The theme of Mr. Churchill’s new novel is largely the peaceful conquest of the great Louisiana Territory by American settlers during the years from the purchase of Louisiana onward. The book’s timeliness is obvious; but what is more to the point is that the story portrays the immigration of Americans into the Louisiana Territory, their settlement therein, and the gradual, sure way in which they brought the empire sold to us by France under American rule, and implanted in it American social and political ideas. Mr. Churchill also describes the life of that age in the States bordering on the east bank of the Mississippi, and the ideals and standards which actuated the people of those States, and puts into the form of fiction the whole American spirit of the early years of the nation. This is the second novel in point of time in the series of novels dealing with American life which Mr. Churchill is writing. “Richard Carvel,” which dealt with the Revolutionary War, was the first, and “The Crisis,” which dealt with the Civil War, was the fourth.
DAUGHTERS OF NIJO: A Romance of Japan
By ONOTO WATANNA
Author of “A Japanese Nightingale,” “The Heart of Hyacinth,” etc.
With Illustrations and Decorations in Colors by Kiyokichi Sano
Cloth12mo $1.50
Two delicate and dainty love stories woven into one narrative. The plot turns on the marvellous resemblance between two step-sisters, the one a royal princess, the other supposedly the daughter of middle-class people, but really also a “Daughter of Nijo"—Nijo being a prince of Japan. By an odd fatality each of the sisters loves the man to whom the other has been betrothed by the relatives. The sisters meet one another for the first time, and discover this. The happy inspiration occurs to them to exchange clothes and places; but they are careful not to inform their respective lovers until after a good many things have happened. It is a pure romantic story, alive with genuine charm, and written in excellent English with just a touch of naïve quaintness.
THE ADVENTURES OF ELIZABETH IN RÜGEN
By the author of “Elizabeth and Her German Garden,” etc.
Cloth12mo $1.50