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LITERARY NEWS
CRITICISM
1
Some Chronicles of Royal anti
Noble Women.
THK V1CIB8ITUDBB OF a LADT-IN
W.MTINO. I73H70 By Eugene Wel
vert Tranalated b) Ultan O JHeui
witb a photogrgvure fr mtlsp ? ?
lllu.tratlona 8vo. ; |
John Lane Company.
THK AMAZIXG DUCHE88 Bei -
Romantlc Hlaton of Bltaabeth "
.;;. M.,ii of Honor, the Hon.
Hejv.-v. Ducbam ..f Klngaton. an.i
t'ountem of Brlstol. By Charl -
Pearc- With B lllhsl ?
?? .
v. Brrenl
THJ3 BBLOVED PR1NCE8S Princeea
Charlotte of Walea, the Lonely D
ter of a Lonely Quw n. Mv Charl. -
urce With a photogravui
ptoee aml I ! other IllUBtrallona 11 l
on an p ? pp. Bn
The current scbool'of htatorlcal hVotj
rapby is often nn>re uaeful in the plct
ures lt furnlabaa of the aoelal 11 ?
ibe past thnn in its portralte of tbo
personages who are Ita nomlnal suh
Jecta. Indeed. mmi. an unlmportanl
minor actor in evonta ba_a been brought
THE I'TCHKSS DE NARBONNB
I.AUA
? From a rortrait in -Th* Vlcisslnide* af *
Lady-ln-Walting '.
forth from obltYlda for no other pur?
poee than tbat of BOrvlng :.s an BXCUaa
a peg on which lo bang entertalainf,
if not always profoundly tnformlng,
studi'.'S of greater men and their rtoin. ?,
;tnd more egpadaU) of tbahT foiblesand
v\caknesse^
Prauacolae de Cha ntean, and
eveatually Dncheea de Nt-rhonna-Laia.
spent the greater pait of ber life as
-iii-vv-iting to Loutae XV'B
daughter, Mme. Adelakle and to bei
UBgaf si-t.i and laeeparaMe eom
paataB, Mme. \ Ktoria. Mercy-d'Ar
gaatgau rapeatfldly mentions ner in his
miiaela la llaarla-Thereaa la eoaaaetloa
wllh the poadtloa aad attttude of the
young Marie-Antoinette at lha ftench
i ? i.niovkine connecta bar
i bta ' Bouvenlrs" arlth tbo taevltabte
of unsavory gossip of the time und
tbe pla.e. and tbe Countesa de Bolgne
,ks .>f bei in ber now well known
- lemoirs'' in a BBaaBBT that M. *W*n*
? deeucta worthy of dlsproof.
Wh.le tbe aM ..nier of things lasted
ihe lady-in-vsaitlng aerved ber royal
mistreas to her own great material ad
-. i.tage. Gtfta amounting to hundreds
?t'' thousands of Hvrex were beatOWOd
H.l>mi her by tbe princeas. who thus
tr t\a\e tx eem'ilanie of truth to tbe scan
daloua report aiready referre.l to.
whlch was to Ibe efTeu thai Mme de
Narbonne's younger son was in reallty
her own liiegitimato offaprtng. Th.
lady-in-waitlng was also eusp-cted of
uctively aiding Mme. Adelaide la ber
.fforts to induce the Daupbtne to re
1 ^e to the Du Barry the recognltion
whlch Loula XV demanded for her. and
whlch tbe haughty. prudish Maria
Theresa B-fvooated lee raaaoaa ed state.
It was in exile. however. tbat Mme.
de Narbonne showed the genulne qual
ity of her attachment t<. tbe royal sls
tera. The attempted flight flf Louis
XVI bas been toid over and OYOf again
in all Its detalls. many volumes have
Veen trrtttea deallng with ihe llfe ln
exile tif his brothers. especiallv of the
future Louis XVIII; tho gtory <>f bls
daughter?Mme Rojrak?of ber <-ap
tivlty and ultlniate BheratkW has found
Its chronlclers, but the emigratlon r.f
hia two aunts has reeelred bul _aaall
attention from tbe bistorlans. M.
Wetrerl talta it al tenarth, aad it <.*
worth teiiiiig Bope. lally oa aooounl of
ihe clever use made ln their l.ehalf 1 y
liOUia XVI r.f the De.laration Of the
Right* of Man arhea the aaunlclpallty
of Faris refused to bonor tbe j.h
? rt for Rome he had glven theni
Mesdanr.es my aunts,'' be said.
muat enjoj tbe same righta as Other
? iliiens. Tbe I.e.larntioi. and the laws
..f the atate allow nny private ln.li
vidual ta travel and to leave ?.he king
dom arhea ll pleaeea him." To this
t'amille Desmoulins replled: Your
aunta have no right to go and spend
our milllons la thi PBfaVfl don.inlons
Let them give up their penslons; let
them reatore to the treasury the, gold
tbey would carry away with them:"
IfaiBl was even more eftOlOBt "These
devotees must bfl kept as hosb.ges!" be
hhouted ln "L'Aml du I'euple," and "a
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rest of the family!"
