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T1IK INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2S, 1901. i HISTORICAL and BIO GRAPHICAL W 1 ll z I ovi: c;lymvh. Since the invasion of Erit.mnica by the Komaa general. Agricola, in the century preceding the Christian era, the history of Britain under the rule of its various con querors and during the many bloody wars which devastated it from north to south has been written by many chroniclers. The annals of the Cymri. the nation Inhabiting Cambria (now Wales), a mountainous and ploturesQuo region in the southwest of Britain, have net been preserved except in legends and in the song3 and poms of its r.ume'rous and highly gifted bard. The author of "Owen Glyndwr," Arthur Granville Bradley, writes thus in the preface: "Glyndwr (pronounced Glind'ire) 13, without doubt, the national hero of the majority of Welshmen. Precisely why he takes precedence of warrior princes who, before hi3 day, struggled bo bravely with tho Anglo-Norman power, and often with more, permanent success, is not now to the point. There has not hitherto been any attempt to collect In book form all that is known of thl3 cel ebrated "Welshman and the movement he headed. I have, therefore, good reason to believe that the mere collection and ar rangement of this In one accessible and handy volume will not be unwelcome, to Welsh readers especially." The iirst chapter, containing eighty-one pages, is entitled, "Introductory Sketch of Welsh History from the Saxon Conquest cf England to tho Bislng of Glyndwr 100 to IkO." The beginning of the chapter 13 here quoted: "Tho main subject of this book is the mm whose memory, above that cf all other men, the Welsh, as a people, delight to honor, and that period of Welsh history which he made so stormy and so memorable. But having what there is soma reason to regard as a well founded opinion that (to the vast ma jority of .English readers) the story of Wales Is practically a blank, it seems to me desirable to prepare the way, in some eort, for the advent of my hero upon this, the closing" scene of Cambrian glory. I ehall, therefore, begin with a rapid sketch of those nine centuries which, ending with Glyndwr's rising:, constitute roughly, in 'a political and military sense, the era of Welsh nationality." The author, who, by ti e way, has already published an Interesting book, "Highways and Byways In North Wak-n." fcas evident ly devoted conscientious and careful at tention to his present work, and gives evi dence also of a sincere interest in the for tunes of his hero and of the people who ro long and so bravely, and at so great odds, struggled to preserve their freedom and to regain it when lost. His style is clear and concise, an 1 shows how hbtory may be made to glow and to Inspire to high and noble deeds. The book will recom mend itself to every lover cf history. The final chapter ends thus: "Had the Ireland of that day, with It? larger fighting strength and sea-girt territory, possessed the national spirit and tenacious courage of Wales, who knows but that she might have vindicated her right to a separate nationality by the only test admissible in medieval ethics that cf arms. Geography, at any rate, in her case was no barrier to cn independent existence. But ge ography irrevocably settled the destiny of Wales, as It did eventually that of Scot land. Yet, with all these centuries of close affinity to JJngland, the Welsh, in many rcsjeeis-I had -almost sail In most have preserved their nationality more suc cessfully than the Celts of either Ireiand or the north, and in so doing have lost noth ing cf such benefits as modern civilization brings." An appendix 13 devoted to the bards, who were an important and power ful element In the moi ling and developing of the Welsh nation. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. MAIDS AND MATHONS O I M2W riiAcc. The pioneer women who disembarked on the shores of Massachusetts in 1GJ0 have been celebrated ever since in romance and poetry for their courage in braving the hardships and perils of a land of which little was known excepC its dangers. Gf course they deserved all the praise they have received, but there are others. Twelve years before the pioneer women of Ply mouth colony landed a French colony had been planted on the headlands of Quebec, which was Increased from time to time by the arrival of small groups of women from the mother country. These pioneer women of Canada played as Important a part In Its growth and are as worthy of eternal remembrance at least some of them, for they were not all of equal virtue and merit as their Anglo-Saxon sisters of New Kngland. Yet they