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Show Hl , A QUEST FOE. LOVE. f! s Wroth. By AgnoH nnd Kc;irton Casllc. r Published by Tho Mncmillan Company, Hi.'' Kew York. B'' Tho eceue of this story, Uurlov Pri- B orv, is owned b' Lord "Wroth, and hero io" and his friends hold (heir revels. H. Ther have arranged to abduct for the K I occasion to grace their festivities, Miss j ' Peggy i who was the ruling theatrical H i - rage. Instead of her, however, their B I postilion gets Juliana, Peggy's half- Bjl sister, who is iho wife ot1 Conto di HI Belgiojoso an Italian nobleman, who H , had come to the country for the pur- Rtf ' pose of seeing and helping her halr-sis- K: j ' ter, Peggj'. Being taken to tho scene Hfif 1 of the revelries, Juliana comports her- KJ self with such reserve and dignity that H?r- Lord Wroth is desperate v smitten with R' her, and vows that he will have no other Bi , to wed. Sho appears to have been as P . much smitten with him, but after got- HK? ting control of Peggy she takes her 1 home with her to Italy. Peggy hero HK ft misbehaves as badly as cvor, and with H' I Juliana's husband, so is dismissed m B' disgrace, on tho disclosure, when tho m- old Count dies and leaves Juliana a ( widow. In the meantime- Lord "Wroth J J has gouo through with his estatc( and ; 1 his only salvation financially is to , mam', and thus get a fortune that will , come' to him. So ho posts a public in- H ' vitation to all women concerned, to l i meet at a certain time and place, and H 'he will look them over and select ono j for his wife. Juliana appears to have H heard of this, and being a widow and determined that Lord Wroth shall marry none but herself, she appears at tho H place. However, Peggy is there before- H( haml and is chosen by Wroth, and she ' has to intimidate Peggy before getting ' 1 tho place she socks as the bride ot K Lord Wroth, who, however, docs not K in the least know, who she is or appar- Ht cntly care. Sho goes away after tho H. j wedding without disclosing herself, and I-- v j m - ) i - " i Lord Wroth, however, discards Peggy at once, and starts on a quest for Ju liana. This quest is persevered in and his suit is pushed after he finds her, un-, un-, til his spirit is humiliated, and Juliana, while knowing herself to be his wife, I denies herself to him, he not knowing their relation. It is a story ingenious -r in conception and wrought out with the painstaking art characteristic of the Castles in their charming romances. T ere is no denying the vigor and vitality of the story, improbable as it is from the point of rationalism and ! realism. Still, it is too much to expect that everything in a novel shall bo practical "and rational, and so wo must f not insist upon it in this, but accept ,.) what is given with thankfulness for its u , vigor, ingenuity, and graco of presenta- lion. Y K' ( M'CUTCIIEON'S LATEST. K The Man from Koriney's. By George Barr Bv. ' McCuLcheoii. With Illustrations by HvfT Harrison Fisher. Published by Dodd, Mead Company, New York. Hf: This story is about as improbable as j Bbf one could imagine, and yet it is told! Kf v.'itli all the air of realism that the M' most commonplace story could be told B in. Two old sharpers, Taswell Skaggs ' and Jack Wyckholme, Cud an island in the South Seas where rubies and sap- J phircs form the common pebbles lying ?X j around under foot. These old chaps Lj, naturally become vcr- wealthy, and R- without any regard to what might have IJ happened in tho world after they got Iff so far awa.y from all their relatives, UJ they leave their fortunes to u grand- Wl, daughter of the one and a grandson of my the other, on tho stipulation that these T should mam' each other within a year. lj However, both the grandchildren arc" ft . alroadi' married; Miss Skaggs to a Lord l Dcppingham, and the grandson to a Boston girl. Great complications ensue, and there is the interposition of Hol- ; lingswortli Chase, a diplomat at ono of Ji the prim little courts of Europe, who T, falls in love with Genevra, the daughter wl of the Duke, and comes under her fa- ;. vorable notice, Ilowever. it is impos- fl J hiblc for them to come together as they Y see, and Chase clears out. In London ki ' ho falls in with Rodney, who has some- f ( thing to do with the estate of the old r . scalawags who left their -wealth so in- considerately, and goes to the island. V The natives are at first peaceable, and l in the meantime the two heirs have I come, the girl and her lord and Bobby 1 and his Yankee wife. There are rniscr- A able domestic complications, and the ua- K lives, at first