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bring pleasure to Mr.. Jacobs's large q:
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THE OF LADY. ANN 4. BY: Ag RI
hes ana Egerton3 Castle Is, s2ssO. s1.;o.s
81 Frederick Al. Stokes CO., New ! ork. ~
q Sweet Kitty Rellairs, vi 10 had "a whole
book to herself not so long ago, figures
again i,Ie this dainty little tale though
not In the most conspicuous role. The
heroine here Is Lady Anne Vertco euY,l
part glish and part French, and one
of the wilfullest, most pr cious, sancy5
and engaging little basgagcs8 In the world
Lad y Anne married P Hip Day. q country
esquire or pleasing appearance and large
estate. and 4 the love bet tween them waSS
none tho less deep because they did not
always und erstand ~ each other. Quiet
Queens Compton, Mr.. DIS 3 country seat,
handsome and well 3furnl he'd us 1T was,
Bwearied the court-bred Anne to- extinc-
ton, and being BY MAJ urc and training
fond OF having her own way (Which
Squire Day developed the habit Of deny
ing herr the little mink got into the way
OF running away. p hill bore It all very
good -natured ly, s$ houg b not perhaps in
Just the way that sh his lady would have
chosen. ri the h Ouse OF II friend. Lady
kitty I<ilcroncy (nee Bellnirs) Anne had
cause to regret her hastyE behavior, nd
incidentally she came near get ting into
some very serious trouble. Sne played
d conspicuous part a L many q gaming
and dlcing rout. where all Of the Gcntle-
Ir:en were neither So scrupulous nor go
wholly yirtuous as they might. ~ How;
st ali might have ende we. do not care
to hazard a guess, but, U CT Tor oo!iS =
Anne. her stalwart bus band II ute VI L.
knownSto her, was always within reach
and he stepped lin rather dramat tcal!y
and Strengthened out the hopeless smart :r
into which the poor child vas "a ab out TO
run her life II t is ii pieasant ilcS story,
light {, airy and GRACEFUL told a;nd Il the
publishers have adorned 1t with many
pretty pictures and decoration
SEA POWER j N ITS RELATION |. TO !;
THE War OF, 1872. BY Ca plain a. Z.
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Ing to American readers, AS 9 student
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country, No other man has rendered
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and defining the place Of sea pc g 9
modern national civilization and In de-
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fren 5sn psset h's
han believes that the lessonSBis that OF
the influence rather of negative, quan-
tity than a positive 8or tlonal history,
ard this despite his conviction tha t., !,
victories on Lake Erie and Lake Chnnl-
plain do illustrate, in e distinguishes le,
manner, his principal thesls-thes controls
ing influence upon events of naynl powcI
even when transferred to an inland body BOD.
Tho fniens,,re with which Americans are
wont to recall the war Of 1872 is doubtless
attributable to the unexpected yet brill
liant efficiency then exhibited ny o ,.l
this FEELING, Captain m han n dyarces the
opinion, however, that tho effect may
be even harmful to the people at large.
If 1t 4 be permitted Il conceal the deeply
mortifying condition to which tho coun-
try, was reduced by parsi,nonys IN prepa-
ration, or to 4 obscure the lessons thence
to be drawn for practical application
now" This Yiewlis not tho popular one q,
but It Is hazardlng nothing to say tina I
Sdebted to- Captain Mnhan for having &c g,
Quoted some thing more important from
our one great naval war than mere conf con-
and ~ I, !, Il the
press. he author has eeded IN .un-
eartlling n largo amour q y CIV ma ~ !.
terial, and lie has used this to cxcellett
Simply eonsderedh H. as g s nnfalo
book, but Captain Mnhans I chlef service
is not In the telling of h,sto rlcal narr x
tive where men Of less attainment 5 misn,t
conrpeto with him on even terms but "
his critical and {interpretR comment
ION all matters o e naval simportn Where
v lie has few rivals and no peer w
WILD NVIII1A1r.--l3y Al. p. Francis l'p,.
DOL I.onginaps Green 81 Co., Newly orh.
unHWns never wild cats" So d Abel
t',tlereiiWas never no vice IN Master Pee
ter" So they dubbed r. ter's sowing wild
wheat, and this, gave a title to the book.
The story is q simple. one, fresh. Tat her.
8oddEin a gu ct sense. Peter Was " tton
sell, and the Hounsels had been sturdy
yeoinen fora couple of centuries and were
now better OFF In this world goods than.
most of{ther3 neighbors. Peter brot her.
Godfrey, came Into the property on tte
old farmers 81 death, and Peter got not u,
ing, Then not such q great time y, after.
wards Pc er met n little lady visit ng sat
an, adj Joining house, and Was very hard
lit indeed. She was the 8daug hter or q
Russian, co untess, Peter, as Ile was frank
enough Il, "a point out, was not even q gem
tleman. All this took PLACE, up IN Dorset
shire, Whore the rustic folk SPEAK very
"broad', indeed. Peter had had TINS edlr
Gated out OF him. and there Is no doubt
that beloved Nnthaliu madly, That WAS
Why l,e accepted the post OF un der kes :.
81, 1T the house, where Nat ia " WAS ny ~
iiaiypall tho cost OF shoe nN!tbeo Aeig hBi,gT