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LITERARY CRITICISM
AND BOOK NEWS
Alaska for Travel, Sport and. Development?
?Emile Olliviers Apologia?M. Prevost
on the Invasion of Freneh Homes.
0
NORTH OF FIFTY-THREE.
AI.AS-'KV An Kmplre in the Makmc.
By .lohn .1. I ndi rwcxid. Wlth n imi
??>_ , map. *w. pp. aal.
.;. M< ad tt ' '<>?
Many booka have baan wrltten aboul
Alat-ka alnca thr f-...d ruah; many more
will be wiitten, bul among them all,
paat, preaanl and u> coaae, Mr. undi
wood'a x.iiuiin- la aura of an bonored
place. Ho | gl*ma ?'*??????
mg atatlatlcfl of lha potantlal woaitb
nf this naar empire of oura, arhlch la
twice the *-,?*** "t Germany, bul bo doea
more. Ha M na Informlng gulde to the
tourist-<.ne <>f the mo.-1 eloquent uf
adrooataa al.f tba "aaelng Artertca
Brat" movemant?he haa a etore of
anerdotis to lell <>f lha ploneera and
of the conditiona they craated and rag
uiated. and. above all elaa, ha haa BUed
his book with the luW of the North.
He loves Alaaka, aa all men and woman
u.\e it who have liv.-.i its llfe among
its aajeattc natural benuttoa ->*
grarara lyn.- la thalr pralae, an.l aue
eaada in awakanlng ln othen tha de
Fire to aaa arhal ba baa aeen, to
experlenre his emotione. to gather and
rherish hla memorioa. A land ofaconerj
ao beautifui "that it makea the v
arhe" with its grand.-ur. a land that
tries robust men and bta\e women. DUt
also a land of plenttude, of bountooua
ness. Mr. UndtBrweod'a foraarord la
a good bM of arrltlng, bocauaa it is
fraught with genuir.o ft-t-'ing.
He takes us around a coaatHna that
lf atraightened out would circle the
globe. and then imoeeds to guide us
Jnto the interior. Ht-ware of Lo, the
poor Indian, as clover a faker of
antlques aa any Colonial furnituie
fraud, or manuf.u r.r.r of old maatera.
Ivory colored arlth the agaa of a mil
lennlum'.' A short boihng in sial
ed wlll give a walrus tooth the tone of
a\hundred years. Are you an Klk?
T*he elk's tooth on your watcb c-hain
may well be cut out of a walrus's
molar. You have r. ad "Jack" London".*.
talea of the gold rush? Learn th.
at one time abandoned a clann that
afterwards jrleMed a milllon doll.irs;
thus runs. the tale. And that other
seasoned Alasknn, Raa Beacb, ls said
to have BBlat?ken, in hla tenderfoot
daya, the three vertkal tattoo marka
on a squaw's chin for her nuinb- r.
The author of "The Iron Trail" bad
l.ought a salmon trrm her, but she
falled tn .k-lixrr it "Y*.u must know*
hrr." he noaittrety eeeerted to an oid
re.sident. "She la short. dirty and
absentminded. and caniea her house
number on her ' inn. lt la <ne hundr.d
and el> ven."
la for tbe marteaaneaa of the eariy
? they took aharp meaaurea with
deaperad * order:
Dawaon aevei waa aa lawleai ai repre*
thweat Mounted
In conjunctltm \xith i
tt and t- itz
Blmmona," * \M BU
eradlcator of crim.- and the criminal ele
mt-nt it was brUliantly Bucceaaful, lt con*
BOOKS ANO PUBLICATIONS.
The Panama Gateway
The Entire Story of the Canal
from Conception to Comple?
tion Told by the Highest
Authority in a Popuiar
bat Exact Manner.
Joseph Biicklin Bishop
kt Secretary to the Nthmian Canal
Comminion Had a Unique Oppor
tunity to Prepare Thii Book, Now
on Sale in All Boolcttoret.
Mr. Bishop's career as a jour
nalist fittcd him to order the ?reat
body of information and present
it auprfngly; his place as Secre?
tary to the Commission made him
for more than seven years a spec
tator of the Canal's con^truction,
and brought him information un
attainablc by any other; his pres
ence on the scene gave him the
chancc to ?et the finest pictures.
Benat.falh tllastnted.
$250 net; h mai! $2.69.
Charles
Scribner'sil ^M&)j at 48th St.
Sons V^^V New York
. ! nf arvor;-! croy.--c;:t BBWB and a
I . r v -. logs. Kvery man who
, .,,. o , obi ylng the lan waa
v, .t.i nt odU ? d tO the xxnrwl
X . re wi re alwa; a a ter, oldlers
around to aee that he performed hli
??? t. lan breahlng element
.... other roaal towna
usually took one look at tho woodplle
and hurrledl) oeclded lo now down tba
river to American territory.
