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Concerning Rachel Marr," by Morley Roberts, published by L. c. Page & Co, Boston, of which previous men, Ition has been made. the Brooklyn, N. f., Times has the following:
 strong, almost brntally candid in ifs bold portrayal of physical love. this noVei, while certain to prove repellant to the general reader of fiction, has an element of sincerity, freedom from any suggestiyeness in dealing with the elemental in woman and man, which places it's side by side with the works or Hardy and Meredith. The book is too long, the tone is too persistently maintained at concert pitch, it is even IItie morbid and exuberant, but it's iffankness is not an excuse for nasti- ness and It's boldness is not the brazen Iaudaclty of a decadent writer making a bid for unwholesome notoriety.
 Ihe book marks an advance in the lautnors art which is astounding. At sone bound he has placed himself in the ranks of the men who are unbound by the conventional and unbiased by the lure of finding themselves among the six best sellers"
 Rachel Marr" is not an agreeable Istory. It deals with theme the world lat large chooses to consider-if at all- through the small end of the opera glass, as 1t were. But of the force and vitality of MT. Roberts treatment, of lthe strength and sweep of his expres- lsion, there can be no question. Wheth- Ter one approves or disapproves his lenolce of theme, is, of course, quite am other matter Any attempt to outline lthe story isfutile and misleading, since lthe impression thus created is almost Icertain to do injustice to the author. In 1t are portrayed a love which mars lthe lives of several men and women, and the blind struggle between two an- ltipodal natures. One, Rachel young woman with the dover of her unsus- pected illegitimate birth, showing itself in her pagan love of beauty, certain laWlessness and defiance of conventions who loves Anthony Perau, man strictly reared in the tenets of Wes- lleyan Methodism, man afraid to in- lnocently enjoy the beauty of life, an lascetic, who believes the attraction Rachel has for him to be something he must fight against To put Rachel the tmore effectually out of his life, he mar- lries his cousin, Winnie, q deceitful Itrickster, a cold blooded, sensual crea- Iture, incapable of loyalty. Anthony finds too late the character of the wo- lman he has married. and learns too soon that Rachel is the one woman in lfha Fo,,3I f,taf he recognizes his love for Rachel, there ensues supreme struggle between in- Iclination and his adherence to his re- lligious beliefs, and what he regards as ihis duty. The ending of the story is laftistic. There Is no straightening out lof matters, after the fashion of the theatre, Fate is inexorable. Such vio- lent passions ordinarily end in one of two ways social barriers are ignored or the tragedy of death terminates them. Rachel Marr stf6s tragically.
 Again it must be emphasized, the story is not agreeable, but it is excep- ltional and arresting
 Oneof the new books that boys de- flight in, and boys of a larger growth also, Is Modern Arms and a Feudal Ifheme," by 1T Miner Harrison, and published by R. F. Feno, New York. It is brlm full of startling adventures land exciting situations all clearly told lby MT, Harrison. It will keep the reader guessing until the finish as to lhow it will al turn out. The story starts with shipwreck which Is vivid- Fly described and which whets the ap- petite for more. Upon the cover there in an ingenious design in color, of a knight in heavy armor, and a modern coWboy, facing each other belligerently lat close range. The knight is in the act of raising an "arquebusque,'' or scme such ancient weapon, and the cowboy is aiming directly at the knights eye with a revolver. The story pleasantly and satisfyingly tells how the contest resulted. Copies of the book lat the Pease-Lewis companys.
 Augie F. Newman of 1724 l. street Lincoln, Neb., is the author and pub. fisher of a small Illustrated book, en. titled "McKinley Carnations of Mem ,ory,n the appearance of which has beer somewhat delayed by the bankruptcy q lthe Abbey press, which had contracted to put 1t upon the market in February 1903. The author has recently secured Icontrol of the plates which had beer prepared, and now undertakes it's sale with the hope that the present cam. lpaign will stimulate interest in it. Tht book was not, however, written for DO. Ilitical purposes, but as showing ftht educational value of the campaign but. ton" It, however, touches to some ex. ltent upon the protective policy of Presi dent Mckinley. in the course of the narrative of The foreign tour of two Mckinley buttons. <
 Doubleday, Page & Co. publish a fourth revised edition of "A Few Re . marks" by Simeon Ford, the first edi- ton of which appeared last year. MT Ford's book is highly amusing and en- taining and its popularity is well de Iserved.
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