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a perfect blend of Apollo and Hercules.
When he appears upon the stage we im
mediately sit up and begin to notice
things. "Here," we say, "is a most proper
villain ; as proper a villain as we have
met in a sabbath day's journey. Now
the plot will surely thicken, and our
gentlemanly hero will have a run for
his money." But again wc are doomed
to disappointment. This disappointing
villain, this villain of the deepest dye,
is not dyed with fast color. He runs. He
metaphorically slaps the beauteous
heroine upon the wrist, becomes fright
ened at his temerity, goes into a blue
funk when she returns his letter unopen
ed, takes the first train for New York,
escapes on a tramp steamer which is
going to Mexico, is shipwrecked in the
gulf, rescued and brought to New Or
leans, is there recognized by the hero
and handed over to justice, is thrust into
a noisome cell where he rips open the
hem of his left trouser's leg, extracts
three pills therefrom, swallows them and
is soon stiff and cold in death. Thus is
the slap on the wrist avenged. What a
terrible instance of Nemesis dogging the
footsteps of a sinner, following him like
a sleuth-hound until at last he is brought
low! Let all cowardly villains whose
dyes are not fast, take warning by his
fate !
The Wood Fire in No. 3.
"The Wood Fire in No. 3," by F. Hop
kinson Smith (Charles Scribner Sons.)
"What would I want ? Why just what
I've got. An easy chair, a pipe, a dog
once in a while, some books, a wood lire,
and you on the other side, old man."
This sums up the philosophy of life of
the characters in Hopkinson Smith's col
lection of stories. They are a group of
artists, sculptors, architects and news
paper men, of the class that we delight
to call Bohemian, and they gather around
the great open fire in MacWhirter's studio
during the long winter evenings. The
time goes only too swiftly with their
stories, some humorous, some melodra
matic, some with a vein of pathos that
brings the moisture to the eye of the
reader.
Does their philosophy remind one of
the good Omar? Perhaps it is a little,
strange in a land where everything is
measured by the dollar standard, to hear
sentiments totally at variance with such
a measure, but it is certainly refreshing.
When one of these artists says "It's
all a pretence and a sham. Nothing
counts now but a bank account. ' Pretty
soon we will have a clearing house of
titles, based on incomes. When the
cashier certifies to the amount, the title
is conferred. The man of one million will
become a lord ; the man with two mil
lions a count ; three millions a duke, and
so on. To me all this climbing is idiotic,"
he seems to have drawn an indictment
against our present society The whole
atmosphere of the book is refreshing, and
one reaches the end with a feeling of
homesickness for a chair in the genial
glow of the Wood Fire in No. 3.
Animal Ueroeit,
"Animal Heroes" by Ernest Thomp
son Seton, (Charles Scribnes Sons) is, of
course, interesting and very well written,
as are all of his animal stories Perhaps
these animals are more or less men in
disguise ; it may seem to the reader, that
"there wasn't never no sich things" as
these, remarkably intelligent creatures,
who while they do not talk as do Kip
ling's animals in the jungles, nevertheless,
have no difficulty in communicating very
useful and extended information to each
other.
If we find it difficult to believe that
they are anything but heroes of fiction,
we shall be constrained to adopt the
ruling of a learned judge, when an objec
tion was made to the admission of some
evidence upon a trial. "Yes," said he,
"1 know it's immaterial and irrelevant,
but it's interesting, so I'll admit it." vAnd
our author is always interesting.
The book is a collection of short stories
about all sorts of animals, wild, semi
wild and tame, which appeals to all
classes of readers, young and old, learned
and unlearned. It is handsomely printed
and bound, and excellently illustrated.
Deerfoot' JBoya Hooks.
All healthy boys and some girls, will
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Prairies" and "Deerfoot in the Moun
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story of the journey on horseback,
across the plains to the Pacific coast, by
two boys, Victor and George Shelton,
under the guidance of Deerfoot, the
Shawonoe. The second gives the account
of their return.
As the date of the story is early in the
last century the journey was, necessarily,
one of great danger and, often of priva
tion. Herds of buffaloes roamed over
the praries, droves of wild horses gal
loped across the travellers' path, bands
of hostile Indians way Laid them; but
through all adventures, they come safely
by aid of Deerfoot, the most remarkable
of Indians.
There are some thrilling incidents,
such as Deerfoot's capture of the beauti
ful black horse, Whirlwind, and his duel
with the chief Taggarak, but the author
contrives in the midst of all to clearly
picture the condition of the Great West,
a century ago, when Daniel Boone was
still alive and Lewis and Clark had just
started out on their famous expedition.
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