The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-04
THE NEW BOOKS
A History Of American Art by Charles i. Caffin.
Carolyn WelIS's "Vers de SOciete Anthology"
A Novel by a ROseyil!e Ainister-NOtes.

some distinction in the field of litera.
ture as a short story writer, I'M has
contributed to magazines of standing
'Kedar Kross.' however, is his hrs1
attempt at fiction between book covers
though he has another in the making
The tale is we'll told, finely knit and
the plots and counterplots are such as
to hold the attention of the reader
from the first chapter until the close
of the book. The character drawing
is excellent, and while here and there
slight blemishes are in evidence, the
book, as a whole, shows thorough and
conscientious workmanship. 1t avoids
every appeal to the tawdry or UNI
wholesome in storytelling, and at the
same time the men and women who
live n move and ave their being in
its pages are men and women with red
blood in their veins.
Tho love of a manly young man, Gill
bert Reidan, a hero of the battle of
Gettysburg, and a womanly young
woman, Kate Wofford, whose conflicts
and triumphs in the face of unscrupu-
lous enemies, including the girls sup
posed father, forms the basis upon
which the story is built.
Hall Morehouse is a fine type OF the
native of the North country, and his
ready wit. quaint philosophy and gem
eral helpfulness in the unraveling of
the threads of the plots and counter
plots max him conspicuous as one
of the leading figures in the story. He
is, perhaps, the most distinctive char
acter in 1t, and more likely to be re-
membered after the reader has closed
the book tina any one of the others,
the two lovers not excepted.
Some of the descriptive passages
show a marked degree of excellence,
and he author paints the beauties of
nature and the horrors of a battlefield
with equal facility.
New Technical Books at the Library.
Below are listed a few of the technical
books that have been made ready for dis
tributiof at the Public Library this week:
General Foundry Practise" by Nc
William and Longmuir. 1907. 1888 pages.
Lippineott. 1915. Gives actual experiences
of workers in iron, steel and brass found
ing.
1.-THE Steam Engine and other Steam
Motors" by Robert C. II. Heck. 1907. 2
volumes. Van N%ostrand. $40. Treats
thoroughly every phase of the subject.
THE Cost of Shelter" by Ellen H.
Richards. 1905. 1876 pages. Wiley. 81.
A sensible discussion of the problems of
rent and housing in cities, on moderate
incomes.
THE Cost of Living as Modified by
Sanitary Science by Ellen II. Richards.
1905. 1856 pages. Wiley. 81. Tells how
to spend a small income wisely and in
such a way as to insure the health of the
family.
THE Electrical Transmission of En-
ergy," by A. V. Abbott. 1907. 675 pages.
Van Nostrand. 50. The fifth edition Of
this manual for the design of electrical
circuits. Gives ten folding diagrams.
"Switchboards," by William Baxter,
Jr. 1906. 1888 pages. D~erry-Collard Com
pany. $1.25. For power, light and rail-
way service, direct and alternating cur
rent. high and low tension.
Electric Bells and All About Them"
by S. r. -Bottone. Excelsior Publishing
House, New York. A revised edition with
more than 100 Illustrations.
Handbook of American Gas-Bngineer-
Ing Practise" by M. Nisbitt-Latta 1907.
466 pages. Van Nostrand. $3.50. A practi-
cal treatise on the technology of modern
gas supplies. 1t constitutes a book of
reference for working men and students
Gas and OIL Engine Management" by
M. Fowls Bale. 1906. 1874 pages. Lippin-
colt. $l.25. A practical guide to the Sc
lection, construction and management of
gas engines.