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Literary xffet*v4
The Speakership in the British
House of Commons.
ffHE SPEAKFRS OF THE HJWSB OF
COMMONS FROM THE EARUE81
DAVS TO THE PREBENT DAY. With ,
a Topographiral Dearrlptlon of ***?
mlnst.-r at Varloua Ep*> ha, and a Brlef
Roror.1 of the Princfpal CotM.tltutioi 'J
rhance- Puring Seven Penturl. s. B)
Arthur irw'ti Boeent. With Notea on
tho [lluatratlona by Jnnu Lane. ano a
Fnrtrai" -f Every B,.kor *,Vhere One
Ia Known to Exlat v--''*- PP- ??* '"
The John l.ano r<" ;
Thla sizahle volume. coverlng nearly
aeven centuriea of Britlah ParMamanUry
hlatorv. and dcnling 44 ith the c iroers of
Boane hundred and thirty Bpoakers, har*
a certain quallty of dla*ouralveiieai that
adda deddedly to ita leadahle, ita popu?
lar Ojuahty. hut at the eotM of a oortaln
moaaure "f BtriCt rontinulty. Hot mn
tent Wtth ??'??'? t^v.:: clOSely tO hls maln
torie. eoingeahenatva though it be. Mr.
Dnaent aroavea into it a t**apographlcal
end arrhltectural history nf Westmin
Btor. Wtth tbe purpose of impresslng upon
his readera tho rioseness of the eonnee
tion whi? h axlated formerly between the
Abbev Bfld tho B88l of English govern
?nont. H-- fllgraaara freoly in othor dl
loetlona ta order to Introdace informa?
tion irheae tahoranl hlatorical interest.
lt must he added frequontlT, bul not al
?a-ays. fuettiftt s his MMtrsa The Bumeroua
||*rU8tratlona form so important a part of
x thal a word abont thom is nec
, f at the starr
Tho portratU of Ppeakers of Farlia
, reprodUCad here from various
, ea Bumher over elghty, beginnlng
with sir Thomas Hungwrford, the Mrllest
holder of th- o*Il.>e of 4\hom a plcture ls
availahle (1?7?). nnd endlng with the
?areeant Speaker. tho Hon. James Will?
lam Lowthei The trnring and collection
cf this important pirtorial gallery is the
work of |fr. Dasent's publisher. Mr. John
*Lano. ^hoso introduc ti.n, rf latlng in de
anft CriticUm
but the preoedent of c-mferrlng a peerage
was BOt renewed for many years
Therr is much diffcrcnce of oplnion flfl
to the actUHl date of the separatlon of
tho tWO bonaee tA Pariiament. A seven
teentb eentury authority maintalned that
thev dollbaratad apart. or. at least, gave
their oaoenta -amamtaly. aa aatfy ?* *-6*'
but Plnce UM parllan-ents held before
lJ,t4-?l apparently Included no more
popular element than tbe BaronB and
Preiatea, the author hoMa it safer to aa
rame thai tbe dtvtalon Into two boufl*M
did not take place until early ln the reign
or Bdward III. the Lorda and rommons
undoubtedly making ncparate grants ln
133" and 1339. . In faet. It may xvell be
that tho two, while meeting together on
the opening day of a new Pariiament.
never at any time "eliherated in the same
rhamber.
A atatute of the reign of Richard U
dealt with the -ubject of abaence from
sessions ot Pariiament, and early ln the
slxteenth century an act waa paafled
whlch lald down the rule that no knto;ht,
dttaen or bUTgeoa "do depart untll Par?
iiament ba fnlly Biitohad except ho have
Hrer.se of tho Speakor and the same be
entered in the book of the rlerk," upon
pain of losinc bis xx-ages:
~# rxnoon Elizabeth, and
ln the reign of Q"??" ^\\ cailed at
probably orulto. v^rv ^sslon. and r:.om
^T?lelr Hares ancUored th-lr namefl.
bers in .h.'lr pia<. u. naure reg
But ln flpitfl of a 1 at empw .
^^3ar\-W-^^_n
rs_^J^gax--Asvi
-romleaving ??_?"*_,?? t0 devioe any
.' piibMcMion of llviflion liatfl and
;.;,^'-\i,ich now beats upon the
..?V -?^\ueni^:^
SS penal r.?"lUtJona passed by th, House.
The House met early in Kllzabetian
gaya During the Corrvmonwralth and the
reign of Charlea II lt ueually adjourned
unti' 9 a. m. on the followlng morning.
