The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-10-29
Interesting
New Books
at Library

the local library experts as being the
most interesting of their class, Is pub
lished below. This list Is the first of
a series of such lists, which will be
published weekly in this newspaper
for some time to come.
Testing of Diana Mallory" by Mrs.
Humphrey Ward. No a great novel,
but a moving tale. Diana herself Is a
figure of appealing grace, who at last
wins the dubious joy of union with the
weakling to whom she has given her
heart. 1t is not a question of great
Observation-Disclosures, but of the love of
woman.
The White Sister, by +. Marion
Crawford. This novel ends the group
of Roman novels which began with
"Saracinesca' and in point of construc-
ton and character drawing is distinctly
the best from the authors pen for
many years.
Lewis Randi by Mary Johnston. A
well imagined and strongly told tale
Of a Virginia boy. son of q tobacco
roller who, befriended by Jefferson, rises
to the aristocracy, but ruins his pros
poets by completely in the Aaron Burr
conspiracy.
1.-The Ancient Law by Ellen Glas-
cow. An intense record of the strug-
Gle of a strong man, once a defaulter,
who by sheer force of character raises
himself above his past, and regains the
confidence of his family, least able of
all the world to understand, to forgive
and to appreciate. The characters are
drawn with a sure, skilful hand; the
story is uncommonly well told.
Peter" by r. Hopkinson Smith.
A cheerful and wholesome novel of
which he Is not the hero. Peter. as the
hero's Prospero, provides him with adj
ventures II opportunities for heroisn1.
The great charm of the book lies in
the authors artistic descriptions and
his genius for selecting the most opti-
mistic view of every situation.
1.-THE Trail of the Lonesome Pine
by John Fox, jr. A story OF the growth
and development of an attractive
mountain girl. 1t presents the poetic
side OF Kentucky mountain life and
even lifts the spirit of its feuds into
something like rude knight %errantry.
Full of local color and m~elodrarnatic
action.
Chemistry of Commerce" by Robert
Kennedy Duncan. For the open
shelves of the public reading-roon, a
book that the manufacturer and bust
ness man will profit by perusing, for it
contains information on a great variety
of topics impossible to get elsewhere in
such convenient form.
"Daybreak in Turkey by the Rev.
James Levi Barton. An eminently
timely and readable statement of the
So ~sA.,- a,,a~ x.t.s1f. laN $1,000,
about the present conditions in the
Ottoman empire, accounting for the
surprising transformation from despot-
ism to constitutionalism. A personal
touch throughout adds much to the
interest.
1.-THE Elimination of the Tramp" by
Edmund Kelly. The introduction into
America of the labor colony system
already proved effective in Holland,
Belgium and Switzerland with modifi-
thereof necessary to adapt this
to American conditions.
why We Love Lincoln" by James
Creelman. A biography designed to
bring out those human sides of the
nan Lincoln, which are so great a part
Of him that not even the most formal
treatment can hide the humorous
mouth, tender heart, shrewd eye and
he laugh by which the great man held
still holds the American people.
"a Motor Flight Through France"
~ Edith Wharton. A description full
,f historical understanding of the
visited which would serve as a
rude for those contemplating such a
rip. A book TO give keen pleasure to
III who have visited the scenes which
re so clearly and charmingly de-
why worry by George Lincoln
A discussion of worry and
from the standpoint OF the
leurologist. A book from which it will
re possible for any individual to extract
much practical benefit.
"a Mind That Found ITSELF" by Cliff
ord W. Beers. A record of the au-
W experience in a private SAM
arium and in a State insane asylum.
he description naturally carries with1
much of the intensity of an irritable
cmperament. but the account rings
a book which will offer sugges-
ions to those interested In bringing
bout reforms in the work of minister
lg to minds diseased.
Fahi'ilSdn pihBf VI lDQuy, DN VAL
er Prichard Eaton. A collection of |
rtlcles contributed to the dramatic |
Of the New York Sun. 1t con-
aims information, descriptions and
which MEASURE up some sue (
essful plays Of the past few years.
he book is by no means as large as
8 title, but 1t is quite readable and
ne criticisms are unbiased and keen.
Following the Color Line; an Ac-
cunt of Negro Citizenship in the
Democracy" by Ray Stan
ard Baker. A clear statement of the |
Sact conditions and relationships Of
1e neg in American life. The au-
Tor has ~endeavored to view the prob
m not as a Nohtherner, nor as Il South
'ner, but as an American; and TO re-
ard the negro as neither a mental nor
curiosity. but as a plain human be-
q animated with his own hopes. de-
'essed by bis own fears and meeting
Is W problems with failure or sue