Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-06-08

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commend this work to the kindest consid-
Grafton OF all who may open It's pages
- summer in Already" James Lane
Alien has undertaken to deal with a feat
Very much used in The Action Of quite
recent years and not always TO n good
rurp9se IN a way TO not only point 4
TO avoid the most common stumbling block
in the pathway Of our constantly broaden
ms LOCAL VIC NJ man has ever sat- sra W.
lights and shadows Of our human destiny,
desiring to transfer these In the due pro
portion of reality 20 the creations OF his
art. without sooner or later being driven
to perceive that into nearly all the lights
falls one dark ray from one great shadow
and that tho greatest shadow of the
world, It's unfortunate women. This story
has been sent very near TO the. old path.
way ihat has always been ttodion and is
troddcn To-day, and with u purpose to do
somebody good.
,''Cindcreila and other stories by Richard
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.oniaIns some OF, The best work IN nct!9ii,
rank with the famous "Gaiiephcr" in the
Estimation Of his many readers. There
Il \ new Var Bibber'' story and deals
with New York scenes and characters. in
the pof rajsspd Of Which ffb,ssh MIMI Mr; n" Si:o Is so so
has aroused 50 m%shi favcrnbic comment.
ttNl tVlfF wv NAtTlNs an flltta'AFNls
tie OF the author and in hi. happiest vein.
"Ne,s for the wind Thi. is a story
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or has undertaken with very good results
to exploit some very healthy IDEAS as TO
q most Interesting problem OF life. and
which she has accomplished with the min
imum evidence of ANY purpose to hide u
great moral lesson In the meshss of a ro.
with profit and still the reader Will be I'M
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taie"' /, Is s a rofres ilGr r piece OF Of 'n the w stery
~teller's art. without any particular pre-
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"platontc Affections This is a Devon
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frame. He had been George Henton's tutor
IN the past. and when George feels his life
Heaton had buried his heart In grave
OF a married woman. and believed II i'm
possible for. him to love again, He meets
liking grows up. They agree TO go through
. marriace ceremony: but live together as
an unexpected ending.
with the Fathers. John Bach Nc.
we'll, known as the. author of"X History
produced a book Of timely interest and and
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aItion to his timely and impor,ani el,slda:
Mcaiaster. treats of the third term from
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light Of history.
'Stories by English Authors The pro-
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ago, is the warrant that induced the pub
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arranged according to the scenes OF the
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voted to England and Ireland, The. first
Lewis; Thomas Hardy. ,WilEie Collins and
samuel Lover. @. II. Jessop, Jane Bar
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Ths r, high scr TIssps,a,'ssn nns Of the ppS Mnl
for the excellence OF the selections given.
and there Is no doubt OF the success Of the
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Bound volume OF the Century Magazine.
tanned in the monthly numbers of the Cen.
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fNtitS. anu a 'lSfllSSlDH u ne HTFltNl-
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Rome, and the private life of Pope Leo
and his household. stamping out the
London Sums by Edward Marshall. Sec
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tain Alfred T. Mahnn, the eminent naval
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Professor Sloane's'Life of Napoleon with
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his attainment of the very pinnacle of
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T.. Borchgrcvink. the Norwegian explorer.
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there Is the first part Of the novel of the
Tressady.' and the whole OF +. Hopkinson
The short stories are The Brushwo6d
Boy" by Rudyard Kipling: Captain l:li's
Best Ear" by Frank II. stockton: The
Devotion OF Enriluez," by Bret Harte,. and
THE Little Bell OF Honor by Gilbert
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will he found in this one volume.-New
York, The Century Company, Union
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