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Lilerary Netv* and CriticUm Miss Johnston's Story of Jack son's Brigadc. THK LOffO ROl.P. By M?r>(.Jo^h company.) Miss Johnston lonp a?o mado nn hoB orat.le plare for herself ln a fleld of flo tion that alwaya has been and atlll if eultlrated moat amxeaatwlry by membera gf the flghtui* BCX. Her new book Is not an hlstoriral.romanre; one douhts evrn tf ;t ?an pjatty be callod an hiatorloal novel. Father l?? it a panorama fld arar, of nrt ual happemlncs in the f,eld and ln i-amp. Uutragh wihloh hns bo'ti threaded an in Ttnttoo of loae, rivalry, yagktoay and be t^al that makeg It fVtion. and that. cropping UP at well judged intervals. keepa H fiction to the end. Btlll. the hero of this flotlon Is not the hero of the nook. That place belonas to atatMwafl Jaoaaoa, wharn mi?s johnston BhOWfl to ua at the beRinning of the war. an illlgflllffUhflaf nn unpromlalng leader to his oorjimsnd: An aarbaaand, martiruiate aad P^fcf man. with amuw aojtioaa ?*?**?*&$? and other mi ittere, then- was ahmit nim Mrjs-nffT?-aaraffs-v3 li,,nHer a ?lieht negHgen-e. and dlapbedl Jncedo7'o?ders do? nS eame . eprimand; eus oenslon. arreat. with an iren rrn,i'^.Pfl relentlevno* rjulte llk- nature s. Appar entlv ?,e rva* wtthout nna?inatl?n. H? h*1 nut little sense of humor. and no undrr maadlng ?of ? )oke. He drank water and !,rfcjd leinnns for rtyepepaia, and fancled thatthe use f |>epper had i auaed a weak Deaa Jn hla left leg. He rode ? raw-booed na* -Dami-d Ltttte Bwrel. h? carr.ed hlfl anbre M Ihe oddeai faahlon. and sa'd ^oblTkar inetead of ?'obrtaua/ ? &e found i ia KiH?anaei pleaaure m goli k t? th# ryea bSAaS^Jufch twlre on Buadaya and to j ra- er tresetlnge through t: a weeh if the rajotatourl reeerutaena, rectted in all their length by their framer. opea the book. It t? aflly to fix tr^m the first its Vlrginlan locale and atmosphere. and to introduoe Ita Imaglnary charactera, the jdot betfig flrnaly outitnad at the rery |... Ball the real rhronicM begtafl none ika laaa arltb Jackeon and<eada w-ith his BOO<S AND PUBLICATIONS. " Holds the reader's attention; it is clean and good-humored throughout, and prcsents a marked contrast to much of the fiction that is prevalent." ? New York Sun. Prince or Chauffeur By Lawrence Perry "A lirely little story of New port and the fashionable set, the principals being a young American naval officer, the fair young daughter of a rail? road millionaire, a Russian prince sent over to wrcst from young Jack Armitage the details of his torpedo. The story is filled with exciting episodes, and is fresh, vigor ous, and entertaining." ? Buffalo Expreu. $1.35 net At Your Bookstore A- C. McClurg ft Co? Pnbllaher* Uie House T'fj(jDD TJGT10N Thi? aoNertrjement i? not worth ; ihe paprr it is printed on if it j doei not < onvirKe you that wa atr ) tf Itinjj the trurh "A Faad Not a Fad is ihe I way ? ' ampai^n was starte-J on a | breakfait food. I he new novel by the author of "Furna^-e of Gaaa i* a lo\e ttory. not a prohlem novel, and it i? pure. umple. nweet. and thrilhna Thurley Ruxton I'hlllp V. Mighels } ,. a g'??t boik for the -ara' ?*?**? lha? "Truxlon K:n|' ?M W"l \ ed* ?nd aaaVael aaaaal rwerva l,nn^ of anv kmH wa g')8t*n"?' that th' aafiilaan al the plot anl rrrr,rUielv en2fo?? BM rra^er ? Iai or .he aaa ? weaaaaai rea laaa |totif? afi *? paw bi the aVreaa aaaai Desmond FilzGerald toc: PUBLISHtRS OF lovebftheWrkT tuiograph Lattara ot ceararitiea Boogbi aad BaM rrri'. '. i p1 I t ? Vt.A!.7r-.f< i I '-> ' *MIN. 22o Fltth A'. . N>'A ) w| Pob rHE COT.LECTOH lls/r. H/?RE ROOK8 A PRINT8 IN EUROPE. if A LL-Olf-OF-PRINI-BOOKS" t\ BTR fTS M 4 aa ??' ' "'J ar>> book * . ?r ivjblHrV'' ot any tubje. t 1 I.a moat -ip'rt Y,t,r\. ? ' ? dand "Bii ard ?aa I i '?'?" ""?' ,,!' <?'?<' I BAKfcJK'H lil l-.Al' BOuK fcliui'. Ju.i. IlJigbl it. ^uoiinfii.aiu. tragic doath-hls rxploits, his grouth in Btatura and faiiie durlng two yeara Of arduoua fighting bdaa foiiowed step by ?tep from Hnrprra Ferry to Chancpllors ville. Tho 1-ook baara on eyery page the c\i .lonre rf a atupendouB Rtnount of pro , aratorv rcading and research. rangln? from olnYial documents. dlspatohcs and ordera hlstorles, Mographlps an-', me nv.irs to stray pages burled in the pub lkatlons of historical BBCfatJBB. Tho BB? ,hor,H-v,romitstonotethp.lo?ble,1o?, of daw, the knowledge of the lcaders aml tho Ifnoraaoa of the rrivates. thdr grumhllngs. their Mind oriti< ?.sms of tac ttea aad atrataajy and the qualtty of their conimand^rs. And always she cHcbratPS thp couragp. thp pndurance of thp men in my *he makaa rnu.