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of course, figure in the narrative,
among whose characters st. Peter and
ST. Paul play a prominent part. The
story is told with the writer's custom
airy vividness and wealth of detail
C'Quo Vadis," by Henryk sienkiewicz. Lit
tie, Brown & Co. 81. For sale by the st.
Paul Book and Stationery company
Conan Doyle's latest book. Rodney
Stone" may be described as a story of
the priZe-fghting element in England
something less than a hundred years
ago. If this seems harsh description
we are prepared to modify it by stat
ing that the volume is not a story
after all, but merely a collection of
studies strung upon the string of an
old mans memory. The book is pleas
ant reading enough, if that is the kind
of reading you like, but it is far from
absorbing, and lacks VigOr and vitality.
1t has no very strong reason for being.
DR.. Doyle must look to his laurels. for
the tickle public which is devoted to
this kind of fiction, knows no con-
! stancy, and is innocent of affection for
old favOriteS.
C'Rodney Stone" by A. Conan Doyle D.
Appleton & Co. $1.50. For sale by the St.
/ Paul Book and Stationery company
THE Final War is a stirring story
of the universal conflict which fol-
lowed the declaration of war against
! England by France and Germany COM
hined, in the spring of 1898. Granting
the premise, the book is exceedingly
realistic-or, we hope so. If the rest
of the world went wild, certainly every
! English-speaking individual would de-
sire to see England and the United
States unite triumphantly to impose
! civilization upon the globe in the man
ner Mr.. Tracy has so skillfully de-
! picted. The book nOuriShes the COM
Portable belief that the Anglo-Saxon is
the only race, and the reader lays it
f! down with a nice little glow at his
! heart, and commends it thereafter to
his friends as supply sensations of
! both patriotism and excitement
The authors brief apology for the
! way he has made free in handling real
! people is worth noting. Il have taken
/ the whole world as my theme. and it's
chief citizens as my characters. 1 can
only hope | have given no offense, as
into the mouths of real personages
have placed the finest sentiments
/ could extract from nature scared by
+ journalism, whilst the people who get
killed or have other disagreeable
things happen to them are wholly f1c-
titiOus."
! Putnam's Sons So For sale by the st.
! Paul Book & Stationery Coz
AN UncroWned King is a romance
Of the possible, according to the writ
er's view of possibilities. 1t is lively
and entertaining narrative of the ad-
ventures that befel young Lord Caes-
| leon, an English marquis, when he &C
cepted the throne of Thracea, a small
Contenantal kingdom in the Balkans.
The hero is the typical young English
man without guile and he is honestly
more interested in his love affair than
in his kingdom. If it were not for a
| diplomatic brother and a patriotic
premier his kingly career would have
! closed earlier than it did, and at best
| it is none too long for the reader. who
wants to forget himself in world as
! ron Ote from his own as possible. The
/ heroine differs from the usual seen of
! heroines in historical romances, by pos
! sessing a very distinct individuality
! She is a conscientious girl with dis
] agreeable parents, and she has notions
! about self-disciplne and other ideas.
! which make her vastly superior to
/ her kind who are usually very beauti-
| full and 50 tedious that one is forced to