Whlle tha Quaatloa of the paaairorta
was st.11 before thc- AskmiiM- the two
pi-bM-aaaea gtartad aouth, B**4xrmpauilad
by Mme. .1, Narbonne and a t?nd4_er*
ableretlnue, aad coavoyad by U>uM de
Sarboans, Maaa. .dalaJdafa godihlld, f
??t her son. It.araa larfely due to hM
nrtnaaaa aad dlplc-macj lhal the taro
royal ladlea aucc*4a*aad in reachlng tha
[taltan frontler. after havluf baan
stoppad tlme and agaln. and evaa fle*
? ajnf,i for a fortBlfhl at ona polnt.
lnuis st.i arall arlth tha revoiut.on
is-,s. for. like La Fayatto, he had kataed
ihe oonstitutintinl party
Mme de Narbonne apenl har own
woailth m tha aarvlca of. Mes-ia,^.
,m-ni both di" n. exile. and re
tunlOd loTrance under tho Bagtora
l!(M, to ,,e treated by LouM XVII
hj, i.abltual laaratltudi
With tha greatest diftlr-nlty tha 8
rriI1. W88 obtalned fOT her from this
Eoat ront.mvtlM.-of nll the llonrhnns.
,. ,', llkely thnt it was she arho inl
-novameai that aadadla the
rnce trma Itallaa to i-r.-n.-i.
I ., , lim0t tha two -Jrlnijoaaaa
w.11 si,e dledJa
1827. lo har alfhtj elfhtb
forgotten. Ign4**red
Hoi aoa Loula, havlng aerred Franea
M Inat her forelgn foea mei the rate
of many other rranch aohlaa who Had
! taken up tha cauaa ol tha iWle from
convlction. Suapectrd. .lenmnn ed 008*
deinr.ed to death. 84 su -eeded Ifl BB
caplng Hbroad. returnlng IB 190\ to
enter Napoleon s armlaa Ha was one
of the anvoye aent to VTaauia by th*
Kmperor to treat arltb Mottornli h dur
lng ihe armlstl, e that I Odsd la the bat*
t'.e of i.eipsU-.
Mi Pea_*c8"a two booka ?'e fraakl) a
Cktmipjue 80884*814*888 of the reign of
tha F r Oa irajaa. Btace Thackeray
the yvorld bM 08888 tO see that tha ll
Influence upon tha social tone of their
' period wa* far less than he held It to
. that. as a matter Of fact. the Bt
j mosphere at court and ln UOCVttJ Wl ch
thev found so r-oBgaohU aad aa to iragi d
yvas not altoKothcr of their making.
Still, the fact r.'innins thnt Qaorga I
brought 0-n r with hlm from Oermany
raenad Tautonle Imiutlon of tha
., immorality ef \'ets.-ul'.es. The
gtory of the fir.t Uenrge'p eaptlvi
i 'n Havnovar is .ufflci.-ntiy well bnown;
' 80 is the scnndalou. traatlBSBl of Caro*
j ilne of Walafl by the so-called 'Flrst
J rjanttetnaa of Buropa." Mr. Poarce
I r.-veis la court aecrata Ib royal raya*
I tartaa, bat at least, ba doaa aal pre
4 tend to t,? ftt-le to aolva th?m. ??n th4
t aoflttrary, he trauakly eonfeBse* th-u
'they are arresallnglr WSll k?-pt But
I he rotls them under his t'dir- Ifl ind
', the r,.;,(i^r can <lo th?> same if h
nilnded?eapeclally the myatery tha;
j aurrounds the birth of Chfl_rt0tt8 d
Wales, daughter ef the. Prin-e Regent.
"The Betored Pilacaaa,*1 to arhoaa
DBQoeatlonably addraaaed his
401884 ?']',, a Ixi'iy We.-ping":
We*.p. daughter of a N'.ble Uae
\ Bire'fl cuegrace, ? r. t
\ ' I bpi v if each tear of thln*
? 'ould waflh & fatlo-r's fault away'
W . .-p. for thy tears are vlrtu*'? teat*.
:?:? loilfl tO 1 ' ? mg 1*le*
,\i.d ba each dr. p, ln future ycfl-ra
Repald thee of thy POOPISfl flmllflS.
.'harlotte had bar hOUl Of popularitv.
as the presumptlve iielr t<. H,e throne.
,- she ha.i her ve:,r;.,f bapplaeag MM
tha wife of L4opold nt s ? v. ??
the future flrst king of Helglum Bal
yvhatever brlef s inabine ef lltfiai was
her. was dearh l?,ught al th* price of
her father'. *M r.- ? CUtlOB Of her mother,
which ? poa bar ?.?
Mr. E*aai ca lenlei aspllcltly that
Eiizabeth Chudlelgb <yns an advaat*
ures*. b - -i rholfl ?: .1 provea her
to have been just that and nothlng
ei.e. Wall-born, i.nt trnparcunlotia, sh.;
araa, through her mother'* COWBOCtlOPS,
appolnted aiaid-of-honoi lo tbe PiiacaM
KMZABETH CHUDLBIOH.
<From a portralt ln "The Amaring
DucheBB.")
