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The Circle" by Katherine cecil
Thurston. Dodd, Mead & Co., pub
fishers. 372 Fifth avenue, New York
city. Cloth, $3.50 This volume takes
it's title from this quotation, namely:
"In youth we dream that life is a
straight line: later we know that 1t
is a circle in which the present presses
OH the future, the future on the past"
The skeleton of the story is as follows:
Jeanne Maxtead was satisfied that she
knew genius when she saw it, and she
was fortunate in seeing it on a num-
Der of occasions. Acting on her judg
ment in this matter she brought to the
front several persons who became
prominent in various fields of endeav-
or. She saw Anna Solny, the daugh-
ter of a dealer in curios. Anna was
but Is years old at the time. Jeanne
MaXtead was sure, however, that she
had the marks of genius and she I'M
dertook to develop her genius. She
succeeded admirably. Anna became
a great actress, and was known as
Mile. Solny. She passed out of the
atmosphere of the curio shop and the
old curio dealer was in a measure for
gotten. Mile. Solny had triumphs and
troubles and joys and sorrows. She
had a great love affair which brought
her much sorrow, and in the midst of
her trouble she found her way back
to the old curio shop and the old curio
dealer. The story is charmingly told
and is full of interest. 1t ends hap
PLY, and in that respect will please
many readers, but that is not the only
reason why it will please them. 1t is
a good story.
ner. The Abbey Press, publishers,
Cloth, $3.50. The opening chapter of
this story is entitled miss Hamilton"
and the first sentence is calculated to
attract attention. 1t is What a
sweet facet" Taken all in all the
story is one we'll worth reading. 1t
hasn't so much of a plot, but there is
much excellent work in character
drawing in it. And there is displayed
much dramatic power. 1t has one
great merit, and that is there are no
dull chapters. In each there is plenty
to keep the interest from tagging. If
the authors aim was to write a story
that would meet with popular favor
there is reason to think she succeeded.
Life of Rear Admiral John RAN
dolph Tucker" by Capt. James Henry
Rochelle with frontispiece portrait of
Admiral Tucker; 12mo., cloth, $500. The
Neale Publishing Company, 431 Flew
enth street. Washington, D. c. Ad-
miral Tucker began his brilliant ca
reer as midshipman on the old frigate
Brandywine, before the Naval Acad-
envy was established. The author says:
IF we may trust the traditions that
have been handed to us in song and
story about the roaring lads oe the
Brandywine, the training on load
the ship in which Tucker first served
was we'll calculated to develop ali that
was dashing and daring in the young
gentlemen of her steerage mess" Aft
er serving several years as lnidship-
man, he was appointed lieutenant and
assigned to the Stromboh, in the Grif,
during the war with Mexico. Tie
'Stromboli was actively employed, AID
Tucker participated in the capture CT
Tobasco and in other naval operations
against the enemy. In the latter part
mand of the Stromboli as lieutenant
commander, and served in this cap&c-
ity until the cessation of hostt(itits.
when his native state, Virginia, left
the Union, he was stationed at the
Norfolk navy yard. He Immediately
forw arded his resignation to Washing
ton, in order to enter the service of the
state, after an active career OF Irore
than thirty years in the UnItea States
navy. He was at once appointed
comma nder in the Virginia navy, and
was assigned to the defense OF the
James river When Virginia entered
the Confederacy, he was transferred
to TIE navy of the Confederate States.
with the same rank that ne had held
in tie United States service. The
story of his career under the Confed-
crate flag is part of the history OF
the Confederacy, and is graphically
told nv his biograuher in this volume