The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-30
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 REALM OF BOOKS


ton Published by Doubleday, Page & Co
 In "Nimrod's Wife" Is given an exceed ingly interesting account of Mrs. Se- toms trips with her distinguished ar tist-author husband and suggestive guide to the thousands of women who nowadays find pleasure in out-of-door hfe'
 The text is most attractively pre- sented. which is no small part of present. day book work. On cover of brown linen and green trimming is given portrait or Mrs. Seton with her fayorite pony.
 The illustrations of the entire book to- gether with the border decorations are exceptionally artistic and attractive; they are by Walt1r King Stone and Ernest Thompson Seton. In the opening chapter Mrs Seton writes: Were you ever m the open air through all the rounded day with not so much as a strip of canvas be- tween you and the great space above? am asking you house-ridden dwellers in the cities, soul-sick ones, in church, in drawing-room, in office or sweat shop Throw off your fetters Tor a while, your prejudice, your narrow mindedness, all the petty things that make your daily trappings, and take sun bath with me, give your starved soul a chance-the road to the outdoors IS tO all. GOI16 Wlli l1o DuNh to the woods, pry open your blind eyes and grow as the flowers grow Who could resist such an allurlng call and henceforth throughout the author leads through numberless bypaths of the far west and along many strange and won- derful experiences that invariably must accompany outdoor life in the wilds. In the preface she writes: 'The events herein recorded really happened, and IT one experience seems to follow fast upon another, 1t Is because necessarily the best of all has been omitted-the glorious suc- cessjon of 'eventless days when one was content to be alive and carefree."
 .The Diary of Della" By Ouoto Wa tanna. Published by Doubleday, Page & Co.
 'eThe Diary of Della" is a ''veracious chronicle of the kitchen, with some side- lights on the parlor," says the publisher; and further in the announcement IL IS said: "At this moment If you are lucky, she Is in your kitchen. IT you aren't lucky she left yesterday or you must seek her again tomorrow in miscalled intelligence office. For Della Is the cook. Now you are well aware what you think of the cook, but in this record, she tells what she thinks of you.''
 The book is primarily love story and incidentally one of the most humorous stories of the season, and above all 1t Is the servants answer to the great American servant question: The Illus trations which add very materially to the text are by May Wilson Preston.
 Military Memoirs of a Confederate.' By E. F. Alexander. Published by Chas. Scribner's Sons.
 Military Memoirs Is critical narra- tive and possesses especial value, as the author was brigadier-general,i in the con- federate army, chief of artillery, Long, streets corps The object of the criti- cism of each campaign, writes the author in the preface, Is as one would criticise game of chess, only to point out the good and bad plays on each side, and the moves which have influenced the re- sult
 Such volume is only possible q. ,his recent time and since the publication by the war department of the full official re- ports of both armies, and also by one who participated fully in those stirring events. And the value of such a critical review and estimate is incaloulahde.