Show 1 54 40 OR FIGHT I uy r Emeron Hough author of DC rho u Dedicated to tent rient elt l b 1 r Arthur ArthurL I. I Keller r 1 cloth The Tho Co A. A real sensation has bc been n i sprung up up- on QU ino in the bool bear- bear I Ins Ing this curious curlo title tithe If Ir memory I I in is fresh will vIll recall I 1 I you that 40 4 or was tho the ringing and alliterative o slogan of the jingoes In the Oregon I boundary dispute with England It Is I tho the Inside history of this dispute together to- to toI I gether with the diplomatic Intrigue connected with the annexation of Tex Tex- OB as fiS that the author has turned to splendid did ld romantic advantage From tho the first paragraph tho reader rc ls the proportions of a 0 big novel Tho figure of Calhoun powerful ant and fiery Is In that paragraph Calhoun paragraph Who talks In states and wears tho the tr tragic lustro of ot great grent achievement wrought with tho the very hand of ot death upon him More 1010 Interesting even than Calhoun and nd no more moro stunning piece of historical cal portraiture has hns been heen done In ou our time Is la the remarkable and captivating baronesa tho the secret agent of who Is tho heart and center of th the tho moving narrative Sho She has about her herat herit at ut on once co the fascination of Europe and tho the romance of America In her hei- aro are mingled with compelling truth traits of or tho the good woman and tho the bad of the loving and the daring darinI Tho The conflict be between be- be tween the tho Old World and the Now New Is not only onh controlled by the almost ma magic lc Influence nce which sho she wields s. s but h Is mirrored mirrored mir mtr- in tho the struggle which goes on In her bar own proud ardent resourceful soul toul From the moment of ot her entrance she sho has lias u us at her feet feet literally in a a. sense for tor In tho the too of ot her dainty white satin slipper lies concealed an ambassadors ambassador's note the finding of ot which may change the fate tato of Texas and disturb die dis tho the peace of Europe Europ Seldom in fiction does a character pique the readers reader's curiosity like 1110 tho the Baroness Helena von on Ritz About herIs her heris is the aroma of at fascination and personality person person- allt of love and power of ceremony and candles but above all of mystery Fascination attaches to her origin to tob b her hel r purposes to her wit to the domination domi- domi nation Dation which sho she wields over Great men and small to tho sumptuous netting settinG setting set set- ting in which sho lio places tho Jewel o oher of ber her beauty Against her hor In the duel of ot tho the nations nations na na- na and the duel of ot the tho sexes Boxes Is a aery avery very ery beau Ideal of a horo hero Nicholas secretary to th Calhoun This na nativo na- na tivo O American with his straightforward ward glance and his straightforward logic cornea comes to represent ent to the tho baroness baroness baro baro- ness rices the personification of ot democratic democrat ideals Women aro are apt to prefer Ideals when the they aro arc personified d. d Under the thi Influence of ot Trist love lovo of tho the man am and lovo love of his land spring up In her heart and gradually grow Krow Into a a. flaming laming passion Great Grea is 18 the servIce which she is enabled t todo to todo do them both great both great and nary The Tho na national lonal aud and tho the personal persona Interests arc aro knit together with the most cunning art and each depending on tho the other the tho successive scenes ac acquire ac- ac quire quiro at once tho the lly which can come only onh from strength ot of personal feeling and tho the impressiveness which belongs bolonga to larger Issues and a Q peo- peo i pies pie's It IB Is almost gratuitous to add that tha 40 34 or Fight possesses s many or of th the characteristics expected of tho the great American n novel J 1 i t T S |