The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-03-05

honorable man commits a theft and yet
leaves stain upon his honor. II can hap
pen still less often that man OF honor
robS the lady he loves and honors above all
Nomankind and wins her hand in marriage
by the act. Yet before we were married
robbed my wife of 10000. breaking into her
house TO steal IL: and here. now that we
are both old, she is still so proud OF me for
having done that that she must needs make
me tell the story. \ better writer would
have done ii better. but my wife has pol
ished my rough phrases; and. at any rate.
the plain truth about the strangest things
which have happened in my knowledge is
her set down. (Signed John Fyffe, late Act
ing General of Division under General Carl
baldL' This preface gives clew to the
story of which John Fyffe. a brave soldier
OF fortune: is the hero: The story is well
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Volume III of "Orations and Addresses
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Machine Politics and the Remedy" on
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Horace Chase is the hero of novel Of
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q man of strong character and high prin-
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ance of a charming family from the North
and falls in love with and marries the
daughter. She is weak and unworthy of
him. The marriage is unhappy and the
book ends tragically. The characters are
strongly drawn. the plot natural and the
story interesting. New York: Harper q
Brothers.
1.-THE Orthoepist," by Alfred Ayres, is a
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bunnet, across must not be pronounced
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D. Appleton & Co. publish new edition
of "a History of Germany from the Earliest
Times to the Present Day." by the late
Bayard Taylor. The original edition, pub
lished in 1874, brought the history of Ger
many down to that date, while this one has
an additional chapter by Mrs. Marie II.
Taylor, widow of the author, covering the
period from 1871 to 1893 AS this chapter
covering a period of twenty-one years, en-
braces only twelve pages, 1T is hardly nee
specifically. The work, as a whole, is q
wel-condensed and interesting account OF
the origin, development and birth of the
German Nation.
A story with a purpose is "a Superfiuous
Woman" published anonymously. The pur-
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against the false and cramped position OF
woman, yet the purpose is not obtruded
to the detriment of the story, which is
written with earnestness, and is interest
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life The heroine of the story makes a brave
fight against social environments, and final
ly ends by marrying a dissipated man
whom she tries to reform after marriage
and fails. Cloth, ST. Published by Cassell
Publishing Company, 81 East Seventeenth
street, New York.
Ludovic Halevy is best known to Amer
lean readers as the author of that charm
ing tale THE Able Constantin." His short
stories, volume of which is issued by the
Harper Brothers, under the title Partisan
Points of View" are not less pleasing and
artistic. The art of writing the short story
is at it's best in France, and Halevy is
one of the masters of the art. Unlike the
novels of some Of his contemporaries his
productions leave no unpleasant and de-
pressing effect the readers mind. Ar
Introduction by Brander Matthews gives ar
estimate of the character Of the French
authors work.
Some Salient Points in the Science OF
the Earth" by Sir ]. William Dawson
deals with some of the more importan
questions of geology, and gives the --latest
and best conclusions of a veteran worker