The Minneapolis journal., 1902-06-20

the fateful field Of Waterloo Jean nlans tn
rescue the fallen emperor, but the plan mis-
carries, and he then figures }conspicuausly as
a promoter OF Jackson's victory at New Or
leans. -.
b The author has revealed Laitte in a more
favorable light than usual. True, he is shown
as smuggler and pirate, utilizing the bayous
of southern Louisiana to carry contraband
cargoes of merchandise to the interior He
was lawess, yet followed a certain code of
nonor derived from his father. The story
OF the love of Laftte and Rose de Cazeneau
ls the most attractive feature Of the book.
and social conditions under the American oc-
cupation of Louisiana are described in a
most interesting manner. Laf1tte and his col
leagues, for their loyalty to the United states
were formally pardoned by President Madi-
son, and Laftte returned to France to take
possession Of the estate Of his father in Ian
guedoc, taking with him Rose de Cazeneau.
his wife. -
A Maid of Bar Harbor. By Henrietta
G. Rowe. illustrated by Ellen Ahrens. Bos-
+ ton; Little, brown &. Co. ~. j.. -.
This is a love story of Mount Desert Island,
beginning in the days when the outside So
ciety world had not made summer resort
of it and ending under the later and fashion
able conditions. The heroine, Comfort Had
lock, daughter Of Squire Hadlock, was not a
welcome arrival when she was born. The
squire detested girls He expected his wife
to bear only boy babies and do the hardest
kind Of work. So, when the doctor told him
daughter had been born to him, ''the pref
tiest and most promising baby in the lot -
Hadlock5 red with rage, shouted: 7"Do you
dare tell me the new baby is a girI?" s.d
looked at the doctor as if he was about to
scalp him, as he shrieked: "a girl A poor,
useless, good for-n nothing girl! And that, too,
right in the face of my plannin' for another
boy. What do you mean?" y
Under such conditions it is no wonder that
poor little Comfort had a gloomy childhood
before her. Her three brothers prosecuted
her, lied about her, bullied over he Yet
the plucky little maid rebelled and that made,
the boys more contemptibly unjust Time
went by and the fashionable world began to
drift to the island. Two OF the squires boys
turned out badly. Comfort had to testify
against one of them in court, as being a
robber. She grew up just as she was de-
scribed by her lover, Robert Humbre, an
artist who summered on the island, d,-"a pat
tern in the womanly virtues of unselishness,
modesty and perfect truthfulness.' From the
summer boarders Comfort came to modify
her ruder ways Of talking and acting, and
she adopted some refinements of dress, but
never lost her sweet and honest disposition.
To her came wealth, honor and happiness.
amount of money. The coming of summer
visitors and demand for land for building
purposes made boom" Comfort was no.
longer a poor girl, whom Robert Humbre
loved. Then his mother, with the changed
conditions, withdrew her objections to Com
fort, the simply reared country girl. The
author has given remarkably interesting
picture of the latter day Mount Desert Island
under the reign Of fashion. Bar Harbor is
a millionaires' resort.
Thwaites, secretary Of the State Historical
Society of Wisconsin, etc. illustrated. New
York: ID. appleton & Co.
The Jesuit, Father Jacques Marquette,
whose name is perpetuated in the busy and
opulent city Of Marquette Mich, came from
long line OF French soldiers, scholars. poli-.
ticians rand ecclesiastics, the seat OF the fam
lily being the ancient city of Laon, eighty-odd
miles from Paris. Born lin 1857, and inclined
to the church, Jacques entered Jesuit COL
lege in 1854 as q. novice, with a strong anbi-
ton to follow the brethren OF the order to
the North American wilds and initiate their
heroic deeds. He arrived in Canada in 1866.
ready and hungry for his life work. The
Jesuit priests labored throughout the vast
region from the Gulf OF St. Lawrence up the
great river and lakes and down the Massis-
sippi to New Orleans. After two years Of
apprenticeship at Three Rivers on the St.
Lawrence, Marquette started for the then
existing missions. with orders to establish
more among the Indians. Then began his
active career, which has made him historical
ly type of the highest ideals and achieve
ments in the missionary enterprise OF the
Jesuits. The author S tribute is: .'He was, in
truth, a man OF action as we'll as ideas: a
truo explorer as well as scholastic: rare
linguist; preacher OF undoubted capacity;
gifted with unusual powers of mastery over
the minds Of ferce sayages; and his sanity
character will long remain an Inspiration to