New Britain herald., 1915-06-26

good book to read aloud."-A. L. A. Competitive nephew, by Montague Glass
 Quite as amusingly human as the Perlmutter yarns. "--N. Y. Times.
 
 , Curse of Castle Eagle, by Katharine Tynan Hinkson 1 Mrs Hinkson is one of the few living writers of fiction who have 1 achieved style both distinguished and tinctive.''-Nation. Daybreak, by Elizabeth Miller, Historical romance of the daks of Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain, of the discovery of America, and tbe fall or Granda, by the author of The Yoke" and Saul of Tarsus' Great tradition and other stories, by
 Mrs. Katharine (Fullerton) Gerould
 Eight distinctive short stories with psychological rather than a. plot in- i terest. Of interest to anyone who ] like. good work. The author has an unusual faculty of seeing just what is in a given situation and of making it convincing to the reader."-A. L. A. 1 Booklist.
 
 Honey bee, by Samuel Merwin. The authors previous perform ! ances in fiction have given us no rea- son to, expect from him so profound a psychological study and so genuine a creation of charactcr.''-Dial Love letters of divorced couple, by w F. Payson.
 "The book is not a problem story. ] It is keenly sympathetic, and delight i fully whimsical It is not a treatise for or against divorce. It is the story of man and woman who regained, l through making themselves worthy of ! it., that which they had never really l lost. "--Nation.
 Man from home. by H. L. Wilson. !, Pals first, by F. P. Elliott. l "A pleasant, readable and rather unusual vagabond tramp story based on the old theme of the interloper who is so much like the real master l that no one suspects a masquerader.s i Told with reminiscent humor and ten 1 derness by the man who, not knowing it at the time, was chiefly concerned" "A. L. A. Booklist.  Pretender: a story of the Latin Guar
 "An American author who has made a fortune writing best-sellers re- ] solves to start under a new name and prove that he can do worth while work. ;, It is a clever and unusual book. ."-N. '. Times. . l. Library Notes. Too frequently for the comfort of librarians and.e4 binders, magazines change form or policy, but many will open with pleasure the July number of the House Beautiful which has come under editorship of Miss Grace IImball. New Britain readers will find of special interest spontaneous, friend ly talk about midsummer birds from the pen of Miss Este1le M. Hart and the third of series Reflections of housewife" by Mrs. Lillian Hart Tryon.
 Both of these writers have given us distinctly charming pictures from everyday life, touched with the gold of humorous imagination.
 
 'The virginian' has made many of us look with anticipation for anything from the pen of Owen Mister and in the June Atlantic may be read his opinions of "Quack novels and democ- racy," an arraignment of American fiction and it's readers which already has called forth some protest.
 Our enjoyment of an author is not necessarily to be in agreement, it is stimulating some times to find cause | for a different view of the subject in ! hand
 If we are honest with ourselves, l however, in this case, we may i decide that MT. Mister is not l far wrong in his statements. At i any rate, it is enlivening to see 1 how he picks the wheat from the i chaff in discussing the output of | American novelists and we may in the ! future see Harold Bell Wright, Rob- | ert w. Chambers, Gouverneur Morris l and others mending their ways. f
 
 Turning from the Atlantic to "Harpers monthly" we find pr. Henry low-country men to look to the calibre of the reading public if they would ] have American literature take it's place among the immortals Cur rent literature and the colleges is a |. defense of our magazines, novels and | poetry with the assurance that upon the college graduates depends the fu- ture of literature in America.
 thoughtful reading of these two papers may help consideration.
 G. E. B. ; |