The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-22

| his country. CtC.-sO we put the dear Old sef-
! geant in the gun and fired him at the feet.
| Then the battle became hot ] loaded soldiers IN
the guns and fred them out 10 sea until had no
more soldiers Then ! began hung lluZns (!
| ran out Of citizens But there were CongreSSiuen
| around there somewhere in my dream. and,
| though they made speeches Of protest TO me uu-
| der the fyc-muute rule, | promptly loaded them
| in and touched them Of in their turn. Inc Meet
| was pretty hasd-looklug by this time, bur sun
| iu the ring. ! could see the foreign sailors
| picking pieces OF Congressman from around the
| brccgh blocks. and the officers were brushing
| their clothes with their handkerChisfs. was
| about 20 give up when ! thought Of the Key
| West shrimp salad. one walked conveniently up
| TO me- and J loaded her 10. With a last con
! vuls.gc yauz ] pulled the Ioch-string, and the
| feet Was gene with my dr'
Mr.. Remington's style is now so well
| known that the reading world knows about
| what TO expect Of him. II is safe to say
| that his latest book will disappojat no
! body. (New York: Harper d Bros. $l-25-)
Adam Grieson." by Mrs Henry de Ia
| Pasture is a story Of English country life,
| and shows a thorough knowledge Of human
nature and considerable ability in the con-
struction Of d novel Its most serious fault
| is one which. somehow or other is apt 10
come to pass in the work OF authors who
I write more or less with a purpose The
person who is supposed to be the central
! figure is nothing Of the kind. Precisely the
| same thing which happened in Red Pot
! tage" has occurred in this less remarkable
| book. The authors favorite character fails
to make the strongest impression on the
reader
Adam Grigson. taken by himself, is an
| attractive personality enough, though 1t
takes so long for Mrs. de la Pasture to
| reach him through the morass OF her pre-
! liminary explanations that we almost for
! get there is TO be such a person. He makes
/ his first appearance in the eighth chapter
4 not sooner He is a simple old country
man with an overwhelming reverence for a
real lady" which will be a little difficult
! for the average reader on this side the
| water to understand Not that the Ameri-
can does not pay due homage to women of
gentle traditions. but he certainly does not
consider them as goddesses, a sort Of beings
1 apart and above the rest Of humanity. and
! perhaps it is as well that he does not. All
! MIR. Grigson's troubles came from that be-
/ lief The strength Of it makes him seem a
| trile improbable, and his nephew. though
/ an outrageous cad is much more real to
| the imagination. So is the pretty. shallow,
! frivolous. selfish little Rosamond-the
| Rosamond OF "Niddlemarch" over again.
/ Why should lady novelists select that par
ticular name for blonde and heartless YAM
| pire maidcns?
But the real creation of the book is
| Lady Mary Evelyn, the proud, passionate,
I loving. wayward, disappointed grand
/ mother. whose imperious will strives to
! assert itself over each character in turn.
/ only to be beaten back by the inevitable
/ determination of human nature to have its
! own way. Lady Mary is a real person.
vivid, lovable, provoking, and interesting
he fret IA hp Ct nTgul-
daughter Elizabeth is simply a replica Of
herself. The fair and gentle Margaret
comes near being insipid. Francis Evelyn,
despite one OF two flashes Of shrewd hu-
man nature. is little more than a puppet
. The maiden aunt is Enthusiastically char
acter, but a minor one, and the same may
be said of the types Of English smart
society. But Lady Mary, with her Irish
impulsiveness, her higb-bred pride and
delicacy. her real kindness Of heart. and
her naughty spirit and quick temper,
walks through the book the one genuine
portrait in it, There are in fiction q few
Old ladies who. by sheer force of fascinat-
ing personality. secure for themselves a
place above that Of all the young and
beautiful heroines VINO may chance 10 De
their relatives. One is Mrs. Gano. in the
American novel. The Open Question" An
other is Josephine de Bougainville. in Miss
the group may well be Lady Mary Evelyn,
and il is only 10 be regretted that We do
not see more Of her. New York: Harper
d Brothers. SL50)
History Of Canada for Young Read
ers.' by J. y. Mcllwraith. really ought not
to be considered a history. There is too
much romancing in 1t. especially where it
deals with the United States. While GER
4af 81 % 10 m he l.
culated TO feed the patriotism Of young
Canadians, they cannot be said to be in
strict accord with the facts of history.
Some Of the fables in the book are given
in connection with the war Of 1872. In the
chapter dealing with this it is represented
that the United States. being aggrieved It
the searching Of American ships for Eng
lish deserters. chose a time when Eng
lands forces were occupied in fighting Ma
poleon, TO make war on that country. It
is also stated That the Canadians were al
most uniformly victorious in land battles,
and that the reason for American victories
on the sea was simply that England could
only send her worst and most inefficient
ships across the Atlantic America is also
accused Of fraud in connection with the
Ashburtun Treaty. (New York: D. APP
pleton d Co. 60 centsJ
Brown, is a romance Of the civil war,
woven around that curious organization
known as the knights Of the Golden Cir
Gle" There have been attempts 10 portray
this association in fiction heretofore and
also TO deal with the "COpperhead,' but
with the exception Of Harold Frederic's
novel. named after the latter, none Of them
has thus far been very successful. Miss
Browns work while Of some value as a
picture Of lie in Indiana in Governor Nor
toms time cannot be said to take high rank
as a novel. The character drawing does
not amount 10 much, and the plot is slow
in development and somewhat indecisive
purist might take exception even 10 the
title. for "fustian" is not an American
word. and probably none OF the Indiana
farmers described as wearing il would
know whether il was broadcloth, blue
leans. or a new sort Of cattle food II is
hardly necessary 10 remark that novel Of
this sort ought TO he American in every
line Boston. Houghton, Mimin & CO.
$500
"The Greatest Gift" by A. ". March
mont is an English story with a deforrned
cripple for the central parsonage The
cripple Is the best bit Of character-draw-
ing in the book though he is anything but
an attractive figure The next best is an
INSCRIPTIONS Coquette who does all that
she can 10 force a former lover into an en-
gagement with her Some OF the English
IDEAS in the tale are not likely to prove
agreeable to American readers notably the
plan to allow young girl to sacrifice her
self BY marrying the cripple nOtwithstand-