The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-11-22
THE NEW PUBLICATIONS
SOME OF THE LATEST BOOKS
 OF THE SEASON

Polar DiscOverIes"-"The House of
 Defense" by F. F. BensOn-'A Cheer full Year BOok"-"Jack Shelby" by George Cary EggIeston-"The Hid den Man." by Charles FeIton Pidgin -"COnfessiOns of Detective," by Alfred Henry Lewis-"In Colonial Days" by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The excellent work apparent in Stan- ley Weyman's previous novels is man. ifest again in his new romance Chip pinge Borough" just issued in tasteful style by Mcclure, Phillips & Compa- n.y. New York. It deals with the stor- my days in England at the time of the passing of the frst reform bill of 1892. The climacteric scenes of the story are intensely dramatic and told with a masters skill. It is an exciting story | throughout. Although the reader is absorbed with the unfolding of the great contest over the reform bill, the "bill for giving everybody everything" " as a wag of the day put it, the inter- est of the story centers in its love ele- ment and in the recovery by the hero of a large fortune which he has lost through devotion to his political opin- ions. The chief historical parsonage of the story is the great liberal leader, Lord Brougham or "Bruffam," as his contemporaries loved to call him, fig ure at once grotesque and gigantic and full of picturesque possibilities for a writer like Mr. Weylnan, who knows sc well how to grasp the spirit of a period and the characters of it's men and wo- men.
 Queer days were those in old Eng land of which the story tells. Men who had never ridden, suddenly were turned Richards and crying for a honse. Even the "Cripples" as the voters were vulgarly named, wanted to ride, and, to the apoplectic amazement of Sir Robert Vermuyden, the liberal and enlightened patron of Chippinge even the butcher, who for twenty years had received his annual payment of thirty pounds sterling to vote as Sil Robert told him to vote, the butcher too, to continue the figure, now is ob- iecting to walking By gad I never heard such thing in my life! Never You don't mean to tell me the mar thinks the votes his own to do what he likes with?" exclaims the astohhshet Sir Robert.
 One can surmise the trouble ahead for young Arthur Vaughan, the nephew of Sir Robert, and heir to the Vermuy. den estates and Its pocket borough o1 Chippinge, when he lets his convictions get so far ahead of his hereditary in. l5tincts as to come out for 'The Bill''- the more trouble in that MT. Weymar has made him out very normal young man, with normal fears and misgivings and not all brave and clustering hero.
 The story is true and faithful DOT. trayal of actual scenes and doings il this interesting historical crisis anC will repay the reader. Price $50.
 The Impersonator," by Mary Inlay Taylor, published by Little, Brown Co, Boston, is modern romance of SO cial life in which Mary Hadding, { Paris art student invited to visit hel rich aunt, a leader in Washington SO ciety, sends her friend Mary Lang moneyless and ambitious, to imper senate her. The complications whicf follow after Mary is in the whirl O Washington society and is loved by { rising young statesman, are vividly de picted. The interest, beginning witt single comedy, strengthens as even swiftly follows event. The book is al excellent piece of work, clever both il conception and execution. Of cours Mary, in carrying out her role, i haunted by the fear that she will b' found out, yet enjoys hugely the life 0 ease and elegance thrust upon her She takes her place in Washington so ciety of the most exclusive, sort, bu constantly chafes over the falseness 0 her position against which her bette nature rebels Her character Is drawl with remarkable skill, as is also that o her lover. Love triumphs, but not s the real niece when she appears upol the scene. "The Impersonator" vii surely interest and entertain the read er The book is illustrated by On Grunwald. Price $1.50.