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^?PIU AND COMMENT LITERARY CRITICISM AND BOOK NEWS Emerson's Journals: The Completion of a Not? able Undertaking?A Life of Robert Fulton?American Diplomacy. KMKKSON .1??, ?:\ ?Lg " ' It \l I'll VV M.t'o I ?.. >\ ?ItI Vn .?Islii.-is ?>*. .10 Kmeraon and Waldo .-. r**rtxn Illustrated l3mo, \ is..a laas. ??i?. .mi. aai vo? \ ?sTS pi. \? i .4'i Bostoa. n.> ? ?-niiiiu:? These concluding volumes of erson's Journals" are in some re the most valuable of all. That is because of the era in which they ??ritten and partly because of the lation which they afford of the himself at the summit and in tl ?line of his life. The decade they span hud no superior in all . ican history in interest to the p or to the scholar. It was big big deeds in peace and war, transformed radically the whole acter of the American nation. 1 marked with intellectual activit; literary productiveness not surp i'V any other period, its appe ?very sense and sentiment of mai overwhelming. And there were who responded to the appeal spontaneously than the Philosoph < oneord. Those who have erroneously i ined the idealist and transcender as a man apart from common inte ?ill here learn their mistake. If 'owing his own advice, he hitchei wagon to a star the wheels still r upon the earth. We rind him dis< ng Porphyry, Confucius. Aristotle St Augustine; but at the same 'here is also plenty about Lincoln J"fferson Davis, .John Brown Charlea Sumner. "Before the war. writes in the fall of 1864, "our pat ;sm was a firework, a salute, a BOrOt far holidays and summer evenings, tne reality was s cotton thread complaisance. Now the deaths thousands and the determination millions of men and women shot resl." There has been no keener r latioi of the very heart of things t :n those sentences. Nothing is more characteristic 'he man, or more perennially surp ng to those who know him best, more delightful to those w-ho love ! than the infinite variety of observation and interest. Think of poet of "Brahma" '.he mystic "If Ked Slayer thinks he slays" - mak an address before the county a; cultural society at its annual ca ?how; and on "The Man with Hoc"! Again, he quotes the ?pini< of Ellerp Channing "on frogs i farmers"- "farming, he thinks, is ?'tempt to outwit God with a hoe a rid.brackets them with a passage fr the "Sakuntala." Among the ini ?nerable anecdotes of interesting r, ?ons with which the books abount one gem of our old friend. Count Ad Carowahl, tome time of "The Tribu? -?taff and some ttime of the Deps ment of State at Washington. Gurow asked, "Where is this bog? I wish earn some money; I wish to dig pel "Oh, no, indeed, sir, you cannot do t kind of degrading work." "I cannot degraded. I am Gurowski." It would be difficult to find a mi i-rathingly vigorous arraignment th he gives us of the "Saturday Review ? iladstone-Palmerston hostility to 1 .'mted Sutes, in the Civil War: Every one forgot his history, h poetry, his religion, and looked on! at his shop till. No Milton, no Bacoi no Berkeley, no Montesquieu, i Adam Smith was there to hail a ne dawn of hope and culture for men, 1 ?ee the opportunity for riddance < 'his filthy pest which dishonoi human nature, to cry over to ui Tp. ai.d (iod with you! Strike fc 'ha universe of men!" No; but, o the other hand, every poet, ever scholar, every great man, as well a the rich, thought only of his ow poeketbook, and, to our astonish ment, cried: "Slavery forever!" . . We shall prosper, we ?hall di ?troy slavery, bat by no help c theirs. They assailed us wi'h mes r-avils, they sneered at our manner: at our failures, at our shifts, at th poverty of our treasury, at ou struggles, legal and municipal, an irregularities in the presence of mor ?si dangers. They cherished our ene mies, they exulted at the faction ?ehich crippled us at home; whenevei 'he allies of the rebels obstructe? 'he great aril] and action of the gov? ernment, they danced for joy. Thej ought to ha. e remembered that great actions have mean beginnings; ???or matters point to rich ends. In the final volume the change in th physical and mental dispoaition of th man i- ','??: marked. To tn end there i- rnu? h of the old Kmersoi with his elevation of thought, but th not there. Mor and more he becomes introspective ??? dwells upon the abstract, or upon mem ones of the past. His powers of 009 temporary j?er<eption anil appreciate ?re failing. 'I here are more reference to tie past than to the prevent. Bu unan ? . ? ripies which know rn t?a to hi? hold is as strong a-, ever. Th? last quoted entry is the "conclusion Ol lb? ?