Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-05-17
REVIEWS OF NEW BOOKS.

CHE LUCKY PIECE" A Story of the
North Woods BY Albert Bigelow
Paine. Frontispiece in colors. New
York City: The Outing Publishing
Co Price S1.5O.
A very pretty love story is this, open
ing in New York City and developing
and eliminating in the Adirondacks. 1t
is not at all out of the usual lines, but in
cludes the ordinary elements of romance.
There are the young man and the young
woman who love each other but DO not
entirely understand each other until the
incidents that occur reveal their inner
consciousness and all ends well. There
are another young man and young
woman, with the lines of the two couples
crossing each other, and the consequent
touches Of jealousy and misunderstand-
ing There is an old hermit on the
mountain side, whose story is pathetic,
and who has his place in the romance.
There is a revelation, which removes all
cause of jealousy on the part of one OF
the young men and one OF the young
women, showing how the other young
man and the other young woman really
were brother and sister, separated from
childhood And there is the lucky
piece an old coin which the young
man from the city had given to the girl
of his heart when she was a wee thing,
the sister Of the other young man, before
the days when she had been adopted and
taken away by the rich parents whose
hearts were sore over the loss OF their
own loved child And the restoration
Of "The Lucky Piece to the giver is the
fitting finale of the romance.
All this is very prettily told, and, IN
addition there are pictures of the glones
of the Adirondacks-of Algonquin, OF
Tahawus, of Whiteface-whose lofty
heights throw soft shadows over the
romance. There are climbs up the steep
trails; the pursuit of lusty trout in the
cool streams and shaded pools; an adj
venture that leads to pleasing results in
the mist clouds that at times hide the
mountain tops from view; and COM
munion with pleasant people who spend
the summer at their lodge and camp
And, to conclude, there is a mystery
which is not unfolded until the end. AL
together, a story that will hold attention
| throughout.
Received of the publishers.
"THE GIRL WITH THE BLUE SAILOR. "
BY Burton E. Stevenson. Illustrated.
New York City; Dodd Meade 4 Co.,
372 Fifth avenue Price, Sl5O.
After the first page of "The Girl With
the Blue Sailor" you feel sure there is to
be q very pretty romance, and that she is
to be one of the chief parties to it. For
when young man becomes fired at sight
with an iniatuation for a young and
attractive woman wearing a blue
sailor hat, and they come together as
fellow travellers Just for an instant, but
long enough to be mistaken for an escap-
ing welded couple and shoWered with
rice, the very wisest and most successful
students OF the devious ways of romance
will at once complacently smile and say:
"Well, they'll be married in the end
sure
But not so. "The Girl With the Blue
Sailor" figures oonspicuously, but she
does not get married at all. The young
man does, but not to the "blue sailor
girl. However, as he gets the woman
he really wants, whom he really loves,
and who loves him, what's the odds,
even if it did take awhile for both to find
it out? "All's well that ends well.
Despite its erratic departure from the
Course of true love" as laid down by
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story is a very pleasing one. 1t deals
most deliciously with the real philosophy
of love, which is that it win have its
own way, despite the efforts OF human
minds 10 direct it into certain defined
channels. Dan Cupid generally does
what he sets out 10 do, though his course
may be very roundabout one occa-
sionally.
Given a story of this kind, located in a
summer village of the beautiful Kats-
kills, with a bunch of charming people
constantly TO the fore, abounding in
bright conversation and sociable hap
penings, and the reader is certain to have
the delightful hour" in its perusal, even
il the ending does prove so diametrically
different from the invariable presump-
tion. 1t is worth something to be
fooled as this book fools you, particu-
larly as you do not realize it until the
very last chapter is reached
Received of the publishers, through
Z. S. r. Butler & Son.
"BY Lows SWEET RULE" BY Gabrielle
Emile jackson, author Of "Denife and
Toodles," big Jack, Ted and His
Sergeant" Caps and Capers" &c.
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