The herald., 1898-10-30

after much persuasion, is induced to ac-
cept the offer. seeing no other way out OF
his Indebtedness; how he takes Newport
by storm; how he disappoints the anxious
syndicate, though he in the end honorahly
! satisfies their demands. and how he wins
the love of charming girl, make most
entertaining story.
The audacity of the plot is charming, and
the whole business is done with much
spirit and dash Here is rude estima te
Of the expenses of sending the man to
Newport, Lennox, Bar Harbor ETC.:
Passage ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. .$lo0
Hotel board after arrival, $40 per
day, entertainments, 5000 a month.
clothes .......................... 5000
Presents to heiress and her family,
flowers, etc, say s10O month;
valet, $40 a MONTH horse. trap,
groom, $50 month total per
month. including passage. $3.50
To this was added another $500 for
"sundres."
Altogether it must be said that this book
is something decidedly novel in literature.
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THE SECOND THOUGHTS OF AN IDLE
FELLOW. BY Jerome X. jerome;
cloth, SIPS. Dodd, Mead & Co.
idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow" when
published several years ago, gave the au-
thor an immediate and Widespread popu-
larity. The little book is said to have had
a sale of as many as two hundred thou
sand copies. The present volume, as the
title would indicate, is in the same vein.
The following titles of some of the chac-
tiers will sufficiently indicate it's contents:
"On the Art of Making Up ones Mindg"
"On the Disadvantages of Not Getting
What one Wants." "On the Motherliness
Of Man" "On the Inadvisa bility of Fol-
lowing Advice" etc.
Mr.. Jerome's capacity for droll work Is
so well known that it needs no outside en-
dorsement. The entire list Of essays cam
mands attention and interest While much
is in very light vein. there is a tenderne SIS
of touch throughout, and the whole
breathes of gracious truth and sense. One
Of the most striking passages is the close
of the essay on "The Motherliness of Man.
"Motherhood, it is the gamut of Gods
rchestra-saVageness and cruelty at the
one end and tenderness and self-Sacrifice
at the other
The hawk fights the hen-he seeking food
for his brood, she defending hers with her
life. The spider sucks the fly to feed its
myriad young; the cat tortures the mouse
to give its still throbhng carcass to her
kittens, and man wrongs man for chill
drens sake. Perhaps, when the riot of the
world reaches us whole, not broken, we
shall learn 1T is a harmony each iangling
discord fallen into its place around the CEN
trail theme Motherhood"
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THE BOYS OF OLD MONMOUTH; A
STORY OF WASHINGTON CAM
PAIGN IN NEW JERSEY IN 1873. BY
Everett T. Tomlinson, author Of
Guarding the Border" "Washngton's
Young Aids etc. With illustrations
Sl.5O. Houghton, Miffln &, Co.
This Is another of Mr. Tomlinson's stir
ring stories of revolutionary days Two
boys figure in important scenes, one taking
a heroic part in the battle of Monmouth
Washington. Greene. Lee, Mad Anthony"
Wayne, captain" Molly Pitcher and other
prominent characters come into the story.
The book is thoroughly interesting and
the historic background and atmosphere
are true enough to fact to answer the best
interests of the story. The story traces
many weary marches of the sorely pressed
continental army In its New Jersey cam
paigns, but the most striking portion is
that which tells of the struggle at Mon
mouth, in most ways the most remarka BILE