have been com paratively little written about, and the history of many of them is buried and lost past recovery. A monument in Montreal preserves the memory of one of them, Geanne Mance, and an island resort in the , ßt. Lawrence recalls by its name the brief eojourn of Helen de Champlaln on these shores. But these reminders convey no Information and the memory of others has been wholly neglected. Francis Park man in his histories and numerous writers since in works of fiction, have portrayed the hardships and adventures encountered by the French men and women who founded Canada, but "Maids and Matrons of New France." by Mary Sifton Pepper. Is the first book devoted entirely to the ladies of France who left a life of civiliza tion and luxury to dwell in an unsettled country with a rigorous climate and sur rounded by savages. The field is an at- tractlvo one for the historian as well as the nqvdisj and the bare recital of facts carries with it all the elements of pic turesque narrative. Tho author has made a thorough study of tho subject, her labor on the translation of "Tho Jesuit relations" and other works having given her special qualifications for the prepara tion of the present work. She treats the rubject by periods. Tho first period deal ing with the pioneer women of Acadia, the second with tho pioneer women of Quebec, the third with the maids of Montreal, and tho fourth with the advent in 1006 of a regiment cf French soldiers known as the Carignan Regiment, and the importation of several consignments of "King's girls" as the French maids were called who wero destined to become the wives of settlers and soldiers. Tho entire period covered li frcm tho early part of the seventeenth century to near its close. The earlier chapters tell what is known concerning the Sfarchioneas d Carcheville, first patro ness of American missions; Madame de Champlaln, tho first lady of Cana da; Madamo de la Peltrle, found res of the first girl's school In Canada: Mother Marie Guyard; Jeanne le Ber, tho recluse of Montreal, and many of their contemporaries. Tho women of the fourth period. Including those who came over to get husbands, were of a le.s heroic and less elevated type than their pioneer tl.ters, but none the less interest ing In a way. Recurring to the first period Cae Jeunis that the Marchioness dc Gu-.r-ehwvilie, tho first patroness of American nlAoions, was clearly identified with the iriy history of tho colony, though t he h:r--lf did not immigrate thither. She had ben cne of the belles In the earlier day of tina Henxy'B reisa äc waa faa;d throughout France for her beauty and wit. Many tales are told of the power of her charms, which extended even to the King himself. He became one of her ardent woers. But she, knowing that her rank was not high enough to iermit her to be come his wife, held hor honor too hih to occupy a less honorable position in his household. She therefore repulsed his gal lantries with spirit, and repeatedly left the court in order to avoid them. Once he pursued her to her own chateau, some dis tance from Paris. Francis Parkman re lates in a vivid manner how she succeeded In eluding her royal admirer this time also. It was in her later life that sho became a religious enthusiast and connected with j missionary work in Canada. Of a different j typo, more masculine and more heroic, was Lady de la Tour, fighter, voyager and lead er of men. And s one Is made acquainted with tho remarkable women of the differ ent periods in the growth of the colony. After tho arrival of the King's girls, or contract wives, towards tho close of the seventeenth century, an element of light ness and frivolity was introduced in so ciety. "The annals of the times," says the author, "tell of many severe measures re sorted to by tho clergy to keep the maids and young matrons within the established bounds of decorum At one time there was a law that all girlj and women should be shut up In their houses at 0 o'clock at night, and thoso who violated thl3 injunc tion and attended a masked ball were dragged from their beds at midnight by officers of tho town and whipped. Women of quality were forbidden to wear lace, and those who wore their hair in a topknot were I refused the privilege of the communion." It is curious to find these counterparts of Iuritan strictness in a community that was both French and Catholic. The author ha3 a clear nnd pleasing style and has produced a work that throws much light on the history of Canada from the earliest times. It is published by Little, Brown & Co., Boston. FIGHTING IXIII'.It TIIH SOL'THKRN CHOSS. It is too true of Americans to be alto gether creditable to them that they know