The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-09
NEW. BOOKS

THE FILAGREE BALL. Being Full and True
Account Of tie Solution of the Mystery Con.
corning the Jeffrey Moore Affair By Anne
katharine Green, author of THE Leavenworth
Case" Illustrated. indianapolis The Bobbs
Merrill company.
Mrs Rohlf has distanced her 'IeavenS
worth Case in this new and absorbingly
interesting detective story: The Jeffrey
Moore Affair was surrounded with such
cloud of mystery that, at the outset, it
would seem to battle the most masterful
detective ingenuity. Sherlock Holmes or
Doctor Watson would have been sorely
bothered by the situation, as 1t presented
itself. The detective who figures IN TINS
book and who unraveled the tangled mass
of clues, was a master of detective acu-
men, and yet he was halted many times
by finding himself in a blind alley and
compelled to begin his quest anew.
The locality is Washington, and inter
est centers in an ancient residence. gloo-
my and the scene of several mysterious
/ tragedies. Popularity it was believed to
he haunted. The wedding of Veronica
Moore took place there thru a whim of the
girl who was owner OF the house. The
brilliant affair was broken up after the
ceremony by the discovery OF a dead man
in the library. A panic ensued and the
guests fled in confusion-bride and groom
also The dead man was stranger, an
unlimited guest. The coroner's jury de-
cided that the death was caused by heart
failure or some other possible allment.
Two weeks after the wedding; the nearest
police, station was advised that asllght
had been seen in the Moore mansion
which had been deserted since the we'd
ding. Detective "F". and companion
went over to the mysterious place and
found in the library the body OF the talr
! owner of the place lying on the floor, WIN {,
, a bullet wound in her head and a. pistol
, attached to her arm by long SILK rlp-
10xxy in |
l could not have tied herself. There was
: room to believe that she had been fouilS
dealt with, and the suicide theory weak
!. (ened How did the bride OF a rev oays
7 come by her death? Who killed her:. Al
r uncle, who was heir to the property II sh'
o died. her own husband and one. or tw'
. others were suspected. The incident
= the dead stranger found in the library o.
u the day of the wedding was thought U
r have some connection. The cleWs Wer
y rather strong apparently and each on
: fo]lowedaout- sedulously. The autnor m
o se,,io,1s1vT makes the reader think half I
y dozen times that the mystery IS soived
;, but the clearing up is delayed until IN
!, last moment, and Is characterized by som
- remarka BILE incidents and revelatloilS
q Deep sympathy will be felt by all reaoef
e with two of the parties VINO nguIe IN ~ =,
re story at least. Inc oIu n9use .eada,. wi
:. gaye%up it's mystery and the reauer W
g give a, great sigh of genuine rei1ef iro1
Id Extreme tension, to which he has bee
es subject thru most of the thrilling nal
III rative.s ,sA7
or THE GAP IN THE GARDEN. By Wanda Wat
j. | on Rartlett author of 'f1eart's Desire" Ne
- York; john Lane, The Bodley Head.
This is a study of woman, in the pei
IL sons of two English sisters, Bridget an
Julianna Mildmay, heiress Of M
of country estate, which included everytnlr
he which beauties English country III
- Julianna was beautiful in face but a
W ficted with lameness. she repelle
ct against this, but her cousin IN Evere
ic, greatly admired her and. thought Tor
- time that he loved her, and then tran
- ferred his attentions to her sister. ~
strange egotist and bookworm who Inv,
ur on a high ledge of rock overlooking II
It. forces of the sea and facing the violen
i. of the wind, is a curious characte
ny learned but invalid and a hard htera
al worker. He had loved Julianna's moth
is and claimed Julianna as his psycholog1c
Is daughter, by a wild fancy The TRACE
- at the close of the book and Julianns
VI infatuation with the man. leave sugge
Ike ton that she loved the old cynic.