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vile and child. On6 OIL tne INCIDENTS VI
the curse he suffered was that he knew
the certainty of the coming of day when
ne must be mourner for whomsoever
he should take into his heart. and in
this way expiate whatever happiness the
indulgence miahtbring him. Neverthe-
less tho craving endured at times posi-
tive hunger. In other words his was
still human nature. The simplicity
and beauty OF the girl were enough to
win him OF themselves; but when she
reminded him OF the other asleep under
. great rock before the gate OF the holy
city, when the name OF the lost one was
brought to him 30 unexpectedly, it
seemed there had been resurrection,
making it possible for him to 90 about
once more ns he was accustomed to in
his first household. And 80 he adopts
the child and edrcstes her and seems to
be entirely wrapped up in her and her
future.
This most lonely man, bearing mil
leunial wisdom, 10 the theological spokes-
man OF these two volumes and much
space is allotted him. No doubt the
authors own religious speculations are
embodied in the numerous passages. yet
the spirit throughout ia that Of reverent
fairness to all honest faith. The attempt
is not to sway the reader, but to exhibit
broadly the points on which the great
religions of the world seem to agree, and
to estimate the possibilities of
their ever reaching common basis
The prince eeeke the moral fedora
tion of the world. Yet at
last, as at first his God is the God Of
Ierael. An analytical idea OF his re-
ligion can be obtained in his wonderful
sermon in which he breaches God to the
Greeks; or in his interview with the
emperor Constantine In the presence OF
his court. One day while the prince is
preaching his scheme to the emperor, o
Greek abducts his adopted daughter,
Lael, whereupon. in an abandonment
OF rage, the prince flies to Mohammed,,
and as messenger Of the stars, incites
the ambitious Turk ITO undertake the
conquest of Constantinople.
1t is soldier high in command who
passed through the activities OF war
such ae the Moslems never saw, that
Gen. Wallace writes of the siege and
fall of Constantinople. He has studied
the ground and mastered it's history,
and though weapons and tactics change
the thorough military leader can faith
fully reproduce the battles OF this past
in his minds eve. In certain features
an army is always the same, it's busi-
ness being the applieatisn OF brute
force with the most injury to the en-
emy and the least avoidable loss to
itself. The concluding chapters of the
book are devoted to the siege OF the
city, and no one by experience
or personal observation is better
qualified to describe it at this day than
General Wallace. After the first day of
the siege, in which the Turks assaulted
the Gate st. Roman seven times, there
Is continuous description of battle and
defense. April goes out, and then comes
the eventful and long remembered 2Sd
of Mayhem the Goth, and--six days
off and the stars, go we have seen, will
permit the final assault. And then the
overwhelming forces OF Mahommed,
always in reserve; the sultan's body
guard, always the last resort in a
doubtful battle, the arm with which
the sultan's .stEnck the finishing blow,
the Janizaries, are summoned. The
flower OF the faithful, in glittering mail,
shaking their brassy shisldA andzshout-
ing th& cid salute: Live the Padishah !
Live the PadfgffAf4!ssl division
moves forward to the shout OF "Allah-
il-Allahad ForwardtaM The drum and
trumpet break forth; the icolhmn moves
down in .ffties; shoulder to shoulder,
slowly ,at first, but solidly; and with vast
etatelineHs. So at Phafsalia marched
the legion Caesar. sloved;- 30 in decision
OF hesdy fights strobe the old guard of
the worlds last conqueror; and then :
not Christian survived the combat !;
Greek. Genoese. Italian. lay in ghastly
composite with hordesmen and mailed
| Moslems around the emperor. In dying
they had made good their battle-cry,
For Christ and holy church ~ Let us
believe they will yet have their guerdon.
And 30 fell Constantinople. ftf
Among the fallen was the Prince of
India, the wandering Jew, who, though
not q combatant, ves yet to all appear
ances slain by vengeful hand. But he
not only revived, but again felt the old
curse of renewed life. He had under
old age was gone, and the elixir OF youth
personal identity was lost, and he was
once more wanderer without an ac-
quaintance, friend or a sympathizer on
the earth. What an awful desolation |!
There 10 nothing comes to US, whether
in childhood or old age, 30 crushing as q
sense of ieolation. Who will deny that
it had to do with the marshaIing of
worlds and the peopling of them-with
creation? sazssg
All the Important male characters OF
the book can not even be named here,
unlesss stheSe glimpses are to be greatly
extended. Nor half the spirited episi-
odes be referred to- The still lie of the
East is delicately pictured, as we'll as its
surgings of race and religion; for four
centuries ago the multitudes of Asia
were still dreaming OF the physical mas
terry and spiritual conquest of the world.
Now they dream of the past and the
future. and dispose OF the present. as far
as they can, by narcotizlng it. 1.-THE
Prince of India" is a succession of
oriental pictures. faithful and ample in
detail, 1t is beyond question an able
historical novel, an absorbing theologi-
cal novel refined and lofty love story.
Speaking generally, the book is tale OF
love, war and religion. The unities are
faithfully observed, and the incidents
natural, rapid in occurrence, astonish-
ingly varied, and from first to last SUBJ
servient to the catastrophe. There ia
not an anachronism in 1T, and 80 true
are the scenes to the period that they
read as If left to US by a .liv-
ing actor in them. It grows
heavy more than once through
digreHsion or a narrative carried for
ward by means of correspondence !;
but the author has been true to
his literary purpoee. He did not