The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-03
. OLIsH ROMANCE BY HENRY
SIENKIEWICZ.-T announce
ment Of a new novel by Henry

ment of new novel by Henry.
Sienkiewicz, author Of "Quo Vadis,
i With Fire and Sword" ETC., is one
that will bring delight to host OF
80 full of vitality, Of such stirring acz
ton, of such thoroly human characters
whether good or bad, and they are SO
like life in the way they work out, 80.
big Homeric-that they are JOY to
the. reader who is tired Of the petty
and the intricate On the Field OF
Glory, sienkiewiez:s latest novel VEL pos pos
haps it does not hold them in such de-
gree as some of his other works, 1t IS
story that brings keenest and most re-
ron the Field Of Gloryu as title
is a little misleading. It conveys the
impression that the story is one OF war.
But that the story is not, tho it leads os
| Vienna when Sobieski went to ths res,
cue and made name for himself and
| glory for Poland. The tale gives pic
lures of Polish character and life pre-
ceding that struggle.
Pan Santislav, young nobleman, and
four Bukoyemski brothers rescue Pan
| Gideon Pangovski, rich nobleman,, and
and take, them to the home of Pan
Serafn, Stanislav' father. Stansilav
and the four Bukoyemskis all fall in
love with the girl, and thus is the. story
| set going, and it moves on rapidly, for
another lover is quickly disclosed-Pan
| Tachevski, noble but poor. The Buko,
yemskis yield the field to their friend
Stanislav, but Tachevski is not willing
to yield and duel results with, Ia
cheVski against the FIVE, taken in turn
But the fates have planned more OBJ
| stacles to Tachevski s winning the fa!l
prize, in the plotting Of the maiden 8
/ guardian, his subsequent death and Ihe
1 villainy of wolfish relatives. 1t is pc
i traying no secret Of the story to give
this little scene: -
4 They were reused from this oblivion by
Father voynoslzi, who had pushed up un-
noticed to the wagon.
.How art thou Yatsus?" asked he,
addressing Tachevski. =
sYatsek trembled and looked with shin
ing eyes at him, as if just aroused from
slumber. S.. e.
i what is 1t, benefactor?"' .-s.
'Iow art thou?'
, "Eh! it will not be better in para.
disc" ..
The priest looked seriously first at him
then at the young lady.
'Is that true?" asked he.
And he galloped off to the company
But the delightful reality embraced then
/ anew They began to look on each other
and sink in the eyes of each other.
"Oh, thou not-to-b looked at-suffi
ciently!" said Yatsek. ..-...
But she lowered her eyes, smiled a
, the corners of her mouth till dimples ap
Y peared in her rosy cheeks and asked in
: whisper: III ..-. .... s. =.
"But is not Parma zbierhovski NOR
@ beautiful .c, IN 49, .1g..l +
;. Yatsek looked at her with amazemen1
j tt'What, Parma zberhovski?''
n She made no answers; she simpl
e laughed in her fist with a laugh as re
sonant as silver bell. E> .
1t would be hard to find in currer
n fiction anything so thoroly or dehgh
=. fully naive, and of such simplicity an
e frankness such childlike naturalness,
: the entire story made up, tho there
$ in it much sterner stuff, the blood an
r iron and struggle that it delights stron
It men to be mixed up in and 10 read Q
r. zs~s - Little, Brown & Co. Boston. 7ss-