* ? oli ".atter." One man sets s sparkle or shim ..- ' s it, and his ?aynr.g becomes a legend pT fin proverb for all age?. An 1 other men see and try to say as much, but M man v. ?.oily and well. We BM what we 88*14. We ran see only what we make. All our l'* on?? all o.jr den re?, ? ?????? Paraaptl? has a ?ie* tiny. It has been ? rood thing te g ? ? these well edited volume? to the world. -, . ? ii on w? II they ?ill sarre ?.'. p. ?cele?? gloasoa apea i' * writing*; ? a ha da net . ? . ,.n letra ? -. . i .??.-: - ?. aad .<<?'? thouf 1 ? ' v^,"*"'*ll ta t?e Interest? , otwFttK?, t't k.?U .d'/for, e .'? eharm, which may he read raaaeeu* ? vely or be dipped into occ;.sional?y at perfect random or, we may add, thanks te a ??>?pious analytical Indi'x, lie used m ?arar?a of special reference. A . complement to the works of Einer* BOB they are indispensable. ROBERT FULTON The Man ? The Artist ? The Inventor. ROBERT IT'.ION: ENGINEER tND 181 Hi? I.if- aii'l Works. H- H. I m i Me. ii I .1 K.";.. - Hie S> lei -'? M gtoi it'll h Numerous ral Illustration? In the Tex?. Sivo, pp, ?_lv, ".;;:;. ?'lie John t-m ? ?< mp It is now nearly a humlred year? lince Cadtrallaaer ('olden published his "Life of Robert Fulton." with some 0X t pressions which we cannot heip re i garding as fulaome, and since "The Quartet !y Review," )n the next num? ber a'ter that containing its historic I onslaught upon "Endyinion" winch : "killed John Keats," reviewed the same, with some- expressions which we ean* . not help regarding as aavage. T'.ose two publications justify the declaration of the present author in his preface, that American biographers have credit? ed Fulton with greater achievement? than the facts warrant, while Fnglish writers have too often dismissed him contemptuously as a charlatan. They .also justify the presentation, even at this late day, of a painstaking, impar? tial and authoritative history of the great nran and his great designs. For Fulton was great. It may be that his friend ("olden erred in the Suggestion that no greater benefactor of the human race had ever lived. Vet the invention of the steamboat alone would give him an assured rank among great benefactors, while if we add thereto his high artistic talent, his en? lightened advocacy of canal systems such as some countries more enter? prising than his own have most profit? ably adopted, and his pioneership .. invention of screw as well as paddL' propellers, of torpedoes and of sub? marine boats, we must give him aplace ? veiy close to the foremost in that sort 1 of activity; aid we must welcome a book which discloses more fully than ever before his title to such recogni? tion. It ia a sufficiently familiar fact that Fulton was an artist in his early years. But few realize how consielerable were his abilities and his achievements in that direction, or will fail to be agree? ably astonished at the exhibition or some of his paintings which is made in this volume through reproduction. We may safely conclude that if lie hail not won fame as an inventor he might have attained eminent and enduring distinction as a portrait painter. JobI now, too. when some of the foremost naval authorities of the world arc sug? gesting tkat the day of the battleship i? Mat, supplanted by that of the tor? pedo and the submarine, it is interest? ing to be reminded that more than a century ago Fulton Invented practical torpedoes with which he could blow ships to splinters, and that lie con? structed a submarine boat in wkicfc he and other persoi.s could remain and did remain under water for an hour or two at a time, and in wh.ch he made A MULTIPLE CAREER: SIR GILBERT PARKER Dramatist in Australia?Novelist of Canada and the Empire at Large?Member of the British Parliament ?Champion of the Colonies. At fifty -three Sir (?ilbert Parker car look back with self-congratulation upon an exceptional career. Horn ir Cenada, he began it in Australia as ? eewapaaei awa at??l dramatist, then prang Into prominence uith ins Aral book of Canadian stone?., ?hieb mad? kin know? al*o in this eourtry, and, having added to his fictional domain It? IB Afina and 'he South Sea?, en Wred Britiak politics a' the most prominent of the empire'-i colonial sons When he Aral went to London, in ) V- ' ?. hi feand 'hat bis early life in . and i rather exciting travels ? in the South Sea? an?l iti Australia ?ver? lather a detriment thii'i an ad raatage, Canada ?ah? regarel?