Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-13
BOOK NOTES


In that absorbing romance "At the
lCourt of the Maharajah," the under,
the seamy side of India is revealed. |
Louis Tracy has not scrupled to paint
the thing as he sees It, and his picture.
while fascinating, is at the same time
thought compelling. 1t is the old plot
oe the unequal mating of man and a
woman, only in this instance the woman
| Is a pure minded English girl, the man
a dark skinned, debased and naturally
| cruel son of India. That he is a ma
| harajah makes little difference, for al
| though well educated he cannot outlive
| the hereditary taints, and when he Isl
on his native soil there is a real rever
sion to type, and the savagery of his
forefathers displays itself in this cul
| tivated brute who by his magnetic
power has won an English wife. There
is plenty of action in it, of the most
strenuous kind, and it deals in an at
| tractive way with theme that has
been little exploited.
| At the Court of the Maharajah. BY
Louis Tracy. New York: The Ameri
can News company.
Hello BilT' is a book of toasts, up
| to date and suitable for almost any
social occasion, compiled by Victor
Wyatt Williams. 1t contains most of
the toasts one already knows and many
new ones, including college club and
fraternal greetings-in fact, 1t takes
it's name from the salutation of the
Elks, is dedicated to them, and bears
| their emlemb. For convivial spirits
who ever seek new word to speak over
the wine it will prove valuable.
Hello Bill-Toasts. BY. Victor Wyatt
Williams. New York; Published by
the author.
1.-THE Story of Teddy" by Helen
Van-Anderson, is a charming children's
story, full of bright child life and con-
veying through its pages the ideals of
truth according to the New Thought
teachings. AS 'The Story of Teddy" is
the only children's book along these
lines, 1t is sure to be popular with fol-
lowers of this cult but the book has
merits of it's own which will insure it
other readers.
The Story of Teddy BY Helen Van
Anderson. New York: The C. E. Ellis
company.
1.-THE Imp's Calendar" is fair match
in get up, cynicisn, cleverness and gem
eral appearance of the "Cynic's Calen-
dar." 1t is by ". Wyatt Williams, and
one will find difficulty in choosing be-
tween them, so one may as well take
both at par and rejoice in their sar-
castle cleverness. Each week has pagel
adorned with an imp and a proverb,
often sadly twisted, and there are some
good page illustrations.
The Imp's Calendar. BY Victor Wyatt
Williams. New York; Published by
the author.
''The Nature Lovers Treasury" COM
piled by Carrie Thompson Lowell is an
anthology of prose and poetical writ
ings on nature subjects handsomely IL
lustrated. The selections are made, not
by a naturalist, a poet or e metaphy
sicist, but by mere nature lover, and
hence are catholic to a marked degree.
embracing both living writers and
those who have passed "to nature s
God" 1t is a beautiful Look, especially
for Christmas uses.
The Nature Lovers Treasury. Edited
by Carrie Thompson Lowell. Boston:
Dana Estes & Co.
"Col Crockett's Cooperative Christ
mas" by Rupert Hughei, tells in the
fern of letters the story of the rather
eccentric coloneps hiring of Madison
Square garden, New York city, onl
Christmas, throwing 1t open to the pub
lie, providing pleasure for young and
old, and what happened. 1t is a lively
and interesting, though fantastic, tale
for the holiday season. 1t comes beau
tifully done up in green, decked with
holly, in a box similarly treated-very
attractive for gift uses.
Col Crockett's Cooperative Christ
mas BY Rupert Hughes. Philadel-
phia: George w. Jacobs company.
A bood that swill interest all old
Californians, as well as many of the
younger generation, is THE Diary of a
Forty-Niner," edited by Chauncey l..
Garfield. The book purports to. be a
faithful transcript of the diary of
Alfred T. Jackson, a young farmer of
Norfolk, Conn, who came to California
in 1S49 and who began this diary on
May is. 1850, while he was placer min
ing at Selby Flat, near the present site
of Nevada City The diary ends on
June 12 1852, when the writer leaves
Nevada county for San Francisco with
comfortable fortune, which he dug
out of the earth in these two years.
The diary Is one of the best records
of pioneer mining, because the diarist
goes into detail giving not only the
record of what he made every week.
but II chronicles his life with his part
ner, the gradual loosening OF the hold
of the east on his affections and the
broadening OF his mind AM his judg-
ment.
The Diary Of a Forty-Niner. BY
Chauncey l.. Canheld. San Francisco:
Morgan Shepard company
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