. The Argonaut . eighty-two chapters, and almost as manyepisodes, each a complete and thrillingstory. According to the short introductorynotice, the narrative bears witness to asteadfast determination that these memoirsshould be a detailed record of truth. Cer-tainly the pages that follow are full ofconviction. There is a magic in the plainstatement of truth, which endows the mostunliterary of narrators with power. The picture of the detectives boyhood andyouth in the second chapter, called FromBabyhood to Battleship, is as enthralling asan3 of the succeeding adventures; and moreso than thev—t
. The Argonaut . eighty-two chapters, and almost as manyepisodes, each a complete and thrillingstory. According to the short introductorynotice, the narrative bears witness to asteadfast determination that these memoirsshould be a detailed record of truth. Cer-tainly the pages that follow are full ofconviction. There is a magic in the plainstatement of truth, which endows the mostunliterary of narrators with power. The picture of the detectives boyhood andyouth in the second chapter, called FromBabyhood to Battleship, is as enthralling asan3 of the succeeding adventures; and moreso than thev—to a student of human nature. Meredith Nicholson, author of The House of a Thousand Candles. Published by the Bobbs-Merrill Company. when he idealized that somewhat patheticallyludicrous appellation into Bronte ? The pictures and photographs which adornthe book are dignified and artistic, especiallythe reproduction of Richmonds portrait ofCharlotte in front of the title-page. Published by Charles Scribners Sons. Peck on H. T. Peck has produced ashort but complete account of Prescott. wellwritten and bound with Macmillans inevitabletaste. Professor Pecks style has occasionallya perhaps unconscious subtlety of rhetoricalhumor, viz : The fondness for wine, which remainedwith him [Prescott] throughout his life,makes it likely that convivial excess was one Iof his undergraduate follies, while the flutter iof a petticoat may at times have stirred hissenses. . Captain A. T. Mahan, author of Sea Power InIts Relations to the War of 1812. Pub-lished by Little, Brozcn & Co. —inasmuch as it is mor
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