The herald., 1897-06-06

usht came into the two peoples eyes,
| and they resolved to move the little house
| to the new epot. and as they could not
| get permission to move across the land
! they put It upon two ecows and put to
sea with it, A storm arose, but after
many mishaps the little house was saved,
and with some othervery humorous hap
penings the story ends. The volume
will prove very pleasant summer read
ing.
Mrs. Phelps Ward writes very enter
taining preface, showing the motive and
scope of the book to be sequel, or sup
plement, to an account of her own "how
an old maid built matched board cot
tage at the seaside"
THE EARL'S ATONEMENT. BY Ber-
tha M. Clay. 1.
my UNCLE BARBASSON. BY Mario
Uchard.
| A MANS PRIVILEGE. BY Dora Rus
sell. Rand, McNally & Co.
These three paper covered novels are
numbers 255. 256 and 257 in the we'll
known Globe library series. and are de-
signed for cheap summer reading, the
sale of which is even now beginning.
The price is 20 cents per volume.
4 +
STORM SIGNALS BY Richard Henry
Savage. Rand, McNally & Co.
| Mr.. Savage has here written an un-
commonly stirring story of today, in
which existing institutions of all sorts
are shaken up, and matters social and
political made to rattle. 1t is paper
cover like those named above and is
number of the Oriental library.
SOLDIERS OF FORTUNE. BY Rich
ard Harding Davis. Illustrated by
Gibson. Charles Scribner's Sons. For
sale by Stoll & Thayer
| We have been accustomed to look upon
Mr. Davis as a writer of sketches and
short stories. rather than novelist, and
! Notwithstanding the apparent favor ac-
corded to his new book, we still think
the old field best suited to his quality.
This is an ambitious venture, and in the
main very we'll sustained, but the sketchy
character is over it all. 1t is a-S.Sw
/ York story, so far as the main charac-
ters are concerned, but the scene of the
drama is a mythical South American
republic, where Robert Clay goes to
take charge of fabulously rich iron
mine, the property of the New York mil
/ lionaire, Langham. Things go well with
the mine-for Clay is q marvel of a
leader of men-until an inscrutable po-
! liticar revolution threatens the destruc-
ton of the property of the concern. 1t
| is just as the trouble begins that the
Langham family appear and propose
i to remain for awhile. 1t was a short
revolution, but a very exciting and
bloody one. Clay continues to be the
successful leader, and the side he es-
tpouses wins a swift and certain victory.
The character one admires most in the
story is Hope Langham, the younger
! sister, who at once takes leading part
in everything, even to supplanting the
elder sister. Alice. in Clays affections
She Is brave and quick-witted crea-
ture, whom all readers will admire and
when the crisis of a fierce night fight
for their lives came, and Clay, with his
followers were about to be cornered
and slain. Hope dashed to the rescue
with the family carriage, which scene
is thus described:
"They all saw her now distinctly. She
was Ou Tie QIlNtT DOA anu dlOHS, lGdIl-
ing forward and lashing the horses
backs with the whip and reins and bend
| ing over to avoid the bullets that passed
above her head AS she came down
upon them she stood up, her woman's
figure outlined clearly in the riding hab-
lit she still wore.
Jump in when turn she cried. i
am going to turn slowly; run and jump
in
"She bent forward again, pulled the
horses to the right, and as they obeyed
her, plunging and tugging at their bits
as though they knew the danger they
were in, the men threw themselves at
the carriage. Clay caught the hood at
the back, swung himself up and scran,-
bled over the cushions and up to the box
seat. He dropped down behind Hope
and reaching his arms around her took
| the reins in one hand and with the othei
| forced her down to her knees upon the
footboard, so that, as she knelt, his arms
and body protected her from the bullets
sent after them.
"Clay turned the carriage at right
angle through the heavy sand, and Still
standing with Hope crouched at his
knees he raced back to the woods into
the face of the firing, with the boys be.
hind him answering it from each side ol
the carriage, so that the horses leapet
forward in frenzy of terror, and dash.
ing through the woods passed into tbs
first road that opened before them
1t is all very lively, and the reader
follows the events of the story witt
eager interest, even to the inevitabl.
end-for everybody will guess that wher
the steamer bears Clay and Hope Lang
| ham away it Is only to begin life togeth