The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-10-31
THE LITERARY FIELD.

| 1915 and Is NJ ,tn,,suat and continuous In
| terest Starting with speech OF Henry
| CLAWS In favor of declaring war against Eng
| land the narrative ia quite closely historical.
and deals with many high historical person.
ages In an intimate and iife-like manner.
| Philip Ten Brock who tells the atory In an
1 ardent and excited tone, Is young Kentuck-
| ian. full OF patriotism, strong brave and q
1 n,b,., ua ,,rts ~. ,,hois un,l-and n ,pav
| ' -
Dc threwuiy suspected gooo deal OF the
| soul OF Joseph A. AItsheler--into the political
| ox,,r.aelone ,,,th v,b,oh ,ha xork 10 mach "a
| -
| inc sentiments ring WIN earnestness, ana
| the book rocks with H. Philip Ten Broeck's
orco,,to,e ,,,t,, r,,d,.h,e, poiitic,ana ~
| set,,. 80, ..s'...D,
OPPOSITE beiiet' arrests ana captures anu re-
| leases are invaded by the presence OF q
| ,,.st, = f.r.d,a, N,ator yor,bco,ea ria,
| 'e"f'', a oantuian' maJo, No ,.,ss, -, .
| lfS. who. starting IN with knd OIL patron
| ,zins f-lepdliness. throws off the mask later
aud c,nfronts IN. bov ne an enemy These
! ..,..,s.. t.,.- -, -, aw,i,,, ava
ehtouaters make the nooh MOST eNc'uhR' ana
whti at last Major Northcote falls dead. and
vclleN Is Aired over his grave by his foes
! out of respect for his bravery. one feels that
| tbs author has done a rare thing and been
,r,,.r,i.i 90 ,ho.a ,vho dai,harote,v disa er.,sd
iiAp"'', "' :" ''o"e ""o -, -
! with him. prosecuted and traduced MN
/ Pictures of President Madison and OF the
primitive style OF living at the White HOUSE
..;t
| In those days, together with the simplicity at
the conferences OF the great men of the Ma
| ~, ~, nj, ,,o,,, a,a raasd condition make
u"A anu INV, WY" a'v' $50 49,. ,..
the PAPERS Viva. ana the nasging our GOV
crun.ent got b. both French and English am
| h.,.ad,ra 60 With suh,,e humor portrayed.
passadots ~ VIII suo'ie nu''"' pvi t' ~,
John Randolph OF Roanoke's Is perhaps tine
| hoe, nortrai, nf nil
49, p'' -, 49,, ,hn,oh, an odd-
| re woulu nav peen 'hW Uyi h a" secnd
i uvn,n X, in srnuna Sn mus, have been more
.uuu On 49, hhn, 's,u - SSrad 10 ~
I nens9 tht9 h tnat ono sn M0eu dsv in the
wouu not pro uJ t~' iIs olothinp was
coarse home9spun. atin ~ 49,, uoior, Ign, Ign
ilhh Suoeh tnsioseI ~, s' in shsrn narrow
una ABOVE ~ Iose us i ivhs s .as y, snnriied
iaes ~ Nv wn 49, heI iih heoI honas His
hi,n nasneu apove nisii rnson snoer,,a
whole expression was seIca he1,esd In law
the race or man wh VINO pe, p, IN iew
,,nlnhs; ou , meS LII s - ,,,,'i ~ H. dv
hoIhoke. wno was very ianors ~ tii1 49, uas,
Mtu " ses' a man VIM eSsu .ii. -, 49,,
ndb,r whom / Knew and vet had many
good Qualities and high principles
OF the luxury at the White House the fol-
lowing VIII serve as an amusing instance:
though the walls showed but dimly
thrnugh mo trees Only one window was
lighted and the building seemed as quiet
as Il farmers house when all have gone
70 peu oe,v"hy tnefv was ny' u st i', u.s.,
the walk and saw n dusliy form In front
of US. We hailed tho figure and 1t proved
Then we walked together into enc OF the
White House porticoes. and. seeing nobody
tnere 70 rees,ve us; hno tS,s i9dniy ut
carried n lantern in one hand. and npol
ovizrd an the rronnd of sickness for The
"svaiv ,tte,dn5 ", I'm I'm. door A. Nat ,no1
mrnt anpfber black boy arfiyed--from the
jltcben I s,lnnoee.lond the nrcsidant yave
J him the lantern, telling ham to tend the
d1qr ana hola enc lantern IN coed po-
other members Of the cabinet 10 the proner
place.
N,, \. rssllly hsaaeu' ne said Tor MIS-;
everything about the house has gone
awry. Mr.. Smith doesn't see too well, and
ma'ne mn ~ 10 % SUI 20 ,,iu U.S. LOT inc
Tlen he led The why to the cabinet
chamber and with his own hands gave
vs er oi W Giass W SHseiien, MauelrmI
on a chilly evening.
The book abounds in thrilling situations and
all tho conromitants of n condition of tncipIent
itself
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Tho Deluge" by Henry Sienkiewlcz LII
) ,le Brown 4 CO... publishers, Rostoh, Mass.