The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-02-01
THE NEW BOOKS
Novels by Ernest OldmeadOW and Baron ROsenkrantz
February Magazines Literary Notes.

Russell. which Monat, Yard & Co. will
publish in February.
THE fact is" says Mr.. Clement Shorter,
in a recent essay on the subject, that
there is no possibility of naming the hun
dred best books. The naming of them for
any large general audience is quite impos-
sible. All that is possible in such a con-
neetion is to state emphatically that there
are very few books that are equally suit
able to every kind of intellect. Tenpera-
ment as well as Intellectual endowment
makes for so much in reading. Take, Tor
example. the Imitation of Christ George
Eliot, although not a Christian, found it
soul-satisfying. ~Thackeray, rs l think O
more robust Intellect, found II weIl-nigh as
mischievous as Eugene Sue. There are
great books that can be read only by the
few. but surely the greatest appeal alike
to the man of rich Intellectual endowment
and to the man to whom all processes of
reason are incomprehensible." As a part
of this essay, which Mr.. Shorter includes
in his volume. Immortal Memories"
published by the Harpers recently in this
country, Is n list of his own choosing
The list begins. as such lists customarily
do, with the Bible.
Gertrude Atherton, who is at present liv-
ing in London, is soon to visit Munich,
where she Is accustomed TO spend her win
ters, though she has announced her inten-
ton OF varying this custom next year by
remaining In the United States. For the
| German city Mrs. Atherton seems to have
conceived one of those passions which
quaint places often inspire in literary
minds and which resemble love at first
sight. The following apppreciative bit of
description which she has put into the
mouth OF the California girl who Is the he
roinc of her latest novel, Ancestors GER
tsinly has the favor of personal affection:
II was infatuated with Munich, and its
exteriors satisfied me. 1t has a large,
! courteous, grandly hospitable air. as il it
were the private property of a king, to
which, however, all are royalty
welcome. II is the kings ideal city; life.
hut no hustle; neither business. as we I'M
derstand the word, nor poverty; a city Of
infinite leisure and infinite interest; a SUI
perb living picture-book, where one is ever
amused, interested. both stimulated and
soothed. When I had been in it three
months I had almost made up my mind TO
live there and dream away the best of my
life
In the new books planned for this spring
by the ]. B. Lippincott Company there is
ample variety to afford literary entertain
ment for all tastes. Among the important
works will be- 1.-The Struggle for American
Independence" by Sydney George Fisher;
Persia: the Awakening East" by v. p.
CreSson, and a new volume of the New
Variorum Shakespeare, THE Tragedy of
Richard the Third" by Horace Howard
Furness. jr. Three books for the ma
ture-lover are promised in "A Small
Country Place" by Samuel T. Maynard;
wild Flower Families" by Professor Clar-
ence NJ. Weed. and "Our Trees and How to
Know Them" by Arthur 1. Emerson and
Clarence NJ. Weed. Their first new novel,
which is to be published in February. win
be Marcia Schuyler by Grace Living
ston Hill-Lutz, a story of the interior of
New York State in the early part Of the
nineteenth century. Following this novel
will be issued at intervals 'aThe Duchess OF
Dreams" by Edith Macvane; In the Dead
OF Night, by John 7 Mcintyre: The Mas
ter Influence" by Thomas Mexican, and
last but by no means least. John Reed
.Scotts new romance. The Princess Dehra,"
a sequel to his highly successful story,
The Colonel Of the Red Huzzars."
Hardly another modern Englishman. with
the exception Of the late Cecil Rhodes. has
made more history than Lord Cromer. and
this fact makes his book on Modern
Egypt" one OF the most important historical
works that has thus far appeared In the
tWenlelh century IN spite OF mis- consplc-
nous success az a colonial administrator
Lord Cromer has by no means escaped criti-
cism, and there are plenty OF matters in
Egyptian history during the past quarter Of
a century around which controversy still
RACES. In bis Introductory chapter he
writes: My object In writing this book Is
tHofoid In the srst place, 1 wish 10 place
On record an accurate narrative Of some Of
the principal events which have occurred
in Egypt and in the Soudan since the year
iS6. In the second place. 1 wish to explain
the results which have accrued TO Egypt
from the British occupation Of the country
In 1872 The accidents OF my public life
have afforded me special opportunities for
compiling certain chapters Of Egyptian his
tory. From March. 1877, to June, 1880, and
again from September. 1888, up to the pres
ent time dsJO. / have been behind the
scenes Of Egyptian affairs. Besides those
sources OF information which are open TO
all the world, l rave had access to all the
documents in the archives Of the foreign
Offices Of both London and Cairo, and /
have been in close communication with, j
think, almost every one who has taken a
leading part in Egyptian affairs during the
period the history Of which I have at
tempted TO write.
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