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oattled with a case Of conscience and gave
ner UP with a terrible heart-wrench, be-
cause he thought he was wronging his
friend. Then Antonio, who loved Jane
son, discovered that he did not love her. |
and her heart became stone, and then, |
to cap the climax, the light-hearted Julian
married, cheerfully. another woman. The
last scene shows Ludwiga dying IN a nos
pital. So, when Jameson found out what
real love Is; when he felt keenly the need
Of a woman's supporting love, he lost 1t
thru a mistaken sense Of honor.
God gives us love- Something to love
lIe lends us, but when love is grown
To ripeness that which it throve
/ Falls Off, and love is left alone.
HANS THE ESKIMO. By Christiana scandlin.
Illustrated. New York: Silver, Burdett q
Co:
The author in this book has taken as
her hero Hans Christian, an Eskimo or
Fiskennes, Greenland, who accompanied
Dr. Elisha Kane in 1853-55 as hunter on
the second Grinnell Arctic expedition. He
was a favorite of,,Dr.. Kane, who fully
recognized the value of his services. Life
ina Greenland and. among the bergs, the
perils of navigation. fishing and hunting,
and the details of some Of the experiences
of 1.-THE Advance" and her crew are set
forth very attractively and young readers
will get a clear idearof Eskimo home life.
The book is well illustrated.
,TRENTs TRUST AND, OTHER STORIES. By
Y, Bret Harte. Boston, Houghton: Mifh19 y
Co. .A1inneapolis:,7a:N. Mccarthy, Price 81 %.
These stories were found among the
literary remains Of the late Bret sHarte
and the volume is the last containing his
work, which in huInor and pathos has
been thruouts HIS #FaesE career SO well
maintained and shas beenesos popular. The
seven stories in this volume relate to
Harte's favorite field, the earlier years
of theeArnerican occupation Of California.
The little story 'Trents Trust, a long
one by the way, enlists at once the read
er's attention by introducing what lap-
pears to;-be an inseluble mystery Ran
tdolph Trent, an unsuccessful MINER. ar
rives in San Francisco from Stockton on
a steamer without a cent and desperate.
While walking en- wharf on his way to
commit suicide, late at night, he en-
counters a. man who hands him his va
lise and tells him to take it to a certain
hotel and get room and wait for him
there, giving him some money. Trent
does as directed, but the stranger does not
appear. The clearing up of the mystery is
a slow process, but it is ingeniously done.
| Old Colonel Starbottle is introduced in a
new story. The colonel is a favorite with
all Harte's readers. '.Dick Boyles Bust
ness Card "a Pupil Of Chestnut Ridge
are noticeably attractive stories.
A DETACHED PIRATE. The Romance of Gay
vandeleur, by Helen Milecte, author Of "a
| Girl of the North illustrated in color by
.Caliga. Boston: Little, Brown & Co..
Gay vanleleur was detached from Col
onel Richard Core, of the BritishS army,
! by the decree of a divorce court. After
/ that she steamed for Canada and landed
| In Halifax, where she comes face to face
| with Colonel Richard Gore! He is sta
i toned there and he couldn't help it. The
! book is made up of Gays letters to her
! friend, Vera, and, being the letters of q
| pretty, worldly, flirting, serio-comic, witty
! girl, bred to butterfly society, with a
streak of the womanly woman in her, no
| body can help reading these breezy com
| ments on her life and marriage. In the
voyage over several army officers fell In
love with her. She posing as a. maid. The
Detached Pirate" found herself In So
ciety where Colonel Gore was constantly
bobbing up. She danced and flirted with
him, when she had to Vera recorded hel
! detestation Of him. One night Gay
1 dressed in male costume; put on her snow
shoes (for 1t was winter), and went out ir
4 the teeth Of a binding snowstorm. She
was overcome by her struggle with the
gale and was rescued when on the verge
Of freezing by no less person than
Colonel Gore, who took her to his quarters
/ In the barracks and revived her witt
/ stimulants. While Gore went to her hote
to get her maid, and her own clothes, al
J officer called and Gay hid under the BET
and had a torturing time until Gore re
turned and extricated her and sent he
home, she coming to the conclusion tina
i ."of all the terrifying positions, life with
4 out skirt would be the worst possible.
q Out Of this interesting incident something
J came, but before 1t came a good deal tina
s. Is interesting is disclosed by the facil
/ pen Of '.The Detached Pirate" in tn
matter Of love, lovers and marriage Their
were three men certainly after the Pirat
and the study of the campaign certainl,
:. has real fascination about it. The thini
that happened was not so unnatural afte
all.
Edith wyatt. New York; Mcclure, phillir
& Co.. Minneapolis: N. Mccarthy. Price
$1.5O..e -
Interest In this story centers in Nor
man Hubbard and 1nez Marsh, altho ther
t is a good setting Of characters and Incl
J dents. Hubbard passed with most wome
3 for an extraordinary genius He aire
l his fad Of ideals with a kind of pompou
t rhetoric which made some people han
t on his words as an oracle. Miss Inc
: Marsh, a very lovely girl. was taken i
4 lby the distinguished manner Hubbard as
Esumed. He talked OF epic principles,
e quoted Latin authors imperfectly, talke
: lof great classic masters" and ideals,
and. after a. few months, proposed mai
rage Inez had been impressed favorabl
by his snowy superfciality. but she wisel
proposed waiting a year before she RI
Il piled. AT. the end of the period Of: prt
e baton he came to- her as from a sens
of duty when she was ready to me,
: him with honest tenderness. He sal
t not a tender word. He had strength +,