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Show DIDLICAL TALE OP POWER. "Jezebel," by Miss Lafayttts Mc-Laws, Mc-Laws, Hss Won Favor. Miss Lafayette McUw'a "When the Land Waa Young" Instantly sprang Into popular favor, and for a first book was a pronounced success. suc-cess. The promise In nor first book has been moro than realized In "Jezebel," "Jez-ebel," a work of singular power and InalgbL It Is a Hlbllcal talo of the daya when Omrl and Ahab were klnga of Israel and KHJah was & prophet of Jehovah. Ahab, tho Israelite, Is-raelite, takes to wife Jezebel, the worshlpor of Ilaal, When Ahab cornea to the throne and Jozebel sets up tho worahlp of Ilaol, tho prophets and bellovera of Israel are Incensed against tha queen, and Jezebel begins be-gins a flcrco persecution of bor enemies. ene-mies. This contest Is tho chief motive mo-tive of the story. Miss Mcl-aws baa endeavored to I throw now light upon tho character of Jezebel, and, whllo alio does not depart from tho Hlbllcal account, sbt surely presents this strong-willed, boautlful queen In a somewhat novel and atrlkbig manner. Wo get glimpses of Jezebel tho woman as well aa Jezebel tho queen, and It Is on a woman with warm paaslons and Jealous Inatlncta that Jezobel Is most and beat portrayed Tho book la replete with dramatio situations, tho action Is rapid and stirring, and tho denoumont Is original orig-inal and startling. Altogether It Is ono of tho books of tbo day and a distinct contribution to tho novel-lltoraturo novel-lltoraturo of Hlbllcal days. i |