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SOME NEW BOOKS.
Kimt nml Culture.
It wns In 1019 that Houston SmvAr.T
CiiAiinEitLAi.v published, In Ginnan, his
Immanucl Kant, "a study and compnrl
on with Goethe, Leonardo da Vinci,
Bruno, I'lntn and Descartes," now done
Into Kngllsh 1 y Lord Rkiikshai.i: (Lane).
Built up, an It Is. on the proposition that
philosophy could and should lie made ,
.1 - ...1 ............ u '
uiu uuiiiiiniu, uneiui iuieiiy ui inn
"cultured class" Instead of the play
thing of an esoteric cult, nnd that Kant
Is the man to mnko It so, the book In
vites consideration from a "human"
rather than a technical point of view,
and opens broad avenues of discussion
In Its bold attempt at the seemingly
Impossible.
Cun pure philosophy be popularized?
Mr. Chamberlain, In the pride of his
professional put suit, would doubtless
rattit the word as undlgnltlfd and
llject the test n. unfair. It Is not to
tli common mob that tho labored
lucutratlons of the philosophical mind
aro directed. The Germanized Kngllsn
man finds In Knnt tho "keenest" study
ever made of the human intellect and
Its relat'nn t'i the universal i nstltu
tlon; with tin- distinctive citi.itity the
.iiutiiwi inn inuhciih urrnlun. nhllosj-
phy of bclim ' neerr.ctl nut with m-ro
learning but .v. Hi I re itself, in prnising ,
Kant's i ...ui 'n -is. n.t facile ompre- , nrllst and mnthrmitlc1nn b ith, a genius juicy ennes the rats found new food,
henslblllty, he indicia not only the n- 1 n ohemat,zatlon; he emphasize thi-jTho pest Increased with such rapidity
ceptlve m.ii'l of th, general but the d'tTorenco between mathematical nat- that long before an equilibrium could, bo
productive ,i nius of the whole yalem , ural science and the artistic Intuition ' established between the rats nnd tho
of toleolmy and Intro prcthr ratio.-lnn- 0f nature. Descartes and Bruno nre canos a thriving Industry was brought
tlon. TUw. Is good .mil riilllolent rea- , "dinrn'-trlcally opposed mlnd5." Mnthe- to the very edge of rulnv To copo with
son for Hie indubitable fact that "a , mat'ch Is the "husk" of philosophical the plague of rats the Jamaican riant
man of Hunt s Importance" is "the mo- ! mov,,. Der.'irtos himself, not tho ' 0rs Introduced the mongooB from India,
nopoly of a caste of the learned." and i rnrtslan "school," demonstrates tho This pusnaflnus animal roon reduceil
Wat even "a nios; irclous pnsjos.".o:i impnrtrinr" of the dual!tlc method of i the list of thp rata below the danger
f nil nir.iiirnri nennle." I'onular dlsro- r,V rrfittri frit nil sH tlnlatn nt thrt 1 1 i n1l.. niMHni.. 1.
gard of "pure" phil.mophv Is not m- r.,mnn Int'llect; Bruno helps to bring ! Indigenous snakes. The disturbance of 1 t?rea; ,rocl ro 'nff aWT ne nln3t ot
difference but a deliberate rejection. , out t,p .nircrence between dogmatism balance next appeared In tho Increase 1 J" ? raI nas torn 11 trom tho
whether Just or unjust. Ac -eptance by - ml constructive criticism. of bird life. Introducing a now series of i ?rt,, ?n? jrft. nan w'th no more
the "cultured class" Is too often bas.vl i..lt(1 and Kint are alike In practical economl" disadvantages, for in the con-1 , Knlt r dcnto t"nn tho gibbeted malo
on affectation or hypocrisy. Hypothecs j purpo.; neither Is the mere manufac I dltlon of former poise tho snakes robbed ' r"tor ""nK in chains,
may satiafy the aristocratic Intellect. tnrcr of theorli-i nor the empty dlalectl- mifflclent of the nests of the birds to Hucn 18 the general picture of tho
amusing, exerr.i..R and si' thing Itself , Pan nut where I'lato loves affirmation i keep thnt pest down. Noxv Jamaica has for,,Bts of tho equatorial region of tho
with the .no.-v. it '."Sic, but the ( Klut incnnfH ; ,ifn; the Greek Is n, newer problem of destructive birds car,h' a morass underfoot, dripping nlr.
democratic intelligence more crltlcil I)notc, the German brilliant without and Inconvenient mongoos; nnd human- v'stilB ln 'tno m'.d(o tangle, no
of premlre than of conclusion. Thf rof r. To I'lato criticism Is a soaring ty. which soon lost the direction of the ' hTecz twilight, eeldom a sound of the
reberwegian vehicle carry most of us j Wril; , Kantsave the mark! a po- powers which It had let 'oose. is paying1 Ilfl? wh,en moves and goes noisily nbout
over all the parasi nps of our phlloso- Hcennn. I'lato saw the "Idea" of the a j-tlff price for deranging nature. "s w-ork. The systematic 'botanist may
phlcal anaoa:; anil snusiHcuiriu ,
enough.
... ,..-..-
century n-rt- the protection of this .
tn ....r.',r l, Ilie VfOr l.'i'U. llie i.e.T .
strong Inte'lei t. To-day tnere .
nre some few wno unow. nnu iinwij ,,-
husptei. tnni r-is )min,,,i,,j -
to form a am P'uar " 7"""' " ,
the future." Hiving men from the dog-
mntlsm of prliBt- raft anil the superstl-
tlon of science" The day of Kantian
culture may He Just hick of this present
,...ikin lv i( fternian mil tnrism run
amok, or it may imn . i
Five yeai-8 ago .ur. nanmv ,,
ceiveu uie iiniiiA,. iu, i
OiflPnV. .
not mere
"learned speculation
t v
"tho war cry in me name '"' ; "
linerau'in - ,
of the powir n' Us enemies." more dan-
gerous. more Immediately threatening ,
thnn ever before. Tie "empire of ln-'
teV.ect" erected by th Teuton, "the first
svstemnt c attempt to make and edu
cate a real y free, .nward'.y free, race,"
stood surround",! by powerful enemies
f "the llle givin ,-er.tre of western
thaglnla."
