The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-22

It will be of interest to Birmingham people to learn of a little volume now in the press of Brentanos of New York, entitled 1.-TWO in Arcadia" from the fact that its author is Miss, Lucine Finch of this city. A recent copy of Brentano' s Book Chat has the following kindly mention of the work which seems to be of special interest not only from the value of the text, but from the originality and individuality of the illustrations:
 "A really new experiment is about to be tried in the world of books. The young woman who Is responsible for the experiment is a charming southern girl who earns her living by giving recitals of egro and many" stories. Miss Lucine Finch is a poet and an artist. There can be no question about that to those who have seen the nanu- script of her little volume, Two in Ar cadia" It tells in words and pictures the story of two lovers in love- What is new here is the wonderful treatment of the love story in the pictures. In the first place the pictures were formed by Miss Finch out of colored paper; in the second place, they are not pictures of people. but pictures of landscapes. The remarkable result is that the pictures in spite of their impersonality, are really filled with the spirit of the two who are in Arcadia"
 The little book is now on sale and Is said to form a really exquisite little gift book
 "Aladdin of London" by Max Pember- ion. Published by the Empire Book Co.
 Max Pemberton, the British novelist who has so often made the literary world "sit up" says one critic. in amaze ment at his daring versatility, has now written a story different from any of his previous work and very original In its conception and character.
 The hero is Alban Kennedy, a manly. attractive lad of 20. and his adventures in 10th century London really sound very suggestive of some of the marvels of the real Aladdin" Yet the happenings are all possible, all logical yet of such sus- tained excitement that the reader Is not only interested, but spellbound through out the rapid relation of events. The love interest is wholly away from the usual especially as the heroine is a simple Polish girl whose life-cruise car res her into terrible scenes, but with out touching the purity and sweetness of her nature.
 Max Pemberton is one of the cleverest of English writers and his stories have all been successes.
 "John Kendrys Idea" by Chester Bailey Fernald. Published by The Out ing Publishing company.
 In "John Kendry's Idea' the young author MT Chester Bailey Fernald has written a good novel of California. John Kendry, it seems, had an idea-an iter- esting circumstances in a book or out of It. Being millionaire, young, ac- complished and well favored, he did not desire, as Is usually the case, to add an- other million or so to his fortune. so the story hangs upon the evolving of what he did with the idea The. story is full of stirring incident and lively ad- venture and the character work Is ex- ceptonally clever; altogether a story filled with romance and mystery that thoroughly enthuses the reader.
 .The Love that Prevailed" by F. Frankfort Moore Published by the Elm pire Book company.
 F. Frankfort Moore will be pleasantly remembered as the author. of "The Jes-