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Show SOME BREEZY TALES. Talcs from Bohemia, Br Robert Nellson Stephens. Illustrated by "Wallaco Gold-Fmlth. Gold-Fmlth. PubllBehd by L. C. Pago & Company, Boston. The stories in this book aro somo-what somo-what intimate, cvnical talcs, illustrating illustrat-ing tho more or less serious hypocrisos of social and Bohemian life, and for the most part showing tho harmless-ness harmless-ness of such hypocrisies and pretenses. They do not fail, oither, to show somo of tho pathetic sorrows and desperate tragedies of tho free life. "Tho Only Girl TTo Ever Loved. " the opening story, is ono full of cvasivo deccptivo-noss, deccptivo-noss, with very little mischief dono after all. "At tho Stage Door" is a pathetic story, well calculated lo move the heart", a tragedy of social and selfish guile. Tho other stories are: "A Bit of Melody," "On the Bridge," "Tho Triumph of Moglcy." "Out of Ilia Past," "The Xow Side Partner." "Tho Needy Outsider," "Time and tho Tombstone." "ITo Believed Be-lieved Them," "A Vagrant," "Under an Awning," "Shandy's Pevongo." "Tho Whistle." "Whiskers." "The Bad Break of Tobit McStengor," "Tho Scars," "La Gitana," "Transition," "Transi-tion," "A Man Who Was no Good," "Mr. Thornberry's Eldorado," "Poor Yorick," "Coincidence." "Ncwgag tho Comedian." and "An Operatic Evening." All arc lively, entertaining entertain-ing tales, and well worth tho reading. |