Hut the Teuton. c people do not come
off unscoi.-hcd In sp,te of Kant, the
niglectid prophet, ihe voleo crying ln
the wilderness, "dull, crass, materialis
tic superstition" is permitted to under
mlno humnn dignity, "protected nnd
Knnt had a share ot pnuosopners nr- pressure :s the mainspring or knowledge. , turbed equlllhr.um; It Is directed upon ,"" maiep. tne iorest or tne uongo. ' accumuiaie 11 numus. noil anci water , 1 leutenant-Oovernor of 'l0B ' ays-nas nfter Pepin until the e.ir
rogance: "The limed multitude knows , pyp perreptlor Its method. "Inward turn- the conditions of greater vegetation on ,,1P KuaP f tn Amazons: but to the thus are slowly fed toward the lower " ,t ,l' Li, vr,nr nromoted 11 fo,1 i"'nuc''lP' n PPer Is of
nothing, understands nothing, but It intr rmlmr t condition. The an- the sites where it has been pierved ' ,"1"n''l biologist looking be-ond mere Innds, where they may be of service. ' ' . "n' eral ho went -is Gov- '"""'P"0"1 "'"torlcal Impor'ajwe An
talks of everyth.n. nnd pride. Itself timnny of le elements of reason, the from recent modification I IN nlm whlrh nre but conveniences without this protection they would roll 'l'""0 1 ,.W irendered to Uef.mar,UCrl w.'J'''5
on what 1. MyV KuthehimsMf m.ln- v1m.,. and the invisible. Induces .he been to present the picture "of Z b:,l- f record, like causes produce like in torrent taste, carrying destruction In 'ZV Mtra' lta ' io ttfc W,"'' Vat'nV,
tains that l,.H phi'.' smhy -can be under- ,mpres,.(111 nf p,rallty. c-mplexltv. ance of nature and to discover the prin- The foregoing picture Is re- he place o blessing, and at the upper 'S
,to..d from ihe utamlpolnt of the com- w,-eti net:or. N concentrate upon t'i" clples and to elucidate the cond'tions I vlve,t from the memory of many such limit entailing no less destn.etlin ln j"","";''?, 1 This was In the 1 celebrat. ? !!
mon undTHtandlng." If only tho enm. visible: .,f unitv. simplicity, when th' In which th s equilibrium subsists. To ! forest." Tho detailed Illustrations , denudation. 1 Vj.V t I m exchanged for I brary of UfTenbach. and some savan- who
mon under, nd.r.u will 'cultivate Itself visible Is at the core of thought, do this successfully he has hid to ! of 'r. Shreve's work show thnt The forces of nature are never really l' ,, , h n'riiirnlnc In Erie P'" mailc notts ln lhc volum'' df"'
mleoua'clN" '.. the business of critl- flato. considering space and "Idea." th- examine tho forest as n venc'al rcitlt- the forest which crowns wnito Jamaica 1 w"11. There Is always seeming destruc- , "ocnnm ne iu. " '"""' ' .C. it as 'un morceau precleux.'
clsm. ) aK. said that he had be-n mln(Vs uhaw ut vtlM r(1imy. as con. , ant of ccr,aln connltons flved with ' 1" of this triple lnTr. These plates, and tIon' but ,horp ls "W'Unr poise, a bal- ;;,73 " ,. . 'ost "tended of the various Wat-
Lorn to., soon; thit his "day" wo-i'J Ilert01, ln anfl ,,y t,nl0i PVolvP(l nn ex. considerable permanence ;n tho soil as , we note the extreme riifllcultv which nncp ovor Periods. It Is this sec ""rrj nnd became enagen to ..iarj. Ises Is the chronicle of Utrecht wht h 1,
f.llow the turning of the century. His pinna".., or the universal organization the feeding place of plant life, and of accompanies the use of the camera In ,1,lr -tnce which lln.ls Its endn.lng In the same year he returned 1 to written ' "rse of ; the year 1461 An.
ills. line, uilt.rg five year., ago. bathed KlyP(1 upon llt.)ly . f C05,itmi0n. nt. certain other conditions of the atmos- , these dim recedes of the forest, In-er- rFrti " ,tl"' ,"f " l""' -'"Ih hr.xUnr as governor a post he . held I nrvy7f,p,,1; lhV most recent dv
ln the lUwn of It: "It Is no mere vncf n;l(, pUrpp,,. Kanfs "tiltlmato , phcre whose pennnner.ee rests upon pret for us whnt must have been the Bogy has been Bhnwing us until li s death n l 80.. The garrison j ,; ,n hp "ohronlwi , Dlesie
coincidence ihat the llrs: complete and synthesis" Is not t., be got at by plung- terrestrial physics in the shell of air condition In the Carboniferous Age ""to the first revelations of Hugh Mil- -oiled lilm Old f ock of the Hock. contalns the cnartPr of ,h ubl,f, 0,
nciir.i'- edition of the various writings ing Into the "1 -rltique of I'ure Heason." 1 which surrounds the gl ,be and these ' when over-luxurlnnt growth such ns , ' n'11'" work as Mr. Shreve has con- ' apt. Thomas Hamilton describes lnJ 1 nirst. Another paper lmnusmp- , K.
nnri 1. of Kant shniild have begun .iin.otilt" of his works, but hv acain In nlanetarv nsirnnnmv. Thi 1 now N re.irleteH rr. th tnn-iri rinn. l'",f tnr Ihe summit of Jamaica, ns In the novel 1 outn and Manhood or i ni- to Hrahant and Grlmberc on', I s
Europe -: tne oarnir ieu iuiw , (,.,,,,. dlrertlon to their ambl'lon . '!- n.ierniirie jirijtio ; " Horace Wnloole fourth I-irl nf Tit- "I""1 mi'f'iinue posiponemeni oi me
lovH.lo pele rlchb g.fted. though hUosoph calh- in- Mr Sh-ve's hotmy deals b. Lrieny rr;pf'r rvr supporl, the ynm f(,J j0-,, ) 'a o';1" , I'!. ' wedding; she knew the marriage would
brought up and emas-u'n'ed In the " ' ;"h,not " vhnl nI!oM. with the naturU Km- and the jr.v nf ' l appreciated. Terhaps ae- f1;,. oVnt horror of o-or v rom-. n t nu" nlpole's feelings. The General
most cn.empt.ble ...p-rstltion. In tin- , v" "to be practical? I'entill,. it on. He finishes thnt wet. on . nunlntanco may evtend to some slight r 1 la n,era,ure "Thli T a not a good waiter; they do say he
freedom and Ignorance, destroying with ' ' r erta Imposing book will ' P In ll.tl more than three pau-es. a ' m1pn,;r,hrrnrs,"n '? M "'T tlw " J pXsioJ an art " Glbral"lr "f'vard.