U for Alaaka's need of a trunk llna
,,oi. 'h ra are tha faeta ol the
llta of th<* aeven-mila rn.id between
tro 1 Clty and Flat Creek It runs
, boggy tundra, la bulll on n
corduroy foundatlon arlth arooden raiis
ithed wlth Iron, and IU motlve
I power is B team of sovontccn imiWs
: its p-aaoenger rato for a aingie far. is
>:;. |5 ror a round trip. n-> frelgbt rate
is 2-V. centa a pound, or |40*a t<m on
I large shipmenta Do the bappy. trem
ded Alaakans proteel agalnat this
?tion" Not in the leaat. Thej go
? jov rldlng "n tbe "Flat Creeh Llmlted,"
which charges excesa fare. The road
to, InoV ed, a savtna to them, slnoe before
coanlng th*-- mlnera at Flat Creek,
xv her? the Honanza mine is BltUBted,
. fi..m -". io l" oenta frelghl i>-r
| pound on their BUPPUes And. l.y the
way, Alaaka contai-.s the second largeel
atamp min in lhe world. tbe Traad
well xxhich is exeoeded in size only by
Um i>e Beera property on the Wit
watl rsrand.
Turn we from private enterprise to
goarenunent owneinhlp The Unlted
states government owns and oparatea
througb th.* w?.r Department the
telegrapfa syetem of Alaaka. "The toiis
oharged oa tbto system." says Mr. Un
derwood, "are such as WOOld foroa a
I corporatlon to keep it hydrant
Playing OU Us stock bOOka to keep down
the dlvldenda to a potol where they
would nol create a publlc ecandaL Mlto
for mile. the government charges at
280 per cenl more tor its service
to Alaaka than does either of the large
companles operatlng Iu the Unlted
Btatea." -
The Derby cannot excite more inte'
eat in an Englishman'e hcart than do
the dog team 1*008 in those of all
Northweatarn AJaakaaa. They are their
Kr al winter sport tbelr oniy real in?
terest xxhen tho ire ln Bering Strait has
cut them ofl from communication xxith
Um oulf! world. The annual All
Alaaka Bweepatakea is an ev. nt during
wboee running aii bualnesa is totally
guapended. II takea placa ta KyrlX,
xxh.n the trails are in perfect condi?
tion. Mr. Underwood cnters into his
deeerlBtion of the event wlth all ?he
enthuslaam of an oldtirmr. The time
Of the r*ce is uanally eighty hours,
durlng which nobody Hcepa. The
t.-ams are started at lntervals of Bf
\, an minutes. and reports of their
: logrnaa are oomdantly t>t*nt in by tate
phooe. Betting is prohibited in
AJaaka; wbaanfore th<* sportsmen
"back their judgment," whirh la alt..
getber dlflerent The rnlea of tba
Nome Kannal Club. under whone au?
plcea tbe rate is run, are very strict.
The participanta must bring back all
their dogs. dead or alive. Dog racmg
is, indeed, to Alsska what baseball la
to the vast majority of us. No wondcr
lhat as much as $1,200 is pald for a
leader. The Sibenan dogs, of which
... much has heen heard sin. e th-y UTOn
a senaatlonal race in 19101 breaklng
the time nxord. are, says the author.
mlnlature arolf dogs In appoojrance.
xxith an unmistakable trace of fox lll
the ir anceetry. They are not fast. nut
poeseaa almost lncredible endurance.
The mnlamuUs and huskiis are faster,
hut lack this quality.
.Mr. Underwood spcaks symtatheti
cally of the Arctic aledge dog, and tell.i
B number of tales of its devotion to ito
wiaster ta times of danger:
Mat.y are the inratancos recordaad in
Alaaka where dogs have ahown devotion
ell aaerlfloe that might well have
pul men t? > abauna Tho Coundl Clty
Camp ol the Arctic Brotherhood endowed
in. memberghip on a worthleaa little
imed Orowler, xxho llved at the
lodft.i headQuarter aad nevar waa aaked
to do a stroko of work. Wlth age ba
grew arrogant, and trled to run the wbole
matltutlon iel thoae aturdy Northern
n.< ii wera patteal arlth hla dlaaareaable
temper, for Orowler had demonetrated
that he xxas made of the riRht matenal
As for the materlal out of wblch
our Alaskan empire is balng made, Mr.
Underwood will tell you all, or nearly
all. there is to krn.w. Cold, coal, flsh
erles, reindeer and cattle raislng, wheat
culture, whaling- its resources are in
ealeblabla. An.l his fn--ts and lig:irca
are no more dry than are his dpocrtp
lions of travel and naturo and sport, or
the human interest t.f his book.
DAWSON WARREN.