friendly, begin to think mi they have been cheated and break their fV agreements. Chase, however, who was fji trusted by them at first, comes out j ahead. Singularly enough, the Princess ' Genevra was a friend of Lady Depping- ' ' ham end goes to visit her on the island. ,l The whole crowd are besieged by the 3 . natives, 'and Genevra comes to think Yj that Chase is ver much of a man V throughout the fighting and givea-him t her whole love. Ilowever, her training J and traditions are such that she is ob- , t iiged to deny him, and she goes back J ly after they have escaped from their lJA peril, to marry a rotten Prince whom Wt 1 she hated. The story comes out very " pleasantly and it is one of great interest, ,mfi told in ZvIcCutcheon's very best and most If fetching style. , "3ILVEEBELL AND HAPPYOHAPS. fj f The Spring Clcanlngr, as Told bv Queen f."' Crosspateh. By Frances Hodgson Bur- i,U n'-'tt. With Illustrations bv ITnrrlson m 1 , Cady. Tho Century Co., Publishers, IK Xew York. W The author's Foreword is a mock la- 1, I mant that "it is .iust the hundreds and mi thousands of things that I have to do ' ' for people like the Rackotty-Packctty $ ' House dolls and Winnie and the Rook's i and the Cozy Lion that makes it impos- .1 i sible for mc to attend to my literary i 'i vork." And she goes on: rOf course fl ! nothing ever would get told if I didn't M l i'. how is a person to find time for stories when she works seven ty-fivo hours a day? You may eaj- there are not seventy-five hours m a day, but I know better. T work seventv-five hours everv day whether they are there or not.." But without dispute this is a very fine story of an old English village vicarage, the little Bunch who is always laughing or just goiug to laugh, the pathetic Jane Biggs, tho London flower girl, all the little Bensons, and the Primrose Prim-rose world, all very charming as tho author make3 Queen Silverbolls tell bout them. And a beautiful party it was on that Primroso Day in the Primrose Prim-rose world. It is all delightfullv told, and sure to captivate the children. Th,,.Ha,pPychar'' Bv Carolyn Wells. TVith Illustrations by Harrison Cady. The Century Co., Publishers, Now York. This very handsomo book is made . up'of the doings of a race of little people, peo-ple, so tiny that they can hold their merry madcap pranks in the hollow of one's hand without over treading on one's cuff. The Happychaps arc not Brownies, nor Elves, nor Gnomes, nor v yet. exactly Fairies; but they are own cousins to all of them. Tllose funny umall folk, with Carolyn Wells and liar-riflon liar-riflon Cady aa interpreters, mako up a ."jolly and delightful book for young and old. The matter isi mostly in catchy rhyme, and no ono knows better how to wfito catchy rhyme- Llinu docs Carolyn Wells. The' book is sure to be a favonto of tho little readen; and hoarors, and it certainly deserves to bo, being first in tho field fpr tho holiday trade and of a merit that is not likely to be surpassed by any. "WELL-TOLD TALES. An Original Gentleman. 13y Anno Warner. War-ner. With a Frontispiece by Alice Barber Bar-ber Stephens. Published by Little, Brown, and Company, Boston. This is a series of very fine short stories by an author who is famous as an agreeable and pleasant story writer and well known as such b- tho readers read-ers of current literature. Tho title story, "An Original Gentleman," relates re-lates what happened to an Amcricau young man traveling on tho Continent, who responded to an advertisement. "An Original Gcntlc-man Wanted," and tho consequences make a fino story, quite out of tho usual rut, aud written writ-ten in the author's always entertaining entertain-ing t and charming style. The other stories are- all also in her characteristic vein and all first-class reading. They arc: "As Told by Remind s Wife." j "Smoko or Fire," ''When Janet Comes Marching Home," "The Twelve Little Lit-tle Broilers." "His Terriblo Father," "The Reversed Love Lettors," "The Bride's Provision." "Gaspard and His Wax Lady," "ner Husband," "Jane and Her 'Genius." "Bessie's Mother." "Wilfred and His Grandmother," "The Cradle," "As Taught: bv Ellen." "His Ono and Only Meet," "The Adjusted Honeymoon." "Seeking Blindfolded." "Tho Winter of Their Discontent," "Frau A. D.," " 'Ep said 'Lisbct 'Ee,' said Hans," aud "Alpine Lights and Shadows." A fino collection of stories, indeed, and one suro to bo thoroughly enjoyed by every one who loves a well told tale. I A MARITAL FAILURE. Amabel Channice. By Anno Douglas Sedgwick. The Century Co.. Publishers. Publish-ers. Now York. This is a story very much out of