The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-22
REALN OF BOOKS

BY PAUL PRY.


 samy Bride" and for this story his read ers owe him debt of gratitude. His latest story just from the press, The Love That Prevailed,' has for It's stage settings the Cornish coast in the 1Sthe century Its characters are not the usual lords and ladies and "gentlefolk" of the typical English novel, but the lowly denizens of the seaside village. Yet out of this material, MT. Moore has wrought a tale of surpassing charm, and one aboundng in unique and compellingly powerful scenes. The hero is no less parsonage than the celebrated John Wes- ley, founder of the Methodist church.
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 "The Art of Living In Good Health" by
 Daniel S. Sager, M D. Received from
 Frederick A. Stokes company, pub
 fishers, New York.
 |, "The Spell of the Yukon and Other
 Verses" by Robert w.. Service. Pub
 lished by Edward Stern & Go.
 MT. Robert w. Services little volume of poems deserves attention because his work marks departure from old lines. Most of the poems deal with the free life of frontier, mine and camp, as 1t Is in this country Taken altogether they form an effective picture of the grandeur and lure of the great, strange country of the Yukon. The poems are written in the Kipling style of expression.
 '"The Countryman," by c. R. Henderson.
 Received from the Neale Publishing
 company.
 ''The Story of Lacons Rebellion" by
 Mary Newton Stanard. The Neale
 Publishing company.
 Just 100 years before the revolution the IA. nan nnrafa 0 bellion was enacted in Virginia. The prin- cipal scenes were in Jamestown, at the Middle Plantation" and at the Falls of James River.''
 The rebellion makes an important chap ter in our history because 1t was not only the most picturesque and romantic, but the most determined and long-lived strug- gle for popular rights In colonial Amer ica.
 "The Broken Lance, by Herbert Quick.
 Published by the Bobbs-Merrill com
 pany.
 The wisdom of the writing of Problem Novels" in which the author seeks, through the medium of fiction, to exploit some individual fantasy may be ques- toned. Yet when one finds story of such calibre as 'The Broken Lance," then closes the minds eye and reflects
 
 sion is incontestable.
 Herbert Quick has appropriated canvass of such vast dimensions and by masterly strokes has depicted thereon characters of such genuineness and truth that the result must be of impressive inn port to every reader. no matter how in- different he may be to present day prob lems or their harmonious solution.
 The novel is far above the average as a piece of fiction; for first in interest 1t may be said to be a story of human life that Is appealing and tender A splen- did conception in the plot and faultless in its portrayal and execution. The intro duction of the reader to the three prin- cipal characters in the little schoolroom away out on the prairies could not be surpassed for tenderness of dramatic &C., tion and warmth of human sympathy. It wins the reader at the very outset and henceforth the sympathies are unreserv- edly given to Emerson Courtright, who as the young, inexperienced teacher, has proven such an unerring grasp upon the compelling humanities of life. It would be impossible to give any conception of the strength or forcefulness of the story bv quoting any of the expressions found therein and 1t would be unfair to the author to seek to portray the whole by mentioning any feature part. It Is broad. strong, true story, which takes in varying conditions or life, fundamen- ta1s really and only touching upon some outward manifestations of discussion in the church at Lattimore. and labor troubles in Chicago to point the force of the argument.
 It is splendidly conceived and splendidly written. suggestive and compelling in It's entirety.
 His Wife" by Warren Cheney. Pulp lished by the Babbs-Merril company.
 The characters in Warren CheAey's story entitled His Wife" are Russian. and to a degree individual and somewhat unique. Yet aside from their unpro- nounceable names the events might have occurred most anyhere so human and universal are the occurrences which in- cited them. It is simple, plainly told love story, yet so decidedly away from the usual and the trite, that 1t invokes the readers kindliest fellow-feeling at the outset. A strong. good story. well told. with character work exceptionally individual and clever.
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