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test "ln life everlasting" The argument
is ingenious and reyerent throughout.
If. he says we follow the teachings OF
Christ and of nature We find a moral
dynamic which Is quite incalculable,
and from which there is no escape, Let
n man once see that the alternative
which confronts him at every step or
his moral profession is life and death.
that his task is. as Christ says ito win
for himself soul" or, at farther
stage It is ito save his soul alive" and
he will realize that he Is face TO face
with realities and not with an eXtran-
eous arrangement arbitrarily establish
ed. The appeal Is TO that deepest,
strongest, most persistent Of all desires,
the love of llfe.--The Macmillan Co.,
New York.
The popularity Of "AlIce OF Old Vim.
cennes," is undated. In the book
stores all over the country the book
list OF demand, and there VIII doubt.
less be several more editions Of the
volume necessary before the taste for
II Is satiated The charm OF the story
undoubtedly is In its romantic historical
that Il Ii the modification OF the roman
tic element that makes It's chief virtue
and places Il a notch higher than the
other historical novels OF the day The
book Is certainly lacking In the sensa-
tional and dramatic episodes Of many
Of the class Of novels written recently,
which deal with historical epochs in the
history Of our country. All the cpl
,tfl III
have happened, and the characters, too,
are natural to degree OF tameness,
though Alice herself Is a happy depart
ure from the rather sprtess creations
Of some Of the recent romances. The
capture Of the fort by the English,
the attitude Of the half French popu-
latlon, and the details Of frontier life
In the time described are all realistic,
and help 10 give a picture OF the con-
ditIons connected with the gradual coll
onlzatlon Of the interior OF the great
continent, whose national and political
history was being moulded. no less by
the hardy and humble pioneers on the
outskirts Of civilization, than by the
prominent actors in the great struggle
who inhabited the then centers Of life
and activity Of the commonwealth The
book IS lacking In the wonderfully vivid
descriptive sketches that made the
scenery stand out like painted pictures
in Miss Johnston's novels but the
touches are distinct enough TO suggest
much 20 the Imagination OF the reader.
and with It's many other merits, 90 give
the book a foremost place in the his
torcal fiction Of the day Americans
should read It II for nothing else than
tho incentive II gives TO the study OF
special phases and times of the coun-
try's history Published by the Bowen
Merrill Co., Indianapolis.
"Thc Pcnitentes." by Louis How.
would be an important addition 10
American literature II Il We're only for
the discovery to which II has assisted
many pconle Of the existence Of the
peculiar religious sect IN the heart Of
our civilization. whose fanatical prac-
tlses II eynloils in the plot Of it's story.
Besides this however are some por-
trayals OF typical characters and scenes
which make the book intensely inter-
estng and mark the author a skilful
though now advcnturer into the fields
n literary effort. The details Of life
In tho little snn-baked Mexican villages,
the love affairs NJ the heroine. and the
brief glimpse NJ soldier experience In
the quellng Of the little band Of Penl-
tentes Is done with remarkable eklll.the
only drawback perhaps being the pro-
longcd dialogue embracing unimportant
details. which are important neither 10
the incidents nor character drawing en-
the book The story Is novel. con-
yinclng. cloverly told. and based we are
led 10 believe. ipon facts and scenes
witnessed nv The author Published BY
the Bowen Merrill Co.. Indianapolis