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Literary Netkvs and Criticism The Social Side of Diplomat Life, INTIMAI -- S OF < N D BOCI-OT ,-,\, idiot,al Nnrratlv? ??' ". gelai D p. . d, Hi "1 * This ?s one "- ti"' ?oat entertalnli books <>f Ms ? ? Ubltohod in ih country. Th? s ithor, w? re Informe spent twent* during her husband's connection ttl\ our diplomatic ser r or ambaasador la Pai s, R< me, s Pateraburg, Berlin and London. s' .-loses ti..- r? ord "i" bet wand-arlngi ,sant places with an account altogether unoffi? I ' ' '? " ' ' ment lionne i?i OttaWa. Bhe betrays i aaerets of .state, she commits no ?lipi matic Indlacretlona; eho deals aim elugtvely ???th the social, the wi I Bide of official life; but she is am outspoken, for n diplomat's wife, whet royalty is concerned, and she has iitiH'k ? - ?oaalp withoi turning it Into scandal. Moot of whi ??he h.?- to toll has long been current I the f-oi'iai . irclea of Europe. After .m introductory chapter oa 'th garvlce" the author takes up Parla, wit its double social life of the Cham] Elyafai and tlie Faubourg St. ?ermaii .-he enthualaatlcally praises th?? Frene npl'cr middlo class, the men v ho gover the country, who d?. things, who "to th true American .ire the moot inttweotin i?n?i syini ?itlicti?- of any to be found 1 one." But aa for the capital's ofll rial hospitality?th;?? is another mattoi The author frankly prefers the enter tatnlng younger ml ol the Faubourg t tin- solemnlt: ai d pomp <>f the Pr liai pala? e. In I'.o.ii. ltd s mil-m s; affairs, the divletoa ?between Qulrlnalan Vatican, batwoen "white" and "''lack soviet-, but the preeenl Pope, she In i?.'ims us, lot It i?e known on his ucees sion that he would not be dlaplonsed i the two mal ??t the same hou* i, the ne** more tolerant state of affairs thus ere nted giving rise t?? the employment o ths s - "gray" as an ? s iy me in of *oeial identiti ?atlon. li Is in Home, b ??ay. <???> thi author affirma, tha Americans ara mora slncerel? w< end moro heartily like-i than anywhar else In Europe. The present Qi"ten o Italy, it appears, bar. won her way to th affections of her husband's family am people "h.y after a struggle Her con etsnt fear Is that King Victor Emms nue may share the fate ?>f hi- fath? i The. Kin?, Shares this fer?r, air.d ?: ? ? mor Ing: II i m t let 1 The auih?:>r was- ,( greal admirar o < lispl, and tells ?h?-- story "f 'n* belate? ?"Marriage and Of bis a Ifi tion m official ooel relatei the romance of Prince von Bueiow'i elopement and ultimate wedding. it i- la Its si rltod dea rlpttons of if?.? splendor and e*ti he charn antl reel-' -- >f Rui n social lif> tha* ' ? st. Th --.-it? of the Emperoi Nicholas H "the surpassing event of ; llfotlme"?and aith the utmoai frankneaa that might* rulor ami h>s tall 'faced consort. Much <> ? hat la told ell as eloea her? In ? hi ?.k, hi s long b en familiar it ipltals of the world, but it will b? t" man*.- to loarn that several i , ?i made t-? iah ? the Em Sb.-. ivhos - ? ' ,-i t.- ,.s strict as those of hei grandm? ? r.,,1 11 ).-.-.- the Ir? I? . t HI P? t.-rs inirg. As the author sa? tbe shadow <?( the assassin In Rome, ih came upon it again In ?-', P*?tersl>?jrg, In a dramatic manner: ii ?v -. .,? rim ,,;? _||9< brill? iant .-i.'! magnificent -,-,.) display. . . . All U,-- guests ?er? gathered, stand lag in complete silence as the doors -? ? r thro'vn open for th? entra?o, o? i.\ erei? threshold, th? re was distinctly heard In the hush-d room ? sharp, unexpe? fitch.' it \?as onl> tl.-trie light as an extr.'t battery was turned on, but t: press uttered a < ?? y ?. stag gered ami tui pale, while a moment <?f ago i iel?l the room ? full of gt ? l'nl?ke her daughter-in-law. the Dow gfer Empr ss of Rusola diplomatically accepted tha las views and ways <?f Ruo gian soclt-ty. she did nol adopt them; (*?*.?? t-.mply pretended not to see them. Since tht? doath >'f b< i- masterful hus l.and. whom the ?\<>r:?l Is but tardily be pinning to recognise ?is .,n<- of Ruaata's ?blest rulers, ?he has, moreover, be ??in. the one power always to be reckoned with in the empire. ' Bhe is able t<> cope with tho shrewdest pol?tica] Intrlj sh'.i sees everytliin1", shg knows every? thing." and she has controlled her son, the Emperor, sine?- his Infancy. Tha picture of the life of well horn, cultured Russia drawn by the author is a capital plceo ?>f v.??rk. She does not enter into abstruse psychological analysis, hut makes the facts and conditions of thai life tell th-ir ?>\vn stor* -ami it is largely a story of tempernmont. The Berlin social life she deecrltx in part, that of the doaing days ?if the reign of William I. when ?simplicity reigned, ami the court circle ??as made up chiefly of retired officers and tholr wives. The author is of two opinions, attempting to be Impartial, but, on the ??hole, sh?