the sure instil' of slaves every i acta .j a.WBFB,nsf ,he tongues and pens ' tabulntlnn of the binomials of th- plants , "n 'm,7'or l" nMn- l?l'nfh of 1 ne tho wv KlriB In the w nter of In 17!r' " "nimKemcnt was broken,
element that had given it strength nnd h l " " pnllos0phv; hut s It I 'f -'arnaloan highlands. With a '"J0 m"M 'I" brendth of, nt places. I it V.rs n rfn-rl.Ml bis 111!. hmfre. ' nn,i mmt hp fiillrt for h" 'ady that the
importance", further awiy but equally ' J 1 Cnnltoce this seep- ' ""'"r vision he Interlaces h.s forest mM admits of such a possibility; 'K';8Snfnn 'f01' , 1 ' ' letters In wn.cl, she did It show consld-
threatening the gentle, edifying inllvi-. '""-"j'"" world that philosophy " Ith th- ea,th ln which Its ro.ts are tldom dopM ,hn ,m,rlst know mor of I J arable spirit. She never forgot O'Hara;
ence of this calm centre of Kultur, "the ev to the pn.les of life? The with the heavens to which Us sum- x Ulterior than to sew as a back- I Thfr- ,IC.nKiy ,.nelble. entirely w I so wlien on opening the
husy. soulless yePow race the dream- 11!lf.tlon !r har(y falr tn the Individual lls struggle through slusgish f.had- Pround for comfortably shuddery tales nurB Br)l lln.,fcttrl. fMnk. ani MnK packet of O'Hara's lexers to Insert a
Ins weakly mongre.i of Oceania and '...,,. ., , fhn .,,., 1 own with the rain and the dew nnd the "f the Maroon. The Jamaicans them- 1 uaiined to talk nn any subjert noihinf i. note she wrote:
South America"; and the million cf .,,,.,,,. ns th philosopher's treat- i f0f? ,vllph thn leaves and branches ; VPIt hnvt- little more famll.ar.ty with ea- and reeable n, their mmeri.a. a rone.uenailon of unfortunate clrcum-
b neks, "poverty stricken In Intello.t. ' - (o tnp ratch nnd hold. Such botany oegins that portion of their own Wand, which , tlon. nor more appotlte thin their answers .tr.nces. the nnlltleal state of Europe maklnc
bestially Inclined," aiming for the wnr .;',',,,..' ,n Mr philosonher's nece. I fflr down in geology; It rises high up ls ""I" "d fve by a few negroes nd observations The ebie.t. i .iisrntered ab..ence a nerewiiy. and even frequent com.
of races, a war a oiltranee. And at the , m"'a 'L'r,- Into meteorology; in every way It deals ""d certain remote settlements of whites by chance. unJeretanls l.Htm, and U a p-r- muniratlon ImpoMlbte. letters lost or de.
heart of this welter ot harhirlsm the:tnr et scorned auoiencc. i formative side of geography. 1 who have drifted away from association '.'J" ''nrtf.mJ ,.'1,7, lan"a"- Th" layed. ouetlnn unanswered, doubts unaatt..
strong, pure and peaceful Teuton It ls a prnrMcaI express.o'n of the I with their race, M.
Power, defender of the wicked world A .Tnmnlc... Mountnlntop. ! maxlrn that all things work together . with nne dark eye, that are very llvelv when of my h.nX" T .t 1 f'n
against ItBelf: "We true men of north-I crPatur,. comfow as may prove f"r good; ! suggests that great lerson , TIT. she . peak.. m, symmetry of face that I. ,wnnp, put , n'w mln)ns m,ry
ern Kurope. the hnin:iies Kuropiri of , comfoWable 1 ,nnt when we go safely with the least . , , . . , . , . the more. Interesting trom helne pale. Agnes. of lo f cnI1nden-., of unmerited com.
I.lnnnjU!." Teutons in a -large ta'"' ' ' , u t Inhere In the halaiice ' disturbance of what nature has found TnP l!,I;ln1 na-" a mountain backbone the younger, has an asreeahle. sensible roan-, p.jlnt.. ...,, flrm rock of mutusl
sense, tho peoplei not "contamlnate.l "h Is hel l to tnhsr n nr , , conservatism to yield the. best wltn nnl inconsiderable elevation. The t'nance. hardly to b. ca l.,l l.and,ne. hut rumbllnir It would have been
w.. .v.- ..u ,i..i u,.rin oh r,0r. of nature, ln the equilibrium of the i . ' .A.in ,i f oTIt, mmmid. i alrnoet She I, lets animated than J ur, ,. .... ... ... .
encouraged by the state, only qun'.llled 1 tral homes have been chosen with some
hv Bv.item.Ttlc llfelomr Imnosturo and,"1" nf dim recognition of the condl-
lles." Hellglon, education, science.
"specialize!" industry, all are drearily
emotv: "Wo have more or less knowl-
edge of the evtnts of some sixty cen
turies nono has furnished such power
ful tools for tho blunting and oppres
sion of countless human beings as the
century iff tho press and of machinery."
The nrtlsan 1 a miserable, unhealthy
creature competed with the peasantry
of an earlier a.'e. Mr. Chamberlain
ll Ull t'Ul 11U1 !! r," ...1. .1.1 lilt, inn,
lennM Vinvn it . Mimut le.t ll nml nnt
. ot all to the eomicuon of less austerely
ntiitoaonliicnl ln-elleet.t
"N'lnetv per cent." of educated men
rend "noth.nc hut" nnwsnnners and
weaken their cogitative powers so that
tney are no long.-r aoie, even it ttuung,
to "read a book." They nre willing to
think, but not "to think nbout thought," raided the ileitis of nvr n continent tended control. In such a forst there 1 .MnumninB is de.ignnnio as montane, n , wnosn leuers jo .nary uerry constitute : wii.nn h peks
which ls to philosophize: "Kven gifted and threatened ruin. The balance of , Is no grass rnrpft v.'l h fodder bonellt to t term milllciently self-explanatory to a largo part of this bulky complli- In their latter years the Berry ladieji
brains decline lo believe thnt It l nee nature had Inst Its equilibrium. domesticated quadruples, there Is no, those who have not kept abreast of the , tlon. Anne Seymour Conway, daughter In id Hnlmi In their Curzon Ktree't home,
essary, or at any rate usi fill, tn test It Is only In f'Cent years thit com- symmetry of glint columns standing In ' modern progress In botanical biology , of Caroline Lady Aylesbury, herself a reiiiliMvoiis for people of more or less
and scientifically to estahlUh the ere-, potent Investigators have dlreo-ed Intel- sturdy growth, t'l-.e leafy canopy make , and Ihe terminology which It has had daughter of the fourth Duke of Argyln distliu Hon In various occupations, a
dentla's, tho ranee, tho Importance of ligrnt research upon tho elements which ' n shade which keeps nil ilank below, create fnr ltf-lf. In general It Is to nnd widow of Charles Bruce, Karl of Hnlou characterized ns "preeminently
our powers of thought, of ihe poweis'nre Involved ln the balance of inter-1 the leaves . themselves distil the mots-1 he noted that a montane forest by Its i Aylesbury and Klgin, met Intimately In neuii'.il ground." where discussion, III
which wo continuously and everywhere noting forces which create the resultant turr of the nlr and drop It in streams summit position Is tho prime agent In nr mother's home such celebrities as ernry, artistic and even political, ' wns
bring Into play." So sodden aro we that ' pnlse or equilibrium of natural agencies. , which bog tin. soil and extract Its sur- the confrrvntlon of tho region, which it ! fJray, Thomson. Hhenstnno, David llunie, I free, Informal and always good naturod
li ivani iiuu oecn generally uiiiiersiooii
"all the mighty ones of the world"
would hnve tried to rob us of him,
whose work Is "tho grentest revolution
ary power of the world's history."
