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,a KatbarinfeifiarynaTu^Misi Hin&on) tiaa 1
b^e^ iai.jreal^.iiiistdncal^iidiataStiBr of fte^
.eighteenth; century if6r'thebeiv»lne of her•!
ifiojd, My t'HearfeciiMighf' (Lim
4ojp,;i jitelboa3&pne:'.;M«ivilld and MM- ■
jen)i■{ jTfes, "Mollytf, tofc'hfee "title 5is none
7Jtfpry Granville, if>Set?fcfe"r known
as l^i-B. :5ejanjrs!,-the name -which she -ac-:
quired by, .fier _ second. marriage ->with Sr.
Delany, the. ,Hish,dwane !&nd mloke^friend oi
Swifts-This dady, Whose autobiography aid;
letters have, been largely . drawn upo n, aid ;
.pr$fifbee)y, quoted :by, Mis.- Hmknon,1 was[ a
mfecepf fhe,Lord'J^nsdoWne>ofdthe day.
}Vhep her fatker.-Coldnel rGtanville, suf
|ere^ ^jserjous reverse >of forfcuney she was
,nu«:ried;;to "fat); snu%,'stalky" tiAlexandtt;
Pendarvps, :a; wealthy; Cornish datadow ner.
With hind she -lived more* or'lqsg; unhappily ;
for- seven .years, being oblynSi* When he
died. .Among the men ■ of; fashion whom she j
tn.et there wfere many who Were-vnore than
eager. r to. become heM loverh, drift t ehe m
mainedi true .to- her unattractive dord, de
spite » passion for W< young1 peer, 'whom
she afterwardspersuaded do make full'resti
tution -to'. the 'woman; Who had< eaeirificid
her, stage.,a«i!uHhCT.iMr.ihiwrfor his
sake. * In her hiiddle-age "Molly" married,
and found peace with, the, chivalrous but
| was a-xvoman
oiiiiiteiWrj^tastes, hiiihb^ed among her
intimates, in addition ^o; :SWift, the novel
ists Fielding and Richardson! and other fa
mous men of the times,. Mj?£ Hmkson tells
: hier: life:story, with; but .Olidit embroidery
; of ''fiction^ i iii; ia hright hndflnteresting man
lier, depicting fashionable iAd literary so
ciety j>f: the .fifcsf; ■ half; pjf j jthd. eighteenth cen
genuine ; {appreciation and a
. "IffiS ^o^n^^aR^ife'lj'CJ^ndon: Cliatto 1
ahd^Wflidi^),,; J||i|tScbar^ ijMarsh, is de- 1
4^0^ii |jk jra but
,it;tt^e®ly^no^i!th^;ipfi|els which be-,]
seieational crime j
atorip^v) ijty ji; plj^flted and better |
Written.|thfthi;l|m^i^}Vi^;l>f such books. ]
>js|^i^^i<ii^)ni«fuUy convic-1
tied :hy! $ni ] iini^jlig^i; ijiirjr] |<ff his country- 5
taen4rpnce ;fpr ;embes&bh{?(;ru|t funds-which i
d5s^;^p,ie|^tenc|a;;jiind;pjpptt|for a murder
lisis jnusiljii 1 jncs^rder at all—is
alint^^^ucie^iy^iipiipj^jstidf'l, resembling
remote!^^^^i{>erajnieiii;i|thiit "wise fool''
who so frieque^&.WmkeoihiBfappearance in
Russian isnapnaSe^^rajfota. All the ills
which thus comelij^hNthp unfortunate
isqililwi
Graham Burke are bflftytsqcl'l with fiendish
'malice by his ward, Buiji^Wkittaker, who
becomes almost mad ^tlv> naffled passion
when he scorns and re^^Sjblr amorous ad
vances. He duly serveJpt&'Mntence of two
years for embezzlemegj^janj&iifr at his second
trial, condemned i fee has, how
ever, in the person^^othdr|'oung wonmn,
the half-Americanf^ppitBaK»er, a sort of
guardian angel, whop^^«B'(&i him in spite
of appearances, ^jpfifcelps; ■&> bring about
the happy endiwf^f,^a|nij$f|rtunes. There
is quite the con
trast betweeuifhq\:yptp0{xs|Graham and
Olive, on tM^^. ^apdi jjind the utterly
wicked Eni(|^4;liw^e|^Pi| on the other,
but the s^p ,^ppueSl'uu j^our or two's
agreeablgi&j^t£tfig$; who will
f|m reservation
P^r,^ttoh'r:^lspert<; gui^Mjee.
"Under^i^gi <fti^lojur',;itl«ndon: Lane)
is the^^^iypn ^;iS^^lere Drillien's
authorj^^/^^ilsb|!;tii^ifi]#)n of Pierre
Jfp^^^prpayijqyijetj Qjuplq|es Fenjmes."
: |ti (^.^iiwhqrt .stories,
i ' ftftf i i f iwench Boldiers
iig»i Itliie'jiv-hiraph.: Republic.
reading for
i U iill-!illwnmilTT^Jiiiii»lii«lr f

"the' .liglit' ^^»e*
,f! can employ- . -, V;of-, auefc'
>i:tbemes.' There' is

■^flifem, even*wlieii, first- of.^he'

!jo an Africaii 'fat-thepnouth
" of a yellow W?19se=.sulleni Raters'
■''flowed betweeny^o'lpw ^an^,.^ (!. In .this
!'\ "startingrppint', of rp -hpW)', cppguest?".|1this

'^centre of the empire thevictors,'.

■'eight hundred.mCn, clad'in "white or kliaki,
;w*livcd in. Jjfits ;'.bi /wp^-and-.'^niw, ^alf
"'buried in this.swamp."...^ jh^re:10^^-£^te

'{ta-Fer practised' '

ii:yellow fever."fame,.''^heri- Bhe .sudaehtyjde-"
- veloped into a Render Sister b^Tffercyv, So
'■ fine was' ti{$' work she idi<jtV^tw^nisan"
■'jnspcctor-igejie^^me hu£'fromPrapc^.the
-!'eominanding*offieer of the station jp'rese^d
"lier to"'him' ohh pArhde^V^od^the'.'generai,5.
■nlnoAAn'ng hli'hb'puf'her,1''"saluted her 3?ery>
?■ gravely )"-<viflis-'alr*ihii> heajt 'h'e': fsaliited' her, >
before the!iiiety the officers,^ .ahd,' jthe;
" colours;" "'■ In/air'tHe'stoWta fibres Barna
Mtaux, a dare-dtttil vFrench' h6lohiaY'spidiet,,i
«i''Vho had -beta "three ' titheh .a'"sergCant,

■ ■price reduckl for hrdaeh'of disVipIifte&j ahd -

once for toiscoriduct."''' : He is so blasie! $ith.

■'world-experfehce Hliht he sleepslwh'pn not ■
;;iconipelled to wbrk—that is t6 say, unless

he happens ti> be drinking.-' He will Sever
be anything but a soldier, "he was born one
<.-day, and some day he -will die;" but he is

iworth knowing,! and'his reminiscences' are
■ worth listening to. There are eight ap
propriate illustrations in colour by Helen
McKie/ who has successfully caught ' the
. spirit of the-stories, ■- >?•

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