- remains decidedly unaympa thetic One wonders, moreover, about the moasurc of her knowledge <>f <;.-t man ?*ori? ty. when xhe Informa us in all i*eri?jiisne.s.s that "young army ofltoora, are acarr-ed with wounds from many duela, talk Wagm-r and Bohopenhauer with aerious appreciation, and whisper In tbe frftuieln's ear, in the midst of the waits, 'You are as beautiful dachshund.' It is their f-upi.-m. eompllment!" This absurd statamewt al most sufflcea to raise serious doubt as to the book's authorship und origin in the mind?? of travelled readere. it |_ to n?r Hn, furth? rmore, that the author wr? credits the ??rii-rin of the our edote of the foreign gentleman who wae ?liseovered loitering at night in the '/?'"logical gar atal who, on being ordered to "go on home" by a policeman, pathetically gnawered: "Qo home? i ean't go home. I ha??- no homo i am tha American Amhassailor." As a matter of fact, Mr, 1 ? originator of this amua -ii".. s" '"?' I prahw "f London society limt what tii? author has f" i it Is, at bottom, but r?p?tition of what has been said bef?te, h?, ? t-nt-rtaimn*? the way m which she .?dates !* The London she remembers Li thai of Edward VJX, but she refers potAim to ths ?-hanr^? airead?- brought about by hli sui*?*eesor> consort Mr Winston -'.hill *h? met ?en r?*rr *r.o ??hortlv after h?s r?turn from ?-'.-?u'h Africa r* off?-red to r-how m? his utteir.-t ?iik souvenirs <>' the Boer ws ,ib??.iiic?l in discussing th? of Boer government that I found ii'v -.. un amas? i.k-ih. listel Ins lo an qra ..'? ihr.i n hour, 'li? turned '.is back upo trldini over to B l01l~ mil I .1. !.. <lell\.-| , lion ili?'f'. with in. and *?? liona whe. Ilns around ..: th.. i ? ? : "II just '?' urrcd Whal ? h thai "? ?' ; !'1 ,.;? . 'ommons some ?i ?.- ( i nia e had evei ? wanted to | I 11 ?xea In m: mind before i ,\ i hapter on "Ameri. en Money In European Hoci< ty." wh?< h bi gins with tl-.c , thai nol American culture graces, bu1 American wealth, m , enlng w.-'i-.-.-. ends with the Hi?- "Invaah n" has endet] tn th? ? ' ir-increaalng ?? tabllshmenl of the ineetige ?>f "*" L'nlted States in the countries of the World, end In their i*et*ogTiltlon of the meaning of our civilisation. The author admits, in the la I i hapter of all. that on Wash! etj. that. aft?'i nearly a quarter of s century's absence abroad, she found herself s stranger In her own .-mintry. loving it as much as ever, tuit unable to place herself soci? ally. The "1<1 or.l.-r which she hsd lefl behind, and seemingly expected to fln-1 unchanged, had disappeared, and the uew one disappointed her, both ai the cai Ital and in New York. The frankneas bestowed by the author upon European royalty Is also extended by her to her countrywomen abroad. An amusing, goaslpy volume, this, to be read rather for the entertainment it so bountiful!) supplies than for m i lous In? I Ion. REFORMATION Ottr Political and Econcmin Unrest. Till-: NEW DEMOCRACI An ?Sassy on Certain Political .*im:1 Economic ren? den? lea In th? L'nlted States ?<? U;?Jt?-t i; Wi yl, Ph. 11 l-ino pp. vlll, ;..n i he Macmillan Company. It would be futile to quarrel with Mr. Weyl for calling his exhaurtive ;?n.i vo? luminous disquisition an "essay." He hits abundance of llterarj precedent for this us.- ... the - ord. A** or thi stance of hi? book, that may he briefly ? ?., .i p$ a hlstor)' of dem? itu y in ?iiite.i States leading to s stat?m?**nl and analysis of the causes and aim? of the m;m> movements Which he .-alls thn " in his title, and often the '"socialised democracy" In his text. The conclusion reached Is that our so? cial aii'l economic unrest is n"t to l***d t.. ,-. war of rlassea hut to a "national The w-rk fathers to and co-ordinates practically >?n the h es, re*, olts snd i ?-- - the "muck-raking," disclosures, reme diea facts and theories that have been ? advocated and agitated and fought over j during the lasl decade and more. \-. s , ,mplete and circumstantial statemenl ??i- the whole case the book Is therefore of gr< at M I Much of what ih?* author has to say is i. n?.t new. His v? ry i.oint of un? is familiar enough by now, the fact, namely, that the founders of the Republic, far from trusting the cemmon people distrusted them suffi clently to in vein s series of checks upon the exercise <-f their political power, and to carry en this system of controls from the House eta-ted bj ;? restricted suf frage t.. the Senate, from the Senate t.. the Presidency, and thence m the "su? preme Court. Mr. Weyl, eg was to be expected, tersely holds that "the great? est m. rit an i ti -i defect of the Constitution ii that it has survived." He .alls tin- democracy of tin- Revolu? tion s "shadow democracy," bul it may ilnted out t?. him that this democ? racy of 177?; was none the l< ss In its own t n..