Judge — September 21, 1889 — page 15: what you’re looking at

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JUDGE THE LATEST NOVEL. A PHitosopHer IN LOVE AND IN UNIFORM, By the Author of ‘‘Napoleon Smith.” PRICE, 25 CENTS. This weird and powerful story is attracting universal attention. Many readers have pronounced it startling and impossible; but none have called it weak or uninteresting. ert OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. As a rule, when one takes up a novel the motif of which is laid in theosophy, he may feel almost sure that a poor use will be made of the material, The fantastic phenomena connected with this philosophy offer many strange and peculiar points to the imagination—points which would be looked upon with contempt by those liberalists and realists who maintain that there is nothing more interesting than commonplace events and commonplace people. Tt ought to be frankly acknowledged that the authors of * Napoleon Smith” have produced a work of unusual strength in their story, ‘A Philosopher in Love and in Uniform,” in which the experiences of Cadogan, a theosophist, are related with a particularity which shows considerable familiarity with the wonders treated of by ‘Mme. Blavatsky, Mr. Sinnett, and other writers on the occult. The style in which this little story is written betrays a beauty of language, a try of feeling, and a sincerity of sentiment that are generally entirely absent irom the cheap paper-covered novels of the period—and "A Philosopher” is both cheap and paper-covered. Its title is not precisely what could be desired. It is too long, and yet not adequate. Cadogan cannot be said to be in love, since he re- sisted love and overcame it. He was a philosopher, inasmuch as he was a lover of wisdom ; but he differed so widely from western ideas of what constitutes philoso- phership that the name is misleading. But the authors probably gave considerable thought to the matter. He knew that philosophers are seldom in love and seldomer in uniform. Hence their choice. €adogan reaches a conclusion different from that of most theosophists. In his speech after being exhumed from seven years’ torpidity, he states definitely that theosophy is a fraud; and he is about to reveal the secret which will explain his reasons for this statement, when he is furtively put to death by a long golden needle in the hands of an attendant, Mahatma, ‘I'he brochure is very bright and well worth reading. N. Y. Morning Journal. Of all the weird, dramatic, and intensely interesting novels of this era, none can surpass. A Philosopher in Love and in Uniform,” just published by the Judge lishing company. Its author must have been ‘not only a soldier, but a man familiar with life in its various phases, and, beyond that, a deep and laborious student in recendite literature, His powers of description ate certainly remarkable, Nothing could be more vivid than his description of the battle of Chickamauga, though it is told in few words. One can almost imagine that he sees the flashing of the sabres, that he hears the roar of the artillery and the groans of the dying. ‘There is a fascination about this novel that strangely touches the heart of the reader. Best of all that may be said of it, there is nothing in it that awakens an un- kind emotion, nothing that panders to depravity or violates refinement. Those who read ‘' Napoleon Smith "—one of the famous of last summer's popular novels—will recognize fa the writer of “A Philosopher in Love and in Uniform” the latelligent and active brain that created the former romantic story.—Frank& Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, : Study and discussion of the occult, is the nub of the story, the hero of which is quite a theasophist. He proclaims himself as “the forerunner in this country of a coming army of men who shall seek to determine man’s connection with the In- finite,” and asserts that the members of that army ‘will elevate man's spiritual nat- ure until mortality will merge into immortality without the change of death and the grave.” Despite its deep philosophic nature, the story is intensely interesting throughout. — Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin, It is written by the authors of ** Napoleon Smith,” which was published by the same company about a year ago, and who, it may be remembered, offered $250 to any journalist who should correctly name the authors. There was considerable excitement in the contest, and the successful man was Carson Lake, to whom the money was paid. A great deal is deftly handled in the few pages of '*A Philosopher in Love and in Uniform,” and it is overflowing with cxciting incident. Voodooism, love, war, and esoteric Buddhism are the various subjects, which are treated in a most interesting manner.—. Y. Amusement Gazette, ‘The philosopher was a theosophist in the army of the rebellion, punished and killed by a drunken officer, buried in a cave, and seven years later so far resuscitated by an East Indian of like faith as to hold brief communion with him, Just pub- lished by the Judge publishing company, New Vork.—Schenectady Star. This is an intensely interesting novel, weird and dramatic, one that is fascinating and touches the heart of the reader. ‘The description of a battle given is excellent, and shows the author's great word-painting power.—San Francisco Call, ‘There is a fascination about this novel that strangely touches the heart of the reader.—Baltimore Telegram. For sale by booksellers and news-dealers ; also sent post-paid on receipt of price by THE JUDGE PUBLISHING COMPANY, Sth Avenue and 16th Street, New York. susT ouwgT: JUDGE'S SERIAL No. 8. “Out of Town.” BEING “JUDGE'S” BEST PICTURES AND CARICA- ‘TURES OF OUT-DOOR LIFR. PRICE, 10 CENTS. JUDGE'S SERIALS. Puptisuen Quarterty, No. |. No. 2. No. 3. No. 4. No. 5. Ten Cents per Sincue Numer. “THE MAN WHO TALKS.” “THE GERMAN POLICEMAN.” “ZIM’S SKETCHES.” “BLACK AND TAN.” ““THE BLUE PENCIL CLUB. No. 6. ‘““THE COLD SNAP.” No. 7. “THE DUDE.” Tobe had of all book and news dealers, or mailed on receipt of price by THE JUDGE PUBLISHING CO., NEW YORK CITY. JUDGE’S NOVELS. The Latest and Best Works of Fiction. No. 1. ‘NAPOLEON SMITH.” By W.. ARKELL and A. T. WORDEN, (Fourth Edition) Price, 25 cents. “ Napoleon Smith," a novel by a well-known New-Yorker, is s published by the Judge pub- lishing company. Its first edition of so,00, which is unparalleled in the publishing trade, is fully warranted by the plot of the story. The author has made quite as much of a hit in popu- lar interest as Rider Haggard ever has done, and there is no one who reads it who will not be so entertained as to ask ail Itis remarkably well conceived and is handled swith uklll-— Bortow Globe, No.2. “STAR CROSSED: The Life and Love of an Actress.” By AN ACTRESS, Price, 50 cents. A remarkably interesting story. Tatensely original in style and full of sta ‘The author fs Well-cnown actress of the American stage, an ingly refreshing, vigorous, and entertaining manner. No. 3. ‘LADY CAR: Tho Sequol of a Life.” By MRS. OLIPHANT. Price, 26 cents. ai ‘The latest story from the pen of this entertaining writer. The only authorized American. ition. No. 4. “JACK OF HEARTS: A Story of Bohemia.” By H. T. JOHNSON. Price, 25 cents. A delightful romance of English life. 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