The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-22

starred cross upon that blood-red ban
| ner."
DIR. behring's book deals with great
| events and historical names, with nation
| al causes, constitutional principles, vital
moral questions, legislative and warlike
| experiments. Many such events are now
! little known or long since forgotten.
| Dr. Deering has given a faithful recital
| of these events that had to do decisively
with the struggle of 1916.
The book contains no bitterness of
spirit and is without extravaganza In
speech. 1t is a good volume.
: 1.-THE Goose Girl" by Harold MacGrath
(Bobbs Merrill Coz.
This department has some quite in
teresting, up-to the minute young girl
friends, still in the high sch ools or off
at college," who have assisted 1t ma
terially in criticising, 1t should, a
certain type of books-say of the
Fluffy Ruffie" or "Mellins' Food" va
riety of which good ld-summer- time
| never fails to supply us a great
| bunch. This bringing in of outside
| criticism is necessarily judicious-judI-
cious on the part of this reviewer any
way who has been attempting to watch
| the doings of two legislative bodies in
| the south in cir hlgh-browed, more
/ or less care for two states. Who
| to say nothing of the whole state of
South Carolina and then write "a cor
rect, fair review of 1.-THE Goose Girl"
| 1t couldn't be done.
This department Is officially in
formed by the young girls aforesaid
| that 1.-THE Goose Girl' is simply love-
| ly." That it is SO much better than
| 1.-THE Lure of the Mask" THE En-
chanted Hat" and so on, by Mr.. Mac
Grath. So we can thank goodness for
| that.
Mr.. MacGrath has great following,
never mind what kind, he sells his
wares, which is more than lots of
| writer's do who criticise his produc-
lions.
Here Is the way we are introduced to
1.-The Goose Girl" Please bear in mind
| that this is what might be called a
Prisoner of Zenda" story, the usual
| limitations of which should have a leg
| islative act operating against them. Up
| the mountains to "Dreberg" climbed
| a lovely goose girl, to say nothing of
| the geese. She was beautiful, educated,
| far above her station; in looks, every
| thing! She was overtaken by a troup
| of riders accompanying the royal duke
| of "Eh rrenstein," of which Drieberg
| was the capital. Later an old man
! joins the lovely goose girl, assists in
|
| geese-and leaving her gives her a
| bunch of gold.
Now here are the situations as eX-
planned up to the 18th page in the
| book. The Duke had years ago his
! daughter a baby, stolen. He was con-
| WINGED that a king of a neigh boring
| woman, found as singer in opera, was
| woman, found as singr in opera, was
| recognized as "the long-lost ch-i-e-l-d"
x~l,kI 10 oil I, Cot
| The American consul, young chap
dashing (of course) loves the princess
| the newly installed one but she must
| marry in line with questions of state
| The old man who had met the goose
| girl climbing the mountain to Drie-
| berg is heard to mutter to himself 81
| will find that scamp Of a nephew"
| The new princess doesn't wish to marry
! the heir to the throne of a neighbor-
| ing country, nor is 1T very evident that
the gentleman is anxious to be wait
ing at the Church" eth er. In Drieberg
| is a winter who, like the goose girl
anyone can see is not real what he
| pretends to be. He is evidently
scouting for some purpose. The old
man who climbed the mountain with
the goose girl was scouting too. The
dashing American loved the princess
| but couldn't get her-although she
/
| All that above is rather complicating
! Ell? But you must remember that com
| plications are the things that win in
| the first portions of best sellers" The
| fact of who the goose girl is, who the
| winter is why the old man with gold
was scouting in Drieberg-if you are
hardened to this type of novels as
plain as anything well can be.
OF course the goose girl wasn't any
~
Grath fixes it all right and with box
| of chocolates, or Marshmallows, in a
hammock, a lover of this light type of
novel couldn't do better than read 1.-THE
| Goose Girl" If you care not for ham
mocks, things rather two sugary-skip
| THE Goose Girl But there will be
lots of readers who will enjoy Mr..
MacGrath's latest appeal to the sum-
mer or school girl and the man, who
to get in the game will simply have to
read it or Don't Come Round Any
| More"
AS an antidote to many things, 'The
Goose Girl" is winner, but so would
be an overdose or even a small one of
morphine.
Emerson and Other Essays" by John
Jay Chapman. CMoffat Yard & Coz
What leap from 1.-THE Goose Girl
| to Emerson Ell? Well it is all in a.
| lifetime; a few eaons you, or the tother
| fellow will not worry over even what
| the state legislatures do
| These essays have been out of print
| for several years, so Mr.. Chapman tells
| us. The author believes that every man
| has volume of essays inside of him
| but that only a few have the leisure
| to turn themselves inside out and dis
close their education, their predictions
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