The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-09

way theatre by MISS barrymore l ne H. lustrations consist of full page pictures from the plays and actors and actresses who took the leading parts.
 Lost in the Forbidden Land" by Ed
 ward S. Ellis Published by The John
 c. Winston Co.,
 Lost in the Forbidden Land'' is the first of three volumes in the Foreign Adventure Series" by Edward s. Ellis the well known and favorite author. It is based on the attempt of two Ameri- cans to trace the Pilco-Mayo river in South America from it's source to where 1t joins the Paraguay, feat which had never yet been accomplished. It Is rip roaring story, and no boy will lay it aside until completed.
 "Why They Married,- by James Mont
 gomery Flagg. Life Publishing Co.
 The text and also the illustrations of this little volume are by MT. F1agg and 1t is well for one so completely compli- ments the other, and he displays the ex- traordinary gift of being able to combine fun in drawing with fun in text. Laugh and Live Long, is the motto appended to this new collection of humorous verse; and as some one has facetiously re- marked, MT. Flagg delivers his medicine along with his prescription"
 The little book consists of drawings, very funny in themselves, each repre- senting a married couple of different type and below each drawing is a qua train explaining why that particular couple entered the bonds of holy matr- mony
 ''The Christy Book for 1906: The Ameri-
 can Girl'' by Howard Chandler Chris
 ty. Moffat Yard & Go.
 In the foreword or greeting Mir. Christy offers a few graceful lines, con cluding in this way: ''Wherefore is this page devoted to that ncomparable she, the American girl-borne comrade, true friend and lady born and bred, the best of daughters, sisters, lovers and wives. In her praise and for her delight this book is made. May 1t win her favor. and add it's mite to her renown.' The ini- tial full page color drawing is entitled "A Veritable Queen" and is one of the finest and most characteristic in the book. In the "Foreword' are three drawings showing the first sketch of a Christy girl, the next the half-f1nished sketch and the third the completed pie ture. These are of real interest to the art lover. The story proper begins with "The Sweet Girl Graduate" and follows her just when all her beauties, her pow
  their early maturity The entire volume is dainty and exquisite and forms one of the most acceptable gift-books imagina- ble.
 "The Golden Goblin" told in prose and
 verse by Curtis Durham. The Bobbs-
 Merrill company.
 ''The Golden Goblin or the Flying Dutchman, Junior a pleasant fantasy for children based on the most fascinat- scented in the very choicest specimen of the binders art embellished with illus trations of resplendent color and fanciful delight the tiny reader It is tenderly dedicated "To all manly little boys who are gentle and protecting in their atti- tude toward little girls; to all womanly little girls who encourage such little boys with their trustful friendship and sym pathy."
 Representative Southern Poets. by
 Charles w Hubner. The Neale Publish
 ing Go.
 Representative Southern Poets' Is a sympathetic though critical study of the leading poets of the south, by Mir. Charles w Hubner, who is himself a southern poet of some distinction.
 Sidney Lanier heads the list in this re- view and of him the author writes: "Sidney Lanier was the Charalier Bayard of American literary men. A purer, gen. tier. nobler spirit never existed on earth. and this spirit he wrote into his poetry" Then follows Paul Hamilton Hayne,"