tho usual order, and it is told in the usual artistic and entertaining; style of this author The scene of this stor3' is laid in England, where the author, though American born, has lived for so loug. The plot is absolutely unconventional. A woman of rare accomplishments, affections, af-fections, and character, marriod early and found later that her husband was not. the man sho could love. Then as is too often the case in real life, sho mot a man she could. love, and was enthralled en-thralled in a mad infatuation for a young artist, and transgressed her marriage mar-riage vows. A child is born of this amour, and the story has to deal chiefiy ! with the moiher's life with and love for her son. She retired to a lonely estate es-tate of her husband's to enjoy the peace and quiet which was necessary to her stricken heart; but the husband paid occasional and formal visits to her. This made the husband an ideal character to her through his protection protec-tion and pity of her in her .years of distress. But when he, weary of the dissolute life ho was living, turned to her for love and affection, her idealiza- I tion changed to disgust, and hate. Tho i boj' is made to have a fino nobility of character, to be a staunch defender of his mother when he comes to know her storv, and is tenderly and unselfishly devoted to her. It is all told with a great deal of imagination, sympathy, and art, and is sure to enhance the already al-ready high fame- of this well known author, YEAR BOOK AND CATCH WORDS. The Washington Year Book: Maxims and Morals of "The Father of His Country." Coun-try." Compiled by Wallace Rico. Published Pub-lished by A. C. McClurjr & Co., Chicago. There is in this work au appropriate and surprisingly rich collection of expressions, ex-pressions, written or spoken, by George Washington, one for every day in the vcar. The work is introduced by tho quotation from him, "I do not recollect recol-lect that in the courso of my life I ever forfeited my word or broke a promise made to auyoiic." And "I am a member of an infant empire. :t philanthropist by character, and a citizen citi-zen of the great republic of humanity at large." And these quotations strike the tone for all tho quotations in tho book. It iss astonishing to find that Washington uttered so many axiomatic sentences as are given in this book, all highly patriotic, manly, and of splendid Christianity, patriotism, and practical amplication. The book is a right valuable valua-ble one, good for every ono to have. Catch Words of Patriotism. Compiled by Wallace Rice. Published by A. C. Mc-Clurg Mc-Clurg & Co., Chicago? An explanatory note shows that the date after a name connects tho author of the Catch Wrord with the month and day under which the sentiment, is quoted. quot-ed. Giving the year, simply, places the utterances as made on that day, month, and year; prefaced by the word "born" or "died," respectively, it sets forth the birthday of the author,-similarly, author,-similarly, or the date of his death, as the case may be. The collection here is very wide indeed. There is no index in-dex pointing to each, but the seciucnce of days is an unerring guide. Robert G. Iugcrsoll is given the general sentiment senti-ment for the mouth of January, and Abraham Lincoln for the first day of that month. Thqre follow then sentiments senti-ments from President Harrison. Archbishop Arch-bishop Ireland. George Washington, Alexander Hamilton. Thomas Jefferson. Daniel Webster, and a great array of splendid patriots. February i3 introduced intro-duced by a page of patriotic vevse to Washington and Lincoln. Aud the days of the month contain appropriate collections col-lections from noted men and authors. And so the months follow, with a fine patriotic sentiment for every day in the year. The book closes with Robert G-. Ingersoll's vision of tho future, and with a sentiment from Benjamin Harrison Harri-son and one from Daniel Webster. It is a commendable, patriotic work, and the compilation is in first class tasto and st3'lc. Catchwords of Friendship. A Collection of Two Hundred Sentiments In Verse and Prose. Published by A. C. JIc-Clurg JIc-Clurg & Co., Chicago. Thero is a very wide range of tasto in the selections carried in this book. Tho sayingB dato back" to the dawn of human culture and arc brought, forward, for-ward, from various laneuages and peoples, peo-ples, to tho current time. Tho motto of H. H.: All. friendship, stronger In thy might. Than time and space, as faith than sight! accompanies the frontispiece. And II. H. is well represented alpo in tho mottoes mot-toes of friendship