. Review of reviews and world's work. he School for Saints. She deals wittily withthe religious, political, and i^hilosophical questionsbroached in the story, which has for its characters adilettante politician as a hero, a painter, a conventionalpeer of England, an ambassador, a political adven- turer, and Lord Disraeli, whose figure has a great at-traction for Mrs. Craigie. Mr. Harrison Robertson begins his story, Red Bloodand Blue (Scribners), with a Kentucky shooting sceneand its surroundings. The narrative is of a low-bornyouth with large asjjirations, and it takes us, as Foxs sto
. Review of reviews and world's work. he School for Saints. She deals wittily withthe religious, political, and i^hilosophical questionsbroached in the story, which has for its characters adilettante politician as a hero, a painter, a conventionalpeer of England, an ambassador, a political adven- turer, and Lord Disraeli, whose figure has a great at-traction for Mrs. Craigie. Mr. Harrison Robertson begins his story, Red Bloodand Blue (Scribners), with a Kentucky shooting sceneand its surroundings. The narrative is of a low-bornyouth with large asjjirations, and it takes us, as Foxs story does, from Kentucky to San Juan Hilland back. In Mr. Anthtmy Hopes new novel, Quisante (Stokes),he leaves his half or wholly fanciful characters andmoves among Englishmen of to-day and of the earth,their political affairs and business enterprises. has evidently determined, in this work, to sacrificethe light improvisation and piquancy of his earlierworks to the demands of a more substantial and solidand more regular MR. JOEL CHANDLER UAKKIS. SOME COLLECTIONS OF SHORT STORIES. The collection of Mr. Joel Chandler Harris newestshort stories, On the Wing of Occasions (Doubleday,Page & Co.), includes a novelette of about 30,(XK) words,called The Kidnaping of President Lincoln, whichis itself sufficiently striking to give special significanceto this volume. No biography of the great War Presi-dent has afforded a more lifelike picture of his giantfigure, or a more vivid impression of his read}, homelywit and large simplicity. Four other stories are inthe volume: Why the Confederacy Failed, In theOrder of Providence, The Troubles of Martin Coy,and The Whims of Captain McCarthy. Anotherreason to give this volume some special interest is theannouncement that Mr. Joel Chandler Harris has thisautumn retired from newspaper work, in order to givehis whole time to story-making. The immortal UncleRemus stories, and Mr. Harris other notable produc-tions, were written by him t
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