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NEW THINGS IN FICTION.
APPLEToN's TOWN AND COUNTRY
TTRpAPY.

APPLEToN's TOWN AND COUNTRY
LIBRARY
No. 2sl in this reliable series of mod
ern fiction is "A Private Chivalry" by
Francis Lynde. No. 292 is king Stork
of the Netherlands" by Albert Lee. By
the way, the Town and Country is near
ing the 300 mark in number OF volumes.
The two latest issues at hand are excel
lent examples of two conspicuous fash
Ions in novel writing that just now seem
to be travelling together in harmonious
company rather than competing. Per-
haps never was there a time when
schools of fiction were less engaged
in rivalry than now. The reading public
seems TO have n Catholic taste for good
reading books without caring TO discrimi-
nate in the matter of fashion. In the
midst of furor over the historical ro-
nance, homely and native David Har-
um" reached an unexampled triumph SO
also IL appears, that TO be entertained
rather than instructed is the yearning of
tertainment being afforded no quarrel is
had as TO the fashion or it, save that 1t
be wholesome.
"A Private Chivalry" is n thoroughly
modern story and eminently realistic. Its
people are the kind most OF its readers
Will be familiar with. It's hero Is coll
lege man, an athlete and an up TO date
able fellow. The opening of me story
discovers him at the bottom OF the lad
der. socially financially and morally, n
position to which he has slid after the
proverbially toboggan like way OF a chap
In misfortune. How he picks himself UP
is told in the story, though that is not
the story since tne novel is not written
To point any morals-only TO picture life
and folks that live. The struggle upward
is made interesting by incident and ad-
venture OF which the western silver coun-
try IL the scene. 1t Is romance out OF
contemporaneous material than which. on
the whole. probably no period has sup
piled greater abundance for all the talk
of the good old times.
The character and acts OF the monstrous
Duke of Anjou give the title To- "King
Stork OF Netherlands which a. ro-
nance OF the early days of the Dutch
from the coming OF King Stork TO the
death of William OF Orange and Is a
stirring account froni the view point Of
a participant In the thrilling history maxi
ing I'm those times. No writer OF &c, on
could claim TO add anything 10 the ro-
nance of the real facts of the rise of
the Dutch republic. but Mr.. Lee. i'm the
style of narrative by an actor i'm many
OF the historic scenes, has invested them
with that personal equation which always
makes interesting reading We do not
happen to recall mover IN English that
has entered this particular field though
ne writer's OF historical romance would
seem 10 have left few epochs I'm modern
or ancient history untouched. Mr. Lee
has done his work capitaly both from
the standpoint OF history and OF romance.
The Town and Country books sell in
cloth binding for ore dollar Paper. 10
cents. tGregoryD
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cs" by Mary Nelson Carter. the other
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