and friendliness as carried in tho work. The sentiment b-Dr. b-Dr. Johnson, "A. friend may bo often found and lost, btit an old friend can ncvor be found, and nature ban provided pro-vided that ho cannot easily bo lost,'' is one of the two hundred Eayiuirs of friendship contained in this work which composes a galaxy of bright appreciation ap-preciation well calculated to warm tho heart. Tho compiler has dono himself great credit in collecting this valuablo series of sayings. A OILARMING WELSH STORY. Vronlna. By Owen Vaughan (Owon Rhoscomyl). Published by Dodd, Mead and Company, New York. This is a story whero a young Welshman, Lewis Chaloner, who left his nativo country and traveled worldwide world-wide in search of gold and advantage, returns to Wales in a highly appreciative apprecia-tive framo of mind, ready and eager to tako note of the beauties of nature aud of tho kindliness, hospitalitj', and good qualities of his Wrelsh folk. Ho is introduced as speaking to a sturdj' old "Welsh landlady, in' English. She, however, sees through him at once, and compels liim to speak Welsh. Af ter this thoy get along very well indeed. Chaloner Cha-loner chooses to Iocato near by, and is directed to Hugh Meredith's Vronina, which is heavily mortgaged. He buys that portion ot it called Bryn-annas, which turns out to bo tho very spot that Hugh's daughter. Ina, had imagined imag-ined as the fit place lor a free chapel whero all thc people could congregate in worship. Ina is ongaged to Ellis Price, who returns about tho saino timo as Chaloner, and who is about to take orders as a clergyman. Chalonor, however, how-ever, has such a forceful, compelling personality that he engages Ina's attention at-tention at once, and Ellis, fniling to como to her relief, Chaloner gels tho inside and wins her heart. Tho troublo between the two men, the forceful character char-acter of Chaloner 's wooing, and his great personality, have their effect. However, ovil tongues arc at work, and in the great revival a long-forgotten episode in Chaloner 's life is publicly brought forward. At the samo timo, howevor, Ellis Price is brought low and tho way is made smooth for Chalonor and Ina, always provided she forgives the old transgression. It is a charming, charm-ing, straightforward stor3 told with aiiuuu power, una wiui an earnestness of purpo60 and sympathetic interest in Welsh ways, customs, and manners, that captivates the reader from tho start. A TALE OF "TAINTED MONEY." Lynch's Daughter. By Leonard Merrick. Published by Tho McCluro Company, Is'ew York. This is a story of "Wall street and its tainted moucyj and its predatory rich. The heroine of tho story is the daughter of n New York multi-million-I aire, who has got his 'money on tho j theory that money is the only thing that is -really worth while going after in this world. Through the awakened mentality and spiritualit' of his daughter, daugh-ter, however, he finds out that money, after all, is not everything, and that a man may have an almost endless amount of 11101103' and still loso tho chief good of life and be a most unhappy un-happy man. Mr. Merrick touches upon a field that has bceu much exploited in fiction and otherwise, and yet ho presents his characters and situations 111 a way that is captivating and fresh. The laying baro of a rugged, hard heart, which has been devoted for the most part of a life to the ono pursuit, and the awakening of that licart to better things, gives a vital idea in fiction that is deftly wrought out in this very fine novel. Mr. licr-rick licr-rick alread' occupied a high place among contemporary novelists, and certainly this new work of his will increase in-crease his fame, as well as being a decided de-cided addition to Amcricau fiction; one that novel readers will welcome heartily hearti-ly and will enjoy with tho deepest satis-iaetion. SYMPATHY FOR FELONS. 9009. By James Hopper and Fred R. Bechdolt. Published by Tho McCIurc Company, Now York. This is a vivid story of prison life. The prisoner, Convict' 0009, John Collins, Col-lins, is taken as the typo of convict, and the treatment he receives as tho typical treatment accorded to convicts in the prisons' of tho United States. The author has a great feeling of indigna-( tion against the harshuess and rigor of prison life, aud tho tono of the story is almost entirely sympathetic for the prisoners. Thc"rc appears to bo no particular par-ticular feeling for the prison guard, who may at any moment be bludgeoned or knifed by the desperate convict. John Collins is the main character in tho work, and while he is a creation of