-h Bkao d ?? F,rapge fodunea of this latereedM drife, which pla"d f"ro tn ttir* ,n ter combat the comradps of the Mexlcan campalgn nnd the raradp ground Bl Weet Toint. A Plcture of .Teffer-on DBVia and his Cahlnet at Rlchmond OOtneB nat UrtUy wlthln the scope of the hlstorlcai aarrattva; the flgM bdween the Mem mae and the MOBltOT is mada a part or it throtigh the novellsfe cmploymenlMM an Imagtnarv returned OJOBlltBeBB. T? eroaaea left behlnd, their frars aad BBf ferlngs. their aplrlt and oerdBa are not rorSOttea, nor are the hardshlpa. the prl vations Of eamp and marxh, the Berve racking susr-nses of delayed battla. the sufTerings and horrors of the rtrlcken 8dd The adventures and f'Hings of a de?erter who cannot deKut furnish a dvtd aeaeode, aad. ol eoaraa, the hrro h69 his inovitablp expMt of reconn-l tnnx ln f^leral disgulse withln the l nlon Baaa ? . . .fc. ,m tlmea tho readpr fada lha! the author has rrowded far too much WitpW thaaa aaaay rag^ oft'n ?hi nf,s T?' course tO a Carlvlean stacato stvle: ??.ta.k BoMboob! aald gjo.^tf8,??"! M laa'i nivlslon farkadale a Mjaj p.nn-- drawn np on thp ?i,"ir,, '*..? FrederlckaburB. Thay ?*?**?.* m,?,, Barksdales Mlaaiwlppjana-pla>f i bw lhuntera from tha '^^^ she?a "OM powerfully madp. and deadly BbOta. > Barkadale" knew how to haadle them. ?^ . ... .i.av were a hnndful foi an\ Xv whatsoevpr Plxteen hundred born humera and flghters. the>openc*?*?? ,h- bridge b.iildP.S. Tvmg to b.tld to 1 brldgea, three nb^?. one below. tn? town. RorkwlaJe'a men wpre pomewhat ->piteiP'i :^^;'i::,,,?. ,.?..,. r!v.r..rl;,k .-";?; ??ln Htvi agam the eyaa of tha Bwamp huntara ran aloaa ^a aleamina ba^rrala and a thouaand bronaed fOia^rapullad ai thou cand trlarxers Paaa 'be mlddie of tna oa ,he f'.g Uf-ed. The town lay deflned and helpleaa beneath a paliid sky. Miss Johnston clo?es her narrative not ?o mUCh with Lee at the r.enith of his ..uccess in the fldd as With the BCd deaUl death ^r Jaekaoa, which was its , IncakuUble cost This ls ta aecordanre with the scope of her hook and her chok e nf its real hero. The largpr VBTW Bhe ' rappilea ia tha brief cloatna apaach of her Bctlonatl prot?BOnl?t. who. etandlng a' ' laekaon'a Mer, remtnds tha reader thal . the lavadoB of PaBaaylvanla la about to ^ aadartakan by the rkrtorloua maa la ?The Lotuj Roir- fatta short of apk alaniacanca but it is a ramarkaWa pie. e of work none the |eaa_^ THE DIAMOND An Interrsting Book on the Oreatest of Jewels. Li DIAMOND. BjrW, R CBttella. 0 ? T*VuMraVd ivo, pp m Tha J"hn tana < ompanv. Thla la an interesting and a BBeful book. deattna artth its aubject from the hlatode, tho commercla] aad technlcal polnl of daw, with anlflclant meaaure of mineraloglcal information to aapldn the methods of cleavlng. CUttinB ?nd pollahlng. Tha HluatratloBa Includa vtawa d tha wotWa Breataal dlamoad niine? and plctnrea of the world'a famoua dla monda from the Great Moful, whlch la auppoaed to have been found la 1680 w 1800, and Whlch ls the oldest of them ali. tn the latest and BrBBteat, tbe Cul lfnnn There is much romance and trag edy ln the re^ords of fhese hlatorlc stope,. and also much uncertalnty There is, for instance, the Pancy. the property of Charles the BoM of Bar gundy. ahout arlaoaa kttar oaraerahlp there are all klnds of purmises lt 1s suppo.xed to have passed through many royal bands down to Prince Damldoff, the husband of Prlnces? Mathtlde BoBB< partc, and is now tentatlvply ideotlfled with the gem which Mr. "v^llliam \Va.l dorf Astor presented to bip daughter-in law on the or. nslop d her weddlng. lt was not until the art of ontting ?nd pdlahfaaa tha dtamond was discovored m the MMd'e Ages that jt btajBIl to riep toward Its place as .'he BtOTM pre-em' nent among ienPls, and As Europe taughl the I ii l^nt what un dreamt of boaijt\ waa Inherenr in i's na tjve aam, by the art of cuttlap and p I lrc so did tho new etnplre of tha Waai tesoh F.urope how to raacfe the tcme ol i beauty by adaptlna proportlon of ^Izp atid i ahapp to tbe qaalitlaa ol relWtlon and ip fraction The diamon-l as we know It i? | not j-et flfty yaara of ?ge Tt ls this (onntry that has bronajhl to parfectlOB tba art of revealing all tha beauty of the gem. the autlK>r hold.-*. ?\ though the ceptre of the cutting industr\ stlll remstns ln BBTOPB. This countr- ls also the world's greatcpt dlamond rnar ket. but lt Is tho Ponth Afrtcan ayndl cate that has madp tho Btone a Btapli cjimmer.-p, no longpr BUbJect to r-xtremp fluctuations of prlce sincp tho dlBCO> ery of dlanion-'ls ln South Africa, down ta and Includlng thp jpar 1906, the dla monda mlned thera, in Bradl and else whera hava aaaawited to 100.000.000 carats, ) i.-lding the mliie oWBOra |790, 000.000 By the time ?n thaaa atonea ha\e pansed into prfvate ownerahip, th< i total paid for them, Inoludfng wa * pa labor. lommifst'ns and varloua profits. wiii amonnt to a3^00;00n,00n These, adds tho author, are conaert atlva flg ? The <hap|pr op the dlamood iu au tlqultv Is most informing Ji it likflv thnt the gem ?as \^!'icd for Its h?id neaa !ong bdOffB Ha bOBBty ?ss re'og nized It is oertafn that In aarl) da\:< II wns oftan i oafoaed witn thp white topaa aapphtra, drcon att,i ro.