The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-06
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soiousness. Mir. Comfort succeeds in doins it"
 THE LEAGUE OF THis LEOPARD. .' By Harold Blindless. Coiored Frontis-
 piece. Frederick A. Stokes & Co.,, Pub fishers. New York.
 Of course it is natural for the reader to want to know what sort of "Leopard' is meant in the novel by Harold Blindloss under the title, s'The League of the Leopard
 He will be surprised when he hears that 'sThe Leopards" are a league of negro .magicians" who rule over a large sec ton of the interior of West Africa. Their insignia is tuft of Leopard's fur. Their | country is rich in gold; one river is yell low with nugget-pebbles. Their boast is | that no white man ever left their country alive.
 l One man did. He found the River of | Gold mapped it's location, and escaped, only to contract fever IS he reached the civilized coast The story opens as he lies dying, tended by Carsluith Maxwell. young Englishman of the quiet, de- termined sort, Nevin, the sick man. be- queaths to Maxwell his claim to the River of Gold, and the map of the Leopard country, provided he will hunt down and kill a negro with a cross on his fore head, who treacherously md cruelty had murdered Nevin's partner
 Maxwell and his best friend-both of whom love the same girl--sct forth on this dangerous quest. The story of their ad- ventures Is full of action, suspense and mystery
 ''THE MASTERS OF THE SHOW" GAS Seen in Retrospection by One Who
 Has Been Associated With the Ameri-
 can Stage For Nearly Fifty Years) By
 Augustus Pitou. The Neale Publishing
 Co.,, Publishers. New York. During MT. Pitou's long and disinguish- ed career he has been a member of Edwin Booths company, leading man, manager for the Grand opera house in Toronto, manager of the Fifth avenue theatre in New York, and manager for W. J. Scanlan. Robert Mantell, Joseph Murphy, Rose Coghlan, Chauncey Olcott, Kathryn Kidder. and others. More re- gently he was manager of the Grand opera house, New York. Successful as manager as an actor, and as a dramatist, he is also among the best loved men ever connected with the American stage. In his book he gives intimate sketches of the notable actors of his day, charming pictures of charming characters. too lit- tie known to the general public. The many illustrations in the volume were se- lected by Mir. Pitou with great care MY FIRST EAfS AS A FRENCd- WOMAN 17S6-17S9." By Mary King Washington. Illustrated. Charles Scribnen's Sons, Publishers. New York.
 My First Years as a Frenchwoman 17s6-17S9,'' is new book oy Madame Wad- dington, who was the daughter of Presi- dent King of Columbia and the grand daughter of Rufus King, our second min ister to England, is distinctly notable l a fo he f11r If ir,i The volume has to do with the years fol- lowing her marriage to M. William Wad- dington, at that time a deputy in the national assembly in Versailles, and soon after minister of public instruction, and later foreign minister, delegate to the Berlin Congress, and prime minister of France. Almost all the distinguished peo- pie in France, both Frenchmen and for- eigners, are pictured. and the social and diplomatic life of the times is brilliantly exposed by the writer who was within the inner circles of society and diplomacy. But one of the most interesting chapters describes the Berlin Congress during the negotiations which closed in the treaty of Berlin.
 OTHER BOOKS RECEIVED (RE-
 VIEWS LATER.)
 THE WHITE SLAVE.' By Harry Coulter Todd. The Neale Publishing O., Publishers, New York.
 THE STRATEGY OF ROBERT F. LEE. By J. J. Bower. The Neale Pub fishing Co, Publishers, New York.
 THE VALLEY CAMPAGINS.r By Thomas A. Ashby. M. D., ILL D. The Neale Publishing Co. Publishers New i York.
 PRINCIPLES OF CORRECT DRESS '' By Florence Hull Witherspoon. Includ- ing Chapters By Jean Worth and Paul Poiret. Harper Brothers Publishers, New York.