Church review . rs which suggests acomparison, also. Roberts writes of that picturesqueperiod! when Nova iScotia, or passing from French to Englishcontrol. The present book is a col-lection of short tales of love and ad-venture in that time. Eacn tale is in-dependent of the others, but the scenesare similar, and the characters occa-sionally re-appear. The stories nearly all have strengthand marked dramatic qualities. TheRamparts of Port Royal is a story ofspecial cleverness. How ViardeauObeyed the Black Abbe may be con-sidered the best one in the volume andis most characteristic of
Church review . rs which suggests acomparison, also. Roberts writes of that picturesqueperiod! when Nova iScotia, or passing from French to Englishcontrol. The present book is a col-lection of short tales of love and ad-venture in that time. Eacn tale is in-dependent of the others, but the scenesare similar, and the characters occa-sionally re-appear. The stories nearly all have strengthand marked dramatic qualities. TheRamparts of Port Royal is a story ofspecial cleverness. How ViardeauObeyed the Black Abbe may be con-sidered the best one in the volume andis most characteristic of the authorsgeneral trend of style. Ye Lyttle Salem Maide. A Story ofWitchcraft. By Pauline BradfordMackie. Cloth, 12 mo. Boston: L. & Co. Price $ tale of the reign of superstition inNew England, and of a brave maid ofSalem Town, whose faith and hope andunyielding adherence to her word ofhonor form the basis of a most at-tractive story. Several historical char-acters are introduced, including the. PAULINE BRADFORD MACKIE. Cut from Ye Little Salem Maide. L. C. PAGE & Co., Publishers. Reverend Cotton Mather and Governorand Lady Phipps, and a very con-vincing picture is drawn of Puritanlife during the latter part of the sev-enteenth century. The story Is simply told, yet the dic-tion is most pleasing. The imagery isgood. The illustrations by E. W. are thoroughly in sympathywith the text. We reproduce in connection with thisnotice a portrait of the author, MissMackie. The Fate of Madame La Tour. A Taloof Great Salt Lake. By Mrs. A. 310 pages, 12 mo. New-York: Fords, Howard & $ This is a new edition of a strong andremarkable story of one of the strong-est religious sects ever in existence —the Mormons. Mormon life has fur-nished the subject of many stories ofmore or less interest, but it may besaid, none have had the strength, theinformation and the general odor oftrustworthiness to such a degree asthis book. It is frequently as
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