The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-06-20
rur LITERARY FIELD

This brilliant HISTORICAL romuhce appeared
) .,r,aI form in one of the leading mag
IN. q, this country last year. Since that
a.. been rewritten and heightened by
.,,,ra. 1t pictures Napoleon's threat
~, invasion OF England when his forces
- encamped ut Boulogne, and Is re-
-.rtable story throughout. The work IS
\ ..,,as,iy the best production yet given
-. rubllc by Conan Doyle, and that Is say
80 great deal, for all of his
tories are vigorous and entertaining. 1t
.h,unds in dramatic Incidents and the adj
: ,or,ures OF the hero, who crosses from
vn,lsnd TO France in order to Join Ma
,oeon. will be followed with intense in
tfest.
The best part OF this remarkable book is
.hs many incidents and anecdotes In con-
n.ctIon with the little man In the gray
X cost"--the Napoleon whose mighty hand
moulded France and traced the lines Of
MODERN Europe. Nothing heretofore pub.
lished has so WILDLY portrayed the alb
.olute trust and confidence which the sol
diers Of France had in their leader. The
author remarks and rolates many incidents
10 prove that their feeling for him was
tsnaticsm, and Its strength was religion"
He says: Never did Mahomet nerve the
arms Of his believers and strengthen them
against pain and death more absolutely
than this little gray coated Idol did TO
those who worshipped him. II he had
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the point OF ito assert that he was in
deed above humanity he would have found
millions to grant his claim. You who have
heard OF him as stout gentleman in
straw hat as he was in his later DAYS.
may find it hard to understand IL but II
you had seen his mangled soldiers stul
with their DYING breath crying out to him,
and turning their llvid faces toward him
o. he passed, you would have realized the
hold which ho had over the minds OF
men,"
The genius Of Napoleon's system and dis
cipline, his little frailties, his qualities as
. ruler, his public ambition, his marvel
Gus grasp OF every fact connected with
to do all things for himself. his capacity
for goyerning, his appearance ana actions
At court. and thousands of other facts In |
connection with the iron pillar OF France" !
are described With unbroken interest. AT |
the same time the adventures OF the Young !
hero VIII captivate the fancy aud the |
main facts OF the story are never neglected |
for technical or indefinite details Of army |
life or historical events.
"A Rose OF Yesterday" by +. Marion |
Crawford. The Macmillan company, pub /
lshers. New York. Cloth, $l.25.
Mr.. Crawfords new story is not as pow |!
Fful work as Case Braccio' or "Thc
Ralstons, but it is II most admirable novel !
excellent in style and full of the ripest and |
vsest reflections upon men and women. |
The authors purpose in writing the book |
evidently TO criticlse the American habit |
Of getting divorces. His heroine is a woman |
who has suffered fer years by marriage |
with man who mlstreatcd her and who |
hnaily became insane. Her beast of hus-
pahd had also beaten their only son until |
'ne poy was nearly idiotlc, and had done
everything that was ccarse and brutal.
When he finally becomes a raying maniac |
MS long suffering wife continues TO bear
us name and scorns all suggestions In re-
gard to breaking the marriage tie. The |
oIterest trial comes when she Is oabled |
mat her husband has been cured of his
Ia -.
Her' After long struggle she tells him |
10 come back, despite the fact that there |
u every assurance that he will again be-
coine drunkard and is likely to mistreat |
herself and her afflicted son. But there is
sudden and unexpected relief from the |
strain she had borne so strongly and brave
IA message announcing the death OF her |
husband. Her sacrifice was perfect md |
whole hearted brave as true faith, and all
BECAUSE she regarded marriage not rs
contract, but as bond.
:, An American Cavalier" by William G.
thudson, The Cassell Publishing company,
New York. From Bother Bros, Houston,
There is a rattle and u dash about every
"s Nrlllen by tnls aulnori anu M
american Cavalier" is another capital piece
F" work. There are endless stirring ad-
ventures, conspiracies, dangers and escapes,
thd altogether 1t is novel of exceedingly
implicated and skillfully handled plot. IL
oeals with the schemes and love affairs OF
beautiful Russian countess In America
saa has many foreign complications that
'ef'e to helghten the interest.
Current History" by Alfred Sidney
'ohhston Garretson, Cox & Co., publish
'N' Buffalo, n. Y.
The present number of this valuable
quarterly has 276 pages OF reading matter
Illustrated with seventy portraits and two
maps Queen Victoria and her reign are
NC subject OF the opening article "The
-nS's in Southeastern Europe covers
'n'r'y pages. with special map, and reviews
lo origin and fun international bearings
:. 'he trouble between Greece and turkey
-Aoorate articles are also presented on
iuhaFeds of ether topics, such rs the arbi-
idllOn treaty Cuh.n revolt South African