Review of reviews and world's work . tains all the stage scenery andappurtenances necessary thereto. Love and ad-venture crowd upon each other so swiftly thatthe reader almost gasps for relief. A story bringing back vividly the atmos-phere of seventeenth century France is H. Fames Pathway, whichdeals with the early life and love affairs ofMoliere. Pathetic character studies of the Parisof that day are woven into a generally pleasingnarrative. The volume is illustrated by JoB (the Comte de Brevillc). Most of the years .American novels are sto-ries of to-day, and their scenes
Review of reviews and world's work . tains all the stage scenery andappurtenances necessary thereto. Love and ad-venture crowd upon each other so swiftly thatthe reader almost gasps for relief. A story bringing back vividly the atmos-phere of seventeenth century France is H. Fames Pathway, whichdeals with the early life and love affairs ofMoliere. Pathetic character studies of the Parisof that day are woven into a generally pleasingnarrative. The volume is illustrated by JoB (the Comte de Brevillc). Most of the years .American novels are sto-ries of to-day, and their scenes are laid eitlierin the South or in the Middle West. In TheRomance of a Plain Man * Ellen Glasgow de- By Roy Mason. Dillingham. By Rex Beach. Harpers. C. Chntfleld Taylor. By Ellen Glas When I .\m pp., ill. .«)0. The Silver ill. $ Fames 341 ill. The Romance of By H. .4 pp. $ 636 THE AMERICAN REI^IEIV OF REI^IEIVS. ^1 ..^.i^:^-:. REX BEACH, WHOSE NOVEL, THE SILVER HORDE,HAS JUST APPEARED. picts the itps and downs of a young Virginiansbusiness career only to show more vividly theconstancy of his wifes devotion. Will N. Har-ben adds The Redemption of Kenneth Gaitto his series of rural Georgian tales. The bookis a protest against the violation of societysestablished safeguards. Another Southern storyof the present is The Wiving of Lance Cleav-crage, * by Alice MacGowan, the author of Judith of the Cumberlands. In A Certain Rich l\Ian= Mr. William AllenWhite typifies the Western get-there hero, after losing all scruples, is at lastreached by influences set in motion by an awak-ened public conscience. Other stories of theMiddle West are The Calling of Dan Mat-thews,^ by Harold Bell Wright, and the brieftale of The Moccasin Ranch,* by Hamlin Gar-land. Both are characteristic of the region andthe people. BIOGRAPHY AND MEMOIRS. Mr. Parkers book of recollections of Presi-dent Cleveland is easily the most imp
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