The morning call., 1894-03-11

set upright in an ivory chair, still sword
IN hand. For ten years. says the legend,
the corpse forebore to decay When the
skin began to change color it was rever-
emily taken out of the ivory chair and
buried before the altar by the side of the
faithful Xnena. just fifty years ago a
comm, which WAS said to contain the bones
OF CldCampeador. was dug ouI Of the vault
OF the Church of San Pedro de Cardena
and reburied in the Tnwn Hail of Burgos.
GU will thus perceive that good Spaniards
believe that Cid Campeador was a real per-
sonage and that his body was really buried
where the Legend says. ! think il will do
you no harm TO admit that this story was
founded on fact. A whole library of
romance and poetry has been written
about the Cid. Some Of the poems which
narrate his adventures are very fine indeed.
One Oh the most beautiful stories of his
life was written by the English poet
Southey and called the Chronicle of the
Cid There Is also in French tragedy
by CUrneille, which is written in such fine
French and such manly verse that boys
read 1t In learning French at school. The
Spaniards always think of the Cid as one
of heir early heroes" New York: Har-
per & Bros. For sale at the bookstores.]
AGE OF CREATION. y In this volume
William j. Cassidy has sought to recon-
cile science and religion to show that the
great geological changes in the earth's
surface. of which we see evidence on every
hand. have occurred within the Scripiural
age of the earth. The author anticipates
general opposition from the scientists
but suggests 1t is not impossible that they
have erred In first casting doubt upon the
Scriptural account of the age and origin of
the world. ln the descriptive matter of
the book there is nothing new, the origin
ality being solely in the causes attributed
h. ILL.,
Toronto: William Biggs. For sale at the
bookstores.
THE GREATER GLoRY.-It is not popu-
larry supposed that to Holland. "the land
of steady habits" we should look for
chronicles OF social abuses and tales of
misdoiDgs in high life. Yet in the latest
novel of Maarten Martens we are intro
duced to characters, evidently drawn from
life, that might have been found in the
French capital and whose doings read like
a chapter from Thackeray. Indeed the
great English novelist never drew a more
worldly and delightfully."- cynical old
creature than Grandmamma Borck. There
are plenty of characters in "The Greater
Glory" however, that are not cynical or
worldly, but no BILE and true-hearted men
and women. After the reader becomes
familiar with the authors style, which is
somewhat involved at times. he will follow
the story with increasing interest to the
end. New York: ID. Appleton s. Co.
For sale by the Bancroft Company.l
The Germania.
The March number of the "Germania"
illustrated magazine is superior to any
previous Issue. The leading article is
highly interesting description of the cape
region of Lower California by DR.. Gustav
Eisen, professor of the Academy of Sci
ences. 1t is finely illustrated with photo
graphs taken by the author. n. Glauch
has touching poem. Theosophv is ably
handled by J. f. Golimann. and Catarino
Betine and Hedwig Vogel have notable
articles. Fully two pages of illustrated
matter are devoted 10 the Midwinter Fair
from the pen oil Otto SfuetZeI. Published
by the j. c. Jeus Company.