We nre told that the first Clergyman
to calebreta dtvlne Ber-rlea in Paria
with d :o antborlaatton after tho ni,oii
tion of religion by the Rcvolutionary
governmeni xxas tba Rev. Dawaon
Warren, vicar of Kdmonton in Bng?
land. He xxas the brothcr-ln-Iaw dnd
< haplaln of Francto James Jack
pon. x\ho xxas appolnted British Am
bataaadOT te France at the beglnning of
the nlnotecnth rcntury. Warren. who
niet all the most Interestlng per.plo of
the time in l'aris, xvrote for bis arlfa
8 daily rc ord of his experlenccs, which
ha afterward arranged ln the form of
n journai iiiustrit.d xxith contemporary
ANNOUNCEMENT
Beginning on September 6 the Literary
Page of the New York Tribune will be pub
lished on Saturdays.
POINT BARROW: FARTHES1
NORTH.
il-'rom .1. J. L'nderwood's "Alaska.")
portraits and prints. Tliese rccnrds will
: -won be publiahad in h roluma wblcb
I promlaaa t<> ba an uncownKwly plquant
nnd pleturaaqua on*. Napoleon, nrlw
took a great interest in Warrcn. oftcn
appeara in tlie Journal.
THE TERRJBLE YEAR
Emile Olliviers Story of the
Making of the War.
THE FKANCO-PRl'SSIAN WAR,AND
IT.*-* HIDDEN CAU8E8 By Kmllfl ' ?>
llvler, <>t th? Ai-ad<*mic Francala*
Tranalated from the Freneh, wlth an
introductlon .-md ii"t*-s by Georcfl
fiurnhum Ivea. VVith llluatratlortl
Bvo.. pp. >xxvti. Ita. Boaton: Utue,
Rrown & ' 'o
The death last we. k nf Fiinlc OlUvtar,
Napoleoa III'i Primo Mlnlater at Um
time af tim outbdaah <?f tba Franco*
Oennan War, has aerved ta dran ra*
newad attention to Mr. Irue'a tr.itisia
tiun *>f the Freneh stati-.srnar.'s "Ph;
k****Ophle d'une C'u.-nv." wrltten at tbe
translator's suggestion, and pttbUabed
in Parie in 1911. Mr. Kes has don.
more, however. thnn merely render the
hook Into ?n:r tongue. II*- han ex
pfindrd lt with '-uotations from that
voluminous history of "L'Kmpire
libaraT' upon whirh Olllvier had baaa
??ngag.'-d fnr twent*. years. and whi> h, II
arouM appaar. he ha.** left Bnflntehed al
the laat What tf. more. he has lntro
ducrtl, for purpose-B of eotnparlaon,
paaaaajea froaa other hbjtorlam of th>
Ttiird Bmpira .md the war. botb Pn n h
atlil Oermnn; be bas annotated lha
arapllfled work fre*iy. Buppllod appen*
dl??'?.-. an.l prefaeed tba arbola arlth ?>
fi^ierabli', informing **.nd ably cum
preaaed introdurtion. paitl) blogra*
phuai, partly bletotical,. eapeclall) ao
fnr nn tbe courae of eventa from 1865
lht<? is roncerned. with this work at
band, the foreiKn student "f an im; t
t.ir.t fpn'h of nin'-te'-nlli renturv Kuro
pean history * an well afford to lgnnre
bt < >111\ irr? s apokary for bla own career
ln its si\te<n or aerentOOn D4mieruus
nad t'dions \olumes
Th<- history of the mak:ng ef I
FTanco-tSennau War, it la *;if> to aa]
wns broiicht to light in all Ita pha ea
durlng the last ve.irs Of I'l-tn-ir. k*a
life. and largr-lv through hls o?n r. \
c-latlons. It was hi.*- war. bTOUffbl
about *]* hbrrately, pianned through
many years of nnd. vtatlng pun ?<?*??
Hls craft in der-eiving bl*' Imperlal vi -
tim, in leadlng hlm on nnd staving hl'n
off. la Indui Ing hlm to c-ommit blma lf
on paper and cnpcelng bnn at t.V
prop.-r rnom.-nt, his final ni*.x'r te
drive him Int*. a corner all thi- has
heen t*?ld time nnd again. What Int* r
fl-fsta one most ln this book, therefon.
la |f. 011lrler*a reeelotlea af btmaelf. a
lawyer. a rhetorlcian. never a Btatea*i
man, thoroutrhly Imompetent notwlth-j
?tandlng all hla complacanl beUef In
himself, be jv found at the end Of bla
story taklng r? fug**. in "ifs'' and ab-is
iM<- Bbunarck: "If Prauca ha<i bul
reaolutely mada up her mind not to
meddle m the affairs of Germany,
. . . If the *'erm;iti profBBBOea COUld
but have made np their mlndl to fOT*
get th** Palatlnata and Jena. . . .'
iYlendly co-ot**eratlon In the. task ?.f'
apraadlng Hght," etc, atc, it is th.ini
that blatotrj is dometlmea anitten. it|
ls nol th.: way in which it lu mada.
CURRENT FRENCH BOOKS
Tourists and Their Enemics?
M. Prevost's Warning.
Parif-, August ix.
