Life — May 27, 1897 — page 21: what you’re looking at

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-LIFE- antedating lithia water and livers, when honor was a vital thing and huck- stering was left to the Jews. bloodshed and slaughter—on paper; for hard knocks and adventure—in typ for the Wild West and the Wild East, for the pirate, the crusader, the filibuster and the s hbuckler, Healthy, normal human- ity has a taste for these detrimentals, with the added weakness of being with the victors, with the fellows who cut their throats righteously and their purses gloriously. I am in close kinship with the boy who glues his chin tothe gallery railand yells tempestuously at the villain, who implores the frothing hero to ‘sock ” it to the ruffian, who ap- plauds virtue and derides vice. After all, convention zation are mere and though peace "s may weep, preachers For myself, I confess a distinct relish for 449 VACATION READING LANDLORD AT LION'S HEAD. A . By W,D. HowrLts. Mlustrated by medley. ‘Post 8vo, cloth, $1.75. THE GREEN BOOK; Or, Freedom Under the Snow. A Novel. By Maurus J6xat. Translated by Mrs. Waugh, 16mo, cloth, ornamental, $1.0. THE PURSUIT OF THE HOUSE-BOAT. Being Some Further Account of the Doings of the Associated Shades, under the Leadership of Sherlock Holmes, Esq. _ By Jos Kenpxick Banos. Mlustrated by Peter’Newell. rémo, cloth, ornamental, $1.25. THE LAST RECRUIT OF CLARE'S. Being Passages from the Memoirs of Anthony Dillon, Chevalier of St, Louis, and Late Colonel Clare's Regiment the Service of France. y S.R. Keicitey. With Four Illustrations, Post 8vo, cloth, ornamental, $1.50. THE MISTRESS OF THE RANCH. A Novel. By FREDERICK THICKSTUN CLARK. Post 8vo, cloth, ornamental, $ THE PISSIONARY SHERIFF. By Octave THAaNeT, Being Incidents in the Life of a Plain Man who Tried to Do His Duty. Mlustrated by A. B. Frost and Clifford Carleton. Post 8vo, cloth, ornamental, $1.25. SWEET REVENGE. A Romance of the Civil War. By F. A. Mit- CHEL. Post &vo, cloth, ornamental, $1.00, THE DESCENDANT. A Novel, Post svo, cloth, ornamental, $«.25. LEONORA OF THE YAWIIISH. A Novel. By FRANCIS DANA. Post 8vo, cloth, ornamental, $ A LOYAL TRAITOR. A Story of the War of 1812, By James Barxes. Illustrated. Post svo, cloth, orsamental, $1.50. SAINT EVA. B MELIA PAtn (Mrs. Barry Pain). A Novel. With a Frontispiece by Sir Edward Burne-Jones. Post 8vo, cloth, ornamental, $1.2 BOUND IN SHALLOWS. A Novel. By Evy WILDER Bronnran. Mlus- trated by W. A. Rogers. Post évo, cloth, orna- preach, and Godkins godkinate in seciela secudorum, men will fightand grow red in the face ifthey have good blood intheir necks; and whenthe American ceases to be a fighting animal he will be as juiceless as a Parisian decadent. . e * HAVE. six books and six writers under my eye now, representing romance, realism, decay and general in- consequence; and they are typical books of the good and evil of the tree of knowl- things yellow will eschew him. edge growing in publishing houses. “The Last Recruit of Clare by S. R. Keightley, is a book worth while, with the flavor of a big, ripe, red apple to it. It is good and tastes good. Its hero and relator is a simple Irish gen- ueman, Anthony Dillon of the army of Louis of France; a man who holds honor and duty above place and preferment; who es- teems his good name a pearl above price; who has a sharp sword and tongue, anda pleasure ina passado, He who loves fun and fighting, virile English, clean, brave men and a well-told story, will do well to devote himself to ‘The Last Recruit of Clare’s;” he who loves Less interesting, because its times and personalities do not stir us, mental, $ GEORGIA SCENES. Characters, Incidents, ete., in the First Half-Cen- tury of the Republic.” By'A NaTIVE GEORGIAN, New Edition, with Reproductions of the Original Illustrations. Post 8vo, cloth, ornamental, HARPER'S CONTEMPORARY ESSAYISTS Post 8vo, Cloth, Ornamental, Uncut Edges and Gilt Top, $1.50 Each. HOW TO TELL A STORY. And Other Essays. By MARK Twas, BOOK AND HEART. Essays on Literature and Life. By Tuomas Wentwortit HiGcInson. THE RELATION OF LITERATURE TO LIFE. By Citarces DuDLEY WARNER. IMPRESSIONS AND EXPERIENCES. By W. D. Howetts. ASPECTS OF FICTION, And Other Ventures in Criticism. By BRANDER MATTHEWS. PUBLISHED BY HARPER & BROTHERS, New York