The Washington herald., 1913-03-16

Felix Dahn. Of the University Of Koenigs-
berg, his fine reputation. And this just
because in his delightful story "Felic-
itas"-("Hic Habitat Felicitas, Nil Mali
Entrat')-he so palpably falsified his
toricsl events that the ''immortals' took
umbrage and publicly told him SO.
Well. Miss Lincoln need fear no such
thing The weaving in of her great
namesake to fit her romance. and other
similar flights of her warm imagination
will be accepted by the reader as giving
finishing touch to the tale and as nee
essary to round UP her ensemble.
The plot is ingenious. Capt. Lloyd.
of the United States Secret Service,
tries to prove that Nancy Newton. a
lovely Washington girl of excellent
family, is a spy for the rebels" He
follows her and her mother to the
winter quarters of Gen. Sheridan at
Winchester, Va, where he succeeds In
obtaining an incriminating dispatch.
Whereupon Nancy is arrested at a
ball for treason and murder. Lloyd.
her accuser, is found dead in his
bed There is mystery which be-
comes a still greater puzzle after the
autopsy. Aided by the untiring efforts
of her standby. the old doctor, Nancy
is set free. President Lincoln takes a
hand in the settling Of 1t all by going
| to her prison and makes her happy by
uniting her with the man OF her choice
an army officer Mai. Goddard. who
also had been suspected of the murder
of Lloyd.
1t is a readable story and Miss Lin
coin has shown once more that she
has the imagination and the talent tc
become a writer of fiction of repute.
LOVE AFFAIRS OF THE COURTS OF EUROPE
| By Thornton Hall If. $. A.. New York-Brrn
tano's. publisher.
Love rules the courts. the camp. the
grove" wrote Sir Walter Scott. Mr.
Thornton Hall is a specialist in love
the love that rules the court, and ir
this volume he collects an anthology
of love in a palace. He has seen the
courts of Europe and has witnessed
the peregrinations and dissipations OF
| the love that has often ruled the courts
but he has mercifully stopped short
/ before ordinary memory can correct
him or scandal cause an action FOL
libel.
| While II IS love that makes the
| world go round" the path is not al
ways a straight one. For there is
tragedy in kings or queens having ia
| marry those they dislike or have ne
love for, and then find some refuge
from boredom. There is a certain hor-
ror in this: but then II also often re-
suits in comedies of love at court.
The courts Of Europe have been ful1
! of successes and failures of love. and
| in this book we find collection oi
| somewhat disordered lives. from a
| nameless peasant girl who became
Empress of Russia to she cNataliel
who became the Queen of King Milan
! Into the list of Illicit lovers in high
quarters Mr.. Hall impresses Nine. dr
| Barry; Caroline. the unconventiona
Queen of George ~ iwho was himself
| rather worse than merely unconven'
! tfonaD; Pauline. the rather embar'
RAISING sister OF Napoleon ], who
hated family scandals. hut failed tc
trick herself to he satisfied with mon
| ogamy for herself: the Duchess de
Berri. a degenerate from birth 'dauSh'
ter Of a regent Of France): and many
others of both sexes with that amaZ
| ing Lola MonteZ and her mysteriou:
birth according to some a daughter
of Lord byron by charwoman). wh'
puzzled all Europe. fascinated th'