"Ifistolres de Brigands." by Maurtca
Dekobra, Uraetreted with rie\er earl*
cature aketcbea by Bdouard Baunlari
makes cxcriicnt light raa dlng. Bapeclal*
ly for tourists, becauea th* "brtganda"
ai *? not ('al.ibnan or Cornlcan lugh
wayinen, but pcauetul tnai au.Jt ra and
mlld manner ed baadlte, neilber betttr
nor araraa than the Mavara*fa man*ln?
the-streil." wh'.m OM rixets in rail
road station*. .it waterlng-plact- lnns,
s'.-isi'ii' caalnoa, or oa planaure-raaort
promenadoa. Tbalr moal daasaraua
areapoaa ara Bllb-touajued confldaoca
game-, alandcj', falurnny and dOCOptloO,
Oaa tuids in re adlfytag reveUUlooa con
eernteg tho wiiy trteka ot lha Preacb
railroad j.orter, ihe inaldlous lmpofli
tions of the restaurant or rnfo uaifr,
the eubtle MrataKtnis of the aayslde
lnn-keeper, the Ely iacaptloa of th*>
blind beggar, the cunning COntrlvaOCOB
Of th*- sight-tse* rs' guidfl, tba boax of
the clri'ular-tour agent. and tho huni
buf "f the "faablonable" botel udver
tibemint. -
Theaa little cameoa ara afrung looaely
on the strlng of B semi-roniantii-, s'-ini
comic tale. Young QMaon PlCOtta
answers an advertiscm.-nt damnndlng
"a young man of distinguished appeai
ance" for employment by tha "Agon> e
Vltelle." He llnds himself in a sha.l>
aaatrlmonlal bnraan. and ins dutlaa are
to Impersoriate various typ* s of sultora
?captalns, bank cb-rks, naval ofTlctrrfl,
and others?dtmanded in mankige I y
the l<>no spinsters or s.-ntim**nlal wi*l
OWa wh" may ba attracted by the glow
lng offers of the ai,*i-n<i's proopoctuaea.
Lively cplsodeB ensue. Another hero
of the Ktory selci ts "Crabbex ill. ?"
des'-ribed-as "a delb lous nt-aside reno; t,
arhara there ia greHt abundatue of
fiah," as the baat place- to pass hls
sumnier varatl<>n. He go?*s there, only
|0 discover that Crabbavllle is a lonely.
forlorn ?pot isurrounded hy Hand wastr s,
vhose fish tuppt) arnves dailv by traln
from the Faris Central Market. Nu
niemus ixjierlenees of summer trawl
and '"trlpplng" ln France are relatcd
In a light, humormis vem
?l^es Anges Gardlens," Marcel Pr?
\oat'a lat*st novel. haa aroustd a storm
of prote&t from t'erm<.rx F.ngllsh.
EMILE OLI IVIER.
(Proffl "Th<- Pra_MO*Prusslan Wnr.' I
t-;uiss and itaiian governesseai ---o nu
I merous m Frame. The book la in a
aenaa a bebtted reply to Mar*. Corelll'a
"Wornixvood." tbat luiid pKturo ot "B
true phasc of tho modi rn Hfe of Paris."
la arhlch the p-rencfa were deplcted aa
victims ot abyinthe nnd depravlty. Tbo
trnth about Frepch BOClety is set forth
in a ptctureoque, readable manner by
M. Prt-roat nho embodus ta bla atory
'a wealth a,f sound BUggeStlona IT?
Ing upon the aducatlon of gtrto, aad
I upon the true vocaliona of "buffra
I gettea." Pour Bovemeeaee, Magda, a
{?Oerman; PBnny, an Engllah x\..man;
Roaalk .. B< Igton, and Bandra, a
\ Sxx tos-Jtallan. ara Intruated xx ?Ia the
aducatlon of young girls In faabkmabla
, Prench famlliei Magda \xh.. la sin
: ceraly atta. had to h. r llttla p'ipii.
Ijoaetta <_'ro/.e, neyertheleea ieada
ii-r by cfxnpll- atad m ? hlnatlan - ol
i lova and mi ney ! annj ? '?'??'
Engllah got en ? oncb ab
normal away over bi r i ipll, Bertha,
that the imiBoaahwiBhlo glrl becomea
irrdcoverably eetranged from ber pnr?
anta. Th.* Belgtan womaa brlnga ln
rotuntaiiil) dlaaeter upon tho famll]
by wbl I i employi ii bj *
a vlolenl Inl lual
t, r of tb- boui a ?? -? ;
?, the Corbi H" r Bn
j by IntrlgUCB, ami tv bl r expoeUTU of
her mlatreee*a InBdellt] a- mlghl '..<?
ted, the real "guardlan angei" ta
th.. Prench govenu nol contaml*
-. i i.- n . ta '.??? ??? '!?? ilaa, Fng
ii?h mibtant saflsegetta aeeteaaa, or t>y
Um aabtla pbfloaopbj of femala aman
? ? :. ;t.s mo* t advan. i .1 Bta-ga ..f
development M- Priv-net doea nol ex
plldtly preach a crusade agalnat th. .e
ON THE BE \<H M' "( K -VBBE
vii.i.'.'."
