. The Argonaut . refrain from the feminine joy ofdescribing, with loving minuteness, herheroines costume. But in the main the book is entertainingand readable, and the exciting events whichtend to the denouement are brought on thestage with skill and in a manner to win thereaders credence almost against his betterjudgment. For, on the whole, it is difficultto conceive of the wrath of the camorra be-ing aroused without cause against a family ofbenevolent foreigners. The writer, however,shows much familiarity with her Italian back-ground, and a considerable degree of ac-quaintance with the Itali
. The Argonaut . refrain from the feminine joy ofdescribing, with loving minuteness, herheroines costume. But in the main the book is entertainingand readable, and the exciting events whichtend to the denouement are brought on thestage with skill and in a manner to win thereaders credence almost against his betterjudgment. For, on the whole, it is difficultto conceive of the wrath of the camorra be-ing aroused without cause against a family ofbenevolent foreigners. The writer, however,shows much familiarity with her Italian back-ground, and a considerable degree of ac-quaintance with the Italian character. Whenher talent shall have rounded out to greatermaturity, she bids fair to excel this work,which shows ambitious purpose and a de-sire to advance beyond the stage of purelysuperficial and lightly entertaining fiction. Published by the Century Company ; $ Christmas Town Christmas number of Town Talk is wellfilled with good reading. A story by W. , entitled The Triumph. is given. authors style. Certain it is that with ma-terial and atmosphere for a good story, setin a period but little exploited in fiction, The Missourian fatigues by its length andprolixity, and cries aloud for condensation. The Missourian hero is a Confederate of-ficer seeking service in the army of Maxi-milian, and who is brave and venturesometo the point of melodrama. The heroine isa Parisian lady of quality who is minutelyand consistently exasperating. A cloud ofbrigands, mushroom lords, court politicians,guerrillas, and cutthroats diversify the pagesto the point of fatigue, and determined, in-deed, is that reader, or else of youth ex-treme, who does not skip whole pages be-tween breaths. Published by Doubleday, Page & Co.; $ Americans in Webster is making a little niche forherself as a writer of short stories of highlife below stairs, but her first claim to popu-larity came from When Patty Went to Col- the place of honor; there is also a story called The Ho
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