Of Walen ahort ly after the ?cce??lon of
Oeorge II. and rwirried a pennilev
naval offlcer. who almost immediatelv
nfterward was .eut on *ervl< e abroad.
th.- raarr'aaa badng geed a se, r.-t.
naaaina lertas;, Mlecxasl even la thai
d;.y f.f Iti.ieiorum. she rnudf; her in.-rry
yet (jtkulated way through the looae
BOCiety 8f her dav until. her hu.ban I
havlng laconio tlie next helr t<? the
earldom of Brhrtol, Bha bathougbl bar
of securing pTOOffl of tlie legallty >.f
their unlon, then Changad her min.l
arhen he ,ie;itii ,.r ihe Duchaae o?
KiiiKMton tnade it possible f,.r her. sli ?
tl.ougbt. to marry thg duke, arhogg
inlstress ahe wn*. B*B8 deijle.j the first
marrliiKo In court, 88*048 that ghg was
B splnster and married bar jTotertor.
! only tO he trl'd for bigjaiay, es.-apliiK
the geeerg penalty f'-r that criui.' pa
ti..- plea thut .he araa n Baatahar af tba
paaraga a* Oevataag <?f RriHtoi, evon
lf not aa lun he?. of Klng.lon. Mean
while, the duke bttd di'd opportunely,
leaving her 88 enorniou. ln. om., anl
sh* gfl| out upon her ttacla atnld bar
baric aplendor. She vlaltad th. ,uit
Of CatbartBe II of Ruasia. where ahe
was well received. and bought an **>
tate, inoved on to .Jarls and thenee *.o
Home. adding to tho acnndal of her llfe
wherever Bhe went. She died in tbe
I-Yoncb c-apital at tbe age of sixty
elght H<r chief clalm to reinemhraiu e
I may 1-r said to lle ln the fuct that
i Tbackeray took her as tbe model fOt
both BaBtrla in '-.smond and tha
Ba_rogem of Beraatala in -The vir
i ginians.
EUCKEN
A Healing Oommentator on
Modem Discontent.
LlFCfl BABI1 ani. i.irrrs IDIALB
i:- r udolph Eucken, profaaeor of pbl
loaophy ta -the I'niversitv of Jena
Tranateted with Introductor) note,
b\ Alban '' VYtdgery, former achotar
oi Bi Catherlna'a College and Bu
n*. Btudent, Cambridge. and membet
of the Unlveralty of Jena. ara. pp
. . [77 The Macn .mpenj
THI TRUTH OF RELIOION Bl Ru
dolf Eucken. Awarded Bobel rn-.* m
'Viv aetdoi profeeaor of phtltm
n he I'niversitv of .len;.. Irans
l;,t. i by W. Tudor Jones. Ph. D
(jena) sv<>. pp. Mv, BR O. P. Put
aam'fl Baaa
RELTOION IND LIPB Bl tbe mme
Prontlepiece. Sn.ali llmo, pp
.; P Putnam'a Bona
p |oua to HW Wl en the author
taaa awarded lha Nobel Prlaa for IU
erature, the only arork of Piofaaaar
hen'a tbat had been turncd into
Engllab wa* 'Tbe Fuadfuneatal Con
cepti of Modarn Thought." iraaBlated
htrty yaara aaa b) Profeeaor M.
PhOtpa of Yale Tbe li-t of
md treatteaa made acceeeible
alnci ti.e aarard Includee a htoti
. entltled "Tl a Prableia ef
Human Llfe ' "Chrletiaalty an.i the
y.? idaattaaa." '"Tba Llfe of tha Bptr
it. The Meaning and Value of Lif ?"
and the three irelaia? now bafare ua
Tl.e hook trniislated bv Mr. Wtdget.
Ia rer-reseiitative in QUBlity and 1t ha*
ihe ndvantage of being ABBltClafd BJ
well Bfl "translated." Professor BU k
en'a O-agnum opai ea raBBloa arfll
tempt only tbe braveel spirits. Thi
vv..vf. rlng man after pb.ddintr IhTUUgh
few buadred pagae arlll bo dtopoaed
to give up tbe queet, feeling. as Carlyle
-i readlng stiriing's aceounl of
Hegel tbat lt is bard to walk with ?
cannon ball at each ankle The re
?mlnlng book, "RetlB-an and Ufe." la
th.- s-'I'stane* of nn ad.lress delivered
some montha ago at OBford, and ..
I |g] London, rccordlng Ii! U ? *?
? tlie Jena professor's flr.dlng* as a
? ? ?man of 7.!<>n lf 8 ??- ?'??'
? vague. it Is alwa s COtK _M
i.ik' ii.. evangei. whoaa wel OIBI Ifl
? m aaaarad la a i.-iiien world, the
I aracterlatle coeamunlcatloo of
' author i* born of a eoll I ? .dmR
Of ih* arOUBdl and we.-.ki.r
?? in an ai;* when amid material
? tha sj.irit ..f man growa p n
i te ? nrdt ti o' i propbel bteada a Ith
? | | ..f tln* i.hll'isopbe' He B8B8
I tbe Bpirltual doatltutlon aeeoanpanytng
much of our aaodarfl abeorptloa n af?
f.nr* a loaa at ufe'* eeafre boi I
counterhal i ? all tbe ga n ea 'b*
: perlphery. J? wmning ..f the a >rld and
? !*r of tbe s u. W,.r .
with ';s BO ext.-tnal a tnatt--- thal
unrela.ed ta aai inner peraoaal ea*
? and T4* thus 1 ? I ?..-* ->
OUISOlvefl Yet the 4*ry fa. t tl.at ?