. Drawlng la "Htatolrea de Brlgenda ")
foreign tavaders ot Fr. nch homee, bul
i bi.s purpose i unmial ikable,
end. i tl i san avwbal mlatoadlng Utla
! of "i Itlmatum" nn > mlnenl Prew h
IdipkMnatlal of xxtdo experience, bt.
| l'ernand I ta x art*y, hns gathetrod to
gether a number of ahort aatuical caaa
and bn. f ironb -ii aket. bea do
acriblng Pai I n ata lat) aa ha Bnda IL
! The author ls UM fond of logtcal con
cltislons. ta the demomatratiun Of which
be often dwella Indin raatly on the
"aeamy alde" of thlnga. Chnra-etarBi
epiaodea, and qnainl ' ,altuatlonaM are
related xxith charmlng Ugbtneea ol
hand <u;d are toeeed aboul aa If m
,,_,.??. ?: ? " aonfflde." Wevertba
?>..- ,,i,-, i itlon la profound and
.,?!,._ :,Ml| thia llttla b.-ok of tli
. :' paycbologtcal manual
auch as a txxenticth century Chester- I
Beld mlghl place ta tha banda of a aon
I to ni tke hla entrj toto Fur. ia
poclety. Indeed, tba moralltj of
I"L'Ultlmatum" la about on tha same
? ,.f tha famoua "Cbi atar
!..'*. i ln the clever Bfld dla
I bolii U >*';: levllle sk. t. b, "Cba ?
? ahowa hoa * Igb*
,, ... ,ti bl, nd
wlth lha practlral res - let)
under the republlcan i-dghnc of Fr.-*.
dent Poli a atartllng tale of
| "doublc : l ta the draw?
lng room "I ne Mail
Pemme," and the openlng sketch la a
;.,r, breathlng thi ea-cru ?' - tei
r..r eharai ti rtottc of *L Andi*
i.ord. Tbe aaiiatlase of ?aoaaaM i>
lowakt'' dealtag arlth lhe Ruaala n
Bacrel Police In Parto, and "Nocturna
de CHopIn, i o- ?-?>" di i lnapi?
ratlona from I Igar Paa. C L B.
SEPTEMBER MAGAZINES
Poema by John Masefield and Dr. I l^nry van Dyke
Theodore Rooseveit'y Papers on Af rican Animal
Life?Our Diplomatic Service.
HARPER'S MAGAZINE.
II dependa upon the polnl ol
whether John Ifasefleld's nea poam of
? Th- -Wandi rer," or John L
Ifathewe'a artlcle <-n tba rural banking
ayetema of Oerman) Bhould be men
tloned flrol aa Ihe moel Importanl con
trlbutlon to thi? new a imber of
"ii.-n i. r u." Mt Maaefli id glven ua
?oma Bm Btansaa; Mr. Hathewa wrltea
at length aret cl< arlj < n a Bubjei t of
tio- ki ab 11 ? ononiaV Importam ?? to
? . ...inir. . An.l Bpeaking of .-?*..
BoeBtca, tbera li here .1 brlef poeaa, I :?
Anne W, foung, xxhich l? WOTtB '1 '"t
ta|
APPUED M iTHKMATICa
1 Bometlmes -.?.??tid.-r what'a tbs uae
? >f aquarlne lh. Hypothei
. >r a hy, untoaa it i>. to t... ?
'l hlnaa miu t be 1 allad laoi relaa
1 .f 1 ..uis.- 1 know thal il ? matlce
.xi.* mei tal atunta and a 1,,:
'io rlva the bram a drill Bymnaatle
And.tneki >:ra*. matter mon ela Uo?
is that whj Ku< Hd haa etnployed
'l rapi Blurn and trap. aold,
1 va... d. r" rel 11 ?ee n to ma
Thal ill the Pfola (;? ometry
One necda 1 luat thta 1 Impla feat
... ?i . oui itao, make botb enda naaat
Tr.txei oontlnnaa lo ba xxeii repre
f.-nt I ln this magBBtaa. This month
Dnntel I MacDongal wrltea of travel
through ibe I.ybinn des.it by .araxun.
xxith much iiiformati.il roncerntog the
eamel as a ateed; Wllllard iiurd Law*
rence rlatta Cartagena, an.i tnrnlabea
hjs ..xx 11 uiuatratlona ta ttatj nnd Laulna
?.'loss< r Hale Bdda on<* m..r.* to many
prtnted rtalta ta La Puy, ?RTultef Hale
furtilalilrig the pletUiea TbOfB ar. 84
eral short BtO/tOO, BmOBg tbem one by
Dorothy Canfleld, "<;ifts of ohiivion."
in which n eaae of lost mamory is
brougbi to bb unexpected -ind atnking
ending.
SCRIBNER'S MAGAZINE.