WILLIAM LENTITALL.
iFrom a portralt ln "The Pprakers of the Houaa of Comrnona'*)
tail his sucresses and non-sticcesses in
th? oourse Of a qu^st upon which he en
torod vrith ovidont enthualaam, is well
worth atudyh g aa b m< aaura of the still
unknown or bnt Httle known richea of
Bngllah htotorleal T"""'''1"11"- What he
has been able to aohleve by well direct
ad B**aatstance haa convlnced him that of
iho ' ng iic' ? ' Bpeakera wh->se poatralta
ho has BOl b*. n al.le to trace many must
yet be tapreaented in pnintinl;^' nalnla
taroa atalaod glaaa wtndowa, memorial
braaaea and iraonumental oftigies that
may gat ho idc-ntitied. Mr. Lane also
<ommenta on the ourious ignorance, or at
len-t nm-ertainry. of many famlltes con
rernlng th" .-aroers of thelr for.
or the Identlty of oid portraits ln thelr
puaaooainn He advoeatea tha eatabllah
m^nt of a Royal HlOtorical Portraits
Commloelon en the prlnctplee of that on
htetorical manuacripta i >n tho aubject nf
UM bro*8dalde of rm-mhers of Parllament
fl*. ' which la reproduced on this page,
Mr I.a'.o ezpreeaea the convlctlon that,
Igfc this la tho earllost plcture of a
attttng of th' Houaa he could diseover, he
- ? ronvinced that still earlier ones
must ho tn oxi*-tenco, and may come to
Irafhl He also statef. the announcement
Ir th* titio to tha contrary notwlthatand
lag, rt^t ho haa dlaooverod a number of
pertratta of Bpeakera tn,t reproduced ln
the hor.k for vaiioua roasons, and. 4\hon
Teooh\r\z tho coUocUon ol portraus ln the
gp ker'fl offlcial repidence. declares lt
10 he a "national loaa" tl.at th" rule that
eaov, Hpeaker*a portralt ls to be nddod to
that < iltaCtloa on hls retirement was r.ot
Introduced until the advent of iSpeaker
Al] Hngton, .'. thi ? oae of the elghteenth
? the nlnoteenth cen
'
yr. 1 taa* nl op* na with "the
f..,. 1 of W^Tatrntaater," paylng tribnte
to 1 >\f..rd and Llnooln 08 the
for tha ra* etlnga of the
earllrst knOWB Pai ''.irnonts, i.rit. he
B.i,|| to W< ita ? ter ondouhtedly b*?
??. of havlng adtneoaed
?*hc- danrn of tha Btagllah eonstitutioa " ?
ot*ng john held a eollttepam i crrt******!
la IJal, f'.r thr pnrpoae *** aeax itona t
grant in aid H?**ary III 0, **> J~.i*nwB
for the <<>n\ onatl . ot ac ? ?bn\ e ??
1. in ItSS, *S* cf G? *;roco?.d!r.iia
of this* aasembiiea nathlng is ki
and r.o raturna tO them have been pre
?erved It Waa Henry, hnwvver. who
ehoae to identlty htmaetf with westmin
htor ond tn la\i.-h upon the rebtttldlng of
tho Church of the Confi
?BIBBI Of ri
Th.- Bral '.1 tha Bpeakera to b* deall
wtth hor. ^ Peter de Montfort (12Ti8>;
Ihe first whoaa portralt has been traced,
Fir Thomaa Huagerford (1876). Bit John
Tiptoft. who araa Bpeakei ln 1 lor.-'m'..
44-ais the flral 1.? ney, ln
U , , fhteeath ?
plul for Inva
_3 L Td Bi i ? ??
jng hia old I. '
"you and 1 I a- ? ' >w a**ecaine two ?
most inelgnli ant feiioiAs in England 1"
P'jmm'in"1 ' i ;? ?? ??
goo waa ereated Earl ol Worceatei .n Uef:
In 1770 the hour was odvanced to 10
B. m.. arlth occaslonal changes to 11 until
1810. FTom 1811 to 1835 no hour ls men
ttuned in thfl votea for reonmpUon nn
the fol'.owing day, but from tbe latter
year tha tlmeat whJch the Bpeakerwould
take the chair xvas nsual'.y notirk'l Bfl 8
or 3:3m p. m. On July 18, iy"'-"'. thla waa
g-raln advanced to 8: IS, al arhlch hour lt
remained until 1888, when 3 o'clock was
returned to. Tbe preaenl time of meet?
ing is 2:48 p. m. It is worth noting, also,
thal lt was William lanthall, the Bp< ikor
of the Long Pariiament, who on January
*,, 1041, fl\fd the quorum of tiie Houae
of i 'omnvons at Its preaent number. As
lato as 1801 nn attempi was made lo rniso
thr limit to sixty. but without avail, and
fOTty it ramalna to thla day. Mr. Dasent
also fiireots attenUon to the. andent lin
enc* and liTep**oachable Boclal Btatna of
the Bp-aUtara of the commonxvealth.
\n tereatlng record, by the way, Is
that of two brothen, Blr Randoiph
Crewe, the ancestor of the earls of
Ctl W*\ nnd Blr Thomas Crewe, who both
helrl the Hpeaknshlp !n the. reign of
James I
With the aceegslon af George I tbe
IXB THOMAS TnN<;rRFORI?
.From a pOBtaBll 1" "The BpOOkerfl "f the
HotiBft cf I'onnuons.")
