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14 ¥ - sen RO et “@;r%fl; :'?;s{f"‘“ o b & B CONDUCTED BY ] B. G. LATHROP | es a novel of the roman- torical school that is eading. Those who hi en llowing the chapters of e Sul of Yvonne” as have been appearing in Pearson’s ine already know of this clever of Rafzel Sabatini; get the story in book »y-G. P. Putnam’s ve yet a treat in store , who ca sublished of the Memoirs of the de Luynes” is quite remin- e good old of “The Three There is a Lord Cardinal, the at Mazarin who d Richelieu in the reign and foreshadowed the XIV. & to grind a sultable drea de Mancini Gaston de Lu poor of purse. stive of the fiery nearly resembling Weyman Red Robe”—Je; t more ey and man uses pervading s Mazarin for Lord Car- dispositio g one a Jean de Berault professional duelist, a 1 the fire of love burns nd leaves behind a s Gaston de Luyne goes throug close ap- Weyman's e who at later to love in spite of firs se of his generous deeds o dislike st r haughty the end before the ad- unwillingly forced from does =0 much with- ope of reward and simply because takes pleasure in the doing. “The Suitors of Yvonne” is too well written to criticize Mr. Sabatini for hav- ng made the motif of his story like that “Under the Red Robe.” I merely men- these points of similarity that those 0 enjoyed Mr. Weyman's tale may know that here is another equally good. Sabatini has that happy faculty, so rare in the authors of to-day, of making his narrative first and letting the matter of descriptions of people and places and the atmosphere of his story take care of them- selves he wastes no time in painting S, 50 common & trait among k rical novels who think they must sacrifice the interest of their story in order to give verity to the his- torical element. He gives you a vivid mental picture of people and places by A without wasting vour time h chapters of descriptive X any lest you may ead of the plot. uynes teils the story in his own maitre d'armes to phews de scovers en stup- the unlucky De econd chapter. It seems res to marry Andrea , a rich hels The naples, takes a dif- er from his father e easiest way out & quarrel on An- him in a duel and piece. the = ban. So. in runken spree, To save his own neck the doughty ies forth and at once makes a Canaples and runs the gen- through; but not content with this to remark that “there will be 1 at St. Germain this evening” and by #o doing lets his enemies know that he hes acted in the Cardinal’s Interest in sav- ing Andrea from Canaples’ sword. At this the mob turns upon him and he barely escapes with his life by leaping into & passing carriage in which are none other than Yvonne de Canaples and her sister. Hre this ride 1s done Yvonne learns of Gaston’s heving left her brother for deed on the dueling fleld and of course the stock of De Luynes does not advanoce very materially in her estimation. The next change of scene finds Gaston even in worse odor with his Eminence the Cardinsl, that worthy prelate being quite outspoken in his intention of Ganging De Luynes if he is ever found again in the company of Andrea. The Cardinal then commands Andrea to proceed at once to Blols and pays his devoirs to the falr Yvonne. Andres writes a letter asking De Luynes to accompany him on & “mis- sion of delicacy” without telling him its exact pature and, despite the Cardinal’s warning, away goes Gaston poste haste to Join his young friend. He is rather taken e S 24 Gruat Pame velrsent B Do 4 Grumephene & Chinase Gong, ané Thow Tyt o g Aaem oF e Koy O i e Wikderses et by Wallace Irwin whe wrote “™ ] ove Sonnets ** Hoodlum” ELDER AND SHEPARD San Prascisce CorYRIGHT J90% 75 % e b~ = ) b BERAZTIN owARD. ., T2 aback when he learns the object of An- drea’s proposed journey. but even then announces his intention to stand by his friend, cardinal or no cardinal. After this the interest in the sto centers about and the estate the Chevalier de Canapl Andrea falls in love at sight with the sister of Yvonne, uban appears on the scene with a band of select cut- throats, adding yet anot So, in short order, De hands full enough t eating son of St. Auban makes an attempt to abduct the fair Yvonne, but is foiled by the ever- present and alert Gaston. De Luynes learns of the plot and warns Yvonne, but she is still bitter in her hate and refuses to believe him and ko falls into the hands of St. Auban, which gives De Luynes a splendid opportunity in role of hero to rescue the maid. This is his first step in the good graces of Yvonne, and later, when he is not so fortunate in meeting the schemes of St. Auban and is dragged Luynes out of the river wounded and uneon- scious, she nurses him back to life. His ground gained here is soon lost again by an unlucky act while he is hard at work thwarting y nother plot conceived by the fertile-brained St. Auban; but this time bis disgrace is not for long, and the book ends as all true novels of the ro- mantic school’ should end. If you want three hours of -good read- ing get “The Suitors of Yvonne.” Mr. Whitman. A story in the vein of humor that Stock- ton so dearly loved to affect is “Mr. Whit- man—A Story of the Brigands,” by Eliz- abeth Pullen. The book contains matter quite bright and originel. Mr. Jeremiah ‘Whitman, a practical American business man, wholesale dealer