The Washington herald., 1913-09-28
LATEST BOOKS FOR THE LIBRARY TABLE

But the fascination Of II grows. Tha
secre. OF IL Is that the story Is genuine,
essentially human. Anna, the heroine, D
no commonplace German girl. though hsr
surroundings are commonplace.
J. z. Patterson, the well-known Eng
lish author, whose books, among which
are Heroes OF. the Sea-" and ''Tillers OF
the SOIL" have made most favorable I'm
pressions in this country, has a nsv
novel for fall publication. II Is entitled
His Fathers Wife" CMacmiIlan).
Mcbride, Mast & Co. are publishing
the following books: THE Happy Ship
a book of sailor yarns, by Stephen
French Whitman; "Along Frances River
Of Romance-the Loire" by Douglas
Goldring, and "AlonR Germany's River
Of Romance-the Moselle," by Charles
Tower. in the Romantic Rivers Series,
and Symbolism in Architecture" BY
Arthur Collins.
In "wanderfoot," Cynthia Stockley'a
new novel. which the Putnams publish
this fall, the author has added another
stirring story to the group Of important
fiction with which her name is associated.
Like Poppy" and "The Claw" the pres
ent story is written in a sweeping, drs-
matte, intensive, and colorado style COM
mensurate. with the big issues Of life that
the characters confront. ''Wanderfoot''
Is the pen name of the heroine, a woman
journalist who has been borne along
swiftly on the wings of dreams, but nl1a
all the self-dependent has experienced
the hard touch Of the actual The book
involves the story of a marriage that Is
no marriage, because across II Is dun1
the sinister, obliterating shadow Of q man
believed dead, the first husband OF the
heroine.
Ever since the dramatization OF Mon
tague Glass famous Potash and Perlmut-
ter stories, which have scored a success
on Broadway, there has been a great in
crease in the popular interest In Mr..
Glass books. Potash and Perlmutter,"
"Abe and Mawruss," and "Elkan Lubli-
ner, American" published by Doubleday,
Page & Co. Apparently the thousands
who are going to the play and enjoying
that "up-to-date garment in three pieces.
made by our special designer, and
trimmed with a thousand laughs, and
guaranteed to fit all sizes and ages" (ss
the program says). went to get all the
haps and mishaps of that inimitable pair
in book form so that they may preserve
for future rainy days the laughs to be
found there.
Doubleday. Page & Co. announce the
most important literary plan they have
ever undertaken, THE Seven Seas edt-
ton OF the works Of Rudyard Kipling,
limited to 1850 sets OF twenty-three vol
umes, newly arranged and each set
signed by the author. It is the purpose
to make this set one of lasting value.
The Life of Henry Labouchere." has
been prepared ey the nephew Of Labou-
chere, Algar Labouchere ThoroId, and
will be published in October by the Put
mans. Mr.. ThoroId has had access to
voluminous correspondence, including
letters from Edward VII, when Prince Of
Wales; Sir William Harcourt. Mr.. Par
nell, Lord Randolph Churchill and Sir
Henry Campbell-Bannerman- His life as a
war correspondent during the siege Of
Paris and his action in connection with
the Parnell Commission, eliminating in
the dramatic confession Of Pigott, are
treated in full detail.
The popularity of QUO Vadis?' as a
moving picture attraction has so stImu-
lated the demand for the late jeremiah
Curtin's authorized translation OF Hen
ryk Sienkiewicz's famous novel that
Little, Brown & Co. announce another
printing. Over a million copies of Quo
Vadis?'' in various editions have been
sold.