- and generation ?'? "new democracy ' - n?-w and radical, Indeed, as thai which he advocates In his pages ti.-.i;n . The chief aim of the young Republic, Mr, Weyl goes on t<> say, was not the f?usterlng of turn democracy which the early Americans believed they airead? ?possessed, because they considered l| is something negative, the abeence ol kings, nobles, political oppression and taxation withoul representation?but the . onquesl of the contini n1 it *??.?> m.i ,i conacloua choice; few de? tennli mai i ??? m? n ar< 11 '*? '* rather .. blind Inclining t?> a great tas,, ?i blind fullilin.nl ol the supreme -? "'l ol the ??!' ?. h . . . The subjugation <>f this continent from the Appalachian! to the American Desert, aa.l beyond, snd th? search for the wealth which was Its em? i ...inn. m. mual sel its Btamp upon the Imaginative and i tarkly in.ii viduall?. tl Am. , k-an: It urn-1 a. th? feebl. , fait? rng, Btarklv Indtvldu . state. The nation ?>a- compelled i i i..-s hostile tn th" highest .1 ? volution. M ??as compel?? d I ? .--a.-lili..- ? large measure >.i Immediate - In democracy In order that the material substratum might be provided which eventually a fuller, de? |x r, ?aide demon acj ? ould be i eared, li perhaps a way aboul an Instinctive ?l.'t om? it ?vu ^ the West, thus the author pi i c?***eds the West, with its apparently in exhaustlble resources, and ih.- direction and Impetus and opportunity it offered t?> American Individualism that have shaped the history <.f ..m country, the character of our people and the social, political and ?conomie conditions that confront us to-day, Including thai spirit of reckless wast.-, of disregard r?f the morrow whose results have begun to i on/ron 1 .????? ... oui problema When the last frontier was reached, be? tween lv,?'.' and 1901, "?the pioneer ceased to ii*ii ?re th" state, and turned t.. it for protection" against the "big Interesta." He "now wished to ?i<> collectively what ? longer ?could do by his Individual might," b it the "Interests" had gradually made the state powerlees by means .?r the control of politics. This Is bul and Incomplete outline of the argu? ment which leads the author to his dis .;i of what he (calls the "?common objective to unite the new democracy"_ American plutocracy. What follows is chiefly a re. apltulaUon of the numerous chargea that have m often been made, but they an reeapttu wlth ?mating vim and conviction. nur plutocracy, then, eeyi Mr. Weyl, .-.-.-ks Indirect but complete rwnt-rol of our politics, business and ?nance, of our . universities and pulpits--It alma at control of th. "lnteHectuaP u wall as the mat. rial murk? t. It has organ Induetrlal ami eoaanaerelaJ ?_?? .. now it would organise our i '. for one hicreaalng pur? Ws have, affirms the author rh a i. otnote, found themselves! o)i a -rrtaln ? nmmer day i:?:? ia??- t?. face with an awakened I'l-etn h nation, Still, hiving made this r.-f .*r?-ii? e to the F?ame of IT*?'.) I?y way of illustra? tion, Mr. Weyl senatbl) adds elaewbere that "ti th?? contrary the wrtlbelng ol the \upii--an worklngman has steadll* improved?that as a matter ?>f f?aci th?' t at!? n has materially greatly benefited by the pluthpratlc organiaation of its Industrial efficiency. Indeed, when he turns from "our resplendent plutocracy'1 to the "m \ aocial spirit," the author ? leas ; ol?? al, taking his lesson from the mutations which so? im has undergone In Geraten* since ? ? im?~d from radical iho"ti?-s and a ? ? Utopian Ideal t-> responsible, prac? tl ?al -?-ii Ice of the j.pl< one of the political parties of ths empire. "Nothing is eaten so hoi as ?i is cooked." i | roverfa ..t lie country where .*,.. i.'iiism ha?) its i?irth. Our Individual? istic Democracy of th" pnat, .?.ninnies the author, Is In course of transforma? tion Into ? socialised democracy, "which Ives of society h ? whole and n?>t more or Ices adventitious paean* of myriads of individuals." And lor its purpose, for the attainment of the ends of this new demiicracy, the po? litical weapons of the people must be forged anew, Mr. Weyl ?loes not blink the complexity ol ih?- problem as be oeea It, the con? flicts of nit? rests, or the far more nu? merous perplexities of their blond?n?;. The movement, thin be concluded, is not one of an impoverlehed p??.)?i" doomed i?, grow progressively poorer, but on tha contrary, it prtjcoeds from a population ?growing in wealth, Intelligence, political :-"\\?t and solidarity: v.. ar.- awakening lo the f?.