The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-10

Rose Macleod" by Alice Brown uIough-
 ton, Mifflin x Co)
 Alice Brown to the well read needs no introduction. Her latest story which is delightful, called Rose Macleod has been running serialy in the Atlantic Monthly. now published by Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
 Rose Macleod was the daughter of Markham Macleod, a great agitator, the head of secret Brotherhood of Man operating all over the world. Markham Macleod talked the right of labor from one end of the world to the other but he never failed to attach himself to and thoroughly enjoy the flesh pots of Egypt" Rose Macleod, whose mother was dead, travelled around with her father until she was disillusioned, however, not before her father had sold her to a repro bate American living in Paris Tom Full ton. Markham Macleod did not believe in marriage. He taught Rose the same unbelief So Rose did not marry the brute Tom Fulton but did leave him after a bit when he became more cruel than usual Just before Fulton died Rose came back to nurse him. Upon the lat ter's death bed Fulton gave directions to his friend Peter Grant. great Amer ican painter, to see that his family in America should "be good to Rose" So Rose goes back to America with Grant, where she meets Tom Fulton's sister, who "perspires ice'' and is very bad con- ductor of human feeling. All of the story as told in the book really happens when Rose goes to America to stay with Tom Fultons family Toms sister. Electra Fulton, declines to receive Rose, the former never believes that Tom married Rose (which he didn'D and Electra lives up to her duty anyhow. The story then deals with Roses life in the home of the Grants Peter Grants grandmother is the head of the house. and this house and Peter's stay in Paris to learn art were sustained by the struggles of Os- mond Grant, the hero of this story. Os- mond. great-hearted fellow, had been in jured when a child. He was hunch- back and was compelled to live near to mother earth to save his life. He did this by becoming a farmer Mark ham Macleod comes to America and he wins over Electra Fulton to believing in anything he says. Electra was woman of high ideals and believed in the ''ethi- cal' views of everything. Just when Electra Fulton is about to acknowledge Rose Macleod the latter tells the truth, and Osmond Grant, who loves Rose, comes to her rescue Che has fallen in love with her) and fights her battles. Osmond wins Rose a great prize she was. Elec- tra Fulton had step-grandmother Mrs. Fulton, who was a great character. The whole book is very delightful. It is charmingly written, it is the best thing Alice Brown has uone, and she has writ ten some very strong and entertaining books
 To tell more of the plot of this superior novel would really destroy the interest in the reading of it. No one who cares for the few good things we have from the publishers press should miss Rose Mac Leod". One friend of this review de- partment began on the third installment of this novel when it came out in the Atlantic Monthly and he enjoyed it thoroughly even starting where he did and he is a first rate judge of good things, too.
 Anna Lombard--By Victoria Cross
 Mitchell Kennerley.)
 Anna Lombard'' is one of the earlier novels of Victoria Cross. A review of it is here made by request of reader of this paper.
 In her preface to the new edition Victoria Cross says that she has been challenged by certain newspapers to state her intentions in writing Anna Lombard" Her reply is that she en-