Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-10-17
LITERARY NOTES.

Franklin FyleS, with portraits; India /;
A Nation in the Making" by w. M.
Zumbro, with illustrations; "A Yam.
kee Engineer on Five Continents,
by David f. st. Clair, with illustra-
tons; "The Presidents Mississippi
Journey" by William Flewellyn Saun-
ders, with Illustrations; The Japa-
nese in Korea" by Adachi Kinnosuke.
The current issue of Harper's
Weekly is one which will appeal to
many readers by reason of the vari-
ETY. of its contents. The present agi7
tation against Asiatics in Canada is
treated Interestingly by Canadian
journalist, and there are photographs
of the wreckage wrought by the mob
during its rioting. 'All the Comforts
of Old Home Week" is truthful, al
though seemingly fantastic, record OF
a visit to a New England town.
1t will astonish many people to
know that the Bible is now trans
lated and read in hundred different
tongues. w. G. Fitz-Gerald relates
in the October Harper's Magazine how
this vast undertaking has been &C.
complished. 1t has cost many lives
and millions of dollars. In addition
to the first cost of translating there
Is the expense of revising.
Everybody's for October has strik-
ing cover in white and scarlet to
advertise their leading article, THE
Keystone Crime" by Owen Wister.
This is the first comprehensive story
of the scandalous cost of Pennsyl-
vania's new capitol to appear, and
in telling it Mr. Wister proves him.
self as successful publicist as he is
a novelist.
Percival Lowell, Ii. D., Director of
the Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff,
Arizona, believes that there are arti-
fetal canals upon Mars, and that
these canals are one evidence OF con-
structive life existing to-day upon
that planet. He speaks with author
ity; and on the special subject or
Mars his views carry more weight
than those of any American astrono-
mer. The November Century Will
contain the first of series Of papers
by Professor Lowell dealing with the
subject-papers based upon his very
successful popular lectures delivered
last winter before the Lowell Insti-
tute, Boston.
Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co., pub
fishers, Boston, announce the publ
cation of the following books:
Love Is the Sum of 1t All" Plan
tation Romance, by George Cary Egg
gleston. In this plantation romance"
Mr.. Eggleston has resumed the man.
ner and method that made his "Doro-
thy South" one of the most famous
books of it's time. The new story,
Love Is the SUM of 1t ALL" is first and
last and all the time a romance of love
and high purpose. There are two
even three-tender love stories EN-.
bodied in it. There are two unusu-
ally interesting heroines, utterly I'm.
like each other, but each possessed
of a peculiar fascination which wins
and holds the readers sympathy.
The scene of the story il in Virginia,
and its time is the period that has
followed the era of reconstruction.
price, $500
"Randy's Prince" by Amy Brooks,
eighth and concluding volume or
the Randy Books. An eighth hand.
some volume brings to a close the
popular Randy Books. Randy is
the same true, loving girl that she
has always been. 1t has long been
evident that the time must come
when Randy must make the choice
which most deeply concerns her
future happiness, but so honest and
maidenly is she that neither of the
young men who most worthily ad-
mire her can feel that he has more
than the pleasant friendship Of
former schooldays, nor is the reader
any wiser as to the outcome, until
at the very end she allows her heart
to make known who is "Randys
Prince" price, $1,000
THE Great Year." by A. T. Dudley,
fifth volume Of Phillips Exeter
Series" One of the events of the
year for boys is new book by Mr.
Dudley, who was a star college
athlete himself not so many years
ago, and has kept pace with the
scientific advancement which various
forms of athletics have made in re-
cent years, and who know Ameri-
can fitting-school life thoroughly.
The story tells how at Seaton
Academy, which is, of course, Exeter,
three fine, manly comrades. respective
ly captains of the football, base
ball, and track and field athletic
teams, make compact to support
each other In carrying through the
really great responsibilities that de-
yolye upon each. price, s1.25.)
! "Marion's Vacation" by Nina
Rhoades. This is for rather older
girls than the famous Brick House
Books" by this sterling author, Mar
ion being thirteen. She has for ten
years enjoyed a luxurious home IN
New York with the kind lady who
has done all for her that she could
have done for her own child, and
who feels that the time has now
come for this aristocratic though
lovable little miss to know her own
nearest kindred, who are humble but
most excellent farming people In a
pretty Vermont village. Thither
Marion is sent for summer, which
proves to be most important one.
price, s125.)
Gayle Langford" Being the Ro-
nance of Tory Belle and Patriot
Captain, by Harold Morton Kramer.
Mr.. Kramer, brilliant Indiana
journalist. won golden opinions last
year with his first novel, Hearts and
the Cross" He has now entered an
entirely different field, but with the
confidence of master, and tells a
romance OF the times that tried
mems souls" in way that will per
nit no one to lay II aside when once
he has begun IL. Gayle Langiord
the heroine is as imperious and un.
fathomable as she is beautiful. ant
her patriot lover, Ian Lester, captain
In the Continental Army. is possessed
OF audacity beyond the common loi
OF man, else there could be no story
The time is that of the Declaration OF
Independence, with most of the
events In Philadelnhia and Trenton