Chapter 10
The department of notes and comment under the title of _Various Appraisements_ the Editor will endeavor to make particularly inclusive and entertaining.
The _Reviews of New Books_ while for the most part necessarily brief will be written with the object of giving a concise, impartial and careful summary of the books under discussion.
In addition to these _Notes and Reviews_ there will be many contributions of _Essays_, _Poetry_, and _Fiction_.
The object of the Editor and Publishers is to present a programme which without undue pretensions, will prove to be both well proportioned and of considerable entertainment.
OUTDOORS
_A BOOK OF THE WOODS, FIELDS AND MARSHLAND_
_BY ERNEST McGAFFEY_
8vo. About 300 pp. Frontispiece in photogravure. $1.50
_THE CONTENTS_
1. The Marshes in April 17. Down the St. Joe River 2. Plover Shooting 18. Brook-trout Fishing 3. The Melancholy Crane 19. A Masque of the Seasons 4. Fishing for Big-mouth 20. Wood-chucks Bass 21. Frog-hunting 5. Flight of Common Birds 22. The Crow's Wing 6. Fishing for Crappie 23. Prairie Chicken Shooting 7. In the Haunts of the Loon 24. A Fox in the Meramec 8. Blue-bills and Decoys Valley 9. Walking as a Fine Art 25. Fall Jack-snipe Shooting 10. Fishing for Bull-heads 26. In Dim October 11. Along a Country Road 27. Ruffed Grouse 12. Wood-cock Shooting 28. In Prairie Lands 13. Under the Green-wood 29. Hunting with Ferrets Tree 30. The Bare, Brown Fields 14. Pan-fishing 31. Quail Shooting 15. A Northern Nightingale 32. In Winter Woods 16. Squirrel Shooting
[_Ready in May_
Wellesley Stories
_BY GRACE LOUISE COOK_
12mo. 340 pp. $1.50
_The Stories_
_Clorinda_ _Submerged_ _President Jefferson_ _A Lyrical Interlude_ _The Trial of Professor _Sir Toby's Career_ Lamont_ _Initiated Into Love_
_The Verdict_
These Wellesley stories give a truthful picture of Wellesley student life that will appeal strongly to its alumnæ, greatly interest preparatory students, and should receive the hearty approval of its under-graduates; and also, as is sometimes not the case, they are worthy of a reading outside of college circles, for they meet the requirements of a good "short story" of whatever theme.
Wellesley traditions, customs, and spirit pervade the book, either described at some length or indicated by a masterly allusion. All kinds of girls are depicted, as all kinds of girls go to college--girls poor and rich, clever, dull, and commonplace, refined and unrefined, the unsubstantial and the dilettante, and those with genuine talent, and the life among them seems very real, for nothing is forced or strained in the stories. The trial scene in Professor Lamont is one of the cleverest bits of writing in any recent book of short stories, and it is a true picture of the way in which college girls embrace every opportunity for genuine fun. The last story in the book is one of the best college love stories ever written. The dialogue is spirited, the diction graceful, and a literary style is well sustained throughout.--_The N. Y. Times Saturday Review._
[_Ready_
The Son of a Tory
_A ROMANCE OF THE MOHAWK VALLEY BY CLINTON SCOLLARD_
Frontispiece. 12mo. 307 pp. Cloth. Ornamental. $1.50
The Son of a Tory is one Wilton Aubrey by name, who narrates his exciting experiences during the summer of 1777....
The first glimpse given of this Wilton Aubrey, also gives the news of the planned invasion by Barry St. Leger and his army from the north, with the hope by all his followers that every Whig should be forced to become a loyal subject to the king.... At heart Aubrey was a true Whig but a promise to his mother and his father's impaired health made it stern duty, not to oppose his father, and to join a small Tory company, which made a daring escape from their home, the Flatts, to Oswego to join St. Leger. From this point one is introduced to countless important personages and in a skillful way the characteristics of each is portrayed. The hero's flight to the Whigs is most entertaining reading, and then we meet with Aubrey many more men, who have made glorious history for Americans. Is it all war? By no means; Margaret is a girl we love with Wilton Aubrey, and revel in the descriptions of his perilous trips to see his beloved, for who can help liking bravery in love as well as in war. In the closing pages episode follows episode in rapid succession, and the reader is carried to the end all too soon.... It is a book, which if all the qualities that make a good book are taken into consideration, ought to prove more of a success than some recent novels which have gained a world-wide reputation.--_Clinton Advertiser._
"His Indians are the real thing and his hero is true blue."--_N. Y. Journal._
[_Second edition ready_
A Beautiful Alien
_A NOVEL BY JULIA MAGRUDER_
Frontispiece. 12mo. Cloth, ornamental. $1.25.
