The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-11


( alton and mock tragedy OF a deathbed
like Emmanuel Bayard's.
All in ALL this book may be cordially
er.
In the Shadow Of the Three is
strongly conceived novel i'm which TO
nance and history play about equa
parts. The author Blanche L0ftu
Tottenham, has chosen a PECULIAR
dramatic period in the history of tia
for her plot, 1886, ana the years imm
diately following il, when, trusting
the integrity of France, Venice fuunO
herself betrayed by her "liberator" into
the hands of the Austrians. and her
newborn hopes of liberty doomed to
disappointment for more than half a
century. The scene is laid i'm Venice,
which was already lansing into that
beautiful decay which now marks her
among the cities of the earth; corrup-
ton and luxury had eneryatcd her and
riors and exnlorers wax siniline into y
long trance. The story is steeped i'm
the magic fine nicturasGueness tba ro-
nance which even now andaa3. Venice
to the visitor from nortbern and VEST
ern lands There is eno,,qb If inci-
dent 10 satisfy tl1a most sense tiop-Io,--
inc Of readers Wills tho eIin1neae of
NsnoIeon and Marat ana ~ y,,orl-i,,os
of tl,n C1o1to,a,,I 1ayd si,r,,fGa,,,l, -
fine tale + r Tinnincoft &. 20
That "rba story of 7 .oie,, has nassea
into rhe third edition sneaI,s Ven far, II
ana ba7,niI, fo,, t,a a,lrbor Tyotbarire
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cester has had a hand in brinpino +bis
necessary 10 saw that tbo1Isb bufit on
conventional lines and rbe cbaracters
are interesting. tvpes rather than midi
viduals. the novel is interesting and
well written. The question whether a
girl shall follow the conventional lines
of society or shall devotion her natural
gifts and go on the stage. is asked
and answered 1t is, however q love
story. The scene is laid in England and
on the continent. In a faint degree
THE story of Lois suggests Evelyn
Innis'
"The Rev. Annabel Lee is entitled
"a tale Of tomorrow by the author,
Robert Buchanan, but judging by the
contents it is rather a tale Of the day
after tomorrow. The widest dreams Of
Bellamy and Morris have been realized
in this novel. yet mankind is not happy
for it has lost faith in God and immor-
talty. Annabel Lee enters the ministry,
| reVives the belief in Christ, a personal
! God and the life everlasting, and be
comes the head of Christian sect. In
the nature OF things Such story must
/ appear somewhat unreN and visionary,
but the tale is ingenlously conceived
and interestingly tod, although win
several supertluous lapses from good
taste. ON. f. Mansfield, New YORK;
motive of a book published by Rich
| mOnd & Son Of New York, emitted
/ THE O!G Adam and the New Eve 1t
I is by Rudolf Colin, an Austrian novelist
| and poet who Is at present resident
of Berlin, with the literary life of which
ciCy he is identified. He is recognized
as Il young writer of marked talent
and Edmund Gosse, who writes schol-
| arly iurroductis1 to the English trans
| lation of the book in question, predicts
| a European fame for him. Were it not
| for its historic and social significance,
/ SThe Old Adam and the New Eve"
portraying as it does with remarkable
power the married life of an independ-
and a low tyrantof husband, would be
far from cheerful reading. As it is,
the reader who can follow her trials
without sympathy has the heart of a
stone, The color is laid on thick; it
seems. impossible that Germans can be
so ouarreIsome, toadying, unmannerly
and brutal-when one meets them onthe
/ Kline steamers with their rosv cheeks,
/ hardware iewelry and Chicago-girl feet
they appear so placidly amiable and
sinlpIe-minded. American wives who
think their husbands unreasonable and
|self-s11l,norffne- widows are esnaciaIIv
Icon1rocrded to this novel
Edmund Gosse has also written an
ill1I7,,instino. introductior to another. ~
/ Richmond e Sons publications. "Niohe :"
q. novel bv Tomas Lie. fine most nonul3r
I of Norwegian noveIists II nresents a
lively view of social conditions i'm Nor
way fine leading characters being a
coIIntrv doctor his wife and children
| and furnishes belief for the awful sils-
picion that parents in Norway find fine
management of their children els per
picking a task as American parents
Norwegian manners and customs, The
story closes with a gigantic &~namfte
explosion. which snuffs out four lives
Emile lola. is the author of "Storles
| fo1, Ninon ), Who Ninon vas is left TO
conjecture b1lt that she was not eX-
9ctiy- "fbe voune person" who is sun
nosed IN dnn7inafa American letters is
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