tho imagination, the preface avers that "everything that happens to 0009 within with-in the prison is something which has happened to some convict in some prison (American prison) some time." And the author continues: "And much worse things could have happened to 9009. By which wo mean tnat much worso things have happened to some convicts in some prisons sometimes and we know of these things." All of which ma' be true, but if the sympathetic, tender, heart which feels so for the convict con-vict could havo its full sway thero would be no such thing as apprehending or punishing criminals, and the whole community would at all times be at the inerey of desperadoes, cut-throats, and assassins. Convict 9009 is a seutimeual work of rathor a mawkish character, and ono calculated to misdirect tho public judgment and to inculcate tho lesson that the community, in endeavoring endeavor-ing to protect itself against vico and crime, is in somo way doing a vast injury. in-jury. And yet it would be horrible to imagine the infinitely vaster injury that would follow if societj' did not tako these steps in self-protection. BOY FORTY-NINERS. The Boy Forty-Niners: or, Across the Plains and Mountains to the Gold Mines of California In a Prairlo-Schoonor. Prairlo-Schoonor. By Everott. McNeil. Illustrated Illus-trated by Howard Heath and Adolph Trledler. Published by Tho McCIurc Company, New York. Tho timo of this story is laid in 3849, as the title indicates. Tho Boy Fortj'-Niners went with their father and friends across the plains in a prairie schooner of tho day, and the events as narrated aro very much of the stylo that one would expect in that sort of a narrative. The chapter, "The City of the Saints," gives an idea of this resting place for tho overland gold seekers in that early da And while there is nothing opprobrious about it. there attaches tho usual roughness and reeklessnoss of law that is characteristic characteris-tic of the earlier days. A colored dou-blo-plato gives a tracing, of tho route of tho journey, and tho wholo matter is presented in a lifo-liko way that is good to read, and all of it seems to bo based on good authority of that period, as told by those who then crossed tho plains and mountains. The leading feature of the story is that four desperadoes des-peradoes follow the party from tho time of their starting until thoy got well along towards the Sierras. And tho mischief and troublo that these four cauEc, with their plottings. their yil- lainio9, and vicioim unBcrupulonsncsn, is something astonishing to see. It is a book that refreshes tho memory of tho old days in very good form, and it is all told with a Tife-liko vigor and sympathetic sym-pathetic earnostness good to sec. AN AMERICAN ADVENTURER. Barry Gordon. By William Farquhar Payson. Illustnitlonn by Harry Town-Bcnd. Town-Bcnd. Published by Tho McCIurc Company, Com-pany, New York. This is a novol in six books, and a young Amoricau, fnl of life, vigor, and energy, is tho hero of all of them. Barry Gordon, refused by the girl ho loves, sets out upon a reckless career of ad-vonturo ad-vonturo which takes him through scenes in tho Southern States, in New York, in Paris, aud in Morocco. The life is of the wildest ajid mostt perilous character, char-acter, and especially in Morocco does Barry see full blooded adventure, under cover to be suro, but still life fierce and vehemout. Barry, of course, is the hero of it all, and he passes through the scenes much as a full-blooded young fellow fel-low who loves his kind, and ho takes humanity and the world as he finds them. He can bo gay on occasion, ho can be sly on occasion, he can hate, ho can love, and ho can even kill at uood. And so with this as tho basis, tho young follow passes through tho variod scones in this country, and in Europe, and among( tho Moors, being fated to dio from time to time, vot always escaping as though by miracle. And at tho end of it alJ, great poaco comes to him and joy of life, such as ho craved ut tho first. It is a vivid story, told with abundant art. THE COMMERCIAL LEECH. Tho Herd. By J. Olive Patricia Ward. Tho Cochrano Publishing Co., New York. This story io one based upon the wrongs suflcred by tho farming and laboring classes in tho great wheat rogion of tho West by thoso guilty of land frauds and the owners of tho grain elevators that blackmail tho wheat-raiser. wheat-raiser. The scene of the story is located lo-cated in tho Dakotas, and is full of sympathy for tho Herd, who arc oppressed op-pressed by tho schemers and wealthy deprodators. Delano, the owner of fifty olovalors on theSoo, thirty-fivo