< t thai this movement, ?because ol the heterogeneous character <>f those win? further it. Is tenta? tive, conciliatory, i.promising, evolution arj and legal, proceeding*with .? minimum of trillion through .? s?riel ol partial vlc . thai the movemenl is Influenced und colored by American conditions and tradi? tions, proceeding, with but few rlolent breaks, OUI of our previous industrial, po i and Intellectual dcvelopmenl and out of our material and moral accumulation?. and utilising, even while reform!??, and rc constituting, our economic and legal ma? chinery, it Is a movement dependen! upon a lar?;e social surplus; s movement which grow? in vigor, loses in bitterness, and otherwise takes its character from the grow Ing fund of our nail?.mil wealth, ?? hi -i. gives it its moth?' and impetus. Finally, it is a movemenl which in the very .ira of Its fulfilment develops broad and ?>?' broadening Industrial, politic?] and social programmes, which aim al the ultimate maintenues o? i?s result.??._ AMERICAN ORATORY Two Collections of Speeches by Contemporaries. AMERICAN ADDRESSES Bj Jr*eepti H Chonte w ?b portrait. Iva. pp six, Th?* i 'entury ?'ompany AFTER DINNER SPEECHES AT THE LOTOS CLUB Arranged by John El derklp. <'be?t.?r S Lord. Charles W. (' li- Ill'l-ll rtic.l (in . pp xvl. I*? n??v YoiU Printed for the Lotos Club. It would 1"' difficult to tind n more truly riml Widely representative collec? tion of the beat or ?contemporary Amort? can orator*' than Is to be found in these two volumes, one of which, Ihe privately printed "?Speeches al the l-otes <'iui>." is. moreover, an exceptionally line pi.-.-e ol book making. Mr. Choate's speechea <-o?er pr~cti cally tbe forty-seven ?ears of his promi nence as a public speaker. The] arc not arranged chronologically, th.- tirs? of his a.i-ir. s es In matter ??f time given that at the opening of the Metr?? polltan Sanitary Fair in 1861 being l third in the volume, the position ?,f honor being appropriately given, no aoubt by Mr. Chixtta hbneelf, to bla n?i drees al th?- anvelUng of French's statue of hi? kinsman, Rufus Chonte, al Boa ton, in is;.?-*, in his pr.face, which deals briefly bul Informlngly with the drcum stancei and the occaalon <?f th?- delivery of these twenty-two addreaoea. Mr. Choate reprints the letter Of Introduc? tion to Mr. EvartS ?vhich bis famous rel itlve gave bini in 1855, when he ?-Hm?* ii. N.w Volk to peek tils fortune, and to v hlch he has always aacribed the be? ginnings of his sue ess A facsimile of this letter i-?1 ahm given. Tb?- range ol tin- volume is wide, it Includes, of course, the famous addreas on the Tweed rim-, delivered by Mr. ??' oate nt th?' meeting of the Committee ...i Seventy,at Cooper Institute In ls"i. his addresses on Admiral Farragut, Florence Nightingale, i'ari Bchurs and Phillips Brooks among American nota? bill ties; sex-eral "f his addreaaes on the American bar, most Important among th?s.- being thai <>n "Trial by Jury." and his eulogy of the late Jamei ?'. ? arter. Mr. Choate is ..is,, rt presented In Ihe decade of after-dinner speaking al the i..?tos club, ended in December, 1010 Over a hundred speechea are given, 11>? namas <>r tha speakers being practicad] a directory of contemporary eloquent*? with, In addition, the names of man.? dis? tlngulshed foreigners, iik.- If. Juaaerand, the Marquli Wu Ting-fang. Baron Kogoro Takahlra, ?Lord Moil?-?. Forbes Roberteon, Lauren ?? Irving ami man* othera. The voice of David l; Hill i?, be most remote from us of the pres? ent day; that ??. .n irh Twain still almost h living one atn/*n_ us. Mr. Blmoon Ford deliberate!? ceaaed from entertain? ing us after dlnn? i sum.- time age: ??"?>? . iti',i Wilaon and ?'"loiiei Harve* ,,i ? separated In theae pages bj Andrew V. ' \ ? Raymond. < i American diplomat -, there are, besides Mr. Choate, Mr. Whlti law H"??i and Mr. Charlemagne Tower The pods are mam m the list, and army ! and navy are well represented, as are pulpit, public lif?' and tha pr< An Intereotlng adornmeni ,,i the vol? ume ?u?' tho facsimiles in halftone of the menus of the dinners given t<? the club's i dlatlnguiabed ?gueata. To these a num? j ber of ?-"i?:raits ba??? been added A NAPOLEON CHAIR. From The Dundee Advertiser. A Parti c*ontemporary gives an mt.-r coting account <?i a ?hait which has re? cently i"?n sold in South Africa for 80j ahllllnga. in the days ..i Its prim?- the , amowork waa ?-f ?lull ?ml burnished gilt, but long ago the gold became almost Invisible and tbe hair stuffing lu,?- pushed lu way beyond the covering. The old ?ii.u! was considered almost worthless until s lady wna balls from i{?-drntii purchaaed u B) some means the lame .?!' the chair began to spread and the pinchas? t. wo are told?wisely oi unwisely it remains t?. be soon re fused an offer for Its purchaao Cor 3,000 francs, as an expert had told h? II Is worth ....un? fran.s, ,?