The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-19

s1ne Round Up. Slim Hoover, the raL sheriff of Pimal county, the terror of des- reradoes. furnished the comedy in the book and play.
 The novelization is fairly good, not as ell done as some of the novelized plays that Dillingham; company have sent forth. but it will pass. Of course, at the tims the story of "The Round Up'' was sup rosed to have happened there was no rail road at Florence-nor is Florence even now near Tuscon, or Is there any swift flowing rivers out there But what's the difference? Poetic license-possibly, so leI il go at that.
 "The Postscript" by Eleanor Stuart.
 (The Mcclure company)
 The scene of this pretty good story. "The Postscript" is laid in Italy, where "Esther de Trobo,' the young American widow of an Italian noble- man, Is living in retirement. Having no children of her own she takes great fancy to little Italian orphan named "Sandro." whom she had rescued from drowning and decides to adopt him. She is encouraged in this by q friend of her dead husband, Count dl Foresti, who offers to pay for the boys education. Sandro in reality is; Forestfs illegitimate son, but in order to both shield himself and to gain the affection of Esther, whom he hopes to marry, he persuades her to believe that 1t was her husband, also named Sandro, who was the boys father and who In spite of a Career, a very honor- able one with which Italy had once rung, had added his postscript" to his widows life With this bitter discov- cry the estatic memory of her short married happiness turns to ash es. Lit- tie Sandro himself, though she cannot cease to love him, becomes torture and torment to her. But Esther is not the only victim of F'oresti's treaehery. Sandros mother discovers his duplicity and. as she thinks, that of the woman who has befriended her boy. The au- thor admirably pictures the contrast ing characters in her story; Esther straightforward and trusting; the clever Foresti a schemer, and the Italian woman, Mme.' Fabri, whose jealous and passionate nature almost causes a tragedy. The descriptions of Italian landscape and of the people in "The Postscript" are all good. It j quite a good book.
 "Sir Richard Escombe, by Max Penn
 berton. (Harper & Brothers)
 This story, or collection of stories, told in five "books" or sub -h eads, de- scribe the experiences, love escapades, fights and so on of one Sir Richard Escombe, who lived in the time of George II in England. Sir Richard loved the delightful Kate, or Kitty, Dulcimere, but didn't win her. of course, until at the end of the book.
 The story deals with certain happen ings to Sir Richard, who was a bar onet, wooden-headed but honest and daring. It tells of his experiences and relations with the notorious Society of St. Francis as founded at Medmenham Abbey on the river Thames by Sir Francis Dashwood and John Wilkes: of the manner in which Sir Richard brought that society to an end; also all about sweet Kitty Dulcimere of Sherbourne, In the county of War wickshire; of the misfortune which be- fell him when he drew Kitty's name in a lottery, and of his sub sequent service at Windsor castle under King George, who so loved good soldier. The whole book giving, according t) MT. Pemberton, a true account of cer- tain practices in social life in the regin of George II and of club but Aforementioned in the present day, though entitled to perpetual obliqu2. The book is quite interesting-in it's way.
 "The Real Bryan, by Richard L. Met
 cafe. Personal Help Publishing company.)
 This book consists of extracts from the speeches and writings of "A we'll rounded man. Hon. Williams Jennings Bryan, the democratic nominee for President of the United States. On the title page We read from MT. Bryan They call a a statesman whose ear is turned to catch the slightest pulsation of the pocketbook and de nounce as demagogue any one who dares to listen to the heart beat of humanity"
 The book is compiled by MT. Met cafe, the managing editor of MT. Bry- ans journal, "The Commoner," who wrote such delightful little book called "Of Such Is the Kingdom,n last year.
 There is short fore-word to the book. written by MT. Metcalfe, and a chapter headed; What Is the Explana tfon of Bryan?" also written by MT. Metcalfe. who surely knows what he Is talking about. The remaining por- tions of the book is filled with selec- tlons from MT. Bryan's speeches and writings. From this book one can sec where the very words, some of them. that were put in the national demo- cratic platform promulgated at Dem yer recently, came from.
 The book is instructive of course. and from 1t one can gather ideas as to just how MT. Bryan stands on most of the important questions of the day. for all sorts of subjects are discussed therein, from socialism, the flag, pen sions, motherhood, money and banking, the paramount issue and so on
 In view of the hot presidential race before us, and particularly the inter- est that many people have in the per- sonality of the great "Commoner," the book here discussed will no doubt have a large deserved sale. It is nicely. gotten up and quite instructive the contents are.
 'The Small Country Place." by Samuel
 T. Maynard. q. P Lippincott Co.)
 Those people who are planning to have a home In the country, whereat they can have the joy-that is supposed to be-in such home. will find much pleasure and profit in the new book, just published called 'The Small Country Place. writ ten by an authority, MT Samuel T. Nav nard Even those who have no idea at present of building or buying country home will enjoy this book. From it one can learn what points are to be consid- cred In choosing a country home. as ac possibility social, educational and po.t- ical atmosphere, sanitary conSItions