Evening star., 1908-01-22

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famous c. S. S. Florida and the
ram Albemarle: and here, too,
Captain John Mcintosh kell, En-
ecutive Officer Of the Sumter and
the Alabama-three va1orous and
capable sea soldiers.
Captain James Henry Rochelle.
himself a seaman of DISTINCTION. and
intimately associated with Rear
Admiral Tucker in his great work,
tells the story of his friends serv-
ices in "The Life OF RearAdmiral
John Randolph Tucker $500
postage. 10 cents), work. The
New Orleans Picayune thinks,
written with much spirit and in
telligence.' Mrs. Emma Martin
Maffitt writes her distinguished
husbands biography. "The Life
and Services of John Newland
Maf1tt' $500: postage. 20 cents).
and her modest. frank. vnassumlng
narrative is really very good
sea story" as The San Francisco
Call saws it is. and intensely inter
esting.' Oh Captain "kell's Recol-
lections of Naval Life" (S2.oo
postage, Is cents). The National
Gazette says, mo contribution to
naval history made within recent
years is SO distinctly important as
this volume AS contrl-
button to history it is notable
Speaking of sea captains. i'll
|"The Noahs Afoat' (SI.5o) Miss
Rea Woodnan analyzes, with more
or less gravity, the career of the
first naval hero of importance,
"Admiral' Noah. Miss Woodman
calls her account of the Noachian
voyage an Historical romance.
but The Bookseller says it is no
such thing. 1T is only" SAYS The
Bookseller, "a delicious burlesque,
irreverent, but irresistibly funny /;
a romance. undoubtedly, but his
torical? MOI!
Unlike the Noah romance, but
romance i'll the highest and purest
sense, are the three translations,
"Amata, "Felicitas.' and La
Belle Paysanne '-delicatc, imagi-
native, poetic.
"Amata.' from the German of
Richard Voss (SI.oo). is translated
by Mr.. Roger S. G.. Boutell, and it
is novel that is a poem. Almost
equally charming and tender is
"Felicitas.' translated from the
German of Felix Da1n by Miss
Mary Gowcn Lansdale ($I .oo).
The original German of Dahn's is
a dramatic love-story, and, to
quote The Buffalo Times, 1T loses
nothing in its translation. 1t pre-
sents love tale, full, intense,
charming and captivating"
The novel LA Belle Paysanne,"
translated from the French of
Madame Charles Reybaud by Mr..
Remus +. Foster (SIoo). is the
story of a beautiful and unfortu-
nate French girl. The Kansas City
Star calls it the perfection of art. F"
Akin to these translations. vet
not really akin to ANYTHING and un-
like everything, is Mr.. Ambrose
Bierce's beautiful medieval ro-
nance. "The Monk and the Hang
mans Daughter" ($1.oo). Though
purporting to be derived from a
monkish chronicle" says The Gal
weston News, this story has none
of the musty flavor of old parch-
ment. 1t isvibrant with life. .
Mr. Bierce has done a rare service
in bringing to light this clustered
treasure and stamping it with the
excellence that inheres in all that
he does" In his volume of marvel
stories, Can Such Things Be :"
(S1.25), Mr.. Bierce again reveals
that excellence that inheres in all
that he does" These stories deal
with the occult, the remarkable,
the unknowable; with cowardice,
fear, bravery, dreams, haunted
houses, and strange forms Of
death. "Altogether," comments
The Atlanta Georgian. "the book
is gem, ana better collection Of
entertaining stories has not been
written for many day
And now. TO bring us back to the
things we know can be-and are
here is a book for judicious use.
"Sprigs o Mint (SIoo), by Mr..
James Tandy Ellis. From Ken
tucky they come, of course, these
Sprigs : tender. crisp, enticing.
"Mr. Ellis mood" as The Louis
vile Courier Journal remarks
and the Courier Journal ought to
know, being likewise from Ken
tucky-'~Mr. Ellis's mood is min
gled, and he tells of homespun phi
losophy, negro dialect and charac-
ter, men, women. children, guns,
laughter, flowers and he is always
interesting Mr.. Ellis, some more
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