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 Rh but also gives charming personal glimpses of the lives of the writers. Prophets of The Nineteenth Century? the title under which these essays are pub lished, is a book well worth the reading and one which will stimulate an interest in this field of liter ature. The reader fond of adventure and highly dramatic situation will find A Dream of a Throne? a story which will command his interest from beginning to end. The scene is laid in Mexico, and the plot deals with a popular Mexican uprising in 1845. Vicente, the hero, and the leader of the revolt, is the son of the last daughter of the ancient royal house which, in the province whose capital is Guadalajara, corre sponds to the house of Montezuma in the Aztec cap ital. Opposed to him is Rodrigo, an American in the service of the Mexican government. The writer has a thorough knowledge of Mexican life, and his descriptions of both people and scenery are vividly drawn. We commend the book as an excellent companion for a leisure hour.

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