TIkvp views, not whnPy converting
yet de, di'dly not negligible, epitomize i tetst that wo are to credit o the same
tho spl'lt In which th,. ardent Kantian Hand the most recent Investigation In
np,.,"oa,-hei. ami Interprets the German this theme This Is the work of Toii
phllosnphei'g system. Classroom ilroi'l- rrT SnrriVl', .t .Ifonl'inc Htiin.l'nrcxt, n
.,,,, ..... , , ., , , V , . ,mu,n ",,m,,, ui no- iiiw ii.-ny in me ,.",,e. mi re Miii 111 wintis on meir ."w in naiuer, uariiii .inuo i, a ter.wnrd i nl con until, n an he aniiears In mv eve
SJS , 'r1,' K, " n' J,:nrrr"" .'" ,Ja"" (W.MUmon.' mn .heir rapid life to the maturity I drift , y, r the warm ocean accumulate , Karl of Dorchester. The were a weal.hv Inspires , i,h ",, ti rm" s fir from
Sll tn:SZT- 'Tn" nstltu. onv of ,s fructlflcanon nnd wMiou. cense ge,t store of nqurous vapor before I rccompllshed nml popular couple, .,, , i f V .1 w hi Ho I ,., o e mm?
who ir . ' ' n,K m"": ,',V"" '" u: ;"y rPn,':,r yrk VT "r ,""s"", " rnrw ix Krnw"' n for" reach the nhore land of Jamaica. ! the m.i.ch was not based on a lasting ni! Kr-al cvrtl i ia ti nt 1 si 'i d
fl Man o f , 'mrn,.. Ve'-'iTI1 "'T" """V . "' W ', ,",v VL" P'ace In the soil Is stolen. The s.. 1 This loft mas of extrusion lies at 1 alfectlon. Unmer burled hlnUlf iii ler Z ry s rr y to ge ,, , press what
nT ,?m;n lisclf is In process of formation, for the the n, pir. of the l,nd which Is n mountain of del... and on Augu t r.. I tl U ?v h n " n .".cr lotler shi
c.n"uv0';no"'s ,e ,M- .'h.mr re'mo e and" Zttl nVu'V "T !V X' arm 1770. ho shot himself dead at the 1 cnL ,,! n" old m-.inla Ion o7 co""
ca'es r nlli,-,,,,,. , .,, ,mirl hs v J7h"a. ., lta , , TZ tZIiJ r i 1 1, f,rom, ,Jk' I"' ""' .",'np h there ",tft f"r'1 ArmH' f'0V0,U G,M Tl,(' r'U""""," and rpeakti of "h.d Talleyrand
mn ter as in the manner, more n he si clo, nl j upon tho KlngMoi? can rear li ahmit hei hlih 'Vevon i I nrl,''' Ro' TZZT "'"i' ? U? "er f,PV"l-'"t" var 1S2S nml nil Ills pan,:." She admires the
..I ioihi upon me mcw nt Kingston, can rear It about head high; beyond winds. Bu- the air la circulation Im- travelling, engaging In her dilettante art , "simplicity nnd frankness" of Welling-
3
proce.M than In tho product: What
Knnt thought docs not mean quite so
much to him an how he thought It;
how he saw and Interpreted means more
than what he. believed and tho form In
which he paused his Interpretation
along. Intellectual aptitudes und atti
tudes nre more meaty than the result
ant doctrines. Hy comparing these proc
esses In various great examples he
hopes to get at the naturo and govern
,g laws of the human reason, under- j
standing of which Is a condition prece-.
nent in i in niioeeariii nnnmtinn nr Hint
reason ngalnst tho fortified mysteries
.............
of the universe.
In Goethe, Leonardo, Bruno, Des
cartes and I'lato Mr. Chamberlain han
selected out of Innumerable possibili
ties flvo thinkers who servo not only
In giving tho desired Individual critical
perspective but In leading up by an
easy, natural, logical progression to tho
final establishment of tho Justice of tho
claim to suprcmary for Kant In the
agelong islego of the unknown. Such
u process Is constructive, and better
thnn the Intellectual Iconoclasm without
replacement to which some philoso
phers and most philosophize Incllno.
Triio wisdom Is thot which harmonizes
Instead of alienating, which seeks com
mon ground Instead of divergences and
does not lose men In "man."
Goethe's Inclination to mysticism, to
monism, contrasts with Kant's sturdy
dualism, giving to mind and matter
each Its place In a sensible scheme
Goethe as a scientist philosopher dealt '
. ..... . .. I
with experience, nhsenntlon; Knnt was
more thinker than eecr. I)a Vinci was
"tiling." Kant wont after the "Ding an
slcih." In the ancient th.nker moral
fA Intv M.n uAiiiiep.rn nr Ilia nn'n Hteti
, - ... .... ,
0f development. ,
0llt of nlM h.u,y nf the phllosojihles
he has seleeted Jlr. Chamberlain evolves
a -cneme v.nereny sers arm minKers 1
are classified and gauged as to useful-
I)fl1!l hj. mean nf varlofis combinations
of ..iruvnr(j, nn,j "outward" tendencies
of nm, ,,nucht. Thinking "In-
var,r pVes monism ."domination of the
..,,,.... ,,,,,.., i..i. ,n i,,.
"
ralism, "iluar.sm if body anil som. - i Nee- ,
mg mwanl I atomism, me.-ministic in-
. t I - .1 i-
terpr tat'.on. and seeing outward is or-
minic.sm. uynniuisiu. "",' wiuuki.i f
In and saw out: at the other end or tne ,
nne is ..ewion. typical oi me scieniuic
miniy thinking out nnd seplng In. .
prunn 1(0tn ,.f r., nn, thinks "Inward." !
r)is(,nr.,.y .in i,otn outward." This
t ,t)o ..s,pm(, mnv possibly be
' helpful to some whose craving for In-
r.ght into the Creator's mind has hlth- ;
. .
crto peen lloi,.Mef.ii naiiieu; u winy
give greater power of penetration and
several formative forces which func
tion In the cqua'lon nf life. It I an
old doctrine, though newly expressed.
Unthinking forebears of ns who still
need much dlreo Ion In oup thinking
have followed some rule of thumb with
out much comprehension. Our ances-
tlnns under which life may be most
' facile. Thereafter has followed a long
1 courM oi uvoiuuuii ny wnitii wiu .inouen
may no maau loieiaiue. mere nave
been many failures, the breaking down
cf mini rtnlo Of fmirnh. eHtlvtns wis
for centurlcH a favored abode because
l-s basic lavas on a sleeping cone fed
such rich vineyards, yet there came the
dny when Its top blew off. The fate of
tlie settlement it the linrilv 'ol'i on
i
i the Gieenl9nd const remains a mvsterv :
their hardihood gave way before th
conditions wh.ch left them forgotten.'
