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on, forgiving his enemy and secretly helping
the needy. Bent upon mission of strict
Justice the eviction OF an unentitled SQUAT
ter from piece of valuable property, he dis
covers that there are inSuperable reasons
why q man of heart should not execute his
errand. He yields to them, and takes into
his own life the daughters of the man who
has most SrieVously wronged him, for their
mothers sake. One of them is so unfor-
tunate as to love a thoroughly unworthy
man, and the turningS of this romance,
bringing her close to disaster, are detailed
with skill by the author In ''Tomorrows
Tangle" she dramatically presented a view
of life in the seventies on the coast follow
ing the first great prosperity as affected by
the Mormon influence. In this she de-
scribes the fluctuations of fortunes incident
to the development and failure of mines
and the uncertainty of values. Her charac-
ters vitality interesting and her story
is consistent with brisk action, and told in
excellent style.
AMERICAN CRISIS BIOGRAPHIES,
Edited by Ellis PaXson OberholtZer,
Ph.D.-THOMAS ii. BENTON. By Jo-
seph NJ. Rogers, author OF The True
Henry Clay" &c. Philadelphia; Geo.
w. Jacobs * Co.
The second issue of the American Crisis
Biographies is by Joseph NJ. Rogers. a
member of the editorial staff of the Phila-
delphia Inquirer. The author has made
close STUDY OF the career Oh the great MIS-
sourlan, showing his strong and weak
points, both man and statesman, and
has given a comprehensive picture of the
leading political events from 1920 to the
repeal of the Missouri compromise with
which Benton's public career ended Ben
ton was the father-in-law of Fremont, the
first republican candidate for the presi-
dency, but did not support him. He was an
extraordinary man, however viewed and
his services to the country have never
been properly recognized. 1t was because
of his unceasing war against notification
or any attempt to break up the Union that
he lost his seat IN the Senate. His services
in the great political conflict which pre-
ceded the civil war entitle him to high
place IN the series which is to deal with
the leading factors directly and indirectly
bearing upon the great crisis in our his
tory.
Interest in Benton has been stimulated
recently by the Louisiana Purchase expo
sition, held last year, and the Lewis and
Clark fair at Portland this year Benton
was ever strong in his efforts for the up
building of the far west and it is due more
to him than to any other man, and almost
to him alone, that we kept our hold on the
Oregon country over sixty years ago when
Tyler and Webster were disposed to give
it up TO Great Britain
A REBELS RECOLLECrIONS. Rv
George Cary Eggleston, author Of
"A Captain in the Ranks &c Fourth
edition, with additional chapter New
York: G.. p. Putnams Sons. WASH
1ngton: Woodward & Lothrop.
Mr.. Eggleston's series of papers in the
Atlantic Monthly in 1874, was the fore
runner of long line of war articles in the
periodicals. 1t was a daring venture for
the conservative magazine, then edited by
William Dean Howells, and published in
the very center of aboutionism, to print the
recollections of one who had identified him
self with the southern cause, but 1t proved
successful and evoked many warm praises
for the temperate statements of the author
When the serial publication was completed
the work was issued with additional matter
readers. 1t has now passed into a fourth
edition, with an additional chapter on the-
"Old Regime in the Old Dominion" In a
new preface, written for this edition Mr.
Eggleston tells how he came to write the
papers, and gratefully names Mr. HoweIls
as the books godfather. He dedicatas il
however, to his brother, Edward Eggleston
for the reason, in addition to his natural
affection. that some critics have confounded
the two men and improperly ascribed the
works of one to the other.
TWELVE STORIES AND A DREAM. :.
By H. G. Wells. New York: Charles
Scribner's Sons. Washington: VIII
liam Ballantyne & Sons.
Mr.. Wells has come to be regarded as en-
phatically the story-telier OF the impossi-
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