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BOOK REVIEWS.
AI.ON4. Til K. RO\P. Bv Arthur Christnpher
Benson, fellow of Magdalene
College, Cainbri.lce author of "From
a College Winuow," etc. NcA- York:
tj. Putnam's Sons.
MP. HKNSON is confirmed In a
delightful essay ism. And this
volume is of the full pattern
of his richest work. A book
that calls for leisure to loiter
Along its* way. reading this twice to get
the real savor of its thought; reading
that aloud to catch the melodious cadence
of its movement, stopping to smile at
this genial \\ himsey and to laugh outright
at tit.it clean throw. What Mr. Benson
is talking about does not so much matter,
though It is always of something worth
any one's best while. Perhaps only a picture
of Knglish landscape, hut it ts bound to
he a beautiful or mellow picture. Maybe
a ruined tower or crumbling wall, out of
which Its essence of mournful personality
eiands clear. Often, as here, It Is a tribute
to some one, and an estimate. Gladstone.
Browning, Keats, and another and
another. Any subject, big or little, near
or fai. makes a thing to pause by as it
emerges from the high and tranquil spirit
?f this scholarly man. A poetic spiritualise
pervades these essays and. what is
more passes out to the reader in the degree
to which he can receive either poetry
or spirituality
b\MHOl A\n SATIRR I* THR
I'RKM II HRVOl.t TIOX. By Ernest
F. Henderson. Ph. D., L. H. D., author
of "A Lady of the Old Regime."
etc. illustrated. New York: G. P
Putnam's ijons.
Mr. Henderson here makes an interest*
J r, l r\ e fhft lTronnh rPv il
I'l o \.'i tc,iiiai 01 uvi.? v?k v uv. x i v kvk ? - ? ?
lution by stringing cartoons upon a
thread of history. The cartoons, about
two hundred of them, are reproduced
from those made and sent broadcast
during the Reign of Terror. The text
Is an Incisive description of tlie events
and situayona producing these caricatures
and satirical sketches. The two
together produce an effect of realism
that moves one, as it were, into the very
turbulence and passion of these open
invectives and challenges. They certainly
change one's notions about this
supposedly oppressed and terrified commonalty.
No modern metropolitan press
could he more daring and insulting than
are these broadsides of the French
against their king and all the nobility
as well. It is hard to imagine a more
telling summary of the spirit of France
at this t me than this pictorial progress
of the revolution gives to one.
MOUhR\ I'RORUIMS; a Discussion of
Debatable Subjects. By Sir Oliver
Rodge, principal of the University
of Birmingham. New York: George
II. Doran Company.
These searching and penetrating essays
touch aide fields and cover many of the
pressing current problems in economics,
society, politics, with many side paths off
into literature and art. One, reading,
follows a notably clear line of thinking
and meets a hand practiced in arranging
and ordering thoughts for immediate
seizure and comprehension. The method
is unvaryingly that of the man of science,
whatever the theme may he. The whole
is a dear, open, disciplined discussion of
modern conditions and tendencies and
probable effects. A splendid book to give
tin- genual reader a broad survey of affair
at the hands of a distinguished and
useful man.
Kl Kl.l> n\ts l\ lilJPOItMV By
Bradford Torrey. author of "Birds
in the Bush," etc. Boston: Houghton
>1 llflin Company.
Mr Torrey is the same companionable
lean here as he has so markedly been in
all ot his writings about nature. He is
tie- Kind of nature student that is willing.
now and then, to take some one along
w lb him to share the excitement of those
adventurous field days, and chatting informally
along the way about what bis
keen eyes see on every side and about
innumerable interesting facts of bird life.
These California field days arc of the redletter
variety, for upon <me of them Mr.
Torrey saw his '"first condor" and upon
another ids "iirst water-ousels"?rare
findings for an eastern birdman. And
upon all of them there was the unceasing
wonder of the "fields" themselves?the
Grand Canyon, the Yosemitc and the redwood
region, vast and impressive housings
for the small creatures of his quest. A
portrait of Mr. Torrey and photographs of
many of the Californ a neighborhoods
frequented by him in these studies are
added to this volume to indicate the desire
of the publishers to offer it as a
memorial to Mr. Torrey, who died in
Santa Barbara last October.