Dr Henry van Dyke opena the Bep-*
tember ??s.-ribner's" xxith a i-o.-m, "Day
breab ln the Grand 1 anyon of Arl
zoliu." Theodoi?:? RoOBBVelt coiitriblltes
the flrst of a seri's of papers on hla
personal ohsrrvationa of the big game
of Africa, glvlllg the lion tba placa af
honur. These are to be "llfl hlstorles,"
not aarratlvee of Hhooting. Thta "anl"
mni tdograpby," Mr. Rooeevelt sa;,s.
Ih "far more intereBting than tbe cbaaa
ltaelf," a statement thut conflrtns the
clalm made long nfc?> by ThoO&paott*
Heton and the trlbe of nature xxrltors
fathered by hlm Thero are some
graptdc deecrlpUoaa bara, esi?eciaiiy
that of tbe lloii's roar. lf Inard reasoii
ably near, it ls unmlstakable, but wh?n
...mlriK from afar lt "may resembl.- Ibd
boomlng of an ostrich; and In thi k
(oxer the grunt or growl of a lion may
be miataka-n for the grunt of a buffa.o,
or tb.- 011 ah.onal growl~I know ro
other word to deacriba* the aound?-of an
elephant, u beaet which aometlmea 111
tere the queerest and most uncxpeetod
11 Mu thal la nea and pl l*
. .in- -.x iii bt f>. ind ni Thoma i Nal
aon Page*a ht toi Tha Rom i
Poundlng of Wnabtngtoa.** it araa -<
[mutiny of tb<- Penneyjvanla mllltia,
wblcb Ihrentenod Congreaa In aaaalon
.11 Pcnnaylvanla In 1783, lhal led to
I the fi undlng "i lha national i apltal.
??(?,.., ?. |ed thal they arould ae*
I lecl .. aeai of governmenl whlch would
ba undei thelr axclualva jurladlotlon,
. i ,i xx hi ra tii'-i' autboi II i and pi ?
tton, in: loa i "i ag i ??? Bded to the
in. iii. lenl or in. in';. '.i.i pow< ra of a
ni'inl'ipalitx < r t Ita. ahould
eured by InatrumentaJitlea dlractly
iind.r Ihotr onm xontroi." Thera ara
four ahorl Btorlea, among them ona of
oaa ot th>- I'tiin. o*German War
by Mnarten Manrtaaa.
NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW.
Tha Beptember "Nortb Amerlcan" ka
notable for tha .ii*.< raltj ol tht- aubjecta
dealt wiih in it** pugi?. Polltlaa, et*e*
rioini.s, loclal queatloni recelva ihe
aaual ampunt of attentlon, but thera
are, la addltton, aeveral artlclea devot*
ni o the -eathetla alda of ntc, whetber
tt ba Profeaaor O. W. HrktiWg clavar,
belpful paper on "The Better Parl In
Converaatlon," ?>r 0, F. Tbala'a atudy
of Bmll Verbaeren, whom thla wrtter
plgcaa above Maatarllnck as "the mora
poteal and i reatlvely Um gieatar
tti'Ual" of tin tun.
\'erii.i.-i*-ii la tbe poel oi modernlty,
xxho. bowover, doea not lova th< nea >lm
plj bucauaa it la new. Nor la iu- modern
iu tin aanaa of reflnement oi analyala,
Hut he la modern iu th.it he bas aelted
lha iiiythm of iuk tlme, wblch la dlfferent
from tnat "i any oth. r p<: ...<j Uachlnery,
democracy, raptd movoment trom ona
part ol tba w.uid to another, huge ag*
glomeratlona of humanlty In cltlea, ln*
duatrlallam theaa are oni) a few of th>*
new trmms whlch dlfferentlata tha preaenl
from the i>ast Theae b.- ims mada hla
own both in thelr outwatrd aapaeta and ln
tii<-ir t.Mth.-tii- .md etbloal algnlflcanee.
An "Aiiglo-Atiieiicati COntlibutOa in
"Ani.-i i. uu Autbneaadora Abroad" a
?jetmibie woni to tht- iHafuaabjn of a
branch of our publlc aarvlea thal bas
of late given us good cause for wotul.r
and iloubl. Om does not Hgri'i- at all
with thia wiiter when iu* oplnea that
tba Amerlcen'a "local oonaclouaneaa is
far more Int. n.sive than hiH natioii.il
conaolouaQaaa." but, on tha other hand.
reoognlaaa ? alutra*4 obaarver In his
atatethent thal th*- excellcnee of our
dlplomntlo and roneular aea**/tcaol not*
withstandlng all laik of system, is iliie
to ?'the woihIi'oum farl that an Aiin*ii
can, aran an Amerlcan polttielan,
whether at home yr abroad, linda It
.asier to be useful than Idle." But, of
COUroe, "Anglo-Amerlcan" leaves our
dlplomtk problem oxactly where he
fuuiid lt. ? Fx-AsHlstant Attorn'-v t'en
aral Jamea A. Fowler opens this num?
ber with a dlscussion of "The Reorgan
Ization of the HeDtibHcRn Party."