- M ,ii;tm pound, ns the offer In fram*s declined. ' The en? hanced value Is said to be due to the ?a. t thai the chair was intended for Hit Greet Napoleon it seems that th? gilded 'hair referred to above waa, In th, rirsi Inetance. pur ed by the British rov?rnment, and waa Intended for the ,s- of Napoleon nt .**;. Helena with other Hoods it was on its ??av. uh?n the ,0a,?t.] ??? ,. ,.,.rkrr, ff Cape Town How she could have fen n?ea-: ,h,? '-'ape is a mretery not ex plained, but m?h th ,,.,rv run? The '"I uVis^ahM ;,r"> ???*"? reached th? ?untshed Kmperor The <,ni*' nuesHon ???< ??*????? is the.ith this shadowy' laiin for a?*oe,at!en ? ,th Napoleon, the u has ?. P""iM?? valu?: of ?3.nno. whal ,would b. ,u ,,ort? har] thp anqulshed of Waterloo ever sat upon it? FICTION Current Minor Fiction, Chiefly English. A TALE OF HORROR. i BBKI1ET. By Iren? Miller, -i?'- i'1' m Th? John l-.iTi. Company. s.-khct is the Egyptian goddess of love ftnd cruelty, ?with the h?"iy ???' :' Vm)w bul the head of a cat The combination Iof love and crueltj In one fielt: "> tl"' |mythology of the dawn of civilisation Is ?worthy of the delicate, decadenl P?>'c?- ??* eg) of the Fr.n.h short story writers ?I a decade or two a?.. Indeed, this .K I contains the germ of an Impreaalvely powerful short story, with an elemenl -f Ipoe-Hke horror In the end. The author has ?hosen, however, to turn it Into 1 rather long novel, erbose beflnnlni and denouement are separated by s rather irrelevant middle Interesting ?m t?he who',.-, bui decidedly unneceaaary. A widowed, scholsrly recluss b?as educated I his ont) chlM?a glrl-ac.ordlng to a system of h?s own. Widowed fathers with original Ideas ?n educatlmi ere quite popular In English Brtlon Joat nov., With results that usually prove anew the world's eternal Indebtedness I ? moth-are To return t?> the naif-orphan, however. When be* father ?lies she feces the world with s profound ?knowl? edge of th? <;i-?*"i? tragedies and ?.f Plato's "Ph?do." soci-ates's wledotn t*. Ing h?-r only guide Her knowledge ol th? modern world and of modern men end women Is nil. Hence she becomes the seal victim "t the man whom her slmplemlnded father has made her guardian, it it* while travelling with him in Bgypl that ahe discovers Seklnt. The m. anlng of her rule is made plain t>? her in Paris, when the man she loves deserts h.-r for another. Alone and penniless, the Kiri seeks lo support herself a* en ?actress? s milliner and ultimately and sue eSSfully as an artist's model Thus th.- trail of Sekh"t. goddess of l"ve and cruelty, is picked up again t?> lead t?. .. ghaatl) tragedy. The i.k has s m??r i.i.i inter?-.-t. A "QUEER" RACE. THE BH U'l OF THE WORLD. Bj Evelyn st Leger i.'nio, pp, ?i\. Q, P. Putnam's Considerlni 11 s subject hereditary In sanlty tins \g an unexpectedly cheerful <i?.r\ on the whole I* tell ? the Ih ? - ol two generations, of father and son. of an old-fashioned wife and mother and her wide-awake, modem daughter-in-law, wi.... having as srtalned the facts, d?? lo run the risk of i he ' ??' ? entrt II of the family thai through eeveral cen? turies has manifested Its.-lf only late In life, thus all-swing the race t<? survive from generation lo generation. The modern woman stands i.\ bei bargain ilk?' the old-faahloned one, with this difference, however, that in her cess the mental lnh?-ritance in broken at la ? n i.? the great alienist who v\ae .aH .1 n for both fattier and aon. There is no display "f peychopathology, ? ?a ft .?I. The author t?-11?-? a BtOI | . she tins ii..t written s learned treatise In the guise of ft? t Ion. She haa f'?reg'?11e all the advantages thai gloom and m- sti - B in? 'lia-, al aim?..-I h. I ? ??! !. -in?.' ami dancers inthlnkable migiit bava ?given to her narrative. It Is all ??f to? da., ultra-modern. In the open, perfectly well known t.? the neighbors, who have Inherit?-.| the tradition of the "queer neos" "t the Javelins n?. part ?.f the his? tory <?i th.-ir center ?.f the kingdom. The Aral manifestation "f the tain) Is .. peaalve hostility toward the wife a total exclusion of her by the husband from ail his int er.?sts. Th.- further developments are an unknown quantity, though, ac? cording t" the quaint I'atiillv book t.. whk-h the priest of the pariah alone haa the key? the) have never run t<? violence in tiic ...s.- of the last bearer ??f the taint it turns into a curious deluaton as t?> the shape >.!' the world, it is doubtful if this country has yet had tim.- t.. develop fam? ilies with s reputation f??i heredit?r) "queerneaa" of this sort Kur?.p.. knows many of them, n is on this well known, l?.iig established facl thai th. ? u based IN THE ALPS. THE HIGH ADVENT! l:i; B) John <>\ enhaia. Umo, pp, .:?:?. i ? < i ft ?. i. i ,v. . ,,. Th. diplomatist of fiction ha- s pn .in?-. ti"ti for petting int.. s.tMp.-s and law-breaklni adventures thai m real lif.- he would evade as he would the plague, sneess in bis career depending to au ur.