Show f r BOOKS 1 Walt It a study of his life and work Is h a itow volume by mild Perry editor ot of the Atlantic Monthly 1011 t hl and aM Is the attempt to present In Inu ina u a kook book of mod moderate compass compu n a full and criticAl study ot of the Iho unIque In No o American author has been praised or EO odly liS as Walt The ThO aim ot of l Mr lerry hook book Is to portray the man and the Iho poet pact lIh sympathy but with without out nut partisanshIp sp attention has hns been to 10 the tho period of mind and nd style nail to his relations with willi anti European literature Some Soma epi or of bli carter career lire arc hers here told toe tor I the fIrst time of I most niost valued Placed their or of his letters itt III Mi disposal and the tho book titus not nol onlY new biographical hut hili hitherto let leis tet illustrating singular history o oi literary Co Ca I I 4 Mr Herbert Strung Strang hll has h been cn hailed II by the tho h ci 1111 the Iho only writ CI In the Iho held ot of historical fiction cap capable able ot of tilling tic 1110 place of the lamented n 11 A Hen The Graphic says lit III military tall tales s Me Herbert fair flIr to 10 the Iho to 10 the tho late Mr Ir Elijah Flie fhe London Truth comments Mr lIen tYR mantle may ho worn vorn b by Mr Ir Strang In city event onn I Mr Ir Strang Stran is 11 today as It Mr Ir Henty was YO the writer riter of books dearest to the tho heart or of a boy bor boyThe The Tho India or of It a hundred and U years ago is hi a subject full tull of romantic po possibilities anti It IIII been chosen by Mr Ir Strung liS as the tho scene of ef his lat 1111 eat and best story Following his usual plan the author has selected ono one or 01 two 1110 momentous historIcal as the of a stirring story or of adventure having lived tor or several years on the tho actual spot whore some of the lie niost striking incidents hap lie he Is III ethic to 10 Impart un an atmos phero and Inti local color to 10 his narrative wIth success The Tho story Is briefly as follows J Burke a 11 native or of Market Dra bIrthplace or of I 11 live e eIs Is b by one Marmaduke In the tho autumn ot of to 10 seek his for fortune tune tunc in III IliUm Ill I is soul by Diggle to 10 the Pirate of h by whom hI be Is kept as u fl slave lilae until he escapes hy by u a teat of daring and ingenuity lie He meets meetA In Bombay him In the tho against t Cheria anti and sailing to 10 there thero on the eve ee ot of siege and 0 Black Hole 1 himself as It a In ho finds find to do great service for Clive nt at the same time Into goIng through exciting private adventures 3 on Ih ho I track of 01 Ito has hns a 11 part In great victory nl at brings I Biggie filiallY to II hook and gains gaitis for lila wife n a fair whom hom lie he has I saved from lie villain Many minor characters nr are including one otie William Villian n a and n a of Bengal Mr brush has never been bew seen to 10 greatel advantage than thun In this story hi his illustrations b ad admira mira hIp ze l anti vigor The company publish publishers ers |