-k .r'st;(i tiim diamond in thp braaatptata d tha High PrWst >.f isiaei maj wall ha'.a baaa a rock rryatal, Ib vlew d the smaii dp gi?c of niiiiprfllogj.al knowtadpa of the time. and thp s.uiK- doul t . \i~ts concern tng the dlamonds BBentlonad ln the aa< red BrdttapjS of India f-.-.-en "to-dav some of tha notad 'dkaataakear1 tn r. al traaaarlaa arp under aaapicion, ?pd ar. Pelktved to ba i<>rk cryatal or topaa tho move so nn their ownara rduaa to auh mrl thaaa lo axamlnatloa bj exparta" weigbt. eator Bawa, hii thaaa are ex plalned at lengfh the auihor gh ing BBBM earp aound adHce to the "ulilmatp conaumar." ao lo speai- Than 'trk I: ??' the tradV <?? I itl d thi i i ?' boaaat, bj aaj maana for aomatjBiaa tha ajufltoaaaf lf ujunaaoaabla tn his lano* raiue. nnd rnn only bo sattsfUd l>y au> ntortog him, and oftener her. Furthoi more? Pdca is not alwaya ladlcexJae of baautl ful eolor. Bomotlraea it correepondi wltn the rarlty of the Mim? oniy. a blaeb dla? mond is odd. unlipie. but not baautlful, yej it will brina a larger prico fhnn otban ,r exqnlalte oolor.kbeelately i""0 whlte diamonda are probahiv naore acarce ln the marke! to-day than hlue whlte, yei tiie latter brini? n higher pdca aeeauea l ? nubllc has been educated to resrard them ai the flne^t of a" Thla educatlon wa.s ma'"* when they were alao mora rare than t'1* whlte stones. Altojrothcr B aaluable book on a fascl nntlnsr Bahject ANIMALS WILDAND TAME Lifc and Death in Jungle, Field and Wood. UNDER THI ROOF of THE JtJNOI^B " a Hook of Anhnal Ltfa in the Otflana Wllda. By ''hai!c? Mvlngston BUll Hluatrated feo, pp Tn. Boston: T* C paga <* Co. LTVE8 OV THH FUR poi,K. By M IV Tlsvlland. Illuatratad. 12mo. pp. tM. T/onprnanp. ilr-on ??.- f"o THK LIFB OF A FOXHOUND. By .Tohn Milla Illuatratad. Royai ?vo, no paip Inatlon. O. H. Pnrnn A- Po Fourteen Btorles of the tcemlng anlmM llfe of Brltlsh Guiana are told In "Under the Roof nt the .Tunple." Those are records in most Instam es of the preylnir of pavaRn boasts upon otheis. The jhkur kllls and rats a host of lrsser creatures untll a bl* boa. hunirry after n fortnlcht's fast. flnally disposea of him ?and n pirturesrpie mmbnt is thadra. More ferocioua is the Mcht of otter nnd crocndile. for each kills t!io other at the and Th" putna. robbad *f her gaBM many a time bv the klng eulture, cllmba in his nest. kllls his young, and. lylna In walt (OT tbe cr-at hlrd. cuts his llfe Out a!co. Tbo sreat creen llznrd, the Iguana, llff in arall alao for the nttie preen parrots nnd dlncs off most of the buey famlry. The flghtful Boahmaater pnake, tha graat Polaonouf Daatb ot Pouth Amerleati cofun JunJjlefl, is bitten in two by the duaky flharl as It liea wai lowing in the water bul even aa it dlea It lmrlejj Its fancs In Its enemv's head Rnt ln this c?se tha roisop falla, tha big cn'd Mooded fish recovara after b few honrs' torpor. and BO *oe? the pinele nnd coast llfe, with Its COUtinuOUB klll inc and feedWia a typical BCenf If this: a beautiful oranae-colored coch of the rock ? ame fHinc down th- blllslde and. attracted by Ihe fruit, wae ai?<ut to aiicht when a hig created falcon eauarht a glln ? ? nf it from hla perch in tha creat tree where i,e araa watchlng ff,r an opportm Iti t" maka a feaal of pome of the fruit aatai Bpreadlns his winc- he abot down like an arroa The coch of the rock. nntleine; Its dn-urer when the hawk was almoat upon u. darte.i Fharply to one slde The spoed a* the hawk was eoinc waa so grrcat that he waa carrled ten feet beyond hla prev before he could Blow up BUflHdently to turn That ten feet was just enouah to hring him Uithln reach of the Ftroke of a mouted brow n tree hoa, which lay eolled up and waltinrr on a lower hranch. The hoa Btruck like lUhtptnr, snat< hlng the hawk OUt of the alr and crushing him be p,r.? he i ould make use pf his sharp heak end talons. The rhapter on th^ ways of the atranae Bouth American anta ir; ;m an rhantlns if blood curdllng one; nnd that. on the "Murderera of the prcewn Water" the fleroe little flshes called the peral? Is a thinp; of horror. The fur folk who pla'.- tholr short llfe dramafl In Mr. Havlland'a i.ook are fdah foxea, rabbltB, cata and had?.