The herald., 1894-05-27

paper form.
A TENNESSEE JUDGE, by orfn READ. Pub
lished by Laird Lse, Chicago. For sale
by the 5toll & Thayer Go.
In A Tennessee Judge we find char
acter study OF an old man who lived in
narrow dignity in q forgotten Southern
town. Bob Hawley, a rich young man of
business from Chicago. obeyed his ply
sician's advice and fed from nervous
prostration before he broke down under
pressure of work, invading Judge Trap
nells village by accident. Almost all
the people in the town-certainly al in
the story except Bcb-were fit to be
called young cranks, and the young mans
life among them is told entertainingly.
The Judge cherishes hatred all his
life, and when he gets chance to take
his revenge, eoftens and forgives his
enemy who is in straits; and the shock
kills MIN. But the young people are
married, so perhaps he could be spared.
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LOVER FROM ACR) ss THE SEA, by &c.
WERNER. Published by Robert Burners
Sons, New YORK City. For sale by the
Antiquarian Book Store
A Lover From Across the Sea, is a
weli-written story. The characters are
few, but strongly drawn. The plot.
although simple, is interesting. Gustav
Sandow, a German merchant, leaves his
nome for America on account OF the
misdeeds Of his unfaithiul wife. de
prospers in this country, and upon the
death OF his business partner is APP
pointed guardian OF Jessie Clifford, his
dead partners daughter. He plans
marriage between Jessie Clifford and his
oil A. arp IAII a l.
list. The latter accepts Gustav's in vita
ton, and brings with him his brothers
discarded daughter, whom he introduces
10 Jessie Clifford as his protege. Then
follows series OF quarrels, all well
written, and fairly distributed among
the four characters, which ends in the
marriage OF Franz and Jessie. and Gus
tav being reconciled to his child.
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FOR LOVE OF GOLD, by MARIE WALSH. Pub
lisneIs, the Mascot Pub isning company,
New York city. For sale by the Antiquarian
book store.
The scenes and characters in this novel
are English, the former principally in
London the latter for the most part
people in high life. The foremost char
acter, Harry Huntingford, lie the son OF
a nobleman, q spendthrlit and villain
more of villain than anything else. de
begins life by secretly marrying the
beautiful daughter OF one OF his fatner's
tenants; then ne commits forgery, and
follows up a series OF crImes In rapid
order. He is aided aud abetted by
villainous lawyer. the minor characters
are gambling Italian and his beautiful
sister; Nile. Cora, q circus rider, Glenn
emit Huntingford, Harry's elder brother !;
Mary Blythe, beautiful and acca M
plished girl; the lower strata, Gypsy
George, Pat Malone, and TWO jews. The
book is brimful Of stirring incidents,
hnd is yE5ssr iags, and TR hSS sak es
For Love of Gold will not rest until the
last chapter ia read.
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UNDER TIE RED ROBE, by STANLEY ]. wEY.
MAN. Published by Longman5, Green d Co.,
New York city. For sale by the Stoll Il
Thayer company.
A new novel by Stanley j. Weyman
is u thing to be priced in these days
OF morbid, pathological and psycho-
logical fiction. Instinct with the spirit
OF true adventure and stirring emotion,
his vivid romances refresh one like q
Whit OF bracing air on q "muggy"
day. Under the Red Robe falls no
whit behind the promise of his earlier
books. 1t is shorter, more limited in
scope, confined to hardly hall dozen
characters, but it ranks with the
House of the Wolf and A Gentleman of
France in fascination, verislmilitude
and dramatic incident. Chronologically
it succeeds these two earlier stories.
The House of the Wolf pictured France
under Charles TX. and described the
horrors of st. Bartholomew eve A
Gentleman OF France carried the reader
forward to the last days OF Henri III.
and the accession OF the king of Ma
varre; this latest book is OF the time
of the dominion of the great cardinal,
VINO Tor so many years was literally
the ''fate" OF France, 1t is
the story of dishonorable
missile undertaken by an honorable
man. Gil de Berault tells his own tale.
Condemned to death for dueling, ne ia
released by Richelieu on parole. On con-
dition that he seek out and deliver up
an outlawed nobleman. He accepts the
mission, travels to the remote village
and finds his way to his victims home.
1t is garrisoned only by two defenseess
loyal women whom he cozens into the
belief that be is "king's man." their
friend aud ally. They receive him, trust
hun, offer him the shelter OF their home.
On one hand is his duty to the cardinal,
his fsithfulness to his trust and his
parole; on the otherlthe confidence and
faith OF the women whom he has come
to crush and ruin. This is the situation.
How. M. dc Berault acquits himself the
reader must discover. Suffice it to cay
that the story fascinates from title page
to fms, that it is bold, strong. dsshing,
instinct with romance and adventure;
permested with the spirit Of the period
1t pictures. 1t is worthy of high place
in the ranks of modern historic fiction.
In cloth edition it sells for $l.25. 1t is
an excellent book for the sea shore.
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