Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-18

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A Daughter of the South, Wars
| End Romance, by George Cary Eggles-
| ton, author of "A Carolina Cavalier"
Dorothy South" etc, etc. Illustrated
by F. Pollak. Decorated cover: PIP.
| 4O3; Price 81 so: Issued by Lothrop. Lee
| & Shepard Company, Boston, with i'm
print Of Lothrop Publishing Company.
This is a romance that can scarcely
fell to win popular favor, for it has all
| the qualities that compel success. 1t
| is story dealing largely with southern
| life and character, amid the closing
scenes of the Civil War. Like the very
successful romance, Dorothy South"
by the same author. it's heroine is a fine
| type of the high bred women of the
| South. Cultivated, refined, proud in
spirit, and pure of soul, she combines
strength of conviction, with the sweet
| tenderness of a charitable nature-such
| is Gabrielle Latour.
Not only has the author given his
readers a heroine in this adorable
young woman. who fully meets their
most exacting expectations; but he has
also supplied them with hero in Hugh
Marvin. the intrepid captain Of a fleet
| of cot on steamers who is in every way
worthy of her.
The scene Of the narrative is laid in
| the region of the lower Mississippi river
| from Cairo to New Orleans. The great
river had been opened up to navigation
through the operations or Farragut's
| fleet; but bands of Rebels still haunted
| the swamps and bayouS along it's
| shores and small tributaries, making
| the traffic of the greedy spectators
who bought and stole cotton, and
struggled various much needed supplies
| to the people of the South. Such men
| lowered over the field of conflict like
human vultures, without compassion
or patriotism, seeking only the person.
al loo. they could snatch from amid its
| scenes of ruin and devastation.
There is whole world of dramatic
possibilities in this particular field,
with the conditions as they existed in
the closing days of the great struggle
to preserve the integrity CT the Union
and Mr.. Eggleston enjoys the distinc-
| ton Of being the first writer to exploit
| it in fiction. He has given us story
| full of movement, buoyant with life, and
strong in the stirring qualities of
warm human interest. 1t is book
| that leaves fragrant memories in the
mind, and one that will live in the
| hearts of its readers.
the Little Green Door. a novel by
| Mary f. Stone Bassett, author Of
| Louise Clark: II mo-: Cloth: PIP. 34l:
Price $3.50: Issued by Lothrop. Lee &
| Shepard Company. Boston. with i'm
print of Lothrop Publishing Company
This charming romance, the scenes OF
which are laid in the reign Of Louis
XIII, will appeal to the reader by its
| grace of diction. its purity of tone. and
| the real power displayed in the de-
velopment of the narrative. The little
| green door-which gives the title to the
bOOk-leadS into a beautiful little gar
| dcn belonging to King Louis, which,
| because Of its retired position is little
| used by him. Here is developed a
| beautiful romance between a lovely
young woman and the king whom she
| does not recognize as her sovereign.
| The development of this mutual at
| tachment and its final ending with the
| closing of convent doors upon the
| fair young heroine constitutes a story
| that t;ikes a strong hold upon the
| heart of the reader, and will linger long
| in his memory.
| Ny Little Lady-in-Waiting. by
Louise E. Catlin, author of "Marjory
and Her Neighbours" illustrated by F.
Pollak. Cloth: u mo-: Price SIPS:
Issued by Lothrop. Lee and Shepard.
Boston. with imprint of Lee and
Shepard.
| This is a story that contains all the
elements necessary to stimulate and in
| terest a child reader. 1t relates the eX-
| pcriences of little orphan girl living
in a tenement house in New York City,
who. after the death of her mother was
| given home by a kind-hearted Irish
woman who lived across the hallway.
Amid these surroundings she was dis
| covered by a wealthy young lady who
had hired a room in the neighborhood
for the purpose of instructing-with the
assistance of the old family colored
| cook-a class of girls in cooking, sew
ing and the household arts. How
Nellie Ross, for this was the little girls
name, made the most of her opportuni-
ties, ana was able by her genteei bear
ing ana her proficiency to win the favor
of a wealthy society woman, whose
husband desired just such a practical
little body as companion for his over
| INDUCED boy and girl; how by the re-
moval of her Irish friend to join her
husband in the West. Nellie was left
alone in New York, and was able to
secure this position; how she shared in