The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-01-17
will SproyeHof great tarest to those who
wish to learn how writer's ...realizes their
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THE ADvNNTUREs OF MsDHARICO OF.
The Adventures Of NJ. d Haricot. BY J..
storer Clouston sl.50. New York: IIar-
per & Brothers. ss .is 35s 81 s!5.sE .S SD
This is a volume. Of ludicrous situations,
described in a humorous style. encouI M; y
tered in England by Monsieur. D'TIaricot,
a French political refugee: D,Haricot.
League, or the o.. D.. IT'S, as they styled
themselves, 1.-THE last hope Of royalty in
France In the narration Of his expert
shall tell you since the affair IS now no
secret, and as it hereafter touches my
narrative. I was Roya1ist. an adherent
Of the rightful Kingaof France; ! "a, am q
a demonstration had been premature, q,
government was alarmed, and I had f1ed.t
The truth is that I was already
in mourning for myself: The prospect Of
had seemed noble in the heat of action
and the excitement of intrigue. Now I
desire only my liberty and as little public
personal experience to all conspirators'
M. D'Haricot encounters an English
man travelling in the same railway car
riage with him, sself -repressed, self-re-
vain attempts to draw him into a con-
versation, which resulted only in replies
of. yes" or mo-" accompanied by that
stare.'' Later on I discovered that this
generally means nothing, and is in fact,
merely an inherited relic of the. days
when; each EEnglishman carried his
boxing) and struck the instant his '----~<1-!
BORIS attention was diverted. ~, Isl
thanks to this popularity, tkat they now
find e IN ,e t m OF So arge
stare is not a reassuring spectacle:
:. Before one proceeds very far into the
volume, one discovers sketches Of English
life, drawn with the master hand of the
artist capable Of seeing the humorous side
of the most pathetic situations, and de-
plotting them with a skill which puts the
author easily in the front rank of humor-
GUS writer's - d. + il
M DHaricot is not in England very
which is described with all the wit and
which Bob Acres found himself involved.
Some of the scenes and incidents Of
the story recall Mark Twan,s "1nnoee a
ever grave or pessimistic. III. ~.
The innumerable funny situations
through which D'Haricot passes, and
simplicity of style and literary adroitness
make Mr.. Clouston's work a very desir-
able addition to the library of any one. t.
MEMOIRS OF A CONTEMPORARY. =.
Memoirs of Contemporary. BY, Ida
saint-Elme. T.. Translated and edited by
Lionel strachey.. Illustrated. 1915 net.
This is one of the most interesting
volumes Of the year. t.. .>%5H
The authoress lived during the Napo--
with Grouchy,. Moreau and Ney, and be-
ing an adventures of remarkable per-
sonal daring. and possessed of unusual
intellectual powers, she has transmitted
IL ct, re- 0f ~, iSfc oh
acter sketches of Napoleon's great Lieu
tenants which are at once entertaining
and authentic. ,'-cc
The period Immediately succeeding the
close Of the French Revolution was one
of the most brilliant political and mill
tary movements in history. The over.
throw of the rotten Bourbon dynasty, and
all time imperishable interest for the stu
dent For this reason, no. less than the
refreshing simplicity of style employed by
porary' is a book which one lays down
with regret that she had not written
more. -
The volume is profusely illustrated with
pictures of the great men of the period,
and a Autograph Of the writer taken at
the age of fifty years. discloses a face OF
remarkable -strength-not unlike that OF
sion she possesses in a marked degree:
Pichgru, the ''Vanquisher of Holland"
she describes as being Serious in his de-
Of the frankness he affected, and much
given to fattery."
OF General Moreau, the masterful STRAIT
egist and fighter that "he was not given
of in all the world could not have made
a coxcomb of him. But he was a sure
and devoted friend to those whom he
he rarely saw he was cold and reserved.
Following Moreau to Italy, she summa-
rizes his campaign there as follows: MO
reau got the shattered remains of the
army together. At the head of twenty
five thousand men he defed a. hostile
army Of four times that number and
retreated through Milan and Piedmont,
risoned all the fortresses, beat the enemy
several times, and through his skill and
strategy rendered their numerical superb
! GRITTY of no especial avail!' -
she rode in a cavalry charge and was
wounded. Just before this battle she
met Marshal Ney for the first time and
TRtss very o6ff
Had I been less well acquainted with
Ney's character the strange hostility
that set in from the. first day of the
his sense of duty would still be an in
explicable riddle to me. But in essay
ing to sketch this great soul, one OF the
made. am forced to- acknowledge his
defects. Under manners which were at
times uncouth Ney wore the gentlest and
most docile of hearts, =. u. ,~H
accusing him of acting upon premediated
design. The idea of a fixed plan requir-
ing facility in lying was utterly incom--
patible with the oneness Of heart and
If he went so FAR as to forget his obliga-
tons toward the King, it was behind the
public opinion that condemned the Bour-
bon rule that he saw the welfare OF his
country" &-ss5..
The Great Corsican himself is told Of
by this very remarkable woman and she
with her with which is infinitely more
interesting reading than many of the
highly improbable stories told of Napo-
le9n bs T Te1s ~ Gsnns to which
was an eye witness is described with
power and vividness,s ? as are also many
of the peoples and places which figured
in the rise and fall Of the career Of the
the history Of the world. a's :, gs &. (.
SOME BY-wAYs OF CALIFORNIA.
Some By-Ways OF California. BY
Charles Franklin Carter. 12mo, PIP 200.
cloth s1.25 net. New York: The Graf
This charming little volume with its,
pretty cover while not particularly de-
signed for a holiday present would be
very appropriate for such q purpose:
IL uc uluOI Will
and enthusiasm some of the interesting
parts of California that are little fire.
squented by the usual traveller The au 6
descriptions Sof the missions and the.
towns and villages growing out Of them:
1t should be remembered that the missions
were the earliest settlements In California;
Establishments, fully three fourths of the
number grew eventually into towns of
more or less. Importance. he writer has.
selected the smaller and less well known
settlements some hardly aspiring to the
name Of Vil1ages-as retaining more of