The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-29
NEW BOOK NEWS
CONDUCTED BY MARTHA YOUNG

Dandeiion Cottage In this story Tor girls Carroll Watson Rankin illus trates. but does not intrude tine merit of self-reiiance,
 Four young girls are given the use Of tunnble-down cottage, which they promptly put into shape and in which they cozily keep house all summer.
 Their joys and griefs and the. de- tails of their playing at housekeep- ing are told In a simple, readable way, and very life-like manner.
 All children have a fancy for home of their very, very own.
 Most of us make it in some corner of an old garden down South. Ones. remember, back in the good days of sld was in and around crepe-myrtle -ree. We even went so far as to have grave yard of our own under the arbor-vitae tree near by. We buried dead birds and dead downy chickens in 1t, and how we enjoyed the funerals.
 But these four girls: Bettie. Jean. Martory and Mabel had a real deserted cottage of their own.
 It lay just conveniently tucked in between their four homes.
 They had real rent to pay for it. And how to pay rent for deserted cot tages all little girls will turn these pages eagerly to know.
 They had a real landlord of whom they easily made a friend.
 They had a real ledger. a beautiful young lady who actually paid rent which these four financiers put into the bank
 That money brought income, of which the little capitalists remarked uuestionly: Interest? Interest on our money. We have studied about it at school. but we never saw any before"
 How the little householders fell into the hands of a stern young landlords agent who dispossessed them. How they sent telegram that brought the Iandlord-and that incidentally cost him lot of money is all amusingly told.
 Of how dandeiion-paper came al- most by magic to cover the walls, of the four surprises left by the dear lodger. all will be read with deep in- terest by happy little girls.
 The whole intent of the bright book begins soon to gather about the plan and preparation for a dinner party.
 Such plans.
 Such preparations.
 Such success.
 And who were the two guests?
 And how did the dinner party of four sweet girls bring about al recon ctliation of the long and sadly es- tranged brother and sister,
 And how were the unhappy middle aged people made thereby happy for the rest of their Iives7
 It is all in the book for little girls 10 read for themselves.
 very book for coming summer so- cieties. a very blossomy hook.
 book all bright little girls will like.
 The Hearts Quest.-Barton Grey Is the pen-name of George Herbert Sass of Charleston. S. c. His poems, ''The Parting of the Ways" Joan Mellish," "compensation.s and others. are fa- miliar to thousands. particularly Throughout the South.
 As worthy of note are his "E&pec- tans Expectavf'. and "Elusion."
 Delightful is ''The Last Rendezvous" with its touch of the all-fittinE quali- ty of mans love-
 That dream romance that each life holds is daintily depicted in "A Face" There is; face T remember
 Clear through the shadow of years; | can see 1t tonight so plainly.
 Except now and then for tears. face you would not have fancied. It would have meant nothing to you But to me it has just been the one
 thing
 To dream of my whole life through. There never was aught between us,
 She never looked into my heart: Friend unto friend spoke greeting,
 Friend as from friend did part. The summers have flushed and faded
 So often since last we met; am sure she does not remember
 l know I cannot forget. s- For the face is here in my dreaming.
 It dwells with me everywhere The clear brown eyes shine on me.
 Waves the dusky hair The face of men and women met with every day Pass and vanish, but this face
 Never can fade away. Whether in life's hard journey
 Those eyes have lost their light. whether the mouths pure sweetness
 queries with pain tonight. ! know not, burning only r It changes not for me That face my heart keeps safely
 And my eyes no more may see"
 Very tender and beautiful are tba