! W can nislly recall tho onwnrd march
of the poiato beetle from Colorado nn-
, til they drowned In windrows on the
.vnnunc nniiin,i uiri,unu hick ,u suiue
lns-ec mioses to smite tne sen. t neyi
i in me ismnn oi .niniuia wn own nn
'. tiif nrce of the upsetting of tho balanc,
of naturo which has become a classic
In all such studies, the ensn of the In- t
troductlon of the mnngnos, It is ac
cordingly with all the more lively In.
THE SUN,
Tho valleys and the. hilltops have been
excellently photographed for this work,
nnd the plates of deep forest growth
aro remarkably fins.
I.
We cannot better arrive nt a simple
presentation of tho problems of the bal
anco of nature than by reciting briefly
the problem of the mongoos, an excel-
, - .. . I . I . . - I t .. .. . I. ... m It
J'' ,h'e Villon "of balance
wheels nnd tho failure of Investment
and .mch like sequels as will convince
tho least sclontlflc of men thnt tho dis
cussion hns economic value.
All forces of nature tend to come to a
condition of equilibrium; when tho hu
man factor gets in the way of this
process It Is not naturo which Is wholly
checked. At tho tlmo of Its first occu
pation by the alien culture from Kuropo
Jamaica may be considered to have been
In natural pnlse. Tho, newcomens had
their living to make, the soil must bo
made to yield such produce as would
pay the highest return upon the capital
Invested and the labor employed. Ja
maica was set to ranes, a most promis
ing crop, nnd for n time a most success
ful one. But the clearing of tho natural
growth for the cane fields, the Introduc
tion of a foreign plant clement 1n such
n moss, upset the Jamaican pols?. l"p
to that tlmo Jamaica had had only so
many rats, only such tribe of rats, as
Tntvinlfn ,iM tnlnritA Willi tUr. .i.tiltn
. . . 1 ..
fiercer rats of northern Kurope, qultn as i
. ' .
exploiters of the eoll enmo mevitntiiy inv
adventurous colonlzera as tho men In '
u,(vo company they came. In tho
The theme of Mr. Shrcve's Jamaican
research Is not addressed upon the d'ls- !
n'e renrt IV ana Ic fnf ,1 ITrnnt frft.r. Ihn1
w.... .-v. ... .... ...... ...... ,.,(,,, .,.;.
botany recently taticht In our schools. ,
As a curiosity of science we can re- i
cal. tne monantrin and the dlgynla of ;
me mainmom.i: ix;any or L..nne. we
nave a taint impression that the dray's ,
botany of half u century ngo who does ,
not recall the beginning of the science
syncopated Into "How Plants Grow ,
Gray"? -has been replaced bv an
amnrnhnu thlnt- ral!o,l n-.,r ,
- . .. ........ v ...
nui oicer nans wen rememeer the
prouiem "I me uuicnman s nre.-nes.
tlw. rvilnn maffn f..1.rt 1. '
i'ihiib n imi.e wncmer u was a
i i ,,ji',,. ' .
was exogenous ..r enogerou men ,
,,, i minnm in ,nr in-
terests of science horrid cruelty when
-u dirt It to Ill's- then the magnifying
of the ovary to count seeds nnd to de-
" do upon the position ot the placenta
nni' " r!" "f LoUn words which pissed
I'lNsfully invmprchr.ded save as
tift!:inv flnfillv llia IrlnmtiV. .,... I n
h
d-iwn to ptcrnt.-t ruruUnvtn L. nnd
that to those who have passed out of
the schools and therefore are little In
touch with the work of Investigation
this will seem not onlv a new but a
very rich sort of botany.
TT.
Burnhnm Beeches typcti the resultant
if cumulated forces, the balanced nature
of soil nnd cllmato still further acted
uidu ny nurnan neeos. lis nrcaaes Clear
ui unnerBTOwm, lis tree columns reared
in naves such ns havo suggested to
common fthwiwfl t Inn lh. mr.!,. e
1 Gothic architecture, tho groined
branches with their leafy canopv-'ill
; thse are the record of manv Interacting
1 Influences. In such frlm groves ns thlR
I we hnvn nn rl!fniWi In pAn.lin v.n
I ...... ...... ,,. I, If, 111,'
1 storv of tho eoullllirliim of nninre nv
bilnnctd In human culture
The savaire forest of the trooie i
I far nthir. savage, dexourinc. always
1 snarling In Inner conflict, always ste.il.
! )ng from lands of tilth, yet for all this
rnnsen'aiive and nenencent to the
region within the area of Its wide ev-
plus rood conf tltuent to tie carried fnr
below in streams whose origin is not In
j sorlngs lut In the dtipplngs nf cm-
ueiiiimuii. i ne uiresi oi me tropics is
nl ways sodden, dim, oppressive, a place
of great hush.
Such a forest ilsts in thrro tiers.
Irstend nf gias and tender herbs upon
a fairly level and fiolld humus there is a
miMieii Minimi 111 run uiiu nni iiieni
. ien, lll.i ll- L'll ITnr SlireiV. IT tnnv On "" , .............. ...o i.. .... . . . . o-. i.huv ,i... r.r-, WI mcmi.iuiir
SUNDAY, OCTOBER
that limit It falls 'because lta rapid
gTowth gives It no sturdlneas where
with to stand upright.
Forced by th haete of the same
struggle for life tho timber growth goes
spindling Into tho nlr where It may
spread Its leaves In the sun and bring
their chlorophyl Into the laboratory of
the chemical changes In tho presence of
light and wnte.r vapor which provldo
the food for tho tissue. Hero we have
no such stalwart trunks afl of tho oak
In temperatn regions, no such pillars as
of tho conifers on mountain slopes In
drier climes. No matter what tho
height of these tropical treo?, they are
thin, they readily capsize under tho
sudden blast of tho storm: the soil Is
too thin to give them a firm root base,
for this reason a common type Is that
of lanky trunks upheld at tho tiaso by
radiant buttresses, trees which grow
their own board. beforo they can bo
brought to tho saw. Theso trunks are
uniformly bare of branches except at
tho summit, for there alono can leaves
come under tho eye of the sun.
Between, tho leaf canopy and th
tangled growth below It Is not to be
thought thnt tho absence of branches
leaves a vacant nrea along which the
view can range. Thero Is a distinctive
vegetation of the mlddlo height, k tan-
glo of dependent things an deprearlng as
tho gear upon a derelict In this middle
tier grow epiphytic plants which find ft
lodgment upon leaning trunks nnd
snrnwl llnernri.flllll. irnfflnie their llw.
