The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-10
BOOK REVIEW AND
MAGAZINE NOTES

been stolen from him, aud that ARE as
valuable ns they are rare and beau
tlful.
These pearls arc worn by a young
girl, called Joan Tor0ibiNs, and tho
fcpntcd daughter OF General Foidt-
bras.
DR. Fnbos conceivcs the idea that tho
girls fnthcr hns stolen his pearls and
that he is the confederate OF noted
jewel thief, Il jew named Valentine
1mroth. Acting Upon his idea, lie
leaves England In pursult OF General
Fordibras, narrowly escapes death ut
1mroths hands In the Azores. has as
founding adventures upon the seas, and
finally returns to England accompanied
by Joan, who Is not as lie believes, the
daughter OF Fordibras, and whom he
loves and desires to make his wife.
In Il final Interview With Imroth, he
forces from him the truth that Joan
Is the daughter OF an American named
Kennard and his wife, who was q
French Canadian; that kennard was
sacrificed to some OF Imroths consplrn.
c!cs and Joan's mother dying. Fordi-
bras, whose real name was Chnngarnicr,
touched by a feeling OF renorsc for
Kcnnrds fate, had brought up Ken
nard's daughter as his own.
The unraveling Of tho mystery is the
prelude to the ringing ofwcdding bells
and the marriage supper OF Joan Ken
nnrd and DIR. Fabos The book Is one
in which romance and mystery abound
throughout, and Is full OF action and
dramatic situations.
THE FAR HORIZON. BY Lucas Malet
podd, Mead & Co., OF New York. PIP
3SS. $3.50.
The name Of Lucas Malet In assoc
citation with the publication OF book,
Always sets 1t apart in the readers
mind as being something entirely re-
moved from the sphere OF the common
place; something that is sure to be
vital and absorbing.
There were many readers who did
not approve OF The History of Sir
Richard Calmady.' and yet the many
did not, or could not refrain from read
ing 1t. 1t Is quite certain that the his
tory OF ''Slr Richard Calmady" Is an
tain that 1t furnishes no clue whatever
to 1.-THE Far Horizon" which. by rea-
son OF the author versatile talent, Is
something altogether and entirely DIFF
ferent.
This book tells the story OF few
years in mans life. q man no longer
young, not wealthy, having no exalted
unusual refinement and a very noble
| personality.
The reader is made to understand
that the man referred to-Dominic
I Igleslns he is called-was born OF dis
< unguished parentage. His father. hnv-
ing become involved in Spanish rcvo-
/ lutionary schemes Is exiled and comes
/ to live in London. Dominic's mother,
/ the one saving. gracious and beautiful
l. ~ nf bJc arIy 10 ga rjf
to his fathers visionary schemes.
Finally the father loses his life. either
I dying in Russian prison, or being
I put to death as an anarchist, and the
7 poor mother. after years OF suffering
and suspense. gradually loses her mind.
/ She is never violent, never really in
| sane, merely distraught and despairing
| and hopeless, sitting all day long in
4 a little house in Holland Street, Lon
/ don. doing fine lace work and rarely
I speaking, even to her son.Si
And he. loving her always passion
| ately and adoTlngly; seeing In her to
1 the last. his fnlfilment Of the highest
4 sacrificed HIS whole life to make
/ amends for the suffering his father
1 has caused. To guard and protect her,
/ who has no one but himself to look to,
he begins work as q lad; he gives up
all hope OF q profession and does clert-
1 cal work IN big banking institution.
1 After his work for each day Is fin
| ished. he goes back to the lonely little
houBe in Holland Street. and, rs far
as he can. brings ray Of light and
comfort into the clouded existence Of
his mother.
Tho opening chapter takes up Che
thread OF his uneventful life after the
mother SO dearly loved has been laid
| IN the grave. and the rooms and house
associated with her memory have been
closed.
Dominic is in lodgings and has ceased
] Ills active business life. The lodgings
| except In so far az his own rooms ara
concerned, are not at oil congenial: the
| people Of tho house not in the least
| in harmony with the newcomer. But
| the one friend he can call his own
| George Lovegrove-lives within hailing
distance: modest income supplies his
| wants, and, being released from the
] oXacting thrall of work, he prepares to
| resist the approach Of old age and
loneliness, and find happiness for him
| self.
In his efforts to broaden the sphere
Of his life. he is brought in contact
J with man and q woman. The man