The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-09-08
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BOOK NOTICES.

Temporal Power" by Marie Corel-
Ii. Dodd, Mead & Co., 172 Fifth ave-
nue., New York. Cloth $1.50. This is
the book about which there has been
so much speculation-for which Marie
Corelli's admirers in Europe and this
country have been waiting with such
eager interest. 1t is question wheth-
er they will find it all they expected
it to be. 1t is of course full of Marie
Corelli characteristics-the graphic de-
scriptions, daring imagery and lack Of
knowledge of many things with which
a we'll informed writer is supposed
to be we'll acquainted. Still, it is an
interesting book and will be widely
read. The story Is that of the mar
Vicious adventures of king who mar
ries a woman who does not love him
who, in fact, has an aversion for the
male sex-and for whom he has no
love. He hears that the people are
dissatisfied with his rule and so he
DISCUSSES himself, and with a couple
of companions mingles with them in
order to find out the real grounds of
their complaint. He becomes ac-
quainted with socialists and joins a
secret organization of them. There
he meets woman socialist and fails
III AONG Will ntIs his 1--we Is T6ClpTO-
Gated. The socialists decide that the
king must die, that the good of the
kingdom requires his death. Lots are
drawn to select the assassin and the
king is chosen to do the deed-to as
sassinate himself. Then he declares
that he is the king, and the socialists
take him up and give him a hearty sup
port, he making all the reforms which
the socialists want. In the meantime
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who is a power among the socialists,
and she responds favorably. One of
the socialist, leaders who is deeply in
love with her, discovers her passion
for the king, and he kills her. Her
body is carried to a boat and the king
sails away with it into the vastness
of the unknown, and is never heard of
anymore. The following is an extract
"a very small extract-from one of
the chapters: Those who have
thought and worked, those who are
able to see what is coming by the light
of past experience, are seldom listened
to, or, If they get a hearing, they are
not seldom ridiculed and laughed
down. Till a strong man speaks we
must ali remain dumb. There is no
real government in England at pres
ent, just as there is no real church.
The government is made up of direct
ciers rather than diplomatists. The
church for which our forefathers
fought is yielding to the bribery of
Rome. 1t is a time of sham-sham
politics and sham religion. We have
fallen upon evil days, and unless the
people rise, as it is to be hoped TO
God they will, serious danger threat
ems the glory and the honor of Eng
land"
1.-THE Quest Of Polly Locke" by Zoe
Anderson Norris. ]. s. Ogilvie Pub
fishing Company, 81 Rose street, New
York city. Cloth. sl.O0. This is a de-
lightful little story and charmingly
told. II is an account OF trip to
number OF European cities and con-
tains descriptions OF the people the
heroine met, the things OF interest
she saw and the conversations she
had with various individuals. or
course. there were adventures Of one
kind and another, though nothing OF
a highly exciting character. The quest
Of the heroine was really FOR some one
whom she could love and who would
love her for herself alone. la this
she seems - have been successful.
The descriptions are 20 VIVID and ths