The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-15

fcar,,.r. inc sftuatirn then to that now e~istSns-as,d learn something. All Tn ali. if ia q book strong In the treatmen. . of the cogent @auestions invoivea. anu highly entertaining and instructive n the lighter vein. It is book wisn sion. whether woven in history or veil ed in fiction, is impressed unmistakaoly upon the reader.
 Notes of books soon to be reviewed
 in The Advertiser:
 A new volume of stories by James
 B. Connolly called 'The Deep sea
 Tolr' will be published in few oays. The book deals with the dangers and pleasures, the dificulties and trtumphs of the staunch fisherman of Gloucester. No one has ever handled these sub jects as we'll as Mfr. Connolly.
 Mrs Frances Hodsson Burnett has written a story that will be one of the l best children's books for this year and | which will be published before the end
 or the month. It is called "A Little | Princess: Being the Whole Story of | Sara Crewe now told for the First Time.' The illustrations are by Miss Ethel Franklin Betts and are beauti- ! fully reproduced in color.
 W. A. Fraser, whose 'Mooswa Tales" were so successful, has written new volume of animal stories called "Sa' Zada Tales which will be published very shortly. These are stories that the animals at a Zoo" in India tell about themselves. MT. Fraser's long residence in India has enabled him to give most graphic pictures in these stories of the adventures of the Eie- phant, the Black Leopard and the rest. The illustrations by Arthur fleming add greatly to the beauty of the book.
 A new story by A. T. Quiller Couch
 Is of as much interest on this side of
 the water as it Is on the other for his
 reputation has long been an interna-
 tional one. His latest book, ''The
 Mayor of Troy" will appear before the
 end of the month. It Is another story
 of the "delectable duchy" and unaues-
 tionably the best work that @" has
 ever done.
 F. Hopkinson Smith is at present in
 Europe and his new book The Wood Fire in No. 8" will probably be out be- fore his return. None of his writing has shown more delightfully his spirit of genial kindiiness and sympathetic humor than this new book. It will appear early in October and will be
 HlustFateu m coior.
 Gustav Frenssen, the author of "Jorn Uhl. was born in the remote village of Barlt. in Holstein, North Germany. on October 19. 1863. Tn spite of his fa- ther's humble circumstances, Gustav managed to attend the Latin school at the neighboring town of Husum, and in due time became a student of theo1- ogy. He heard courses of lectures at various universities. passed the neces- sary examinations, and finally was ap- pointed to the care of souls in the little Lutheran pastorate of Hemme in Hol- stein. Here, within sound of the North Sea, he wrote his first two novels, which remained almost unknown until after the publication of John Uhi," in 1909. This book took Germany by storm. Its author, much to his own surprise "awoke one morning to find himself famous" Over 100000 copies of the German edition were sold within eigh- teen months of issue--a record never before equalled by any novel in Ger many, and editions speedily appeared in the leading European languages. Not few Continental critics ranked the author with Goethe. But Frenn- sen's books had aroused much hostility among the Orthodox Church party and in 1903 he gave up his pastorate and retired to the Holstein village of his youth, henceforth free man, to devote himself to literature. "Jorn JhT' has appealed to modern Germany in some- what the same manner that the works of Dickens appealed to the England of his day, and 1t Is the first time that this can be alleged of any German novel. As one of Frennsen's admirers has said, This book his sprung from the deep consciousness of modern Germany, and