SOME NOVELS OF THE WEEK
Nelson Lloyd's Mountain People in the Wide, Wide
World?Two English Novels of Literary Merit?
A Prima Donna from California.
A REFRESHING ST0RY.
DAVTD MALCODf. Bf jfetaou |-loyd.
lamo, pp- IU Charlea dcnbner s Booa.
Beldom have we bad a better tlmo
"goln" u-llyhln' " than xxhen xve wenl
"flahln' for trout" witl) small Davld
Maicoim in the openlng pages of -h.s
rery refrenhlng Boval. Wa enjoyed
tremendoualy Davld'8 nelghbori of tbe
mountaln valley wbere be bad bta
home. that valley Wboreta readers of
othera of Mr. Uoyd'a stories have be?
fore been happUj entertalned. DnvW
was warned agalnat aeveml things.
tumbling into ih? water, rattlesink.?,
and, above all, belng "catched'' hy -th-.
Profesaor." Ji> had Bever seen a pro?
feeeor, the word alone xvas ho fuii of
portent that the proapOCt ot sc.ing on-.
even wlthoul being caugbt by him.
frigbtened hlm. Davy waa reecued
from the xx.it-r by b "tiny Amason"
in a. patched blue frock, who said Ui
lmn: "Boy, you badn't ottcr be aflrald
of anakea." Bhe took btaa to her Ihmtm ;
bar lath.r. tbe said, would give him]
?ometbtag to --arm btaa up And who
was ber father? "She drew beraeU np
veiy atralgbt, and evea the blue rlb
bou 111 her liuir rOBO ta tnujesty as she
anawared Than i aimobt tumbled
into the pool again, for she said: 'Soiti"
cali hlm tbe Pfofaaaer.'" Though
tbera ta Indeed, "aomatblng tanateiy
repugnani to the man ta tbe word
'profeaaor,'" tba gentieman dlaoovered
b- Davld leanlng ea a hoc und watch
ing B passing clOUd was a chara. i.-r
more in the iiuturn of _, beloved vaga
bond, an bltellectual ne'cr-do-well.
Ptortnne rarrled htan. his dangbter,
Penelope BUgbt, and DavM Maleabn
far from their peaceful valler. for tbe
iraya Of destiny ar.* like Mr. W'.-li. r's
knowledge of London, extenslve ind
pecullar. New York, fashionable m?
ciety and Newspapcr Row, I'aly and
Oreece, and a batttefleld of ? European
xx.u' an. further BOenOB of this clever
Btory. But, like Davld and Penelope
t.nd tbo oUllionalre, Mr, Bufua Bilgl t.
who, th?* rtofeaaor. said. never bad a
real idea, we found our heart often
turnlng bnck ta the quiet valloy where
ire eonaorted arltb .James, th* learned
DT. round, Btacy Bbunk, Scpiire x'runi
pie. tbe dtatingutohed J'idg? Ifatcohn,
Mi:-; Spmii-r and otliei'3 w.th wlvm **t
b.-canie mi. 1: good friends. This bojk
contalna a good d.al of uncoBawonly
good \x rlting.
A FAMILY GROUP.
RO M? THE CORNER i'** ln| tl ? i-*r"
I Deal l-'randa rhrlatopher l-oi
yg\ Rachelot of IMvinity and Patbar 0
,, |_trge i i-i*. v h*. QUb-aii Cai
::,no. (., . lll, tti L>- Appieton _. r9
That Mr. .'annun has looked over the j
ahoulder of Bamuel Bntler, ani learned
much from him, can BCBTCely bl dOUbt
i d Still. the quality of this family
htatery, and it has mnob nuaiity. is aii i
hia oxvii. He bellevea ln hereditx. but,
far more in hia prcface than in tha
body of his nov.i. where. indeed, II ia
fate, in the guise of th- limttattona ai i
Inhlbltlona of one tnan's mind ta
. luidhood. earlj manbood, fatberbood
nnd the oervlce of ihe BatabUshed
Church lhal abapes affairs, or. ratber,
makaa tbem fonnleea and purpoooleea.
All thia may aaund ratber fonnidable,
ii tbe atory Itaelf la slmply. d:
rectl) reallstlc, a cbronlcle ofnappan
Inga nnd people obaarvad at tirsi hand,
one would think. raiiier ihan invented.
? Inga, that ta the word. Life is
"round tbe eorner" for those
xx im dnft taatead of attempttng i" dl*
recl ti.- ir own abare of It The*. know
that tbe> xxiii do better, thal thlngq
n mi gn rlgbl onct tba hava turned
rn< r. Maana blta they contlnue
to drltt. lt is B muddllng through.
Ptancla Cbrlatophar PVrtyal drlfta Into
th. Cbun h and a eountrj Ui Ina i
this happena ta BB>rly and nUd->Vlc>i
lorl.layej he drlfta Inta man:.-.
and hb wlfa begtna to drlfl wlth btaa.