,,,,. ;,i i. tO be ' "i.sciou* df BW b an
allenatlea la .. proof tbat there vt \m
planted la us more than ?
dira i.i.n ,-f ..:?? ta able 1 ?? ' |l
re
i- it p, ,,. nondered al lhal ot
..i.xi iv BhOUM turn Ki-ali> b.-in* .'.we :
th* whole ol I ?
? ? , r clarlflca ,>f llfe
| place < -.-..
llona and red - t them to sul ?
thO |tj of a> '.?-'.?
i-levatlon "' nature?ol ? Bell
,,,,,. . ni.i-t ..f .?
Ing deal tlon of lif.
moal welght) ol all s'
tbroui Ibe tendei i v
aml charactei of llf* the ant et.t pusstaa
of humai ? v. ?? ?? h lahed up ln eatiier
tttnes, raiai Ih. maelvea on. ?
Uvi Iy and tn ?>.>*?' probtami
. erning the de4 p <ia. bi
out B ' - nt e aoo Whlthei oui dep. nd
POn Bl-BBga OOU r8
antltheaia wll i i i oa i a
born barrtera lo our spirliual potenciea.
tba flav? ln love und rlghteoueaam In
naliire and In I'linati nature. In w BOld
the appateut total loaa of wj
not renonn.e our best and BMMt f'al
ti easi.r-s.
At tb* bottom of our dleconteni Pro
fessor Buehen waali ??y. ta th* fac.
tbat two worlds nre otirs, B dualtam
tarmad bjr nature and splrit Th* dll
tlnctlon Is qulte other than tbat wh! .
Iias often been mnlntalned, in tlieurv
between body and mind ar.d bOtWOOn
, obje.f BBd eahjaet The antlthesis ,.f
nature and spiri' is one lylng eattr*.]
Iwlthla coneetouaaaafl. Vlewed pn om
' r-t.Je. OUT llfe appears Bl a world .f
? lillt il. thal i* tO M' . "f a. ..tlllle
dation to envlroasaant, rahjactlon I i
maebaaical n. aaadtjr? its deeda I
siinpiv tiie flaaaafl ta th.. caaeervatk. .
Of if1 own exlstem e and With i." -?
pefiOT unlty spnunlng and stinmg tbe
inanifoid Vlewed oa the other glde,
and eaateeapaaraaeouelr, our iife ...
' jn-His as h world of splrit -a 44.,ril
'where eaargtad, eadl and formv .1
producad ahuae ooana tion* lead ta i
new kind oi reallty orar against all
i igor of nature power. To take a prl
mar.v pheaomOBOB, tbere |g nioralltv.
! with it? ralegpoffkal caBBBBBda. Ti.e
bahaata Of morallty are meant for n
tree man, not for an autoinntlon mo\ -
Ing under Irresistlble powers Tbere ls
I aclence, always creatlvely gaeaadlag
i from a slmple "awareness" to B v.-.i
; tablo dls. ernment; and in the satin
Isptrttaa] arorld af man tbere ta art,
whleh in it- Boohlnfl after parfa tlaa ta
ever making a< kriowledgnient ..f the
, unatialti.il vvlmie. Now, it Is pr.
ciseiv thla . nattveaaai wbli i. gives pa
ernlneme to tbe life af tbe splrit inj
! wins for lt Ibe right to artold the s< BfH
ire. Tbat it is kept from Its klngdoi-i
and .UMBpeiled to follow In tbe train'of
the natural" Is what . r.n?tltutes t:i"
great .onlradnilon. Mgaaead by i?s
aaaanBeame ?.n an altea puwea, th* iif?
of tbe spfrit is gpparaatly prarflaled
i from ne. omplisblng Ihe puiposes of
jown belng, and it would aeeni debtiin I
to bo wrecked In lt.- sear.h for a
'more" whb-h lies on a coaat beyond
tba llmlled nntiinir' provln.e I'nle.-s
intina asplrations are to hfl rer-kon.ii an
lmpoalng futllltv, some rgfldlutlCB flf
I the irksome antithesls must l# forlb
coming.
In aetting before ua a way wbereby
the alleiiHtlon Jie dcs'-rlbea may le
brought lo an end. Professor Bawbaa
Bfaagaflfl no resorl, |g ihe grand Btyle,
to some formlefl* lnflnite wlth lt? dla
dain for all mere particularity. a fur?
ther flifrht of the dainty bouI. away
fr.un all conlact with the harsh exter
nal world. That world Ifl raal and ln
escapable. bul the BPhitual world I*
no Indeflnite glamour of the dlvlne. it
als,. |g n.-tually gr.mnded in our ex
perlence Its true signitl- anoe appears
when the Indlaidual rac*ja_Tii8sg that we
?re each and all. ?s Plotinus said, a
Bplrttual unlverae; that Just as tmiy a?
