Criminals -- Fiction; Inheritance and succession -- Fiction; London (England) -- Fiction; Siblings -- Fiction
"Desiring to destroy the false ideas concerning the Russian Empire that
have become so deeply rooted in the minds of most persons, we decided
that the best way to accomplish our purpose would be by a novel based on
life in Siberia, and this novel was written by Miss Marya Rodziewicz, a
noted Polish writer. It is well known that there is not much sympathy
between the Russians and Poles. But, at the same time, there is an
honesty of purpose in those serious and earnest Polish writers, which,
notwithstanding the wrongs their country has suffered at the hands of
the Russians, would prevent their stooping to falsify facts. Thus Miss
M. Rodziewicz's views of life in Siberia are more worthy of credence
than the scribblings of those writers who, for the sake of creating a
sensation, and its usual accompaniment, the desire of making money,
relate blood-curdling stories of the barbarism of Russia."
SOME PRESS OPINIONS.
Leeds Mercury--
"An engrossing book. The story is a powerful one, and,
breathing as it does the true life of the Siberian, is
profoundly interesting."
Daily News--
"The book is well worth reading. Her descriptions are
wonderfully suggestive."
Daily Telegraph--
"Deeply interesting."
New Age--
"Told with piercing vividness, 'Anima Vilis' is so good and so
finely done, that we sincerely hope to read more stories by so
talented an author."
Review of the Week--
"Has the simplicity and directness typical of Slavonic
literature. Its freshness and originality should stimulate
translators to further explorations in literary Poland."
Literature--
"It has both power and charm."
* * * * *
CYRANO DE BERGERAC.
_A fascinating and powerful romance of this interesting personality._
CAPTAIN SATAN:
ADVENTURES OF CYRANO DE BERGERAC.
From the French of LOUIS GALLET.
_With special Photogravure Portrait of CYRANO DE BERGERAC._
SECOND EDITION.
"Captain Satan" forms a _romance d'aventure_ of the Dumasesque school,
having the famous Cyrano de Bergerac for hero, and giving a vivid
picture of the redoubtable hero, swashbuckler, poet, and philosopher.
The book has attained widespread popularity in France. There is a most
enthralling and extremely powerful plot, while one exciting episode
succeeds another in a fashion that holds the reader's attention
fascinated to the last page. The character of Cyrano, forming as it does
a central figure around which everything turns, adds additional
attractiveness to this unquestionably notable romance, since general
interest in his remarkable personality has been so largely re-awakened
by M. Coquelin's and Mr. Charles Wyndham's superb presentations of the
character of M. Rostand's famous play, the book will appeal to a still
wider section of the reading public.
SOME PRESS OPINIONS.
Daily Chronicle--
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