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THE SUNDAY CALL. o f them have been this page and will serve he excellence of the tes with a high apprecia- mance and of the beuuti- direct, and lical history the well as possessing ms of the paintings sts the world has ever wo! e descri the greatest ar' wn. She gives first the story of the vidual and then a description of the tings by the different artists and a mpar of the varied conceptions of the same subject As there might be a possible misconcep- tion of the title, ““Heroines of the Bible,” it may be well to quote from the author her explanation for the selection of the word “h as a part of the caption ‘I here word ne' as denot- ng ho plays the most im- por in a story; but did I wish t e the word a strictly critical sense, I n for more its fullest an I find in the lives of Bible." the volume, signification—t the women of t An index c which ) 0 teaching in a public school to support herself and her drunken brute of a hus- band—is terrible and appeals too much to the sympathy of the reader, Had It not been for the skill of the doctor in operat- ing on the husband she would have had that burden taken from her. But he is cured, and as a result of the operation is left with paresis. He finally dles fro: overdose of an anesthetic adminis by his wife. he doctor loves Alves and wishes to marry her, but Alves will not consent to a ceremony, fearing his love wou last and he would be tied to her, as she had been to a man she did not love. After living together for some time she reasons that she has kept the doctor from st cess among people who were willing to 1} FicriAEL cox | THE TEMPTZ [} AT \ e convenient for handy ref- lished by L. C. Page & C. 2) The Web of Life. Robert Herrick has adopted the realistic last novel, “The Web of Life.” in Chicago about the Pullman railroad strike. Pricy Boston. is laid time of The hero, a young physician, has decid- edly socialistic tendencies, and through the wh book there #: efn of dis- gust for the “new rich” of Chicago. Mr. Herrick does not idealize his characters, but plainly and tersely portrays three types of the *comfortable rich” — the speculator, the rallroad magnate and the fashionable specialist. The book is strong and intensely inter- esting, but it is to be regretted that the author does not use his strength and force on some plot that would leave a better impression on one's mind. The pathos of Alves Preston's life— 4 patronize him. This, with the haunting fear that he will hate her because of her crime, causes Alves to kill herself, Dr. Summers, who is but an average mortal, mourns for some time for the woman who gave her life for him, and after two years marries Louise Hitchcock. She is a girl whose social position the doctor once scorned. She is well bred, of not much depth and one who “handies her world with perfect self-control.” After his ro- mantic past Dr. Summers settles down to humdrum conventionality with much ease. The book is really good, and the title, “The Web of Life,” is well chosen. (Pub- lished by the Macmillan Company, New York. Price, $150, At the Court of the King. ““At the Court of the King,” by G. Hem- bert Westley, 1s a book of very interest- ing historical romances of France during the reigns of Louls XIV, Louis XV and Charles VIL. T well written sto- ries, filled with igue, stratagem and romance. One receives a very good idea of the times and the condition of the gay court of Versailles. The description of the King's favorites, the court beautles, the duels and the amusements court are well drawn, The reader {s reminded of tha French 9t the romances of (Pab- lished by L. Price $1.25) . A Gentieman Born, In “A Gentleman Born” we have glimpses of the most varied phases of life in New York City. The purpose of the book s to show the unchangeable- ness of the true gentleman. no matter (Pu any, tion Co d by York. a. W. Dillingham Price $150.) New Literary Motes, “8jgurd Eckdel's Bride’ a new ro- mance by Richard Voss, aut r of “The New God,” will be published this fall by Little, Brown & C« scene is la!d in Northern the of Scandinavia winters which among the snowdrifts and fcy at- mosphere of the mountain solitufles are described with remar skill. The translation is by ftord Dodd, Mead & Co. have had to postpone the dellvery of Marie Corelli's new novel, “The Master Christian,” the number of advance orders having made it Impossible to deliver on the date first amnounced. g0z, b o L S THE F?EQDALaNE . DINESNOI shor hy published toward by the Macmillan Compan supposed to be portraits, those who have xnown inttmatel wiil probably recognize more than at personal characterization. the stu new volume Henry James stortes are “Past “The Knowle “The Real rhe Given Case, The Third, Person, ‘Miss Gunton of Pou, keepsle.” The new, handsomely {llustrated N have cmillan Company in preass, very and some scenes The Mac- sntradicted s in photograv the windows of the castle. Company h ment that at vernm volum this of both sides and glves the HE WELL. what his environment may be. The hero is stolen and placed in the home of an Itallan inhabitant of the Bowery. Later he is found by an Irish ctor, who adopts him. Yet when s sent to Harvard he takes his place among the best bred and richest men at college. He distinguishes himself as an athlete and a scholar and is a college hero. After graduating he leads a wild life in the metropolis. At the end of a year of this life in the Bowery, where he fre- quents races and opium dens, he emerges unscathed and with the true Instincts of a gentleman still uppermost. After a varled career in New York as partner of his adopted father he discov- ers his real parentage, is united with his family and restored to his rightful posi- One hundred and fifty thousand coples was the total reached before publication in England and America. “The Marble Faun” can be had in a varfety of forms to an extent true of al- most no other modern work. B edition {s announced by Messrs. Hough- ton, Miffitn & Co. It is in a single volume, printed from large type, and will have six- teen full-page -half-tone illustrations of views and statues and bufldings that most attract visitors in_Rome. Miss Grace Marguerite Hurd's novel, “The Bennett Twins,” will be published this month by the Macmillan Company. It was announced some little while ago as a lively study of life among some art students in a famous New York studio. ‘While the characters of the story aze aod 2 new gaged and the losses sustained in the long 1 the South. contest between the North Messrs. H lish the work. ton, Mifflin & Co. will pu Houghton, Miffin & Co. will in question a hint of It will be the end of September The titles of “The Great Good Place,” Right Condition,” “The “The Abasement of edl- tions of “Elizabeth and Her German Gar- den” and “The Solitary Summer,” the contain some which charming portraits of the now well-known April, May and June Babie n_going the Princess of s of maps makes very fon of Colonel Thomas sers and Losses in work {s based upon perma- numbers en- shortly group in what will be known as the “Not- clgy Parsons, the American engineer who secured valuable rallway concessfons fr the Chinese Government last year. 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