Dpaakarahlp acquired a permanent char
acter thoretofori tmknown. Blr Kobert
Walpok ? mghl thi natlon to look upon
tbe Hoiis" "i Common* aa ihe real aaal
... |,,. . , h ii,.- legtalatore. Thr author
gavoti ii" i'i'.!- ?' amount "f apau-e t"
ibe greal Arthur Onalow, ihe third mem
,,, , ? hla famll) i" occupy the chalr,
? . !,. m throog ? flv? eoaivi
mi nta, ". IT27 to 1764. Tha an
ti,,,r pi ., ik all] ' ndi his ..-' ord a Ith tha
HJoi John Evelyn Etantoon 11888?. only
, -.i, Btng the car. "ts ol hl suc
. ?-s>,rs. nnd with Ihe reticencfl which be
holdfl to bo due to our contemporkriea
A BES**TON TN rARLIAMENT TN 1627, STR JOHN FINOTT TN THE SPEAKER'** THATR
(From a prlnt ln 'The Speakers of the Houae of Cnmmnns" |
)ne pictureeque and typlcally English
ouch he adds ln the end, when he in
'orms us that the present Speaker took
he Chair of the House "exactly six hun
lred years after a member of hle family
iat as knight of the ehlre for Westmore
and."_
BY THE RHONE
\ Delightful Sheaf of Travellers'
Letters.
7*.* THE rhone COTJlfTRY. By Roea n.
Klngsley. With 67 Illuetrations. 12mo,
pp. x, NT. k. r. Detton & 40.
If the avej-ago travel book of to-day ls
1 rather dull and melnnrholy nffair it is
;or the reason that lt is arrlttOB with
nallce aforethoutrht. Tho ealculatlng
'.ourist expiores aome land of romance
;hlefly to make a profltable volume out
>f lt?with ploturaa it la, tnerafora, .1
pecuiiar pleaaure to coma upon such
pages ns Miss Klngaley has arritten,
pages qnlte apontaneoualy recordlng the
mpresslons: of 8 trav. 11-r who rambled
from Layona ta Nlmea merely for love of
landacape, a**chltecture and tho FYench
**4 opio. Her lottors bome dlscloae knowl
.dgo of an historic reglon, an Boquatnt
1*000 with art and its mOBUmenta, I ut
they contaln what la even moro precioua,
th. splrit of placa, Interpreted with tru.
feellng
For esampb, we bave been In Mlaa
Klngaley'a company for a arcel) ten raln
iitea when at Lyona ahe tujrna from the
greal archltectural rellca of the paai to
the Intereat fl of the people to-day. ii la
good to learn thal her experience ha^.
as sh< aaya, "glven th< Ua t.> all thal ona
ls so gllbly nnd Ignorantly told of tha
fiecay of faith in France and tho empti
no-s of FYencfa churchaa." On "no occa
Bion she sat in an open .rnffl car and
vvondored why Its usually hurricd de
partura 44as dolayad The drlver was
waitlng so that he, arlth numhots of
humtde folk atandlng about, mlght sharn
in tho benedlctlon preaently bestowed by
the venerable Cardinal -vrcnbishop of
Lyona as ii" paaaad in his modest
brougham. Contlnulng with reference to
tho survival of religloua feellng in France
she says:
As my pieaanra aa arell as my totareat
haa led ne day after day lnt> ehnrohea
great and srm.il, whether fnr the purpose
Of Btudylflg their arohiteoture OT fnr
prei 0U8 and restful rnmn. nis of modita
ti'in In ti.o h,:sy day. I.o it Sunday nr
weekday <.n? nnds that th" church is
never empty. Man or woman, it matterfl
r iit arhleh, i= alwaya there befora nn..
And on Sundaya there is a oonatanl atream
of worahlppera from earlleat maaa to
ovonlnK benedlctlon, young mon and old;
private aoldlerfl in blue and red; aolld
bourgeola arhq take thelr ap1.nir.t04l s'-ai<
wlthin tha aanctuary al hi^h maaa; lada
who atand quletly ln the nlalea and kneei
devoutly on th*? pavement nt tho #?i*?\a
yiin: throngB of wom.-n. old nnd jroung,
rich and poor. Be thal al hlch maaa oaa
has fO tio ln pood time if ono doslros p->
get a eeat noav tho front ..f th?* eongraga
tion.
In every dlrectlon Mlss KI mrs* ?>>-'? oh
servatlon led her to take. a elngularly
friendly and *ippra?olnMve vlew of condt
tlons In the Ftanoo of to-day. Phe found
the people happy ln thoir churches, and.
by th? pfarno loken, haopy ln thoir hnr
raoks Her hrlef elimpsos here nnd
there of tho ponernl BentlmOttl regardlntr
mllitary servfro show that the latter |a
acceptod with admlrabla tompor hy all
claaaea Obvtoualy, thla traaeHer
touchea the most dlvarsa anhjacta wirh
porfert sympathy, hut certaln predlleo
tions of hers count heavtty, of rninaa ta
the unfoldins: of hor informal nnrratlvo,
Phe is a devoted stndont of Brchlt***ctura
e.nd she has a paaaton for Bowera, On,*
of rhe beal Of her chapters ls that on
tltlod "Roses and Roocgrowera*' ard do
scrihlng visltB to several of tho leadlng
Wlaarda In Fronrh rose cnlfnre ^h
4\axo.s falrly ecstaMo over some of tho
typea sho was prlviloirod to see in Ideal
circuniBtances. and ono klndles to hor
fervor. It ls nmuslnq: to iv.tc, hy tho
way. thnt this clever lady. who can
wrtte oo well aboul roaes, ran alao pive
11s a really chnrminir account of tho w!n?
eellara she vkdted ai Bt Peray.
