The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-21
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.'The Lord will bring her to us." Aunt Mary. e.. Aunt Emma.
 date. not wholly villainous at all, but matched up with many virtues which appesr indeed as admirable embroi- deries.
 The General with his constant Life is beautiful" and the Generalin with her beautiful Amen" are the perfect ones of the book. What, indeed would life be without these~rarely found con- stant lovers with constant autifony of the gospel of heauty, these noble fath- CTS and these grand mothers of sons. The Colonel and the Baroness are the contrast, yet justice for half vice and whole failures are not meted out to them. Instead comfortable old age together in a noble manor house, read snd all appurtenances of luxurious liv- ing free. Is their great reward. It is pleasant if one must read of needy people to read of those who need no pennies, but many pounds. Dickie, the BiermodeL alias Elizabeth von anenfels-CoNrmayeu Madame von Roden erstwhile. Lady Archibald, even Dickie. bad as she is wins many titles by many marriages and a vast fortune and we are permitted to hope a quietly repentant old age. Count Pint the gambler is a philosopher. Q gallant gentleman, generous even in matters of honor and forgiveness in advance of this day of ours. He wears the little image of the Virgin his mother gave him always about his neck. he gives tithes of all that he gains. He plans to reform the world when he has by his system won enough at the game and rid the world of Monte Carlo. Just two million Lre,'' and pouf no more unrighteous game and gain.
 Ginlietta, the temptress. has also her filia1 piety. Also she will when Pini's s millions are hers she will find strug- gling artists she will make them free to labor at their arts beauty. She will have the world declare: The world is more full of beauty because Ginlietta lived and love and gave of her abundance.
 Truly book like life. for who of us wish to be rewarded according to our iniquities or our virtues. The story moves rapidly from Holland vil- 1age to Paris, to Naples, to Monte Carlo. to Naples, to Nice. to Castle of tho North.
 The scenes are sketched vividly. Also the pen of the philosopher puts wise words in his pages.
 The book has all the interest of the old school novel, holding the eye in eagerness from page to page as well as all the exquisite finest and fragrant philosophy of the new school
 The Seiners.-As strong as the salt of the sea. and as bright as the sun above 1t. Such a book of breeze. and mo- tion. and life. and largeness. This is the first long novel by MT. Connolly, and his sustained effort is in every way creditable.
 Out of Gloucester" the tales of dar- ing. sail-carrying shippers. made this authors fame.
 Those stories won him place with the recognized writers of sailors romances, of love and prowess. Here, too, is sea- fiction that will last.
 For the first time MT. Connolly has heroines. .-.f>
 Man and matters have sufI1ced him heretofore.
 Now women come into his pages. That he knows how to give life to his theroines. Minnie AskelI is bright and living if not lovable.
 Alice Foster is the girl to win and hold the sailors heart. A girl to be won even with the cast ing pearls into the sea to meet her whims.