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Show ,! ! CHURCHILL'S NEW NOVEL. Vl ijA ,. crossing. By Winston Churchill, nu- 8li- Vlior of "Richard Carvel," "The Crisis." tefc iir Wl'li illustrations by Sidney Adnm-f4.v Adnm-f4.v ! "in Ril Llla" Baylies. The MacMllkm .. dj' Company. New York. &iy'' j j ije space, time, events, and persons cov- - rfij by this novel arc surprisingly wide, ' extorsive varied and Interesting. An-W- i diw Jackson Is here us a lad and as a 1 vouns man, Sevier Is hero as a huntor and AiL'fl $ siswsnian Col. George Rogers Clark, lS' 4 ? Daniel Boone, Simon K'intgn, and nil the '10 '-rave array of frontlorsmcn, backwoods-'SX backwoods-'SX I ' tri'i sinewy, hrove dauntless men who '4' i carried the American border farther and y"' ever further westward .until the Mlssls-i7 Mlssls-i7 )(,? t Ipi)l wns cached, and then with mighty 5t-i. i "forco (idicnnlncd that thoy must havt; the ""'Jj ' dver to Its mouth oil appear In their glory H' s' ' r,I ctriiigUi. It wns that force and 5u- 5 pr' "''hlch compelled the acquisition o( Louisiana, and which before that had irm I ! oa tle region north of the Ohio, in a irlh capi'lK1' whose hardships, brilliancy In Yi'T.'i"; j conception and execution, and importance 3'-V $ ii results was xoo little appreciated In the ' ' J ,aj its triumph and In too llttlo ktlnwn iJi yow, and whlcTi before thai had won Ken-' lucky la a persistent and bloody struggle ' that was the severest possible test of I' 3B ica"'100'1 and womanhood. The story Is m aU found here In this novel, and told with WmL -li a racy vigor and beautiful art most de- Mil Th narrative Is In autobiographical (IHr fnrm jV lonely boy, brought up in the. gjjBy r.ilds of crrly North Carolina, by a tad- """B Illustration (reduced) from Mv Winston ilV.jB! Churc bill's new novel, "The Crossing." DlH Copj right. im, by The Mucmlllan Com-iHfipi1' Com-iHfipi1' pan) "-4ff hira, s" rn father of Highland Scotch fam-;riai!IP fam-;riai!IP ")' ,np time, the Revolution. The father p If was ini lined to be a Tory, but ho heard of ,Q7rl Camemn. his bitter foe, as with the Chcro-te,viJ Chcro-te,viJ kecs, stirring up the tribe against the para!? pa-ra!? lriots 5,0 1,0 rc30lv,is 10 "fight the Chero-"IMa Chero-"IMa kcf? ac"J skln Carn?ron." First, he takes his bo ti Charleston and leaves him S!H Hh his brother, the lad's uncle. But noi foi ion?, for the uncle has to flee, the v3! if. boy s fatlu-i Is killed, and the lad fares $ 'orm ll' srck 1,Is forlunes. leaving a boj' Sjjj i cousin whum he held dear, and whom ho ilTcn v niet from lime to time In the course of 3xtUi I ,he narra,lvc How the lad, "Davy," 5sh! I ,'nos friends, reaches "Kalntuckce," has itfil : adtntvirrs buch as one might expect, and rjjt: llnds a home and faithful friends. Is ,,roKht cut beautifully in the telling. mf DavJ Is a iirlme favorlto with all, and ifll' if w'ns g'ld.-n opinions by his thoughtful- SHV ncss, stcddfast friendship and bravery, 'U J and his enierprlslng disposition. Hence -it 'l r0nir9 tnat n0 ,a taken on that mcmor- HM ) a,,1 f ,,,rk oxportltlon and is able to de- Bj I irtbc It .ill as vividly as a moving picture. EH 4 Then te Ingratitude of the country, the iffij! neglect of heroic men who served their na- II; tloa '11. tho repudiation of obligations, Iff the likenlng growth of the secession Idea west of lb- mountain) nnd of the prcva- lfiire of the plea that tho west country t Would do well to cast Its lot with France 4 and make the whole Mississippi basin French, the encouragement of this Idea ll u" French agents, the audacious scattor- ;'t Ing of French commissions to American pi dlseonu nl.s, among others a General's S eomniiasioii to Clark, who was embittered f by negiei t and the refusal of tho country i to meet the paltry obligations ho had ln- turrcd in winning for it the rich land now comprising the States of Ohio. Illinois and s Indlana-lt is all duly and well set forth in this vqhinic. Davy Is everywhere, sees v everything, and has a hand In most of It. I Ho sees tho transfer of the Louisiana count . and the hoisting of the American Jlng at New Orleans and at St. Louis. ;I Theic Is also a succession of realistic ; seines, as the efforts loo generally suc- 4 ccssful of land, sharks and speculators u wrett from the first settlers In Kcn- I tck: the lands they coniiucrcd and J open".!; ho manners and customs of tho people; tho voyageaylown the Viver; tho & seen o ,n and about New Orleans; and tho f muonrr of life tlierc. H all makes a most i ifasi mating story. ! There is also the romance of David hlm- V JMf. i.i.d the romances of his frlonds and ; ! rcliitiwc, all clTccllveiy told, and kcoplng t 1 J) the mterwst to ihc highest pitch. Tho i final hnppinesc, for himself nnd his coushf I y Mck is wrought up to most artistically ; ami it makes a beautiful climax. Of 11 Mr. Churchill's novels, thia x tho oiu that Western people will select as his hot it covers a most important and ' critical lime In the history of the people and of the Nation. U is full oflife, of col- j or. of itullly. Notliing Is lacking to make 3 It ' the reat American novel" save that It H Ik no fully nnd truly American that the "fV tf WOld al lai'sc w,n ,,ot ,, :lbI lw untlcr- llj i stand II.t close relation lo tho facta and to gMg T J110 Ptople. inu j ihe nilnils of Iho.ue who Hl.i h,ow 11 will easily take the supreme I' vwce. It Ls certain' thai every American I will want to read It., and that the aalos I Will be on a scale of magnlliccncu oom- ! ntenaurato with the great epoch which it l COVt-T. |