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| idyl, without an apparent purpose pe-
ycnd itself. Jules devotes himself TO
| his wife's public interests and his love
| and pride continues to grow. Blanciie
| is of a retiring domestic nature, ana sss
home ties gather, the terrible nightly
| leap becomes more uncomfortable. After
| the birth Of her child her fears over
master her and famous physician de-
| cIares that she has a spinal disease,
| which will result in her death II the
nightly strain continues. Released
frcm this horror she confronts another
and realizes, just about the same time
that the revelation dawns upon the
reader. that Jules loved not the woman,
| but her wondrous deed and the gla-
mour that it's greatness wrapped about
! her.
In the end, to regain him, she goes
back, wornanIike, to the plunge, is
killed and t;Jules throws himself on the
! body in a paroxysm of despair.
Mrs Tate and her husband really be-
long in sketch by themselves; so Wig
orous and interesting are they that
| the reader resents the other interests
| of the four chapters in which they ap-
| pear.
.sMademoiselle Blanche" is not a
great novel, but its strength is Of the
kind that continues to impress one
long after the book is closed.
(''Mademoisele Blanche by John D. Barry.
| Stone & Kimball. New York. $l.5o. For sale
| by the st. Paul Book and Stationery COM
pany0
| The distinction between the novel and
the drama is 50 rapidly becoming
| thing of the past, that now, While
tradition of it still fingers in the land,
it is we'll to make of it passing men
ton. Nowadays a successful novel
%o1xr OrQ1 ~h Of
| a different form and strut its little
hour upon the stage; and a drama,
which, for any reason, meets with
an enthusiastic recognition from the
ater-goers, is turned, willy-nilly, into
novel. Wilson Barrel has but acted
in the spirit Of the times in putting his
successful play. "The Sign of the
Cross into the form of novel. Its
success, as a book depends on the same
simple cause that led bishop to write
in it's praise as a play and a large part
of the world to applaud,-its appeal to
the deep religious feelings of the peo-
pie: it's strength is not in itself, but In
the hearts of it's auditors. AS far as
the story goes Mr. Wilson has such
hearty belief in his heros conversion to
Christianity that it seems rather cruel
! to suggest that religion had nothing 10
| do with the matter. Many q brave
man before and since, when no longer
able to defend her. has died with the
woman he loved and the cause has
been anything, good or evil. The old
religion and the new were not opposed
/ in this and Marcus in his death is a.
| lover-not a Christian.
| (tThe Sign Of the Cross by wilson Bar
rett. ]. B. Lippincott & Co. Philadelphia.
s1.OO For sale by the st. Paul Book and Sta
| tionery company 80 7f
sIn the Old Herrick House." by Ell
len Douglas Deland, is book for
girls. The author understands the
rather difficult task of drawing the
ever changing characters OF young PEG,
ple in the midst Of their growth, and
the boys and-girls of the three stories
4 gathered into this book are as much
| like the real articles as book children
ever are.
Not one Of the three stories depends
for it's art upon the much discussed
"sad endings'' Of modern fiction; in
deed, land they lived happy all the
days after" is much more their type;
but, in order to reach this happy issue,
the young heroines and heroes pass,
like the rest of the world, through
many and real trials, narrowing enough
to satisfy even the young reader.
(''In the Old Herrick House," by Ellen
Douglas Deland. Harper & Brothxrs, New
York. For sale by the st. Paul Book and Sta
/ tionery company
/ We acknowledge the receipt Of the
second volume of 'Sir Thomas Ma
1crys Morte d'Arthur'' in the Temple
Classic series. The frontispiece is a
picture in keeping with the quaint
charm Of the book itself, it represents
Morgan H. Fay giving the shield to
Sir Tristran and is drawn by Aubrey
Beardsley.
We take pleasure in informing the
public that Florios Montaigne, in six
Volumes and Boswells Life Of john
| son." also in six volumes, may be ex-
| pected in the near future in this same
desirable edition.
(''Sir Thomas Malory's La Morte d'Arthur, /"
vol. II. The Temple Classics. The Macmillan
company. so cents0
"Uncrowning King" story Of
King Philips war, by Edward S. Ellis,
follows the adventures Of some colo-
NAL settlers in Massachusetts. After
many and thrilling encounters with the
/ Indians the settlers are finally victori-
GUS. and King Philip is slain,t
/ e'Uncrowning King by Edward s. Ellis.
4 New Amsterdam Book company, New York.
s1.25).
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