Of her archite, turnl not.? ft mav he
said thnt whilo they nro l.rlof nnd mak^
no protanea t<. aul orlty they are fuii
of uadoratandlng and nive tha roador a
vlvld senso nf tha beauty Of many nota
ble edtflcea .Most nf theee ara, t<> ba
nura, rary famlllar, bul she arritea of
them 4vith . ngaging fraahneaa, nnd in
eome Inatancea drawa attentlon to bulld?
lnga whoee merita are rmt perhapa
known snve to tha apeeiallst We are
aspeetally grat. hil for hor note on tha
Hotel de Vllla al Beaucalre, a charmtag
Renalaaanca atructure of which aha of
ttrf. top, n capltal photocraph Tha
UluBtratloni ta thla volume are, Indeed,
of unusnal morit, aell aelected and well
printed a carefulty arritten appendia
embodlea raggestlona for aa autonraoblle
tour in Provence which Americana go?
ing abroad thla aummer wouM do well to
.. n i;|t Altogi 11,. 1 thla li a ? anltal ad
liitinii to tha minor llterature <>' travel
-? a
thr. ? rovela bj Toi I ? 1 hlch
latelj annnun <-.i a foi thcnmlng
? ? 1. r ot, 11 i| |. ara Inti ndi .1 b) hlm
ubllratlon 11. had, In facl for*
biddi n them to t.. pri dtu ad >v ben, upon
! ar ? ' ilon tO 1 ? it un aoclaltstit*
? ? >.-?-,, taed to care iboul hli
?r.nk from lh? llterarj, artlst'a pnint of
vlaw, Theee booka will ba copyrighted
FICT10N
Local Color, Romance, Coinci
dence and Imposture.
IN SOUTH AFRICA.
THE CLAYV. Fly Cynthla Stoekley. !2mo,
pp. 4if>. .;. p, Putnam'a Sons.
The adx-ent of South Afrlca in Ent,lish
fiction is r,f far more recent .lato than
that of India and Australia. Canada Is
i "ginning to have it'- day, rather, hoxx
ever, Ifl BUCh I I are |,icture as Mrs.
f'otes's "Imperialtat" than in the many
talaa of its Northweet, whlch ln -dajnlfl
canca and aubatanca nre eaaantlaUy the
continuatlon of tiie romance of our own
vanisherl last frontbr.
Miss Btockley is a novehat of proinlaa
and of iii.-rensingly able p.-rformanee.
Her naw book la a notable advauice in
i\.'\ regard over its pred.eossor,
' I'l'Ppy." Her plol is "rlTOngar and of
' wblor BCOpe, 1, picture ll more signifl
cant, her choice of tlme and place more
confldently darlng than in the earller
i,ook. she f...-i? th..- potency, the aubtla
Bpell of Nature on tho barran veldt, sho
realtaea tii? inaui,- of its call, which,
onee heard, ls never 1'orcotten. If in
I bar d< serlptions slie dOOB not roach tho
I Btrength <>f OUve Bchrelner on tha ona
hand, <>r the luxui-*ona beautty of Dolf
Wylkirile on tiie other. slio yet succeeds
1 in ere.itim- nn Btinoaphera that is part
oi her charactera and their Itvea, xxhi.-h
nn- BCl in ihe days of the Ifatabelfl war
and ih" defeai of L-ob4mgula. Bhe flhowa
us the men tiirhting on th" frontler from
ih" polnl of \ jew of tho H.nxinus women
it. laager at the fort. and does lt su
premely Wall. ln h"r choice of hero and
herolne may be tracad a certaln predi
lection for typos which nre not BltO
? gether unfamiliar, and whlch shp uaad
I ' fore, hut ln a far different rnannet, in
' "Popny." Bha has her own point of
makps tbe story readabie. Mrs. Maxon
ls suffering from tnoompatlhlllty ol tem
perament?her buaband'fl t.mpe-ament,
of course. Po she leavea him, geta into
a company of llberal theoiiata, who raan
[ngo to keep their thaorlea eomfortably
apart from their conduct of lif.-, and, of
course. fallfl in lova wlth another man.
