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tury is indeed "a unique chapter of history"
and one that will fer The first time be made
known to the general reader by Rev. Georoe
Zabriskie Gray's new book of that name inst
published by Hurd and Houghton.1 Most nso.
pie reading the title will suppose that it is
new juvenile story, instead of a. SCRAP of h;sto.
ry, dug out of the monkish Latin of MANY an
old folio. In the year 1919, after Pope Inro.
cent had preached the sixth crusade. some
priestly imposter made the acquaintance Of q
shepherd boy named Stephen, who tended his
1athers hocks near the town of Cloves in
France. This priest persuaded the suscepti-
BILE 10y, whose imagination was already deen,v
impressed by the stories of the efforts to re
deem the Saviour's sepulchre from the ipfiael
Turk, that he was Jesus Christ. He induced
Stephen to preach children's crusade, assur-
ing him that though men had failed, success
was reserved for the children. The youth
readily undertook the mission, and was SO sue
cessful that in France and Germany an army
of abont hundred thousand persons, mostly
boys whose ages would average about twelve
years, was enlisted for new crusade. Com
posing this great army were some girls, some
men and a great many disreputable women
but the greater part were boys of the tender
age above mentioned They were to march to
some seaport, and their way thence to Pales-
tine was to be through the sea, which was to
be mraculously opened to afford them pas-
sage. One expedition under a lad named
Nicholas started from Cologne, twenty thoue-
and strong, and crossing Mt. Gents, reached
Genoa after incredible sufferngs that lett but
feeble band alive. Disappointed that no
passage was opened through the sea, they con-
tinued on their way, arrived at Pisa where if
is vaguely rumored that some of them set sail
for Palestine, and finally reached Rome.
whence the few remaining infants were sent
home lAnother expedition of about the same
size set out from Cologne and reached Brun-
| dusium, almost at the extremity of the Italian
peninsular after suffering the same disasters
that overlook the army that preceded it,
Stephen, the original preacher of the crusade
led thirty thousand children from Vendome
These met with still more lamentabls disas-
ter. Reaching Marseiles and finding that the
sea did not open before them, they were about
to return, when two merchants of that city
named Hugo Ferrens and Thomas Percus Of
fered to five thousand OF them passage in sew
en- ships. The offer was gladly accepted, and
the children sailed away. Two of e vessels
were wrecked on small island near Sardinia.
Of the passengers of the five remaining ves-
sells nothing was heard for eighteen years. 1t
was then found that the friendly merchants
had sold their little victims in Algiers, and that
they were disposed Of for slaves both in Africa
and Asia. Some of them suffered martyrdom
for their religion at the hands of the Caliph of
Bagdad, but it is not known that one OF them
ever apostatized. Not one of the seven thous-
and ever returned home. (For sale by Bailey
and Noyes)
The readers of Anthony Trollope's novels
will find at Loring, Short & Harmon's paper
covered edition of The Warden and Barchester
Toacers by that author. Published by Harper
& Brothers. Price Is cents.
In Duty Bound, by the author of Marx Var
rem, &C., is new addition to Harper's Library
of Select Novels. 1t is profusely illustrated.
Price 30 cents Tor sale by Loring, Short &
Harmon.
At Last, is the title of Marion Harland's ne W
book just published by Carleton. Marion Har-
land has a talent for novel writing. and has OBJ
tanned high reputation as painstakiug writ
er, who understands the art of constructing a
plot which will gain the attention of the reader
at the beginning, and keep up the interest up-
broken to the last page of the narrative. Her
books deal with everyday life, her style is
clear and forcible, the incidents are unexpect-
ed and dramatic, and the present volume we
think will serve to increase her great populari-
ty among the reading public. Bailey & Noyes
have it.
Wilson's Neao Speller and Analyzer, by the
author of the popular series of reading books S,
is adapted to thorough elementary instruction
in orthography, orthoepy, formation, deriva-
ton and use OF words. Though its design is SO
very comprehensive and though it contains
many thousand more words than any other
speller now in use its author is able to bring all
within the covers of very thin volume. Pub
llshed by Harper & Brothers. For sale by
Loring, Short & Harmon.
Roberts Brothers publish Jean Ingelow's de-
lcious Songs Of Seven in cheap illustrated
little volume. Illuminated paper cover, 20
cents. Cloth, 80 cents