Life — February 14, 1901 — page 8: what you’re looking at

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} R. I. ZANGWILL'S new book, The Mantle of Elijah, is easily the best piece of fiction that has appeared in the past six months, Li fope's Quistnte, it is a story of English political life, but, while the latter, perhaps, equals it in strength, Mr. Zangwill’s book is of much wider scope. Its characters are many, they are drawn from many walks of life,and among them the reader will make more than one lasting mental acquaintance. (Harper and Brothers.) Dr. Frank Lydston is presumably more expert with the scalpel than the pen. He has written « book called Panama and the Sicrras, but his diagnosis of the scenery is not what it might be, and some of the language with which he doses his readers is not well thought of by orthodox practitioners. (The Riverton Press.) "he Sequel to a Tragedy, vy Henry C. Dibble, is a story of life in Arizona and California, ostensibly told by the United Statex District Attorney at San Francisco, who is officially connected with some of the events. It makes good light reading. (J. B. Lippincott Company.) Rhoda Broughton's latest book, vex in Laur, deals with a girl's objection to her brother’s young wife and her large and ever-present family. It would make an excellent farce. comedy, but, for a novel, the charactors are rather crudely interpreted. (The Macmillan Company.) The Sout of the Street, by Norman Duncan, contains six stories of the Syrian quarter in lower New York. They give an artistic glimpse of the real people who live there, and introduce us to Khalil Khayat, to know whom is worth any man’s while. (McClure, Phillips and Company.) A Year Book of Kentucky Woods and Fields is a record of the impressions of a man deeply sensitive to sound and color in Nature. Mr. Ingram Crockett’s work contains A Valentine. IP YOU LOVE ME, ETHEL, DEAR, Tits 18 HOW T SHALL ArreaR. IF YOU Do NOT, ETHEL, LovE, 1 SHALL PEEL LIKE THE AnoveE. 5S Ose HE READS THE PAPERS “MAIL AND BLAZES, WHY DON'T You suoot?” “1-0'M APRAID IT s1GuT BE A MAN!” some very pretty passages, but is of deqidédly uneven merit. (Charles Wells Moulton.) The Filibusters, by Cutliffe Hyne, is the strenuous story of a Central American revolution. It runs well ahead of its class and will carry the reader nicely through a rainy afternoon. (Frederick A. Stokes Company.) J.B. Ketfoot. OTHER BOOKS RECEIVED. “Poems.” By Alexander Blair Shaw. (Jobn Lane.) “Ad Astra.” By Charles Whitworth Wynne. (John Lané.) * A Recommendation. “FT UT what makes you think that you would succeed as a nurse in Bellevue Hospital, if you have had no experience ?”” we asked. He smiled superiorly. “I was expelled from West Point for hazing,” was his convincing answer. A Marked Man. {J ASPAR: Why do you consider Bondrocks so especially lucky ? Jumpurre : Why, all his friends had gone back on him before he had succeeded, and he was able to begin life with a clean slate. FY TIME: 10:30 P. M.—if you have any regard for the hostess. comicbooks.com