? With the zeal of fi-.o new convert, sho
| takes tho new teaching literally, and 1n
: slsta on the utmo.st publlcity. An Irish
I journallst- -this ls an Enclish story, of j
' course - r.uts the cas<- n at'" In a nut
labeU. "Tli" tri'.e must havo customs,']
ho aayg ln substance; "without customs, ,
even bad nncs, it eould n"t continue to
exlat." Tot even he comes within the
I Influence of the "problem" in the end.
Mi-, ]i ;,.- leav. it nnaettled, of course,
but picecnta tho soeini si.io of the caaa
in a telUng way, enibodying It ln a
Cleverly planned and ?X"'ited story,
wboaa plot Involvaa a great number of
men and WOflnen.
IN THE AIR.
THB BOVERBIQN POWER By Mark
f.oo Luther. Illu?tratlon? by Chase
B~meraon. "tim, pp. tti The Maornlllan
i 'ompany
Mr. Lather has cle-rerly compMcatedj
Um atory <?f Internatfonal politlcal ln
trig.i" wlth th" aviaUon motlf. Th.- nrst
strands of his plot BW wovi B >t the now
htotorlc tii""t a! Rhi lm* Here tho
Ameri'an girl meetfl the prince who Ifl
th.. objed "f so much dlplomatlc anxlety
and se ret aupervtalon, the pnwn ot*
Auatria, who*. gama ?" the Balkana
must he fruatrated by Ruaala and Italy.
Boanla nnd Hi rzegoi'lna are enoueh
spoiis for her. Tho author has hrvented
a ,-,,nstant *MC<*eea1on of eompliMitions in
wiilch tho Am'-ri.an helress plays a role,
that is partly of her oxvn >**OinantlC
choostng, a hit of high dlploma y and of
blatory in the making, yat partly also an
[ald to the lnflnences that fear tho man
THE TTOTET, DE VTLI.E AT RE.U"OA TTJE.
CFrom a phntogmph tn "ln iho Rhono rountry.")
v1?w, her oxvn minor piurpoaaa, her own
way Of setting the atage and declding
i ihe fate of her leading i haraoters. Her
I plot domlnnte.s their em.dlonal advent
I ureo from xvithout, but it leaves them
! ioom to proceed most ff tho way wlth a
, "-onslstencv ihat Is Beemlngty Indopen
I dent of the hand that bolds the wli"
I The woman. at least. Is iea1 Her d?
' nouement is a Uttlfl ntolodrainatle and
not altocethor COnvlndng, but. as a
Iwhole, th" hook is a capital picture of
Mlfo ln <arly Rhndesin. *n ongrossin:
I story and technlcally an erceiiept piece
.,r ?' -,rk
COINCIDENCE.
THE JOB BECRETART An Impreflfllon.
['. Mrs. WilfrM Ward ISmo, I i
Longmana, l ire.-n ,<? l 'o
Thla hlatory is little m,.ro than a aket< h
of a novel The main idea is a good one,
int as the author is concorncd wlth thal
alone, and only xxtii. the characten di
rectly ccincernod, the book lacka variety.
in faet, this exclualve p****occupatlon with
Ihe one bl#>n, without COUnterplol or
compllcatlona leada t,, an Impreaalon ol
monot,,ny. A novellst is uritmt a ni "?
br.ok. His Becretarj is foreed t" leave
her poai f',r a xvhil", nnd be . ngac - a
"Job s-, '-. t.u - ." or, as WB WOUld K ??
BUbatltUte. Now, It so happons iliat thfl
noveltat'i inventinn ls the raallty of the
Bubatltnte'a llfe, an.i i. alao bappena thal
iho i\\c other peraonagea concerned in
ihe eptaode an- frlenda "f his. Thla
i Btretchlng th.- arm of Bctlonal coln I
? !? ti, ? to its full.st i- ngth, '"it 'i
vTard mlghl bava , arrhd ii "ff well
enough had ahe choaen i" work onl the
mere "impreaalon" Bhi offera in n-. no
aofti t" ,i rllr. , tn. s
DOUBLE HARNESS.
MRfl MAXON cic'ics'i H iv Antbon)
I ll"!- Illuatrated bj B F Rchabelita
i I.,,,,,. pp ;,,. Ilarpoi .\ Bro
Thta ta a atud) "t thi "marrlage quefl
| tlon, bui a Ith ?< ? 11rt"? ranca. Mi Hopa
"i undei laaa i 6V fi m ?, n t* h
ih- advo .-.>, ol the "hlgher rnorallt]"
n-.ns.n--.. li,. l-.,,kri at thfl ? tafl ba i"
s. ms frofln aa Impartlal polnl or vtaw,
Whlch ia full 0f 40iniiii.il sen.ie Bttd
I whOM nncostors sat on tho throne of the
iSorvlan Emplre <*onrrirtrS ago Theotory
never gots beyond the aubterraaeaa
atage of plot and counterplot, rhe,.. |g no
fighting ln it. but In Ita atead tha new
realm wmquered i,y mai! ani, ]fs ]tn
pers to the oonqueror. Tho acene con
r etantly ihlfta furthor Eaat, from Rhelma
to the Rtrtara, ro If..i!y. and thence
acroaa the Adriatic to the mountaina of
Montomgro, where the atory enda it la
an Ingenioualy eontrlved romance
? MPOSTURE.