-at an extent ..a clrcuraepect behavior, However, here la ? young at? tache ot the ?British Embaasy in Paris wh... ?.n a brief li?.ii<h.v in Bwltaerland joins ai?.i forwards the pi??t ol s Rus? sian woman, unknown t<? him, to releaae ilatei frort! i rlaon. The aiater, it appear?, had killed ?. Rueslan govern meni official m Qenevs 9 n prehenslble abuse by the way, of the political hoapl? i.iilt.v of the little republic, it Is autumn the tourist season is over; the hotels are , empty; .. e-nmnn employe In the prison has been bribed -all i- propitious. The young diplomatist, 9 modern knight? ? rrant, manage it all, and, thi woman . nee 1 s.-u.-.i. starts with her and h.-r both disguised in men's clothes, .?-? th? frontier by unfrequented moun? tain pathi There is pursuit, <?i course ' dangei of detection mid arre 1 faces them ???.? rywh??!?.-, ih. roma'n ? 1 nd the i adventure are not without their comedy ? a naii ?.v. tMcapes from minions of tin? law long familiar to musical comedy. It is all done with -.im, entertaining!) and ' almost convincingly, growing love ac-1 ? ompanj Ing tv.f ?> ,. three rugltlvea ! along the exceedingl) rough paths ..f , the Alpe Whence it may i..- concluded I thai there Is ? happ) ending, even ! though it?* congummation requires .-un another ?skasainatloa In far->off ?Siberia. ; WESTERN ROMANCE. WALLT. A Btery <>f the Weal it? <;?? Sie.-i? Prontlaplec? by w \\ Paw sett l-in.i. pp. tit I??.?!?!. M..111 g Co. '1 his i- a .story <?' th< days vvIkii claims could no longer be lumped with a brace "f pial?la, 11..- laa having i.?'?'n . ? t.il.llsii.-d, and hitvint* brought with It 1 ? safer method <>f imperfect titles. Tims n Is that a crafty manipulator, having located the loot claim of 1 ?had proepector, makes himself its owner for a nominal sum. ousting the youth who gno n up .m it vMihi.ut suspecting the existence of the treasure beneath bli feel Of courte, poetic ?lueticc must ??' dono, the Injustice "i the letter of th. i.-.w repaired by legal means. And who m.. " read) t<? do Juetlce than a woman whose sympathies have bean groused? It la an amuatng. liglit lomaiT-e of youth snd high spirits outwitting crabbed. f-OVatOUi middle ;,ge and ||y I illaln? n,,. ri-.U-af fa furniBh*d h? the uaavOid? ?ble rhinamcin off ?h? mining* reai-n by .1 - :r--Ivor r?f tie earlier da-? of f-'ish-sni-rea-iv |uetl"*e, and bj the \> Ido-v cf one of hi?. e<..i?ten?p..?irtrie?. s h'.m h? 13 wooing and Who, like him. Ibas more faith in a r?.pe strung < telegraph i <.l<- than in s roomful o! s. The author does not aim ' historic picture of the later Weal n its turn. Is rapidly disappearing. ami r?la? e. local col-ir and Chan hav<- been chosen chiefly for the -.-a the i'i?tiir?-s,| a-nes-- ... the ron The) serve their purpoee well. . BOOKS AND AUTHOR: Current Talk of Things Pre and to Come. At a recent ?linner <?f the Atll ?Club. In London. Pfr Arthur C Doyle, who acted as chairman, toi smualng adventure that befell hi] ttisB coures of s recen! ?i.-?!' to Corn A boatman took hint out tor S row, he found him fairly well read in temporary literature. The man. knowing Sir Arthur, began ?liscm his stories, and sal?l: 'You km???. ? Bh? il?" i> Holmes fell over that cm did ti". kill hims.-lf. but I think he i have done himself tome damage, fr was never quite the same afterward. I Publishing Coincidences. Engliah publishers announce for i thi) spring two new lives <>f Cteorgs row, two stuiiics of Caeaar Borgia two ??i' Goethe one of them being American MIn Mary Caroline Ci f..rd's "Goethe and His Women Ffrie i ?and, what in more curious as a co dence, two historie? of Clifford's inn, earliest of the old inn?? of Chancery. Sir Walter's Pirste. a i.k ?m James Gow, the ??rot?? <?f sir Waiter Bcott's pirate, is annoui i i early publication, it Is ontltled ' Real Captain Clenvelnn?i,M ami i? Work ?>f Mr. -Mian F?a. .-ir Walter tain. .1 his l'a. ts mainly from an Stromneea woman during a tour in Orkneys. Gow t.-rrorized the nortl ! islands f< i- many ?ears, but h" ?. finally brought to at.mt by stratni and was executed ill Jim?'. ITU.'?. I career engaged the attention of 1 I?, foe ami Scott. Defoe's ac?'ount of l ira t.- wag published lu 1725. Only copy la Mown to axial -that in the E Ish Mus.-urn Librar?. Scnbncr Books. The Mtoars Bcribner will issue In ?ours?- ??I the present month "v Should We ('binge Oui' Form of G ernment?' a series of eeeayi on pra?.t 'politics by President Nicholas Mur 1 itu11er of Columbia Cnlvereity; ;? voll ?.f August Strimll.ergs playa trans?a Iby Edwin BJorkman; "The inn of Tr <iiniiiti." s volume of ?-??