-rs Their adventurea are deacrlhed in the piaaaan! manner to which, in this eountry, Mr Beton haa often arcustomed us that Is t.. aay, that though theaa heroes of field nnd forest are nol exactly credited arith mentai processea, that poaalbla facl is ln the atmosphero of tlie book. Ro,] pad, the fox. mav not thlnk, but instlnct nnd expprPnoe- which Wa need not denv to the humbled anhnal lead him ln aafety through many dangeroua Ftraits ?' Button, thi I ild.it. mav be rather a stiipid beaat, hut he knowa enough to twinkio receding pawa ln tha f*oo of ? pnrautng enemy. He, ton, may not think. but his Inetlnct Benrea to make [hla rareer Intereatlng to the atudenl of it Thr nuthor bellevea that whlla the majortty of animala a?e gutded to a vary graat extant by pore instinct, one may Bometimea he ohserved WhOSe acflons mnri'it be aUo^ether explalned thns: and aa far we mav nerreo with him. The hu man eh'-rnent Is deftly brought into the book, tho Irtahmen of the countryalde berng amuaingly ir allghtly porti Paddy Magragh Ihreg on the i ige thr.uch h? has nol mUCh tfl do with th0 curreni of theaa atorlefl. Tho practlcal, exclttng and t-ometimes humoroua detaiis of the fcx bound'a lifa and of fo\ hunting ln Fngland an- pleaa lnelv aet fortb in Mr Mllls's book. l'nder the gulae of Btory it is .a mora or lepp uaeful manual for the Intendlng fox hunter. it lg the young hound n'nir WOOd Who tellB th? tale. and a Hever and enfertaln'ns: BPecimen of hfs kind he '- Bul eren more 1nt-iestinar ls the ohi hound Trlmbuah, the head of tl a pacl and a phtloeoeher of ?reat merlt This flne oid gentleman la aometimea tait on the modern tendency to insl.-t upon the dashinc ' IB8l lun" "My be li--r is," says Trlmbuah to Rlnrwood. "that r"ir anceatora, tha line buntara, bunted their fox as well if not better than we who noa race him down" "There'a ao time glven. then "' sald i Time"' repeated Tdmhuah, aitb a gneer ?')-ii pjat P!\? ? natai ? of whal may be neen r,] | fall -,1-iii le of the PBtll r>m nf aportamen of the aga aa u> ?? i tuie day laat aeaaon we had been runnlng a reerry t,. f. r i'i" il twenty minutea. aa bard aa .uld apllt, and leadina the Oeld over yawni a to a itiafj 11 s ^t?ai".' . t ever rrammoii nt p raaper. ihe fos was dying, and head ?.rt. on hla foll up wlnd fht ua t,. ? mi m?ntary cl -ck 'Hotd bard, flpei tIemenM hnliooeri will Pvk. i; 'pra; hokl , i ? 'Conaume n ? exclalmed one who had been |ammlng hla horaa rloae lo oui ... .. j *rha1 Bpod one mlghl have If tt ? for theaa d I houi Tho venerable hound d?ciares that thla is h faithful deacrlptlon of the majortty of fox buatera, but wa may take it f^r granted that lf was jn R morose rnoment that he wa > t?'ii Instructlng young FilnEwr.orl RARE ROOKS. i The London Qlol e The Hbrarj ol th< French i 'iiamber iq rli h in manuacrtata and rare booka, eome .t ihe latter never baalng been haard of i.\ the geaeral public. a Paria contem porar) publlahea tha tltlea ol rolumi ' I.. i- found on thn. ahelvea, one above i',. other They an elegantly hound, and have the follOWtng tltll ' BX| ' I ureenea, ' three i olumea; "Lettrea de Roland I CharleirMgne," tht< vol.i ; "Memolrea de Balnl Blot," foui i olumea. ' i >eaa Iptwn da I'Atl in tlde," foui volumea; "Hlatolre de I'Avealr." ei^ht rnlumea; "Catalogue de 11 Bibliotheque d Kh tandi li.' twenl ? one volumea; 'Mfmolrei de r v ad'-mi** do Bureanea ' I relve rolumea and "iv.i lertlon dea jola de Mlnea." mne rolumi Anuthir treatlM i Opera Nulla," wnlch our contemporai render freely, or per baaa ? ? hoaM bpoi nl ull ? "fBuvrei Partementalree." it ma; bi ndded thai the-e worka are "dummlea," and are uged to hid- a dooi \ t-uuilar bi rangement li to be found it Ohai ?? orth and ?? b< ih ? that Tom n.i wa 'i ? p ai ??? foi ii i tugh tbli tltli :n thf Dnkf of Devonabire'a Ubrery, J BOOKS AND AUTHORS Current Talk of Things Present and to Come. Pr Owaa'B prepostemua helief that I'pn JoaaoB helppd to murder Shake apaara la b Btratford lane racalla to an BaaiiahmaB Rara B&n*? awa atataaaaat ?I loVBd the man." he wrofe, "BBxl do honor his inemory on this slde Idolalrv aa much ns nny." ln the Sierra. No ono knows thp Vosemlte reglon het tpr than Mr. John Mulr: he has loved tt and llved ln it for many yp.ars. Tho early daujra of his Bequdutance wtth jt are flajajiihafl In a volume whlch tha tfoughton Mlfllln Company will soon pnhlish. This book. entitled "My Flrst Summer ln the Plerra." contalns his diaiy of the Ptimmer of 1W>J>. RemeHiee for Industrial Depresaion. IndiiPtrial Pepresslons" ls th? tltle of | volumo hv Mr. Ceorgo H Hull. whlch thp Frpdertck A. Ptokes rompany will brlng out in the autumn. It presents an aaalyda of eaaaaa, ekaadBcatloa and a praetleal rataatfy, w> are toid that Mr. Hull "ahoara how, If proper statistlos wara gathered and qulckly dlpsemlnated, and the hnsiness world WBTB educated to a knowledge d their meanlng. the conrse Of trade could b* steadied and oalaml ties avaMad" Literary Daughtera of Authora. Tho hioomlng fxBTth ns an author of Mlaa Bperton rastie, the flaoahter of the no\plists. Egerton and Axnes rastie, has already been raaatttad in this eohima. Aaothar bU of news concerns the ap proachlap publleatloa of the first aoval of this young lndy's onusln. Mlss Plun 8aI1 who ls the daughter of the BOVeflat lOIOWfl as "M. E Frands" Mrs. Plun dell nnd Mrs. Fgertnn fasf'p are st?ters. The Sportophyte. "The Sportophvte: A F.rlttsh JOUTBBl of Botantcal Raaaar*1 ia the tttle of a tinv perlodleal of twanty foar papaa, whlch has cope into a second volum* and whlch has heonme pelf enpportlng in |ta first year OlaB