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Show M JJ. A PLEASANT ENGLISH NOVEL. .$M ! -A. Bachelor in Arcady. By Halllwell Sut--cllffe. Published by Thomtfa Y. Crowcll & Co., New York. Vf .w J Tho Arcady meant In this pleasant story rl is a small farm close by a river, where tho H "fBi Bachelor followa his untrammelcd will; ho rl An loafs when ho wants to, keeps Irregular y 9 hours, does -vyhat he likes generally, aftd ty jl ho3 a good time In his own way. Tho plot , -Hl Is light, and tho charm of stylo and play is :J of fancy make' It u delightful book to '1 read. The scenes throughout nro Idyllic, tl) Thero Is no rival, much less a villain, hi mfi9 t,l(J vor' naturully wrought love scenes, MHfH 1 and tlio growing sentiment works natura- rrV f-'mil n,1' a,onc to ,t3 Inevltablo conclusion, u I 'aH conclusion evident enough from tho first. Iwr lm barring tho rival or Iho villain. It would iv VJ ,uicm from tnl3 outltne lhat there would K Xmi he somewhat of dullness to the book. But JM thoro la nothing of tho sort. The author's jm XM humor. ram.bllng philosophy, tho nature iSV. and character studies, the friendly gossip m 'M beautifully and artistically commingled! liBWjfl make tho reading a delight, and the intor- JBMMM est-cannot flag for a moment, Tho subtle iavMMwt. entitmcement which the book throws jMHHVKI about tho reader is as pleasant as It Is lr- (Fi' resistible; tho story, cannot bo told in plain1 Myl ft words, nor should It bo; it needs tho Wl '4)1 cnrm of tho subtle fancy and tho humor- M'jf tiv ous settings to make ono realize the full I ! an? , , sway of the. author's povor. Mr. Sutcllfffa lk Yif. had already a high roputo as a writer of T raro Power, ono who, ag a English rc- 'V flf 1 v,cwcr says, Ib emphatically a novelist to be reckoned with, and likely to tako his placo with tho best writers of our time. And that will certainly ho tho verdict of thoso who read this very pleasant and satisfactory novel. |