An tiion to shape tii-- fortunee of tbeaf
children eomea when lhe g:ris hax*e
reacbed marrlageable age. ?m\ must
ba- provlded xxith husbaada. But here.
too, onix drlftlng foiioxxs -tbe aect
dental dnft of th.* chlldren away from
th.ir pnrentfl and from their paran-ta*
. \|,i-.tatioiis upon tho atream of life.
lt is an eXCOltent book for loxers of
Bertoitt tb tion. a strikingly true Btttdy
of life, and It ls admlrably well xxritten. '
CRANFORDESQUE.
HRACECHURCH. By John tyerough.
i2mo. pp In. "I?- LongBaana, Oreea
B co.
Ouppoaa Charlaa Dtckana, ta eollaba"
ratlon xxith Mr. Henry James. had
aaatated Miss MltfOrd ta the arrltlng
of "Cranford." Of course, one of the
prinie points of "?'ranford." its bBlVOtd,
xxoiild have been oiuiited. Mr. James
xvould have contnbuted a llaxor of
Intellectnal oophlBUeatbm, deiightfuiiv
brought to bear upon the abnple boobml
Dickene wonld haxe he?*n deloainlnad ta
hlt off BVerybOdy and everythtng in
terma of humoroua characterlaatlon.
And Mr. James, expobtulating wlth hlm
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mildly, would have had to tone h;m
down a little here and thore. Between
thitn, poor Miss Mitford would ha\e
aought to preaerva her original design.
This entertalnlng faney poppad into
our mind upon r.-ading thi* *b lightful
volume before ua. ,*OraoachurchM ia
charmlngly Crar-lc-rdeaqu*, brilllantly
Dlckenaiah, and (katbltoua in artistry.
This llttle KtiRiish mldland lonrn hnd
a large proportion of "genteel" hous***,
Many *.f tlu* inhabitaiits w**r?* "inde
pendant ladlea." The Miss*.*- Qibba
Bpent th'-ir time mainly in "practislng
Bcalea.'1 'Miss J.ti'ima Pugn, it ap
peared, had one,* b?'*-n roung aadli
Mrs. Homakull de< lared. "pretty, too,
when dreaaed.'" mi-ss MUdatona "had
\ paddock beyond bar garden. in which
her cow llved retlrad from the woriu,
n. ver mixing in BodOty, and probably
under tbe Impreaalon tha' nba was the
only animal of her kind in axtatonca.**
Th.- Fughs had in th*-ir drawing-room:
,\ larga frametl pla-rtura, *?>rou**ht in
w.r.-t.'i work. repi-eeentlng Jonnii. r>-clin
Im/ on f ? eaal ore ln an attltude ot sur
prTae, wh '? th< whale, evldently fatlg-uHl
i v his reeanl effiarta t" reatora th??
proph< t ? waa restint on a nelgh.
borlng -a'i<ll niik and r.'jrardlng his lat*
-.?.iti: one fluaplcloua i ?
Quaintneaa is addad to these recorda
<.f Qracachurch nnd its foik by their
being the -*ecol}ectlona of the lmpres
j-ions of a v< : y small bov.
PRiMA D0NNA.
THE BOOK OF BVELTN. By (_aJdlai
Bonner lllufltrated by Arthor ivniiam
Hr.wn. iL'tiio. pp. MA The Hobbs-Mer*
riii ? !ompan*.
Th** awakening of an artisti** tem
perarnent is no novel subjeet in fli-tfoa,
but Miss Bonner has found, or ln
ventcd, a * ase who^e complkationa
make lt Intereattng from first to laat.
Much aa she ls concerned t-. ith tba
draaaatle Koprano who haa eve.rytht.nf
but the one <iuality which leada to tha
heights. and which conies to hr
througb initial failur** and an emo
tional blow that for the moment kllla
all ambition, this ls "Brat] n's Book,"
not Llta Bonav.>ntura,'s. rJvelyn hold?
th?- aacret of the young ainger's life,
Intmatad to her in the indlfference of
utter dejectkaa, And Erelyg keepa
thal aocral Been thouajli she ?ees tha
man sh--. Iik*s best falllng in love with
the girl. whi< h is tha moment ot her
dlecorery of her oarn love for him. lt
ls the way of its telling, the ronlraat
between well-bred couaofvatlaa. <m<i
\x.i\s of struggling Ho'nemia,
two riearpotata well maintamed in
juMap" sition. thal trnk*' th-- b.k w>
.- knnck of hanxiilng
dlatogue, an eacellenl * tting h ? ? ".
New Voik i . - ? tha bai I ..,*
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A NOVEL OF MANNEF.S
tiik ANOLO-IKDIANfl ' .??? J'rr
rm fflfl Id .*?? ? '?'
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Kipling ii;- ra are tba Baal ... Uan aa?
ttrae, a R tjah, a bui ring |ea*
tleman * " ! Ouiu
but notl ? -* ' I* Mt*
? I
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