The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-05-24
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"Iu the Blue Pike"-"Cameos" by Corelii.
The Chatting Dish-Ofher New
Books-Notes.

I'm THE BLUE PIKE: BY George
Ebers. Translated from the fifth En-
ton by Mary j. Stafford. ID Appleton ~
Co., New York. ~ cents. For safe W.
Hunter AZ Co.
TbIs il a romance OF German ciyiliza-
ton at the commencement or tho six.
teenth century. Briefly, IT is tho story OK
a peasant girls uLre.uited affection for
young aristocrat-Lienhard Groiahu-
The story terminates with the krIs
death, but IL Is, the reader VIII cohceuss
the contamination most de'outy 10 %
wished. inasmUch as happiness lot inc
girl means moral downfall for the man.
whose high, strong character Mr.. Ebers
presents with his accustomed yigor. Ihe
girls passion for the mana good ana
true man-is aroused by his disinterested
kindness TO her lie sees In heI'-hlmself
already husband-a clever and hand
some. sweet, peasant girl. well worthy
kindly interest lie endeavors 10 better
her condition, with a result that Is dis
estrCus 10 her.
The story Is OF her abandonment Of tho
safe home In which his beneyolence has
placed her for the Bohemian life Of q
wandering player, dancer, and singer: Of
her Victories over others through her
beauty and her magnetism. but her fall
ure to arouse in the man she loves other
than Pity Her downfall comes with
crushing suddenness, in a rail- from q
tight-rope, resulting to her In crippled
and weak body. But Grolands kindness
follows her into the hospital ward. and,
resent II although she does, never for
sakes her while she lives. The blue Pike
is the inn which furnishes the scene for
the beginning OF the story.
The story is thoroughly unique AZ 10
its plot. AS 20 Its literary style George
Ebers has repeatedly shown HIS ability
TO tell n story. Miss Safford's translation
Is admirable.
colt Company, Philadelphia 81. For sale
BY ]. w. Randolph Comapny.
The Canoes" contained In this volume
are ten IN number-none OF the style which
Marie Corelli has taught the reading
public TO regard as distinctively hers.
They are In a thoroughly and widely-dlf-
ferent vein from her preceding work.
However. they are all interesting read
ing. with. perhaps. ANGELS Wickedness'
in the lead.
A FLASH OF SUMMER: BY Mrs. W. X.
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MIR. WAITS WIFES SISTE,L BY Ma
ron Harland (Slary Virginia Terhune).
Cassell Publishing Company, Union
Square. New York. For sale by Hunter
q Co.
This volume contains three short
stories. all told in the style that many
find interesting, and that indiyidualizes
Mrs. Terhune'S work.
NOTES.
The British Weekly says that Miss Har-
raden has not quite fixed on "A title for
her enw novel. but has thought Of
striking one-"I, Too, Have Passed
Through Wintry Terrors." What would
be the popular ttle-"I, Too" or WIN
try TerrOrs? The latter would DO
good one OF Itself.
During February Cowper's summer
house, Olncy. Buckinghamsh.re. was sold
by auction. The extract from the particu-
lars OF sale reads as follows. Lot g.
All that far-famed garden and orchard.
known as 'COwper's Garden and tho
Guinea Orchard the former containing
the poets celebrated summcr-hOuse. in
which many OF his works were written"
II is interesting to remember that this
same garden was formerly attached 10
Cowepr's house, and probably the poets
famous harcs-by name, Bess. Puss, and
Tiney-gambolled there as well as In the
dwelling house. The summer-hOuse Is
tiny building. which Cowper sometimes
described as his boudoir." and II was
here he wrote John Gilpin" and most
Of The Task"-accOrding 10 Thomas
Wright. In his book on, "'rhe Town OF
nh. oil fftf.
IL was used as greenhouse. but on tho
return OF warm weather, the walls were
lined with mats. and the building again
converted into summer-hOuse.
a correspondent OF the Sun. I'm mem
tloning lately daily newspaper publish
ed In Maine. spoke OF IL as The Portland
Advertiser, paper for which
Florence Percy wrote. Rock Me 10 Sleep.
Mother" The much misrepresented au-
thor Of the unlucky biz OF verse mention
ed states that II was not written for
any daily or other publication IN Port
land-nor. indeed. for any special publ
cation or purpose. IL was first published.
nearly or quite a year after 1t was writ
ten, In a Philadelphia family weekly. Tho
author was for some years on the STAN
OF the Advertiser; but her connection
with that paper began nearly fifteen
years after the verses were common pro-
perty.
Among the recently dlsinierred manu.
scripts OF Charlotte Bronte has been
found a fairy-tale THE Adventures Of
Edwin and Alembert." IL Is said to be
a curious and remarkable anticipation Of
Mr.. Ruskins The King OF the Golden
River Mr.. Ruskln has read the story.
and pr0nounces IL finer than his own. one
Of the most interesting items In Mr.. Glenn
ent Shorter's forthcoming book on, Char