son. rrontlaplece ln colon h-. jo* n
fSo i v-,: "'? a ***?y*iei 3
Tho rademptton of an Impoator la the
thema of Ifr. Rlchardaon'a raadable
atory. Tha man dellberately plana the
Impoeture auggeated to hlm by a newa
I ""' s,"rv ,,r' l ? rpini af a child
? ? ' eara before. 11. plana it with a
pauclty of d.t,,,i. :1 ,.|,.r..lt(.tlPSS ?f
Bt iti ment thai ln Itaelf muat bring i on
' '!- :ir"! !"'.da i" the ? ? i queet, in
thla cold Moi d< .1 dlahoneat wa . of what
he has alwaya \\ tnted and deatred -
wealth, poaltlon, the pleaaam atmoaphere
ofculture ta the game ba pla) hemeeta
. ? ?? dangeroua enemy; a woman who
avea hla atory tho niotni nl ha tella
it. and taforma hlm of hei doubt ir is
lha du< i between theae two thai rwovea
ta '" "? " ; '""?"* ta< tor In the unfold
I '"'"ii lhal ultlmately placee
the man la., |,, f.,, ,. ?,,,, hl;, .. , j ?,..,
Tha author baa ? gi. grlp on hla aub
jo, t rrom the rery flrat, nnd i
? ii
re
The N?v Italy.
Vni' ' " ."i ii illnn methodfl ire ,?,.,
tl ui Frederlon n
Ltj Ti raa 11 illan." .,., | . ...
' comlni frnm (ahe ,,.. . . ,,,.
1 ' -"he hool pontali
? ?"" am 'i. Ihi M .I.... | ivernmenl
' ?'? d thal . ? ,,. ,.
I "'? ' " fl '?' ""inpi. ||.,, i .,,(,
? rtPUe | i . ,.. i ., ,|,. ,,.. , ,ir i{ 0B (i|
? . opJ "' tha '., t,, , \ erj oae <>f tha
W Dapul i ln Par] .,,. nV
JEANNE D^ARC
A Kindling Study by M. Oabricl
Hanotaux.
Paris. May 12
M OBbrlel Hanotaux. Member of the
Fnnch Academv, former Minister of
For.'lgn Affaira and bi"gia|.her of Rlch
oiiou. has completed bla "Ufa of J-bMit-b
.i'Arc," Whlch is ptihlisl.ed to-day by
Hacbette. Th" Maid "f Oritmna, in spito
of the violent d.iiuncl..ti"ns of soclallsts.
frec-thinkers and athetata, gnd BoAwlth
standlng tl," "'.Id riialheniatieal r'ri'-'m
ings of matorlalists, remalns ln tbe pop*
ular mlnd the grand nystlc personiti
cation of I'Yinre. lf. Anatole Franoe ir
his p-mderous, l BuB -fully tbought OUt
volumes. stripped th" national h?roitK
of many poetic hut fantastl-- legends.
and addnced strong ovidonco t" support
his thoory that Jeanne d'Arc never
worked miracles, BOVer had a divlne
misslon. and araa Bierely B strong mind
ed, vlgorous woman. and v.-iv mueh like
other great bad.rs of inilliary move
ments, dep.-nding for *mCC?OB and *rlC
tory on sound generalahlp, Budden nMS>
pect.d Bttacka and 'areful preparation.
A few daya ago tho national yearly fee
flval In conim'-niorition of JeaniM d'Arc
xva.'i celebrated al OrMflUAB With iinpreoo
dantad enthuaiaam, and thi government
aiaely allowed the milltar) and ?-ivb
functlonariea of the republic to taJte part
in it. permlttlng tta blue and whlte b.-m
DOra Of the Maid ,)" nrk.ins to wave Ide
bj -;i I" a ith the national flag.
m Hanotaux, in his gcholarly, onpar
tiai book, haa collected, and condenaed
into practical abape, all tiie eaoventlal
gata beaiing upon the life of Jeanoi
d'Arc nnd her mission. He has, more
Over, BOt forth with great force and pfef
uresqueness the impressions BVOked by
"tiiis artleaa and lunUnoua flgui"" at
aii iho crlUcal periods of Ftench hlatory.
M. Hanotaux flnds that In gpite Of thfl
geal and fervor of French thinkers and
xvriters of tho slxfeenth COntury, it is
aot ln Pranca that waa pronounced the
nobleat euloglam of jeanne d'Arc. but
|n England, and. rdtOfl pgaaagta from
Shakesp.are's play "King Henry VI'' a.s
preaentlng tiie fmest deaorlpckis awer
v.ritten of the national French heroine.