little and care less of the history, topog raphy and geography of the South Ameri can countries and almost nothing of their peoples and their methods and manner isms. So when a writer comes who knows these things and has the will to tell them and the capability to tell them well and interestingly, it is a distinct gain fcr the sum of our national knowledge. Such a bock, told by such a man and in such a way, is "Fighting Under the Southern Cross," by Claude II. Wetmore. It is pri marily a story for boys, and as such is told in simple language, which makes its narrative cf adventure by sea and shore of even greater impresslveness. The scenes of this story are laid on tho west coast of Peru during the Chileno reruvlan war of 1S79. Primarily, the cause of this war was the nitrate beds of Bo livia, which for years Chile had been anx ious to obtain. Having an offensive and defensive alliance with Bolivia, Peru was compelled to take up arms against Chile. As the struggle was waged entirely on the sea, and as Bolivia was on inland state, the entire conflict was carried on by Teru. The incidents of the story are largely the incidents of the war, and the heroes are three Americans boys living in Callao, who are introduced to the reader during a re gatta on Callao bay, as the medium through which the facts are learned con cerning the controversy that culminated in the declaration of war. The history of this war, in many respects without a parallel in th world's history, has been rarely told, and still moro rarely in story form. Not alone because it Is a vivid picture of the war between Chile and Teru is the book an interesting one, but as a portrayal of the countries themselves. But it is a story from beginning to end, and the his torical and other facts, while introduced in perfect chronology, are not allowed to mar tho telling of a good tale, and the his torical personages, Grau, Matajente and a dozen others, are not permitted to de tract from the leading positions of Louis and Harvey Dartmoor and Carl Saunders, around whom the story centers, but rather serve as an altogether admirable setting against which they and their adventures are more clearly seen. The author is particularly fitted to write this story, as he lived in Feru tluring the war period, and was familiar with all the characters upon whose shoulders the re sponsibility for the war rested. A map of Callao bay and a pronouncing vocabulary of Spanish terms used add greatly to the value of the book. This volume will be fol lowed by another, taking up the events of the closing months of tho war and the trying time of reconstruction. "Fighting Under the Southern Cross" Is an attractive volume of 333 pages, bound in cloth in the national colors of Peru, red and white, and is from tho rress of W. A. Wilde & Co., Boston and Chicago. Tili: TlltC THOMAS JKFFEIISOX. The publication of "The True Biogra phies" is a happy conception of the J. B. LIppIncott Company, of Philadelphia. "The True George Washington," "The True Ben jamin Franklin" and "The True William Penn" have preceded "The True Thomas Jefferson," which has just been published. If the succeeding annual volumes shall be as conscientiously and intelligently written as have the volumes already Issued, the many readers who desire to know some thing of the personal characteristics of the men whoso names survive the ravages of time will find th series of "true biogra phies" most entertaining and valuable. The series is Intended to be the true por trait ordsr of biography, in contradistinc tion to those biographies which are eulo gies, when written by friends, and detrac tion, when the work of enemies. "The True Thoma3 Jefferson" was writ ten by William Bleroy Curtis, known as one of the most accomplished newspaper correspondents in tho country. Of Jefferson, the statesman, both friends and foes havo wr'ttsn, while his published works are the most voluminous which any public man in this country has left behind him. He was a genius, a philosopher and the creator of a great party. He was not on orator, or evsn a fair rublic speaker, but he was a master of the pen. But if he could not speak, he could inspire others to champion the cause he espoused. He was the greatest party leader of his time and, it may be added, on of the three or four great party leaders this country has sen. He played the fiddle, ha kept minute accounts of his expenditures, he found delight in classic music and patronized the cheapest shows. He wrote the immortal Declaration of In dependence and learnedly and profoundly upon all political topics, while his "Anas," or his dally Journal, were the most odious records of malicious gossip ever published. The purpose of his life was to build a na tion upon this continent, with human free dom and equality as its foundations. Yet, until he was President, he was hostile to the national Idea, as entertained by Wash ington and the authors of the Constitution of the United States, and would have ought its raUHcatloa by the different col onies had he been In this country while it3 adoption was pending. 