up in flir T-Usiti.i rlr lniMilif.v. nnil fiffoon in nfhnr places, is made tho commercial villain of the stor', and through his monopolies he was able to oppress the people of tho whole region. The homo life of tho people shows great love, sympathy, and helpfulness among tho oppressed, who yet arc uuablo to help thomselvcs as against the groat elevator baron and robber. And 3-et help comes in a subtle way, which is portrayed in the book, and all comes out very well in tho end, although al-though thore is great intermediate suffering suf-fering and although ono strong character, char-acter, by his wealth and energy, is ablo to absorb tho earnings of thousands of people for a long period of time. It iB a stor3 from tho standpoint of the small farmer, the cowboy, and the settler, and it is very strongly told, with a seemingly seem-ingly intimato knowledge of all tho conditions con-ditions and tho facts. A HOPE SUBTLETY. The Great Miss Driver. By Anthony Hope. The McCluro Company, Publishers, Publish-ers, New York. When Anthony Hope writes a novel we can always be suro of finding in it tho result of a fine fancy and bright imagination. This Miss Driver is a wealthy, fascinating, witty, and commanding com-manding young English woman who makes every ouc her friend, and who works out her will and hor plans with the most fertile ingenuity of conception and with an executive forco that entitles en-titles her to be called tho counterpart of Ruport of Hontzau. The story is one that finds Mr. Hope at his best, and Miss Driver is put through tho most audacious adventures and is placed in the most critical of situations. She is always master of tho occasion, howevor, arid thoso who serve hor aro the ones who win and come out tho best. It is a story of live adventure, audacious situations, and thrilling action. Mr. Hope is a thorough master in, as ho was the pioneer of. this particular form of fiction, fic-tion, and it is evident that he is still in the full possession of his powers. LA POMPADOUR IN FICTION. Tho Palace of Danger: a Story of T.a. Pompadour. By Mabel Wagnalls. Illustrated Il-lustrated by John Ward Dunsmore. 1 Published by Funk & Wagnalls Company, Com-pany, New York. There has been abundant and superabundant super-abundant referenco to the Marquise do Pompadour in the current literature of her time and ever siuce, but it is raro to find her presented as the leading character in a novel. Sho is not, however, how-ever, the horoino of the story; tho horo-iue horo-iue being a nervy 3oung convent girl, Destine, who innocently became entangled en-tangled in the web of Pompadour's intrigues, in-trigues, but who is of a substantial character and liber that caunot bo broken. The hero of the stor' is a 3-oung courtier who becomes infatuated with Madame Pompadour. He incurs Louis's wrath thereupon and is exiled, but rashly attempts to evado the order for a time by remaining in hiding, having hav-ing sent a substitute in banishment. Naturally he falls into the worst kind of trouble, and tho disasters work their effect on tho young nobleman's character charac-ter so that ho becomes a stern reformer. The story is wrought out with a good deal of detail, quito consonant with the spirit of the times and with tho characters char-acters and tho court lifo of Franco of that period. It is a novel of a jood deal of ability and depiction of lifo as it was lived m that profligate age. POMPOUS COMMONPLACE. Americans of Today and Tomorrow. By Albert J. Beveridge, Published by Henry Altemus Company, Philadelphia. This little work, liko some othors from the same author and published in similar little books, is composed of a lot of commonplace compilations put forth in tho most commonplace mau-nor. mau-nor. The works of this author bear about the same relation to tho real sources of patriotic and heart life that the old-fashioned tract did to tho Bible, tho sort of tract that Iau MacLaren's Jimmio Souter found so hard to understand under-stand and had to go back to tho Bible to find out what it was all about. Mr. Bcveridgo is ovidentl3r a zealous and auxiou5 author. If his abilities and capacity ca-pacity were up to his longings, ho might perhaps have something worth while to sa3'. THE DAYS OF THE EMPIRE. The Point of Honor: a Military Talc. By Joseph Conrad. Illustrations by Dnu Suyre Groesbcck. Published by Tho McCluro Company, New York. This is a story of the days of Napoleon. Na-poleon. Two officers of the army of tho great Emperor became thoroughly imbued with a vengeful hate for each other, and thoy meet on the field of honor when possible, but