Indianapolis Journal, Volume 51, Number 251, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 September 1901 — Page 18

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Alice of Old Vincennes

i A?storv of Revolutionary Days in the Wabash Valley

j By iMAURICB THOMPSON I With plrturr ly F. C Y011N. One vj.hmip, l2uo, cloth, illustrate!. liowen-Merrill prlo, VI. SO.

H on tlie old-time excellent plan of some mystery, more laughter t nnd tili more lustv fihtinc:. Indiana in the early days of the

ceniurv. when Vincennes was its chief trading post, is the arcuJ; love and warfare are the themes. And among the characterise soldiers of England and America, shrewd frontiersmen :nd crafty Indians. The story deals with life, with loving and Sghting, and s touches the spring that raises the lid and sets cverv little Jack-in-tlie-World laughing or weeping. "Alice" is also somewhat jocund. Laughter is easy and wholiv without malice, even if it i not deeply thrilling. Tberiis a wholesome atmosphere about the storv. Ilonestv, rourap, ppntl manners and loyalty are. Indeed, virtues that are held tn sot:iPvhat ppncral ptpem. hiad.v popular novels to the contrary, notwiJhstandin. .Mr. Thompson' s:ory Is redolent of this old-rasn-lonediintearity, and is a standing: reproach to the smart fiction tnai, s,'auffftter these urcesi.

Patroon Van Volkenberg A Tale of Old Manhattan In the Year x686 By HENRY THEW STEVENSON Fully lllutrated by C. M. R ELVE A. Cloth, r.'mo. Howen-Merrill's price, 91.60. Th!action of the story hecins with the landing of one Michael Le Bourse at Lopk Island, his blowing the conch for the New York ferrymen, nnd starting for the little city of less than .VJ0 Inhabitants. The confli' t between the law-abldlnsr citizens of New York, led by the Governor. Earl Bellamont. and the merchants, headed by Patroon Yan Volkenberg. is at its heljrlit. The Governor bns forbidden the port to the fror-tniders or pirate ships, which Infested the Atlantic and silled holdlv under their own ring, while the l'ntroon and his merchant colleagues not only traded openly with the buccaneers, but ovned and managed such illicit craft. rattoon Van Volkenberc Is a character worth portraying. Rough, unscrupulous, enamored of power, lie sails high-handed through the story like one of his own lawless buccaneers. He schemes, murders and parjnres himself; and at the same time he stands fearless and unashamed before his Judg, convincing them that. In the truer Implications of his being, he Is a gentleman. He face the conseouenees of his plttlncs without a shadow of trembling, and he finally dies the athjof a, hero, desperate, hold, dominating and powerful to the end. Th atmosphere of the tale Is fresh In fiction, the plot is stirring anrt well knit, and the author is possessed of the ability to write forceful, fragrs'ut English.

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