Evening journal., 1908-09-16
LITERARY COMMENT
Clement storer Foster.
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The Little Brown jug at Kildare. -
by Meredith Nicholson (Bobbs- Merrill
Co. Indianapolis) is not readily de-
scribed In familiar terms. If one calls
It a romantic comedy It Is only an ap-
proximation. Romantic IL certainly is,
and full of ringing laughter. but com
edy'' hardly suggests the delicate
fancy the airy turn Of sentiment and
the grace of style which make Mr..
Nicholson one Of the most worthy
among popular writer's and which he
displays here in greater profusion than
ever before.
Moonshine and mystery. love and
laughter-these are the keywords OF
"The Little Brown jug at Kildare" A
bright jet Of sparkling humor plays
through all its pages over rollicking
adventures and the light-hearted duel
of men and maidens.
The maidens are charming Particu-
larly we commend Miss Jerry Danger
field, who ran the government Of a
great state in most spirited manner
The men are new types in fiction.
The Book News Monthly always
welcome, and due for further mention,
edited by Norma Bright Carson and
published by John wanamaker. pays
particular attention, in its latest issue.
to Count Leo Tolstoy Perhaps no nv-
ing preacher, teacher, or writer has
ever followed personal precepts and
ideas given out for the benefit OF
human kind than this aged Russian
of simple habits. His life story is
Christ-like, and the Book News
Monthly portrays this truly noble man
in his dignity and simplicity Aside
from what the monthly tells us OF
good things to be found on the shelves
this Tolstoy birthday issue makes IT
of more than usual Importance. The
illustrations are good.
Anne of Green Cables" by L. M
Montgomery IL c. Page & Company
Boston, $3.50 is, to use a provincial
ism, lust like real folks" It is really
worth while to know Anne. She is a
lovable character. "The Making OF
Personality" Bliss Carman Csame firm
same price, is attracting attention
at least it is talked Of with much
favor.
"Tables Of Stone" by Harold Beg
bic Doubleday. Page & Co. New
York $3.50 tells of a clergyman's son
who. at least from the viewpoint OF
some ancient maidens and pessimists
was certainly unnatural" The devil
is supposed to hold a first mortgage on
the male descendants Of dominic
Not so in this book. The hero. a cler-
gyman's son. a strong personality Is
brought up in ignorance Of modern
fashions. and plunges into the gay
world Of London through the interest
taken in him by a fashionable woman
who considers him a diverting curios-
ity; his subsequent love affair and his
sturdy development make a novel OF
extraordinary power.
Country Life in America is good to
look at and has within its covers
something to take the mind away from
soot-begrimed chamneys and dull
walls. (35 cents. all stands)
Probably no writer. Of hundred
thousand" fiction is as little knowr
I personally as Miss Marie Corelli
whose Holy Orders" is published b,
/ the Stokes Company this month. Few
people know what Miss Corelli look
like. because she has not permitted hel
/ portrait to be used in the press. TIT
American publishers Of Holy orders
deserve the thanks of Miss Corelli'!
many admirers for the arrangement
they have made for sending gratis, ;
/ full-length, copyright portrait hand
somely reproduced on cardboard, c
each purchaser Of the novel who nils
in a coupon which viii be placed II
each book. Frederick A. stokes Co.
341 Fourth avenue, New York
The Scribner's seem to keep BUSY
printing good things. 1t would be wei
to look over their latest catalogue