Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-04-02
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Two puliOSOpillcil, IllOTiIlIlHS HON'
els. "Calmere" and "Sturlnsee. both
published anonymously in New York by
the Macmillan Company, were written.
it is learned. by Henry Holt. head Of
the New York publishing firm of that
name. Thus disappears another liter
AIRY mystery"
What's in a name: 4 bookseller re-
Gently ordered MeSSrs. Henry Holt 4
Co. to send ''The Divine Fire" to coal
company. not to an individual but to
the company itself. Can they think it
n fuel: A German publisher asked for
it If it is n sort of criminal novel;
Editors of religious papers have asked
for it. apparently thinking i, II dcvo-
tonal work.
The events Of Mr.. Phillpott'S new
novel. "'rhe Tortrecve." take place in
I he Devollshire that he has made his
own. In its spirit the book resembles
"'rhe Secret Woman and "thildren Of
the Mist" except that as Il whole it
pOrtrayS more happiness. 1t is worthy
Of note that the vogue in this cOun-
try of this English novelist wfdcns with
each succeeding book from his pen.
1t is especially interesting to note
that the photographs in Putnam
Wcale's book. "The RcShapng of the
Far East" depicting scenes of the war
in Manchuria. were taken by Japanese
officers during the actions. and have
been supplied for this work by the Jap
aneSe government Some of them are
f, very remarkable. showing the actual
| figures of the Japanese in some Of the
desperate assaults on Port Arthur.
Princess Mary. of Burgundy. is one
of the leading characters in Charles
Majors new novel. "iolanda." and she
| takes as active IL part in its outcome
and in the fortunes of her heroine
as she did in the history of her coun-
| try. Through her descendant she has
influenced the history of Europe to
such an extent that it may be said that
had she never lived hardly II single
country of Europe would he under its
present ruler. Yet history records lit
tie concerning her beyond the statement
csty.
! Octave Thanct has Il pleasant way of
continuing her characters from one
book to another Harry Leroy. for OK
ample. the labor leader mentioned in
"The Man of the Hour" had appeared
already in The Heart of Toll Harry
LOSING. also in the popular new novel,
| had figured in both THE Heart of
Toll and "Stories of Il Western Town.
And Jabez Rivers. head of the Edge
water Steel Works." who helped ia
bust the big strike. was the hero of
that admirable short story. "'rhe Con
science of a Business Man." These old
faces lend an air of agreeable familiar
ity to the exciting pages of "rhe Man
of the Hour
The inside history of the unfortunat,
train of circumstances that resulted il
the fall of Kartoum. the death of Cor
don and the abandonment of the Sou
dan to anarchy. has not before beer
set forth with such fulness and clear
ness as it is in the fourth volume. re-
Gently issued. of Herbert Pauls Ills
tory of Modern England" The mo
tives of the different members of the
cabinet which sent out Gordon. the
latter'S change of policy after he left
England. the crOsS-curreniS of publ,
opinion in England. and the success
sion of hndranccS ANA delays that sci
at naught the best intentions. are re
counted fully 10y this Shrewd and frank
observer of the political history oI
England during the last sixty years. /
would seem impossible that the blame
for the destruction OF Hicks and hi
force and the death of the heroic Cor
don can ever hc more definitely fixed
4 Genuine Test.