I'RIMI'SS rllAIU.DT'l i:
, Krom a port rai t la The Re|0v.d
I'riii' ?
the natural order brought us Into ph\ 4
i.al belng thfl -piritiial unlverse has
from ebora taken beld of ua Tha
miuri desiied atoneinent ls reati/ert
whoa, oa dMcendag "ur priMiege in
the e\ent. ara pr.-ceed to BChlBSfl a
gpkitual autonoray. This taeana that
f.rr tha wk- ef its own perfeatiea th?
soul turn* ba.k te thfl rea Im ef oxjcri
BOCfl from WbbJM h at flrat It was *tnving
tO le free Mottra a* we may the im
merelOfll of the llfe ln mundane affair*.
it la nevertheleea by theea coutacta, by
hard M.,rk ln re|atl..t, 10 men and
thmgs. thal we mav approzlmata ideai
lng '.f gUCh m.irali/...| a'
tlvlty 'tl.e coined arord i? "a< ti-i.*in"?
the old antlthe.ls between "li.ner" and
"outer1 ni ov4reoine. i'.-r aa raple,
with the .? ilptor \y?rking OB marMe
thfl result ifl aelther the mere re. ept'on
and OOpy of an external world guf*
roiitidliig us nor |g lf a mere gettll K tt
:. readv niHde Inr. r llfe bul both m
w ard ai ,i o ? a ard i to a
? >.i porata raa ' ? ind h< i
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l.j.slB riiiisf ever be w..n aaSW, so ,u tl 8
gpatflga the *|i|rlt of man flnds
M..V4 i CaTtda An.-ierit .ymbol. 88-481*1 be
-traaarrad oalj aa thev embo.iv nving
moral ttea.uie
.j ir. ? 'ar flre. of v t, ,r bM
fjoda!
? t thi
whei, tha asl oaaaa te
theaa Bhoraa '?< ls. I ra al Harvard
? TBIt-. l..'Xt W Itlfe, i . w "II ftnd
ataotig u* an flxpsctani .-..nstifien. j
Theie i? a grovn r h I InatlOB to vyeigh
the coaelualotia of a teacher arlto eaa
l.ring to br-ar upon t*. hnl.al philosophy
.. aldfl b hunian Intereal a naerallst
who bellevea so fararantl) that what
raakea blaterj Ifl nol tha rtruggta f.<r
eadetence, ?>ut the stmggie f.,! * eplr*
Itual llfe.
RUSSIAN IMPRESSIONS
Father John of Cronstadt's En
during Influence.
I'ar.s August ?
Mine Juilette A.lhin. who pas.ed the
wlnter of iss-j in Moa BW and St.
Petataburg, ravlaltad Baaaaa la.t .uin
mer. and was thfl guest of her iiutii.r
01 ? Baafllaa friends. not only In North
4fi, Russla, bUl fllflo nt N'ilnl-Ni,y (jr.ii ...I
Set.astopol, Valta BBd the "Rlvlera" of
thfl Hla-k Sea Ihr >?!>*.-rvatlons make
?i, flstremal] iBtereetlag ix.ok >.f over
tWO huinlr. <l pages. profus.-lv lllus
trat.-'T aad entitled "118888881088 1*4*88*
ealasa en Buaah*'1 (IfBchetle) ThM
gifted I'reii. h woman has uu.-ceeded in
drawlng .-. .-..mpiete an.i truthful aftct*
tare ol Bttaalaa llfa, anlrnatsd bj
spnglitlv ane.ilotes ,,f promlnenl men
glld i ORISB whom ahe inet, and hy curl
ous pers.mal detail* .-oiicernliig thfl
Kus.lan aristocra,-y and bureaueracy
NotwithBtandlng the great change.*
that are noted ln the UiiHfllan people
slnce the war wlth Japan. lt appeara
that the strange blend ef mystl. Isni.
folklot.- leg.ml nnd religlon to-day. as
bltherlii. remaln. the ruling elernent of
he national i haia, t.-i
A HtnklhK Instiupe pf this ls found
in ihe profeuad lafluencA of ths lata
piiest and BPOgtM Of thS ??rth<iiIo\
Church, I'ath.r John ef c'rotistadt.
which i. graeter now than at the time
of his .J.-ntli. ln lie.etnl.er. I9M
Knther John I. now a "aaint," wor
shipped in every ehurch thraaidrhaal the
t'zar's domlnion*. Hl* ' inlr.T lea,'' hia
faith ciire*,'' hi. prophetlc Ba>ings,
nre narrated ln religlous tracts lhat
> Irculate by hundr4>d* gf thousaiul*.
The peas.nii- feel that Father J.?hn waa
a Muscovit.- Mfr.siah, and lt 1. almoat
wlth fanatprlflflg lhat they \enerate hia
tn.-inory. Iiis follower* have founded
pnwerful ?ert. of "feitli curers." aome
arhai raaaaBhUat tho.e exi.ting in the
I'nited State. By lilfl fervent aflceti
elsm and peraonal magnctiam Father
John made himself a leader of the
rnasBc*. and to hla Influence la aflcrlbed
the pecullar hatred and pa?Blon often
evinced by the Ruaaian peaaants
toward the liberal doctrtnes of Tolstoy.
Mme. Adam devotea an interesting
chapter to the wldowed Grand Duchesa
Serglus. who. after the aBsasalnatlon of
her husband. took rellglous vows and
devotea her enormous fortune almost
excltisively to well organir.ed charlty.
