The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-04-01

that one forgets entirely the real Identity
ef the hero.
There have recently been quite num-
Der of romances written in which Lord
Byron is portrayed as the central figure,
but Miss McLaws' story is distinct and
individual and quite apart from the usual
works of this kind on account of the
uniquet setting of her story and the ro-
mantle charm and oriental atmosphere
with which she has so wildly imbued
her work.
IF Youth But Knew is the title chosen
by Mr.. Egerton Castle for his forthcom-
ing novel, which the Macmillan company
will issue April ,. Its scene is laid among
the Turingian mountains. in that PATCH
work kingdom which Napoleon in the
heyday of his power. carved out of old
German soil, and gave, under the name
of Royaume de Westphalle, to his inept
brother, Jerome.
The advance sale of Mr.. Owen Wis
ter's. new novel, Lady Baltimore" are
so large that the Macmillan company
has put the book to press for a first edi-
ton of a hundred thousand copies.
THE Opal Sea-" by John C. Van Dyke.
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons.
1906.
Professor John C. Van Dyke, the author
of that most remarkable book, The Opal
Sea-" recently published, is no relation
to DR.. Henry Van Dyke of Princeton.
Professor Van Dyke is at present pro-
fessor of the History of Art at Rutgers
college and has lectured on art at Co
lumbia, Harvard and Princeton He be-
gan his career as lawyer, studying at
Columbia. and was admitted to the bar in
New York, but soon turned his attention
TO. literature. THE Opal Sea- Is written
on the same lines as his THE Desert"
published over three years ago, and is
most unusual combination of scientific
knowledge and poetic feeling and express
sion. 1t takes up every phase of the sea
and the life within 1t and upon its bord-
ers, illuminating 1t all with the sense OF
Its beauty and picturesqueness described
in way well worthy of so great and
wonderful a theme
Long before the publication of Frances
Hodgson Burnett's great story, The
Dawn of Tomorrow" in book form. it
is said, the publishers received letters
from all parts of the country asking
when the story was to be published as
book. Isn't 1t one of the occasional
CLEANS of great genius that flash out in
the world-that story? 1t would make
beautiful Christmas book" wrote one
among the many enthusiastic correspon-
has appeared since Dickens
THE Edge of Hazard' by George Hor-
ton. Published by The Bobbs- Merrill
company.
George Horton will be pleasantly re-
membered as the author of several re-
cent successful stories, most notable
among them being Like Another
Helen" The new story takes its title
from concluding line In a couplet from
Shakespeare
III strive to hear 1t for her, worthy sake
TO the extreme edge of hazard"
One becomes deeply interested in Fred
Hardy. the lovahle hero, on the very
first page and thereaftersis a willing cap
tive, following him over seas and across.
cherry blossomed Japan deep into the in
trlgues and dangers of Russia The race
set by the young author Is lively one
but wfthal a merry one; the strenuous
ness of the events is pleasantly relieved
py the humor of the author, and alto
gether THE Edge of Hazard will be
sure to please the reading public.
1t Is said that. the new story, Lady
Betty Across the Water" by C. N and
A. NJ. Williamson, authors of THE Light
ening Conductor" Is making many
friends Tor itself during Its serial pub
lcation A citizen of Jacksonville Fla,
likes 1t SO much that he has named his
new houseboat, the latest addition to the
fleet in southern waters, after the he
roine. Lady Betty The boat does not
suggest the petite beauty and sprightly
vivacity of her namesake, for she Is quite
a huge affair, So feet inches over all Is
feet inches beam, in fact, among the
largest as well as the most complete of
her kind.
The Putnams will publish shortly In
the Shadow of the Alamo" and other
Texas tales by Miss Clara Driscoll the
author of THE Girl of La Glcria." which
the same publishers brough9 out a few
months since, Miss Driscollf it need hard
ly be said, is the lady who wrote the
book of the comic opera Mexicana. The
tales in the present volume present as
poets of Texan life and history from the
early days of the Spanish conquest down
TO our own time. Into them are woven
legends and traditions which. by their
depth of human sentiment and passion.
have lived for hundreds of years in the
memory of the people. The book is ex-
quisitely printed; and marginal illustra-
tons scattered through 1t represent old
Texas scenes.
THE Quickening." by Frances Lynde.
Published by The Bobbs-Merrfu com
pany.
THE Quickening." Francis Lynde.s
new novel, is so close and Intimate n
revelation of a mans life that some have
suspected 1t to be photographed. The