, comes an English officer, who is readily
recognized as that Lord Howe who met his death at
Ticonderoga. As a most natural sequence, even amid
the hostile demonstrations of both French and
Indians, Lord Howe and the young girl find time to
make most deliciously sweet love, and the son of
the recluse has already lost his heart to the
daughter of a great sachem, a dusky maiden whose
warrior-father has surrounded her with all the
comforts of a civilized life.

The character of Captain Brooks, who voluntarily
decides to sacrifice his own life in order to save
the son of the Englishman, is not among the least
of the attractions of this story, which holds the
attention of the reader even to the last page. The
tribal laws and folk lore of the different tribes
of Indians known as the "Five Nations," with which
the story is interspersed, shows that the author
gave no small amount of study to the work in
question, and nowhere else is it shown more
plainly than by the skilful manner in which he has
interwoven with his plot the "blood" law, which
demands a life for a life, whether it be that of
the murderer or one of his race.

A more charming story of mingled love and
adventure has never been written than
"Ticonderoga."

=ROB OF THE BOWL:= A Story of the Early Days of Maryland. By John P.
Kennedy. Cloth, 12mo. with four page illustrations by J. Watson Davis.
Price, $1.00.

It was while he was a member of Congress from
Maryland that the noted statesman wrote this story
regarding the early history of his native State,
and while some critics are inclined to consider
"Horse Shoe Robinson" as the best of his works, it
is certain that "Rob of the Bowl" stands at the
head of the list as a literary production and an
authentic exposition of the manners and customs
during Lord Baltimore's rule. The greater portion
of the action takes place in St. Mary's--the
original capital of the State.

As a series of pictures of early colonial life.
In Maryland, "Rob of the Bowl" has no equal, and
the book, having been written by one who had