The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-06-17

type, with the widest ideas OF social and
religious development. The suobblsh-
ness, Wholesale vulgarity, utter sodid-
ness and unmitigated cant OF what passes
for wisdom in the fashionable circles OF
the day, are severely condemned by the
author, not BY direct denuncation but
by the much more effective method Of
showing the traits in question pictur-
esouely personified. The story is i'm
mensely entertaining and should be
wholesome in it's results.
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BEATRIX ROHAN, by MRS. HARRIET LEWIS.
Published by Robert Bonners Sons. For
sale by the Antiquarian book store.
Beatrix Rohan; or. Hunted for Her
Money, will interest all novel readers.
"a it is an interesting story based upon
the character and vicissitudes OF fortune
OF beautiful and accomplished girl.
Although Mrs. Lewis, like Jane Austin,
died in her forty-second year, che man
aged in her short life to produce q
goodly number OF the most popular nov
els of her time. They have never before
appeared in book form, and the edition
which ia now being published will af-
ford thousands who read them as serials
an opportunity to renew their acquaint-
ance with their old-time faverites.
Beatrix Rohan is not unworthy of the
author OF Her Double Lie, and we rec
ommend it to all OF the readera OF the
latter story.
ROMANCE OF TRoNvILLE, a novel, trans
lated from the French OF Brehat, by META
DE WE'RE. Published by Bonner's Sons
For safe by the Antiquarian book store.
This is a characteristic story OF life in
q brilliant French watering place. 1t
gives an admirable picture of the amuse
ments, the frivolities, the intrigues,
rivalries and jealousieB of the fsshlona-
BILE people gathered there from all parts
Of the world. 1t is full OF life, color and
excitement. In stories OF this kind
French writers are without rivals in
England or America. The hero of the
Rtory is a dashing French officer belong
ing to the old aristocracy OF France. The
heroine ISIS beautiful girl OF French aud
English psrentage. The course OF the
story develops situations both surpris-
ing and amusing, The movement is
brisk, the incidents natural and viva
cious. The interest never halts, and
the story is entirely pure and delightful
from beginning to end.
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DOkEEN, by EDNA LYALIs fuUl1bneQ Dy
Longmans, Green g. Co. of New Y ork city.
For sale by the Stoll IL Thayer company
There is an esruestness of purpose
shining through Edna Lyell's novels
which would commend them to the
readers of good fiction, even if her lit
erary skill were not what it is. But che
has put herself among those whose work
stands the searching light of criticism,
even when such analysis takes no cog
niZance OF the perceptive element. An
examination of her books elbows an in
creasing ardor in her efforts to make her
readers appreciate what che considers
the right, and there ia a systematic
planning and perspicuous, free style of
writing which cannot fail to accom- plish
its object. Whether she does not at
times abandon the judicial standpoint
and become an advocate pure and sim
pie is not the question; it is the fact
she is Jealous and intelligent pleader
for ethics ss she understands them that
gives weight to what she says
and gains her 80 many read
ers, especially of the more thoughtful
class. Doreen is the daughter, the grand
daughter and the great-granddaughte
of men who suffered persecution and
imprisonment for the cause of Ireland.
Accident tally she witnesses the N urder
of man who ia not only brute. but q
land agent az we'll. 1t is one of these
facts, or perhaps both, that makes her
take an oath to keep silence, and her
action is hardly compatible with the
sense of justice as expressed in desire
to obey the laws, which might have
been expected in q heroine who strives
for perfect equity in all. The youth
who is one OF those who share the secret
is rich English landlord, and he be-
comes her lover. He enters parliament,
and she becomes great singer and, by
inheritance, an enthusiastic advocate of
home rule. How he is imprisoned at
Kilmainhsm, and how she aids him, al
though at the time the object of his
jealous suspicion is part of plot which
mas original life and vigor. While the
love element is well to the fore, the
Irish question is not kept in the back
ground. Altogether a good novel, and
if the author had written nothing else,
che could safely rest her literary reputa.
ton on Doreen.
THE JUNGLE BOOK, by RUDYARD KIPLING
Published by the Century company. For
sale by the Stoll & Thayer company.
The Jungle Book is perfect treasury
OF delight for the young folks-and old
folks, too. No one but the author of
Plain Tales From the Hills, Soldiers
Three. ETC., could have written the fas-
scnating stories that are contained in
this volume-atories OF the Indian jun
gle. of Kala Nag, the elephant; Shere
Khan, the tiger, and Old Baloo, the
sleepy brown bear who teaches the
wolf cubs the law of the Jungle; of
Bsgheera, the black panther, and of
the kaa, the python, whose blow is like
the blow of steam hammer.
Readers of St. Nicholas will remem-
Der the stories of kki-Tikki- Tavi,
Toomai of the Elephants, Mowgls
Brothers, and Tiger, Tiger, which ORR
ginally appeared in that magazine and
attracted wide attention. The stories.
which the New York Christian Advo-
cate has described as unique in litera-
ture and perfectly delightful IN spirit"
are published in the present volume,
with additional illustrations, and to
them are added Csa's Hunting, The
White Seal and Her Majesty's Ser
wants. 1t is safe to predict that The
Jungle Book will become classic in
children's literature. book the young
sters will clsmor for even after they
know all the stories by heart.