'He was a man of many inconsistencies, but these he ac knowledged by saying that "a man must sometimes be inconsistent if he is sincere." Before he was President and while he was building up his paity, he was an ultra States' rights man. going so far in that di rection as to write the nullification resolu tions adopted by the Kentucky Legislature in 17:.', and the seeds of the nullification movement in South Carolina years after. When he became President he confessed that he went outside the Constitution in the negotiation of the Louisiana purchase. Professing an ardent attachment to Wash ington, while he was Washington's secre tary of state, he employed a scurrilous writer as a clerk to assail Hamilton, the administration and even Washington him self. Jefferson's was a most remarkable intel lect; It never rested, but worked Inces santly, and the result Is treatise? on poll tics, morals, agriculture, architecture and whatever attracted his attention for the hour. Always with pen in hand, he wrote the Impressions of the hour regardless of what he had previously put on record, pro ceeding on the maxim that "a wise man often changes his mind a fool never." The result is that in many controversies Jeffer son 13 now quoted to sustain both sides. Mr. Curtis gives some interesting state ments concerning the contest in the House when there was a tie between him and Burr for the presidency. In his journal he ftates that Federalists came to him with tenders of 0te3 to secure his election if he would intimate that he would not de pose the Federalists holding office. He also notes rumors that Burr's friends attempted to secure Federalist support by promises of official favors, thus showing that in "the earlier and better days of the Re public" patronage was as precious in the eyes f political men as, now. It will do no good, but Mr. Curtis explodes the popular story, so often told to sustain Democratic simplicity, that Jefferson, when first in augurated, rode to the capital unattended, hitched his horse to the fence and went in to take the oath of office. This stcry was told to a credulous Knglishman as a Joke, but he took it as the truth and sent It to an Knglish papor. He offended foreign min isters by receiving them in slippers and dressing gown, and made no provision for the seating of guests, according to rank, at his state dinnera, but permitted those in vited to find seats if they could. Beyond the Louisiana purchase, Jeffer son did nothing to make his administration remarkable. He feared war and a public debt. He would not build up a navy or per mit Americans to defend themselves on the sea. To avert war, he enforced his em bargo act and ruined the merchant marine. When ho was confronted with war with France and Spain, he decided upon two policies, one public, to satisfy the warlike spirit of the people, and the other secret, by which he expected to reconcile hl3 foes. Therefore, ho wrote two messages to Con gress and lramed two replies, which he wished Congress to return to him. One pledged tho lives and fortunes of the Amer ican peorle to protect their rights; the oth er authorized the President to purchase peace at any price. The insults of England and France were ignored, and he left to his successor conditions which led to war. He retired from office feeling that the people had not appreciated him. Ills estate was bankrupt, and to raise the mortgages he asked the Virginia Legislature to authorize him to establish a lottery. Refusing this, he asked it to give him JbO.000, basing the claim on hi3 public service, which it also declined to do. Jefferson, . like most genuises, was a character of contradictions. He proclaimed the wisest theories and the noblest senti ments; on the other hand he was an In triguer. His public works will always be read with profit because of their wisdom and exalted sentiments; yet his official diary, called "Anas," is a monument of human malice, doing more to harm his rep utation than all the assaults of his foes. There can bo no difference of opinion as to the honest purpose and patriotism of Washington, Andrew Jackson, Lincoln and Grant, but so crowded with contradic tions was the life and the writings of Jef ferson that to this day friends praise and foes assail, and