The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-05

err of Old church,
her husband about eight or ten years
before she makes the readers ac-
auaintapce, Jane Oglander, with her
straightforward simplicity of character.
naturally knew of Athena Maule. just
what Athena chose for her to know.
For Athena was the woman without a
conscience. 81
AS she had ensnared other men by
the fatal spell OF her beauty and her
wiles so she hesitated not to ensnare
General Lingard when she had the on
portuntty even though she knew she
made Jane Oglander miserable by her
behavior.
She even plotted to divorce her hus-
oand so that she might marry Lingard
and enjoy the official life which such
prestige as his could confer. But death
put an end to her plans. The book is
very we'll written, but. as the chief
character In It is Athena Maule, who
works only unhappiness to Others, IL
is tragic in the extreme.
"Forsed in Strong Fires.n
By John Ironside. Little. Brown &
The Boer War and the South A.
rican country have already supplied
data for several interesting novels.
Another, presenting fresh incidents and
characters against this romantic hack
ground. with It's silvery moonlight, IT'S
piateaus Its hill tribes, its witch doc
tors, It's trek wagons and its kraals.
suggests possibilities. that Seem to be
almost Infinite. .'a +.
it An English sfa mI1x- chs r,S,,t,, . 2
tatrfontein. are the chief characters
In the novd1. The mother and seyeral
! children are sent to England by the
father, who Is anxious to spare then,
the horrors OF war. u l
But the eldest girl and the father
VINO Is killed almost at once, remain
In Africa. When the girl recoyers fror,
the shock of her fathers death she
becomes a nurse in the hospitals and
does not rejoin her family until the
close of hostilities
BY that time the younger sister ha s
been happily married In England.
where the Granvilles had hard time
when they FIRST arrived from Africa.
joyce, the eldest, had not come
through the Boer War without the
mark OF Its horrors in her prema :
turely gray hair and the lines OF grlef
on her face. But the man who loved
her. and whom she loved. was spar ed
death, And after they were married
|1hey Went back to Fairfontein and to
the vast. mysterious land they both
loved. without fear for the future
The book is not only full OF in
terest. but II Is an excellent story
with. an excellent moral, and so can
be highly commended.
t.Thc Haunted Pajnmnsn s
III BY Francis Perry E,lii0tt Tlrn.t.a. -,
In color by Edmund Frederick. Tha
Bobos- Merrill Company. of Indianapo-
lis; sl.25 net.
a very farcical zomance gathering
around "a package received from the
Orient one day by man named Light
nut, VINO tells n whimsical. II an
amusing story regarding 1t. The box
contains a pair of embroidered red
SILK pajamas that have the effect of
making successive wearers do all sorts
or queer things. quite in opposition to
their natural bent and inclination.
Finally, the q discovery Of rubies OF
immense value In the buttons or the
BAHAMAS loads to the help of a pro-
i fessor of psychology being called in
to help solve the mystery
The story is q clever piece of fun
from beginning to end and as the
world loves TO laugh the book con
tains the proba bility of affording
amusement to many members OF the
American reading public.
"Lnve's Pigrimage.o
BY Upton Sinclair. Mitchell Ken
nerly OF New. York. s1,s5 net.
UPTON Sinclair, who is undoubtedly
writer Of things as he sees them,
In sound. vigorous English, has in his
ntest book, adopted n decidedly lola
mr. I'D 81 IL 4
rtage between two struggling youn e
people. who afterward have to face
the problems of existence for them
selves and those dependent upon, them.
NO one denies Upton Sinclair's abu-
,ity as n disciple of realism. But in
mis- book he has dealt, with questions
and situations that do. not belong m
fiction. that should be approached an
written about only from a protestant
and medical standpoint 4
Loves Pilgrima Sc therefore. tudr
cd as literary work has neither rea.
son nor excuse. for much that II con.
tains All working people-and they
arc a large part OF the American pub
lic-know the trl3ls and diifculties OF
making ends meet. Whatever is help-
full In enabling such. people to seq
more clearly and act more Intelligent
~ with refertpce to the future Is an
advantage. liil ls n
Eut the enumeration on paper OF
daily discouragaments and trials IS
not calculated to render any man or
woman cheerful philosopher Mr..
Sinclair is likely to be far more ap
preciated and read when no preserves
his individual tone, than when he
stands confessedly revealed as beins
subject to foreign influence and pes
slmism. iN PEA.
book Noiex.
General Marcus j. Wright, who has
had exceptional opportunities for com
pillng q biogra phical Dictionary. OF The