in tanners’ sup- plies, has a sort of “Jekyll and Hyde” nature, 5o far as his ness side and his poetical side are coricerned. Under his very conventional exterior he has a burn- desire to see Italy. The chance comes en hie uncle leaves him $5000. With this he goes to Italy and has adventures. Ceaptured by brigands, he wins them by his courage, refuses to ransom himself, and is actually made chief of the brig- ands. Thereupon he sets the band and its operations upon a business basis, forms the Travelers’ Rellef Assoclation with by- laws and parllamentary code of procedure, and, as leader of his first ‘operation,” attacks the coach in which the young Italian senorita he has fallen in love with is traveling. The complications are re- freshing, the humor captivating and the results delightful. (Published by the Lo- throp Publishing Company, Boston. Price, $150.) "Tween You and I The Lothrop Publishing Company of Boston has just issued a volume of de- lightful criticisms from the pen of Max O'Rell. The work consists of a series of essays on life in general, and its pages ere fllled with good common sense served in a most palatable and readable way— sparkling with philosophy and wit. It is distinctively American in tone and will be found excellent reading out loud for the benefit of the family at large and your- self in particular. Here 18 a selection from a chapter devoted to “The Ideal Daughter”: “A devoted, cheerful, caressing daugh- ter is the joy of & home. Happy the house that resounds aill day long with her song and the peals of her sllvery laugh- ter. She is the sun that shines all day. She is the chain that binfls father and mother together, and their safeguard against any danger their Jove and to Lrrsownens=Russa Dy Dr Benjamin By D ArrtEron><Ce... sward. 1, < N {aithfulness to each other, Ts there any- thing which could entice that father out of his house =o loi s that 1 in it? No, nothin but the w that hey has to do, and w h he c fully does, all the time longing for that welcome kiss when he returns home. “I admire the love of a daughter for her mother, but it is =0 common, so natural, that-1 am always ready to take it for nted; but the love of a daughter for a fathe What a sight for the Look at that girl on her fathe with her arms around his neck. him, petting him, patting his face, curling his mustache, pulling his nose. Look at them in the street, m in arm, like old ‘pals His weight is not one ounce. In that girl's company he is a man of 25—not older. Watch them flatten their against the shop windows, looking at all the pretty things inside. “But they do not remain outside. Sure, they go in: th little rogue knows her business. She knows that papa is always ready to cheerful part with his _oose cash. She gives him a nudge, a little wink. T gh, and in they go. And what a are having discussing over the choice of all the things they are going to have! When they return home they get scolded for their’ extravagance; but that's all right. Mamma is not a bit jealous. Besides, have they not brought something for her? Of course, they have.” Hohenzollern. Cyrus Tcwnsend Brady writes anything well, from a sermon to a sea fight or a historical novel. As an example of the last we have ‘“Hohenzollern,” recently published by the Century Company, New York. This is a tale of the time of Bar- barossa, and deals with the woolng of Matilda of Voburg by the Count of Hohenzollern. Two other gentlemen also feel that they have something to say ebout the heart and hand of this fair lady, hence the present story. The Duke of Saxony for one, and Fred- erick Barbarossa for another, have each decided that the fair Matilda shall be his own. The Duke and Hohenzollern would wed the lady, but the ‘Emperor must fain offer hér only the left hand, for he already has a wife of his own. He later obviates this latter difficulty by divorcing Adelheid, and then agaln offers suit to the lovely Matilda. Metilda's heart beats for Hohenzollern alone, so in the present day it would seem that with such a state of affalrs there could be nothing ‘else but & happy wedding, with possibly Barbarossa and & itk & ‘PRISONERS HE {llustrations on this page are from a noteworthy work on the subject of penology just from the press of D. Appleton & Co., New York, price $1 40. Under the title of «Prisoners of Russia” Dr. Benjamin How- ard has given us a personal study of con- vict life in Sakhalin and Siberia ~that, coming from the pen of so eminent an author, will be found most interesting. What he has to tell us of the odd penal colony on the island of ‘Sakhalin, off the mouth of the Amur River, is quite differ- ent from what others have had to say with reference to political prisoners in Siberia. Benjamin Howard, M. A, M. D., F. R. C. 8. E., was a penologist of note. He was born in England in 1836 and in 1853 came to America, whers he worked at his trade of painter and paper-hanger for a livellhood while he attended college classes. His idea at that time was to be- come a medical missionary and he soon gave promise of the eminence that he was to attain later In life. He received many honors and degrees in the medical col- leges. He soon became intensely interested in AV Saxony posing near the chancel rail as mournful but resigned lovers. But these were days when ladies falr