The times., 1898-06-19

man. The contrast between these two
ways of living, in fact, constitutes the
main interest of the book, and both are
described with considerable accuracy and
skill Cockney slang, however, like ey-
.erything else, grows somewhat tiresome
when dragged in without any especial rea-
SON The book is well written, but many
people viii doubt whether 1t was really
worth the writing. Cd Appleton & Co.,
New York;
"Bobbie McDuff, y by Clinton Ross O..
c. Page & Coz is a little book designed.
by size and subject-matter for Summer
reading. 1t is daintily gotten UP and
printed and the style is clear and pleas
ing. The characters are mixture of
English, French, Italian, Russian, Ro-
many and nondescript nationalities. The
action also takes place, In, half, a dozen
different places. and borders on murder
and sudden death at intervals. There Is
an interesting old castle of medieval
characteristics, and there is a gypsy camp
which is equally fascinating. On the
whole, the mixture is entertaining and
| pleasant to the caste, rauot ao-e
'"The Head of the Family Can English
| translation OF the French title LA Sou
ten de Fanille), is a book of especial
interest TO the world from the fact that
| 1t was the last work. Of -Alphpnse pau-
| det. The English edition appeared un-
| der the titl5, THE Bread tWinn en- but IL
| was not thought best to retain this title
| for the American edition. because of its
close similarity to that of The Bread
| Winners" a book which appeared some
ten years ago. The. present edition &c.
| p. Putnam's Sons contains fine Dor-
| trait of the author ~and "a preface by
Adolphe Cohn, reprinted from The Book
| man. ~~'e -r f71 -
The interest of the story lies in its de-
velopment of character. Two boys are
| left orphans by the suicide of their faith
| er, just at the time when a fathers ad-
| vice and guidance was most necessary
The elder feels himself responsible as
the head of the family and the key of
| his character is given in the speech in
which he compares himself TO Hamlet
saying, He feels that he has got to be
a hero and an ayenger, and yet he knows
that he is not strong enough" The real
| head OF the family is the younger
brother, a plodding, unromantic young
electrician, and the way in which this
fact is brought out is the plot of the
| book.
1.-The American in Paris" by DIR, Eu-
gene Coleman Savidge, G. B. Lippincott
Company is a romance of the Franco
| Prussian war, and deals with the siege
and the commune OF Paris. The main
idea of the book is the danger of a gov
| ernment not founded upon the will of
the governed. There are many thrilling
chapters, and the writer Is evidently
thoroughly familiar with the scenes and
characters with which he has TO do.
"Kronstadt," by Max Pemberton, is an
! exceedingly well-w: liter story of adven-
ture. original in plot, skillful in character
| drawing and full of movement and color.
| The heroine is a young English girl who
J is persuaded to act rs a spy In the Rus
sian fortress Kronstadt. She is found
| out and imprisoned but is rescued by her
lover, a Russian officer, and after a
somewhat exciting chase. he succeeds in
| getting her out ofathe harbor on his
! yacht past the cruisers of the Russian
! fleet. Sacrificing his position and his cit
! izenship In his native land for her sake,
the young Russian goes to England with
his wife, and after some other exciting
! adventures the romance ends happily.
The reinstatement of the lover 'iu' the
good graces of his government, despite
the fact that he knowingly aided a spy
10 escape, seems rather apocryphal, but
this is the only false note which is
struck from beginning to end of the
story. Cd. Appleton & Co. publishers)
.'By Right of Sword" by Arthur w
Marchmont. author Of 'tSir Jaffrey s
Wife, "Parson ThriDgs Secret" etc,
(New Amsterdam Book Company, is a
story of Russian life. the hero being a
young Englishman and the heroine a
Russian maiden connected with the Mill
| list movement. There is a beautiful fas-
clnating and villainous Russian woman
of the usual adventures type. who falls
{ in nil no m Things
as uncomfortable for him as she can
The book is full OF adventure and excite
ment, the plot is strong and well worked
out. and the characters are made very
real.