The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-07-25

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this work he shows rare power in the
production of the short story form of
fiction, and the book will be welcomed
by all lovers of good stories. The vol
ume will be sent postpaid to any ad-
dress on approval, to be paid for if sat
isfactory, or to be returned if not.
The very diverting and entertaining
story, John Oxenham's Gods Prison.
en-" published by Henry Holt &c Co.,
New York, has received much attention
from the critics and the reading public
1t is a book with a great deal of go
in it, as the following from an ex-
change well indicates: 'In the first
part of the book a man named Ayrton
kills his partner Brodie, who has dis
covered that he has been taking the
money of the firm for his own pur-
poses. He packs his dead partner in
box labeled books, stores him away in
a safe-deposlt vault (such are the con-
veniences of civillzation), and gives out
to the world that the partner has gone
to China. Judge of his surprise when
he receives a letter from China from
that same murdered partner. That let
ter, closely followed by the announce
| ment or Bfodle 8 lharIlaSe anu re-
| quest that he send out to China the box
containing Brodies corpse, completely
upsets what nerves Ayrton has left.
He runs away from England; goes
treasure hunting in the South Seas
| gets shipwrecked on an island with a
supply of canned beef that turns out to
| be bad; falls in love; gets married and
| finds the solution of the whole mystic
! ry. The story is an interesting one,
| though it hasn't shred OF moral,
The fifty-seventh bound volume OF
| 1.-THE Century Magazine" for the six
months ending with April maintains the
| high standard of the Century publica-
| lions, and is of more than ordinary his
torical interest, containing as it does
articles on the war with Spain and the
campaign in the Philippines, by Samp-
son, Shafter, Sigsbee, Hobson, Wins
low, Greene ana olhefs' each ol "hoi,i
srapiscally tens u even,s VIII Mnion
ms name is lihpelisiiapiy associa'eu
Inc Importance OIL 'iese papers h,stoii
caily at once apparent spleliulu
feature OF TINS Voiuille - rrol' benJa-
min lde Wheeier notable series Oh ms
torical studies regarding AieAaiiuer the
Great, accompanies ny me lliustra-
lions. Other cohsplcuously praise
worthy features are James bryces ar
tlcle on Englands tololiiai ENperi-
ments, walter Wellman account con-
corning ms polar eXpeoltloh' Faul L.
Fords hlghly interesting article on ben
FRANKLIN, toucning on the many sides
OF the character ana career or that "a
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