were wooed and won'by the sword as often as by the soft word, and both Sax- ony and Barbarossa are men who would wed the lady first and ask her prefer- ence afterward. The author with three such types of men in center stage makes a good story, with plenty of fight and complications in the way of plots and schemes, and many a time he has the heart of the reader in wild palpitation lest the worthy Hohenzollern shall fall before the power of either one of his an- tagonists. The noble Count’s persever- ance is rewarded at last, however, and “they live happily ever afterward.” Held for Orders. To all magazine readers the name of Frank H. Spearman {s a familiar one. In stories of railroad life he is probably one ot the most clever writers before the pub- le. His book recently published by Mc- Clure, Phillips & Co., New York, under the title of *“Held for Orders” includes those short storles of his on railroad life that have appeared in McClure’'s Maga- zine and will be heartily welcomed by those /who read any or all of them upon their first appearance. For examples of description in practical heroics they are inimitable. The present series includes ten tales; each one of which 18 independ- ent of the others yet all are bound to- gether by the reappearance of certain OF AL G A SR the question of slavery, and to investigate for himself the practical workings of hu- man slavery even obtained employment as a clerk in a slave market at St. Louls, Mo. He saw and learned enough to make him an active partisan against slavery, and the war for the Union breaking out Dr. Howard volunteered his services to the Government as a surgeon. He served through the war with much honor. Later he resumed private practice, and. a prize essay written by him for the American Medical Assoclation, entitled *“The Direct Method of Artificial Respira- tion, or the Treatment of Persons Appar- ently Dead from Suffocation by Drowning or from Any Other Cause,” made a name for him throughout the United States. He held many responsible professorships dur- CRovP or L SAKHALIN 7inER'S AND THEIR FAmiiLirs characters prominent in that section of the mountain division where the scenes of the stories are laid. The incidents very from the thrilling to the humorous and the pathetic; and the character drawing from the lowliest wiper to the head of the division is equally well done. Five Little Peppers. Another book of Pepper stories to de- light the hearts of the little ones. This letest book by Margaret Sidney deals with the travels of the “Five Little Pep- pers Abroad” and is just as charming as the other stories of the series that have preceded it. It takes Mother Pepper— now Mother Fisher—the little doctor, Folly, and Phronsie over seas, with Grandpapa King, Jasper and Parson and Mrs. Henderson. There in new scenes and new experiences the brightness, the wit, the kindliness, the keen knowledge of child pature that have made all the Pep- per books so irresistible, are just as con- spicuous as they have been In the Pepper stories at home. (Published by the Lo- throp Publishing Company, Boston. Price $125.) The Boer Fight. Read Dr. Conan Doyle's book on the recent Boer war for the pro-English ac- count, then read *The Boer Fight for Freedom,” by Michael Davitt, for the pro- Boer side and strike the average to suit yourself. The latter book, “The Boer Fight for Freedom,” has just been pub- lished by the Funk & Wagnalls Com- pany of New York, price $200. Michael Davitt is a man well fitted to write with sympathy of the struggles of a people aspiring for national independence. Born at Sralde, in County Mayo, in 184, RUSSIA.” pose of making thorough investigations of these subjects. He went through the prin- cipal prisons of England, Germany and the United States and through every con- vict prison between St. Petersburg and Siberfa; in Russia he traveled many hun- dred miles in hourly contact with more than 500 exiles by road, river and rail. He made practical studies of the Armenian troubles in their midst. The present book, therefore, will be found of great interest to students of criminology, and, from its readable style, will also appeal to the general reader. In it he takes up the question of punish- ment with the knout, and also compares It with our own system of solitary con- finement. Through his position he en- Joyed every opportunity for an intimate ing his life, but was finally obliged to give Gcpjaintance with the personnel of the up all this on account of his health and in 1875 left New York for a prolonged stay in Europe, Asia and Africa. He was always very much interested in the different convict systems of the world and in the study of criminology and prison reform; sb, beginning with 1588, he began to travel considerably for the pur- akhalin settlement, and his book pic- tures many curious experiences and strange characters. He gives a sketch of . Vladivostok, which he inspected with care, that will be read with interest in view of its increasing political and mili- tary importance. An interesting preface for the volume has been written by Brig- adier General O. O. Howard, U.'S. retired. Lloop-crerr=rs RETURNING FRoM ORI .o his natal vear saw the commencement of the “Great Famine in Ireland. At the age of ten he had already begun to work to add his scanty when