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Ston were soldiers under Clark, and
many of the traditions Of that great
event in our national life. that came
down from them. have been utilized in
the writing of this intensely interesting
story.
Older boys. as well as the younger
ones. will follow with absorbing inter-
est the adventures of the young hero
who bears part in the conquest of the
great Northwest. The story abOunds
in movement and the interest dear to
a boys heart and will take rank
among the most popular books for
boys. some of the best of which have
come from Mr.. Eggleston's pen.
, Love is the Sum of 1t All. a Planta-
ton Romance. by George Cary Eggle-
ston. Illustrated by Herman Heyer;
12mo.; cloth. Price $50. Boston:
Lothrop. Lee and Shepard Co.
MI. EgglestOn, always a delightful
writer, is at his very best in his stories
of Southern life. Love is the Sum of
1t Alr' will rank among his strongest
works. 1t is Il singularly sweet and
absorbing story giving us u wonder
fully vivid picture of the conditions
that prevailed upon the plantations in
Virginia during the years succeeding
the reconstruction period that followed
the close of the Civil War. There are
two love stories embodied in it-and
two charming heroines, close friends.
widely different in character, and yet
both OF 4 character to win love and ad-
miration. In Warren Rhet. the cner-
getic and masterful son of the de-
ceased owner of the plantation upon
which the scene of the story is laid.
Mir. EgSlCSt0n has given us one of his
most virile and most fascinating char
acters. Strong of mind and body-;L
successful engineer accustomed to COM
m@nd men i'll the carrying through of
great enterprises, he returns to the
old plantation. when the indolent negro
help We're allowing it to run sadly be-
hind, and were ir need of his vigorous
and mastclful personality to hold them
up to fair measure of productive
labor. The methods he employs and
the results he attains, necessarily in
volve Il discussion of the labor prob
lem in the South which is full of in
terest and value. The story is one of
fascinating interest, and will doubt
less rank among the most successful
novels of the year.
MariOn's Vacation by Nina Rhoadcs.
Illustrated ny Bertha G.. Davidson:
limo; cloth. Price $1.25. Boston:
I.othrop. Lee and Shepard Co.
Marion Thorpe is a rather older girl
than those who have usually been the
hcrOines Of Miss Rhoades' books, being
thirteen years of age, therefore the
story of Il most important summer in
her life and i'll the development of her
character, will be Of interest to young
ladies as well as to the girls who have
not yet entered the Sunmcrland of
teens. 1t is a good story for people of
all ages. 1t is Il specially valuable
work for young people. inasmuch as it
inculcatcS most wildly and forcibly
and vet without the slightest sugges-
ton of prcachiness, a lesson which it is
vely i1lportnnt for young people tc
learn carly in life. Marion Thorpe has
been for ten years the adopted daughter
who loves her devotedly and has giver
her many of the advantages tina,
money commands in a large city As
IL result the llltF. SFFi NNdS COME 70 Dc
decidedly aristocratic in her feelings
i'll fact a vcritable little Snob. 70 cor
rect this failing, and give her a broad
err view of life. her foster mother de-
cidcS to send her to her half brothers
and siSterS--moSt excellent peoplc-who
reside upon the old home farm in Yer
mont where Marion was born, but
which she left at so tender an age that
70 Impressions of it remain with her
Thither Marion goes and minSlins
with a practical. work -a-day life. very
different from the one to which she has
been accustomed learns by practical
experience. part of which is bitter in
it's discipline, to know that true worth
is not tn be mea sured by money or
good clothes, but by those qualities
that constitute true character what
ever may be its environment. Be
cause of the absorbing interest of til"
story it tells. and the great value of the
lesson it incu!cates this book is justly
entitled to rank among the very best of
the many excellent juvenile books of
recent years.