-?! as a | valuable place for the pif..lu?t ion of ? whea' blli soi M a region to be taken ? ialr, from an in telle*-? ?jal peint ??' i view. Ile was a "colonial," and in tl,, , la] tka lingli h r? fused to take [colonial f'-ilow Britona serlonaljr, He ? .?.iri'-e them of their error Tut f'-'v critics, whom be ?ms nble to t.... ? kindly assured bun thai then was no ahaaee for a mere American in the Ki ? arid Bait, a? he hail breugkl irltk biia aeveral thou a?'I dollar?, fi'i'n nu?'??c ??? ful plaf writing in Au?ii*lia, lie cslmly settled <i?.*n end b'gh'1 te sead Ig bia mana? rr.|,i _, ? practically unknown man. ?When literal ueci ? ama ta bim j n Kngland and Averlca Mr. I'aiki-r 1 began to take an interest in politics At the tune of the Jubilee, in 1XH7 London area crowded with politician? and tourists from the colonies, fron the Africa an.I Australia where he had tiaveilfd and written bis travel sketches and from the Canada of hie birth. There was no one to speak for this greet crowd of imperial Briteni in the count ils of the empire, 'I ne official council representatives in 1,011 dee were baire?! from the Hou .- o? Com men . Ha lecured a nomination from Grava end, end entered Parlia ment avowedly a?, a representative of the colonie When poeaiblo ke trav? elled m Afne-a and Auatralia ad Can a<l;i. '?n II... <? trip le ce.mhined polit? ical observation with tbe ceaseleal ?pi. ' ?..i I iterar) material. Apparentl) he h til ?ngliak to day, fer lie || BOt only a knight ami an II. P.| but al ? the Hoiiourable Colonel ?,f ?he i:? ni Boyal Garrlaen Artillery ,?itid te bo an nonenrabla Colonel, with the "u" in it, is crlatnly character i lie-ally Bngliah. Ha kaa a mansion in ? - r it ??.i lion??- Terrace; he is t., be fouii?! a. the Carl ton Club; keii taking part m the He,un? Hule ??ontrst ; but v. ith it all he has riin.iiiie.l true ?te bla original policy of always repre ent ne tin colon la Great? i Ht itain in poli in t et Ian Ha Is In eat ? leee conf?rent ei el ateta Ha ia repated t? wolle lilteen keill ? oat between his ?rrittng, bin Mlitica anil Ins rather van?-.i Intereste, In kig gama hunting, in v ?ut? r ??'OI'.j and in psychology. extended erviaea under water. Ilisi of "wing-" on tins vessel, for steadyi it. and for can ting it to i scend. vviis a remarkable ant ici pat i ol de ?ees no ? emploj .! in and ;i!-o on airships. The fact that the summe?- of lMHl he made a voys ? ? entjf nilei along the coast a on the high seas in a tiny subtnari linat Ii b wonderful tribate at once his courage ami to bis prescience as inventor. We ha*.e spoken of the impart?a!? <>??>.??. Dickinson's look. It is not co ?roversial in purpose or in tone. V i? sneaks what should he ?he (mal wo in more thai <? s oaatrori.y in ?Rim and tii?passionaie tone, with mere citation of facts. There is attempt to conceal or te belittle t inventions ami the essays of othei . pecially of Pitch, Miller r-.n?! 8? min ton. But of Garay, in I.MS, ami P pin, in 1707, it is ?uifticietit to even Sewconnen's primitive end em bersome atmospheri?' engine ami n invented until 1710. As lor Hu! v horn "The Quarterly" in the arii?' ?o which are have referred so eoc Buredly proclaimed as beyond any po sible question the inventor of tl steamboat, Mr. Dickinson quietly r minds us thai tlip only engine i which r.?' had knowledge was Sewc men's, whirl: was s0 cumbersome ai pond?rons thai one powerful cnoui to propel a v< tel would have been t? big or too heaiy for the vi < arrv. Pu liliaril ?, v? i' n Syr ington's interesting invention ; ill bul - ei'tn s equally cerl that he copieil nothing from it, Neith? doe? n seem possible to convict him < piagi-iri/un;* fron, Pitch or Kunise . thoui'h are may undoubtedly say v?ii? is not at all to his discredl . thai tl ! nork of all these an?l other inventoi served to animate him with renewe* persietenl ami Anally triumphanl di ttrinination lo succeed where thej bs failed. For the determining facl after all this, that not one of tho? rn rn made his invention a pi rinnnit and practical BUCCOSS; while 1 tillo e m ika lus. \\ bel lie? Fulio would have made his invention hi they not labored before him ?nay it main a Bubjecl ?<t academic d Whether any of their works, wit hot Ihe trenius of Fulton, would have lie? developed into ;? success comparabl with his is immeasurably more easy t answer in the negative. In one ?i ?licet this volume lj e unique Utility ami value. Thai is i it* present.il ion ef the te\' of tn-ii of Pulton'i ? orrespondence, paten specifications, original drawings, da si riptiens and what not. Much of thi n.at er i n< puhlii bed for ? ha flri ? ing documents concerning his r?