The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1907-01-05
The NEW PUBLICATIONS
SOME OF THE LATEST BOOKS
OF THE SEASON.

e. Phillips oppenheim's New Novel
"The MaIefactor" Forthcoming
| BOOks-BOok NOtes--NIagazines.
Another brilliant achievement from the
pen of E. Phillips Oppenheim is his
new novel, 'The Malefactor," just is
sued by Little, Brown and Company,
Boston. (Price $15O) 1t is striking
story of rare originality A young
! man of high social position, warm
hearted, impetuous, chivalrous, has
| elected to face sentence of penal SER
vitude, rather than defend himself at
the expense of woman's reputation.
Embittered by his terrible punishment.
Sir Wingrave Seton comes out Of pris-
\ on with fixed resolve to revenge him
self, not only on the woman who has
wronged him, but on all human beings
with whom he comes IN contact. The
| plot Is unfolded with a skill that en-
/ dows the story in a peculiar degree
with the elements which make a pop
ular success. Indeed, for sheer inter-
est and fascination 1.-THE Malefactor"
| surpasses anything Mr.. Oppenheim has
| hitherto written. There are many dra-
matte situations of great power and
| throughout the story telling is superb.
1 There are several fine Illustrations by
f. H. Townsend. Some of the COM
ments already concerning "The Male
| factor" are as follows:
Strong, convincing and thoroughly
interesting London Sketch.
Possesses the great merit Of original
ity.-London World
A capital and surprising story.-Liv-
erpool Courier.
Anne Warner French, the author OF
the Susan Clegg stories, has drama
tized her popular story Of "The Reju-
yenation Of Aunt Mary and the play
will be produced in New York next
fall. In a recent interview she told a
reporter that she wrote one million
words in the first year she composed
for publication, and she claimed ability
to write In legible longhand one thou
sand words an hour, Her claim on
public recognition as writer of hui
morous future stories, however rests
on Susan Clegg and Her Friend Mrs.
Lathrop," and her other Susan Clegg"
stories. CT these stories the New York
Times says, Her Susan Clegg' sto-
rieS, rich In pungent humor and ex
tremely clever in their portrayal Of
quaint and amusing character, deserve
a place among the choice specimens Of
American humorous literature-which
means the best humorous literature In
the world"
A coal company recently ordered a
copy of THE Divine Fire" from
Messrs Henry Holt and Company, and
now the same publishers have received
an order for THE Log of the Sun"
from d lumber company.
One indication of the worldwide in
terest in the Panama canal is the fact
that Messrs. Cassell and Company of
London have already secured from
iMessrs Henry Holt and Company the
English market for Willis Fletcher
Johnson's -Four Centuries of the Pan
anna Canal
Messrs. Henry Holt and Company
have concluded arrangements to pub
lish in 1907 a new novel by William de
Morgan, whose Joseph Vance" has re-
ceived such remarkable praise from
leading critics both here and abroad.
The new book (about which no partic-
ulars have as yet been given ouD will
bear the rather striking title "Alice for
Short"
The Travel Magazine for January is
largely a California number. The first
article by French Strother, is called
"Californias Challenge and goes to
show the variety and extent of the at
fractions the country offers. Helen
Lukens Gaut describes "The Desert Of
Southern California" wonderland
creation of vigorous mood of nature.
California Buildings Old and New" by
Sarah Comstock, describes the present
characteristic architecture of Califor-
MIA, and it's origin in the mission build
lings of old Spanish days An article
by Susan Cotton, on winter Bathing
in the Pacific, belongs to this Califor-
MIA group Other articles are: "Ja-
maica, the Garden Island of Our Trop-
ic Seas" by Percy K Crocker; "a
Calendar Of Travel" 1.-THE Little
Mountain Climbers" by Jane Dudley;
"A Camping Trip in the snow-Laden
Woods by Warwick Stevens Carpen-
ter" and 1.-THE Charm of the Channel
Islands," by Anne Mcclure Sholl,
Washington and Cuban affairs and
an article on the poet Whittier are all
timely and notable papers in the Ma
tional Magazine for January. "The
Bright Side of Packingtown,' by Mary
Humphrey gives the reader an intelli-
gible idea of conditions, and is so
widely different from the sensational
material, that all good people, except
those who are looking for yellow lite
rature," will appreciate the article.
The "Home Department" is, as usual,
full of those helpful hints, The num-
Der is filled with good fiction, among
which might be especially noted the
story Reversing an Engineer" by G.
C. Johnson; 1.-THE Poor Mans Cow
by Miriam Shelly; "A Comedy in the
Air" by Charles McIlvaine; Ellis
Client by F. Binney de Forest.
Everybody's Magazine for January
has the concluding portion of Charles
Edward Russells Soldiers of the
Common Good.n This closing chapter
is particularly well worth notice. Will