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/ OHRAP. JACK ZITk, by g. Barring GOULD.
Publishers J. eelwyn Tait &sons Cloth,
$L25. For sale by stoll & Thayer Co
Cheap Jack zita is q story Of yeoman
life IN the county about the ancient
cathedral town OF Ely. in,CambridHe-
shirs, Enelaud. Zita's father, a cheap
! Jack Cor BFitieh edition OF the Yankee
| Peddler9, dies suddenly on the road as
winter b closing In, and the 'dsukhter,
thus left alone, takes refuge until spring
with one OF the fen farmers, Who has
just had a mortal quarrel with one of
his neighbors. the outcome of which
Zita chaHced to see. The descriptions
of scenery and of customs and character
among this strange archaic people are
done with Mr. Barring Gouid's usual ef-
fective touch. The description of the
deadly combat with fails between the
two "fen tigers" on horseback reminds
one of the marvellous things Blackmors
has told of the outlaw Doones. The book
is we'll printed and illustrated.
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THE COUNTESS RADUA, by W. Z. NORRIS.
Cloth, 81; paper, 30 CENTS Published BY
level, Ooryen * Co. For sale by Stoll, &
Thayer Co.
Mr.. Douglas Oolborne. the principal
man character in the novel, The Count
ess Radua, is said to have bcen "tAll
and spare, with dark hair and iron-gYay
eyes," which ia q relief after the general
run of saddened heroes with dark eyes
and iren-gray hair. This very British
gentleman met the Countess Ragna, q
Hungarian with wondrous beanty, more
money than she could ever count. and q
reputation for remaining unmarried.
He besieged the countess and finally,
after having got her uRAer q shelf of
rock upon q specially dangerous "Py-
renee" in storm, put his arm around
her waist and breathed his passion.
Not expecting to live more than a few
minutes longer, the countess confessed
her love. Then the storm ceased, but
he held her to her bargain. The
countess had a hard time in England,
for she Was bored to death by the life OF
a country NJ. P.'s wife, so she calmly
packed up one day and went of to the
continent to live again according to her
whim, with her tame horse doctor and
an elderly female companion. Mr. Col. |
borne kept on philoHophically living
with his mother and sister and rising ss
= statesman; became an under secretary. |
All this time Miss Peggy Rowlsy, a
neighbor and an old flame of the states
man, had been industriously keeping up /
'he acquaintance. BY and by the
countess fell i'll and sent for her hus-
oand. She again confessed her love,
md this time died Immediately aud Mr.
Jolborne set up fine marble monu-
nent over her grave. As the tale closed,
le was looking around for Peggy. 1t is
IN admirable story of about 175, 200
words and iull of interest and move
nent.
EXILE, AND OTHER STORIES, by MARY
HALLoCK FooTE. Goth, $l25. Publishers
Houghton, Aiflin Co., New YORK, For tale
by stoll Thayer Co.
In Exile ia the etory OF two young
people who are thrown together in q I
lonely lsnd-exiles from home - the
woman teaching school, the man engi-
neering. She learns to love him, and
be. after sad experience with girl in
his native Massachusetts. turns to the
little maid from Connecticut, and finds
all his happiness dependent upon her :
consent to make new home in the arid
California valley. Tie story has some
pretty and pathetic touches. The tale
entitled Friend Barton's Concern is
,oo familiar to magazine readers to re-
luire comment. A Cloud on the
il a nice bit of word pain ting;
but the reader cannot help regretting
she sacrifice of Ruth for the unconscious
and it does seem as though she
deserved a better fate. Joe Enselman
nad latent nobility which augured
we'll for the happiness Of Ruth Mary,
and it lie a pity che didn't favor his salt.
The Rapture Of Hetty will be remsm-
oeret as but q slight sketch of Christ
mas night dance at Walling'G. The
nero, the youngest OF the sons of Bssset,
Rlls in love With Hetty Rhodes, pat
TEST of all the bunch grass bellies.
He was under ban, socially, and his
bold and successful action in getting a
bride reminds one forcibly of Young
Lochinvar. The Watcher ia the laAt
tale in the volume, which will be
to lovers of the short
story. Miss Foote'S work ia the
work OF a neat craftsman (barring the
and shows conscientious
regard for the probabilities. as we'll as a
keen sense of the picturesque in nature
and life. In no field are all the varied
qualifications of writer tested as in the
short story, and in this very popular
branch of romance Miss Foete stands
among the best American writers who
make close running with the French in
this difficult branch of art, in which
the latter have for long been past mas
ters, Miss Foote has shown how little
material true artist needs. The short
story seems to now be in greater demand
than the long novels.