Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-04-12
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WHEN GREEK MEETS GREEK; A
Tale of Love and War. BY Joseph
Hatton, author OF by Order of the
Gar" etc, etc. Illustrated by B. west
Clinedinst 12mo Cloth. 81 pages.
Philadelphia: ]. B. Lippincott Company.
N5o From ]. w. Randolph Company.
This is a romance or the early days OF
the French Revolution The significance
OF the title is thus explained by the
author:
'Whosoever might have originated the
trite saying, When Greek meets Greek,
then comes the tug Of war'-a far more
truthful indication Of intense hostility
than the more correct lines. When Greek
meets Greek. then was the meeting of
war'-the spirit of 1t is as old as rebel
lions, civil war, and family quarrels. In
the French Revolution the bitterest and
most uncompromising conflicts were
those OF French against French. The
story of the time is one hourly Illustration
of the malignity Of hostile factions and
competing committees. each annihilatlng
the other with far more bloody malice
than Frenchmen showed when they met
their foreign foes"
The story abounds In tragic incidents.
characteristic OF the period, directly as
ISOLATED with the fortunes Of two pairs
Of lovers. One Of them are heir and
helress OF the ancient noble issue. and are
married early in the story under cir
cumstances OF the most romantic interest.
The honeymoon is Swallowed not merely
with the perils and anxieties which then
beset all OF their aforeti time social rank,
but through all the story they are pur-
sued by the malice OF a disappointed
20 -. h~fI lob N tho HOunGQ1Q
of the fierce triumvirate then in power:
the life Of the groom and the honor OF the
bride always In imminent peril With
their fate and adventures that OF the
other. couple Of lowlier birth Is closely
associated. This humber pair are the
real hero and heroine OF the story. He
is a young Englishman by birth, brought
In earlier childhood to America to lose
mis- parents In an Indian massacre du-
ring our Revolution. and to be rescued
from the savages by a young French
officer. He thus became an attache OF
Lafayette, and, with the returning French
forces, was carried to France. He be-
comes the employee Of the above men,
toned lover. but the successful lover was
the young officer who rescued him from
the Indians. She Is the daughter OF the
chief detective and spy Of the govern
ment but faithful and devoted friend
OF the high-born bride. Her association
with and influence over her wretched
father gives her the opportunity Of
thwarsing the malice OF her enemies. and
she finds always a ready and efficient
assistant In her lover. The hazardous
experiences Of the actors In the drama
present ever changing scenes Of thrilling
interest, which are told In an attractive
style with great dramatic art Tho
book Is entertaining from the beginning
to the end. and presents very forcibly tho
hideous wickedness OF that carnival OF
sin and shame which extorted from
Madame Roland on her way to the gull
lotine the exclamation: "Oh, liberty. what
crimes are perpetrated In thy name"
BEYOND THE PALAEOCRYsTIc SEA;
or. The Legend Of Hartford. BY A. B..
Morton, Chicago. Privately printed. ga
pages
The scheme Of this book Is not new.
though many Of the details Of the conceit
are original. and the story. as whole. Is
one that will keep the attention through
out. The author. Mr.. A. Sidney Morton. is
q native of this city. but some years ago
moved to st. Paul. MINI. In his introduce
ton he processes to have been sent In 1855
to Greenland. to prosecute certain scien-
tific Investigations. While he fs there one
OF the natives in his employ finds In the
water a bag made Of walrus hide. and
containing a manuscript. The manuscript
Is In English. and proves to have been
written by Pierre vacheron. member Of
an Arctic expedition. who became sepa-
rated from his companions and drifted on
the Ice to Nskiva. city at the North
Pole, where ne was received by the peo-
pie a. Haifjord. the founder Of the city.
returned after centuries. according to
promise. yacheron has entrusted the bag
and its contents to the open polar uea, In
tho hope that they viii reach the known
world, and lead 70 kls rescue BY The