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IHtt SCARLKT SHADOW, by
Walter' Hurt After reading
this story no one could deny
Mr. Hurt tlie credit of a pow
crful pen. It certainly la
dipped In acarlet Ink and drips blood
nd vengeance from every pore. It la
ostensibly a romance with the Colorado
mining troubles, and th assassination
of Governor Steunenberg aa a, back'
ground, but the whole purport of the
book la to set before the public the
trouble between the Weatern federation
of Miners and the policy or the mine'
owners and government state and na
tional. Namea, when disguised, are so
thinly covered that it would take a poor
guenaer not lo know Just who in meant.
some stalk throuah the book in meir
own unsullied1 namea. While others are
perhap wholly fictitious. It is an
nounced aa a newspaper atory, and per
haps It does take Its place more natur
ally In thin class than anywhere else;
not so much, however, for It being
carried out prlnclpully by newspaper
men aa because It ha that atmosphere
of sensationalism which brings shekels
to the good reporter and which Is essen
tial In pandering to Uie prevailing pub
lic taste.
Mr. Hurt has an extensive and pl
tureaqun vocabulary, which goes off
like a Fourth of July pyrotechnic dis
play, and he turns the whole battery of
Ills vltuberations upon those who were
In any way, or at eny time, connected
with the authorities In upholding law
and order in any mining district. He
lias constructed a moat vividly Imagi
native link between the murder of Gov
ernor Stunenberg and the execution
of the Mollv Maguires some 30 year
before, and throwing the whole crime
upon Detective 'McKarlane" as the pri
mary cause. The animus Is so virulent
and the name ao meagerlv disguised
that the attack upon "McKarlane, ' who
is pictured In all the colora of Satan
and his hosts, exposes the hand of the
writer, who with inn purely personal
abuse disgusts the reader and loses the
honest miners the sympathy they really
deserve. It Is simply a case, the whole
way through the .book, of too much
coloring. Nothing will ao defeat the
object of a story as an evident mis
statement of facts, particularly when
the misstatement U prejudicial to the
other side, and It matters little whether
It is done Intentionally or through
lanorance. Mi. Hurl, almost lit the
opening pages of his bonk, makes an as
sertion that everyone who lived In the
anthracite districts or i'ennayivani
about 36 yearn ago knows to be ubsur l
and wholly without foundation. He
nays on page Is, with reference to Mc
Karlane": "He it was who, a a corpo-
ration hireling, had Rone to the anthra
cite coal fields or Pennsylvania in tn
early 70s. and there In the guise o
a fellow-miner Joined the Molly Ma
Hires, a then peaceable labor union. In
, order to betray Its members to thel
death and destroy the organization," and
bout a half page more of equally as
unreliable statements. J Ms Is not
fit arena udoii which to areue this noln
with the author, but having known this
"peaceable labor organization" before
"Mr. McKarlane" ever identified Tilmself
with It, and having wept bitter tears
over some of their "peaceaoie deeds,
thin statement was a signal of warning
In accepting many or. the blood-curdling
facts related about other occurrences
later nn.
While the book Is brilliantly written
and perhxps will be read with wager
interest bv many, it is so . palpably
venomous In its attacks that the end
lias been defeated by the over-exertion
of tho flow, and the reaction will in
Jure ;i Juat cause more than it will help
It. The Appeal Publishing company,
Price 1.60.
"The Journal of American History"-
ftlagaalne making seems to have reached
Its climax in the present quarterly num
ber of "The Journal of American His
tory." Its cover emphasizes the dignity
and beauty of the number before even
the book In opened, for It represents tho
historic art of bookbinding in America,
ielng a reproduction from an ancient
kyolume in the Lenox library of New
I T"ork of 1780. The object of the maara
sine is to relate the life stories of men
and events that have entered into the
building of the continent; original re
search Into authoritative sources; un
published documents: fugitive DBDers
folklore and tradition, and reproductions
irom rare prints ana works or art. The
frontispiece to tnia number la a bril
llant reproduction in gold, sliver, rod
and blue of the arms of the progeny
of the Saxon kinm in Amerlnu Inherit.
ed through Governor William tfracy of
Virginia in iozu.
some au pages in tne beginning are
occupied by a resume of wliat -might
come under the class of current events.
- Portentlous events that are stirring, the
worm over, wun meir Bearing upon the
building of our nation, are discussed
witn rar-reacning intelligence and lucid
full-page portrait' of some person or
thine flgurina; in the chessboard at
present nisiory maxing.
