The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1904-10-20
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'Hearts in Exile" by John oxenhan,--
Mr.. MiIoun's @CathedraIs of NOrthera
France"-Harris BurIand's "PrIucesn
of Thora.n
Hearts in Exile is John Oxenham's
new story and it appeals to all who
like interesting fiction, full of vivid
narrative and description. Hearts in
Exile deals with life in Siberia as re-
CARDS the life of political prisoners who
are so fortunate as to be permitted the
freedom of some one province, con-
dition full of deprivation and trials. yet
far from being as deplorable as that of
the closely confined. But the book is
chiefly a story of Russia concerning it.
self with the simple efforts of a maiden.
half English, half Russian, to educate
and uplift the poor. Hope Arskaia has
two lovers, Paul Pavlof, who is poor
and whom she loves, and Serge Palma,
who is rich and whom she marries In
order to use his riches to carry out her
charitable and educational work for the
high ideals of benefit of the common
people. Serge is rich and pampered
and easy-going, yet becomes convert
to his wife's exalted theories, and all OF
a sudden something surprising happen
ed to Serge. He found himself arrest
ed and transported to Siberia. Paul,
the other lover, had Just shared a like
fate and the two lovers of Hope met.
Then occurs a most noble example OF
self-sacriflce, and about this and the
subsequent events Of this thrilling ana
well-told tale the reader will find out.
The story, it is said, has much of the
graphic quality of Hugh Conways
Called Back The story is dramatic
without being melodranatic, and it
may be stated for the benefit of the
many who dislike a tragic ending Of a
story that this one ends happily. Mr..
Oxenham's new story should have q
large sale. Price $3.50; ss sale at
Judd's.
To his handsome book on the "Cathe
drals of Northern France Francis
Miltoun has added companion volume
on the "Cathedrals Of Southern
France" his illustrator being again
Miss Blanche McManus, who ranks
high among our illustrators IN
the distinction and individuality Of her
work. The authors work consists OF
an Introduction in two chapters and Of
eighty-four articles on cathedrals south
LOT the Loire, in the Rhone Valley along
the Mediterranean, and in the valley Of
the Garonne, the text being not merely
descriptive, but devoted to history So
far as it is needed to serve the tourist
in his study of the Gothic in the land
where 1t is seen in its fullest develop-
ment. The appendices are illforming.
Il. G. Page q Co, 12no, $1.6O net.)
THE Princess Thora," by Harris
Burland, author Of ..Dacobra, " with H.
Illustrations by Cyrus Cuneo, is d re-
lmarkably powerful and absorbing ro-S
NANCE conceived and planned with fine
imagination, yet carried out with all
the vivid actually and plausibility of
the most prosaic detective story.
The nearest counterpart of this en-
crossing and very unusual narrative is
perhaps to be found in the work that
first made Rider Haggard famous
though the story owes literally nothing
to anything that has gone before, So
lstartingly novel is its theme and Sd
boldly convincing is its execution, Mr..
Burland explains to his readers that
early in the twelfth century company
| of Norman men, women and children
left their native country to escape the
savage warfare of Henry l. of England.
Their vessels drifted north until, after
many days, they sighted land. Here a
kingdom was established, well within
the Arctic circle-in fact around the
pole itself. Entirely cut off from the
world by barriers of eternal ice-4the
passage through which the discoveries.
came was lost and not found again
this little nation, growing in numbers.
through seven centuries, remained staz
tionary in the civilization its ancestors
had brought with them, that Of 1el-
dalism. How the heiress to the throne
came to be exiled and how she came 50I
reach England are details which the
reader will best gather. 1t is highly
imaginative romance Of the frozen
north containing a vivid account Of the
remarkable experience of the Slick ex-
petition in its search for the North
Pole. The book is handsomely Illus
strated by Cyrus Cuneo. Published by
Little, Brown & Co., Boston, $1.50; for
sale by all booksellers.
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