Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-20
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cided interest. Ali is an English boy
brought up from his birth in Angular.
in Africa He regards himself as the
son Of the sultan Of the kingdom IN
the ''barbarous marches" of the con-
tinent and his mother as the chief
wife of the sultan Fatuma, the
mother. is a wise woman and the
reader is bound to love and respect
her.
Suddenly, upon the scene. appears
Graf Won Rodenburg, old friend ana
rival of Ais father Then we are
transported to Germany, All being
now sixteen years old. The boy is
astute like most Orientals. and he is
blessed with the gift Of mind-reading.
inherited from his mother. He be-
comes involved in welt olitik" and
finally wrested from the care of Graf
Won Rodenburg, he is taken TO Eng
land by his cousin, Lord Stapleside,
an eccentric but skilful politician,
who saves every situation by a won
derful. belated resourcefuiness. Ali
becomes the hidden factor in many
important and amazing situations.
and his love episode with Patricia, the
effectionate, ambitious daughter of
the English ambassador, is piquant
and delightful.
| Some entirely new departures in the
system Of bringing out books viii be
| tried by Doubleday. Page & Company
| this fall, as result of their Fewer
and Better Books campaign. The
whole fall season will see the publ
cation by that house of about half as
many books as it was customary to
issue in a like period several years
| ago. Moreover. ii is understood that
fr7r ~
cally every week or so during the
| season the publication dates viii be
+, arranged so that the regular volumes
viii be brought out on three definite
/ ly stated dates during September and
October. Thus the holiday books will
all be published in ample time for the
Do your Christmas shopping early
idea.
With such short and. carefully
chosen list. the three fixed pubIica-
ton dates have numerous advantages
to the book dealers, in the arrange
ment for advance shipments, etc The
plan, according to a publishers cir
cular sent to the dealers. requires
some cooperation from them, but
with that it will be of tremendous
| advantage to the public and trade
1t Is understood that every book on
the fall list of Doubleday Page &
Company. with the single exception OF
enc limited de luxe edition, will have
been published before the emo of Octo-
ber-two full months ahead of Christ
mas.
Among the autumn announcements
of new books of the Macmillan Com
pany. New York. London, ETC.. is the
autobiography of Theodore Roosevelt.
II is stated by the publishers that in
this book Colonel Roosevelt talks with
greater intimacy than at any other
time, of his life, his philosophy and
such Of his achievements as illus
trate why he has come to hold the
views he does. The book will contain.
many illustrations and the price Is
$3.50
! Mcbride, Mast Co. are publishing
the following books: The Happy
Ship" a book of sailor yarns, by
Stephen French Whitman: along
Frances River of Romanee-The
Loire" by Douglas Goldring. and
Along Germany's River OF Romance
The Moselie,'' by Charles Tower, In
the romantic rivers series, and Sym
bolism in Architecture by Arthur
Collins
| DldlI Jdekeis r D. AUTHOR Oh
l.'Windnills and Wooden Shoes" ffc-
Bride Mast & Co.. has turned to
farming as q means of eultivating in
| spiration as well as the more homely
products of the soil. He says: II
have recently purchased several acres
of soil. subsoil and rock bottoms IN
the vicinity of Doylestown, Pa. in
Guiding also dwelling, barn. imple-
ments, growing crops. sundry and
divers impedimenta and accouter
ments. Here l expect to live with
periodical excursions as the bank ac-
count and the wanderlust dictate"
Leona Dalrymple, author of Uncle
Noah's Christmas Inspiration. has
written In the Heart of the Christ
| mas Pines" which her publishers,
Mcbride. Mast & Co.. have in prepara-
ton.
Aymar Embury. I'd. author of THE
Dutch Colonial House, mcbride
Mast & Col and Robert Aitken, the
sculptor. have recently returned from
a sojourn In England and France.
Gilbert Poets, author of Practical
Tree Repair" Mcbride. Mast & Coz
has been appointed an instructor in
the Harvard School OF Landscape
Architecture.
Thirty Pieces of Silver" a holt
| day book by Clarence Burlington KEEL
land, is published by Harper &
Bros. It tells the story of a popular
orator, who delivered brilliant atheis-
tic lectures which unsettled his
hearers religious beliefs. In dream
l--or vision-he beheld the money
counted out by the High Priest 10
Judas, one coin rolling to his own
feet as to an accomplice of the Great
Betrayer. In its appeal as a poetiG
aIlegory Thirty Pieces of silver
might be elassed with THE Mansion
by Henry van Dyke.
Holman Day. author of THE Skip
per and the Skipped" himself a good
and careful skipper, is commodore Of
the powerboat division of the Port
land Yacht Club. Mr. Day spent
part of the summer drilling his d.
vision and in cruising up and down
the Maine coast in the Davy Jones
II, which has taken the place of
its wrecked predecessor. He does not
neglect his literary work, however.
as a typewriter is part of his ships
stores. Mr.. Days novel, Squire
Phin," a story of Maine villagers.
has just been republished in a new
edition.
Harper & Bros. announce that they
are putting to press for reprintings:
1.-THE STANDARD of Usage in English.
by Thomas r. Lounsbury; Captured
by the Navajos," by Captain Charles
/ A. Curtis; History Of the Intellee-
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