Mme Adam haa much tbat ls fresh
and amusing to relate about court ao
i-lety at Moscow and Yalta, and glves
her impressions about the development
of the Russian ballet, which haa
brought about so many Innovatlons ln
tbe art of stage danclng in Western
Bttrope and Ameriea. C I. B.
*
FICTION
Books of Mere Nonsense and of
Mere Oloom.
FUN AMONG SICK FOLK.
wiif.R.-. THERE8 \ VTILL. ByManr
Roberta Rlneharl muBtratlona by? r.
Von* wilson. Umo, pp M. Tha BBBBW
Ifeniil i .ompaaj
Mrs. RtaehaM l>uts her stories t<>
getber with a generoiiB hand as IB*
gar.ls iii'ldent. There are thirty ehap
teis in tliis book. and white we bBVe
ii..t g'ono back through tham ta 'beck
them all we are pretty sure that H"nv
ihing happens In every one of tiieni
ai aii ereata lha author eoaeeye a.
broad impressioii of llgbtbeartad bu*
tie. of Bteadllj Incraaalag aBeHaaiflBt
lt is a book of three, aml tliis ln spite
of the faci thal H daacrlbia events at
a winter aanatorlum. nn. would tnjh
poaa tbal the people gatbarad arouad
the mlneral spnng la thla story arauld
be tOO si'k Indoara and too fearful of
the cold outatda t.. altew theateelVBg t<
be Involved in any tangle ..f absMi-dlty.
But with Dtchy t'arter to the f->re. an 1
Minnie, the redhead?d spnng girl. an 1
Mlke the bathmaa?ta aay nothing P_
Mr. I'leirr a parcel of eaat Iron j
images on a lawu would surrender to j
an appeal t.i dan>.e. Dbky owns the
"anatorium nnd for certain legal rea- |
von*! inuat take diarge of lt at tho1
time e,f th*. op-nltig af the tale.' But
Dtchy delaye. having carelessly *lop< ??>
with th.? daughter of ?.ne Of the pa
trotis. an lras- ille mllllonaire. so Mr.
Plerea i? Intraduced a* his aubstifute
and then the troiblos bogln. t'hapt*r
hy chapter they grow dreadfuller and
.unnler, Until the rertder settles down,
if we may eo exirese lt t? a comfort -
able grln. It ta a gBOPOBtBfCHIB book
and well worlh reaillng
A CURI0U3 HEALER.
Tiir. PLAW IN THK CRTBTAL B
? ? Mactetr Itaao, pp. 11*. B. P Dut
t'.ii A I
'ihe rery flt at page of thi* bt -:*f ntir
ratlra i* ei.quent af th* throbbtng
.1-; tag to which the reader Ifl la be
treaterj
?-? V'r'djy, ibe day h* ai-v.i.s .am*
I flaf fl . .r le.l lt. he wa* to . ome
; ..i aii it alwaya *??*, tbe areel
? i i *'. | ihe oal: tim* 44h*M b* ?
aei a-**4. the m Iy tlme. be had oa?
? to Aaa tba \ err_r, when gettlng
led no remarh He had I
he would hav* brohon down Aan'h?
tlled Ii gettlna -444*4- '*frma ihlaga' . but
-i . _i eu 1 .it tberi **as onlj ona thlng,
-, -. . Ifi P*lla To b* wed ma**
? irioua and maliBnari nervea (whlch
.... all tbat poOl Me!l? w.m tlOW) *itni.l4
? -n ta .. mar. like I'.odney
I.anv .-n
Wall. what dld Agatha d" far tbe
"p..or <i*ar whea on those ineflhbta
Frlda\? he broke avvav from Kelia '
Ind aii* pat bls fever.-d brow ' N I
all. She veatned <? ? ?: what tim*
'1* ? e.irned over her "Whal ba<i OBCe
had and mo\*d him uaipaahablj
la Agatha'i fa-e was the capadty it
Bbd, latent In its traglc lines. far BB"
presslng terror. Tern.r was what he
most draadad for ber, what he bad
most tried to keep h< r fr-.m t?, kec|.
..ut of her fn e." Iniagir.atlori boggb-s
Bl the thoiglit of h.ivv Rodaey rntgbr
hava fell if ea one ..f those FYidaya ius
Agatha had devaloped ? <-ase oftnunapB
We would not b* cruel. but It Is of Jusl
BUCh proaalC tlilng* tbal BB are driven
tO thlnk when ln tbe prBOOn 8 .-f tbN
ainaaing pair and their frlenda, ttM
I'nweii* wbo praaaatljr come to otay in
tha eaaae rural aolltude. ..aath.i po*.
flflflgga a Rayatarloui sift ..f heallng
Hlie beals Rodne>. siu heall Hella.
She e\-?-ii ben!* jioor Powfldl, who 1* por
tr...*.) ln general as a vl. tim af insan
ttv, but ls speoifleally descrlbed ,.? "a
g.ntle stoek bmker " In BhOft, they
all draw dividends from Aggle's gift.
but tbat, uafortunately, ta oaily werb
al-le *o long as she remalns "pure."
