New-York tribune., 1908-10-31
EapoIeon Portrayed at the Hands Of
the R0maRcer.

Brentanos
a PAWN IN THE GAME. BY ". H Fitchett'
i2mo pp 222. Eaten & Mains.
THE. LOST GODDESS. By EDWARD Barron
Ismo pp S41. Henry Holt q Co
A WOMAN AT BAY. CUna Donna). BY siella lla
aferamos Translated by VI H Lansdale
1amo pp. vi. 9s2. C. p Putaam's Sons
TIE sf Gag ANO s5a Crsde e : "a Mason lcmo PIP. 276
Baker & Taylor Company
In . nrefator,r note to The God OF Clay" MI
Bailey has sentence which clearly foreshadows
the-drift of the book. And there came Napo-
leon" he says. the brain Of god and mean
mans heart" The portrait lie then prooee"s -
draw is scarcely calculated 10 please 1ooa'eIS
Of the sitter II il brings out any good 'fSi'S
in Napoleon il shows them as through ven
The broad i'm preston received is that "i "'''
g, ,,oeo,,r6l,, selfish that cruel harshness is as
natural 10 him as breathing This Napoleon Il
: tr,,e Corsican. crafty. revengeful. and on oc-
,,s;or even spiteful. The justice Of Mr.. Bailey
,,resentnnent Of his hero is obviously open u
.,,ss+5or Rut this IS not she kind OF hook
r-b5ch calls for grave discussion Of points o'
hfe.o-;csI accuracy Mr.. Baileys main purpose
g. IN relate series Of stirring episodes ana
tbis he does 10 admiration. There are twelve
rh,rtsrs in the book each one devoted TO d
rhase Of Napoleon's journey from ooscurlIE u
r4ov-er In every case hs IS placed al Ihe 'ei'ie
81 2 thoroughly dramatic situation ana gram
ing the authors conception Of him, hls character
as TIT Of formidable adyenturer is suohsiS
realized Mr.. Baileys style is brisk ana NiNlu'
F5is terse sentences paint parsonage or a scene
as in Sc many flashes. His effects are swift
punEent and. on the whole. uncommohiE per
suasive We soon cease 20 quarrel with MN as
70 whether or not he is fair 10 Napoleon we
sre grateful simply for the entertainment ne
has 70 offer. cleverer book Of fiction on
raaar VT II
tine
In NJ Ficbe++-s novel The Pawn in the
Game the French Revolution is the game ana
John Lawrence alias Jean I.aurente, an bngiish
,-o,,th educated il France is the pawn. mlh-
t.ry schooling al Brienne and some years d
rowing life in Paris have given him an equip
uent that makes him q valuable man IN the
rrslisb secret service and Mr.. Fichetts story
js 1e-seIv concerned with the adventures he en-
counters while on mission. In Paris he mas
rsrt in many Of the exciting episodes of the
Reign OF Terror. Later on. while bearing mill
+s~, 5ispaIches TO Egypt. he is shipWrecked and
hello for TWO years as q slave by Arao humans
In England he IS given UP for deadly all ex-
oept one. and in the end il is due 10 d special
rerrjt from the hand Of his schoolboy rival now
The great Nsnoleon that he Is restored TO his
own people and the reward of true dove. Though
lacking in uTesqueness and dramatic Vlgor,
the stor, is not without commendable features
the story is not without commendahle feat
,ires one Of these is 2 device by which John
Lawrence and the young Napoleon are repeat
edly brought face to face at certain crucial
rro7nents in their careers The first encounter
is et the military school. where the English lad
wins the contempt Of the Corscan because he
will not tell lie TO iniure an enemy Again
they meet in Paris while the attack on the
Tuiieries is in progress: and a third time in
Egypt where the French general abandons the
Fnslishrnan 10 his fate because Of his refusal
20 commit an act Of disloyalty The man with
= conscience and the man with no conscience
but his ambition are sharply contrasted. and by
this contrast wholesome If familiar truth is
newly emphasized.
The wilds of the upper Amazon furnish the
setting for the Lost Goddess" fantastic story
Of adventure. A searching party makes its way
thither in the hope OF rescUing from captivity
among me Peruvian Indians American girl
Katharine Anderson This unfortunate young
LADY. II one may credit the story brought TO
New York by = frightened native IS forcibly
retained as priestess IN an ancient Tgrane
temple where her duties compel her-Iphigenia-
rk--+o sacrifice human victims 20 the tutelary
aei-y OF the tribe FOR confirmation or his story,
the Peruvian displays crumpled palm leaf
legfble some doggerpl verses in English and
rbis an,,aaf. II this should come 10 the hands
o. any civilized being I beg him TO tell some
American of M terrible situation Help me-
Here il NAV be noted thst one Of the two ladies
IF the rescue party. certain Mrs kandoIPh'
has innocently aroused the admiration Of Al
varez an INSCRIPTIONS Peruvian gIanoee, Wh"'
upon his rejection. has promptly departed Tor
his own country With sinister look on his
,,-,,,s face Under such circumstances II IS
doubIy fortunate that the party also includes
John winthrop. the writer % the tale. very
noble courageous and ingenious spirit. who al
most always manages 10 avert disaster even
when il seems most inevitable The second lady
is = lovely American girl. o. high caste Peru
Indian origin Her hair is bue black, and
above the elbow 81 one ivory arm is tattooed
the mystic sign Of the Sacred Quetzal. 1t viii
readily he seen that here is plenty % material
out or which 10 make q story. Greed. jealousy.
hatred vaIor and love all play their due parts
in The drama. and the greatest OF these is love
Ee for the lost goddess Of the Tgrane-well,
that much OF mystery il were only the authors
due to leave unrevealed
A Woman at Bay" is novel Of protest. In
Italy. whatever the indignities TO which a hus-
band may subject his wife, she has no legal re-
dress To all intents and purposes she is her
husbands property. IN be dealt with according
20 his pleasure. The situation in which the
heroine of Una Donna finds herself is one To
which American woman % equal culture
would nowadays De expected to submit. If she
did submit. il would be from other motives than
legal compulsion. But though this fact depriyes
the present story Of any direct application TO
American problems il VIII be read FOR the in
sight il gives into Italian conditions and Italian
temperament. Already il has been translated
into five other languages. The form is autobi-