aro truo comrades in battiev TI103' fight sido by side and save each other's lives from timo to timo in tho distressing retreat from Moscow, and do each other comradely com-radely service in battle, on tho march, and in camp. Thero is, however, the irascible fooling in tho Chevalier's mind tlmt a point of honor should not 1 be allowed to remain so long unsettled, and ho shows contompt for tho one who is content to lot it. drag along. It is a story basod upon tho point of honor of tho military code, arid throughout is permeated by a virilo strength that is in cver3' way admirable. admi-rable. Tho outcome of tl'10 story is of tho most satisfactory character, and Mr. Conrad has made it ono of tho pleasantest tales of the year. THREE LOVABLE VAGABONDS. Threo of a Kind: Tho Story of an Old Musician, a Newsboy, and a Cocker Doj,'. By Richard Burton. Illustrated from Drawings by Frank T. Morrill. Published by Little, Brown, and Company, Com-pany, Boston. This is a sort of "heart story" wherein Ludovic. a German musician, .pla3-s the star part. Ilo was in an orchestra, or-chestra, but was dismissed for resenting resent-ing the slander of tho leader upon an innocent girl who appeared on tho stage, lie picks up a fair living, however, runs across a newsboy, Phil, and afterwards after-wards the two tako m tho Cockor dog, Dun. It is a vor3't happy sort of life tho trio hvo in their garret room, and mucht romance comes to them, with an occasional outing among tho trees. Phil is found later on to be tho son of tho girl whom Ludovic loved when they were both young in Germany, and he takes to tho lad with a most loving kindness. The hearty welcome with which their friends are feceived in tho attic apartment, tho service rendered, the, accident to Phil, tho lifo-saving incident with Dun as tho hero, and the doubtful intrusion of a professional eharit3' organization, aro all set forth most striking-. It is a beautiful LITERARY NOTES. "Though Life Do Us Part" Is the striking strik-ing title of Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward's latest novel, which Houghton-Mifflin Houghton-Mifflin Company reports has alrendy gone Into a third edition. It Is also being brought out In England through Archibald Archi-bald Constable & Company. The success of Frederick Palmer's "The Big Fellow." which Moffat, Yard & Company published September 5, was marked from the beginning. A second edition was needed before the book appeared ap-peared on the counters, and this disappeared disap-peared so rapidly, that a largo third edition edi-tion was put on the press at once. Mrs. John IT. Canfleld. who Is the wife of Dr. John H. Canfleld, librarian of Columbia Co-lumbia university, has written a story for boys called "Kidnaped Campers." to be published by the Harpers within the fortnight. Mrs. Can field, whose signature signa-ture of authorship reads "Flavla A. C. Canfleld," is the mother of Miss Dorothy Canfleld, a short-story writer of uncommon uncom-mon ability, who has been growing In metropolitan favor. "Thou Fool," by J. J. Bell, the new no.vel by tho author of "Wee Macgree-gor," Macgree-gor," la quite unlike that delightful bit of sympathetic comedy. The study is a serious se-rious one of tho problems confronting tho business man of today. The hero, however, how-ever, Mr. Bell intimates, is not taken from a study of Sir Thomas Llpton, though there is a great similarity between be-tween Mr. Bell's creation and the "Scotch Baronet." Tho Baker & Taylor Co. publish pub-lish it. The author of "Mrs. "Wlggs of the Cab-bncre Cab-bncre Patch" has written a new novel, "Mr. Opp." It Is to run serially through the Century In 1000. Miss Man Johnston's latest novel, "Lewis Rand," was not dashed off In short order, as some of the novels of the day have been. Four years ago, It will bo remembered. Miss Johnston's health had a serious breakdown and her doctor ordered her to stop all literary work. During Dur-ing several years spent In foreign travel, however, "Lewis Rand" was In her mind; she kept turning it over and over, creating creat-ing first one subsidiary character and then another, and slowly developing the plot. And so tho story was worked out little bv little, sometimes in Sicily, sometimes some-times In England, sometimes on steamships, steam-ships, sometimes In hotels. Slowly and carefully sho laid the foundation for her masterpiece, until finally, upon her return from England last year In completo health, sho was ablo to go vigorously ahead with tho book and carry it through to triumphant completion. It is published by the Houghton-Mifflin Company. |
