The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-16

~ ARMIcHAEL," the first novel of
 Anison North, recently published O by Doubleday, Page & Co.,, is making a decided hit in Canada. The Canadian critics are declaring that in "Carmichaep' they have a book which has struck the keynote of Canadian litera- ture. "Carmichael" is the story of farm life in Canada and is faithful portrayal of the life <nd character of the people, which we in the United States know little about. The romance of Dick and Peggy, the bitter family feud which Is so pathetica1ly knit into the rocance, represents a story of unusual interest,
 The Macmillion company announces that William Stearns Davis romance of ancient Greece, "A Victor of Salamis," has gone into a second large edition in this country, while at the same time second edition has been demanded in Eng land. The popularity of the bok is a tribute to Mir Davis cleverness as a story-teller; it's value as picture of the life of the Greeks is evidenced by the fact that a professor of Greek in a large university has ordered copies enough to supply all the members of his class.
 The Macmillan company has just pub iished The Truth by Clyde Fitch, in 8 well printed volume uniform with others of his plays. The present is the fifth volume of this series, those that have al- ready appeared being "The Climbers" ''The Girl with the Green Eyes" 'T'he Stubbornness of Geraldine" and Her Own Way"
 fThe Truth" it will be remembered IS the play in which Mrs. Clara Blopdgood lph -n1 hafr eyrnn ct nd which she has been starring during the past season.
 Another book of clever monologues, by May Isabel Fisk, is among the late publi- cations of the Harpers. Mrs. Fisk has done what few writers have ever been able to do. for in her monologues she has discovered and exploited a new field.
 The Talking Woman Is something more than q book which displays humor of striking Individuality; the basic strength of the book lies in the knowledge of human nature which the author constant 1y displays. It is humorous, 1t is amus- ing, it is inimitably cever-and always at the bottom is the human nature which makes it real.
 The monologues cover a wide variety of life; we see the monologuist on an ocean liner, making an aftrnoon call, caring for q neighbours child discussing her doctor;
 
 ment store, at the health resort at her own home. And everywhere she is anus ing and interesting, and true to life.
 A brilliant story of the rivalry of two women is "A Woman's War" published by the Harpers. It is new novel by that popular author, Warwick Deeping
 The story is placed in English town, and the two royal women are the wives of the rival doctors of the place. Through out the story is strongly and finely wrought, and is rich in interesting char acter studies and in strong and dramatic situations.
 How Betty Steel plots against Catharine piurchison. and how the rivalry comes to a culmnating point when Dr. Murchison, after having made brave fight for years against a fierce inherited desire for alco- hol yields just once to the desire and blunders, is vividly told.
 It is thus not only story of rival women, not only a story of two rival doc- tors. but the story of strong mans fight against a terrible temptation and of hom in the end he conquers.
 The setting of the story in an environ ment of charming English people and English homes adds greatly to it's effec- tiveness.
 Mary F.. Wilkins Freeman finds it pleas ant to look back over her literary career, for she is one of the few writers who have had unbroken success from the be- ginning.
 She began. as a girl. writing short stories and poems for juvenile publiea- tions Her first "grown-up' story, as she calls it, was entitled "The Old Lovers,' and she sent it to Harper's Bazaar.
 The editor noticed that the writing was uniformed and apparently that of one who was still but a girl and began reading the manuscript with small hopes of find- ing it worth while But it's humor and pa thos were so effective that her doubts changed to enthusiasm, and the story was at once accepted.
 Other stories were then written and sent to the Bazaar, and before long the name of Mrs. Freeman-or, rather, Miss Will kins she then was-began to appear in Harper's magazine also.
 Since then her success has been constant and cumulative. and critics agree that her most recent book By the Light of the Soul" marks another distinct step forward
 Wright's biography of Pater has result cd in the production of a series of epis- toIatorv curiosities and a series of critf-