new books. treekles, is recalled in many quarters as the brother of "Lovey Mary" It Is a | tale of the Indian swamp country. full of l sweetness and light"
 | "The Clansman" has been translated | into Japanese, and also adapted for pre- sentation on the Japanese stage by M Massaoka, who represented a leading | Iokio newspaper at the Portsmouth con- | ference.
 Charles W. Chestnut has written a characteristic dedication for his new book "The Colonel's Dream." He says: TO the great number of those who are seeking in whatever manner or degree l from near at hand or far away to bring the forces of enlightenment to bear upon
 the vexed problems which harass the
 south, this volume Is inscribed with the
 hope that 1t may contribute to the same l good end
 l 'f there be nothing new between it's covers neither is love new nor faith nor | T ir,tv,
 life is not the less worth living because | or any of these nor has any man truly 1 lived until he has tasted of them all l Doubleday, Page & Co. have just pub lished what is practically new book by l Max Muller. It is called Life and Re- 1 ligion. It contains considerable unpub- 1 lished matter on these two great ideas. | The book has been prepared under the | direction of Dr. Muler's wife. Some of
 the chapter heads which give hint of | the book are "The Art of Life" The Beautiful,' "The Bible." Christianity" Death "The Deity 'The Divine'' | Future Life." Love-" Religion and Religions" Sorrow and Suffering" Faith" Mind or Thought" Nature" i Music" Evolution of Religion" "The
 lnfnite.' ''Theosophy," and Work" | E. V. Lucas forthcoming book, "A
 
 1 by the London Academy: 'rhe book is in l truth one which must make the most stay-at-home person resolve to visit Hol- l land-to eat her poffertjes and wafelen, 1 to dream over her art and her history, | and to journey in tranquil contentment ] along her straight canals, on which at 1 least there is no danger of being run
 over by snellpaardelooszoonde l wegpitroolrijtung or, in plain English, a motor car" The Macmillan company will
 issue MT. Lucas book early next month, 1 with many illustrations.
 | The Macmillan company are publishing | "The Fair Maid of Graystones," by Miss | Beulah Marie Dix; a new edition of Mrs.
 Roger A. Pryor's "Reminiscences of
 Peace and War" in one volume; new edi-
 tions of Alfred Lord Tennyson: A
 Memoir by His Son." and Mir F. Marion
 Crawford's Southern Italy and Sicily and
 the Rulers of the South;" "Heimweh and Other Stories,' by Mir John Luther | Long; Restrictive Railway Legislation" 1 by MT. Henry S. Haines: "The Polari- | scope in the Chemical Laboratory" by
 MT. George William Rolfe; Vol II of pr. | Edward E. Gibbons work on "The Eye: 1 Its Refraction and Diseases" "A Text l Book in the History of Education," by Professor Paul Monroe; and '"The Gov
 ernment of Michigan" by Webster Cook, | Ph.D. | One of the notable biographies of the 1 last decade is Alfred Lord Tennyson: 1 A Memoir By His Son. In interest it ranks with Morley's Life of Gladstone:' | and it has had great popularity inNits l original two-volume form. The Macmil- l Ian company issue this week new edi- ] ton In single volume at a greatly re- duced price.
 | Two of Marion Crawfords most charm | ing books appear this week in new edi- tions. Southern Italy and Sicily and the Rulers of the South" and Ave Roma lmmortalis," are now to be had in single volume each, with all the illus 1 trations of the original two-voume edi- tions. The prices are of course greatly reduced.
 l! A period of more than usual historical interest Is that of the religious warfare and persecution during the lifetime of | the unsavory Marie de Medci and the | attempt of handful of French Hugue- | nots under Jean Ribaut, backed by the great Admiral Colngy, to found set | clement in what Is now Florida. The | first expedition failed and a second one l formed by Ribaut succeeded in building a settlement which was called Port Royal | and for a time succeeded until surprised | 1 by the Spaniards and all but extermi- l | mated. The survivors returning to France by | l the aid of Sir John Hawkins raised a | | third expedition to take revenge on the | l Spaniards, which they happily did and | returned to France. Taking for back ground these voyapes