The apprectatlona of Voltalw and s<mii
ff ' u...:.ii*\
S1R THOMAS LOTELI*
IFrom a portralt ln "Th? Bpeakerfl of the
House of I'omm'tis.",
ler nre r^lven nnd dis, "lss-d. If. HanO
t;,,iX ,i , i not atti mpt to """rlndlcato"'
jeanne d'Arc, for to do so would bc
needleea. He, however, defenda her
agalnat the bitter, partlaan attacka an.i
defamatlonfl that have lati ly been
H<? has practlcally exhauated tba ? ibject
Hlfl hlatory may be comp.-trerl to an ? x
quialte Btained glaaa Qothlc -vlndow. Tho
book is beautlfully gotti n up, and almost
ev.ry one .'I' Us 421 pflUgea l.ears cngrav
IngB Uluatratlng tha taxt m. Hanotaux
has d,.no for Jeanne d'Arc what ha has
already BOCOmpltohed for Rlchelieu. This
new "i.ife" icomea at the right time, and
is an Invaluable contribution to hlatory.
C. I. E.
THE FATE OF EMPIRES
Civilization a "Recurrent Phcnon.e
non.''
From The London < Hobe
"The meanlng ol life has in n 11 acres
been the goal of Inim.m thotight and ihe
great axtenalon of our knowledge of tha
paai, by thi n lear hea of recent yeara,
enablea ua noa t" vlew tha courae of
human changea wlth more compli ti
than haa been the caae before. In place
of looking "ii the f - * 11 ,.f the Roman Em
plre as a monatroufl ind lnexpltcabli
we n >w see thal clvilixaUon i^ not "tiiy
Intermltb-at, but is b regularly racurrenl
phenomenon."
Tiiis araa the theory provmndoii by
Profeaaor FUndera Petrl* in a lectureric
llvered at tho Royal Inatltutlon last
nlghl "n '""'n' Revolutiona of Clvlllsa
tton "
ln Egypt, saitl fh? lecturer, we can
trnee eight clvlIlsatlonB: tha first pro
htatorlc, ihe Becond pre-blatorlc, theeaurly
dynaatic, iho pyramld bulldera, tha Ifld
dle Klngdom (Xllth dynaaty), the Era
pii<- tW'lIIth tl'iKisty i. the Qteek and
tli" Arab Tbfl rlfl ? and fall of art in
aach of these perioda can bo woii illua
i Blmllar p"r-;,.,is ara found tn
Burope, the Early, Mlddle and i^ite Cra
tan, the I'lassi, ii and the Medtaaval.
?aa of each generatlon?ia a m|xt,Ir7"
blood. Without a fualon of race Waa! *'
start can be ma.de About alx or aiT
centurioB is noedod for the r!a?> tr '
acnll ture stage. Tho groarth of oiviii""
tion largely oonalata ir, a icn?tr,er,in, ?*
of the aubaequenl ah ge*. r?f actlvrtv ^
dtmlnntron of tho atagnai I perloa 'k*
toro a new mlgture La atartee ??'
period aeema to Leiong io th'- rt-J!^
-4H-1 nol t" ihe rountry, and li k?rt k
tho people When they co to a {geAea1
dlffen nl pl - T?
Though, nn doubt rlbnatle &?,_.
have a preclpltatlnej rff>ci ir, thro,?*''
one penplo on to another, ? . t t|\* ?, *t
regularlty of Interval of the ?t^ "*r*<
growth of civlllaatlon polnl to *, r","[
deformirnnt. Thla r.-.av h.- tho ||J! "
qulred to promote the maxlnvini mi-'
um of dtfferent Btraina ln two _E
which are in contact ""-*?
literarTi^tes.
A book tvhleh promlses to holi mn*
Intaraat for the lovera of llterratgaja
takfng shapo undor rhe hand -? aJ
a<xompll8bed i rttlc, Profeaaor P-*'*^
It ls devotod to a fasrlnatina; nu5j'?
tho great llterary appaal ef <>f,f*jl
Chancer.
Dr. D. J. Hill's New Book.
Dr Davld Jayne HHI'a n??: boakfaS
bear tho rafhor pordorons r 1 r]*? nf -xxrwxj
Organlsatlon as Affocto<j ?-,?,. tu? \,*%(
of the Bfodern stato." Tho poaanm
of unlveraal peace la to he diacu*..
thoretn.
A Novelist's Deterrrrination.
Mr. Rorth Tarklnsrton, after dlsportu,
hlm^elf for sorrn tho preniw
lion of p 1^vs>. has tired nf rhat labarga.
1 as rotnrnod ro th- llterary aoftj ,
whioh he achlov^-d hia aarly auecaai n
declarea that ho wiii now dovote v,*
aelf to *ho wrlrlnsr of novote, that Ka
wl'l never wrfte another play nor crj*.*,
laborata wltB aay one in wrttJae-gyJ
Drake'a Cup.