d Ita Ojualal ?nec dotea la of the farmer who, to the ln formation that thp experimpnf BtBtJoBB fnr plant hreedln* arara searrhlng for new piant? on his behalf, eheerfaUp re sponded: "Well, BThat I WBB1 I* fot them to breod flal P?as whlch won't fall or th? kalfe as 1 Mt >m." runninqham Waa Truthful. Poor Pcter runnlngham was nd " forper that, we maal belleve, ia a fad eatabllahed by Mr Brned Law in his Brd publlahad book "Boma Buppoaed Shakeppeare Forgprlep." He has ex amlned the two Rooks of Revels of the time nf Jamea I, whloh are in the Britlah publle Racord Offlea, and haa proved th? genulneneda of the entrips a<? to whpn rprta'n of fbnkespeare's plnvs WBTa 6rd producad. Thaaa entrtep have for yenrs been helleved to b* the forged lnter polatlona of runnlngham or of John Payn Colller. The anthorltlpp have per mlttpd Mr. I,!i'v tn examtne th? manu ectlpt l.ookP tr.inutPlv, and lie oalled to his asslstance not only sklll^d literary invpstigators but Bdentlflc experts Micrnycnpic scrutlnv of the manusorlpts was ma.de and Chemlca] fsts applled to thp ink. Each authorlty, worklna aep nratPlv. came to thp pam* COndUBlon - that thera was no fr.rgory whatavar, that thp records were BbBOlatdy genulne, Cunnlngham's memory may now be ab aolved by tha Amedean Bhakeapaadaaa vho hava credltad the aceuaatloa of forpery. An American Author Abroad. Mrs. Anne Warner Vr>tvh, havlng at taadad to the publlcation hor^ of her npw novel, haa aalled for Bnpiaad, whera she Intepds to llva in tho futurp. "I am go ing to make a imm" for my fathar, my chlldren and myaelf bi Bnpiaad," she aald on the p.e <<f sailin? '1 slmply must move to a cotJBtry whera i eaa afford to IIvp T can gpt threr. days of travel and alphtaeelnp for flftv doiiars ln Bu ropa, and that BflBOBtrl would scarcelv pav for a BOW hat ln the I'nltPd Ptat'3." A Wallace Letter. Those emofional y0UB8 readers w-ho ptll! wppp over 'Tho SontfJah ChlefB" mav llke to knnw that there la ln exl.-^t onca ln the German state of iAibeck a letter from the verttable hand of Flr William Wallace It was to Luhe^k that WaUaea appenled for help tn erush thp foreaa of the Baaikfh King Tho Jetter. of whlch Lobeok HI very proud. ls to b* Bhawa at the forfhooming Bcot tlsh N'ational Exhihitinn A Love for Incompetence. An Encllsh translation of M Fmll? Fa guet's book, 'The ruit of lacompdeBce," 1s to be puhl'shed soon. M Faeupt argu^s that democracy not nnly trnds to produea Inoompatanca but his a reaj lnvp for lt- and that a democracy will alwaya auapect men of abiiity of deelrlas to govern lt, not hp tt nrlahee tn ba poverned, bat In aeeordaaee with their own Ideas This doea not .?. em reBaon ab|p. but democracy can t^ikp care of Itaelf in aplta d paradox Thare aro rnanv klnds of unreason we have evep haard lt gravely statcd that th? COpy rlphl lawa which deprlvd an author's family of his property took their rise tn tba lealouay fell hv smali mlnds when contemplatlas praal oaea Real Per^ons in Novela. That Mr AVells ln h's latp^t aovel has Introduced Mdna peraonapaa in publle Hfa is t-tiii clahned, thouph lha author denies that BlIeaatlOB. Now it is Bdd (hy Mr r K Phorf^t that Mr. Arnold Beanetl has put lato hta amuning atory, "Th.p Card," n porttalt ..f thp Puohp?s d Butheriaad, who aparklea in its papaa as tha i louatt ss d ? heii. Flaubert'a Lettera. Th? third BBtiea ot Klaubert'q enrre pponden'e 11 ^.r>4 1668) ls lust conilng out in Pada M Ineludea elphty aavaa hltherfo unpnbllshed lettera A fourfh aariaa w-in Pdlow, a voinm* entitled "Lattara A ma nt*'e caroHna>M and a onllectlon of Flaub'rf's plavs Vmong theaa playa is an anpahlkahed drama la five ad Pnetry Aqain. Paople arho atlll read poetry are thrrp rnanv of thpm" reniember when a npw rdume of raraa by a distinguished arrlter waa haraldad with praal earloatt] aad eathualaam Th.?t probaMy i ould ii..t happaa noaradaya CoBservatlv'e commentatora attdbpte publle ladtffar* pti. p t.. poorr\- ta tha ever rlsmr Hile of democraay and tha ? eorapaBylap ma terialUun Howevar this waj he, wt h.i\<- ta chranlcla th? faci lhai ?he re. j ords of ih<-past pear Bhou < buddtap la? : tf r. i ia rat bb ' Fixinq a Poet'? Pla^e. Mi Praah Ifsrrtp has not much hu : BB and lu- .hi*h,| di it. f i>..>xnl/p I that praeSoua ^yastasiun Ib Mattlnw Ar nr.M He said ln n agafff*? ?'afl'>r not long n?o: dno can bardly help asktng, Waa M**J thew Arnold a nreat poel one of tne, ? | .., ira in the Uterary heavertt WBI M ".,? there with Brownlng and Tennyaonr * - himaelf thought his piai-o fKura-hWeo, mdeed, m.-r* than once that his poflU 'n '" the future might even be hlgher than tnw-. ?Tennyaon had no ideas." he would any. ??Rrownlng*a genlua is aorartlmaa maaa? by pedantry. Tha Rtng and tho. -^ ?