Evening star., 1908-01-22

" tosa III ttNii
and give us two clever stories Of
Washington life. The Conquest"
(SI.5o) and The Awakening"
(SI.2S). Mr.. lulee's hero is high
type Englishnan who wins an
American wife; Mrs. Avrcs' hero
inc is a Western woman, the wife
OF an Arizona Senator. OF Mr..
Iulees The Awakening" The
Columbia State says. The author
should be congratulated upon writ
ing such successful novel of
Washington life" and the press
has been unanimous in characteriz-
ing Mrs. Ayres's The Conquest"
as "vivaciouS and realistic
Mr. John L. Carter, Jr., in his
The Destroyers" Isl. 5o), tells the
story of hero, Thomas Steele.
strong young Napoleon of the
Western coal fields. and how he
conquered the strikers and won.
lnoidcntallv.-or was the strike the
incident :-thc love of a delightful
American girl. In the Nealc nov
els OF contemporaneous life, sure
ly, arc heroes and heroines
a-plenty, love and bravery and
beauty enough for all.
D1smisSlng the heroines of to-
day-it one can dismiss them for
the heroines OF yesterday, in prose,
turning to the historical novels. we
find Mrs. McDavid and Mr.. Lee
portraying Virginia girls. the one
an Indian Princess. the other a
Blue Mountain lassie. Mrs. Mittie
Owen McDavid's Princess Poca-
hontas ($I.2s) is a toucl,inglv
simple biography. written with both
charm and freshness. and in "A
Virginia Feud'' Isl. 5o) Mr.. George
Taylor Lee, nephew of Robert Ed
ward Lee. has made the story of
the terrible Shifett-Duncan feud,
in which the fortunes of the hero
inc are involved, interesting and
instructive.
Colonel Charles Richardson. au-
thor Of The Charlottesville Cam
paign" published by this house,. in
Tales of a Warrior" sanguine
but not sanguinary-(SI. .25) has
written strong and beautiful war
stories.
Professor Willoughby Reade
turns to the Old Dominion for his
stories, when Hearts Were True"
(SI.oo; postage, 8 cents). as does
Miss Alice AIaude Ewcll in her
fcharming and unique tales of
Colonial days in Maryland and Nir-
ginia, "A Long Time Ago" Isl. .5o).
But Virginia is not the sole home
or romance, as Miss Annie L.
Sloan proves in her stirring. brill
liant, and picturesque story of Co.
lonial Times. "The Carolinians"
($I. .5o), and as Mrs. Mary Polk
Winn and Miss Margaret Hannis
prove in their striking story of love
and mystery and tragedy, "The
Law and the Letter." a story of the
Province of Louisiana Isl. .5o), a
narrative strongly human in its ap-
peal.
Mrs. Malvina Sarah Waring
(Mrs. Clark Waring), author of
"The Lions Share" in THAT Sand
hitler" ($I.5o) has written story
of uncommon forcefulness," says
The Boston Globe; and the Chi
cago Banker says it is a story that
will stir the heart as it has not
been stirred by fiction for long
time" Another narrative of mys-
terry and tragedy. of love and hope
deferred, is Richard Wallace Buck
ley's THE Last OF the Houghtons"
Isl .5o), the story of a morbid, bril-
liant eccentric and his remarkable
inheritance.
And. last and best, "fairest and
rarest,' the poets. Taking up only
few, for the Neale lists are es-
pecially rich i'll poetry, among the
works by contemporary poets are
"Pausanias, A Dramatic Poem"
(SI.25). by DR.. Charles William
Kennedy, a teacher of English in
Princeton University, and DR..
James Southall Wilson, of the Col
lege Of William and Mary; "The
Ivory Gate (SI.25). by Armistead
c. Gordon. one OF the best-known
OF present-day Virginia poets; The
Cotton-Picker and Other Poems"
(SI.25). by Professor Carl Holiday,
head of the Department OF English
in Cox College, and author OF "A
History of Southern Literature
published bv this house,.
In The Heart and the Crown
decorated leather; $I.25), Miss
Rea Woodman has written som
nets that are gems after their
kind" The Brooklyn Eagle says.
Among the volumes of repub-
lished verse of famous Southern
poets are 'Boners Lyrics (SI.25),
a beautiful book, including "Whis-
pering Pines" arranged by the
poet himself just before his death;