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Show I A STORY OF OLD EGYPT. !Tho Yoko: a Romanco of the Days when tho Lord Redeemed tho Children of Israel from tlio Bondnpo of Kirypt. By Ellzu-neth Ellzu-neth Merrill. Published by tho Boblw-WorrDl Boblw-WorrDl Company, lndlanapoliss A otory much out of tho uaual order Is this, tho author neeklnrr to reproduce, with j JLfe-sconos and local coloring tho mlRerles ! cmd oppressions of tho Israelites In their I' heavy bondago In tho Captivity In Kpypt. ' The narratlvo docs not follow tho Sons of Israel Into tho land, but finds them there, wigtieed In balldlns: the treasure cities, and numbers of them told on to work l:i the quarries. Tho scones aro mado to revolve re-volve chiefly around two of tho Hebrew middens mont distinguished In churm of body and mind, tho first, Rachel, loved by I tho taskmasters, and Manaaiath, loved by tho Klntf. Tho story earrl03 the life history of thoso maidens, and of thoo who would poaim: thera. and In so doing- tells tho ctory of the tlmo, following closely the Blblo narrative, and clothlne tho characters In lleah and Wood, 4uid endowing- them with lovea and hate-w ambitions and dcslrec, and all In :. .verislmititudo which makca tho Tvork ono of rare lntoroat. Hebrew craft and cun-j cun-j ulna- aro put to tho task of defending" tho J oppressed against their cruol and brutal maatnrtt, and with triumph is the utory told of tho aucccaa of wIL against force. The plagues are explained as tho Ecyp-.tlann Ecyp-.tlann might have explained them wlth-J wlth-J out yielding, hut the loss of tho first-born ' no man could explain, and tho foar of Israel wan upon the land, and all tho poo llo woro oagor to havo tho captives po. And yot, thoy did not sot off without loos, and bloodshed marked their path. Ra-i Ra-i raeaea tho Great, eager in purault, wont down Into the B60. and came not forth, iAjid apain there was mourning; in Eb'ypt. Jl'ho story In must faithfully told; It Is Strongly coimtructed, tho plot bclnjr both plauslbio and Ingenious. It In a work that Tho public should appreciate; It Is well done, and doscrves a lanco popularity. |