Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-07-12
Monsieur the Marshal.

monsieur tne uhrsuhi.
The dramatic instinct, the simplic-
Wy, devotion to those they love and
4 lborn courage of the French are il
iustrated in 1.-THE Marshal" 1.-The book
will. serve as an inspiration to the
girl or youth who may read it. The
seigneurie of France live again in the
character of General Gourgaud. Sol
dier of fortune though he be, his pat
ent of nobility the creation of Ma
poleon, he is as much part of the
best circle of the Faubourg as If he
had been born within the shadow Of
the Oeiul de Boeuf. Francois. the
peasant boy, born without the sense
Of fear, is a distinct creation. From
the moment when, as child, he re-
ceives the accolade of Napoleon the
Great to the moment when, dying.
he receives the second accolade from
the son of Hortense,. making him a
marshal Of France, his character
grows in dignity. His self-sacrifice,
his generosity, are painted as only a
woman could do it. The finer shades
of a sensitive. yet bold. courageous
nature, are most apparent to the
pure woman. 1t is her heart sthat
recognizes the generous spirit of the
man. Ever in search for the god
like in man, for the being to whom
she can surrender herself absolutely,
the true woman turns to nobility in
manhood as inevitably as the flower
bares. it's face to the sun. Thus it is
she who can best describe the noble
qualities of hero. What man could
have conceived or painted the char
acter of Adam Bede? AS one reads
1.-THE Marshal one recalls that Won
derful story, THE Straw" with it's
picture of the young seigneur to
whom his brother Frenchman and
foe, as he saw him die by his own
order, raised his cap and babe his
soul adieu, with the heartfelt cry,
"Salut!"
THE MARSHAL" by Mary Raymond
Shipman Andrews, author of 1.-THE Per-
feet Tribute" etc. Illustrated by Andre
Castaigne. The Bobbs- Merrill Company.
indianapolis, Ind.
"The Place OF Homogeneous"
Harold MacGrath is a practised
novelist. Some of his work I have
commended as deserving of the high
est praise. In the book whose title Is
given above he has fallen far below
his standard. With a couple of prina.
donnas a Russian grand duke. a still
higher but anonymous parsonage. an
artist and an American Croesus, he
has framed novel which has neither
conference nor ingenuity. The char
acters, with the exception of a retired
ornament of the fighting ring, the
father OF one of the prima donnas,
are mere lay figures, without life or
significance. The incidents are trivial.
| There is one excellence which the
book possesses which redeems it from
complete condemnation. 1t presents
a pleasant picture of the italian lake
country which will please the Ameri-
can tourist, of whom countless hosts
visit this delectable region. More
than this. all that can be said of the
book is that 1t is suited for the idle
reader on a summers day as he OF
she swings in a hammock and gently
dozes while turning the leaves.
| THE PLACE OF HONEYMOONS.'
By Harold MacGrath, author of "The
Man on the Box" THE Goose Girl" etc
with illustrations by Arthur 1. Keller
The Bobbs- Merrill Company, Indianap.
oils, Ind.
Literary Notes.
| In England. and to a less ox