The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1906-05-01
The NEW PUBLICATIONS
SOME OF THE LATEST BOOKS
OF THE SEASON.

w. Hopkins--"The Stigma" by Emily
SeIkirk--FOrthcOming Books---NIaga-
zines.
Unquestionably a story of rare merit,
which captures the readers inter-
est at the start and holds it to the end
is the new American romance THE
Mayor of Warwick" by Herbert w.
Hopkins of Grace church, New York,
published by Houghton, Miffiin & Co.,
Boston. 1t is an up-to-date story, adj
mirably told. Seldom, if ever, has a
genuine love story so strongly and eff
fectively portrayed the various types of
American citizenship and fitted them
into their various inches with such
nicely of appreciation as does '"The
Mayor of Warwick
The scene is not far from New York
in small city of much wealth and
large inheritance Of aristocratic feeling,
although now a center Of manufacture
as well as of culture.
The heroine, Felicity Wycliffe. an
aristocrat by temperament and educa-
ton and a socialist by impulse and love
for the experimental, is the center of
various conflicting Elements. and re
mains somewhat of an enigma until the
end.
There is an accurate description of
an exciting municipal election; the life
at d, small church college is drawn with
strength and full appreciation; and the
mysterious threads Of the love story
give rise to some very dramatic situa-
lions. A live interest and excitement
holds the readers attention until the
last page. S1,50.
"The Stigma" by Emily Selkirk,
published by Herbert B. Turner & Co.,
Boston, is a race problem story full of
dramatic situations with love story
interviewer of much interest. The her.
oine is a school teacher, as is also the
hero. The latter becomes also political
candidate. The contest is wildly de-
scribed. 1t is warm and bitter one,
the school teacher being republican.
and race prejudices figuring strongly.
The most exciting situation. perhaps, is
the political debate between the rival
candidates. While the course Of true
love does not run smooth there is moth
ing tragic in the final result $3.50.
Besides bringing out Herbert w. Hop
kins' 1.-THE Mayor Warwick Houghton,
Miffinn & Co. win produce George W.
Ayers Moral Overstrain." William B.
Weeden's War Government Federal
and State" and James M. Hoppin's
THE Reading of Shakespeare" Among
new editions in preparation is the
twelfth Of John Muir's Our National
PARKS" the seventeenth of Miss Eu
genia Brooks rockingham 1.-THE Turn
of the Road" the fourth of Mrs. Mary
Austin's 1.-THE Land of Little Rain,
and the second of Charles +. Holders
THE Log of Sea Angler" Of 1.-THE
Clammer," and of Prof w. j. Rolfe's
"Satchel Guide to Europe" Miss Froth-
ingham's second novel, THE Evasion"
is not only selling well in the shops,
but is the object of steady pursuit at
all the leading libraries
Karl Edwin Hartman, editor of The
Pilgrim, has been appointed editor of
The Red Book, published in Chicago, to
succeed Trumbull White, who goes to
New York to edit Appletons Magazine.
The Red Book Is perhaps the most
successful and best known magazine in
America devoted to the publication of
short fiction Mr.. Hartman has been
In the past an occasional contributor to-
the magazine as well as to other prom
inent publications. In addition he is
the author of THE Girl and the DEAL
Ann Arbor Tales" and 1.-THE Home
builders" all published by George w. |
Jacobs & Co., Philadelphia The same
publishers will bring out his latest
story, 1.-THE Girl Out There" this
spring.
Everybody's Magazine makes lead
ing feature of Lindsay Denison's MAX |
ing Good at Panama" A letter from
President Roosevelt instructing all gov
eminent officers to tell Mr.. Denison the |
whole truth, whether 1t hurts or not"
is reproduced in facsimile on the cover. |
Upton Sinclair under the title THE
Condemned Meat Industry" continues
his attack on the beef trust The coal |
trust is again assailed by Hartley Da-
Wis. Thomas w. Lawson declines to |
give his promised Remedy" this
month, because he says the people are
not ready for it. He calls his article
Fools and Their Money" Fiction in
cludes the final instalment Of Rex
Beach's novel, "The Spotless," and sto
ries by James Hopper, IONA, Hale, Jo-
seph c. Lincoln and Anne Story Allen. |
The May Outing contains the opening |
chapter of white Fang" a character
istic story of 1.-The wild" by Jack Lon |
don. In THE Builders" series Ralph D. |
Paine writes of Steam and Sail in the |
Pacific" Lynn I. sprague contributes
q sketch of General Daniel Morgan, |
1.-THE Hero of Cowpens," The outdoor !
papers are numerous and well illustra-
ted, and there is plenty of readable fie- |
ton, including stories by Lawrence |
Mott, Clarence e. Milford, James H. |
Tuckerman and others.
McClures begins new volume with |
Nav and in the same number open |
two important and interesting series: |
Rudyard Kiplings robin Goodfellow-
His Friends" and the life insurance ar
ticles by Burton ]. Hendrick. In 1.-THE |