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otherwise have been hers through d sharp
trick Of HIS own father.
a Iio has no suspicion that the unlversitys
prize was offered BY his father, ana
when 1t Is finally announced by the com
,nittee IN his fathers presence that no
has won and when he Is called IN 70
receive congratulations there ls ora
matte scene between himself ana the q, gu
man, which IL graphicnll y Described me .
a. ,ter, whose ono object was to gain 7
notnrietv and to serve other selfish ntir-
noses wns d,nfoundcd that tho prize
sho,ild have gone to his own son. anu III
sistnd that the boy renourice It. But the
5hoy. With nne courage, TOOK the grou 1n
that ,ns no had fairly won the ho9nor,
without knowledge OF any OF me rc ,ll
fnctH On The part OF tho committee. re-
fu.sJ no,nt.blank to yield to his fathers
communal. and III this no was backed BY
Inc committee and the faculty. lis ~
thor rnvn rim the choice between renoutc-
klnn tho prize or rcnounclng MS lnherl-t
lance but ho chose tte prize, IN spite
bf tho hard and unnatural condltlons I'M
posed. $a ~.
hn 10 doannrntciy III love with the girl
who has Inspired him. The girl discovers
That she 10 also in love with her hero,
md Of course. there Is n benutl1u loYe
scene It the onclusion. and, OF COURSE ourss,
they get married ard live happily ever
afterwards. .Eet
The story Is, we'll told It abounds IN
bright and instructive conversation, ana
| 1t linprcsses q lesson when le conVlhc-5
Ing, wholesome and Inspiring ~.
A SPECTRE OF POWER. Ely Charles
Egbert Craddock. Published by Hough-
ton, Mimin & Company, OF Boston. For
sale In Richmond by the Bell Book and
Stationery Company. IN Y I'D
Miss Murfcc, as an nuhorcss, has been
to Tennessee, what Miss Ellen Glasgow,
Miss Mary Johnston, DR.. Thomas Nelson
Page and many others have been to Viz,
ginla. Throughout the virlle Interpretation
| OF her fancy and her insight Into human
| nature. the typo OF the dwellers IN the
Tennessee mountains. q class distinctive
and interesting In tho extreme. have been
nut before the people OF their own ma
tlonaly In way that has bespoken
| sympathy and awakened respect me
Tennessee mountains in their natural
dress, all aglow with the blush OF summer
kissed with the fro OF sparkling autumn
or wreathcd in the snowy mantle OF win!
ter days, have been depleted with n wealth
| OF Imagery and a 'breadh and sweep OF
| fancy that has helped to give Miss Murfeo
the reputation she holds to-day among
! prominent American writer's
"Her Spectre OF Power" In one sense
] Is direct departure from Miss Murfee's
/ usual line OF fiction 1t reyerts to the
very carly days of Tennessee, when only
/ tho frontier forts marked tho advance
/ of the pioneer settlers into the Middle
| West; when the Cherokees, Choctaws and
| Nfuskogees, still held tribal rule In that
region and when tho alliance OF French
/ with Indian mado British rulo q Spectre
/ OF Power" indeed
Tho historic novel, through much abuse
i of lts title. has come to be somewhat
1 tiscredited. For that reason It Is a q stinct
4 relief to chance upon book IKE q
i Spectre OF Power" which mbakes good
It's claim 10 the epoch OF early United
! states history, but In which, the incl
j dents are neither improbable nor over.
| strained and In which also, the central
4 idea OF the story Is the unfolding OF
pure and charming love story. which fares
to a happy ending. The characterization
is specially felictious as might be eH-
i pectcd from Miss Murfee. The suotlc
A touches which bring out the homely WIZ
/. tues and Scotch thrift Of the trader. Jock
! Lesley: the skill by which Calum Nc.
! Ilvesty Is made to exemphly inc iac'
that:
"He had not loved his dear so much
Loved he not honor more
the unerring intuition In the description
! OF 3F,yarard, the arrogant EngliEhman, the
Indian chiefs and the indian war council;
the delicacy, the tenderness ana beauty
with which Lilias, the "scotch Rose,
Jock Lesley's daughter. and the heroine
Of the book Is treated-all OF these thil'ss
| are deeply Impressed upon the MIND OF INC
+. fortunate reader OF so fine book as thal
OF which Miss Murfce Is the recent au'
thor.
THE DIAMOND NECKLACE. Written
by Frantz Tunck- Brentano PuoNsne.
BY J. B. Lippincott and COMPANY
Philadelphia. *.
Tho purport OF this book IS set lor., !,
In the preface, which says ; a..uns ne nc
lie trial cases recorded IN history, il.e
AFFAIR of the Necklace" ls the one wh'c1
| has exercised the despest influence , on
! tho destinies OF our country. It was taKeF
m with passion, and In the hands OF POI
! iilcians became q battering ram Tor shat-
| tering the monarchy The case o. ~
| Necklace, said Mirabeau, was the prelude
or the Revolution.
Marie Antoinette was one OF the mos
i Interesting women Of history. She was
had hut she was, fascinating, and there
vaas much good in her. Under dlHeren'
environment the good might have pre-
dominated, but coming from q bad moth,
er and spending her life among men any
women who were utterly corrupt, ane
j living in an age when It was Fashionable
in high life to be bad It is not to Dc Won y.
dered at that she should have caught the
i ninatlon. But she Is always inter
esting. and the book under review deals
i With the most Interesting phases OF he'
1 life.
Among the Magazines.
Harpers Magazine for September opens
! with a story by Margaret De!and en-
titled THE Note" John Hqil l,1u ne {
stodddard Dewey, has an illHstrated a ~
! cIo on "a Paris School Colonyy, !, a nc
81 fn.t a. = J.. circuit on ''some succeessfu
Plants" There are several o othe nf 'n aonf
/ stories BY popular writer's,
McClure's for September opens VIII VA.
4 an article on "a Now Industrial Consplr
'1r, to,,o ,1 lhOWin[