Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-22
Among the
New Books

W " place IN American literature
new and very human humor-
ist burst upon the eager view of
hungry public, and great things were
predicted of him. Then he fell into the
publishers, was put into pot boiling,
ordered to "one per day." whether he
felt like it Or not-and the o. Henry
hack of the hacks. But, fortunately,
ere this happened o. Henry had done
some few genuinely good yarns. These
have been rescued from the muck and
mire and put into book form-for which
many thanks-under the title THE
Four Millon"-in contra distinction to
the 400" doubtless. They make a
volume none too large, but mighty
human and full of brightness and wit,
with a deeper view of sentiment. Pity
it's that in the mill of the yellows we
have lost a real writer.
The Four Million. BY O. Young. New
York: Mcclure, Phillips & Co.
Erwin Wardman, from whose pen
comes 1.-THE Princess Olga" seemingly
has drunk deep from the same Pierian
spring where Anthony Hope and
Richard Harding Davis have Stacked
credit; the world needs romance, and
gets too little of it, hence a new ro-
mancer, even though bit conventional,
should be welcome. The Wardman
story deals with one Harding, young
American engineer who is sent to Gre
vonia, little, Independent kingdom in
the heart of Europe, to reorganize cer-
tain mining interests held by American
financiers. Crevonia proves to be a
very nest of plots and intrigues, the
succession to the throne being claimed
by four heirs. Harding becomes in
volved in exciting and dangerous adj
ventures, falling in love with the most
beautiful of the eonspirators, the
Princess Olga. who is matched against
him in the struggle. An absorbing
romance. told with vivacity and vigor
results.
The Phrcess Olga. BY Erwin ward
man. New York: Harper & Bro.
Charles Wagners 1.-THE Simple Life"
at once gave him place and standing
in American literature. and ever since
the furore caused by it's publication and
general reading, other books from his
pen have found ready acceptance.
"Wayside Tales" the newest, is a col
lection of fragments, mostly bits of per-
sonal observation, made by the good
pastor in his meanderings-seem
culled from his journal. They have no
bearing one on the other each is suf-
ficient unto itself each carries its own
note of uplift and it's grain of hope and
comfort. The book is one to be picked
up in any odd moment when one wants
to get better or brighter glimpse at
life than his present mood may permit.
Wayside Tales. BY Charles Wag-
ner. Translated by Gertrude Hall.
New York Mcclure Phillips & Co.
AS II sort of companion to the volume
/ on Science and a Future Life" Prof.
j. Fl. Hyslop gives us now his "Enig-
mas of Psychical Research He dis
cusses in the present volume that phase
of psychical research classified as SUI
pernormal. Chapters are devoted to the
history of psychical phenomena, tc
crystal gazing. telepathy, dreams, APP
partitions, premonitions, clairvoyance
knediumistic phenomena, etc. Each
| subject is illustrated by many examples
taken from cases carefully investigated
by that eminent group of scientific mer
TconposiEg the council of the Society
for Physical Research. The book vii
lbe of great interest to those who wisf
| to keep themselves we'll informed abou
one of the foremost movements OF
today,
- EnigmdS OF PSycnlcdl ReSearcn. bS
IJames H. Hyslop, Phi. D.; LID. Bos
lton: Herbert b. Turner & Co. .
That very adventurous parsonage
"The Motor Pirate" is with us again
1t was to be expected that motor. cars
\ and motor boats would dominate ou
A fiction as they have our lives, anC
the books based on the petrol propello
have now arrived in large libraries
"The Motor Pirates further adven
lures are entitled THE Cruise of tn
iConqueror, and the expert hand of G
/ sydney Paternoster is on the helm o
\ the motor launch in which he pirates
AS may be guessed. we have. in the nev
book a stirring tale, fit companion TO
its predecessor, which it were sil
even to outline in anticipation of its full
reading by everyone.
"The Cruise of the Conqueror." b.
G. Sidney Paternoster Boston: L. c
Page & Co.
That prose classic of the railroads
pigs Is Pigs''-to prose what "Of
Iagin, on agin' is to verse-which El
lis Parker Butler wrote and the Amer
lican Magazine gave to the world t
laugh It, has been further preserved I
lus in book form, and now comes fort
to renew acquaintance with u hos
who remember, and to make neN
friends of every reader. No funnie