The Washington herald., 1912-11-03

the news. OF whose. election comes only.
. few moments after the arrival Of her
Son. Miss Daviess has not only given
an argument for equal suffrage women,
but she has also gfven us . story that
ID interestlngs 1t is idyllic. clever. ortgi.
nal, laughable, and, although written In
an entirely different vein from her other
stories. 10 worthy Of the author Of The
Melting Of Molly"
LITERARY HEARrHsTONEs OF Dixie: By
Laaalle Cosbctt Picket. author of Gen. Ptchete
and III. Men,. e. The J, 2: Hppinestt Com
The author y Southerner who knows
and loves the south-the old South. in
spring to % many poets and writer's
Many Of thesa she knew. and she has
treasured the Intimate memories % that
this truly charming volume Of their lives.
writings. and homes presents 4 new and
personal phase. Picture chat with that
children.s favorite. Uncle Remus," or
imagine the beautiful pre-Revolutionary
Charleston home Of Paul Hayne. looking
out from its many Widowed. cheerful
front upon q wide lawn resplendent with
flowers Of bygone fashion. loved by the
poets of the olden times and bright with
the greenness that kept perpetual sum
mer around II.
You win see q vision Of william G.
simms. genial poet, seated At his gener-
Gus table at Woodlands" entertaining
his guests; Of Francis Scott Key. stand
ing on the starlit deck amid the thun-
derinE of cannon abouu old Fort Nc
Henry, penciling on an old letter the
opening lines Of The Star spanEled
Banner" and Of Augusta Evans Wilson,
In the inspiring stiffness OF the Southern
night singing Maryland. My Maryland"
to the listening Confederate troops.
Thoughts Of school days are recalled.
too. by the glimpse Of Sidney Lanier.
beautiful things" while he taught In a
dreamy and drowsy and droney town
Of Georgia. Much Of the old Southern
atmosphere Is passing away. the colonial
house is modernized. and fire has caused
irreparable loss. but the old-time scenes
and the old-time life comes back to US
In the pages Of those who knew them.
The illustrations have been carefully Sc
lected from authentic portraits and pho
tographs and the book is tastefuliy
bound In decorated cloth.
THE MINok CHORD: By Joe Mitchell ch.ppie.
|. Shsppis Publishing Company. Boston, fr'e'
The Minor Chord 10 the simple story
Of a life Just as its events befell-or
home and childhood. school and college.
poverty and struggle. love and marriage:
Of the rift within the lutte. the separa-
ton between husband and wife. and the
struggles and triumphs Of an ambitious
American girl The keen intuitive analy'
sis Of woman's heart emotions. while
idealixed. reveal a rare insight into
everyday thoughts and feelings Of the
people "The Minor Chord is one Of
the class OF novels that you remember.
and you remember II because 1t some
times seems a part of yourself.
There is in its treatment no cynical
tone. no didactic philosophy: 1t is just a
simple tale.
THE Minor Chord already has taken
rank among the best sellers of the
present season. for few editors are better
known than Joe Chapple. and his ap-
pearance as a novel writer still further
whets the curiosity OF those who know
or have heard him and wonder to what
he will next turn. The book is espe-
cially appropriate as a gift-book. Any
mother can give II to q daughter or a
sister to a brother. because II has all the
glow and charm of the family circle.
THE HEROINE s :, y % sRSSzE B. .. s..s. tSs 4S:
Macmillan Ocmpauy. New iori.
The Heroine in Bronze is the first
piece Of WORK by Mr.. Allen the scene OF
which 10 laid outside Of Kentucky 1t
is said by those who have read II to be
a return to the style and method Of a
Kentucky Colonel which book II more
nearly resembles than any of the au-
thors. In that story the bone Of con-
tention is a bird: in this II Is . book.
An American love story-that is what
this novel is. 1t brings forth no ques-
ton and advocates no theory: it just
pictures the courtship of an American
college girl graduate and an American
college youth. The winning of the girls
love the hero finds not easy, but the
difficulties he encounters are such as
hinder the course Of true love in many
and many a present-day instance. There
are not the unusual or artificial obstruc-
tions which novelists sometimes put in
the way Of the creatures of their imagi-
nation. but are rather the less striking.
the less theatrical. but far more real
| stumbling blocks of everyday life. II
is perhaps on the rock Of misunderstand-