The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-04-06

For Honor and Life. novel by William
Westall, author of Her Two Millions,
etc., is a story located in France in
1919, where the hero is member of the
Swiss Guard The tale is essentially
one of action; there is deal that is
stirring always going on. A slight
thread of romance runs through the
pages, which are based, however, upon
fife and drum, massacret and military
intrigue. 1t seems to us that the writer
sometimes anticipates events and intro
duces building or weapon really be-
longing to later time than that OF
which he writes-a propensity which
book men like to call by that rather
hard term in both meaning and pro-
nuciation, anachronism." But there is
plenty of snap in the narrative; 1T IS
good of its kind and a book that grow
ing lads will enjoy. II there be slight
inaccuracies they are of n kind that are
unimportant, and For Honor and Life
is wide awake and full of energy. New
York: Harper & Brothers; Portland:
Loring, Short & Harmon. Price Sl.25.
From the finely pointed pen of Richard
Harding Davis of "Gallegher" fame.
comes handsome volume bound In
scarlet and silver, with the lion and the
unicorn rampant, entitled sour English
Cousins" Tt handles entertainingly Race
Meetings, Elections, Undergraduate Life
at Oxford, and London in the Season,
with brief touching upon the East
End as contrasted with the West. These
are subjects of prominence today; and
here again I'VE think young men and
college lads will find much of interest.
The book is illustrated; some of the cuts
are excellent, few are only mediocre.
New York: Harper & Brothers. Port
land. Loring, Short & Harmon. Price
$1.25.)
The Jewish Question and Mission of
the Jews has upon its title page couple
OF humanitarian sayings, but 70 indlca-
ton of the authors identity. Whatever
it may be it represents devotedly loyal
exponent of Jewish claims and rights.
The author would not have Jewish
Question" really nor in the dispersion
of the race would be strive to preserve
what, in his view, would far better be
blended with other congenial material.
He protests against free comment as an
outcome of ignorance of ethnology and
history and against the Judging by
grotesque or exaggerated examples;salso
he opposes the common lack of discrimi-
nation as where the word !" Jew" covers
without distinction the occidental and
oriental types. NJ. Anatole Beaulieu's
recent work Israel chez les Nations is
reviewed with admiration and approval.
with here and there difference of view
noted as between his opinion or belief
and that of our authors.
The Jewish Question will clear away
mists and is an instructive study. 1t
lacks something in elegance of style,
but this is compensated for, with the
advocate of progress and universal
brotherhood, by the earnestness of the
presentation aud the good, solid material
here used as contrasted with much of
the superficial writing of the day. New
York: Harper & Brothers; Portland:
Loring Short Il Harmon. Price $1.75.
The New Edition of William Blacks
novels is nearly completed. The latest
issue is Stand Fast, Craig Royston.
This story was published serially in
Harper's Weekly, and is a particularly
good story even for Mr.. Black, albeit
the pathetic element is most prominent.
New York: Harper & Brothers Port
land: Loring, Short & Harmon. Price
80 cents. &