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an advantage. The Illustrations by the
author are numerous enough, apart from
his admirable recital OF events, to give
the reader q complete understanding of
the closing events of the Cuban patriot
struggle, as weif as a most intimate ao-
auaintanceshtp with the personality Of
the leading characters on the Cuban side
in that struggles, How real the authors
experiences We're Is u forcibly shown in
his adventure iii meeting ayCuban officer.
ragged, starved, footsOteseu nk ernpt. whom
he had last seen in ra-fashionable at.
tire. parading Fifth ayenue.s New York,
where he had lived In comparative af-
fuence before joining the Cuban army.
There are number of appendices at
tached to Mr.. Flint's book which are of
great value In the data which they sup
ply touching the actualities, social po-
htieal and military, affecting the rela-
tons Of the Cuban people towards the
Spanish mfsgovernment
Whether viewed as a book OF adven-
ture,. or as close study made from per-
sonal experience of the Cuban cause, and
of the bleodthirs- mess of the Spanish adj
nainistration, this book possesses unm cas-
ured value. 1t will be Il desirable addi-
ton to any library, and its perusaI will
give a better insight intosthe actual con-
ditions than may be had from any num-
Der OF much more pretentIous volumes
"In Guiana WiIds."
''In Guiana Wilds" by James Roadway.
J.. Q. Page & Co. For sale by the
st. Paul Book and Stationery company
Those who desire to become acquainted
with that unknown, far away land. which
has recently been subject to arbi ration,
British Guiana, wifi find this work at
once interesting and Instructive It Is
the story of young Scotch clerk who
entered the employment of a British mer>
camille house in G@tana87 and spent sew
eral years in succession in the heart OF
the country. He adoptsssthe life of the
the native -womenfo4 The narrative of
his adventures is iR upaBy directions Of
thrilling interest. but it's Ghief value liea
in the readiness with which 1t enables
the reader to see the interior of Guiana
at close range. AS a book of adventure
it is replete with interest throughout
and Is record =, made, :, no doub.,
from the actual living experiences Of a
European in British Guiana The prin-
cipal character of the book is by no
means hero, and is not intended by the
author SO to be. The lack of pretension
In this respect. gives the story vivid
ness and reality which otherwise II
would not possess. Taken In connection
with SEQUEL to the story completing the
u
in British Guiana the book presents as
entertaining and valuable a portrayal
OF the conditions attending life In that
comparatively unknown land as is like
ny to reach the hands Of the most indus
trfOus student
"Nineteenfh Century Poems.'
''The Best Short Poems of the Nine
teenth Century" compiled by William
S. Lord. Published by the Fleming IF
Revell company, Chicago
J. Some time since 200 representative it,
erary people were asked to name tina
tw enty-fiNe greatest poems In the Eng.
fish language written. during the nine.
teenth century. Mr.. Lord has gathered
the Twenty-Five triumphS of rhyme and
reason which received the highest " te
! and sends them out In a neatly printed
! little volume, appropriately bound In
white. The place of honor is accordes
to Oliver Wendell Holmes ''Chambere,i
| Nautilus" Next come Fsnnysons 'Th,
Bugle Song" and sfCrossng the Bar
Tennyson appears twice more in the list
in Tears, Idle Tears andkit Break. Break
Break? OF coursef julia Ward Howe =
Rattle Hymn of the Republic" gets a
place. Robert, Browning has two, as
has Elizabeth Barratt, Browning and
heats. Wordsworth is uhonored three
times, and Bryant once, twhiIe Longfel-
lew falls to get intQntheo Eacred Cree at
all. Eleventh in popularity is Francis
William Bourdillon' 50 .Lisht," one of tho
shortest but one of, the sweetest bits of
verse in the languages. Ia It Is:
The night has a thousand eyes.
And the day but one, ,io
Yet the light of the, bright world dies
With the dying sun. n
The mind has thousand eyes,
And the heart but one:
Yet the light of whole life dies
When love is done.
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