Ono of tho llluBtratlons ln the ???
publtsbed volume on the family 0* gt
Prancla Draka ahowa rhe bangttfa] 2
moat artlatlc cup giv*n to the ireatgg,
man by Queen Eilzabeth. sir ttmmg
returnlng from landg afar, had brr*u^
fo th- Qnoen what waa then -*gj3
as a great euriosity?a eoooanut T*
mada into a cup, highly poliabed ani*.
graved, was, by the Queeu'a ord?-rs, ga!
qulaltely aat in gold and mounted 0n tj,'
back of a goldon dragon. Drake'a ?*_)
tho Ooid'n Eflnd. eroamad in goM tt**'
golden cover. Thus beautlfiod, the m
a ia raturned fo tho man the Qaaaaia,
llghted to honor. Th^ dra*ron wai
,bappy devfee, itnee "El Dr^ue"unefg4,
name tha Bpanlarda had givea to tu
. admlral
I
What tha Public Wanted.
Lord Minto. when presidlng the ?%
?n-ening over tho annlveraary dlnner r*
tl ? BngUsh Newspapar Pn fttaitgj
c. atory to llluati ite hla ? ? ? tai ia
"th" Preaa couM not altogether SAm>
gard U ? taati of Ita markel
Ma remembered thal durlaa tha |ft_
impaign ? /:??"?? tr pi%Z
the war aaa
8 greal . ? ,
IHcer who . ?? -. ?
< hairman'a) ar d on? (elfc
? want etioa Hi
?
tni ncea ?? . .
?
palm '?
? r ? liiea." "ia>
? ? ? ??....., || gj
nd it mual hmrti
? l est"
A Shakaspeare Bibhography.
Mr. William Jaggard .; aa g raataajli
two yeara to the preparation ofhisj;*:
publlshed "Shakeapeare Blblloenghf," I
dlctlona ? ry known :-<sue of th*
poet's wrtt lal tajta |
thereon ln I h language Addi?
tional material, now or b retaforaaa
gotten, wlll be publlabed in aupotaHh
so that this acholarty work need never s?
regarded ???i out of date, lt has 36,'T*'
referenc Tho crttlc of The Loaaa
I?aily I'iira* icle" ln pn lil i Um *cri
[nits hls 11a ?er on a blen
. '? ?? ? * hoarever. is grlev ?.=:>? at ftA
ean tr?
..... ?
r ? i l entered it af m
omon Lazarua !.? vi " bd
nd lt la .. ii in ?!'? r ? a? xxr.'i
can be a -
? should I IB hlttA*.
? - '."
i d'a book ll a h Ba
in . very way a cn dll to l Im.
Th*j Gautier Centenary.
The Qautler cenl nary la te88a#
brated in ***rance tl la ? mmer, u*
m- anwhtle the BlblloM ? N'al mfe '
Iholdlng an exhlMtlon ?? flret *B**\
and othor rellca of the ? laeal T**
[opblle. Etaborate edttlona da amjS
piac.-d bealde the Bmt edltlom bbI
Of the former gppflgrcd durlBg xwASm
thor*a ltfetimc, by tl*.* way, arl Stm
\ poor.
China cf the Future.
Profossor Joaeph k. Oa^odrick aa
was unni Lately the occupeal of *
chair of English in the Imperial ij
ornment OoUege ll K * ' ' .
4\hi-> has baen a dlllgent atud nl af?bw|
rnE rovr nr GABTA
fFrom n pbotofl-raph in "in tli" Rhoofl fJountry.**)
Theae p4B*toda are ***mtemf*orar-- xvitii
in Bgj pt. ao far aa wi ,,,., aa, ,.,-'
faln Hen ie the Medtterranean clvlllaa
tion aeema a dlotinci unlt. rlalng and fall
l" ,^",!'.' ->? on.i Th.- Meoopo
aniiant.viiir,,.?,,,-?, ,,,,,,,.?, ?
'" ,th?t. "1llh" Medlterranean, bul lm
pen,.,1 ifl about the
A almllar perlod of gh. _\ \ .-,<>,> 9tmM_
"'""?'! " India .,,,,1 Mexico t ,
V"1"'"1 ,"" ,1"1 '"?> yeara aa
ZJXZIA .'."? .M
,i.i...,.? ',, '?'"
'""".- i-""..t .,.-i, ,,,,i,,,?i??
. rn affaira, has con pl< led ? bB
tbogfl alTai.M and 11
it in th" autumn. lt >? '?' lv l
"Tha Comlng China "
Stories About Monkeyfl. gjj
All th.it Ifl knoxen i - .Hl'^'J
,.l he t009*
Bouth Mihaii mi-nk. " ~gj-.
a forthi ? mlng I.'??? .....tt**
i ? , i r I -A
Blmons ilin . tor >?i tn ' .. t-*"\
Musi ..m Th- work whi ' . jyejjfj
the tltle of "The M K~* * "f
v. , ,,..1 with ?*-*'<?<***
A't.st aod Author. % yrl
M I' ' "?! the painte, ?<?? ^
travellmg wlth h 4 ?? ?? n I"
),.. la pi ' ' - !ZnEl+
h ? ng "' . * mji**
.,? .? ,,,??, grblch Ifl flaial tE oa
in. and i "lor.