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The Giants Gate. A Story of a Great Ad-
venture By Max Pemberton, author Of
''Kronstadt, The Garden of Swords" etc.
New York: Fred A. Stokes company. Min
neapolis n. Mccarthy Price, $3.50.
Max Pemberton is never dull This novel,
like all his others, Is cumulative in startling
incidents and the characters are all In con-
tinaul motion for good or for evil The period
is an exciting one-President Faure's admin
istration in France; the trial and Punishment
. of Dreyfus to Devils Island; the wassails of
the J ew- baiters: the fanatcal and Irrational
worship Of the army. The hero, Jules Dayig-
non, fits the shape and character of General
Boulanger to a great extent. The nationalist
party Is portrayed with great liberalism and
the spirit which moves the French masses
is set forth most Interestingly. The picture
drawn Of France and her people IS graphic
France, where many statesmen and army
men want to save France from what
ever state in which she may find herself!
Where the popular idol may, soon after
ceiving popular worship. hear the ominous
cry "A Ia lanterne."
Thomas, late of the Royal Gardens, Wind
sor. New York: John Lane The Bodley
Head. Illustrated
The author of this book is an expert iii
apple culture and Is now assistant editor OF
The Garden, leading horticultural authority
in England, where climate and soil are
notably favorable to the production of the
hnest varieties Of apples. In this book the
history and nature of the fruit are infinitely
entered into together with the best methods
Of culture, pruning, gathering and sorting
with special remarks on insect pests and the
apples best adapted for cooking and for
dessert and the various ways of cooking them
The Jew as II Patriot. BY Madison c.
Peters, with an Introductory essay by Oscar
. or
company, 1887 e Seventeenth street Min
neapolis: Nathaniel Mccarthy. Price, ST.
For several years Mr.. Peters has been con-
spicuous as a defender of the Jew against
the many unjust reflections made by those
who know least about that race. He has
sought to bring the Jews record out con-
splcuously as soldier, patriot, citizen, dis
tlngulshed in literature, the fine arts, in
diplomacy, in finance. Mr.. Straus, in his
introduction, shows the republican quality of
the original constitution Of the Jewish gov
eminent, for the Mosaic code set forth a
representative government, graded up from
tribal division to tribal head, from tribal
head to congregation or assembly to the coun-
ell of the elders and thence to Moses, interme-
diary between the people and God. The part
the Jews had in the discovery Of America, as
soldiers In our wars and in the armies of
Europe. in politics, etc, is interestingly
shown. The paucity of Jews as objects of
bursers Of money to the needy and their good
points in many other respects detailed.
The Silent Pioneer. By Lucy Cleaver
McBlroy, author of Juletty." New York:
Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., 426-42S w Broad
way. Price, $3.50.
Mrs. McElroy's first book, "Juletty" was
of kind and quality which suggested at once
that her field of authorship is properly the
plain people of Kentucky and their ways and
idiosyncrasies in these latter lays. "Juletty"
sketched from life The moonshiners
real moonshiners. The crimes were OF
the real Kentucky kind. In the present book
the lady has not succeeded SO well, albeit there
are very thrilling passages in it, but generally
speaking, readers would prefer less Indian
and more white man. The story is Of the
pioneer days in Kentucky and details the
dangers, perils and sufferings experienced by
Daniel Boone and Major Armstrong in the
rescue Of the majors sweetheart, Esther
Irvine settlers daughter, from the Indians,
who had abducted her.
The Leopard's Spots. Romance of the
White Mans Burden-1SG5- 1900. By Thorn
as Dixon Jr Illustrated by G. D. Williams.
New York: Doubleday, Page & Co. $1.50.
Mr. Dixon has in this romance of the re-