The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-06-26
NEW BOOKS AT THE
PUBLIC LIBRARY.

In "~fterJes and Herolnes OF Fie-
ton" william s. Walsh has written a
book that will be n great help Ia those
who cannot hold In their memory the
famous characters In novels, ro-
mances and dramas which aFe refer
red to constantly. The author has
had much practice In the preparation
Of such h~andbooks but he has never
lone better work than In this manual.
In addition To descriptions OF charae-
tiers he frequently gives apt quota
tions from great literary critics which
lend u strong literary favor 20 the
look. MIR. Walsh has not confined
himself TO English lite azure. but
gives all The characters OF the lead
ing French, German, Russian. Scan
dlnayian and other romances. che
book Is crowded with Information and
1t IL ~ well written that Il il very
readable.
In the book Martha Of the Mem
MONTE Country" by Helen n. Martin
Edward oliver Potter. gifted author.
was sadly In need of a theme for his
next novel. That was how he found
himself n day hunting local color
as school teacher In a little Ponnsyl-
vnnia Dutch town. Adamstown was
not exactly prepossessing. but the
great compensating feature was
Martha. And by this simple. wistful
girl OF the Mennonite country Potter
was strangely attracted. How the
novelist suddenly finds himself the
hero Of his own novel with Martha
Is heroine Is told with quiet charm
nsl htnaa.W A. NNnWsaa. ..N.. sNu
riRht into the heart Of a typical Dutch
household, n the pages are alive
with real people liviag their pictur-
esque lives u before Us. The quaint
dialect OF the region will be n delight
To all who read this story.
~ this time when newspapers all
over the country are pointing out In
lengthy articles that now D. the time
for Americans 10 step In an get a part
of the South American trade; there
have been several books appear on
South America which lend interest
because they explain things about the
South American and his country
which We perhaps did not know. one
Of the countries most interesting aud
more nearly like the western states of
this country Il Argentina. George J.
Mills has written a book on Argen-
tina which Is remarkable for It's pop
ular Interest. The Boston Transcript
says: Argentina, Il II said. was the
lrst Of all Spanish-American stntes 90
show its commercial importance 10
N eworld and In its enterprise il
probably more like the United States
Than other South American republics.
Mr. Mills begins his story with
enough geography and general fea-
lures To give US "a good picture.
touches natural history and goes on
through all other phases of life in
the country, ana All are most careful
Is classified and lndexed."
"Misalilance." "Fanny's First play.
and THE Dark Lady OF the sunnets.' %
by Bernard shaw. The plays In this
new volume Of Shaw's have obtained
so worldwide a reputation that they
call for little comment or explanation.
The volume. however. contains two
important essays In addition to the
plays. one. nat Mr.. shaw calls n
treatise on Parents and Children. and
the other a discussion GA The Man
Shakespeare" To the Treaties on
Parents and Children, Mr.. shaw at
taches considerable importance, Taken
with his essay on marriage In another
volume {, il the completion OF an eS-
preston Of his views on these very
extensive social questions. The three
plays IN his book reveal the many
/ sided genius 81 Mr.. shaw. and GER
! tainly they will add 20 his reputation
1 as the unique dramatlst OF modern
times