The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-16
NEW hooks,
Continued from Serenth Pooe.

man and maid Juan stepped In front OF
Dorothea and met them "a they came.
Again they we're foied; three lay dead
0uatemozin was wounded. Their ye'ls OF
rage were maddening, and one. rushing to
thu great drum. Logan beating It with
frenzy. Juan. knowing that this would
summon the warriors outside, with one
thrust transhxed him. and then charging
upon the demons. drove them from the
chamber They swarmed bark, armed
.v,,... axe, and spears. But the strength
Of ten men was In his arms Old Gonzalo.
veteran Of many a campaign In the Moorish
:, wars. had not trained him in vain; but
though Juan could handle sword with
either hand, he C Md not withstand whole
army OF maddencd priests
To the altar! To the altar" he cried
% Dorothea: they will not touch thee there
and awaited the assault
-The foremost priest hurled his axe
Juan lodged and scnt his blade through the
demons heart. Then camc a shower OF
spears. but they fell harmless, save one
which out through Juans left arm and
disabled IL, but he was half man yet, and
enrage1 by the pain, he beat them back
seain"
Half a man seonis bit a modest estimate
OF such a fighter. even with one arm
temporarily off duty. lIn was squad--a
co npnny--a whole bait talon with park
Of artillery, baggage wagon and band
lie was in tight place. bn Cortes and
his cavaliers got him out Of 1t just as he lost
60 1s:i ouness. AM wh,l he woke he was
in the arms Of Doro;hes. He afterwnrd
had most Of his limbs disiocated upon the
rack. Bu. again Dorothea came to his
rescue and had his joints fixed, After which
he lived 10 marry her and settle down to
life OF comparative quiet
italy and the Farthcs, North.
Prince Luigi Anieieo di Savoii. Dmca
degli Abr,!zai is a Young man who would
have attained distinction regardless Of his
royal birth Shut in by the limitations that
would have condemned other mon to idle
ness, he determined TO employ his leisure
In action that could keen him alive and yet
cause no political trouble. He hegan by
scaling Mount ST. Elias and followed this
up with North Pole expedition that Sue
ceeded in attaining the fnrthcst North vet
reached. sGo a. In -On the Polar Star
in the Arctic Seas" Dodd, Mead 4 Coz,
two volumes. the story Of the expedition
b told with delightful simplicity and direct
ness
In the first volume tho Prince himself
tells the story Of the formation OF the ex-
petition, Of its voyage to Franz Joseph
Land. of the experiences Of the Stella Polare
ard of its return, with the dangers from
ioa and storm, Though the story naturally
resembles that of other arctic expeditions.
the simplicity and modesty with which it
II told makcs 1t singulsry attractive.
Tho chief interest, however, is in the
second volume, where Capt tmberto
Cagni who, IN person performed the OK
plot which Prince Luigi was obliged to
give up. tells of the marvellous sledge
journey over the ice to the highest northern
latitude yet reached by man. II is sailors
diary brief. unconscious of anything but
duty TO be performed, splendid record
Of h8rtships endured. To those who i'm
aslne that the journey to the pole ia merely
4 tramp over frozen ice, the hardships en-
dured OF the return journey. with the ice
drifting steadily scaward, and the race for
life over ice foes in the last DAYS, when they
were nearly within reach of their comrades
will be instructive.
II Is pitiful TO read OF the Strengthening
for food of the dogs, whose individuality
was almost an marked as that Of the men in
the cruel journey. They reached the
fartheH north az we'll as their human
masters, Cagni, Petigax, Fenoillet and
Canepa. and the narrator speaks as tenderly
Of them as Of the men who helped him.
DIR. Cavalli, who was sent back, gives
rather more picturesque account Of his
adventures.
There are plenty of illustrations from
photographs that accompany the two
volumes. We might wish for more distinct
likenesses Of the members of the expedi-
ton, Capt Cagni for instance, and Lieut..
Querini. who was lost with his two comrades.
The narrative is interesting and exciting
from beginning to end. We could wish
that it had been rendered into better Eng
llsh by Mr.. William lie Queux, whose literal
translation does injustice to the original
italian.