II.. monietit she beglns really to .-are.
mortal fnshlon. for Rodney. a flaw de
velops In the crystal. and the heallng
prOCOeBOB get all awry. Some auch
altuation as this we flguie tbiougb tb.
miht uf payoblc BanHinanlaltam per*r*ad
ing tbe Imuk. When the author devl
ates lata dlalogue Bhe uses th* "ex
.|iilslte" flfletbei of a dlsi ip|* gf Henrv
Jaines. ainl theroby pufs the last touch
to ber grand. ftOOtBy and peculiar little
pi.ee. Wb> . we woii.hr, do p. ..pl*
wrlte |UCh humorless books" Perhaps
they writ.- tbeflB for erentl* stock
brokera
TWO LOVERS AND A BET.
TIIE PLKIHT OF l AVIKL Ry B ?
Vernedc with fronttapfece by Oeorge
Varlan. Ibno, PP rl, 318 Henrv Holt
A Co
.ludlth M.ilhsiidon. the heiolne of
ihls novel. la a nlce girl. and her aunt.
I-ady Maliendon, Is a nlce woman. It
is.-therefore. we suppose, rjulte natural
tbat when Dlek Faviel. who ls a nlce
fetloW, -urns up with a dlspositlon to
fall in lnve with Judith. tbe two ladles
Bbottld piomptly give better opporuini
ti-s f,,i tba weatai ta aaa Btaabaa*
st.-ln. ? rkh boataagfl man who ls uti
niistakal.ly a bound.-i. Theaa things
nlways nre arranged in thlfl way hy the
. urrent novellst. Htlll. the current nov
ellst ta often a clevcr indlvldual. and,
as Mr. Vernedc ?hows. his .leverness
may trlumph over the .alloua nian
ner ln whleh h* pulln the -eader's
I'g After all. tha atory tellcr muat
bave hta story. and Mr. Vernedc, hav?
ing aet up a rivalry between Blenken
ateln and Favlel, aucceede In rolatlng
a very amusing tale. The bounder en
traps tbe gentleman into a wager for
nOfiO*, Mr. Favtai m to win thut
suni If. having dtaappeared, he can
keep himself from dtacovery for thirty
days. The bounder. of course, vlolatea
tho conditiona of the bet, but. equally
of courae. thla doee not at once give
Favlel the vietory The filght ta kept
up. The purault gropa more and more
threatenlng. Incidentally, Mr. V<
bringa divera other charscteraupon the
acene and some of them aredrolb WJ
fo.low ,n all .ymphthy to the end and
vote the book a wolcome contrlbution
to the seasona fictlon.
CRIME AND LOVE.
MARY FE';^1'!* 3P>- (afiSm Bcrib
I.owndes. l2mo. PP 3_*.
ner's Bons.
mps. Beiioc is- nirtabily^????
Each of her successlve novels thua far
hM t)0en a vonture into a new ftett.
What re.semb.ance exisis between ahem
betng found on.y in tbe excel.en toual
Ity af ber -v-.rkinanshlp. bW r -
,-hell" depends so largely upon the de
veiopmaal af its plot that nothing can
be said of H bere. le-t tbe readers
p.easure la following Ita un fo dlng bfl
Lrred. but It may be stated tha her
charactera readily dabB r<>r tbem
_H4e. our aympathtea or aattpathy.
LooWng I.ackward. after llnisl.ing thfl
tale. one -annot hut .idmiro the in
genloiiB mtroduction Of half-ootifid' ncei
made l.y the man w 1.0 knew tlieir dmi
g. r He kecps bta secret, hta Identity.
from tbe readcr and his cnemy-frcni
blg frB-nds -tlll th. BBBBflBl fOf ???
poaura ooanea but by tbat time the
battlfl is won. tbe vietory Of a strong
man ..ver b bloodieaBi ayataaaatlc, aaf
rowl] rtfhteaui one, the eaadaat for .-.
true wonuin's love that gladly pays the
price exa. led. Tbe .-nc is rural
i:ngland. the Initlul motivi. the love of
nn ;.ncestral b'.ine. but :ill thls and
the minor oharaetan nre k<pt in proper
minor lelation t.> the sterner buMBBM
of tha thne laadlng paraaaafaa Oaa
reads ..n till tbo wlcnie. rornanti<:
end wilb lindlmlntahad int-rest.
MANY LURES
THE I-' BR. Bi E 8 st. veoa Um?.
rp M7. John Lane Coanpany.
Tbe lure of Afrlca was strong ta tha
pagee Of Mrs. Stevens's first novel.
"Th* Vell" and to AfHCB she return.
ln the later half nf this new story, an?
other able place ef work, tbough K
la ks th* fns. tnntion of Its prede-cssor
Tbere are many lurcs hero the lure nf
an (laacrapuloua, aceamHlabad man of
the world for an Inesperleatced young
p-ri tbfl lure .,f inve's eoanterfaM.
Than there is the lure of g?'id. atrong
enough t,. protnpl tO 'Time. and tbe
lure <>f daty, Whlcb tha Britlsh soldier
nnd adralntotrator roUaura to the ?.rnis
of clvlllzati.ui. and. finally, the lUTB of
the Mle. Thus tha story. llBgUB la
London, movee to Khartoum, aad
thence further "p tbe river. where tbe
plot rea-i.es us eubnlaatton, aad tbe
beroine's eyea are opeaod *r> true tora,
to traacherj .m<i to tb* herolaan <<r g
molber's devotion. Tbe st<>ry. then, is
a mlxture of psv. IioIor- adfBBtUfa
and crime. a BU? esst'ul mixiure on tbe
l Ml GBAXD Dl QHB88 BISROII B
(Prom a photograph.)
whole. but marred by a glaring IBCOB
Blataacj la tbe eharacter of tbe beroine.
