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us, with an amount of detail 
-t seem superfluous in the case 
f less individuality, with Bor- 
birth and upbringing dur- 
a _s b = Squ 4 
the floor of the family pew 
directly over the family vault. — In 1] 
brother’s coffin she ned etd placed di-]1 
, r rectly over the face and, the coffin being}its o the 
ublous times when Napoleon! put in Place, she gazed once, but once}a numerical basis, the 
ng menace to England, andjonly, upon the man who had ruined ther|have about six hund 
many journeys to far off|life. Then there were less tragic figures,'stead of 397, and the 
which he obtained material/such as Mrs. Thorn, once a handsome fish; the towns should be 
S. He gives us, moreover, a| girl, whose marriage proved exceedingly | What the author has — 
-Yorwich of his day and of the happy in spite of much opposition, and} the elaborate police sy 
and women of literary taste} Mrs. Blackford, wife of the docter, who|is interesting, though 
ent whose influence remained | considered herself scientific by marriage}s hast at the idea of 
oughout his life. He tells us|and had learned to know what she was] ihe population being ¢ 
rdinary facility in the ac-/ supposed to see down ‘ther hushand’s micro-|.of the intricate svster 
foreign tongues, of his in- scope. The book is delightfully written] vision Mr. Tower thin 
3 of prize fighting—his own)! With a distinction and simplicity of Style] doubtful preventive of} 
at “Big Ben,” a famous pugil-|as charming as it is unusual ! tends that it is of littl 
ay, in Hyde Park—and of his : ing of criminals. Whe 
ess for’ the wandering gypsy _ When Bret Harte opened for us the door chapter on municipali 
read of his journey to St./into that magical though unreal world of housing conditions j 
the interest of the Bible So-/ California in the days of the gold seekers stance, are far from 
ad way for a host of|the streets are beaut 
ad : tate It is impossible to read “The|the apartment houses ¥ 
S work. There are still many |}Twins’ of Suffering Creek,” py Ridgwell; boxes seem very att 
ry who read ‘“‘Lavengro” and/Cullum (Jacobs), without realizing that the|rents are high, and 
author is an admirer of “The Luck of{wish something less 
lume will prove of value and| Roaring Camp’ and “The Ouicasts of obliged to go into ¢ 
Can awaken a new interest} Poker Flat.”’. It is the story of a Western!rooms at the rear, look 
Subject. the author will have mining camp, of an inadequate, Beis Which twice a we 
I] greater service to our gen- 
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man whose handsome wife runs beating of innumerable 
with the good looking desperado of the}@re other chapters, de 
t vicinity, leaving her twin childre: 
‘s “Joan’s Green Year’ (Mac- care of their 
love story, charmingly writ-/ father. 
of gentle feminine sentiment 
hopelessly incompetent! and intellectual life, a 
The situation appeals to the com-] teresting as well as instr 
te passion of the camp, and a syndicate is 
. ve a strong appeal for those formed for the care of the children under 
reciate a quiet story of Eng-|the leadership of one “‘Wila Bill,” 
eet takes the form of a se- bler, horse lover and seneral master spirit 
| written by Joan Cantley /of the camp. 
ided house to her brother in} entirely unable 
pages are rich in descrip-} and its attempts afford an opportunity 
tie life and a sympathetic for what the author ey 
the little comedies and trag-jhumor, but which Seemed to me but a 
sake up neighborhood interest. | dreary Succession of foolish: incidents. 
of these events presents!The forsaken husband is so anxious to) 
-3 as @ woman of good social have his wife back, so loyal to the mother 
2 mdon who has written books of his children, that the heart of “Wild 
Bill” is touched and he goes forth to kill} 
fo marry a lord, not because 
Ke in the offing, but because! the man who has added to his other crimes|! 
-- love him. This may seem that of st 
any of those who have been bler succeeds, 
_modern British fiction, but a act, and the r 
event awaits those who fol-|her husband, who has found an oil well 
_areer to the end. For thelon his claim j 
| Snglish fiction, so far as my|he was look 
Fa S. an attractive heroine is|further pro 
_ ®r publisher. In real life, of} Bil}s” bank account, some seventy thou- 
~Shers woo and win and are sand dollars. The book is poor in charac- 
= goed almost every day in the |ter drawing, dull in incident and extremely 
; Jen with manuscripts to dis- tiresome to read. 
_in this novel we see a pub- 
ha A ua ieee ue pee Toistoy’s Short Stories, published at a 
eee : Soe beh ice as No. 12 S eee 
|; € done to a well caesar | €ap price as No. 129 of the Scott Library 
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Y dand, and there are brighter | @ditors of the time, “is the season’s most delightful Sentimental a 
ay ao ay | Doris, its heroine. will remain for many a day the best examp| 
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