,. . " " " :r " "
'",mrt. ri1"'1.81',? "P."" ".V"
I?rnU'l II tVMl.M nnluOHd tli..r fAiul nr.
h . wnlcn "P"t' uiem. roeaing
upon the sap of their hosts: ln part us
Ing their position only to uphold them
In. place nnd extracting their nourish
ment from the nlr. Of eac"h ot these
sorts are the orchids, cuckoos of vege
tation despite "ie,r brilliancy. Other of
these lntermc' .u
growths havo their
beginning In tho soil, Ilnnns, rattans.
climbing palms, running to length with
out strength, climbing up the trunks
of trees and dependent from the
branchur, such rigging as keeps many a
oi genera anu species
wnlr1' ma" differentiate the Jungle of
n'tu n.fnn .Inn. n l Avl 1 1 ,
..... .....1 in im ii-uiin ijtr t;u,il
menures which now we employ to cor-
rect the chill of a cooling earth. The
' T"
e. not
which
kcynoto of these forests Is pace,
thnt which kills, but the paco
alone means life In thin urge nf com- i
petition
Jamaica has of recent wars been1
brought out of its seclusion It has been !
Included In the tour of those who seek
.. .. . . .. ..
to Rvn;n me rigors or our nortnern we - -
eomf.irt. It has become suburban to
v,.. yorlc Perhnn- Wriretv tn ron-n
qurnce of our linguistic poverty, per.
. .. . .
hap because of a letter sanitary repu-
,nt.on than f.ba. Jamaica Is familiar
to manv of our popu'ntlon. This win
ter fam'llarlty ' bu skin deep, an ac
quaintance with Kingston nnd n hotel
or two which nre not In any sort repre-
soman e oi .lam.aican crcoie lire a
tolerant ruie inrougn plantations Mr
tho gratification of the curiosity t the
, , ,itv,,, ,u
, . hre.idfrnit w.vin,' ,y,ir
i ; n older geologic formation and Its
I helghtH have heen rcductd by tho slow
'proccee of disintegration. But ln the
I eastern third of the Island tho formation
Ms moro recent, a succession of shales,
...ce .i ...i i..
oi ler formntlon ehnrneVerU lentlv
ut ,1Z . J cliaractorlstlcally
.V . V ' . : '";''"rys; ana this is not particularly mine,
axis In a length of about twenty-five who am apt to be prejudiced, hut the un.
miles there Is an area lying wholly ! versal vole- of ail who Know th-m
above tho contour of 4,500 feet. In this
nrea, reckoning; from the west easterly,
are found aummlta, John Crow Peak,
f,,000 feet; Sir John Peter Grant Peak,
1 !'T et: - !8nA,n,Toa' 6'900Jfett:
Hluo Inuntaln Peak, 7,428 feet, and the
paps nf,tween theso peaks are In but a
"!nK, 'ntnnco less thnn a mlln of ele-
Vatlon,
. . . . .
1 ,r lfl tniB lilue .Mountain region
that Mr. Khrevo has been alile to estnh-
i "h tho existence and tho Identity of
! what n"t be called In a periphrasis
I virgin forest, primeval forest, since we
luck th simple precision of the German
1 " i..iin,ii n i,enm l i .n,i
111111 iresi nn me summn or tno time
dominates,
' These very respectable mountain
elevations play a directing part In the
cumnioiogy ot me region witnin the
i nrea of their Inllucnce. It will bo re-
ailed that Jamaica lies within the
, draught of tho trade wind. Impelled bv
! causes exterior In origin to the earth
but Immediately regulated by tho
ir sin' ui "i wiiut una land masses tipon,iieci me nun. .ionn naiuer, oniesi son nf
18, 1914.
plngcu upon the mountain slope, Its and writing letters, all ln the approved
most perfect fluidity causes tho matt fashion of tho day.
of atmosphere, which up to that point In 1702, when the Berrys returned to
haa been flowing slightly tangent lo Hnglnnd nftcr a Continental tour, Wnl-,
the curvature of tho water level of pole, then 76 years old, offered them tht
the ocean, to take tho njw direction loan of his estate at Little Strawberry
of the ascending slopo and thus to bo Hill, named Cliveden for Kitty Cllve,
lifted to an elevation which exceeds who after retiring from the stage In 17fl
tho highest mountain point by a factor had lived thtro until her death In 1785.
resolvablo from Itho momentum of the As the pro-Berry editor tells the story
ascending flow of air. Without going of a mighty tamo scandal, when It be
too minutely Into tho ntmospherto Cnmo known that tho Berrys had ac
physlcs It purflces to state that air cepted the offer "some anonymous scrlb
which Is nt balance ln a stato of sntu- biers In tho newspapers' cast cruel and
rn):lon In tho temperature normal to tho unwarrantablo aspersions upon the
constnl plain must dlsohargo fixed pro. indies. Walpolo had Just, by tho death
portions of Its content of aqueous va- 0f his nephew George, como Into the
por when It Is raised to tho lower tern- Oxford title. He did not rejoice: to him
peraturo normal to tho nltltudo to it nuhnt "ft small estato loaded with
which It ascends. Thus we hnvo 'the dobt," burdening him with business
Bluo Mountain forest bathod In rain cares. But tho fact that he might make
or screened In fog, tho latter condition nls wlfo a Countess and charge the cs
belng somewhat more etllclent In stlm- tAte wtn A jolnturo of 2,000 a year
ulatlng vegetal growth and similarly loosed tho gossips' tongues. It has been
less destructive of tho humus. Thso asserted that he proposed marriage to
constants of the cllmato of this mon- Mary, nnd sho wrote: "As tho willing
tnne forest hnvo beon very completely 0ffcring of a grateful and affectionate
worked out by the author. With equal nrnrt tho tlmo and attention I bestow
attention to detail ho has Investigated upoM nm naVo hitherto given me
tho Interrelation her.wecn the normal piurc. Were they to become a duty,
precipitation ln gross and In tho fea- ttn(I a duly lo which tho world would at
turcs of Its distribution throughoufthe trii,ut0 interested motlveto, they would
year, tho temperaturo of the summit hecomo irksome." The old gentleman
region, and tho character of the vege- waB wealthy and begged htr to Ignore
tatlon which Is best tolerant of the thft nsper8ions In "tho vilest of all In
definitely determined climatic factors. miniliSi tno newspapers." "Will you
Theso carefully prosecuted researches punish me," ho nsks, "because a low
aro all set forth with cogency In the anonymous scribbler pertly takes a
several chapters of Mr. Shreve's book. liberty with your name?" The end of
He concludes his caso In accordance it nu was that tho Berry family, the
with the notation on the brief he holds; KriM nn(j ther father, moveil Into the
ho has established tho Bluo Mountain strawberry Hill house, which was for
forest ns tho product of soil, climate mnllV years their favorite home,
and altitude Interacting. We prefer to Mar.: n,,rry l0ved "a soldier, Gen.
