Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-04
BOOK NOTES

pearance of Uncle John, first thought
to be poor and afterward found to
be tremendously RICH the finding OF
will which defeated the bequests of
Aunt Jane, and the final rescue of the
nieces make fine reading.
Aunt James Nieces. BY Edith Van
Dyne. Chicago: The Reilly e Britton
company.
Ralph Waldo Trine is known chiefly
for his "In Tune With the Infinite'-
book that, in spite of many false
premises and other mistaken deduc-
tions, has been favorite with many
He now comes forward with "In the
Fire Of the Heart" which deals with
certain aspects of both individual and
social life. He anticipates disagree
ment with his arguments and dlsarms
criticism by decrying it from that
part of the public press not owned or
controlled or whose policies are not
shaped by or their cues not taken
from the forces of greed and privilege
and public debauchery," after de-
nouncing the press that Is so controlled.
AS these must necessarily include all
the press-what's to say about 1t?
In the Fire of the Heart" BY Ralph
Waldo Trine. New York: Mcclure,
Phillips & Co.
The astonishing fact about "The
Viper of Milan" Marjorie Bowen's
firstNbook, is that so finished and fine
a piece of work should have been done
| by a girl Of 18. The astounding fact
| is that she should have acquired the
depth, the knowledge and the insight
into her subject which made 1t possible
at her age. Such usually come only
with long personal experience. Not
only has Miss Bowen written a power
full and thrilling story, but she has
accomplished this without following
the beaten track Of the novelist. In
this new book love is not the absorb
| ing theme and the writer also shows
her disregard of convention by dispens-
ing with the "happy ending" which,
we so often hear, is so dear to the
heart of the average woman reader
In Miss Bowens first work the cur
tain does not fall on happiness tri-
umphant; on the contrary, villainy Is
made completely victorious over vir-
tue. How Miss Bowen's book will ap-
peal, in this respect, to her own sex
remains to be seen. 1t is, all the same,
singularly fascinating story of the
| last Of the viscounts, Clan Galeazzo
Maria, duke of Milan.
The Viper of Milan. BY Marjorie
Bowen. New York: Mcclure, Phillips
& Co.
In Sam Steele's Adventures" Capt
Hugh Fitzgerald has given boys a
thrilling tale of happenings on land
and sea which they will fairly devour
and which will just suit every boy
reader. The hero Is a shrewd Amer
lean chap who surmounts many OBJ
stacles; who has hair-breadth escapes
on the ocean and electrifying ones in
| the gold fields of Alaska. The book
is handsomely illustrated.
Sam Steelas Adventures. BY Capt.
Hugh Fitzgerald. Chicago: The Reilly
& Britton company
In "Pilots of the Republic" Archer
B. Hubert takes up one by one the
notable men who made up the roman
tic history of the middle west and tells
their stories. 1t is a delightful way
of handling history and as the stories
item affords much entertainment. II
is book highly commended for boys
who possess the love of thrilling tale;
it verifies, in depicting the adventures
of these pioneers, the old axiom,
Truth is stranger than fiction" and
further demonstrates that 1t is more
interesting, as well.
Pilots of the Republic. BY Archer
B. Hubert. Chicago: A. c. McClurg
& Co.
| The December number of Suburban
Life carries out most successfully its
policy of catering to the great and
steadily increasing number of our pop
ulation who like to combine country
life with city wage earning. Although
this number starts off with a delight
fully illustrated article by Miss Martha
McCulloch- Williams called IAN Old
Plantation Christmas" which describes
the joys of Christmas time in the south
before the war;" and there is an edi-
oil NI1R AEnN ikrlRa
Christmas spirit by the Rev. Charles
F. Dole, the number Is not entirely
devoted to the Christmas literature
so to speak, as are many of the maga-
zines.
The December number of Dress Is
not only a presentment of the modes
of the month, but "a Christmas maga-
zine of the highest order. The holiday
spirit Is carried through the whole
magazine from its remarkably brilliant
cover by Pal to its last page by the
same artist. 1t is a succession of ar
tistic surprises and the exquisitely
dainty frontispiece gives to the whole
number a charm that is maintained
throughout. Travis has contributed
timely and pretty center page entitled
the christmas Dance" and the pub
fishers have set it off admirably with
gold border, giving an effect as
pleasing as II is novel, The other ar
lists OF note, WIN Crete, Anna West
erman and the great Drian have con-
tributed their best. The fashions are
all that could be desired.
Ida NJ Tarbell, "Mr. Dooley," Will
liam Allen White, Clara Morris, George
Madden Martin, Mary Stewart CUT
ting, David Grayson, Stewart Edward
White, Samuel Hopkins Adams, Ed
ward Peple and others have made the
American Magazine for December q
really notable number-rich and even
In good reading. Miss Tarbell's new
historical serial, "The Tariff in Our
Times" opens with an immensely In
teresting description OF the part the
tariff played In the financing of the
Civil War. 1t is such easy reading
that child can understand II. II Is
Il story fun of conflict, introducing
so many OF our important political
and business generals that Il might al
most be called "A History of the Men
OF Our Times.p It is a story giving
promise of being much livelier and
much more significant than the His
tory OF Standard OIL"
There was great deal OF pathos in