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instance.
Surely no one could take it seriously
either Her Grace or His Grace, and it Is
To be doubted il the telling Of the tales Is
any more sincere than their chief charao-
ters. The former did have the advantage
of novelty and dramatic force, which,
however. discounted the newer book, so
that "Hs Grace OF Osmonde' has oftimes
the dullness Of actual repetition. Still the
twin story will doubtless be- read freely,
though curiosity is likely to be the chief
| motive in the readers mind, ana 1t is TO
be hoped the tale will not be accorded a
triple rendering.
Whether IL is partly because only a few
OF us are personally familiar with the
types which Mr. Il. Marion Crawford the
more often portrays in his roniances the
fact appears to be that the creations of
few authors are so convincing as his.
And needless TO repeat. there are few so
persistently good story tellers as Mr..
Crawford.
Here is a brand new story in two vol
ume form from the Macmillans, remark
| ably neat and cosy volumes, by the way
entitled "Corleone 1t is "a tale Of the
brigands of Sicily. and the narrative is
| as thrilling as anything that Mr.. Craw-
| ford has ever written. while, at the same
| time, IL has realistic force that is calcu-
lated to put to the bush the average
| realistic" novel.
Mr.. Crawford avowedly writes ro-
maDces, but they are as real as fairy
! tales are to child To create "A thrill
ing.romantic plot and engage In it people
| who strike the reader as quite as much
SlS' SnS bssolnes the sverydny tSs hsross %oss
commonplace newspaper tale signifies
combination of accomplishments for
| which Mr.. Crawford is remarkable And
| "Corleone" is fine example OF the
| authors work at its very best. 1t Is
| story to be admired both for tho storys
| sake and for the people in Ii. AS an ad-
| ditiopal bid for gratitude for so fine q
| nineteenth century novel, 1T Is only neoes-
sary to tell the reader that the central
| figure of the tale Is Don Orsino Saracin-
esca whose fate and fortune are contin-
ued in this book to delight his admirers.
Don Orsino as will be recalled by
| readers Of the SaIacinesca books, Is the
favorite son Of Corona, one Of the most
lovable and altogether admirable women
| that have ever graced the pages of fiction.
She, too, figures In this newest tale which
brings the interesting family down to the
present day. Vittoria Is the new maid TO
whom Mr.. Crawford introduces his
readers and she is a fetching and fascinat-
ing creature too with highly interesting
| history that is woven into the plot ana
into the fortunes of Orsino. Indeed, the
| reader Is bound to be charmed by the
love story quite as much as thrilled by
| the plot. 1t is a delightful romance in
every feature. price 20O.)
For Christmas gifts for young readers,
here is n lot of good reading beginning
with two stories by Oliver Optic:
| Pacific Shores Is the twelfth and last
| volume of the All OVERT World Library,
written by Oliver Optic-the late William
| 4. Adams. AS indicated In the preceding
| volumes the purpose OF the voyage de-
| scribed is the education of the hero, Louis
Begrave, who has come into possession of
his grandfather's property. The present
| volume covers an extended stay in Japan.
where all the principal points OF interest
| are visited. From the land of the Mikado
| the PARTY proceeds To Australia and New
| Zealand, and thence to America, stopping
| for weeks stay mt the Fiji Islands. The
| young travellers have their full
while the author never loses
sight of his purpose in writing the series !:
| that il, the conveyance of useful informa-
tion much of 1t obtained during the au-
| thor's recent trip around the world. The
| end which Mr.. Adams had in view is
shown very clearly in the following ex-
| tract from the preface
"If Louis Belgrave had obtained knowl.
| edge without building mp his moral char
aetar and without keeping the religious
| sentiment alive in his soul at the same
| time, of what avail would have been his
| learning to himY We regard him at the
| end OF his long voyage as n model hero.
| He has been fair, honest, just, humane,
| with a strong interest in all that was good
| and true lie is summed up at the end
| of the Iast chapter, and with the charac-
| ter ne has built up rs he enters upon the
| duties and responsibilities Of manhood, we
| leave him. assured that he will te an up
| right citizen, "a useful and not merely an
| ornamental member of the community,
| and n valuable, IL not always "a popular,
| individual I'm the society i'm which he
moves. Illustrated. (lrice l.25. Lee *
Shepard, publishers
"At the Front" Is the fifth of the series
| OF The Blue and the Gray-on Land.
| by Mr.. Adams, and the last but one of
the six volumes IL is n continuation of
| the narrative contained in the preceding
| books, wherein Is given the history OF the
| Riverlawn Regiment from the formation
| of the two companies os squadron, in
| which IL rendered its first service for the
| preservation of the Union, till i'm the pres
i ent volume it becoms n full cavalry reai-
| ment OF twelve companies with three bat
| talions n colonel, u Lieutenant colonel
| and three majors After the enemy was
| driven out OF Kentucky tho regiment was
| sent To Nashvllle ana ordered To Muir
~rrcesboro, taking part in the battle OF
Stone River, which the author described
IN n remarkably effective snd interesting
| manner.
Tne personal adventures Of the charao-
ters introduced In the preceding volumes
| will interest the readers probably more
| than the details Of battles and skirmishes.
lee a shepard publishers Illustrated,
| price 90
DR. Everett u. Tomlinson, I'm his
| authorship OF the series of war OF 1912
| stories. has essayed to furnish the young
American mind with an accurate histori-
| cal account of tie causes leading up to
| ard the events transpiring during the
war of lsl2. nud he gives type q juyc.
] nile literature that l. of incalculable henc.
4 nc Co the youth 90 the land Dr. Tom
linson was for years principal Ot Rutgeis
Acnusmy, and hc j. quite conversant