The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-02

His struggles for love, like good boy,
 lead Duncan at times into situations
 where his honor, his good name. even his life were endangered.
 Duncan first~meet5 true love- on the threshold of supposedly haunted house and his adoration for her at once became what such 'at first sights" always are, and, by every known right under the sky, should be.
 Though Miss Irma is of noble birth
 what boots it2-her life had been any thing but happy, for she had been forced to sacrifice everything, yes, everything, In an endeavor to save @ young brother from the hands of schemlng uncle. Does Irma in time save brother? Of course she does! This was pretty, charm ing, scheming. loving Irmal The Loves young dream runs just as unevenly as all of them do-when real In life and books. But. then. marry
 and--well. loves younge dream goes right up to the end of the book, with still its rocky road.
 The book is good. It has humor, ex- citing adventure and everything to please those who love "Bonnie Scotland" Queen sheba's Ring" by H. Rider flag gard. Doubleday, Page 6 Col This is better than Rider has been fur
 nishing us lately. It Is a thriller-geel "The Yellow God' is green by the side of the early manner of their author. This new thriller tells how four ad- venturous Englishmen went to the as- slstance of a royal of course beautiful, lady, who was descended from King Sol
 omon. They took along train of camels loaded with high explosives for the pur-
 pose of blowing up the god Harmac, which was In the shape of lion, and t.lf tl,<, eds Axxrto fha afz nf Al n tain-yes, really! They hunted living lions on the way-just to show no hard feel ings and that they were real sports. They all but perished in a sandstorm. Captain Orme, who was young and oad-shouldered, and, so handsome! fell in love with the royal, beautiful lady, and as was most proper she with him. "shes'' always do, in Riders books. Pro- lessor Higgs, the learned antiquarian, who was short, and fast, and funny looking, was lowered in basket into the den of sacred lions. The bold Eng lishmen rescue the fat professor. Then, well then they dug subway from the sepulchre of the King into the god Harnacs rocky midst. Captain Orme, handsome fired a blast of a tor and half-what's that?-of azoimide | which blew the gods head off. | Sergeant Quick, poor fellow, and, sad to tell, was killed in battle-somebody had to die, though, and this man died the best he knew how. which was good f1rst-class, splendid!
 While the blowing off of the gods head didn't do, by long Rider shot, what was hoped, 1t was tremendous and thrilling piece of business.
 When you have finished Queen Sheba's Ring you will know you've read some thing, all right enough.
 
 | "The Collected Works of Fiona Mac leod" by William Sharp. (Duffield & Co)
 When William Sharp, the severe critic, whose logical opinions of things were considered of the best, died 1t came as a sensation which swept the literary circles of Europe and Amer
 ica, the discovery that "Fiona Macleod'' was William Sharp, or vice versa. For many years Fiona Macleod was name of mystery in the literary world, a name signed to some of the most deli cate heart t-touching prose and poetry But 1t was name only in Great Brit ain everywhere, for none had or could
 meet the author who preferred hiding
 and speaking as he wished. The works which for 10 years Will liam Sharp gave pleased but mystif1ed world under this pen name are now, lOT tI6 uISt liluc, PIcoCAtcQ III Cohi-
 plete form, edited by Mrs. William
 Sharp according to instructions left by
 her husband
 The volumes publish ed include "Pha-
 rais" and "The Mountain Lovers" "The
 Dominion of Dreams" and Under the
 Dark Star" "The Sin Eater" and "The
 Washer of the Ford"
 These collected works of Fiona Mac
 leod are, of course, for the discriminate
 ing, literary delights-some of the
 most beautiful pages in all literature.
 Uncle Renlus and the Little Boy," by
 Joel Chandler Harris. tSmall. May
 nard & Co)
 It is understood that MT. Harris fam
 fly have made arrangements with the
 firm of Small Maynard & Co.,, Boston,
 to bring out new editions of all the
 great Georgian's works.
 This new Uncle Remus book title
 T. M. Condo, was the last work Of
 above, profusely and we'll illustrated by
 MT. Harris, before his death. Inter-
 spersed among the stories are typical
 Uncle Remus rhymes which sing them
 selves with pleasing delight into ones
 heart The stories themselves bear
 such characteristic titles as ''The Story
 of the Doodang." How Br'er Rabbit
 Saved Br'er Bars Life" and ', "The
 Story of Br'er Fox and Little MT. Cricket"
 Logic and Imagination in the Percep- tion of Truth the Nature of Pure Activity in Two Series Books I and II, by J. Rush Stoner, M A. (Coch- rane Publishing Co.)
 Dedicated to the distinguished au- thor. professor and publicist, George Trumbull Ladd, Mir. Stoner of Cam bridge sends forth a ponderous. in teresting and weighty study, title given above.
 MT. Stoner's book Is an attempt to re- view some scientific and philosophic principle within the ordinary modes of research and the categories of the plain
 mans way of thinking. The author
 does not clai into have touched upon that vast realm of the reason that
 makes possible the universal synthesiz- Ing activity of the minds life in the
 world of experience.
 The author hopes to strengthen the
 belief in immortality, revive the faith of
 the eternal presence, suggest some good
 and fruitful ways of actualizing the tele-
 ological principle in life. To restore the
 freshness of withered hope. show the
 way to the establishment of a perma-
 nent rational faith and inspire some
 inspiring life with little good will and
 happiness of social relations in the Cita-
 del of Peace
 He wishes to encourage. the strongly
 brave Spirit of invincible conquest under the commission of Truth to some worthy
 achievement in the realm of science. -lit-