*J flir 100 kmg. My liitl- thltiRS are BlIgni.? ? eourae, hut thay aaem ta me of geaa ai tlmea reBncd." _ LITERARY BRUISERS Andrew Lang on Some Pugna cious Authors. From The London Mornina i'ost "The bruNers of F,n?land, hovv they are faiien!" fald the Quaker lady to G*JJ?6 iBorrow, or arorda to thai fffact The Uterary brulaera of Eagiand are aimost> extinct; lf wa do now and then Bnd P**r*' wrlgnta and crttica on hoetita teitng >t >*! ihut a p.>or, feaMe affalr with the gk>vea. Nobody if latereatad. Now, i am old enough to remember some spirited raWe* i between Mr. Herbert Bpencer ?n(i llls'; critlca: ln> had an ancounter with Profea BOr Tait. There Is a report of it In "Llfe and Bcfentlflc Work of p. r,. Tait." by Mr. C. O. Knott H'anihridRc Unlrereity ipraaa). The cauaa af the (1uarrei La not intelllgible to ? peraon unakllled ln the hlgheat mathematlca, hut it Ib certain that Mr. Tait knew more. abont thf mat- ] ter than Mr Spenr-er and gnocked that plucky llghtarelght out Then there was another set-to between Mr Bpencer and nnother authodty on another aubject. This araa aettled analnst Mr Sprncer by the sclence of his OD ponent, who had the advantago of know ini? about his BUbject, with which Mr. ; Bpencer waa ir"* Intlmately acqualnteo. Tho omnlacleni man aeldom knowa any, ona thlng eorrectly. Then thn-e was an affair of three rounda between Cardlnai Newman and Charlea Klngaley. Mr Klngaley, as fl lyrlo poet nnd a noveuet, r/aa th" Cardlnal'a maater, i"it the. dis pute was In another flold, and Mr. Klngaley did not c0me up to the call pf time- the "Apologla" went home witn naralyalng effect. This at leaat waa tbe opinion of tha best IlldKOS, thoiiRh. for | one [ nerer could anewer Mr Klngaley a queetlon, "Whnt then, doe?. cardlnai N. v. man meanr Rerhaps he was not then a Cardlnai My memory of and-l fatr -?<? remote is rather vague. R,ir the Cardlnai, Uke Allan Breck, araa "a bonny flghter " There were many, man) other hattlee, though Mr Proude never, aa far as i remember, hit back at Mr PYeeman Mr. Freetnan, though full ot IlKht did not know Mr Froude'a pedod p?e did know a few thlnge. There waa no femfle aalnl named Amptilla or Am i-viiie jamea t was not "the mst of tha Btuarl klngV but a moderate thlrd: there is n<> mountaln named ' Mr Ar thura Beat" ln the auburba of Edlnburgh. But thou-h full of flght Mr. Freeman did not know the placea on which he miaht. have hll Mr Froude with cruel ? and ns hla rtctlm did not Btrtke back, Ihe affalr was flal and no glory was won. tggln. Mr Huxley'B hat was nften thrown Into the rtng about Btbllea erlt - ctam nnd so forth; nnd Mr. OladBtoneB hat followed, and there waa a llveij though utterly unaclentlflo aet-to. A French periodieal brtefly deacrlhed the affair bb "a conteet of two amateura, Bir Oladatone and Profeaaor Huxley. out acomfully refralnad from glvlng d?tnn? Neither man was ln trnlnlncr. so to Bpeak; or In more ctrlllged langugge, neirtvr man knew his ,ub)eel dlabollcal poa cec,|nn. Mr. Huxley was a very eager combatnnt, but I remember notlng that. ln cltlng nn authority famillar to me, r,? caaually left the little word "not" out or nis cltatton. nf courae, this omlaalon made all the difforenr-e' Tn theaa gentla anfl foyoua paaaasea or nrms tho eombatgntf ufually foucht witn "courteoua nrms"; It was not ??> when Mr Swinburne colllded with Mr. R*rt Buchanan about 'The Fleahly Bchool. But the great warrtor araa Mr. Charlea Thay' are all foreotten. oh Burnmer awal But?tbe world shall aad when I forget, Mr Reade'a row with the "Athenawm, SiinU tinf 1p IS7B, to be BUre even t hnd 1 rgOtten, ^r never knew but a caaual Inquiry Into eventa of I'l-.-l'H hroughl me acqualnted aith Mr. R""? ln hla w ar palnt. Thi.aalon cr^ thua: Reade wrote n aton "The Wanderlng Helr." which conatltuted the Chrhrtmaa number of the "Qraphlc" ln 1^74. "coat you b shU Haa" Two hundred thouaand v,.,e soid nt. home, In the Btatea nnd the roloniea, and In pirated edltiona three hundred thouaand more were vend r.i Excludlng plraclea aom* 4B0,.I ah ,, rth wera aold. 1 cannot do tho arithmetlcal aum, but "there ? ln this by no meana good novel. comblned the Btory of the great mya .. iua helr (or Arthur Orton) of tne Angleaea tltle and eatatea, uaing the recorda of the trlal U743), wttb ? "'"", Intereat" about the clalmanfa flrat wlfe, whom Ri ide took I.r American | ? tatlona In mala eoetume. Thla Invented part was Improbable, '"it popular Ha ei-ded with a summarv of the end ol the trlal. eloolng arlth the cl ili lanfa temporary triumph In 1743 Reade had o-' read. oi choee not to tise. Bmollett'a account oi the whola ar' fair In "Peragdna Plckle." The real hero of the Btruggle waa the claimant'a . ? 'i ba< ker. Bmollett'a friend. Mr. Mackercher u form of Farquharaon) peade ranverted this hero, who had fought ft Bheriffmulr (1715) nnd Olen 'ahlel (1719). into nn obs^ure Irlah attor ne-.