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‘“Hagar’’—by Miss Mary Johnston, 
author of ‘‘ Prisoners of Hope,’’ ‘‘The 
Long Roll’’ and other novels, is a 
work that will attract attention. It 
will be considered by many a strong 
argument for feminism. Hagar is 
born in Virginia but comes to New 
York to earn her living. The heroine 
was an unusual child At ten years of 
age she knew ‘‘ Pilgrim’s Progress’? by 
heart; she had read ‘‘Stepping Heaven- 
ward,’’ ‘‘Rasselas,’’ ‘‘Prince Eugene 
and His Times,’’ ‘‘Blair’s Rhetoric, ~’ 
‘*Burke’s Speeches,’’ **Junius,’’ “‘ The 
Searlet Letter,’’ and was very fond of 
‘*Shelley’s Poems.’’ At twelve she 
was caught reading Darwin’s ‘‘The De- 
scent of Man.’’ She was sent away to 
school at eighteen and while there had 
a love aftair which had considerable 
influence on her later life. The book 
is up to date; you may even find an 
argument in favor ot teaching sex 
problems to the young. However, the 
characters in the book do not seem as 
real flesh and blood as have some in 
her earlier historical stories. 
‘*Partners,’’ by Margaret Deland, :s 
a short story. lt is rather a pathetic 
tale told in the inimitable manner of 
this author. Mrs. Gedge and_ her 
daughter Mandy are well worth know- 
ing. 
““The White Linen Nurse’’ by Elea- 
nor Hallowell Abbott, author of 
‘“Molly Make-Believe’’ is rather an 
unusual love story. The three pringi- 
pal characters—an over-worked  sur- 
geon, a pretty trained nurse and a lit- 
tle crippled gir, motherless daughter 
of the surgeon—are all peculiar 
though very human. 
““1'he Best Stories in the World’? is 
a collection of jokes and amusing 
anecdotes compiled by Thomas L. Ma- 
son, Managing editor of ‘‘Life.’’? There 
is many a good laugh in the book. 
Whenever Mrs. Humphry Ward 
writes a novel we are sure of two 
things—the story will be told in an at- 
tractive manner and will be written 
in excellent English. ‘‘The Coryston 
Family’’ is a political novel and an 
anti-feminist one at that. Lady 
Coryston is a widow with three sons 
and a daughter. She starts out to rule 
them socially, politically and every 
other way and ends in complete failure. 
One of the characters in the book has 
this to say: ‘‘A woman must persuade 
men by gentleness—not govern them 
by force. if she attempts that she is 
usurping what does not—what never 
can—belong to her.’’?’ Another says: 
‘‘What the duece have women to do 
with politics! Why can’t they leave 
the rotten things to us? Life won’t be 
worth living if they go on like this.’’ 
Many similar quotations might he 
given if space woulda permit. I 
‘‘Hagar’’ we have arguments in fa- 
vor and in Mrs. Ward’s book, argu- 
ments against woman in politics, Read 
both books and take your choice, 
We have a new novel ‘‘The Broken 
Halo’’ by Mrs. Barclay, author of 
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‘“The Rosary’? and other popular 
works of fiction. This author appar- 
ently has a propensity for making 
young men fall in love wth elderly la- 
aies. Her latest is the story of a 
young doctor who falls in love with 
one of his patients—a dangerous thing 
to do—a woman old enough to be his 
mother. Parts of the story border on 
melodrama. The theme of the story— 
the recovery of a lost faith—is the 
same as that in ‘‘The Way Home’’ hy 
Basil King but is not so well handled. 
he story would be worth while if 
only for the portrayal of such a char- 
acter as ‘‘The Little White Lady.’’ 
‘‘Letters and Recollections of Alex- 
ander Agassiz with a Sketch of his 
Work and Life’’ tells us much about a 
man who did a great deal for Ameri- 
can science and made possible a fa- 
mous museum at Harvard University. 
Those who are interested in the liter- 
ary history of England and America, 
during the past century, will enjoy 
reading ‘‘ Letters of Charles Eliot Nor- 
ton.’? He was a_ great letter-writer 
and his correspondence entended over 
many years, and during that time he 
corresponded with most of the proml- 
nent characters in the literary world of 
England and America. He was born 
in Cambridge, Mass., in 1827, He was 
educated at Harvard. He was joint 
editor with Lowell of The North Amer- 
ican Review, 1864-68. Later he was 
appointed professor of the history of 
art at his Alma Mater. 
Among his correspondents the follow- 
ing names may be found: Clough, the 
England poet, Lowell, Curtis, FitzGer- 
ald, Godkiss,, Leslie Stephen, Emerson, 
Longfellow, the Brownings, Mrs. Gas- 
kell, Dickens and George Eliot. 
‘(The Turning of \Griggeby’? by 
Irving Bacheller, author of ‘‘ Keeping 
up With Lizzie,’’ is a bright little 
story. It has been called a story of 
‘Keeping up With Daniel Webster.’’ 
Griggsby was a small New England 
town that decided to reform itself and 
was ably assisted in the good work by 
a pretty and intelligent young lady 
whose acquaintance you will want to 
make. 
We have a new 
Barr McCutcheon, 
novel by George 
‘‘A Fool and His 
Money.’’ The hero is an American 
with a literary turn of mind. The 
scene is laid in Europe. There is a 
beautiful woman in need of help and 
many complications arise; but read the 
book and then you will know all about 
it. 
It is some years since we have had 
a story from Miss Mary Cholmondeley, 
author of ‘‘Red Pottage,’’ so we glad- 
ly welcome ‘‘After All.’’ It is the 
romance of a young girl. The peculiar 
situations in which the young heroine 
becomes involved are all straightened 
out before the story ends. 
‘‘The Desire of the Moth,’’ by Max- 
well Gray author of ‘‘The Silence of 
Dean Maitlerd’? ard many other nov- 
els, is a good character study. The 
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hero does not succeed in love, and is 
a shipwreck as far as his ambition is 
concerned; but it does not seem to em- 
bitter his life. 
The boys will be glad to have the 
privilege of reading ‘‘Deering at 
Princeton’’ by Lotta Griswold. It is 
a real good college story. 
A list of the new books is appended. 
—R.T.G. 
New Books 
Christmas, Schauffler, 371-S4. 
Letters of Charles Eliot Norton, 2 
vols., B-N883. 
Letters and Recollections 
ander Agassiz, B-A262. 
Thanksgiving, Schauffler, 371-85. 
Fiction 
After All, Cholmondeley, C547.2. 
Best Stories in the World, Mason, 
M421.1. 
Broken Halo, Barclay, B244.5. 
Coryston Family, Ward, W26.17. 
Deering at Princeton, Griswold, 
G871.1, 
Desire of the Moth, Tuttiett, T967.6. 
(Maxwell Gray) 
Money, McCutcheon, 
of Alex- 
Fool and His 
M133.19. 
Hagar, Johnston, J731.8. 
Otherwise Phyllis, Nicholson, N627.9 
Partners, Deland, D33.9. 
T. Tembarom, Burnett, B96.26. 
Turning of Griggsby, Bacheller, 
B119.8. 
White Linen Nurse, Abbott, A131.3. 
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