The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-03-26


send him to bed with shivers in his back
bone and electricity In his hair.
Perhaps i'm the character OF the bush
ranger. "Sundown." transformed into the
elegant confidence man, Mr. Miles.
there was beginning OF the criminal
type fulfilled i'm Raffes. AT all events
Shutdown Is interesting from HIS first
meeting with Dick Ednonstone, whom he
holds up and despOiles In the Australian
bush, TO the last breath he draws. shot
down by Jem Punder who is positively
without one redeeming quality except that
or rare persistence 20 attain his wretchcd
purposes
AT Large" lacks nothing in the way OF
excitement Indeed, the late MIR Hcadle
would have considered Il sufficiently SEN
sational 10 find place in his treasured
iibrary-as indeed he would good many
OF our present day romances.
Winter;
81. B. Lippincott Company. For Sale by
Preston & Rounds 80
IL appears that Mrs. Phyllis Dering.
whose husband was supposed 10 be lost
at sea, succeeded in finding him on an
unknown coral island by reason OF hav-
ing his location pointed out by two dis
interested ciairvoyants not in collusion.
Up 10 the time OF this dual clairyoyance
In her behalf her resort 10 the occult and
psychic had not been encouraging. we
should gather from this new story OF
popular writer that ii s a good deal OF "A
fad just now I'm London high society TO
consult the interpreters OF the mysteries,
palmists, mediums, card readers and the
like Mrs. Dering goes the rounds in the
endeavors 10 get into communication with.
her husband. but fails miserably until the
clairvoyants who trace for her the route
60 the undiscovered island are negotiated
with.
The reader is likely to get the motion
that the novel has for its purpose the ex-
ploding OF delusions held I'm certain quar-
ters that there is anything I'm the prac-
tice OF modern mysticism worth spending
your money on. But i'm the end, after all
the laughable shams and fakes. IL IL
clairvoyance that does the trick. Which
seems TO indicate that the real purpose
OF the novel, aside from telling a good
| story, is that there is difference in
clarvoyance and that there IL such a
| thing as the real thing. The Magic Wheel
provides brilliant survey of the field OF
| such activities as practiced upon the cred
ulous.
MICHAEL ROSS. MINISTER, by Annie
II. Holdsworth
OJodd, Mead and Company. Fot sale by
Gregory. N.50.)
Michael Ross Is "A strenuous young min
lister of the dissenter company I'm an Eng
lish sea coast place He has good mus
cles. good head, a passionate heart and
sensitive conscience. Sometimes these all
operate in unison and agreeable harmony,
but usually he finds them split up and In
conflict.
The incest girls I'm the congregation fall
In love with him and others would be
glad 10 share his ministerial labors by
| marrying the minister.f for which they be-
lieve themselves especially well fitted.
But II so happens that the minister OF
the warm heart and sensitive conscience
falls hopelessy in love with married
woman before he discovers that she Is
married. Thereby hangs this tale. Con-
science is stricken, head reasons the way
10 safety. but the heart longs for its OBJ
ject all the time. And the operation or the
muscles TO save the object OF his unfor-
tunate undolng brings the matter 10
climax where IL Is necessary that some-
thing definite happen.
Such situation would evidently be en-
barrassing 90 any man. To one constitute
ed as the Rev. Ross there Is opportunity
for slngularly acute suffering In the sit
uation, since the Rev. Ross has so DELI
cately strung a moral nature that he Is
almost afraid of doing right lest there
should be a wrong somewhere concealed
about IT, The reader will be particularly
cordial toward Ruth Nettleford who is,we
should say, the heroine OF the tale, and IL
first in love with the minister even though
she does not marry him. We take II she
finds quite as comfortable a mate in the
brave young doctor who seems 10 have -
more equable moral nature. SO TO speak.
, than Rev. Ross.