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lively easy.
Hat Lrifombir'I cried with a loud laugh.
"You do we'll thus TO greet Nangoza. For In
tend to looo,a for all three Of you as we'll as for
her. Then she will DO your Enkosi kari Indeed.
Tho viRor and dlroctness OF the Zulu method
Of courtship render long and sentimental love
passages unnecessary, and the speeches in which
NnnReEa and Unt6swa tell of their tender feel
inQs toward each other arc as abbreviated as
the young woman's costume and leave as little
TO the imagination. The book Will not appeal
strongly 70 admirers of Walter Pater, nor can II
DO with confidence commended to persons OF a
nervous temperament. One extract from q chap
ter entitled "The Eaters Of Men" will serve to
show that no small boy who values his peace OF
mind should attempt TO read 1t too late at night:
"And now l could soc I WINS besct by q number OF
the most grisly and horrible shapes tho eyes OF man
ever beheld. for It was not quite dark in this evil
hole. FriEhtful heada. with nattoned skulls and
huge, champing Jaws and hornllke ear, were waG-
ging over inc 90 I lay. and a bony claw put forth
grippod mo by tho throat In tho iron grip OF strangu'
iauon, and with q growing, worrying snari moro
than one pair OF tooth seized me I'm different parts OF
the body"
This 10 worse than Mr.. Haggard In his most
bioodthirsty mood. Mr.. Stanley L. Woods IL
Illustrations are sufficiently wild and wonderful
to at the toxt.
In L'Accusateur. the recently published novel
by NJ. Jules Claretie, which is translated by
Mrs. Carlton A.. Kingsbury under the title OF
1.-The Crime OF tho Boulevard" Oe +. Fcnno
s. Col.th industrious Acedemician and Director
OF the Co,ntdie Frdnedfse writes in a vein alto
gethor different from that Of the delightful
memoirs OF tho old comedian Brichdnfedu.
L'Accusdterr 10 n detective story OF the kind
familiar to the readers Of Gaboriau. and In 1t
the author hastaken as his contra. fapt the dis
covery. in the retina OF q murdered mHa eye, OF
n Photographic image supposed TO be that OF the
assassin. For the purpose OF his romance NJ.
Claretie makes his characters refer to q number
Of supposedly scientific experiments that sound
plausible enough. and he succeeds in weaving
round the incident an interesting tangie OF mys-
terry; but, as compared with some Of his better
work, the book ranks only as q pot boiler and
as q further instance Of the versatility OF this
Woodworking author. dramatist, journalist. and
critic. His account OF the procedure OF an OK.
amining magistrate in interrogating and do
Mbcrately entrapping a witness arrested
on tho merost shadow of suspicion throws q
strong light on one Of tho obvious weak points
In the French system Of criminal Investigation,
and his detective, Bernadet, is more human and
less theatrical than the ordinary sleuth Of
romance. Mrs. Kingsbury's translation has
evidently been prepared in haste. and is not
altogether satisfactory. Such an error as he
cannot DO pursued only after a decision of the
Council OF the order would mako the aoaue-
mic hair stand on END. Inc Immortal forty aro
not always strong In originality, ont tney arc
reputed TO esteem correctness as
second only to respectaoiity and a strictly
moral tone. The short predatory dedication TO
Signor Lombroso. in which the author j~ustiiios
his use OF O phenomenon, not yet absolutely YER
flied by science. on the ground that lie roma" a
fOutes les libcrtfs has, for some reason, been
omitted. 1t 10 one OF the most interesting things
In the original book.
Mr.. Jack Ravenhill. the hero OF HIS Majesty 8
Greatest Subject tAppletons,. Mr.. :. :. Thor
burns story o ilndian life as he believes 1t Will
be In the early years OF the next century. meets
with some suficiently surprising adventures
While encamped in INC dry he'd or the lrimah
River he is overtaken by a sudden and terrific
food. He throws himself into a cane chair,
which luckily has an air cushion attached, Is
caught In the turmoil OF water. and hurled
along like q cork in a mill race and at length
loses consciousness. only to awake. still reciin-
ing on the cane chair and the faithful air cush.
ion, high and dry in the centre OF q reed
bed beside a crystal pool. and beneath inc shade
Of a spreading bdnpdn tree. At this point oc'
ours an incident that Is clearly founded on the
story OF Moses and the bulrushes. The part
Of Pharaohs daughter Is played by a beautiful
princess VINO comes WIN heF attenonhts' IN
spot to battle. while the infant Moses Is repre-
scented by an able'bodied gentleman In red SIX
pahtamds. who, after tho bath. Is discovered
oy the Princess. wrapped IN oithihg low
els ana carried In her inter !" inc
hnrem. Later on ne b disguised as an
ancient and learned Ma1tdH from samar'
kand. delivers ions speeches In most excellent
Hindustani. illustrates tho designs OF a VIZ
famous native prince ana incidentally makes
much M QaInnAfA lnya IN m TlnlREa inw he