The book does not contain an article
Of mediocre worth, not one page falls
below the high standard tha has been
set for it, and this is savins- a Brent
deal, for those who have launched and
carried into Its second volume . this
unique magazine have placed their mark
of excellence far above any other like
venture. It would be difficult to slna-la
out any one. two or even half drawn
articles and say they excelled in merit
or Interest, for this Is largely a matter
of Individual taste.
If brevity la the soul of wit it in lm
the spirit of prose, and the plan adopted
In this magazine gives evidence of the
fact. No article is given undue length:
in fact the short concise articles ao
full of substance and told with nrh
little waste of time and words, is one
Of the charms of the book.
Some' idea may be had of the oham
ter of the matter treated by mere men
tion of the title, aa for example: "An
Early Financier, in -America John
Church," "Historic Trail Through West
em America," "Impressions of a Jesuit
priest." xnis is a translation of a letter
written by Father Pierrou from. Fort
t., Anne in jbo, tne original of which
sque' ti
liaa tn hark tuck to such a WOmOUt
topic as the Bible parable of the prodi
gal son and keep so close to th text
that it rnba trie atory or any
it might have had In the romance that
is injected into it. . . ,
w An not know that the biblical
father was a atern. unrelenting minister
of the gospel such as Allen Stewards
the hero of the book and of course the
ancient prodigal left home and ate husks
befpre he came back to fall on the
father' neck and ask forgiveness, while
thin nrndini waa left his mother s In
heritance, which he carefully conserved
and remained in the same town as a
rebuke to the doctrine his father ws
preaching. Students of the iBlble have
always differed as to tha real metlvo
that drove the original prodigal back
to his father most of them agreeing
that it was more hunger than repent
n nee but in the story of Allen Btewa't
It was the girl In te case, which la a
much prettier Imagination than the
sordid one of bodily dlncmfort.
The author has done some pretty good
character sketching, and her construc
tion and style Indicates that with a
more original plot and a little more
cultivation of the imagination ahe could
do good work.
The book is quite handsomely bounl
Richard- Q. Badger company, rlce,
II. JS.
"The Lure of" the Dim Trail," by B.
M. Bower The title, coupled with the
author's name will at once inform the
readers that they have in store for
theiinselven the enjoyment of a first
clans western story. The title Is PC
oullarly significant, for in everythin
the author writes about the west ine
Is an allurement and a longing to be
Dart of thin viaoroun, ntlrring west o
lilch lie writes. Phil Tnuraton, in
hero of thin story, waa born in the went
but u dob the death of his father )
wan taken east at an early age and re
celved an eastern education and train
Inc. Not being; forced Into bread-win
nlng. he elected to become a literary
mail, but had the uncomfortable experl
ence of receivina back his manuscripts,
which were iniially marked "Weak an-t"
unconvincing." 'Tracks color." etc.
friend advised him to go west and study
color, which after due deliberation the
young man did. No sooner had he
roused the Mississippi man he reit tne
lure or the dim trail upon him and
farther and farther went he went until
he found hlmseif In Montana near his
father's old stamping ground and
among people who knew his rather.
Here he begins to gather "color" for
his future literary work. It comes to
hltn In the thousand ways known only
to the people of the west In blizzards,
snows, thaws and floods, in a train
holdup where his companion Is killed.
In receiving cattle from Texas, and dur-
runa the entire length of the book and
Is as fresh and well sustained at the
close a It wan at the berlnnlnr.
It Is a book full of good points, with
many a laugh to help it along, and
with few morala to borrow trouble
over, tbough it has Its lessons, but not
a dull base in It.
Miss Oaten knows the west and cow
boy life io perfection and Is wonder
fully atrong In her character portrayal
which after all la the bant feature o
thin book. The McClure Co. Price
11.60.
Oulda's Novels While traveling in
England during the early sixties the
original J. B. Llpplncott of the well
known firm of the name name, chanced
iipun the late "Oulda m" first novel
"Held In Bondage." Finding merit in
it. he bought the American right. The
liook did not at flrat prove a success
in this country, owing to Its title, wnlcn
waa supposed to have reference to the
impending; war. With hia usual per
spicacity, however. Mr. Llpplncott
Impend
Ing a summer's "roundup" of cattle the
blood of the cowboy stirs him to new
ambition, and he knows It Is the life
of the cowboy rather than the New York
literary life lie has been born to.