-la lions with Lord Stanhope. Mu-i- net 19 thus tnrown unon Pulton' character, motives and achievement and upon the attitude of Ins content poraries, in England and Prance ird him. It gives us in some im .i ? resax ' < a new contraption o ?he man, Which we are giad to have For while i? discloses him as a "mar of like passions," with some of tin frailties of common humanity, it al.? confirma and enhances his title, on th* whole, to our admiration and grati ?ude. ? -a? OUR FOREIGN AFFAIRS George Washington?Monro?. ?Bolivar---the Drago Doctrine. ?Ml t'.ICAS I'-I.I'V 1 ;,?? \\. tern H?m? isph?re in hi It? latltii? lo i lo?, i, Blgelu? Majoi i H ? ii'li" " ?i , ? i _?? i?, i |. ? ||, i s | c i, -| I i. , .- -i | Major Bigelow'a little booh Ii a ?si liable addition to the literature of American foreign relation,, a litera ture which is too xcaiity and too futile. ."-nine g.H.d works have beet, written, with more that are not good. ?There h?,s beea lee groe! aa inclination to dwell upon the Monroe Doctrine as thOBgfa it were the be-all and the end i all of American foreign poliey, and, which ?j worse, lo regard II from the m?l tri'e ami oh? ion, point of vie??, di efae to read Into II extravagant no i. nil pri t< II ""i ?'? h i? I. n<.? er were and BOVor oarald really h?? ?lure. h i. refreshing, then, ?" meet with ? volume which, In the compass of a single chap)ei "; -'-'^ oth? el im Hi t'ii- ? ential fa? I - and I? deductions m aa Illuminating and coa v incing asanner. | Four fundamental prineiplea of American policy are consi?!rred bv the author, the fourth of which la, in his vu--?-, real ] i corollar? of the third. Two are North American end two an? South An" ricen. The i i '., in tune and aNo in importance, is the Washington Prtcept. embodied in the familiar pas? sages of tli?' Farewell Address, the ex? hortation to shun foreign influences a: ei en tangling alliances and to de? velop anil ekerisk an American sys? tem quite n ? i -? ?*,o,n that of Kurope. In discussing this Mai-.' Bigeloa ?!o?.^ i. the tee ram* mon mistake of trying to be more royal than the king. I!" (Toes net rend Into the Addrese things of which Washing* ton never dreamed, ne.r pul upon it strained eon tractions, n..r regard It ? an inflexible and immutable fetich. We might wish that he hud given a nage of twei to the origin of that Addre 01 of that part of it shewing how cleat ly ?; mere crystallisation of prin? ciples and utterances which Washing? ton himself, Hamilton, Jeff? rson, Ben ?lolnh and others !.:??! from time to time put forth. Rut without that his analysis of the meaning of the Pre? cept and >ts application to affairs of the nre'tnt day is notably judicious end \aluable. If nine-tenths of those who prate sU glibly of what Washing? ton saiel would mark, read and In* wardly digest Major Bigclow's sari words v.e should nut be wearied wit so tnucii silly pitle. Equally Mmm<stuleble is the discus sion ot the Monroe Do?'trine. partiel larly the discrimination between I nnd the Canning Doctrine, with whic M iiiiiny ?.otifuund it, and between i and the Pan-Americanism of Bolivai It is indisputable, though it is to often (ignored, that to one-half of ih Monroe Dtxrtriae, that forbidding for ther European ?colonisation of thes ? i?- it incut s. Canning was alway? me\ orably hoatile, while to the othe; half he gave only qualified support There can be no unfrtendlineea in say ing lhal tanning was British rathci than altruiatie, am! thai ins chief ain vas the adva'K'enient of British inter csi-. We may say this the more mi hesitatingly becauae wa arc equallj reitdy 10 admit, as Major Bigelow does t'-at "the Monroe l)o? trine, wnile herf end there it rev?ala a,i element of Pan American altrniam, is In its general form and tenor frankly egot i.stii-al or national. It speaka i..r the United States and its interests and not for the Western Hemiaphere rand It ? in* tor?ate. Te apprecia>ta it la spirit ea well as in letter it is necessary to rci-ogni/c, as its primary parpoeo. the safegUar>t*Ung of tho terr'iory aii'l po ?itie?al inatttutiens ?if the United Rieten." Theae an werda <>f aobcr naei and truth and they are to be COM* mended 'o practical ??onaideratiout not merely in th" perspective of history, bu? in the vital doings of the vcar 1*1 I. The Bolivar idea was and is that of Pan-Americaniam, or the co-opera? tion of all American nations for the maintenance of Ameri?ean control of the Weatera Hemiaphere. Thia, it muai be recalled with humiliation and regret, the United States, uneler the [malign influence of human slavery, and .?espite the ?sise counsels of Adams and Clay, at first flouted ami rejected, and afterward sought to accept in a man re r which ?vas. if anything, more of? fensive than til?? rejection. In late years we have sttiven diligently to atone for that folly, but if our rela? tions with Latin America are not to . ay all that we woulel like them to be, WO have only to recall our own conduct of ninety years ago. We have now, since the days of .lames G. Blame. striven to arrogate that idea ot Boli? var's as our own, but we shall do well to remember its , ea origin. The Drago Doctrine, forbidding the collection o'" b) military force, is apparently baeed upon the Monroo Doctrine, ?me? the latter is cited as its authority, but .Vajor Bigelow rightly points out that such is not really the case. The Drago Doctrina is rather a corollary of the Bolivar ielea, and while it does in?