-ays by J' ?Galsworthy; Hiding and Driving Women.' by Belli Beach;.a "Buttci and M-.rh Book." by Kllen Roberts .Miller, and the following fiction: "Fa era of Men." by E. w. llornung; ". Chink m the Armour." by Mrs. Re! Lowndee; "A Knight in Denim," Ramsey Beneon; "Consul Assigned." Mar* Raymond Bhlpman Andrews: and Other stories.'' by Gouverneur M ris, and "Wide Cburoos," by .lames ? lonnoll). A Scientist st Play. Preaideni Da, id Starr Jordan o( i land Stanford Junior Cni? erslty has wi ten a book Of htiaiorOUg rhyme" for ,'li dr.-n and Illustrated It with his ot Colored drawings. "r.'rlc's Booh Beaata" ??ill bear the imprint of p Elder & ?'..., <?f San Pranciaco, who e ?he opinion thai the fun and sati of Dr. J?ordan's lighter mo??! util app t,, the ? i?! as ??'''H as the young. A Tale of Washington. Tllelc aie Wide |o-Sllliliti'\s in a m?v announced ?" the Century ?'omp.-m "The Woman fr.,m Wolverton," i Isabel Gordon Curt?a, a-hlch Is .? eto of Washington life as MOB through tl eyes of s newly elected Congreaamaii wlfi Our dction dealing with ofBcl and so tal affairs at the national cap!! Is rather poor In works of real imp?, tame. Mark Twain has dealt With It "The Gilded Age," In collnlmratton wl Charlea Dudley Warner; Mra Burnc has given us "Through ?me Admlnisfr. u?.n"; Mrs Atherton's "8enator Nortl ma) !"? mentioned here, and laat, but n< bast, th.-r.' is th" an?.ni mous "I ?.-im?, ta. ] ," publish?.) sonn- thirty ?ears a*... Ameri-.in Men of Letters. miss Perry'a "Walt Whitman." Perr Greenalet's "James Russell Lowoll" an Edward Mima's "Stdnej ?Lanier*' ha? i.p added to th.- well lunsVii America Men of Letters aeries publish?**! b* lb Houghton Mlfflln Company. Andorra. Komewbul ?-i a novelt) In the crowdc field ??i i.Ks i?r travel and d?sacript|o will if ''Andorra, the Hidden RepubM.*, ... Lewis Guat?n Leary, the author , "The Real Palestine of To-itey." whl MeBrld S i ' Co. nnnounc? Life anH Chemntry. Krederlck ?'/.a|.?-i<. professor n plan phyalolog) in th.- l'niverslt) .: Pragu? has written n little i>.??k un lib? .??. ? ?-uu: which Is .?p. of tb" late additions t< "Hiirper's Librar) ol LI? Ing Tho The volume is called "Chemical i h mi ?m ??na in Lifi.".i Us author endeavors ti h?.v. how much of life i "m i.- explalnn chemically. "Modern science," bs says "is going ..n !.. ion? h op problems lofty thai before our dayi their solutl ?i could never have been dreamed of"; 'ml he admits that "the sulking feature i i the preaent state of biological knowl ???Ig?' is that ?lothing thai we dlacovei sufficiently explains the Intimate connc ? ti'.n. the marvellous regulation, ? pro ? -sis o. living aubatan ??? " The Dictionary of National Biogranh/. A new Supplement to the "Dictionary ? : National Biography" will be publlah? i this spring. The lirai supplement, lesued In 1901, completed the record up t?. the death of Queen Victoria; the bow one will Inclutla memoirs <?;' all peroona -f . -I'll? i. ni note win. ?ii.-d between Janu? ary 22, 1001, and the end of 1011. Italy in English Poetry. A I.lierai v Association has l.c.-.-i founded in Rome, the meetings of which Will I..- bold In th.- K.als-Sh. II.;. Me n...rial bous.- in the I'iaz/.i ?Ii Spagna. for the purpose of studying "those poets who owe their Ineptratlon (?? Itnly ami Rome." Mr. <?.?.ar Hn>\\ ping, who r? cently cgtebrnted his aevanty-ftfth Mrth day, is i?. lecture there, his subject be? ing ''Personal Recollections of the ?Poeta." A Guide to Shakespeare. A "Shakespeare Gloeaar. " complied by Mi ?? T Onions, nith th? authority <.f the DeK-gates ?>f the Clareisdoti P - l?S lugt l.e.-n published by th.- ??xford r*tty Press. .Mr. OhiotlS supplies ??? RhJtt?*ms and ilroetrntlons of ???-?ids ?-r senaei or nordf now tibeelete, togeii-er ????h ejtplanetions "r othere Involving allusion* not gctiTsIl?- IgmlUgf, -m?i of proper names Ths ?floteaf) comprises upon in,o?>? ?-pa?ate article--. an1 ? i is said to he mote extensive than any other s.iect giossar) of similar sope. * Reminiacences. i Mrr. Katharine s. Macquoid, who <**le* ibrated bei eighty-otghtb birthday on the I 86th of list month, Is busily engaged on '" ?rel of l-*r. n, h life. Sh<* b* | u [ writing stories and verse at the at? of j twelve, and met Charles Dickens at her] Mrsi balk ivh"ii ah. ?V - rteen. She ? remember-* him as dancing alth an n1?- i stracted air. seemingly more Intent on Rtudying the pei ?,i, than on ittendlng in his partner. Mrs Macquoid haa obmol sixty books of notion t.. her credit ?but it tram th? publication of "Patty." Ike story ol ? -i rightly, wayward young Blri ? 1 iii.it -established her fame, and broufrht ! i h? r Ml. ndly, uppreclatlve tetters i"1 Lord, then Mr. John, Mcrley and Wr A.r ; ii-ur Helps .mong her frlei d Cork-.- Hei fy U* wee, who afterward In? troduce l hei to bis ? : ". 'l'h.-v m< - a private view in Mlllais- stu'lio, in 187?5, ?jays "Tin London draphlc." and after s little iiinversatlon tleorge Eliot ?rew Mrs. Macquoid aalde to look at ? rural lands.