Her first advaature vvitb tbe gin>.
j.lauslble, giitterlng hla-kguari Ifl par
fectly nnderatandahla. eattrely la keep
ing with her ignoran?'e and lnexpen
enca, but ber graduai return to ber be
li. f ln him. two yaara later, in the f.. _
..f what the clr. uni.stan.es suggest. Is
expllcable only bv tbo n.c_. slties nf the
plot. Stlll. lt is a rcadable tale. . lev
eriy raaatructad and developed.
BOOKS AND AUTHORS
Current Talk of Things Present
and to Come.
There ta a new tran.lati. ii of Vasari
Ifl the lleld, nadfl by Mr Haston De
V.-re He aitns to give "a liter.il w,.rd
foi- ward rend.-rlng. retaining tbe very
slrihture of Vasarl's BBBteacea." Tlie
ten volumee ln whlch the e.mion ia to
be coaaptotod wiii coatala hv. hundred
piates. one hundred .?f thaaa being la ?
colpr. The Macmlllan? are th* .*__
liBhere. "T
An Eminent American.
K memoir of Genera! Wadfleorth.
Gcneseo, by Mr. H. G. PeareoD, a _
the press of the ScribnerB, anj ,
promlsed for publlcation thia fail -fl,
author haa had acess to all. 0f #_,
famlly papers, and he will P.Mnt t f?!
length porlralt of the noted phii^,
thropiat, man of affalrs. pollticlar, *_<
soldier.
Japan.
The president of the flrat nfltl*-^
eolleffe ln Japan, Profeaaor im^
Nltobe, has wrltten an important won
on "The Japancse Nat Ion: It* t^^
Ub People and Ita Life" G. P. pa,
nam'8 Sons announce it for early p^
Ilcatlon. Professor Nltobe wa? ^
rated ln this country and married ti
American woman
Wiiiiam Morr.a.
The lif? "f Wiiiiam Morn* by j. ->
Ma< kall has proved < ic of ih> rn*r
popular of r- ent biographiea ti*,
llrst eiJItion appeared in IWi. and it
haa been reprlnted half a doten tlma
since then. ln its late.t form the w-***
M paaeullarly wel.ome. Longma-^
Green & ? o. bring i* out in two r-oeta
volume.. r-harmlnglv prlnted. Wttl
FATHER JOHN OF i RONbTPAN
.From a photograrh 1
th* aid of thin paper ir Is kept tba
within very convenlent boundartsg,88)
the type la not by any nicans too fgnaS,
Out of Rusflia.
Wlren Mr. Poet Wheeler wa8 secr*.
? ? ? I erlcai Eml a ?y at ft.
Petersburg h? Interested h ? nself ln taa
rtorteg currenl among ihe peopla, gga
the result of this is g book wh**a flg*
urae le the fail Hat of the CaaJajj
Compsn: It ls a colle.-tlon of Rtu
si in Wonder Talea." aml for 'hla maa
of folk-lore whloh h< laal Mr.
. ..- haa alao w rltt< n tro8a>
tion. Tii* book will 1 ? itratai 8
?
Th* UoHar Dog.
Turo 8B*fj,
Page & Co deal arlth i i f*m?
iar type thfl Blan n'ho ia seernlngtf4
bopeleaa - aae, i>ut, ln ? flSB
worl-l. n.ay alara ' him
Belf. In ..ue of 'Th*
.Man Farthe.t 1 x.v, - Di Booker T
wasir.ng'oii effeta arxna ?t I - whice
be haa i M a ag palring folk ln
paitg of the yy.-rid. Thg OthflT
I.k is "The Man Who Bucked l'P,"lB
which Mr. Arthur Howard I i how M
ran tiiruugii hia fortunc itaraag
fgaaa the iiott..m of tblngs, be jrn* tb*
owaar ot" a new.4,aper, the Mayor af
bM town and the leader ir a reforai
niovemen'.
A Soldier'* Vara*.
Uenera! Daniei R ?!'??? a. readera
Of his ' I.eaves of the Lotos" will r>
ineml.er. has lor.g bOOB WOBt to pot
into verse the raflectlom d- eloped bf
bjg ever \i\id ltiterest ln life H* hfl*
ji.st prtated another \oi-!. e, Fio-Vara
from the Wayslde." ln ahi ti hfl firafl
fiurnt utteraaca to his gerr ?. opthaft
tfc thought. 11 is 8>mpathles ar- brofli
Martial nnd .levotional ni"'ivM flllka
recetre enthusiaBtlc tresfmert In th48
pagas. There are gracei ll *rit?-ta8
here. too. addres.ed to many of tba
n.ded men aruong the friends he haa
made ln publlc llfe, and ln *:' of tba
poerns he teafirleB to his love of rfltTB8
The prevailing note ls one of ;-i ?p* gai
consolation.
Pagaantry. ?
Messrs. Krederi-k Warn* A CO, 88)
the lmporters of a couple of statflfl?
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