The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-01-24
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wish to lean,,s.i,ow writer's realize thei,,
own ideals. IN s356ss 4s HI E&
THE ADVENTURES .OF&M. DHARICOT.
Storer Clouston. s1.5o. New York: Hai.-
per & Brothers. 1Fa EsE ,e$ I'm =
This is a volume of luaicrous situations.
described in a humorous style, encoun-
tered in England by Monsieur y Haricot,
was member Of the Ene, Deux, Trois
League. or the U. .. It's, as they styled
themselves: 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. l was a Roya1ist, an adherent
of the rightful King Of France: I am
still; boast it openly. But at that time
a demonstration had been premature, a
government was alarmed, and had fled.
: The truth is that I was already
entering history by. the martyrs postern
had seemed noble in the heat of action
and the excitement of intrigue. Now I
desire only my liberty and as little public
attention as possible commend this
personal experience to all conspirators. -
M. D'Haricot encounters an English
man travelling in the same railway car
riage with him., "self .repressed, self re
Vain attempts to draw him him into ito a 'e ceny
versation, which resulted only in replies
of eyes" or mo, accompanied by that
disappearing phenomenon, the English
merely an Inherited relicv of the days
when s,o,,, each as+d Englishman carried his
boxing9 and Struck the instant instant his -~-@>n-
boris attention was diverted. = is,
thanks to this popularity, that they now
find themselves in possession Of so large
portion of the globe, but the surviving
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
of the most pathetic situations, and de-
picting them with a skill which puts the
author easily in the front rank of humor
M. D'Haricot is not in England very
long before he is drawn into a duel,
which is described with all the wit and
of the immortal combat in
Some of the scenes and. incidents of
the story recall Mark Twain's "Innocents
Abroad" and are well capable of elicit
ing the merry ha! ha! from anyone, how
=, The innumerable funny situations
through which D'Haricot passes, and
which are related with such a charming
simplicity of style and literary adroitness
able addition to the library of any one.
MEMOIRS OF A CONTEMPORARY.
Saint. Elme. Translated and edited by
Lionel Strachey.. Illustrated. $2.75 net.
New York: Doubleday, Page & Co.
This is one of the most interesting
The authoress lived during the Napo-
leonic era-she was intimately associated
with Grouchy Moreau and Ney, and be-
ing an adysntursss Of remarkabie per-
intellectual powers she has transmitted
to the students of French history char
acter sketches of Napoleon's great Lieu
and authentic.
The period Immediately succeeding the
lose of the French Revolution was one
of the most brilliant political and mill
throw of the rotten Bourbon dynasty, and
the rise of the common people possess for
al time imperishable interest for the stu
efreshing simplicity of style employed by
the writer, 1.-The Memoirs of Contem
oorary' Is 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 Hthograph of She writer taken at
the age of fifty years diSclogeS faee Of
George Eliot, whose virility Of express
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 f1attery.' .--
OF General Moreau the masterful STRAIT
egist and fighter that The was not given
to Sall9ntrV. The woman he was fOndeSt
Of In ali the world could not have made
a coxcomb of him. But he was sure
liked. Towards strangers Or people whom
he rarely saw he was cold and reserved.
Following Moreau to Italy, she summa-
rizes his campaign there as follows: mo
eau got the shattered remains of the
army together. AT the head of twenty
i've thousand men he. defied a hostile
army of four times that number and
'etreated through Milan and Piedmont,
'isoned all the fortresses, beat the enemy
several times, and through his skill and
strategy rendered. their numerical superb
At the battle Of Eyleau in Germany
she rode in a cavalry charge and was
wounded. Just before this battle she
met Marshal Ney. for the first time and
Red Lion which we quote in part.
Had 1 been less we'll acquainted with
Neys character the strange hostility
that set in from the first day Of the
Restoration between his sentiments and
2is sense of duty would still be an in
eXnlicaEle riddle to me. But in essay
ing to sketch this great soul, one of the
most generous and loyal natures ever
made. l am forced to acknowledge his
defects. Under manners which were at
times uncouth Ney wore the gentlest and
most docile of hearts,"
''Ney has been illuminated by persons
accusing him Of acting upon premediated
design. The idea of fixed plan requir-
ng facility in lying was utterly incom-
patible with the openness Of heart and
mind which always distinguished him.
# he went SO far as to forget his obliga-
lions toward the King, it was behind the
'nhlic opinion that condemned the Bour-
country"
The Great Corsican himself is told of
by this very remarkable woman and she
describes a Irritation which he carried on
with her with which is Infinitely more
interesting. reading than many Of 1.-THE
highly improbable stories told Of Napo-
Icons wonderful genius -.
The battle of Waterloo to which she
power and vividness. as are also. many
Of the peoples and places which figured
in the rise and fall Of the career Of the
greatest military and political leader in
the history Of the world. s-r .u.~., =
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!. Church Building. A Study Of the Prin-
ciples Of Architecture in their Relation to
the Church. By Ralph Adams Cram.
Cloth decorative gilt top, illustrated, $3.50.
Boston,: Small, Maynard & Company.
y Surely, II there is any power In the world
today capable of evoking a vital art, de-