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Show AN AUSTRALIAN OUTLAW. Stlngarce By E. W. Hornuug "A'ltn Illustrations Il-lustrations by George W Lambert. Published Pub-lished by Charles Bcribner!s Sons, New York; A. R. Dcrgo & Co., Salt Lake. This Is the story. In successive panoramic pano-ramic pictures, of a bushranger In Aus-tialla. Aus-tialla. an oullnw with a heavy price upon his head, and yet who wu-s able to take care of himself triumphantly. He was the opposite of 'Sherlock Holmes," and by his Wit and dexterity turned the tables constantly con-stantly on the officers, baffling them and coming off victor In many a lest of wit aim of nerve And yet he never killed any one; was a slave to music, and a critical judge of It; and he was a "squire of dames," of the most galjan order. There Is a hint of his setting a great singer on tho pathway of her high success, and the code Of honor the outlaw would not violate vio-late held him to most damaging Lengths In bis dallying With capture. In the direct proximity of the officers who were thirsting thirst-ing to lay h.itls upon hm and to clap the Irons upon Ills wrists. The keen encounters encoun-ters between "Stlngaree" and the officers art nairato.l with dash and vlvIdnMI that call for admiration, and this none tho leas because the man won who ought not to win. It Is one of the best books of ad-jrenture ad-jrenture and perilous deeds that have been printed this year. |