the reader is in grave doubt at times, even if he comes to tho conclu sion finally that if often inconsistent, he was sincere and honest in his purposo to establish a government of the pecple in the United States. fU'KUX VICTOHIA, II KU LIFB AM) KM 11 HE. Thi3 book contains the story of the life of Queen Victoria by one of her sons-in-law, the Duke of Argyll, Its chief interest is In the fact that it is the biography of the woman and the Queen, rather than a history of her rule and her times. It is not an attempt to show the Influence thi3 re markable and self-contained woman had upon Great Pritain, but the story of the birth, education and life of the woman her self, full of color and warmth because it Is the record of a natural life. Some portions of the Queen's diary are transferred to the book. Not the least valuable portions of the work are the illustrations made from palntlng3. The coronation ceremonies are described at length, a feature which de rives an interest from the ccmlng corona tion of Victoria's son, Edward VII. Pub lished by Harper Brothers. A Health. Here's to th man who reads my "itufV I woulJ It were less elteary, Wha never flies Into a Luff And never seems to weary; Ten thousand has he in a year Of manuscripts mcst hoary, II reads them all without a fear. To find a ncvel story. Here's to the man, and blessings rett TJron his heart so tender; Ilia anguish Is by me unguessed. Though I am his defender; For If In conscious duty bcun-i Ills paper is protected, How oft his noble soul is Rrcjnl To wrlto tha word "rejected. " Here's to tho man. a health to him Fuch as may fuU his pleasure! I wonder why, it's but a whim, 11 r.ver find a Ueasure? Cut that h never does we kinw Who keep hlra erstwhile bu?y, Ar.a have the print? 1 slips to ehow Ills had grows never dizzy. God luck to him, lo:; life, god health! A juk p or a sherry ! Ten thousand for a year is wealth To madden er make merry! And he who always hold hl tcrgue Or prints his words in pity From out my achirg bifa-t la wruns Tor h'm this gent öjt'y. Oh, may he r.tver "reck the tedt" A doth bis posr advJer! How often must that poor heart b'ee3 Which is the world's assfzor! For Uli they com, and still the write. Tea thousand ttror.g. O heaver! Oil up th press, turn on the light Wdul4 writers were "tut eevtn!" Charlys W, Stevenson. See what we have in Fountain Pens III s K9 m VV &uuü Mm y m VI J VJSI J J V1V M -1 V S V "J J Mm .ESTABLISHED 1853 Qj N SOLE AGENTS FOR BUTTERICK PATTERNS INDIANA '5 GREATEST DRY QOODS EMPORIUM. An Elegant Line of 5tationcry 101 C iristmas lime 03 HE POPULARITY of books for presents leads us always to make our Holiday book stock the best that it can possibly be. Everything that can be done has been done. We make mention below of some of the new books to aid you in your selection. Come while there is plenty of time to examine carefully and therefore to select wisely - - - - - - - FICTION By MRS. 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The funniest book of the year PLUM PUDDING By JOHN KENDRICK BANGS FARM RHYMES A new book of poetry by JAMES WHITCOMBE RILEY THE MAKING OF AN AMER ICAN By JACCB RIIS ELIZABETH AND HER GER MAN GARDEN AND THE SOLITARY SUMMER rtius- trated Edition 1.18 1.00 1.00 2.00 4.00 BELLES-LETTRES iiehoint:s of fiction. Mr. W. D. Ilowtlls has favored the public with but little fiction this year, a volume containing half a dozen short stories-all of them extremely pood, by the way compris ing his offering in this line. He has, how ever, within that tim?, published his vol ume of delightful reminiscences of his life in Boston and Cambridge and of the group of literary celebrities that dwelt there at that period. Now he comes with two hand some volumes containing his opinion and estimates of numerous "Heroines of Fic tion." There papers, a3 they first appeared in one of the Harper periodicals, attracted the attention cf many readers and were frequently commented on, not always with approval, for Mr. llowells is frank and honest, and if his views upon any point are not those that prevail he i3 not afraid to set them forth. Consequently he occasion ally rouse3 protest. But in the main, most readers will probably find themselves in agreement with him in regard to these women of fiction, and whether they do or not they will none tho less appreciate his analysis of the characters of novels and his discriminating comments on the books themselves. Ills range's wide. He begins w ith Fanny Burhey's "Evelina," eoes on to Maria Edgeworth, Jans Austen, Scott, Bul- wer, Dickens, Trollope, Hardy, Black on down to Henry IJ. Fuller's and Mrs. Humphry Ward's heroines. Could there be a wider distance