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Show I ADVENTURE WELL ACHIEVED. H Running tho Riven a Story of Adventure X and Success. By Gcorgo Cary Egglcston. a Illustrated, Published by A. S. Barnes Tm 1 & Company, New York. S Mr. Egglcston has long been famous as n B writer of stories whose scenes aro placod g In tho West country and on tho Western Jpl' rivers. This one Is a wonderfully spirited , tale of how some boys and girls undertook ,v3jjv, a great venture on the Illinois, and the flH. econcs proceed down with tho current, un-til un-til tho lower Mississippi Is reached. Tho ulh time of tho story Is tho middle of thc.cen- auiry just gone, wnen river navigation ana transportation were the main means of travel and freightage. In tho first chapter wc have an account of ono of the old-tlmo steamboat accidents, bursting boilers and general death and ruin. Tho story develops devel-ops from this In excellent style and form, and, the young people come to tho front staunchly nnd with such confidence In themselves and In each other as Is a Joy to sdo. As a descrlptlvo paragraph says, It Is "a wonderfully vivid and varied story of American boys' and girls' pluck and success In tho picturesque and adventurous adventur-ous life of the great river. Mr. Eggloston hns chosen a moBt stirring period, when the Mlsslsnlrpl and other rivers wcro crowded with steamboat and tho scenes of thrilling adventures. The adventures of his characters are accompanied by fas-1 fas-1 clnatlng sketches of actual llfo and his toric, happenings. The brilliant author has written a book that Is not only a fascinating fascinat-ing story, but a picture of fresh and quaint phases of American llfo which will delight readers young and old." |