-. Conflict with the Monroe Doctrine it gjes much beyond it in some respects, and cannot maim o.?;- adherence and support on the ground of the latter. We may add that the little volume 'contains rn excellent bibliographyanei a number of -mgularly interesting sta tiatical appendices, making it one of the most complete r< well as con? venient handbooks on the subject. CURRENT TALK ABOUT BOOKS AND AUTHORS I low the Sun Rises Out of the Pacific Ocean?Chester-; ton Again?The Punctilio of Naval Salutes. Geographical Surprises. The impression still lingera that the Panama ?'anal is awaj i" the Bf? ' ef US, because it is "on the Paeil C I \ a matter of fact, it is aim" south of New Yor!': that i- to . only two hundred miles to th ward. There are more curious things to learn aboul the position of the canal, as Frederick Uphara Adams points "U? m "Tin* Conquest of the Tropics." < oIon, the Caribbean or ras' port of the waterway, foi instanee, is west of Pan? ama, on the Pacific. Stranger still, "it i- positively uncanny," says Mr. Adams, "to look out of a window of the I roll H ?tel. in Panama City, and watch the sun riae squarely oat of the Pai ????rai.. Of Course, an accurate map jus lilies the hun in selecting the Pacifie for rising rather than lett ng purpo bul it never seemed right nor proper to me. Oceans should stay when- they belong, and the Tacit c has i u Im to t?vi;t itself to the eaal af Piuiatia." ( he?i|erlon on Ihe Supernatural. It is reported that in a recent mter . view follow in?.' the production of h.:? his play, "Magic" (publiahed l?y the Putnam-'. (.. K. Chesterton said: I ?lo believe in the supernatural and beg lea? a to the ri|>;h it. Tii i s li a very curious ag<-. It is not an nnspiritual but an unint? gent .(?_"?. v? hai ha broken down is the reason. I I S mam note o*' the modern mind ii bigotry. I ihiiik the highest human reason, culture or phi!.?soph v. leads to .? bel ef in a per? sonal Cod. and in good aid evil j-p:i it . I think, compared to that, that ordin?r) modern rationalism ami lutiofl IS a thiril rate suburban nightmare. If I am arguing about Magic erith a materialist. I s- r quite clearly how he would come to diabelieve in Magic, if he can't see bow I believe in Magic. I say I am the liberal aixl hi i the ebaenrantist. \bnul Naval Salutes. ihe proper count far naval salutes a hubjei-t which has lalrlv proved of international Interest, is often. says Admiral A T. Mohan, m his autobiography, "l rom Sail to Steam," h serious matter. "1,'uu for gun is diplomatically as important b:i an e>e for an eve." lie tells an anecdote l.ii-v ?n,?- , when he ?hi a young offl ?er about t?i fire S national alute to a port, In? captain provided himaelf with ? number of beans which he put m ins pocket, shifting a been to the other pocket ? 1th each gnu In order to keep count. "Ft hen l Uni hed he railed to me: *\?m im??? enlj ' red i ?-< ntv gun ' 'No, >i,.' I replied, I'twenty?one.' 'No,' he repeated*, 'twen t) ; for l bava a heat, left.' 'All right!' I returned, and I banged an appendix; after which, upon counting, it was fourni that the captain had twenty-two beans ami the French twenty-two guns a 'tiger' which I hope they appreciated, but am sure they did not 'return.' '' Sir (ieorge Trevel>an's Work. Longmena,Green Company announce for autumn publication the second and iinal volume of Sir Georgfl 0. Trevelyen'a "<?.?e the Third and ? liarles Fox," which brings to a elose the senes of sii volumea of which the first four are- entitled "The Hi> tory of 'he American Revolution." "They have been my main occupation ever since I left the House of Com moni in the spring of im?.'," the author says in hi pr?f?ra. "It is for others to pronounce upon the quality of the hook; hut n is a source of profound satiafaction that I have been enabled te conduct my narrative 01 the? Ameriean Bevolution, and of I'nglish parliamentary polmrs con? temporary and connected with that great event, up to that exact moment in the history of the two countries whick I keve had In view as my goal ??ver since I tit'sf approached the sub? ject." \n F.arl? \f nkandcr. The recent discover} in Sou'h Afriee of tin? ?iiary of Adam Tas has revealed nuacript of gr???? historical relue. Adam Tes was born in Amsterdam in I'l.