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governments, engage themselves in
watching conspiracy for the e-estab-
| lishment of Poland as a kingdom. The
action takes place shortly after that
unhappy country has been divided up
among Russia, Austria and Prussia,
and, in the regular course of the story,
much information is given about the
| diplomatic matters connected with
| these countries. 1t is said that when
| the story appeared Serially In London
newspaper the Russian government
| officials went to the trouble to Censor
severely the copies containing any
parts of the tale in which Russia
| figured.
The English people are pronder of
| their countryman who wins the English
Derby than of their prime minister, no
matter how popular that gentleman
may be. 1t is not a little due to his
successful horses while Prince of Wales
that Edward VII. is so highly held by
his subjects at the present time. This
| fact doubtless prompted Mr.. Edward
| Spencer to write a history of his maj
| esty's connection with the turf under
the title "The Kings Race Horses"
| Naturally the larger share Of the de-
| mand for such a book will be in Eng
| land, for Americans do not yet regard
! racing as a national sport, but two
| limited editions will be brought out
fifty printed on vellum and sold for
| one hundred dollars each.
| Like Another Helen-By Sydney G.
| Grier. Published by L. c. Page Sc
Co., Boston.
| That much abused word "fascinat-
| ing" deserves to be applied to Mr..
Griers new book on East Indian life.
He has picked out a period in the his
tory of England India that must always
be a fruitful field for the romancer-
the Lord Give and Warren Hasting
period. Notes and map of Calcutta
in which city most of the scenes Of the
book are enacted help to make the
story more intelligent to studiOus read
ers, but even those whose desire is
merely to be entertained and who have
no wish to consult either maps or notes
will follow with interest the story of
the adventures of the heroine, Sylvia
Freyne. The story is told in series
of letters, most of them written by
the heroine to a school chum In Eng
land and a few Of them written by
other important characters in the book.
Nicer Joffier, Surajah Dowlah. Give,
Hastings, Governor Drake, the Bel
lamys, lie Beauune and Watts are the
historical personages Introduced and
excellent new portraits are given of
some of these. Miss Freylle. the hero
inc, is an extremely beautiful girl and
the novelist has used a romanUer's
privilege and most logically reveals
to the reader how her beauty, like that
of the Greek Helen, had something TO
do with the Indian uprising and the
sack of Calcutta. Hence the title
Of the book, Like Another Helen
Sylvia Freyne goes out to India in the
year 1884 to join her father who Is en-
ployed in the East India company there
and whose headquarters are in Call
cutta. Among other adventures the
young woman Is of the unfortunates
who spent that fatal night in the Black
Hole in Calcutta after the sack OF the
city. Afterwards she is abducted by
one Of the great Indian nabobs from
whom she is rescued by her lover, a
young lieutenant.
In its literary style the book is
strongly suggestive of Richardson's
"Clarissa Harlowe" and Fielding's
Amelia" The author most success
fully presents a girl Of the eighteenth
century, not modern girl In eighteenth
century clothes. The story is we'll
worth a persual.
Literary Boston of Today-By Helen NJ.
Winslow. Published by L. c. Page s.
Co., Boston.
ries," Literary Boston of Today" is a
carefully written volume Of the universe.
Miss Winslows work Is in part biograph-
ical but is most largely given ZIP to a
estimate Of the literary standing of those
of whom she talks. The first two chapters
take up Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Thomas
Wentworth Higginson and Julia Ward
Jewett, Louise Chandler Moulton and a
long list of others, including Henry Ca
bot Lodge, President Eliot and Charles
FELTON, Pidgin. Two dozen excellent pic
lures are sandwiched through the book
among them being Julia Ward How, Sem
ator Lodge, Mary A. Liyermore, Alice
Freeman Palmer and Benlot Marie Dix,
The book is dedicated to Edward III.
Clement, editor chief of the Boston
Evening Transcript.
BrIckbats and Rouquets-By Col. John A.
Joyce; published by +. Tennyson Nicely,
New York and London.
My object In writing this book" says
the author, is to throw kiln dried brick
bats Of truth at the horrid head of hypoc-
rlsy. envy, malice, selfishness and tyranr
forming the sneaking, sordid arrogant
crew. 1t will give me great pleasure to
see the dear reader occasionally dodge
and exclaim, He didn't mean that foF
me-"
Doubtless the colonel did not expect to
crush utterly with his brickbats the
horrid heads he enumerates, but his eff
fort, at least Is laudable one ana those
readers who do not find his little book
convincing may find 1t amusing. 1t Is
written in categorical style and consists
largely of conversations between Laura
Love Oove)), Horace Hate (hate). Harry
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