Hobbs, Roe Raymond. Court of Pilate, a story of Jerusalem in the days of Christ. $1.50. Fenno.
The love of Cestus, the young centurion for the beautiful Jewess, Myra, and the intrigues of the unscrupulous Paulina, who is high in favor at the court of the Roman Procurator of Jerusalem, and who is determined to win Cestus at any cost, form the main plot of this story but into it are woven accounts of the licentious life at the court of the governor, stirring scenes or the clash of Jew and Roman, engendered by a fierce race hatred that led to the crucifixion of the Messiah, and detailed pictures of barracks, prison, cottage, and market place.
+ N. Y. Times. 11: 705. O. 27, ’06. 150w.
Hobbs, Roe Raymond. Gates of flame. $1.50. Neale.
An innocent man is accused and convicted of a crime thru a chain of circumstantial evidence. The problems that this sort of legal blunder gives rise to are met and handled for general enlightenment while the story interest is maintained in the prosecuting attorney’s conflict between his duties to the state and his love for the sister of the accused man.
Hobbs, Roe Raymond. Zaos: a novel. $1.50. Neale.
Reincarnation is the theme of this story. Hal Raolin, a Harvard student, recognizes himself as having lived in Egypt six thousand years ago as Phyros, commander of the king’s guards, and the lover of Zaos, “the beloved of Thebes.” In a trance state he lives over events that marked the tragic course of his life. His vision calls him to Egypt whither he goes and where strange adventures befall him.
Hobhouse, L. T. Democracy and reaction. $1.50. Putnam.
“We cannot speak too highly of this excellent piece of work. The present treatise will not suffer in comparison with the best writing done in England.” John Cummings.