*.. ami emigrated to the ?'ape- in hi thirtietk \ear. It will be' remembered tha? great discontents ar.?-<- In South Afriee over the administration of tlov ernor Willen Adriaan ran der Stel, ami Tea ?a. largely identified with the op? position to his rule. This ?liar?,, co\er ing the '?in i ."?'. "0-, deals frankl) witk 'he pointa <'f controversy, and has also no little interaat and value as a picture of country lit"?' in South Africa a* th? hejtuimtig of the eighteenth cell tury. Tha won has been ir...> I into Eagtiak end ?ill soon kepubli ked. Sidnc? V? hitman's Nationalit?. it ii generell*, believed that Sidney Whitman, the author of "(iernian Memorie ." ia an American, owing, n > doubt, to in- lemg connection with Ameriean journalism. Even in Eng lam? tin impression prevails, although h., i. ?m Englishman, "born and bred," he himself sa\ -, "ami duly hat'ii . I within a lew >ar.|:i of the McCCO of English I itera m re the British Mil turn " in " i in kiah Memories," jih1 publi -heI l?s Hi?? Ma ? -i . Scribm-t. cevei the ?period ttam ItOfl t?? IWHi dm mg a in. h hi "? i " i ka Nee ^ ?irk Herald' " coll. ipOUdcnt in ( ??llitailtl iiople. i VIEWS "and reviews OF CURRENT FICTION Oliver Onions's Searching Study of Our Pseudo-In??!, lectuals?Humor and Wisdom in a Dehghtful Tale of Texas Life?Slage Life. l.EADKKSHIP. ,;,. v-, ro, -, n -rae Btssr at - j ?in i ?..m is).in and a Very Mo?J rtagt. ii? Oliver (Mena i.'mo. ? it !>:* n> . Much hH* happened sine? Grant drew- in "I'nlcavrncd t certain type of American UM the closing years of the last ?rhotSC truth was immediately I recognised that the book de ktraail one of the btst seller year of publication. Now cor of the promising young Knglisl the day with a portait of th type of woman b.s she has evol*. lag the period that has elapst the American author wrote. Mr, presents to us a t>pc that is not English, but international th? vosean who has read snatches l-'ia-er's, "Golden Bough." t Spencer, odds nnd ends of tialt( ?ante of sociology a jumbie ol thing without system or ord? who. on the strength of her co of hazy information, believes i Ititled to "leadership." She tal self into the most amazing snarl which she emerges arith undim confidence in herself with the so ??incut. "It is a law." The girl ??ho, from the profundity inexperience, asserts that sex is accident, and that "one can i anything in the proper spirit wboae discussions Rruvitate ine and invariably to this very ace .-he is the feminist several removed from an understanding movement's real significance. This il Mr. Onions'? heroine, a is drawn with an infinitude of touch?e, with doses? ebeerratioi type is perfectly presented. ?if course, ther? is a young 11 match her. There always is. f course they marry, and set about ing their theories into practice. dabble in masques and MeypoU Moins daners on his estate; the? a v eekly paper lor the defence rights of the natives ef India; t married, they advocate free u They flounder light and left, th? fleeced, and to real leadership i flurnce neither make-, of coursi slightest approach. One of the r of their futile activities is the i cism of their children by other dren'fl parents. The tots know ??ether too much about MI cduc And sensible old Lady Tasker ? to know If their mother was "si? developing." Mr. Onions has a of humor. This is a very long story: in fs consists of two novels publishe succession m Knglatid, but brought together in one book. The with its contrast of a very sen: cnercretie modern young woman, i together too complicated to be lined l'.ere. Suffice it to say that ia a remarkable performance, W masterly though be the quality o analysis of a prevalent tjpe, reqi a certain amount of determinatio the part of the reader to go on to end. lie will tind his reward, but, t to tell, he has to work hard for it and there. -?. TEXVN DAYS AND WAYS. the pro* esaoR ami the PET1 I? I ? . - i4tntli mo. pp. i-- Id m ad <> ' o After reading this delicious s one is ready to rent the other pi wherever it may b<\ and go to liv? Texas. Mr. Johnson bubbles over v high spirits; his book is a boon to h worked people seeking relaxation. Harvard man accepts a call to the cl of philosophy in an ?,oscure, out-of way, utterly unknown little univer in Texas. All the information cune? mg