This delightful novel is gradually winning its way into popular favor as the most interesting and attractive piece of work Miss Magruder has ever done. It certainly merits all its success and commendation for never has she drawn a more lovable heroine or a more manly hero, and with characters like these no story could be otherwise than thoroughly charming. It is the story of a young and beautiful "Alien" cruelly mislead by an unworthy father and a scoundrel of an American, who finally succeeds in securing the love and happiness for which she so ardently longs and so well deserves. The plot is well thought out, the interest is wonderfully well sustained, and the charm of the story is irresistible.
[_Third edition ready_
There are several laughs on every page.--_N. Y. Times Saturday Review._
Her Majesty the King
_A ROMANCE OF THE HAREM BY JAMES JEFFREY ROCHE_
With 16 full page pictures, and an elaborate cover design in many colors. 12mo. $1.25.
As Mr. Roche modestly says in his _Forewarning_, "This volume, containing the surprising adventures of the good Kayenna and the marvellous wisdom of Shacabac, the wayfarer, needeth no apology. Its merits are as many as its words."
And the reviewers have heartily agreed that "there are several laughs on every page."
Published over two years ago, _Her Majesty the King_ is more popular to-day than at any time since its publication. It is plainly not only a book to read but to recommend to your friends.
"The wittiest book of the year."--_Boston Journal._
[_Fifth edition ready_
Irish Mist and Sunshine
_A BOOK OF BALLADS BY REV. JAMES B. DOLLARD_
(Sliav-na-mon)
With an introduction by William O'Brien, M. P.
Small quarto. $1.50
This is a book of ringing Irish ballads that will stir the heart of every lover of true poetry. "Here and there a verse may be as frankly unadorned as the peasant cabins themselves in their homely cloaks of thatch, but every line rings true to life and home and with the tone, as heartmoving as the Angelus which holds Millet's peasants in its spell," from Mr. O'Brien's introduction.
"Father Dollard's ballads have all the fire and dash of Kipling's, with a firmer poetic grasp," says Mr. Nathan Haskell Dole.
[_Ready in May_
Four Days of God
_BY HARRIET PRESCOTT SPOFFORD_
With about 90 illustrations. Bound in white and gold and purple
Small 4 to $1.00
It is quite impossible to describe adequately the surpassing charm of this book. We can say simply that it will appeal to every lover of nature who sees in her manifold beauties the living glories of the work of God.
No one can write more beautiful or sparkling prose than Mrs. Spofford and never has she been so absolutely charming as in _Four Days of God_.
The book has about 90 illustrations by Miss A. C. Tomlinson which catch the spirit of the text to perfection and with the harmonious print and paper and binding make the book a little gem.
[_Ready in September_
When Half-Gods Go
_A NOVEL BY JULIA MAGRUDER_
Frontispiece in photogravure. 12mo. 330 pp. $1.50
A new novel by Miss Magruder is always sure of its welcome and _When Half-Gods Go_ will find for her even a wider audience than she has hitherto enjoyed. It is a fascinating story of social and musical life in New York, full of human interest and those happy touches Miss Magruder can do so well. The title is from Emerson's lines "When half-gods go the gods arrive." In addition to its charm as a story the publishers think this book will be presented in the handsomest dress ever bestowed upon a novel. The fascinating frontispiece is reproduced in photogravure, the book is printed throughout in two colors, the text being enclosed in remarkably well done decorations, and the cover design, in colors, is at once delicate and effective.
[_Ready in September_
THE ANVIL
_A NOVEL BY R. V. RISLEY_
12 mo. Cloth. About 300 pp. $1.50
In _The Anvil_ Mr. Risley has produced a novel which for conception, dramatic power, and sheer strength of characterization will stand head and shoulders above the ordinarily well done novel of the day. In it for the first time Mr. Risley "finds himself" and strikes the strong, clear note he will sound, with ever increasing strength, in the literature that lives. It is a novel that will make people _think_.
[_Ready in September_
The Wings of the Morning
_KENTUCKY STORIES BY ELEANOR TALBOT KINKEAD_
12 mo. About 300 pp. $1.50.
This volume by a writer who has already achieved considerable distinction as a delineator of Kentucky life contains ten stories all of which are notable for their originality of conception and delicacy of treatment.
The stories are: _The Wings of the Morning_, _The Sifting of John Witherspoon_, _The Piggins_, _Penelope's Suitors_, _My Young Miss_, _A Pseudo Madonna_, _A Point of Honor_, _Mrs. Vail_, _The Pine Tree and the Palm_, _A Glooming Peace_.
[_Ready in October_
The Lyric Library
A series of little books of verse in which it is the publishers' aim to include the best work of the representative poets of America. The volumes are in size a small 16 mo., handsomely printed and bound in full flexible leather, stamped in gold. The price is $1.25 each.
POEMS OF THE TOWN by Ernest McGaffey.
"For terse English, for picturesque and appropriate imagery, for keen and faithful portraiture Mr. McGaffey has no superior. And there will be many to say that this book entitles him to recognition as the interpreter of his age."--_Chicago Inter-Ocean._
SONG SURF by Cale Young Rice.