-. a man that said "Oeh, alanna." and pead^ averred that fhe Earl of Angleaea wa* the brother of the Lord Mtham of the day. Theaa amaalng errora wera not detect ? i But as Boon a i the Btory appeai i. ttei wai publl hi ?' In tl ?? ' Uhenesum," siened "C F ." nnd anoth< I '? - and ?t jamas'B, rhronlcle." ^iirne.i "Coedllua." Poth critlca accuaed R< ide ps a rdagtarist from b >me rhymea, ' \ m,..w rn Ladj - Joui nal." bj t >ean Ba Ift ln i i. t I'epde, looktng about him for "loral "olor," had borrow-ed fl Bcene and even eome flftv iines from Bwlft He ? aa well have said thla ln a nol ' i i. . '. owed nothlng more to Bwlft though his narratlve (axcept tho pin Taylor herolne ?nd io\e mte'esti \- ta like anv hlBtorlcal novei, founded on facta, given ln printed booka and i a r,.8te, t of other contemporary atab nta if R-ade. a Bruieer of tha old achool, had b.en a man of to dny h< would either have been eltent or. in n few lmes dlrected to tho Edlti r of the "Athemaum," he would have polnted oul that he merelj took his local color from the onlv aci eaalble aource. He mlgl I add that 'he chapter on aeoond rate or flfth rate DublUi aoclety In 1T'J1 was not .? j aample r,f the whole I.k Bul | p. ide addreeaed a rery long letter to glr Charlea r?iik?-. then b young man nnd proprletor of tha "Athemaum." Sir Charlea replled that ho was amuaed and had forwarded the letter t.> the edltor P', i,|.- anawered: "Young gentlemen Fh>>ii!d endeavi-r not t., he amuaed when their lacquaya have thrown did on their auperlora." That waa ? heary bodj blOW, but Reade, ln lsT."., urant-d that the eueatloa ns benveen him ami Bir Charlea was "rery debatahle." fndeed, ;t lacquey and the edltor of ? paper do nof occupy analopoim poaltlonfl The ,.,|.T r auppieaadd t? >? r . ommi nted on Rende's letter, not a f-ati>t i' torj '? III ? Reade then publlahed his letter ln ?an.i Weak." Ha complalned that the letter arrlter In ihe "Atheneum" ??pi .Ib to Indi ii' b< v and from that to llbel"; he ha.i sahi that Reade was i,;,id i p-tmv a word, "an Indellcate eon ... a He), a hbei ?? uje .. loaed the letter In the "Proea," nnd aald that both lettera wi ra by ona hand He proi d al ii. it leagth that aii wnt-rs from Bhake . p. are to Mollere, Bcotl and Defoe uae pr. exlstlng matedala; bo doea Homer, ?,, doea VitKii Reade himaelf had ' taken tn,. -?< h dars way," that of reeeareh ? ii only crhne I thi I hai - m rltt< n too a4 ii" Hla < t it | ? araa a peeud nymuncule. C f replled n F wgi '? qalel w oman llrihg ln ?? ? ounl i v hli h i a trcelj . \ er ien\.-, i I i ?? never wrltten for tha pn bb; i han never ad money for anythini wrltten Mr Re ,de . mUs me a 'tl |. I, ' .< urrilouj Bkunk.' a 'paeudonymun eule ' Mi Reade mlghl be given C P i pame nnd addi-s- | paaj modeatly aaj to Mr Reade, ln Ihe worda -.f tha titte of oaa of his novela, 'it la Never i.i ate t.i Mend ' " tn thai round Mlaa f < ertalnl) ? ? emed to eeori ? ? polnl Reade rapiied thai If C F h id been i man thai man aould ba i >huf Hiinj bbou and Incurabui iiar. Tbaeditorj Of thp "Atliemeunr sald that his C. F. wns not tho samp person as COBCllluB, the writer ln tho "I'ress." Rendo an awera: "CoBClliua waa Mr. Mnrtlmer rr.iiins. r. F, wns Mrs. Mortlmar Col Hna." Mr. Cdllae "la nay rlval in i>usi acsa and in nothlng elaa. Ho la prolific, but BOt pOBUlar. . . . It ls an 8B> amplc of Trade Mallce." Bavy nnd jealouay wara thp cauaa of the nttacks. perhapa II ls as llkely that Mr. coiiins. i.penlng "The v7ander!np Helr" In the paaaa'pe full of borrowinpa from Bwlft, thouphl it an occaatoa for mirth. thouph ba Bead not have spt Mrs. Cplllaa to fi'** |.pr shot from under <over. Rpfldp's mpthod was not QuitB thp same as Scotfs whaa hp found matarlala for the rian ,i,i.i at Parth in Wyntoun'a "rronykii," and quoted Wyntoun'a actual llnee ln his [ntroductlon. A hlaterlcal aoveild must go to his Bouroaa, but lo tura Bwlft'a rhvmcs Into prose ns Rcnde did, wlthoilt arknowledpmeat, was t.? sall rather npar iho Wlad, and was fJVtte unripcpssary. Up couid have aadmlktted tha tone and rriBBliara wlthout annexing actual worda i:i Homarlc critldama aotne of the !.';irn<?l malBtdn that th" poat inserts ii block paaaapaa from the worka of his r.nmclpss predecaaaora I cannot brlna nivsolf to bellevp th.-if a great poet prac tlaed the mptho.ls of Reade. Ita used, ns tba ballad-mahara did. the accustomed formuiaa for cuetomary actlona ?nd situ atlona Everj poal did this; thp formul^ were part <<f every poefa atock in tradp. I: .?' wpnt rntiipr too far ln "the BciSokur'a wayf' of dirpct cltation. ln pla^e of perfpct assUnllatlon. However. nt preat cost of time, tempar, nnd ink he had the hefter of hla opponents in this battle lOBP a*". He wns the last of the Prulsers. _ _ BOOKS OF THE WEEK. ART. \ HI?TOP.y njr I AJNTIXr,r IM ITAT.Y. Vm brta, Fior?n.