, 1881-10-29
A Romance from the Pen OF the
Noted Aumorist.
"Thc Prince and tho Panpcr-A
Talo for Young l'c oplc."
Results Of. n Frcakish Change Of
Clothes Between Two Roys.
The Good Old Times In h1err1e Englund-A
Satire on Monarchy.

T,;! TMrN!' rEorln ut Ali. AnEs; iiy Mark
AN cssay Of AGark Ttvuin's tp, lilo region Of
rolnnrcs might reasonably ba expected to l,u
or1yiiA,, whatever c|se IT was; atd his talu
If "TM! l'rincc aut Tin r9pInr ''-of which
VIC nrc ablc to sl,enk ut this .late from sheets
In adys,nceoi Its catlon-certalnly Will
not .EIsappotnt this expectation III tho render.
Like n'l ntl.cr ron,anccs, It asks TINT tho
reader shnll takoits possibility for granted,
but this Ollce granted It's events fUll0w caci
otlior hot only with probability but with
| realistic force
| II cnn ttO 1t no harm with my reader who
sl'nll take II mp to know It's plot, for lio Wilt
flnl It sufficiently Interesting page by pngo !;
md we inny frankly say TINT tho romance
nsfss It's tn believe tint by series of accidents
tho son of llcrry Ill. artl stout boy, whom
hc miracnlously resembles,
1 C1L1ASuI 1r.ACEs.
| The young Prince, who afterwards becomes
Edward W., Is thrust unt of tie palnce gate,
md falling into the hands Of the ,,a,lper's
family, IL ncccntcs( ~ their own, while tho
na,,per begins life as Tho Kings son amidst
tho obstQnious cnmpl!nnccx uG tito courtuslcs
| t1lnns whom his frcakisl1 exchange of
I cintlies with the real Prince Inns left hin
Edward Tudor leads from that time OH tho
llfe Of II beaten alid hunted bcggar and
tramp alsl Ton Canty secs tho other
side of tho rny of lire which hu once
fa,cietl SO joyous, I'LL they at iast, by
ano,aet series oi accidents, meet lace to face
o, tic Irlllca's coronation tlny.
| y clnrnlIug and ,,srfii fact of ,l,o concc,t
IL that each hoy III his place loudly protests
ngainst tho mistake TINT las ber. lnadc:
| Tom ,itcIarrs tint ho IL II nn,Iuer thc en-, NJ
bcrrnr a,d ''t th;"r. nv e I,ari % .no so'i u.
that liz Is tho Prince Of Wales, Boil,
ara lhonrIt Mill. tha ,noc,: 1,rtnoo - crn,',,1
aiv slencc. Iis u "ss.ri"na 'i hv IN ~ tn Em,.
eo'an'nn'', wl'ieli iorblls nim to utter @ then, i
Prince proc1aims Ills right to tho very end,
In ull prcscnces and circumstances.
| Canty's 10 fancy lli1usc,i 4 King. md 10 form
! n raYecd rourt nj street. hovs nhn,u Inn
Edwards declaration Is regarded by Toms
family us tho crazy inveteracy Of this fancy,
aha II mot with blows nn4 curses from Toms
drunken father, mud with tcArs md 1nncNtA-
tlons from Ills mother nnd sisters. The Prince
escapes from them, ald finds
\ srEAprAsr AND POWERFUL PROTECTOR
| Ill Miles llenuon, q soltlicr or fortune re-
turning from n long captivity 10 CLAIM, Ills
| tlsD J'rINCU from Tom EAnty'S fnt1lpr itrtt
| snyes him from n ,un,, lin rr,,i,a tho hn,
n,,I ~ o,,,ra. t',,, ~ ..s.,.... ."' Wv wy
I4"u' " coAIse, plt lle coIlc0iFes tendet NJ
fecti0n for hin: nlNi the whimsical devotion
wifi, ,yl,ln1, In h,,n,nra ,y 4nt, l,o,., ,,,.ot 49,
a.,a,,, - ~ w, t'o w ios"l IN
ctsolls II stitlleil. liz itluS That o
,u,ist stnflll uncovered while Ills ragged nrn
| ,s,a ,JIuno 1T nig n,et, tLot ~ ,'.,.t, -
'.te "'.e' ~ ''is etos. !'ns1 AVS 1nnsh steep
| atHWart tia threshold while tho Prince Oc-
C(jbles ltIy bed ind TINT hn m,,st sarve tho
ronr ,f,tio tot.nr,,o,,aI,n,, - "s .o
poor iltt'a iattertelnailon NJ every turn.
| They wander tlnWn into the country. nMl
| ,.,, II, Ifa,,.,,, ,: N' ~ As D t.'os
Iei1eh 1te'uoN's I1ol.le NG last+ nfu lntl lIcn-
| don $ younger brother III possession, l'hr
| fattcr refuscs tn rccogn,ya tbo fornor a,,,,
1cnies % i s eu,itv. ,'S"' nn an'o",a ~" v.Ir anu
protests md demand for the restoration Of
us properly, tno pfother ms HIN and tho
Frince-npw Hing by Ilcnry's deatll-both
lrn%a ,, 'm!o TO-, pf,so To passages VIII leu de.
scflpe tle ille III Ills English JUL arp flI OF
penetrating ratos md Of I'LL historical truth
nut f},1cl1tv yhini, uu,-o ua In,1,frorut ~ ~,
... an1 a'usn'S WIZ" .1.M" IN ,iu'nolc1le 10 I'LL
1lesll0is OIL nero fcrbnl accuracy.
:, w1tuIE 1tnftl,1ut n r.oot, ~, n r,,,r.