The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-20

peasant. has in childhood been knlghted chevaller by the great Napoleon himself, who has also prophesled that he will one day be marshal of France under another Napoleon. The accolade has been given by chance and in jest, but 1t has served to shape the destiny of the lad, who with the star of Napoleon as his guiding light grows to manhood fearless. honorable and firmly imbued with the idea that he will one day realize his great ambition
 Attracting the attention of General Gourgaud, Francois is informally adopt ed into his family to become the com panion and playmate of the charming little Alike. the generals motherless daughter. But another member is also added to that family In the person of Pictro zappi, a lad of noble Italian birth. whose father has been the generals bosom friend during the days when both ! were followers of Napoleon. Both lads, | firm friends al they are, grow to love Alike, and, although the peasant boy holds the place of a son in the affections of the general, 1t is Pietro he wishes as the husband of Alike.
 Loyal to his patron, Francois accepts commission with the Bonapartist fac- tion in order to leave the field clear for Pietro. and as the friend and counsellor of Louis Napoleon, he is plunged into a series of adventures that do not lack in dramatic moments. And these the author manages tellingly, though with the same simplicity that marks the more tender scenes
 The plots and the strife which charac- terized this period of Europe's history are set forth viyidly, and finally. when Francois, with the aid of Alike and Pie tro, manages to escape from the prison in which he has been confined for several years. the scene is shifted to Virginia. where the aristocrats In their old man sions. with their slaves and horses and hounds. ancestral mahogany and por- traits and silver, open an entirely differ ent vein A counterplot involving the love of two young Americans, brings an added note of interest.
 "The Marshal is q story which will take it's place among the famous books | of the day. One who has read 1t will look back upon it's reading with sweet ly reminiscent regard and will anticipate a second reading with pleasure The sub stance of the story is all that could be desired to attract and hold the attention ! of several classes of rcaders-those who Hike adventure, those wro want a pretty Hove story, those who demand historical flavor and those who care for local color and the domestic lives of simple folk.
 "TAMsIE..
 | By Rosamond Napler. GeorBe n. Doran | Company. New York.
 A story of lovers and gypsies Is Tam sie." by Rosamond Napier, real-life fairy tale of passion, with nature as a background.
 1 Ta.nAis Is a wild. elin woman, and 1t lis a wonderfully blowy world into which lche lends us--a world of wind-torn moor I land and tepid, driving clouds; as beating heart to the orchestral loneliness of this
 landscape are the huddled gypsy tents, with camp fires cracking and brown-faced fgypsy girls passing up and down. It is here that Tamsie stumbles on her mystery, the stagfellow-a gentleman in l disguise who lives in hiding in the camp. She grows curious as to why he is hiding and so her love adventures commence Tamsie is an incentive to keener living --her story is a delight throughout. There has neVer been anything quite like her The bodk reminds one of times of George
 Borrow lat his bestt but Tams!e with her