-e nnd Blena From th. BetoM to tha tt iturj By -t a. "ro*? anr1 ,; |: ,-, ,i aaelle Edlted by Mnzton Pou- . aWi . i > a DeNloola In atx niuatrated Volume i\, Floren tine Mfl>t?rs of tha 'h Ontury. Bve rp. ix. BBT. o-Mr'^q gertbnar*a Baaa > WBb arty Bnar inaatiatloaa and an in^?x of pla. e? ard perBOM BIOGRAPKY. THF l.AST ST"\PT QtTEBN LOUIBB COCT TEBB OF ILBAN1 Her Ufe anl i'"?" j( Herbert M \aichan. F K A lllua ,,.,.. . Rrentsro ? ? \?.t Of tha llfa "f T^':t?e, Prln.-e-a nf s>ot..-K ttedern. eoverlnx the r^riod from th# . . ? with the Rrltlfh pretenn.ntll t>'r aeparatlon rroan nini ,,.,. , ., .. itl the poat A'leri. an e In Ploraaea UH WIIXIAM BUTLER. An AutoWoBTapby n. i '?. ;...? mi ??.H th* Blght H. i Plr w - g,,, n with four portralta ln pl * r'p *'? 47'; ' g ,?. ?. lona i Th* atory of his mtiUary .-areej from the time to |omei He anny In !*??>? to tha ? of hta rommand '-1 BOBttl BfHea * Amerlra i rirat rratned Nu M I -iMra'ed ,.,, ,r. ... , | 121 (Boaten Wbltcooxa * \. i Teiiinc of ti e ^p.-?ir,pm?nt of medern nuralna and ef 'h? nrrt Amerl'-an tratnlng achool for nuraee; ot th- author"e ?^?J*" ln ETriand, 'i?r m*?t|nK -vl'h FW?n * Klfhtlnxale: h?r work tn Janan, ln Baatoa ther dttaa ESSAY8. atABKa iBJU mWBTBBU of BatW '"JER ? MANY Ival Polbird t2mo, rP \lii. 200 .R^?'cn: .toVn W, lAi"e * nr> I ?\- Bjrenug ta a Oaraaaa cabaret ??Th? Plon?f:s of i>rmitiy," "A Few TO* maiiata " ^,?r? Entertalnment," and -? . and Frank Wedea*a4" are anaous the ? . ta trea FRIEPRK-H MBTZ.-'im The Pionvslan s,..'i' nf tba aga By A. B Orafa. . ,,'.. . |2n M rOBeaaa: A. C. Mc Cl irg a Co.l A brlof akat h. af his rharacter ant Bbfl o?pphy. FICTJON. ? LET BTty Phillp ..... jr, yiaaa '- "a trmowond nta fjerald, Ine > An Amerl.-an e1''. aoetallji adopted by a ^.,, ,:.. :? mfataker f r one 1 r?B rojg Thlrvlr.ia. auppoaed to l? travelllaa IO I thla eaaa ef . , TORr'HV Fy Bewell V'<rt llluatraHon; by .;. rxe Hr?hm and Ja ae? Iward J ..d ?f thf 'l.-.ing." of T." hy tn hla rlar*rtt>r ,,f lr*nA offlce b?y and 'Igai , ;.?ller." THE OATE? OF Ti.. I iBT By T lomaa Hun ' ? vauabaa. ixmo, ip ??** OBrenbw a i ait* BJM trar.?mt8T?tlnn of fAUli. TH OLD DANCB BJI I Wll'lam Ro 1 . n Bwlft l2mo, pa vi, rra iBoeton !.:??''. Brewa a A rbaraetar i pabb? in thf "? n D a BeaBaaea of tba Junalaa. By B M Crokor laaaa, Pf> vB. ? i ? ? .. , ? iifa in India. The 1 ero la a i the c-ivii Serv-I * THF STREFT OF TO-DAT Rv John Slaw fle|<1. l2mo. pp. .102 iR V P-.iffon a C?? A nov.l nf inode'n llf?. The her> tt * young man who ha* Jn?-f returnH to Ta\*. lani The ttory telll nf hli meffln* w|r, two very .Jlfferent type* n' wonien an<1 n.|r intinencff <<n iii<, (harnrtar aad earaw tiik MtfBKraaa oa bew y?>kk b> oaaaa ITamlltor. 12mn. pp BB1, 'Rr?nt?no?) R^iatinx the Mveeaarea of an Amerteaa glrl In Kn?land. TTtn aroura aiwoaB. b? uartba usiiin*-. ?With llloatraM n? hy Arthur wnuam Rro-aa* Maae, ; r BB2 (Tha Kohb* M*rrin . ? aaay I Tha romanre of a ?lnr*r who lt muta<*a foi prtneeae AufUete Rtephanl* of Krohetj anl BlaBkaaaai Bff a apy. THQ flOtaP PIPPJ OF GRAV CkTrjfTJ pr Charlea F. I.'immU Ilhiitrated. |2mo aa. I2h. fCMkaajo: a. C, MeCtara * rr> > A BbBrt *tpry pf ? h'irl*d Ireeaar* ln Per.A ar.l of a hov's #ffort to retriere hla fathera falien fortuna. AV AKPKNT AMKBICAN n; Mr, F. ,,a?.l rvyiman Fronfl*rle<-e hy Jamea Monttnrn ?ry Flaff. 12mo, pp. vt. #11. m? Caataay C mpinyt The o'la'-y d an Arn?rk*n ajrl bera and t4urat<"l alr^ad. who, ?? *\g\."*r\ y?ar? nf nir?. .'.rr.ee to \i?it h?r Brandntather at lynox rrmv SHKRWOtn. IBOBMABTEB By s. *.Velr MlVheil, M. D . I.I. f' Itaao, po. .->jc .The Caatury fompany i The Btory of a man WXK r\*?t ?o tv? pofltlon of rra?t?r In a e.??t Indaetry acl wio m comoelled by phyaicai 4nat ,;.*? ?, ghe up his work ar.d ftftit foi ''* n?< 1 eeltl z)AV\ v 0 HARA THE OtRT. WHO i.a' BBB8. ? }i% Edna F?rher Fror'.apie. e m rotof hy R F rd Harp-i 12mo. pp .?>."2 (Tha Praa> , ' , \ S',,k?? c-nmpan- I Ihe heroine l? a PTBtay !-'?- r!r'. % newipaper raeeeaaa maa BILLY. ?v Blaaaer h. Perter v:\<\ * 8 frontlaataca ln "!or fr*m a petatlni hy fJrlawol'1 Tvnx 12m'. ; * ? -? ten: L C Faa* * Oa ? A |n--? r'^ry THE JOB BBXHUBTAaT A', li Pfaaatoa Bf Mra B frld Ward 19 ?. 1 '*? ^lr??n * r" ) Hew ,ve Btery of a ?"Tin ? nfa ??? wrlt'en In'A a book r/yvara Bii/?Bnfaoa a Bor?ei a t*|?aa Brnctatr IsVao, PP ?? (Mlteha Kea. v leaUatla uua ef |rtv? aad Bfa oifj ;ad balm. KJnoarr bbiu? r ata ai i-enturea la Baercb of th? Tnrth B Baf. I Capee with elabt Uluetrattona Umo. pp -o. 32" fThe HaK" I ?' ' y defeettt* aterr, tba hero of wh'h 4a ? ? hn tim? trA money ?? the in' -viaa non of arr?a!' f^r belp in the "aaeei! eaW umna ' ef r^T?v-ir?r? Tllf ?PIRIT '"F THF Isf.ANP F . .'-^fc Hoaw roetea ? - H . aaa I9a?a. rr W 'p f,r" ? n a ''? ' A ?... A atei tha ^'?r? d Bnxlra la *?? ?- Btartha ? ' '? ?? TFr-to\t?To.vi- vpiHTP Br H?rv*'t Qetrk. 'y,^? ,. ?4'. ?"? ? ? - ""? aaai ? , _ . A aterr of a trir to the ' '? ?1 f'rx. Each nlaW the trasraltara Batbai arauad ? a Mmptiire and each aaa aatia a >%n HISTORY. ?bjj rjAQO r,TP timf? 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