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a good deal OF an infection. When the
young man takes his sisters troubles
on himself the reader will approve
OF nm. even II he is unduly hard on
the girl who loves him. His dealings
with the male members of his family
VIII awaken less sympathy, for they
SHOW n more than Scottish perversity
IN thwarting him; VI can only regret
that he does not put his foot down
sooner. AT the same time We suspect
the author has shown only their I'M
pleasant side in order to enhance his
hero's virtue. His heart affairs are
set right at last by the interference
OF a friend. who does what the hero
should hive done years before.
The advantages Of anthropoid edu-
cation are again vaunted by Edgar
Rice Burroughs in THE Return of
Tarzan" "a. C. McClurg and Company.
Chicago). "A sequel with all the faults
or sequels. The hero gets into trouble
with n pair of ubiquitous Russian vii
lains, who dog him everywhere in
spite OF the severe punishment he
Keeps dealing on them. Though his
heart remains true to the heroine Of
the previous book. as the author keeps
reminding us. he is mixed up in a silly
woman adventure in Paris. Next he
has some queer experiences in the
French Sahara, in which his expert
ence in the wilds stands him in good
stead. The story does o become sat-
isfactory till he Is placed again. In "A
rather miraculous way. on his native
heath amid the apes and negroes OF
West Africa. There. when the author
is ready. he IL Joined by the numerous
train of his Jules Verne American
friends. and the story ends. The ex-
~travagant absurdities of the tale are
clearly due to the authors holding too
faithfully to his French models.
In form Canon 7. 4. Saeehan's The
Graves at kilmora" G.ongmans. Green
and Company Is the biography 81 an
Irish patriot who took part in the
Fenian uprising in 1867 and suffered
for years In Dartmoor prison: in sub
stance 1t is one long wall over the de-
f%ciencies Of lrishmen and their in
gratitude. The author and the hero
are loud In their praise OF tho ireland
of the past; they |canonize the Irish
leaders who are dead. bu seem TO
have little use for them while they are
alive. In the last half OF tho story the
F'enian time is Landed when men had
IDEAS. the Fenians are cleared of all
criminal stain; but in the first part.
while tho Fenian agitation Is going on.
there Is the same lamentation over the
character of the lrishmen OF the day
ard the hero goes into tho movement
with no hope for ireland, simply to
provide martyrs for the future. In
his later days he finds that he and his
comrades are forgotten, that men no
longer care for their ideals. that Irish
men have turned to materialism. APP
parontly he and the author disapprovc
Of the home rule movement. At all
events the hero is hooted and pelted
at an election and is killed by a rowdy.
Then they give him a grand funeral.
There are brilliant II vigorous
episodes in this tale. which is admir-
ably written. az might be expected
from Canon Sheehan, but il Is hope
lessly depressing for any man that
cares for Ireland,
An im%perturbable young man from
the INIT acquires wealth by allow
! ing himself to be taken In by conf
! dence men and d~espoiling them in
Come on Charley" by Thomas Addi-
son 6G. w Dilin CHAM Company. He
! and his companions are offensive
! people to run across in real life and
no less offensive as represented in
fiction.