The herald., 1898-09-25
ROCKS AND THEIR MAKERS

concerning the behavior of Tory Eng
land after Gladstone's death. He had
been assailed and reviled by the smart
set" for years and years with almost
madness of dispara cement. But the
Tories were everywhere present as
mourners during the last scenes. and
have been anxious to get upon boards
and committees for raising memorials,
which, whatever else it shows. betokens
at least a partial appreciation Of the
nations tremendous loss.
MIDST THE WILD CARPATHIANS.
BY Maurus Jokai, author of "Bla ok
Diamonds" THE Lion of Janina."
etc. Authorized translation by
r. Nisbit Balm. Illustrated. L. c.
Page & Co., Boston.
Here is a story as wild as the title sug-
gests. 1t is not good story to go to
sleep over, or to sleep upon when one has
finished. Never was material more
abundant for thrilling romance than
the great Magyar writer found in the
fierce feudal life in Hungary, which
forms the setting of the story. Never
were mountains more frowning and
threatening, forests deeper or darker. or
more dangerous than these of Transy!-
vania. The Volume abounds in vivid
descriptions of scenery, and in the most
dramatic incidents and situations, and
the plot Is In keeping with them all.
Whatever final estimate may be placed
upon Jokai, it Is admitted that he Is
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THE REMUNERATION OF MISS
SEMAPHORE. A Farcical Novel.
BY Hal Godfrey. Illustrated by
Etheldred B. Barry. L. c. Page &
Co., Boston.
This story is a broad farce, founded
upon the alleged experiences of the
Misses Semaphore, two spinsters of ma
ture years, one Of whom took an over
dose of the Water of Youth and became
child again for season, causing no
end of confusion and not a little scan
dal. 1t is an English story, and has
some amusing situations that will please
the average reader. The plot is auda
cious enough to answer the needs of the
boldest farce.
Bull THE DANCER. by James
Blythe Patton. Illustrated by Ho-
race Van Rinth. L. c. Page & Co.,
Boston.
The scenes of this strange and exciting
story are laid in Northern India. The
story opens on a fete night, when Bill,
the dancer, makes his first appearance
before a noble host. The triumph of
the dancer was something wonderful,
this Lightning" as her name implied
Her face a s black as the thunder cloud,
alight with the flash Of an angry eye,
A black witch"
as an old Persian verse has expressed it.
1t is a wild, stirring romance, a story
of passion and intrigue that one finds
fascinating and oftimes thrilling.
TO ARMS. Being some passages from
the early life of Allan Oliphant
Chirurgeon, written by himself, and
now set forth for the first time. By
Andrew Balfour. illustrated. l..
C. Page & Co.. Boston.
This is a romance dealing with some
curious phases of Scottish history per-
tanning to the period of the great Jacob
lite insurrection in the early portion Of
the eighteenth century. 1t is we'll told,
and. like everything in Scottish history
or romance, it has a background of rare
interest. There is enough Of historical
fact to float the invention, and the two
make up a recital above the common.
both in pathos and humor-for there is
nothing that wears better than Scottish
humor. In fact, there seems to be no
end to the books that can be written
upon Scotland and her rare race of men
and women, for one who knows them
gets very near the heart of life.
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HAWAII AND THE REVOLUTION
The personal experiences of cor
respondent in the Sandwich Islands
during the crisis OF 1898 and subse-
quently. By Mary II. Krout. Dodd,
Mead & Company.
The author of this fine, large volume
was the correspondent of a Chicago
newspaper, and was sent out to Homo
lulu when the troubles were ripening for
the expected revolutiOn-for it seems to
have been expected precisely as 1t came
about al last. 1t is plain that whatever
sympathy the author had for the natives
did not last long, although she praises
many existing things, among them be-
ing the excellent schools she found there.
She claims to believe that Liliuokalani's
reign, If continued, would have been bad
for her own people in the end; and this
statement, one is prepared to believe, is
at least partly true. She has warm
words of praise for President Dole and
his main helpers, and reminds US that
they We're not outside meddlers, but
native-b born Hawaiians, and anxious for
an enlightened and progressive govern
ment. The bulk of the book is made up
of rather hurriedly written matter, as
newspaper correspondence must neces-
sarily be, and is not always we'll d.
gested or quite fair. Thus the introduce
ton to the volume, written In London
only a few months ago, gives resume
of the matter of the book that shows the
writer to be in entire sympathy with
the alleged new policy Of an imperial
ism which plainly justifies everything
that has happened in Hawaii, and is In
tolerant OF any other view. Her history
is fragmentary, and lacks fullness' and
fairness Of prese NATION, but the volume
abounds In most entertaining matter
concerning the islands and the people
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