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mnnufncturrrH nn forceful men whoseprivata history when nivunlcd magito nmkn a black photo envious MrTurner dovn not malt the oppre wd finploywH any moro ciiRnKinK particularlythe drunken young nidiim whom axK counterfoil Thiru U a lovti story andthnre aro and powerfulhere and with bit of rawestrealism of tout Zola kind that very VOIIIIKmen BWIII to to M much now but tho-nuthorn linproKwiotiUtlo cocioloKV overKlmtlowB everything flxo and spoils hisbunk RH fiction It I a pity that buforowriting ho dill trot sooty deeper the ques-tions ho touches

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Mrs Inrnn Slevonn She was well knownto nu older generation in and NewYork though of Into years she linn livedchiefly in ran The fact that ho Iranthought lit to print Uetiiiniicences Miificaland Other A Mlllut May easilycreate a flutter for Mts Iteinl I knuwn tohave a Minrp tongue and ha Ixen trpnttiltour too kindly by either IloMtm or SewYork MKl ty Her hook will prove a diiippoltilinent howover for ho liwreftly-nvoldi till reference to her social experiencesin tills country She lUll a Rood andMing In society and as sin tells us lint hindthe honor of singing toKini Kdwanl VIIwhen h was 1rlnce of WuloM Situ tellsof various musicians mot lUzt midMucwnet and laderew ki nod Hiiyrt uhsad of other people Madeleine i inniru nod1anl Ueiclmnel and Kcnjaniin ConstantNeither In Interest s-

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whether In Its public or Ittt private actionis that which the Hishop of MaisnchuscttHhas to describe In his biography of hiseliminate Roger Woleott by WilliamIiwrunco Houghton Mifllin V Co I Toninny CJov VolcottV corner may seemrather uneventful for seldom do occaMoimrise nown lays to put even thin Governor ofa great Stato to the test Tim storyworth tolling howover for to till who overcame in contact with him to his clasmatertand friends to his Harvard students and tohis buslne and political associates HugerWoleott stands out as the ixrsotiilicationof the man of honor mid the Americangentleman Hishop Uiwienco has writtensympathetic memoir of his friend thatdeserves to be read far beyond the cull

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