A fine, spirited western girl alno adds
another color to those already obtained
and given the final touch which blends
the whole
It in a slory full of life and what
Thurntnn'n editors would call color. It
In vivid and real, with enough exciting
adventure to carry the story but with
out that unwholesome element of un
natural excitement that so often char
acterizes the tales of ranch life.
Mr. Bowers' style is always good and
in hln most glowing pictures of Indian
or cowboy scenes he never burdens his
ntory or offends hln readers by over
wrought or vehement language.
TJie book is handsomely bound, anJ
contains some unusually good colored
Illustrations and marginal decorations
by' C. M.
company.
Russell. G.
Price $1.50.
W. Dillingham
"Cupid: The Cow-Punch" By Eleanor
untes. one reels aorry almost tnat tne
author has handicapped her story with
a name tnat will prejudice the average
reader before he has even examined the
book. Every one who knows anything
about it at all. knows that the vocabu
lary of the cowboy Is neither elegant
nor refined, yet one rather resents It be
ing so glnrtnglv set before them in the
title of a book. But the title in the
only place In which the reader can find
fault with Cupid; the Cow-Punch.
Alec Lloyd bas been given the un
usual title of Cupid by his fellow cow
boys for hla penchant for "a-flggenn"
on how to marry somebody off to
somebody else." Cupid tells his own
stbry, or stories, rather, for while there
are 12 chapters each one is a distinct
story while there ia a continuity run
ning through them, and the name peo
ple almost frgure in each. Cupid is a
goodhearted, stupid, but resourceful
cowboy who is Interested in everybody's
love affairs and taken an active part
in setting matters right for various of
hia friends. Finally Tie gets himself In
the meshes and has some extricating to
do on hia own account. The stories are
told in Cupid s Illiterate cowboy ver
nacular, which might grow tiresome in
such length If it were not for the rich
vein of humor and originality which
brouuh' out In 1886 this authors sec
ond novel, "Strathmore." which proved
more successful. The first novel was
later republished under the title "Gran
ville de Vlgne." and achieved a great
popularity. Thus was established the
almont life long connection between this
popular author and the ). B. Llpplncott
company. For nearly 30 years they
were her sole publishers in America,
and it was through them that all of
thin novelist's best books became known
to the American public.
The 1st of March the J. B
cott comuauv Issued a volume en
' The China, or Denny Pheasant of Ore
gon, by proresnor William r. Shaw
of the state college of Washington. It
has a number of full page platen in
black and white and a frontispiece In
colora, all from photographs taken by
tne autnor.
Profesaor Shaw has made a thorough
study of this famous bird and tells its
history since It' was first introduced
in the United' States in 1880 by the
late Jurtre O. N. Denny, at that time
United States consul-general at Shanghai.
Llppln
i titled.
Lord Roberts' recent declaration that
England ia not proof against Invasion,
followed soon after the publication of
E. Phillips Oppenhelm's new novel. "The
Great Secret, which has for lta mo
tif an attempted invasion of 'England
by Germany, suggesting that what ap
pears to b but clever fiction, may have
the more serious Intention of prepar
ing the British mind for Just such a
calamity. Now the serious National
Review of london declares that Ger
many Is making great war preparations
in the face of a financial stringency
and that 'Ihere In an understanding be
tween the German government and the
people that the prodigious cost shall
ultimately come out of the pockets of
the British." Although nrofeaslnr to
realise that "there is no nrosnect of
arousing the political deadheads of
either party," the Review appeals to the
people to boldly face the' situation with
a determination not to be conauered.
It will be remembered that Mr. Oppen
helm in "A Prince of Sinners," antlcl-
fiated Joseph Chamberlain in tfttempt
ng to show through tho vehicle of
fiction thU the salvation of the Em-
nan wormngman is aepenaent upon the
restoration of a protective tariff.
If.
From the Chicago Inter Ocean.
If the president of France had raked
the sewers of Toulon and Marseilles
and Lyons and Paris to assemble' the
municipal, departmental and national
scandals and lay them before the eyes
of the world; If the German emperor
had gone back to the days of hia prede
cessors and had reached out to Munich
and Leipslc and Dresden and Frankfort
to gather all the local and national evi
dences of dlnhonesty on which he could
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had embodied these in a speech from
the throne if all these men had done
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factors," 'criminal rich, "defenders of
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