"A volume of unusual proportion, artistic workmanship, lyric inspiration; an absence of so much as a trace of morbid feeling, a felicitous and poetic choice of subjects and intuitive good taste raise the writer at once above the ranks of the versifier."--_The Arrowhead._
ONE DAY AND ANOTHER by Madison Cawein.
[_Ready in May_
FOR THINKING HEARTS by John Vance Cheney.
[_Ready in May_
IN THE HARBOR OF HOPE by Mary E. Blake.
[_Ready in June_
OTHERS IN PREPARATION.
Alphabetical List of Books by Authors
Barry, John D. JULIA MARLOWE. _A Biography._ Illustrated. 12mo. 75 cents. _New Edition in preparation_
Blake, Mary Elizabeth IN THE HARBOR OF HOPE. See _Lyric Library_.
Brown, Charles Hovey MOSES. _A Dramatic Poem._ 16mo. _Flexible leather._ $1.25.
Campbell, Floy CAMP ARCADY. _A Story for Girls._ 16mo. Illustrated. Cloth. 75 cents.
Cawein, Madison ONE DAY AND ANOTHER. See _Lyric Library_.
Cheney, John Vance FOR THINKING HEARTS. See _Lyric Library_.
Cook, Grace Louise WELLESLEY STORIES. 12 mo. 330 pp. $1.50.
Crane, Walter THE SIRENS THREE. Illustrated. 4to. Cloth. $1.25
Dollard, James B. IRISH MIST AND SUNSHINE. 12mo. Cloth. $1.50.
Emerson, Edwin, Jr. PEPYS'S GHOST. Narrow 16mo. Boards. $1.25.
Gallaher, Grace M. VASSAR STORIES. Illustrated. 12mo. Cloth. $1.25 [_New edition in preparation_
Guthrie, James AN ALBUM OF DRAWINGS. 4to. $2.50 net.
Housman, Laurence SPIKENARD. 4to. Decorative boards. $1.50. ILLUSTRATED DITTIES OF THE OLDEN TIME. 4to. Decorative boards. 75 cents.
Irving, Henry THE THEATRE AND THE STATE. _An Address._ Photogravure portrait. 12mo. Cloth. 75 cents.
King, Dorothy VERSES. 12mo. Vellum wrappers. $1.00 net.
Kinkead, Eleanor Talbot THE WINGS OF THE MORNING. _Kentucky Stories._ 12mo. $1.50.
McGaffey, Ernest OUTDOORS. 8vo. 300 pp. $1.50. POEMS OF THE TOWN. See _Lyric Library_.
Magruder, Julia WHEN HALF-GODS GO. _A Novel._ $1.50. A BEAUTIFUL ALIEN. _A Novel._ $1.25.
McFall, Haldane THE HOUSE OF THE SORCERER. _A Novel._ 12mo. Cloth. $1.25.
Men des, Catulle THE FAIRY SPINNING WHEEL. Illustrated. 4to. Cloth. $1.50.
Miller, Marion Mills THE SICILIAN IDYLS OF THEOCRITUS. 16mo. Flexible leather. $1.25.
Nissen, Hartvig RATIONAL HOME GYMNASTICS. Illustrated. 16mo. Cloth. 50 cents.
Pollard, Percival CAPE OF STORMS. _A Novel._ Illustrated. $1.25.
Pyle, Howard THE PRICE OF BLOOD. _An Extravaganza._ Illustrated in colors. 4to. Decorative boards. $1.25.
Reed, Helen Leah MISS THEODORA. _A West End Story._ Illustrated 16mo. Cloth. $1.00.
Reed, Verner Z ADOBELAND STORIES. _Stories of the Southwest._ 12mo. Cloth. $1.00.
Rice, Cale Young SONG-SURF. See _Lyric Library_. $1.25.
Risley, R. V. THE SLEDGE. _A Novel._ 12mo. $1.50. THE ANVIL. _A Novel._ $1.50.
Roche, James Jeffrey HER MAJESTY THE KING. _A Romance of the Harem._ Illustrated. 12mo. Cloth. $1.25. THE VASE AND OTHER BRIC-A-BRAC. _A Volume of Verse._ 12mo. Cloth. $1.00.
Scollard, Clinton THE SON OF A TORY. _An Historical Romance._ $1.50.
Spofford, Harriet Prescott FOUR DAYS OF GOD. Illustrated. 4to. $1.00. OLD MADAME AND OTHER STORIES. 12 mo. Cloth. $1.25.
Thompson, Vance FRENCH PORTRAITS. _Appreciations of the Writers of Young France._ Illustrated. 8vo. Cloth. $2.50.
_Richard G Badger & Company (Incorporated) Publishers Boston_
TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE:
Minor changes have been made to correct typsetters' errors; otherwise, every effort has been made to remain true to the author's words and intent.