. Review of reviews and world's work. es, and characteristics of distinctly marked regions ofthe United States. One of the most notable stories inthis general class appearing in 1900 is Mr. John UriLloyds Stringtoivn on the Pike (Dodd, Mead & Co.),which, after serial publication in The Bookman, is nowpresented in book form. Mr. Lloyd has taken for hisscene the northeastern part of Kentuckj-, the rollinghill-lands similar to adjacent regions of Ohio and Indi-ana, and very different from the Blue-grass district ofMr. James Lane Allens tales. The time is that of theCivil War; and, although Mr. Ll
. Review of reviews and world's work. es, and characteristics of distinctly marked regions ofthe United States. One of the most notable stories inthis general class appearing in 1900 is Mr. John UriLloyds Stringtoivn on the Pike (Dodd, Mead & Co.),which, after serial publication in The Bookman, is nowpresented in book form. Mr. Lloyd has taken for hisscene the northeastern part of Kentuckj-, the rollinghill-lands similar to adjacent regions of Ohio and Indi-ana, and very different from the Blue-grass district ofMr. James Lane Allens tales. The time is that of theCivil War; and, although Mr. Lloyds story is full of in-cident and life, it turns on a most dramatic episode,where a chemical analysis decides the fate of the heroand alienates him from the heroine. Its final value willundoubtedly lie in the extremely veridical picture ofthis Southwestern rural community, with its villagedrunkards, its sharp country lawyers, and its super-stitious and wholly delightful story, with its primal scene lying in Ken^. MR. JOHN URI LLOYD. Author of Stringtown on the Pike.) NOTES ON THE NEW BOOKS OF FICTION. 03
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