, 1881-07-16

adapted for sfl0rtstory telling. The Titles
nf tlie ten 1--we nt1res ~ tl'I* n n!''s'nn
Pise ss Ysafs; yi; An sf iiefss; % a aar a }is }sr
jtrro; Dick iInlltday's wife; Mr. ntui AJr4.
Eesleeton's Thanksgiving; Margaret Ffcyer's
s-"Afada,nc DcIpltnn" has l,een Issued in
It tI IL story u "Oisi Creois .Days" and takes
us ngain Int, ti,a ,inexpl0trotI, ct',.ntry to
wA!c NJ; Gabl1 sfHlaSs n; #. Ieayrs 4so Il
anfsitty told. 4 creoly;a n'othqr,, DaIphlne
GarraM, Inns atlhuThter olive Tle elatterl0yes
Capt. t.en,aitre Vixneyt,le. a Willie, tnnn WHO
would marry tlle a'tat!rootl's daughter b1t f2r
'rllo n0thur; 30 tliht Otybllin marry tile u,nn
sllo j0ve*, uen4cs that The gill is her dn,!gll-
ter, al.tl dies from grief at her own tiltliOler-
~ act. She Eoes to tho confessiolal:
res!es ser M ~ sa?Sss III @ '0 s''
, "U Ullvr, my own tiaughterl' .....
:s sS &c: sS .o III osao I'LL Ia 1Ss ass s2s sss%S
tho window. She was knae!nv. with hur fore"
hcnd resting on hnr aru,s: n0tionlcss. ,,.,,.
laa rons'atea !s's words Of abso'atlon. still sho
~ WY aaSehter.' . he said, "eo 70 thy homo tn
E2ssss e 's ss t bos S rs:s ta9 IT, % S e. s1; 1
and sMsdsf,e SsiIsa e15 Ssipybaoi' ap an;1s'
llEr uEa4 4GH AnEN 1A GluuH{ l1F I'LL l1ie
stant thoro was lifa IN tho eyes,-it giintnercd,-
It vanished, and tears Glishod from bis awn and
s 4 bG osye 1,e sn rsse eesa Sf tho dead as he
"Iord, lay not this sin 10 her ohargoi'
-"Ainong. Tie l1ilIs" IL very ordinary
work, negatively goua-i: c.. good, heeause
it Is not positively 6ad:, Therots nothing In
4 % attract sspecisl attention, ant there are
than l1etty Atla,ns without asking the world
tp read Uf their trlbutatIuns. The murni IL Il
good one, ind TIE story at least PLEASANTLY
and carefully wrlttcn..
We are Indebted to tho publishers Of the
Ss5ifs Tor ~ bSsaiss aar. sests q
"DaIy Rne.H This lIas been called nn !" In
dian "story, which Is 1niSn0lner 80 far rs IT
Implies n. classification OF thls volume With
such works as g.. "plouE''ed under" "1!ld,, ki,
how terribly abused the Indians have been by
tic agdlits Of lie Unlted States Goycrnmont.
To certain extent the Goygt,lnIeMt ls Or.
ratgned syen mi ~ "l,sby l llue for tty lndia,
the, ,iioveI. It ,is q roniance in WHICH, tho
fortunes a,,t mfsf0rtunes uf the LecszInksky
fa.,li)y are mixed up will Pawnees, SEMI
Hfs @ spoS end Go!naasss ssysa es}s ~ rsFs5 sss rnE
is as much story 1t nr'ny l1fc as MI, 4. H.
daughter Of Lieut.. l.ecszlnsky and Mar
MtA S4lG HtV4 lE3 ~ HEA oNJoAA4 NNrAe. LllC4t4
and Of her ultimate rcscne, furnish the, ex-
cuse for Tho scenes of Indian fighting and Of
camp life written by ons. who Is evidently
1a,niltar With these subjects. a brother
at ono time in love with Nnrgarct, lnarries
Alattacliaynn, the daughter Of mi Indian
Cllf1f. 1t Is a rather complicated story 0f
uneven texture, bit on the wllole well SPIN
Tines it is thrilling and fascinating, nlNl is on
tbs whole a pleasing work Of fiction, dealing
| With border army life many years aEo.' The
| appendix, containing stlccfnct history Of
ages appears TO be out Of p!nce. and TO a.ttl
nothing to the merits OF the novel itself.
uA1ss-FAM1LY 9ENEALoaY.
MI. J. Homer Bliss, Of Norwich, Conn.,.
Inns just published limited edition Of the
family record Of the bliss emigrants who
.canic 10 this country In 1G35 The result Of
Ills labors Ia before lis Iii tie sllape Of large
and handsome volume comprising over 500
pages In fine type, and giving comprehcn.
sive genealogical record Of tile family for
over :,a5 years. The records given III this
work are connected and: continuous, nnd
cover thirteen generations bcaring the family
name, commencing ut about 1860, and have
occupied over twenty years In compilation.
They are rs nearly complete and perfect as
EkhCt!CAHtf t!cNtlIlE AS ee4 w VI -r-s--f p!I5h
about .5o0tlescel,tlants bcartng the nn1ne OF
Bliss and about, tho Estne.,nnlnbcr ln other
Names Tho work was tp!in1leneeti; about
tho year 1915 by Judge Oliver Bliss, ot
Springfield, Alnss,, and continued BY ali. Syl.
vester Bliss FROM 1873 to 1S9, and undertaken,
BY the. present compiler IN 161n. The
family has been tr,.cc!l to ono THOMAS
nllss o was bort l., England about
tho Norman French ulols. THO history Of
the American falllly begins with tic l.lrl.
TIM br0tllers, George Bliss md Thomas bliss,
Jr., who ca,lio to America u escapa religious
persecution, landing In Boston In 1Gs5. The
arrangement Of the NlRtter III tho book is Rd
'lnlrallc, md prominent asld peculiar fent
ire Is tue yolunlnuus index wherein tue
book May reality 30 found Not only is tho
i,niua Of every Bliss given. but -Nisu every
person tnterillnrrying and every person a.
1uued to Incidentally, anI every town re-
ferred TO throughout tbs volume, 50 TINT II
PERSONS resllGnce Is known nnd Ills given
name forgotten. the nw1t reference IN the
index will gfve tile desired Dnnle. Only be(
work. which should be III the ha,lss 0f oycss
bliss family md In every public library as i
work Ut reference.
= THEOLOGICAL WORKS. :
It reflects credit OIL tho liberal spirit of thu
Trustees Of the Cunningham Lectures, wht
aye members Of tho Free Churcl, OF Scotland
tlat the lecturer chosen by them for the yca'
1850 wns tho Rev. john Cairns, u. D., Princi
pal and Professor, Of Systematic Thc0log,
md Apologetics lin the United Presbyterian
College. DR.. Cairns gracefully aCk,lowl