The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-01

Not in every respect does Mrs.
Wards story follow the facts as we
have them from most of the ehron-
iclers of her time, of Lady Caroline's
life. She paints her heroine in more
charitable but an equally tragic light.
And no doubt she comes nearer the
truth of that strange, inexplicable
character than ever her contempt
raries did. Mrs. Ward has a remark
able gift in the portrayal of feminine
charact er-espe cialy those brilliant,
talented, half mad creatures who
seem born to a tragic and unhappy
fate, and they seem to have a peculiar
fascination for her.
''The Marriage Of William Ashe, -
which has been one of the most popu-
lar of recent serials, is still running in
Harper's Monthly, where it will be
concluded in the May number.
The Marriage of William Ashe, -
by Mrs. Humphrey Ward. Published
by Harper Brothers. Price $3.50.
A new book by Mary Inlay Taylor
Is out 1t is published by Little
Brown & Company of Boston The
title is MY Lady Clancarty'' and it is
delightful story and like others by
Miss Taylor exceedingly well told.
The heroine is the daughter OF a no
litieal turncoat, who, during the last
Stuart reign, gave her in marriage
mere slip of a girl-to a young Irish
lord. With the coming of King VIII
liam Che crafty old peer puts off the
OLD coat and becomes an ardent and
influential Wing, while the Irish hus-
band, who has never seen his wife but
on their wedding day, is an exfIed
Jacobite. After fourteen years he re-
turns to England in disguise, and here
the story begins. The Lady Clancarty
can hardly forgive the deseTtion of her
Grant lord, yet will not submit to an
annulment of the marriage, in spite of
all the threats of her noble relatives
1t still remains for the Lord Clancarty
to win the affections of his lady, and
this he does twice Over-flrst as a
stranger then in his proper person
but not until he has proved his sterl-
ing mettle and his cOnstaney beyond
all peradVenture. The romance would
yet have ended dismally at the
. traitors gate but for the magnanimity
of the Dutch king.
The illustrations are by Alice Bar
Der Stephens which is the same as
saying that they are excellent.
Cyrus Townsend Brady's new story,
1.-THE Two Captains" recently publish
ed by the Macmillan company, is de-
ser1bed as dash1ng romance 1t has a
special interest in Topeka where the
author was known as Archdeacon
Brady Of the diocese of Kansas.
An eastern review in discussing the
book says:
Mr.. Brady's fiction is sometimes bad
and sometimes good; IN this case it
is very good. He has woven around
Bonaparte and Nelson red Iooded
romance Of love and fighting that car
ries one along with something of the
/ spell of Dumas and Hugo. He throws
probability to the winds, coniuring
events into impossible sequences with
the most fglht-hearted nonchalance and
atoning for the trick so completely by
the dramatic results that one winks at
/ the offense and suTrenders joyfully to
the romantic glamour.
The action centers chiefly about the
siege of Toulon, in 1898, and the battle
OF the Nile In 1897. Bonaparte and Mel
/ son figure Enthusiastically in each
group Of events. Mr.. Brady evidently
has made a careful study OF the histor-
ical setting and has not hesitated to in
| troduce a good deal Of naval history in
/ to the story-which the eager reader,
7 doubt not. viii conscientiously skip.
For a British captain Of a frigate has