The Washington herald., 1907-05-05
BATCH OF new BOOKS
Novels and Essays by Old
and New Authors.
NEW BOOK BY MRS. wIGGIN
'Tales of "A WARRIOR" by Charles
RichaFdsonJ Carmichael" Tale
of Canadag ''Abe Martini" Indorsed
by Meredith Nicholson and CeIe-
brnted in Verse by James W. Riley.

THE New Chronicles Of Rebecea, by
Kate Douglass Wiggin OF all the books
of Kate Douglass wiggiu, pre-eminently
writer who appeals 20 the younger
world, none was more popular than her
'Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm, pub
lished about two years ago. She follows
Il now with this sequel This new col
lection Of stories about Rebecea exceeds
In literary merit. as it does in interest,
the initial volume; for here We see Re
becca. with all the eccentriclties that
make her so lOvable and admirable.
transferred from the environment OF
Sunnybrook Farm 10 the town Of River
boro. in Maine. where. on account OF the
poverty Of her own family, Rebecca has
had 20 take refuge with her aunt Here
in a series OF stories only slightly related
10 each other. each q gem IN IFS way,
the reader may follow the fortunes Of
Rebecca, her hopes, aspirations, and long
ings; and nothing perhaps gives a clearer
insight into the unusual quality Of this
little heroine's character than that story
called ''Rebecca Thought Book. in
which her dearest thoughts are written
down and the book surreptitiously hidden
In the hay NOW.
In the preface OF the book she writes
To make my dlary q little different am go
ms TO cah il a Thought Book written just Ike
that with capitals. have thoughts that
never can use unless / wriie them down. for Aunt
Miranda always says. Keep yoU thoughts 20
yourself Aunt Jane lets me tel her some. but
DOES not like ms queer oaes. and my true
thoughts mostly queer. kmGA Jane does not
mind hcasing thm ncw aGd then. and that Is my
only chance.
All her big and all her little troubles,
and she has many, Rebecca sets down in
her Thought Book. One that seemed very
good indeed was the awful hat with the
black and yellow porcupine quills which
her aunt Maria insisted on her wearing
She wished In her Thought Book that this
hat which she abhorred might blow into
the river. Another story in the book tells
how the hat did blow into the river and
how just as she was going 10 get another
one. dear to her soul. the offending bon
net was dragged back by a too OficiOus
farmer who had rescued IT,
one ot the best stories IN the book is
the Saving of the Colors'-the big Amer
lean flag which all Riverboro helped 10
make. and which was 90 be raised with
great pomp and ceremony. How Rebec-
ca saved the flag from the depredations
OF Abner simpson and how by her
bravery she put Abner Simpson and his
family in the way Of regalning the es-
TEEN they had lost in the community.
Is good 60 read. Daughters 0f
Zion Is another quaint story that tells
Of Rebeccsl's efforts 20 be a home mis-
sionary, and how she tries 70 convert
Jacob Moody. one OF the hardest charac-
ters in the ncighborh00d. The effort ends
IN dire failure and disgrace. and Rebecca
comes 20 the conclusion that IL is much
nicer to convert people when they are
yellow or brown, or any other color than
white, and she says, 4 believe Il must
bc easier 70 save their souls than il is
10 make them go 20 meeting" These
New Chronicles Of RebeCca" are sane
healthy, and optimistic. They give a fine,
sensible view of life and they are written
50 well that they make one love the
sturdy little heroine. The book is illus
trated by r. G.. Yohu Boston. Hough-
ton-MifH.n CO. Washington. Woodward
& LOthropJ
Tales Of a Warrior" by Charles Rich
ards0n Is q little volume Of stories OF
the wartime told from the Confederate
point of view. They are stories with a
quality Of human nature about them
SAC tAAAAaHA 4iAH Ati7lH 4lAH ~ khhAtSr anu
humor. ana he tells a story admirably
One Of the most attractive stories in the
volume, compelling in its pathos and sim
plicity, is THE Little Fifer" an orphan
lad who played his NE for the soldiers
until his leg was shot away and then
went away with those same tall men
who carried guns and waved such splen-
did flags THE C0nscript" is another good
story Of simple strength and delicate
treatment Ii tells how a brave man
deserted the ranks Of the army because
he felt that his highest duty lay 20 dear
ones at home. All Of these stories are
told with great understanding and sym-
pathy for the tenderer side of human
nature New York. The Neale Publish
ing Coz
'Of Such is the Kingdom, by Richard
l.. Metcalfe, is a series Of essays rather
than stories; essays written out Of a heart
full OF love for little children. All of
these essays have a distinctively religious
turn-religious, not mawkish-and should
guide adult readers Of the essays TO Lead
ing better, purer, and nObIer lives, as he
writes.
They are idols Of hearts and Of households
They angels of God In disguise:
Sunlight still sleeps in their tresses
His gcTy still CLEANS ia their eyes
These tTuants from home and from heaven.
They have made me more manly and mild:
And know now how Jesus could liken
The Kingdom Of God 70 a child.
This is a book thoughtful. earnest, and
sincere; a book of high inspiration and
noble Ideals; book that every one would
be the better for reading. New York:
The Neale Publishing Coz
Carmichael" by Arson North, is a
novel presenting picture Of the life typi-
cal in a rural Canadian community: a
story filed with pictures OF the Canadian
forest and meadow life; Of the storms
and sunshines which form background