-ape. "Were you horn In the eoun tr) ."' she asked, and on afra. Macquoid replying thai she was not, George Eliot said, with a soft weary look in her face, "1 was: and this picture hi perfect; It brings the memory of th.- errantry beck, and I fee] like a child again." T'iomas Campbell. A (.-respondent ol the "Scotsman" re? cently requested it to confirm or refute . story that an early number of Ike "Green... k Advrtlser" contained the following item among Ita "Notfc - to i c..i-rc-.-i ondenta": | "T. C.?Your versea beglnalng on Un ??tea when the sun was loW are hardly up to our standard. Poetry Is evidently not your f. it?" ; Professor Ferrero's Translator. The excellent English translation of Professor Ouglielmo ?Tterrero'a "The i Wimen of the Csteers" was mad" by Christian Gauss, profetsor of modern I languages at ?Princeton University. A Ntecond edition of the work has been ! called for. More Dramatization. Zana Q?Tey'a new novel, "Ridera of the 1 Purple Sage." Is to be turned into a play. [ The story certainly contains nil the ?ale? ? menta of a .?tron?, gripping melodrama ! of the West "Mediaeval Towns." t/oluroes ??n Canterbury. Lucca, ?Santi? ago and Jerusalem Will shortly he added t.. ihe "Medheval Town Series," puh li-h-l in this country b) E. P. ?Dutton ? <'"? A Sign of Spring. "The Battle of Basehall." hy (". H. Claud**, announced for publication next spring by the Centun Company, will, a? - cording to the publishers, deal not only With the great principles of our national game, b?t also with the fine i-omts of up-to-date "Inside-' baseball. The b??k Will he abundant!) illustrated Rouaseau'a Bicentenary. < ?n Jium 12 next will fall the second | centenary of th** ?birth of Jean Jacques Rouaeeau. and arrangements are being made f.. have celebrations in France and Switzerland. In connection prlth the ff-ies to be held in tleneva It Is planned to laeue ? special stami?, in the form of a book plate, somewhat on the lines of the Dickens etaaaaaaottatlve stampa. ThrouKh the sale of these it is h?jped that a stiftieicnt ?urn will be obtained to found a Rooeeeau museum and library in Geneva. Henry Labouchere. Announcement is made that the ex? ecutors of the late Henry Labouchere have intrusted the writing- Of his hing raphy to his nephew. Mr. Afar Thorold, well known as a contributor to "The Edinburgh ?Review" and the author of several books. Pierre de Coulevsir's New Story. Tie- popular ?Trench novelist, Pierre de Coulevain? ins s nea b??ok in press, "The Heart of Life." which is said to be a sequel to "The Unknown [ale" BOOKS OF THE WEEK. ART. ON nu-: LAW? ?T ,i vr.WK.-i: PAINT1NO. All Introduction to flte Stu.ly of the Alt <f Japan u> Henry P. Bowie, With : ? ?? 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Roai ? l?siia-.l in th.- aariai aaUtled "Orletaal Nar rtUvea ??f Karl?- American History," repro *d 'Hi,I? r II SU pli . ' I t t. - Aiv?r!.-?n torlcal Assodetlc*) an! under *h? </*ner*l editcr.?hip of ,r. PrsnkllB Janeson, Pi? D.. M. D. MISCELLANEOUS. tuf: MBW ENOLAMTJ rJOOK hook. Bv Halan B. H ri-lit. liiao, pi?, xxxl. :/.'T. ;r??jm?)d A- Cs ) a c-->:iecti-n or rec?f?? mea ine?am ?nd ?ems that Bra lem-i- > fro-n Puritan an cestera ior soup?, p.?h. nn??a.t?. tgn?. \-*re tabI*B, saU-is, pren-rv-s and ?lev RAILWATI IN THR I'MTulJ STATES. Th??r TINter?-. Their Reiat!,.n to tba Ftati and a"? Anslysl? ef tba O-stslaUon in R?rari ??? ? .jr.trii Rv glmoa P???rne OS8<V-l??l.) With ?iipplemen's?-?- notes continulns t^? r-MOrd to 1011 l.rr?, pp nil, '?r?. ,Q p. ... ?S' n?. ? no^Tv.-r; or st anot-E'v.?- "o-rifrrT ok thi; ??tat?; of m:p- v.irk. with bi** ?raphkal Pata Part I. Frcrn in ?Or-f-uil retfon to ?lie Fnd of th? Americas Revolu? tion 17".?--*.-*. Cemplled by Winam M Secretar?- a-f the S-dety. .??o. rp ---.ainr Ant'r-'A?. S,--lety.'. MODERN AVARS AND V.-AR TAXE!-* ? M?nnsi r.f Military Flaance B? ?** f ?.???son )2rno, pp. nI?, 441. lEXllnburjl-: "'lilla h B!ackw<->oj a Sons.) An est?mate of th? aaoaejal ?tr*n-th ?>f llM srr-t null*??.>- ;C"?-f-. POLtCg ii'TY a CSarsa of f?ua-.- lar Poh-a *i. Ki'r-wfic?. OoaplIM from I? I ?spared tot the New tur* c?tv polio? I >r Ro-r'iitv By O.rne'.lua J. C.a\:t lune, Matthew McKeon. Richard Macr.lr. ?n-I Patrick F. ?Ca-saii. Illun: pp ?ili. 330 'Th* rh'ef P,iMi.?hln_ Ce?n> v - ftipendlum of Information conctrnir.? '!'? ' ' r^r-datlons with which ever P?))Ici,-,a?) n-,usf be fcmlllar?the Penal I-a.??. 'he Charter, the ;,- ?>r ilnau-.-m, the Od* of Criminal Procedur?, etc. . thlr?y lerea chS| ? LIVING WATKRgj OB, RI\ KSS Tu VHK Of'bAN Ry Charle- B-odl* Patteraoo ISsae, ip si, r.it. <Tne Funk * Wa?ns'i? any.i M,,? metive at the hock is to ahow tv.at it I? r to be happy than unhappy. 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