The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol. By W. Locke.. (j.
Lane. 6s.)--rMr. Locke makes merry with his "child of the South," and throws in some tender, almost too tender, pathos. Aristide is a medley of inflammable versatility, reckless unselfish- ness, and guileless impetuosity or cheerful roguery. Taken alone each story is a light and amusing or pathetic incident attached to kaleidoscopic character and admirably suited for a magazine. Though there is no printed indication, it is efident, and the illustrations- give confirmation, that the hero is.a creation intended tor-a-series. of magazine stories. Thns while for continuous pertwal these ehaptere cannot equal the attractions of The Beloved Vagabond, they form a chara-eteristic collection of examples of eamberant spirits and luscious sentiment set in attractive saenes,
two in England, the others in Provence and Paris.
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