The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-08-31

Lohdon, &c. R. F. Fenno & O.. IS
 East l7th St. New York. Price $1.00. This is book of real force and pow CT, with strong dramatic situations. In 1t conspiracy, death to nihllism, vil- lain and a villainess, kidnapping, se- eret islands, pistols and long lost reia- | lives appear. Yet it is not of the dime novel stripe. Far from 1t. It is novel of absorbing interest and the story moves swiftly and is told with real skill, The New York Sun gives a very entertaining and capital review of the book. It says:
 In Maud H. .Yardleys surprising story called "Sinless' we found our- selves called upon to regard two fel- Joy travellers just home from India. or these Forbes was grumpy man, suffering from his liver He was puff ed, shapeless, plainly, unpleasant to look at or to converse with. Boyd, on the other hand, was a good looking man, tall, spare, well set up, broad shouldered, clear eyed, most agreeable in manners and conversation. We wondered vaguely why Maud F. Yard ley was so particular in comparing them. Contrasted as their personali- ties were, their age was the same, about 40, and there were sinilarities in their experience Both had been ten years away from England; neither in that long time had seen the young wife he had left behind. Then again, a difference. Boyd was eager to see -l l I1ig l., seeing his. Boyd gazed at his wife's picture and kissed her last letter. Forbes expressed the opinion that some people would be better off if they were not married. Finally in her introduce tion we found Maud H. Yardley estab- fishing the point that whereas Boyd had preserved himself remarkably well during his ten years in India, and had changed but slightly, Forbes had changed altogether A man of slender figure when he went away, smooth shaven, with plenty of hair on the top of his head, Forbes now, after ten
 years under the India sun, was a sort i of puffy monster, bald, with an un- kempt and disturbing beard, and look 1tl6 lIuGh IllOt0 Illdll HIS IGd1 dE6s w U followed Maud H. Yardley as she put
 these two aboard the Dover train and
 ran them into a tremendous fog half an hour from London, where 1t was
 understood that their wives would be waiting for them. We wondered some-
 what idly what she was going to do
 with them then.
 1adxY nP Jouai;roco ,5oaoav, 5od T
 the broad staircase of the Victoria ho-
 tel and againest the advice of the DOT I ter walked forth into the fog. This
 was in the second chapter We had no
 trouble in making her out to be Mrs.
 Boyd. There Is excellent description of
 how she got lost in the fog, of how she
 was rescued by a gallant wayfarer who
 smoked and had matches, of how she
 got to Charing Cross station somewhat
 late, of how Boyd found her standing
 by the hookstall just as had been ar
 ranged how they went together to the
 Victoria hotel, where the lady had all
 ready secured al delightful apartment
 how they dined tete-a-tete how happy
 they were for the rest of the evening
 how the porter after breakfast nexI
 morning appeared. to be surprised or
 hearing that Boyfs name was Boyd
 and how the lady was more astonshe(
 than the porter, since she had suppos
 ed that his name was Forbes
 Now all this is and was most incred
 ible, but we had no notion that it wa until after the appearance of the DOT ter. It Is to be said for Maud H, Yard ley-t she manages her relations yer, ! skilfully. It is also to be said for he that she is at once ingenious and dis
 erect in her provision and treatmen of what follows in the story She re lates further complications and diff1cul
 les with entire understanding of wha is dramatic and interesting, and at tn same time dellcately. Boyd was } thoroughly good fellow Mrs. Forbe ! was just as lovely as she seemed whei , she came down the Victoria Hote 2 staircase. Maud H. Yardley conceive, sufficiently startling and shocking $ plot but she is good story teller [ She writes like a man. For all w e know she Is one.
 THE KINGDOM OF LOVE. By Henr,
 Frank. Author of "The Doom of Dog ; ma and the Dawn of Truth" "A Wis
 ion of The Invisible" Sc. R. F. Fen
 no & Co, Publishers New York city Price S100.
 \ A book whose tone and object is fol the uplifting of the spirit above tht l trammels of bodily woes or mental an 2 guish; book to cheer the pilgrim ol his way amid earths trials and vicis situdes. For instance:
 "He who loves his fellow man am < deals justly by him even now enter Z the Gate of Heaven, whose latch i S loosened by the touch of noble deeds A ''The sky is beyond the reach of tn hand; but the eye approaches it with out an effort.
 S ''The spirit can achieve though tn z body despair The mind never sleeps < thought tolls on forever.
 Though our clayey feet still pres the earth the levitant soul may saun { ter among the stars.
 ''The thoughts that buoy the spiri and tighten the flesh are the worthies A powers that inspire the world" There are 245 pages of this qualit, < and the supply seems exhaustless The work is divided into two parts "The Kingdom of Love" and "Th Contemplation of Life's Ideals" an, S under these, in forty-two chapters, tn A various phases of the general theme q are evolved.
 The authors foreword more explic & itly explains the authors scope ant < trend. gro those whose souls ar ' strained in lifa,s hard strnrcla. [.