The Sun.
London, England, 1863-10-07 00:00:00

THE LIEUTENANT'S FATE.

r On the day that the Lieutenant parted p;ted with Andrew
Deverel, he reached Stockton an hour before the departure
of the steamer for San Francisco. To pass this hour he
entered a public-house. There was nothing wrong in this,
for the sun was shining strong, and he was fatigued with a
long ride. The public-houses in California at that time
contained gambling• tables. This was not his fault, there-
fore let no one blame him for entering a gambling-house.
"I must not play," thought he, "even supposing that I
had the wish to do so, which I have not. I have sufficient
money to take me home, and I want no more. Under these
circumstances it would be folly for me to play."
He stood near a Monte bank watching the betting, and
while engaged in this became very uneasy. Often he would
find his hand in his pocket, and would firmly withdraw it.
This was repeated till a purse was taken from his pocket
and held in his hand.

A roan near him had won five bets in succession, and on
laying down his sixth stake the Lieutenant could not
refrain from puttiug down a stake on the opposite card.
"That man will not win this time," said he, "and I
should be a fool to loso the chance of betting against him,
and winning the price of a passage down the river."

The ten dollars that he laid on the table were lost, and
in trying to get back this sum he lost 40 more.
By a violent mental exertion that nearly upset the throne
of reason, he left the house and went on board the steamer.
The next morning he stepped ashore in San Francisco.
He was intending to take a cabin passage home, and
needed some clothing to make a more respectable appearance
than he then presented.

His clothing was purchased without much economy, and
on counting his money afterwards, he found no more than
would pay for the passage ticket.

His expenses crossing the Isthmus would not be less
than 20 dollars, and this suns must be raised in some way,
or he could not go in the cabin.

Of course he resolved to try obtaining this small sum by
betting.

He could lose 100 dollars in trying to win what he wished,
and then have enough left to go home as a steerage
passenger.

The night following the departure of the steamer for
Panama, in which he had intended to sail, the Lieutenant
was wandering penniless through the streets of San
Francisco.

After leaving the hospital, Andrew walked down to the
sea-shore. While there, he saw some men dragging a
human body out of the water.

Curiosity led him nearer, and he recog,mised in the dead
body his friend the Lieutenant.

The jealousy, and the revenge, and the deep-laid
plotting of Yvonne partake somewhat of the melo-
dramatic, but the general spirit of the work as a whole
is so fresh and buoyant, the style of it is so simple
and so vigorous, the hero himself is so manly and
tree-hearted that " Andrew Deverel" bids fair to
become a favourite novel, and Charles Beach a popu-
lar romaneist.

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Another characteristic—necessitated by the mere
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to several distinct libraries—should also be here
especially particularised, namely, that of the vivid
contrast prosented to view by the diversity of the
subjects treated upon in the volumes thus coming
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of this vivid contrast of themes could hardly be
desired, than that now noticeable in regard to the
three goodly volumes just issued from the press by
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October. The. last mentioned on the list of these
three, as above given, is of itself an extraordinary
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a very elaborate catalogue raisonnee of "rare,
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the enlargement of the original work, as it is now
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periodical form by the learned publisher who has
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notices merely from " Simon" to " Uttereon," it is
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Thomson, Turner, and Thneydides. Above all,
this ninth instalment of Lowndes's Manual, as
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Press by Mr. Bohn as another of his three-
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significant words, " Thirtieth Edition." Few prose
works in the language—not written by one of the
Dii Majores of Euglish Prose Literature (which, it
is hardly necessary to remark, John Foster, with all
his merits, undoubtedly was not)—have any more
obvious claim to re-publication in a series such as
Mr. Bohn's—a Standard Library of acknowledged

masterpieces.

The opportuneness of the re-publication, this
October, of the renowned German Fairy Tales and
Popular Stories as (nominally) told by Gammes
Grethel, but as (actually) collected together, for
the first time, some fifteen veers ago, by the cele-
brated Brothers Grimm—the opportuneness of the
re-publication of this delightful work, just now, is
something
those two must learned, yet most popularly well
especially noticeable ! The survivor of
known, and even well-beloved men of letters,
breathed his last—
having but so very recently