accept tno montane forest of Jamaica
as nroved ln this excellent work and to
point briefly to some of Its effects upon
so much of Jamaica ns Is agronimlcally Dr.lKOon!l m 1752, a Lieutenant In the
valuable, theroforo to tho benefit which Coldstream Guards four years later,
this forest confers upon the people who ni.io-.ip.camp t Lord Granby ln Ger
make Jamaica their home. ' many after the battle of Mlndcn (1759) :
It covers tho Initial point of the con- orvo(1 , Afrlca ufl QUnrtcrmaster-sen-ation
of land and of water, for It .,, nnH American Revolu
point of Jamaica which receives the
tropical rntns. It regulates the flow of
the rivers which descend from tho
mountain slopes. It holds the dropping
water In the tangle ot Its root growth
and produces continuous flow rather
than sudden flood, each stem of herb
and trunk of tree serves as a dam to
hold the rain against the Increment of
surface velocity nnd each such dam Im
pounds somewhat of the soil eroded or
1 derived In chemical solution nnd tends
thort. are conducting In the relit ton of
,.t, n .t ... ,
. ... pa.r,h wh'rh suppo-ts
It, In not wholly bntanv. not wholly
climatology; It seems veritably a geol-
1 ogv of the present 'world
-
Mary Hrrr, llnrnre Wnln.ilrV
i- i i
Mary nnd Agnes Berry, in tin view
rt Lewis Mpi.vii.i.p i.ntnnlle r,t -ti...
1 ,. ' ; ""'
Hern- Pini.rvi" ii,, .i,ii .i. ..
.; ,, , ' ? L ',..r
tespondencn hitherto unpublished" of
thine very obscure literary ladles li,rv
was born In 1763 and died In 11.12), will
"live for all time ill the Her; e i.mit
cast by the great man Horace Wal-
pole upon nl) whom he il-ignci to
honor with his notice." Walpoif wn
"tierce" as a robin redbreast and ibme
whese mundane Immortality depends
' ,..- .h ..,, ,, . ' rnP'
" . . .. . . .
"1,. " "Z " " " "1
'"
1,1 it.iii'ui.', i(ii,,i,iii oi itupweu are no
"wM nl P"Knnnt. vulgar envy
k ,.Momfr. for lh note eJ,
,, aWaj., prai,ing her slst.r's
tatents I must even tell you they dress
wiihln the bounds of fashion, but without
, lh" '"crescences and hatconlc with which
1 modern noyaens overwhelm ara tnrr cade
their person, No doubt gooH .,. Infor-
i mson ,,mpllcltJ. .,,, pa rhar,1(.t. Ih,
Walpolo wns then threescore and ten:
the young ladles were 25 and 24 He
called them his "twin wives." When
they were away he wroto plnyfully it
his "disconsolate widowhood" and he
Elgned himself "Horace Fondlew.vc.s "
Thero Is no fool like nn old fool. ccent
n younger one Mary was his "Suavia-
slma Maria"! Agnes his "sweet lamb"
Kor their edification he wrote his "Item -
lnlscences of the Cour's of George
, ami Ueorge ji. and to them ho dedl-
cated the "Catalogue of Strawberry
Hill. He was their "angel" In society
fne of the advantageous acquaintances
- -.' ,,i...-.,n-,i . mm
i " ii" me nun. .Mrs. unmrr,
i ueynaniM, angeuc.i i.iuiiiiiniin. the dnr-
! 'M", -MlKS barren and Mrs Slddons. nnd
1 under the stimulus of such associations
11 " l,n vuiiiviiiinii ui a cousin-
ernhv natural laiem. She M udicd sculp-
'"ro with John Bacon, and later with
Giuseppe ccrarchl. whose stntue of her ua
, the Muse of Sculpture Is in the entrance
dls-Jhnll uf the British Museum. She mar-
rliarlrs O'Hara. O'Hara, Illegitimate
. a.h i.nrH
Tyrnwley. wa a cornet ln the Third
tion as Brigadier; after Yorktown was
held prisoner till 1782. Beforo being
released by tho Americans ho was pro
moted Mujor-Genernl and placed ln
,;nmmiiml of tne Twenty-second Foot.
As Mr. Melvlllo gracefully expresses It,
"his ftnnnclnl affairs were ln so lament
ablo a condition that considerations of
his personal freedom made It advisable
for him ln 17S4 to go abroad for a
while." In Italy ho met tho Berrys.
Whllo at Gibraltar, 1787-90. he cor
responded with Mary Berry. In 1792
Cyril Thornton":
Ills jpnunranrn was of thM strlklnr eait
vhlch. when nnr n. I not ally for-
r."tt(n 0n Oilara wns th mot perffd
np-tim-n f rrr nvr nt thf toldlr ani
.lurtlfr nf tbf lt aie his atr
. . . .
an,! look, thf try cut of hl coat, that
'lout'le row of auoirf curls that projfctfrt
"" "l"r flank of m ioup-. the fahlnn f
hu mlllturv boom. Never had he
ehansed for more moclern covering the
unmmi'iiw
hat. which had been the
tasBinn or nu youin. mere u w. in
'hP precisely that of an equilateral trl-
,., . i,.i .i.h .n.n..nii nreei.ion
t)l eomewhat elevated behind and
Hnplnc In an untarylnir ane'e down to the
eve. eurnmunicl bv a Inns stiff feather
rll'lI,K (rom a Urire rotie nf black ribbon
,n 1'x"r "M' Thl'' ,h of ,h
K'v"h""""-
The General's financial complications
have been mentioned. In addition to this
qimllty of the dashing soldier h had
Bn,.niK. ihnu. ihm reenrpo the
, foe, w no B I
i Hearts or tne tair. .Mary nerry insisieu
ho'ire And I, forty. two years
nfterward, on opening these paper which
hai been eeeled up ever since, receive the
conviction that some feelings ln some mtnds
are Indelible
In 1S02 Mary Berry was one of the
horde of tourists who after the long
1 war took early advantage of the oppor-
tunltles afforded by peace negotiations
.n P..lt rhe Continent She saw KW
Z.S, , . Jltl
describes him'
I hf v' rtk
Fhorl,r ,han It appear, on a.ny of hit butt
ami it does not lie well or smooth)? on Ma
bead Il by no means struok ma as so
little a. I had heard him repressnted.
' Ills shoulders are broad, which
E'v" , " n5"rl, l"l'nriVln' complexion.
.,.u..h,t .ti... j.i.un. nan in.fc ,na ip
! ni Mt moillh h,' .poking,
pearance of 111 health. His teeth are good
as 1 saw
I.! him. in good humor, hns a remarkable and
. umominon expreeiton of sweetness. His
"'n0'9 countenance as
saw him in this
circle, was more that nf complacence and
"11(ln ,,, ,,ronB "xprstllon whaoVvaV
. . . m, rYe, ar jRnt Kray flI)(, n)(
looks full In th far. of the person to
The list of occasional guests shows
cnthollcltv: Lord Hrsklne. Briiiichnm
t.nlv Shaftesbury, the Aberoorns!
Keiths and Horslyns, I.ady Chnrlotln
Campbell. I.ailv Caroline Lamb. "Ana-
matins" Hope Thomas Moore, the Car-
ivies and Svdnev simith I'mm inriu
isirt Mary Uerry writes to her sister
Agn's: "Talleyrand! Could you see
him: Such a mass of moral anil nhysl-
ton's "manners," but finds hlr, iar m
not very entertaining. Mile. M .