it he can obtain he must dig ou its own stately prospectus, and that takea wisely with a grain of salt. N there is an element of satire in t phaaa of the story, but it is o\ win lined by the wholesome fun of adventures of this Northerner aim the Southrons, by Ins surprises their ways, and their wonder at ! He ia not superior, merely differ? and they regard him in the same w There are the stately president of univeraity, and its patron with many educational prejudices, and planter with his Southern wisdom c. corning the negro problem; and th are the negroes themselves, an endl surprise and delight; and there is t escaped convict from the chain gu whom the professor helps at the cu mand ef a young woman. And. y there is that young woman herself, a her mother, and Klena Pergolino a 8 love affair and the happiest of hap ? id ngs. It is all capital reading, a good work withal. And thr.ughout gain a thorough understanding Southern ways and the Southern poi of view. I?KI1IM? ?HK SCENES. SVIIK.N !."VK ri.us Ol T ?U-- THE vi i" ?*????. By 1 rli k ISmo, i .. '?' Ml - i sll Kenn? a We made Mr. Merriek's aciuair anee in a rapid Bttceeaaiou of Amei luea of his earlier books. If t failed to And in then pegee tl transcendent virtues ascribed to the by his English fellow authors. S .lames Matthe* Harne most enthus aatic among them, he proved at lea to be well worth knowing, an enic taining, clever story teller, who worldly wisdom, if not profound < earehing, can claim at !ea-t a wi?; acquaintance with the surface of lif Here ha ia again, and he ?a welcom once more, for "When Love PI ?OS Ot: ol the Window" is a syrav-Jathetie tal of English life that links the authu m.?I his desk to Hie tage and il ? feet Mr. Merrick ?Iocs not bore u overmuch with the "artistic tempera ment.*' Here are a young girl, in th chorus because -?he tnuel earn her 1 iv ? ng, and has a voice, and a voung cha wheae Aral nerel has brought his derable critical eneonragemen and nu advance payment on royaltic which the subs?quent sales ?io no cover. These two marry; the jjirl' progress in her profession ? - iapi?l Ins ?s long delayed. Henee unhappi nesa, for it irks s ?nan to I?- Ananeiafl: dependent upon his wife. None ?um? the seamy lide, the bitter struggla a the artist's life, better than this author Or knows bo? to present it tnor4 Vividly. V wholesome, attractive lui of realism touched with romance. ? A DI SKY VII.I.AIN. r"5 P*' >' ? or iMiMAim r? tv "', ' ??! "an Hasting? nrs.ii-? 99 S*.'?. D \|.|. '.-i..i, ?... ', The fascination ?f Ortontal aristo? crat- far Western women baa baeoms a commonplace of Action, an.I more than once a trsge.lv of real life. Mrs |lru?l ley tells pa here of an Egyptian prince, educated la England, whose Occidental poli: h and tirientnl grace win loi bun ' the thoughtio*.?. interest of an Ameri? can girl in Cairo. She is of the Daisy Miller type, indifferent to appearances and conventionalities, and so, whee her admirer brings her a verbal in. to visit his widowed sister at her pal? ace, she gladly starts out in the well appointed automobile hent for her, ie> enjoy to the full what promises to be a picturesque new experience. Of ?ourse, the moment the car turns the cot nor it ami its occupant disappear completely. What trace of lu r can be found ir_Jj. cates that she has departed tor Alex? andria, to join a party of fr \ni now the .search is on, conduct, 1 by a young American, full of energy and nascent love, and by a stolid vouag Englishmen, who furnishes a mild com? edy element, but may be relied upon to face danger without flinching. Thaw is a burglarious entrance of tin- ? s lace of darkened windows at night, to begin with, and then a vigorous pur.-u t up the Nile, after the lady has been spirlt e?l away from the city. The author does the thing properly, with all the swift happenings that shouM cnlivei an adventure of this kind. AFRICAN ADVENTIRE. Till LKAOI B OF THK 14-OPARD St Haiold Hindi????. ?Troiltiaplte? oler i. '.n'-r-ii ?Hidden |gm . pp. I3t F. \ gtolcaa Co, Hitherto Mr. Bindloss's nsm? has been associated with a series of spa*, ited stories of the Canadian Northwest. In this new novel of his he take? it into the heart of the African .iungU, about which, it may be well to ?dd, ka writes from tirst hand knowledge, since at one time he lived its life, ami, as a matter of fact, drew from it tka ma? terial for his first ventures into notion. Hence the vividness of his local color, the presence in these pag. of that overwhelming, mysterious, broodi ,g st mosphere of which explorers hav? tel?! ua so much. What is more, he has a capital story to tell of gold in the land of the League of the Leopard, ak.ch has sworn that no white matt shall ever penetrate it-, territory. Two I ugli.h men make the venture, of course, cog in/ant of the danger they run, their venture being interwoven with the for? tunes of a Portuguese Wcsl Coast trailer and Ins daughter a inuit .' tereating young woman, part traitresr, part loyal complicated by the in? trigue.?, of a villanous French bslf breed, and overshadowed by the black head of the league, his fore'iead marked with a cross. There ?a, of course, a link with the old count ?: in short, Mr. Bindloss has done an c.