The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1906-05-26
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SOME OF THE LATEST BOOKS
OF THE SEASON
'"The Voyage of the Arrow" by i. Jen-
kins Hains-"stand Pat" by David
A. Curtis-"NIiss New York." by Ed
mund Blair Pancake-Other Notes.
All who relish a vividly told tale Of
the sea, full of sensational adventures,
should not overlook L. Jenkins Hams
1.-THE Voyage of the Arrow" puolshed
by L. c. Page and Company, Boston.
IT is of the class of literature which
has made Clark Russell's works so
popular, and Mr.. Hams knows ships
and sailors and the sea in all It's varl-
Gus moods, and knows how to write
about them entertainingly. In this
volume the scene is laid in the China
seas, and treats Of bloodthirsty cut
threats from British seas, who moke
things lively and hazardous In those
waters. This particular murderous lot
of villains are British convicts who
have been started for the penal colo
MES. They raise Cain murder
guards burn the prison ship Countess
of Warwick capture the American
clipper Arrow, become pirates and are
fortunately fallen in with in the nick Of
time by an English man-of-war. The
story is full of snap and vim and can
not fail to interest. Price $1.0S; for
sale at the Edward Malley Co.'S.
Lovers of good poker stories will be
RECALLED to their hearts content by Da-
vid A. Curtis Stand Pat" a.. c. Page
and Company, which gives a collection
of these stories, all animated and en-
crossing, and besides stories which Mr..
Curtis has hitherto published in period
icals there are new ones. Poker Sto~
ries on the Mississippi is the sub title
of this book, and Mr. Curtis is thor
oughly familiar with the greatest
American river, its ms and outs and
the destinations Of the great American
game. Not long ago he issued a stand
ard book of rules and suggestions re-
garding the game, The stories are lit
tie masterpieces of the rough and
ready type of humor associated with
poker playing in other days on the big
boats of the mighty river. Price $1,0S;
for sale by the Edward Malley Co.
"A new story of college life, weird and
fascinating, is Miss New York" by
Edmund Blair Pancake, and it is
handsomely issued by r. F. Fenno and
Company, New York. interviewer is
the life Of & strange colony or commu-
nifty living in the mountains. The
reader Is entertained with events per-
tanning to college commencement, balls,
sweet and pretty girls, whose witchery
is unmistakable and leads to conquests.
The reader is much mystiied as the
story unfolds itself after the heroine
appears upon the scene. The heroine
may be said to be enveloped in mystic
ry Tier appearance upon the scene
materializes when she IS found among
the Mount Storm colony but she Is not
of the colony, and she is called Miss
New York After the plot has suffi-
GENTLY thickened, light begins to break
as regards the heroine's identity and
former environments. The story is
sure to hold the readers attention.
Price S1.50; for sale at Judd's.
Mark Twain adds another volume of
selected funny stories to his Library
of Humor.5' and for some doubtless hui
morous reason calls it 1.-THE Primrose
Way" Thirty-seven writer's are rep
resented, including, besides the editor,
Eli Perkins, J. K. Bangs Simeon Ford,
Mrs. Daslqam Bacon and Mickey Finn.
A large page portrait Of Mr., Bangs as
frontispiece illumines the volume.
Mr., Sidney McCaI's story, Truth
Dexter" (Ilttle, Brown and Company,
has had a very large sale. In conse-
quence the publishers have bought out
| q new edition With illustrations by AL
ice Barber Stephens and a charming
| vignette by Jessie Wilcox Smith.
Our former townsnan and prominent
dry goods merchant, J, N. Adam, of
Buffalo, N. ", is the subject of a
character study in the June World s
| Work The article is entitled "A May
or Of All the People" It is by Isaac
Marcosson.
| sociologlsts and students Of litera-
ture alike will be interested in the vol
ume on 1.-THE Social Ideals of Alfred
Tennyson as Related to His Time" by
/ DR.. William Clark Gordon of Yale I'M
iversity which will be issued June
/ by the University of Chicago Press.
| The book has q sketch of England in
| Tennyson's time, followed by the po-
cts views on humanity, the family
society, the church, the government,
&c.
Major r. L. Billiard, U. S. A, Is the
chief contributor to the June number
of the Metropolitan Magazine. The ar
ticle, which is fully illustrated, is emit
| tied among the Savage Moros," and
has to do with the recent two-days'
battle. on the island Of Sulu between
the American forces and a band of
outlaw Moros. Other illustrated fea-
lures in this issue are "a Bunch of
Buck Skins" by Owen Wister; "a I'll
ger of the Sea-" by Charles f. Holder;
Modern Cliff Dwellers," by Earl Mayo,
and 1.-THE Vanishing Race by r. H.
r.