Lis family holding and force country. The Davitts went ashire, where little Michael secured cmployment Lan o La in a cotton-mill. While “winding” a ma_itine hi 1m was caught in the wheels and torn off at ulder. ac- cident could hardly be called a misfor- tune,” for it gave the sharp-witted boy three years of hard st at Weslevan schocl, te . which he was sent by a Roman Catholic priest. He then obtained em- ployment in the local postoffice, W mastered the art of printins 1 e an efficient “typo,” perfe education at night by constant attendance at a mechanics’ institute. Davitt's father, an old follower of O’Connell, was always an ardent fonalist, and was twenty found him the revoluifon: garded at that time as the on# means of righting his country's wrongs. He in- duced the other_members of his family to emigrate to America, and he became one of the Fenian leaders in England. In 1870 he was arrested, tried on a charge of trea- son-felony, convicted, and sentenced to fifteen years' penal servitude. He con- tinued in prison for nearly eight years, when he was released by the Government. Davitt now set about organizing the Land League, delivering lectures on the subject in Boston, Philadelphia and Chi- cago. Returning home again in 1879, he once more conferred with the Irish lead- ers, and, in the end, the Land League was formally started. The Liberal party was then in power, and though Mr. Gladstone, the Prime Min- ister, was coerced by the Land League movement to pass the great Irish land act of 1881, the author of the agitation was politically obnoxious to the authors of the legislation for having forced their hands. Accordingly, in February, 1881, 8ir Willlam Harcourt caused him to be arrested. It was during this imprison- ment that Mr. Davitt wrote his first book, “Leaves From a Prison Diary.” In the following year he went to prison for the third time on his declining to be bound over to keep thg peace. While a prisoner he was elected to Parliament by his present constituents as a protest against the treatment he had recefved, but he never took his seat.” The upshot of Davitt's prison thoughts was the conviction that revolutionary methods were powerless to effect any use- ful object, and on this bellef he has acted consistently ever since. Another result of his reflections as a prisoner appeared when, subsequently, he was elected to a seat in the House of Commons, and took up the cause of prison reform. He had In the meantime, in the course of wide travel, visited the leading prisons in Australa and the United States. His ‘agitation was Instrumental in bring- ing about 2 marked change for the better in the treatment of priscners in British Jails. Mr. Davitt, as a result of his travels in the antipodes, wrote a work entitled “Life and Progress in Australasia.” He resignedi his seat in Parliament, a few days after war was declared in Oct- ober, 1899, to go to the scene of military conflict in South Africa. There he met the leading Boer generals, and President Steyn, whom he greatly admires as the wisest of statgémen and noblest of pa- triots. Having such sources of information, the trained pen of Mr. Davitt has produced “The Boer Fight for Freedom,” a history written on the spot and In the saddle as it wers, yet orderly, complete and graphic. The present volume consists of 803 pages with 7 maps and index, and s illustrated with fllustrations from photographs taken by lhe author and others. Latin Grammar for Schools. “A Latin Grammar for Schools,” by An- drew Fleming West, professor of Latin in Princeton University, has just been published by D. Appleton & Co. of New York. It will be found most useful for the beginner in the study of Latin. The selections are strict and the statements of things most important for the young Mi- in one of ary movements which he re- d up S lent to know are quite plain The has evidently been to pick out only als, to define them as as the facts warrant and to gi explanation as will fasten them = the mind of the pupil. The author has been careful to omit technical language, unimportant exceptions and all refine- ments of doctrine which properly enter only after the school stage of study is a compiisted. The matter is Pyt in a con- crete rather than in an abstract way, and the pup | may learn to see m his gram mar the satisfying explanation of living usage rather than the dissection of some- thing lifcless. The price of the book is % cents. Advanced French Prose Composition. In “Advanced French Prose Cowupos n,” by Victor E. Francois, is giv ple material for thorough drill on th structions and idioms of the French lan- guage, embodied In a large variety tertaining and helpful exercise: Look is designed for the second con f en- The year in colicges or ihe third and fourth year in Iigh schools. Graminar reviews are com- bined with translation work, based on se lections in French, and suggestive ques- tions refer to these selections. Numeroy refcrences are made to the new matieal rules promulgated by the Minis- ter of Pullie Instruction of France in Lis deeree of ruary 26, 1901, the mo portant of these rules being given ! The book is admirably adapted to ie same author's “Intro . (Published by the can Book Company, New York. cents.) PR S Literary Notes. 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