"an Intelligent but vulgarlsh fa e, i,llt
cachcte by any real beauty " m iCj
Georgo Georges has "a mapn flir,t
theatrical figure"; sho "looked .l(in
gloriously last night, nnd spoke ni t of
It with great effect." Attending a lrnncl
trial, sho makes tho observation
mon among Americans a few ti! n h,,
ago! "Tho conduct of a French r ;,
so contrary to all our Ideas of Jusi a,
to surprise onu that so clever a pr ,,e
after all their codes and const't u .n,
Bhould not yet have got nearer ih
mark."
There are letters from and t nnij
about various nobilities nnd notah . itSi
but they are tantalizing, not taL-f ,
commonplace and perfunctoo What
ever attraction they hnvo Is that which
springs from the perusal of any U iters,
by whatever writers and about wlias
ever things they may be, Casting ver
the names that shone in the last years
of tho eighteenth nnd tho first l ihs
nineteenth centuries, It Is rather turd
to refrain from blaming Mary Iierry for
the frleiulshlps she did not make Thi
reader will correct some misprint i R
spoil the sense, as "friends" for 'f jmlj''
at page 374 nnd "worn" for "worse" at
page 417.
LOUVAIN'S OLD MANUSCRIPTS.
Montr nf TIiimu Dencrlliril In n nu.
loKiie Innueil In Hill.
Writing while yet the fate of 1 10 l.
brary of the University of Iouvntn at ttu
hands of the German Invaders was u at.
tcr of question a writer had this to say
about the ancient manuscripts i- the
llbrnry :
"A catalogue of these was puhllshoit la
1641, describing forty-two manuscripts,
Hlnce the suppression of the anete-tt un.
verslty ln 17U7 It Is a matter of ro n. rtf.
ficulty .to tell how many manuscripts
ln the possession of the library t cr
tho creation of tho State Unlversin jf
Louvaln the discovery of manuscrlp's of
the ancient classics, of the holy fjihfrj,
tho books of tho priories, brevUncs nni
manuscripts relating to the his'nry 0!
Ilolglum Increased the number to 246
"One of the treasured manuscripts
the Faitl Academlns Louvalncr.sls, a rnin
uscrlpt on paper, ninety-one. leaves. rtvt ;j
lists of tho faculties of arts, the jy,
law and medicine. There are Indl'tt ins
that this goes back to the second veir if
the university. A folio volume gives th
annals of the Dukes of Ilrnbant a'ter
Charles (named Hasnaln), coverli- hs
period from 1260 to 155.1. The Anriln
oolored plates of horsemen who t-cistj
I In hattle.
An extremely rare manuscript h"
Charles Ducange Blves a plan f'"- ,
tory of France, and contains dr. rT
papers relative to the admlnislru of
1IU . ...
tho library of Louvaln. The firm i of
Prudentlus Is a small folio manm , i.n
parchment, containing 117 leaves, li
Ing of the ninth century. There nri also
Deaunrui manuscripts of Cicero. Hr-esj,
Lucon, Ovid and other classical wrlt.r?
rne nibies and liturgical manus mpii
are very choice. A Book of Honrs ir
parchment, containing 125 leaves, I writ
ten In Gothic characters and Is of c at
beauty It ha two superb mlri ,'ur. j
and colored Initials and borders T'i
llbrnry also contained a great numbr o!
works with notes In manuscript b' I..s
slus, Molanua. Mlrreus. Schott iteM.irmis
nnd other scholars."
HISTORY OF THE PEQU0T WAR.
A Copy Thnt Is Mkely (o He Offered
ut Aiietlnn Tlila Sensoii.
A writer says of a copy of Mason's
"Brief History of tho I'eotiot .ir.
book that Is expected to come lato t'
auction market this season.
"This Is an official account of our first
great Indian war written by tho oflicer
In command. Capt. John Mason was born
in England In 1600 and died at Norwich.
Conn., In 1673. He served In th. Ntbr.
latins under I-nlrlax and came to Dor
cheater In 1630, but removed to W ndsor
In K.3S.
"The great event of the Pequot wu,
which was confined to th iimA. nt n.m,
Is now Connecticut, was the destruction
or me jndlau fort at Mystic. In May,
1637, Mason led a force of ninety wl lta
men and several hundred Indians under
Uncas and Mlantonomah against tha forh
which they succeeded In surprising Bn.
terlng It while the Indians wc.-e asleiT.
they set flre to the wigwams and klllM
600 of the fleeing Indians, men, wenen
and children, losing only two of theJr
own men. Joined by other troops from
Massachusetts under Capt. Underbill, thej
pursued the Indians, killed many and took
a large number of prisoners, practically
annihilating the powerful tribe of th Pe
quote. Many of the captives wern solJ
Into slavery In the West Indies.
"According tn George Emery Llttleflela,
tho eminent authority on Americana, !
on, who had removed to Raybrook aft r
the war, drew up nnd published a Vstory
of the Pequot war, which was repr ntM,
with notes by tho Bey. Thomas Prinoe, n
1736. Another authorltystaes that Prine.s
edited the work from Mason's er -'na!
manuscript.
"The price of thl rare work has thi"
tuated so thnt auction quotation g" '
tie Idea what the next copy m!r' ' Vr -The
Balcom copy, which bronchi J
was bound In a full morocco hr 1 re nnl
sold at the Holllngswnrth s le fo
Tho Tames copy, wtlh the t e i "
facsimile, brought S0O TlK nnrnt-ent
Hoe copy, bound by Zaohnsdorf ,e 1,1
the record price of $l,sr,0"
AN AWAITED BIOGRArHY
The I.lfe of .Joseph Clinnilierlnlii
Vet I'ortlieoniliiK.
A writer In London say- n
riellnlte about the hlogriph of
Joseph Chamberlain h if vet '
noiinced, hut a volume nf "
Speeches' Is soon to he nn',1 i e I
stable, with an Intrnductlrn m ' "
Chamberlain-
"The mnlerlnl has heen put '
by Mr Charles Walter nl
to work nn tho .Vnffnmil rtli-. ,
Henley, nnd later, after a-'""-'
serietury lo the late Gior:,' v"
and Sir I.ennder Stan' Jit,-,
Jim"), became pnlliic.il ee,'i
late Cecil Rhodes. As tho po' "
tlnns between Mr t'tiamne 1 '
Imperialist 'fllends In S,,u''i A'
exceedingly delicate, and n th
eventful chapter of South fr', u
,r
1
,ni
coveting I hut irrloil of f'l, nl
never been fully written, th
editing the Chamberlain sp
been Intrusitd lo adnuinble h " 1
"It Is to be hoped I'-.it
now be gradually lifted aim '
Boyd's bonk will be siiinelhllK ,
a mern collection of already rei
teriuiccs."
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