between two members, of womankind than between "Elizabeth Ben net" and "Marcella?" To read th3e es says net only inspires one with a desire to re-read the old novels, but with a wish, when he does return to them, to review again that thi3 keen but kindly and hon est critic has said of them. Tho volumes arc a contribution to permanent literature, and should find a place in the library of every real lover of books. They .ire not to be read through chapter by chapter, like fiction, but dipped into hero and there and returned to when any of the "heroines" mentioned there is encountered. For what Mr. IIowell3 says about these creations will always be of interest; even if his authority is not invariably accepted, his opinion Is at least well worth considering as that of a man who has given much study to the sub ject. The books are uniform in size and binding with his "Literary Friends and Acquaintances," and are embellished with many line illustrations by Christy, Keller and others. Published by Harper & Brothers. TIIK WOU Ml IlKALTIFtL IN HOOKS. Many are familiar with the three vol umes, "The World Beautiful." by Lillian Whiting. These books ccmpiehend the world as disclosed in manifold form to the senses and also to the Inward, spiritual in telligence. "Th World Beautiful in Books," by the same author, may well be considered as a continuation of the series. The motto on its title page, from Fenelon, "If the crowns of the world were laid at my ftet in exchange for my love of reading I would spurn them all," explains the spirit which has sent forth this volume and which appears in its pages. It is a call to book lovers from one familiar with the thoughts of the finest minds of the present and the past whose thoughts have been expressed through all the varied forms of literature. .As a prelude to the book the author quotes from William EI lery Channing thus: "God be thanked for books! They make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages. They give to all who will faithfully use them the spiritual pres ence of tho best and greatest of our race, s No matter how poor I am, no matter though the prosperous of our own time will not enter my obscure dwelling, if the sa cred virtues will enter and take up their abode under my roof; If Milton will 6lng of paradise, and Shakspeare open to me the worlds of imagination and the work ings of the human heart; if Franklin will enrich me with his practical wisdom, I shall not pine for want of intellectual com panionship, and I may become a cultivated man, though excluded from what Is called the best society in the place where I live." The volume is separated into fiva parts, named, in their order, "As Food for Life," "Opening Golden Doors," "Tho Rosa of Morning," "The Chariot of the Soul" and "The Witness of the Dawn." Tho drift of the teaching is th necessity of choosing for young children, even for those in the nursery, fine literature, of beautiful ideas and simple expression, and thus preparing them to start on the upward way toward the region where pur thought and lovely pictures of tho Imagination will become second nature to thern, and thus be a prep aration for continual culture and happi ness. Fine selections throughout, from the best authors of the past .and present, il lustrate the "Beautiful In Books" and serve to awaken a desire in many to re-read the books with which they have considered themselves familiar. They also must have a tendency to induce many who have not yet formed a habit of reading and of mak ing choice of the best within their reach to begin at onc to sek for tho beautiful In tha printed page, and thus to obtain con ttntment and companionship even in soli tude. The poet, the philosopher, tha novelist, the dramatist, the scientist, the clergyman are represented and quoted. Tha volume Is on to attract holiday buyers who are looking for something outside the field of fiction. Little. Bro wn Sc Co., Boston. SWLET.NESS A7iD LIGHT. Matthaw Arnold's famous essay, entitled "Sweetness and Light," wherein he sets forth a definition of culture and tells what are its uses and what Its place in the social life, makes its appearance in a dainty booklet issued by the II. M. Caldwell Com pany, Boston. It Is printed from r.ew plates, has an . original itching frontispiece by Marcel, is bound in limp leather cover and is altogether a volume to be welcomed by admirers of this cultivated writer many of whom look upon this essay as best repre senting the author's thought and charm of manner. It belongs In the publishers' series of remarque editions of literary master pieces. MAZUE'S siiakspeake. 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