\cc' lent piece of work, which one ?ead? with increasing interest to the ?ltd. AT FORTY-FIVE. A LADT ANO UM? Ht ?-HAM' Hv Are I.er Rmvcs. i3mo, ri> ^:> e. P. IV nam's Son? Mr?. Heyham is forty-five. Hi rlvl , dren have grown up; the younget of them is about to be married. \?ua. 'hall she do with what remains of her life, with some of her best years now that her immediate duties and respon? sibilities have ceased? Her youngi aforesaid, an advanced girl who be lieves that she is a socialist, suggest', the wider interests which may now claim her attention, ami Mrs. Heyham begins with an investigation of th? conditions of labor among the girls in her husband's string of London te?? shops. Not being an economist o sociologist, but an inexperiet i woman, she. of course, statt personal viewpoint, and dieeov a new man -her husband as the of a large and flourishing ont which pays ?"10.1)00 a year, beca is run on soun?l business prni -ipie-' with no sentimental nonsense ab?i?Jt it. Here is a conflict that is made ?? irth the reader's while because the a I hor does full justice to the attitude of >? tl sides, although her sympathy ? ? course, with the woman. Morc?ve , "h story remains a story; it neve:' elr velops into a tract, wherefore '. t readable. \ MUTINY FARCE. OH Mit BIDOOODt a Naetteeal ? ? Pe r KlunUell. l.nu, pp, ?w Ti?e i . ? 1 ., ? . ?" I'diij | Mr. Blundell has had a good idea and. or. the whole, he ha? carne?* it tiirough successfully. There 10 per? haps a little too much of the farce, , and the fun of it is no doubt occa? sionally a little heavy, for America?, consumption at least, but. on the whole, one is well entertained. M , hidgood is the trat engineer ?? t'-amp steamer 111 Indian watet , the time of the Reeee-Japeac ?? Now, tramp steamer--, a- is well k > are forbidden by law to catty pa stngors. a.ni -.?hen it comes to . band of war. eaptti-e threat-n .0 be added to poaaible fines. Mr. B dgood and the master of the boat are igno rant of the conspiracy of the first m?'? land the second engineer te rarry gu? powder label!??! sali perk, ami aengera whose purposes are vari? There are the Brazilian colonel am' ' his aid. teere are Malays dis,??. in the anchor chain locker and ??' unlikely places, am!, to crown . there are two young women. \ there is a mutiny. The surpr? .well managed, and. if Mr. Bli s"ems to ha\e consulte?! Mr. J?? about his nauticel types, that dea story no harm. T1IBULATIONS. AIM U'NK "!' It-LAN W.V1I*.: ' McCalt. Kr. . II ; 4M It. M? :. Util?, Brae - Sidney MeCall has th.? be ? ??!' touch. Let who can write for the ? but few. or for posterity, hers are I 1 large editions. ?>ne won.Ici- :f the knock can be acquired, or whether M is a gift that merely needs cul' ? tien. However that ?nay be. "Ar'ajne" ia a g???.il specimen of her worl another sphere of our fiction the clWI ' Of the Old South and its plui men an?! women has hud its da> : Sidney McCall's books arc read ? ?* still ? elcome. So ?we -tar? in an old Virginia manor house, with all the tradition., thereunto Upper!* ? ; g.with a heroine ?? innocent and good sue loyal and true as Truth Dcvter herself Bul we travel far afield with her. linke?* as she is h\ a promise given to her d? i'ig father to the fot tunes of a r?aV, shallow, '?'n stepmother. 1'tic | I ?'? wish, k] 'I??' ???>'? lhat the lad\ PH on?! husband were not ??uitr s?*- much ef a villain. Tkera is one episode in the story that ara on <?ur sensibil?tlea. \\ 1 ?ia\c! a'.! over Europe, but it is not until we raaek The llague th..i Art adne's sufferings reach their clliotf \,e.l w c s,i> that a champion i* 01 hand? The plot is ingenious!) ?on* si noted ami the characters, if of best* -elling Action rather than of In?, have at leasl the merit of being consttteafc H i I I .(H I.Ol.rKINI.IUKlKS" r\\\ i:> 1 ??) Ml-' .e*t>?'uen> i-ew.-.w I.I.I.II.1...I en.''?"" ?? ","7' ;.x'.*3 1....;, n...!.. --i"" >??? " i" '??'?;, \*?j* I ?M '- ?-'.' iJuvK biior. 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