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THE UNEASY CHAIR

THE UNEASY CHAIR
STIRRING STORIES OF a DANDY
A RAFFLES AS A
RoADAGENT.-Th Think of a roadagent in
a monocle and other things to match
down to modish ridfng-boots! Put such
bushranger on a milk-white, thoroly-
trained mare, and know that the man be-
hind the monocle is a Raffes in clever
ness, with music instead of golf as his
avocation, and you have ''stingaree." the
hero-shall we say?-or villain, of E. w.
Hornung's latest book. So
Stingaree, according to the book, is a
picturesque rascal who operates over a
wide territory in Australia. He is an
amusing villain whose very daring makes
you his friend, tho you realize all the
while that for the peace and dignity of
the state he ought to be doing time"
Mr.. Hornung saves the day for sound phi
losophy and good morals by letting him
land behind the bars, but it is doubtful
whether such a lesson would impress
itself on the mind Of a boy inclined to
outlaWry. Parents of such boys may
therefore take warning. But by the read
er beyond such wild temptations, Stinga-
rec will be found great fun
He is introduced to the reader at a
frontier station, where he stops to listen
to a young woman's singing. He discov-
ers she is alone and boldly steps into the
room to enjoy. the music of voice which
he recognizes as somewhat remarkable.
The young woman is a stranger and does
not recognize the highwayman as such.
The two have chat about music (fron-
tier etiquet placing no bar in the way Of
such a meeting), and Stingaree learns
that benefit concert is to be given at
a nearby point at which the young lady s
hostess is to do all the singing. Stingaree
takes in the situation, and the night of
the benefit" when the concert is about
half over, suddenly appears upon the
stage from a rear door, a sixshooter in
either hand, and orders hands up.
"You may have heard of me before, -
said the man on the platform, sweeping
the forest Of hands with his eyeglass.
MY names Stingaree."
And then, instead Of the hostess, who
| can't sing at all, he orders the young
lady to come forward and sing. She does
There is in the crowd a London musician
| who is in Australia for his health. He
appreciates the qualities of the girls
voice, and her fortune is made. Stin-
garee slips out as he came, while the
| girl is singing Home, Sweet Home like
| Patti to wet eyes.
| Mr.. Hornung tells story we'll, which
goes without saying to those who know
Raffles, and he has in Stingaree excel.
! lent material on which to work.
Charles Scribners Sons, New York, $1.50.
| JOHN HAY A N-WRITER.-The
stanzas below. entitled Humility" are
from the pen of John Hay, better known
as diplomat, editor and historian, thar
| as a poet. The verses were written fol
the Worlds Christian Endeavor conven'
ton at Washington a few years ago, but
have just found enduring place, being
chosen now as one of the hymns in the
| new Hymns of Worship and Service:
| Lord! from far-severed climes
| To meet at last in Thee, our Home.
Thou who hast been our guide and guard
| Be still our hope, rich reward.
| Defend us, Lord, from every i'll.
| Strengthen hearts to do Thy will.
| In all plan and all we do
| Still keep us to Thy service true.
O let us hear the inspiring word ;
Which they of old at Horeb heard;
| Breathe to our hearts the high command,
| go onward and possess the land
! Thou who are Light. shine on each soul!
/ Thou who art Truth, each mind control!
| Open your eyes and make us see
|
/ HISTORICAL ROMANCE OF THE
l TIME OF MISUNDERSTANDING man!
other things we have reason to be thank
full for is that we did not live in Rom
| in the time of Tiberius. Our recollection
of history were enough ground for suc]
thankfulness, but we have received ad
ditional grounds in the picture of Tiber
ius' times which Walter S. Cramp ha
given in his romantic novel, Psyche. MI
Cramp has shown in his story that tn
Cramp family is versatile; it can do, an
do with success much besides buildtn
battleships and other ships He has civ
} en- a strong picture of the immortality an
dissoluteness Of ,Tiberius and his people
} but has not brought it extensively nea
I the reader. The latter is made to loo
= upon it all from the viewpoint Of tn
hero and heroine, who live above the NOR
al level of their time. Mr.. Cramp, how
! ever, lacks some skill as a joiner: H
:, breaks the unity of his time relation
the story several times, dropping from tn
past tense into the historical present
way that adds nothing to the strengt
of the narrative. But, we understand
this is Mr.. Cramps first novel.
The story is about the plot of Sejanu
to seize the throne Of Tiberius, and abou
some OF the sVlct1mS Oh InaC plOt--SOHl
? who persisted and some who escaped
, undo Sejanus' devilish plans. 1t has tn
t merit of an increasing interest as tn
} plot develops.
The Illustrations are by w. T. Benda.
;, .>~ Little, Brown & Co., Boston, $780,
A UNIQUE LITERARY sUIT.-Walte
/ Juan Davis has begun very unusual su
RI against an eastern publishing house. M
" Davis wrote. story, called. 1.-The Spend
thrift" which the defendants published
but he asserts that they mutilated n
work to such an extent that instead
gaining glory by it he was held up to tt
shame and ridicue of his friends thr,
; out the country, besides being exposed
the scorn of thousands of readers WI
knew him by this work alone.
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