The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-19


 author gives a number of quotations and statistics and displays wonderful insight and Ingenuity in support of his position that education cannot do for the negro what nature has refused to do. And in comparing the wide gap between the best the negro has done and the achieve ments of the white 1t seems only natural to conclude that if the white race Is twenty centuries ahead in civilization, 1t cannot be accident but something in the white man which has made 1t so. Prof Smith concludes his volume with a ''Dip Into the Future" and a conclusive argtl- ment from numbers
 It Is gloomy prospect for the negro race but the author is unflinching when he places beside this the welfare and preservation of the white race in the south-to be maintained alone by the pur- ity of that race
 Prof Smiths volume Is most interest," ingly written and Is destined to be widely read; as much for the ciearness and vigor or It's style as for it's appeal.
 ''The Millionaire Baby" By Anna Rather
 inc Green. Published by. The Bobbs-
 Merrill company
 "The Millionaire Baby is the singular title of Anna Katherine Greens new story which has Just been issued from the press. Mrs. Pohlfs Is popular writer of Buffalo, New York whose detective romances display much inventive skill. Possibly her best story was "The Leaven- worth Case. at least since its appear ence the authors works have entoyed a wide and more pronounced success. "The Millionaire Baby" is destined to empha- size this popularity. The facetious pub fisher writes:
 Tt will probably break up your work interrupt your meals and cause you loss of sleep. But honestly we bear you no i'll will" And a perusal of the story bears out minutely his prognostications
 Possibly such stories subserve their very best purpose in this their paramount power of being able to take the reader for the nouce entirely out of himself, and to make him oblivious to his sur roundings. hunger or any material de- mand. 1t undoubtedly secures few ! hours of obsolete diversion and absorp- ton in the narrative at hand. If this be praiseworthy then too much cannot be said in euogy of 'The Millionaire Baby ' It Is detective story with as unique and ingenious a mystery as was ever evolved from the most fantastic fancy To the logical and thoughtful reader the utterly improbable events of the narrative will no. appeal. But of It's kind 1t is an ex- ceedingly clever story.
 Marie Corellis latest novel, Gods Good Man Is now In its one hundred and twentieth thousand" says a literary gos- sip in London. The demand for this book is said to be in England extraordinary Methmen, the English publisher. states that the orders receiver constitute a fresh record, beating those established by Miss Corellis previous works.
 Miss Corelli occupies charming home 1T. Stratford. England, with a profusion of flowers at each window-a beautiful English custom-that easily distinguishes her home rom others adjoining that are similar in masonry and design.
 ''The Son of Royal Longbrith," the lat est novel by MT. Howells. is said to be the very strongest piece of work that this popular author has yet done. Tt Is a story that selzes upon the reader in the first pages and with dramatic in- tensity grips him to the close" says a recent reviewer. It is published by liar per Brothers who also announce "A Lad der of Swords" the new romance by Sir Gilbert Parker-a story of love, laughter and tears" of q bygone age. John Murray. the English publisher. will publish this month Edward cado- gan's studio of Napoleon III, Count Ca- VOur and Bismarck, under the title Of Makers of Modern Europe" It would be interesting to read this volume If for no other reason than to learn just why these three alone were selected by tho author.
 The Macmillan company has in active preparation "The History of American Painting" by Samuel Isham. II will be included in the series of volumes on ''The History of American Art" edited by Prof. John c. Van Dyke. If tnces the development of art in America showing the external influences that were brought to bear and how they were developed pr. S. Weir Mitchell has named his new novel which the Century company Is to bring out in March. Constance Prescott" Those who have read the manuscript say that the story Is the best the author has so far written. Tn fThe Tyranny of the Dark" new novel by Tamlin Garland this popular author has essayed q new theme in hIs work. although the scene Is laid in the west-his chosen field. The heroine is girl with psychic gifts which. as she is a very sensible normal young woman otherwise make her very uncomfortable
 "She has frances. and she hates 'em" 
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