Arizona republican., 1909-06-14
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l Rocky Mountain big horn-all told with raciness of phrase and uncOn- ventiOnal vigor-unite to make d book of rare quality.
 A desirable g. book (s220 by
 mail postpaid), is The Other Ameri-
 cans" from the pen of Arthur Ruhl. | The subject dealt with is the South America of today, it's countries, cities, | people, and their customs. MT. Ruhl
 was a member of the party of which | Secretary Elihu Root was the cen- | tral figure, on the occasion of a
 memorable expedition to South Amer ica, and his facilities for observation
 were decidedly good, while his talent
 for description is equally as effective. The book is fully illustrated by pho- tographs and drawings, and is sup piled with an appendix giving statis-
 tics of each country's population, trade. resources. etc. Venezuela, Col ombia, Brazil, Argentine, Chile, Peru,
 Bolivia and Panama. their people, their general appearances and char acteristics, their great differences from us and from each other, their
 attractive and unattractive sides, are exceedingly cleverly described and illustrated. Mir Ruhl is a vigorous, clcar-sighted and accurate observer. His lively narrative is full of anus
 ing adventures, he illustates his
 points with good stories and telling
 anecdotes, and certain gay en-
 jOyment of his own adventures and
 of the comforts and discomforts of
 the trip, makes the book eXtraordin-
 ary good reading.
 A good Stevenson book is found in "A Chronicle of Friendships" by
 Will H. Low, with illustrations by
 the author. 8 net, or s3.30 post
 paid. The book contains delightful
 "reminiscences of the life of the art
 students in Paris and Barbizon forty
 or more years ago. their pleasures
 their aims, their work, but especia ly
 telling of the friendship of the three
 men. Robert Louis Stevenson, his
 cousin, R. A. NJ. Stevenson, the
 author of The Art of Velasquez," and the author himself. The charm
 ing picture of Robert Louis Stew
 enson, of his talk, his ideas, his
 personality at that most interesting
 period of his life, will be to all read
 CTS and lovers of Stevenson most fas- cinating and important. The life of
 the three men together in BarbiZon and Paris, and in later meetings,
 makes some of the most delightful. amusing and altogether readable rem
 iniscences that have appeared in years. Many other people of i'm portance and later wide celebritN ap-
 pear in the course of the chronicle. among them Jean Francois Millet, the great French painter, and Augus- tus Saint-Gaudens. This is the first book of "reminiscences of the kind by an American artist which has eve rbeen published and opens a new field in our literature.
 Two volumes from the Scribner presses relate to popular American idols, Richard Mansfield and Robert F. Lee. The story of Mansfield. the Man and the Actor" is told by Paul Wilstach, and can be pro- cured for $3.50 net, or $3.SO post paid. It is a vivid and extremely interesting account of the life and work of the greatest modern actor Amusing anecdotes of notable people on the stage and off, good stories of incidents and adventures in Mir Mansfield's career around. as well as deeply valuable criticisms on theatrical matters and plays.
 Robert F. Lee" by Thomas Nel- son Page, is F mo. with a photo gravure portrait, and is sold for SIPS net, or S1.35 postpaid.
 MT. Page considers Lee from two points of view-as a man and as a soldier. He portrays his character as the fruit of modern as Washing tons was of Colonial Virginia civil ization, devotion to duty being it's keynote from first to last. His high ideals of conduct were largely re- sponsible for his noble faults" as a soldier-his magnanimity, his gener- osity, his tendency to underestimate the power of his adversary Yet MT Page holds that Lee was a soldier of the very first rank, not his inability to drive Grant out of Virginia and his final He compares these two generals and holds that Lee in de- feat was even greater than Lee in victory. Finally he describes his 1 hero's last years as president of 1 college. The book is l based on public records and on the 1 fruStWOrthU taStiuoopu of narcooaI i,