Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-24

heroine Of II. and IL seems a shame SO
TO dignity her There Is a sweetness
and freshness about the tale that is
charming and the way in which 1t is
told is fascinating. The book itself is
most artisticalIy brought out.
The Girl With the Blue Sailor. By
Burton E. Stevenson. New York /:
Dodd Mead & Co.
"No. 1O1" is the odd title that WV
mond Carey gives to his exciting story
of Louis Of France. la Pompadour, the
lntrigues OF that remarkable court and
the amours of its ha btues There was
q real "10t" It seems-a SPY so clever
and adrot that the secrets of France
were better known in London than they
were in Paris but the identity of this
person-the sex, even-was never dis
covered. This tale is based on the work
of this individual; i'm with It one gets
a fair picture of the licentious court.
the intrigues of the times and the way
the game was played. For a story OF
so fetid place the book is quite clean
er than one would expect.
No. 101. BY Wymond Carey. New
York: G. p Putnam's Sons.
Richard Barry's novel, SANDY of the
Sierras," Is Of more than ordinary in
terest in Los Angeles, not only because
the locale of 1t is the San Francisco
tAehI SO uidlly hlltW-IHe san Francisco
before the earthquake and fire had
nearly obliterated it-but because Mr..
Barry himself is well known in this
City, where he has many friends. These
friends have long been proud of him
and of his work, especially of his abfli-
ties as demonstrated in his correspon-
dence from the Japanese war.
His accounts of the work of the army
in the field were so greatly in demand
that wonders that 10 hol -
devote to work of fiction. SANDY"
is the tale of mountain boy who seeks
success and fame in San Francisco and
finds them. It depicts his rise in a
newspaper office from copy boy on lp
to star reporter, and considera BILE
newspaper atmosphere is well depicted.
Ihe tale of his landing a great story
and thus reaching notice in a single
bound may be somewhat theatrical, but
such things have happened, and thus
reality is lent to the episode From
this humble beginning Sandy who falls
in with a shrewd saloon keeper and
ward politician, himself gets into poll
tics, and wins again by nominating the
father of wealthy girl, whom he loves
Tor senator. This girl he has met in his
carrier days, and her regard he has
won, only to risk while acting as a
of gang of burglars in order
to get their A'story." The book CON
tains many bits which will recall dear
memories to all who loved the old San
Francisco, and as a story is bright. in
teresting, well told and holding to the
end.
Sandy of the Sierras. By Richard
Barry New York: Moffatt, Yard &
Co.
Persons who have attempted to follow
the tremendous questions involved in
I q CT cTT
recall the series of articles which an
peared In Scribner's Magazine during
and Immediately after the Russo
) japanese war, written by Thomas F..
M1llard, the special correspondent of
that publication on the scene. At the
time they appeared, some of Mr.. Mil
lards araicles were almost sensational.
so widely did they oppose views then
held regarding events and
policies. However, even the compara-
lively short time that has elapsed since
the termination of that great conflict
MS already supported Mr. Millard's
views and predictions, and shows that
IN regard to many very important mat
ters he saw clearly and with unusual
accuracy. Since then the articles have
peen collected into book called 1.-The
NeW Far East 1t is the first book
dealing with the far eastern situation
written by an American with the spe-
clal intent to ascertain how American
interests are apt to be affected bv the |
course of events in that part of the |
world and no student of this great
question should fail to read it. AS an |
antidote to the tide of sentimental svm-
paIhy Tor Japan it has a distinct value. |
The New Far East, by Thomas r
Mlllard New York: Charles Scribner's
Sons.
Beatrice Harraden did one story that
set the book world to talking-"Shins
That Pass in the Night" But before
and since then her pen has brought
Iorlh lh others, and while none has won
the notoriety that has attached to the
one named, her powers have been as
great IN the others, if not more so. One
suffers sometimes when one does an I'M
usual thing, and even more meritorious
ellorts may go unappreciated because
OF the glamour hedging about the snec-
tacular Miss Harraden's new volume.
Inc scholars Daughter" is in every
way-except the unusual-more artistic
and finished than was the "Ships " Put
IL possesses no Disagreeable Man. II
IS a complicated tale of social ameni-
ties, relations and Acts-a father hat
ing women and bringing up his daughse
ter IN ignorance of his unfaithflII wife
and mother, her marriage and quick di-
Norce ana the resultant eViIS-not
pleasant but strong
The Scholars Daughter. BY Beatrice
Harraden. New York: Dodd, Mead &
Co. ~
IN these days of problem PLAYS and
erotic novels it is refreshing to come
upon book, like "Restdale." by lula
Eliza Shetland, a forcibly told story of
young American girl and her foreign
artist lover. AS ever the course of trne
ioVe does not run smoothly, although
II ends as one would wish who has
learned to love the gentle heronie. The
scenes are laid about an old and we'll
Kept farm in thrifty New England. and
ihe simple life led by the chara cters in
the book is not only pleasing but con-
Vincing. One feels that he has gath
ered the wild flowers, brushed through
the high ferns, circled the lake. lived
In the old homestead and wandered
about the picturesque country. One
even knows the well kept cattle. the
dog, and the two horses, Billy and
Clptall. The orchard trees bud
bloom and bear fruit before ones ewes
Restdale. by Julia Eliza Shetland
New York: Burre Publishing company.