Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-25

bridge, because Of his wild. reckless life as
a money spender. is forbidden to enter the
home Of bis father, who has refused to set
tie any Of the many bills received from his
sons creditors. In the meantime Vincent
wins the goodwill OF a misery uncle and
Is compelled to secure a position as groom
TO a wealthy lord. whose life is In and about
his horses, and wins the love Of the lords
daughter, who was engaged to his own
brother, and finally falls heir to his uncle's
fortune. His adventures will keep even the
lnveterate novel reader fully absorbed 10
the last page; and no less diverting are the
curious auxiliary characters and circum-
stances through whose means his story
works itself to a happy climax.
The Macmillan company has published a
new book by Charles Major, author OF
when Knighthood Was in Flower" It Is
entitled Dorothy Vernon Of Haddon Hall"
The plot is centered round Haddon hall,
famous in history as one Of the places
which sheltered Mary Queen OF Scots dur
ing her captivity. The story itself is OF the
romantic attachment and elopement Of
Dorothy Vernon and young John Manners
in spite Of the opposition Of parents and
qua rdians. The time is around 1850. Among
many effective scenes in Mr.. Majors story
Is that Of Mary stuart's capture at the
duke Of Rutland's castle, when Dorothy
Vernon, riding with a warning to her lover,
and the bitter news that It is she who has
betrayed him and the young queen Of
Scots, arrives all but exhausted to meet
them under the gloomy half-light Of the
torches at the castle gate, already under
arrest. Some Of the rooms in Haddon hall,
which is the scene of the novel, stand ex-
actly as Dorothy herself saw them 300
years ago. In the state chamber still
stands the canopied bed Of green velvet and
white satin, in which tradition says Queen
Elizabeth slept when she visited Haddon
to open the first ball in the new ball room
Of that dsy-the very ball room from which
Dorothy stole away, not to hear the earl Of
Leicester press his suit. as her father
dreamed, but to join her life to that OF the
acknowledgement young heir of Rutland,
her fathers enemy.
The Story OF the Vine" is a new book
by Edward r. Emerson. Several years
ago the author made an extended tour
abroad with a view Of visiting and study
ing the wire-produclng centers Of Europe,
intending to use the Information for the
betterment OF conditions as they existed
in America. The book contains this in
formation. In his preface the author says:
1T is hardly necessary to say / am a sin
cere advocate OF the use of pure wines. l
honestly believe that their use would do
more toward the solving of the temper
ance question than all other efforts COM
bined. II what l have written
serves in any degree to open the eyes Of
my fellow citizens l will feel that l an
amply repaid" Published by G. P. Put
MANS Sons.
The Honor Of the Braxtons" is a story
Of student life in Normandy and the Latin
quarter, by j. william Fosdick. Two
American students OF art, Felix Braxton
and Benjamin Cushing, go abroad to con-
tinue and perfect their studies. Braxton
going on his own resources, having been
bitterly opposed by his father. They meet
with many thrilling Incidents. Braxton,
the Trailer OF the two and who pales at
times OF the thought of death, having heard
a doctor state in his childhood days that
he could not live to be over 25 years OF
age, is watched and guarded as a brother
by Gushing, who takes great pleasure in
his growing success as a painter. A COM
plication OF incidents and poor health COM
pels their return to America, where on his
25th birthday Braxton dies. Later, when a
picture of his left In the charge of Gushing
is sold for a large sum and which was
turned over to his father when he most
needed It, the honor OF the Brsxtons was
sustained. Published by the Scribners.
A. 7. CUTLER COUGHS latest book, The
westcotes," a story Of rural England in
the time OF the Napoleonic wars, which has
been running In the Era and In Black
woods Magazine, has recently appeared
In book form in England and Is announced
for early publication in this country by
Henry T. Coates 4 Co. The story, which
deals with the intercourse Of the French
prisoners confined in a Devonshire town
with the gentry Of the neighborhood,
hinges on the instructive racial difference
between the conventional Briton AID the
picturesque, II somewhat uncertain,
Frenchman. Love comes into the tale, with
its bitter and its sweet, to try loyal hearts
and, after suffering. to bring peace. We
catch the scent Of the old-world roses and
hear the coach horn echoing loud and clear
across the meadows. To describe a bit of
country is not d%ifhcult, but the ability to
make the reader see the hedges and turn
stiles and feel the wetness Of the dew Is
not given to many.
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