Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-27


which his illustrators injected into
their work, and one believes that there
are hundreds and thousands Of Dickens
readers who agree with him. BE that
as It may, this splendid volume will
find a welcome with every lover Of
the most human man who ever wrote
English tales.
Mr.. Pickwicks Christmas BY Charles
| Dickens. illustrated by George Alfred
Williams. New York: The Baker &
Taylor Co. $2
Roy Rolfe Gilson's new book, "Ka-
trina" will serve to fix him more
| firmly i'm the niche which he occupies
| i'm American letters. Probably no
| young writer Of the day has a more
secure grip on his public or works
more conscientiously to maintain not
only the STANDARD OF his earlier work,
but the grasp upon this public, than
! Mr.. ellison. Katrina June at the be-
| ginning of the story is bit of a school
miss. She, her father, her mother,
who though dead yet speaketh, and
| Larry McRae, a newspaper writer old
enough to have been lover of Ka-
| trina's mother, are all the chara cters
worth mentioning, for the book is, in
brief, the story of the friendship OF
Katrina and Larry. But If the story
| lacks pageant of characters 1t does
not lack In strength of grip upon the
| sympathies of the reader 1t is full
| of the whimsies and fancies for which
the author deserves to be, and doubt
| less some day will be, famous In his
own way Mr. ellison is almost as in
teresting an interpreter of child life
| as Mr.. Barrie, a d in the book in
| hand he does some of his best work
| or play, for one Is prone to call 1t that
| 1t seems so natural to the writer. In
| Katrina he has drawn a charming lit
tie girl, who appears on the wrapper
and I'm several beautiful Illustrations
in color by Mrs. Alice Barber Stephens
Larry McRae, a kindly, homely, bach
elor newspaper man, meets Katrina by
accident one rainy April day, only to
find that she Is the little daughter of
the woman whom he had wooed and
lost years before. Katrina does not
know him. But in her serious-minded
effort to reform "Mr. Larry" from the
wicked ways of newspaper mentor
Katrina has a great horror of this
awful professionalism lives meet.
Katrina. BY Roy Rolfe ellison. New
York: The Baker G. Taylor Co. $1.5O.
"The President of Quex" Is the first
novel to deal with women's clubs from
the inside, and Miss Helen M. Win
slow was chosen .by those who encour-
aC'd this work as the best equipped
of all the women writers, both in ex-
perience and in force and charm Of
style, to be the champion of women's
organizations and show the spirit Of
earnestness and worthy endeavor
which characterizeS the modern club
movement.
"Quex" is the fictitious name of a
thoroughly up-to-date club, and the
story is of young and beautiful
woman suddenly bereaved of all she
loves in life, and changed to a recluse
IL, hAr, tt,A 70 1ty1n h
idency of Quex comes as revelation
and brings a new and larger life. The
development of her character from
loneliness and weakness to joyous ac-
tivity and strength is study to be
followed with profit. But far from
being a didactic treatise on industrial
OF other social conditions, or a mere
recital of club affairs, it has charm
ing romantic interest, with two love
stories involving prominent characters
and a presentation of modern bache-
lor maid and bachelor man.
The President of Quex By Helen M
Winslow. Boston: Lothrop, Lee &
Shepard company.
Bob Hampton of Placer" is a stir
ring story of the west, in Randal
Parrish's best vein. 1t thrills with
the adventures of cattlemen, soldiers,
girls and Indian warfare; its descrip-
west, and it's love story Is strong and
fascinating 1t will be read with
much interest.
Bob Hampton of Placer. BY Ran
dali ~arrish. Chicago: A. G. Nc
Clurg & Co.
Outlines of Ancient History" by
Prof. William c.. Morey, is written in
the clearest and simplest manner, yet
it develops in the pupils mind a scien-
tiic spirit indicating the relation of
srecial facts to general movements,
and of these latter to the growth Of
national character and institutions.
The topical method of treatment is |
followed throughout. Irrelevant mat
ter has been excluded and the
facts selected carefully arranged. The
illustrations are numerous and of a
high order of merit. The helps to
pupils include synopsis for review
and a list Of references for reading
at the end of each chapter, and a
series of twenty-one progressive |
Maps" which indicate important geo
graphical changes.
Outlines of Ancient History. BY
Prof William c.. Morey New York
American Book company.
There is an element of novelty, often
amounting to surprise, in the contents
of the October Century The article on
haps. of most general interest. This is
personal narrative by Mrs. Amalia
Kussner Coudert of her experiences in
the palace while painting the portrait
of the Russian emperor-the political
character of the world now most in the !
public eye. Reproductions of her minia- |
lures of the imperial family add to the
attra activeness of the sketch. In the
light of the growing interest in Ameri- |
can art, Annie Nathan Meyers record
of "What American Museums Are Do
ing for Native Art" makes wide appeal. |
DR.. Robert Bennett Bean supplements
his paper in the September Century on
"The Birth of the Negro" by another on
"The Training of the Negro" which is
nkely to attract attention north and
south. "The Dog Police of European
Cities is full of information and fresh |
interest and there is the first account
of 1.-The japanese Pilgrimage to the
Buddhist Holy Land" the writer,
Count Otani. being the chief of the
Buddhist cult in Japan. Langdon War J
ner's personal narrative of "Khiva
from the Insde,' a vivid description of
strange adventure, is illustrated from
photographs made by Mr.. Warner. |
probably the first ever secured in that
attf Of ba xTaN