W HO I.At (ills I. \ST. B>? Ashton
Hillers. author of "As It Happened."
etc. New York: G. I". Putnam's Sons.
Here Is the sad ea^e of an author who
has talked a good story almost to death.
A fair plot, lit and interesting people to
carry it out. fresh and in the main plausible
happenings, and a consistent and
happy climax, are all here, set down in
a favoring climate. But toe author cannot
pcTjuadi himself t<> go back and be
quiet. At'out once in five minutes be
comes out in front of his story to
explain. t<? analyze, to reflect, to moralize.
He retire?-. Then, perhaps, just as one
is settling into the hope that this time lie
has ro!;c f .i good and all. leaving one to
the enjoyment <>r a really tine story, out
he comes again If a sieve, made to let
out about a third of this matter?all of
the author's tine-spun reflections?could
lie used upon this adventure it would
leave an admirable aecount of a young
Kngllshman's self-retrieval after a serious
lapse from the elaborately ordered plan
of his life.
M11IK. By l'ranccs New bold Xoves
New York: lid ward J Clode.
A tirst book. A siip of a girl writing.
So youth, cxux.ant and buoyant, has
pretty much It.own way with this story.
Yrt. beneath the tine flair of its unNEW
PUBLICATIONS.
f?-? i tir
dcit aim yt nig
By FREDERICK FANNING AYER
Absorbing, astounding, inspiring,
baffling.?London Academy.
Power and originality.
?Cork Examiner.
A great work?Boston Herald.
Marks of genius constantly.
?Troy Record.
A wealth of ideas.
?Boston Transcript.
Genuine aspiration and power.
?Occult Review, England.
Near the stars.
?Portland Oregonian.
Astounding fertility.
?Brooklyn Times.
A striking book of verse.
?Boston Post.
Price $2.50
Q. P. PUTNAM'S SONS,
Publishers, N. Y.
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sophisticate days, one finds a curious
un-vounf quality?spots of wisdom for
which neither years nor learning can
take credit, and a native sense of workmanship
with which experience and
schooling can have had nothing to do.
These, the durable foundations for ma,
turcr and richer buildings. For its mechanics
this story takes a stage. The
1 curtain rises upon Interesting entrances
and exits. And. what is toy no means
so easy, it falls because the thing begun
rounds to an end. instead of stopping
i when midnight falls, and lights go out.
and an audience nods. A very workmanIv
structure. TTpon this stage young society
sets Itself engagingly In a series of
pldisurings and an unbroken flow of
talk?always bright talk and often clever.
It Is of the high school period, naturally,
with Caesar and Brutus. Arthur and
I-Jincelot easily and comfortably domiciled
in the mind. One takes the author's
word that the scene Is English. A "MyI>ady"
or so bears out the statement,
though one prefers to look upon it as a
scene in the golden land of youth, everywhere
or anywhere. The story itself Is
about a boy and a girl. The boy is a
young pagan god, brought across time
and delivered here In a singularly fresh
and undamaged condition. The girl is
just nice?like all girls. Some other folks
roundabout bring bad and good weather
to this budding love. A woman as old
as Eve plays the mischief with things
and brings the boy to an end for which
s?he and Frances Newbold Xoyes must
be held about equally culpable. It really
ought not to have gone that way. The
story, published first serially and now
gatlwred into a volume. Is good reading.
Better than this, it Is a good promise, for
its many excellences are of the durable
kind, useful as the basis of literature,
and its faults?If they may be called
faults?even are of the nature of the
writer'? youth.
BFXCH GRASS: a Chronicle of Life
on n Cattle Ranch. By Horace Annesley
Vachell. author of "JohnVerney."
etc. New York: George H.
Doran Company.
The Wg west was bigger' then, and
lonelier, and more dangerous, and more
romantic. A good many years ago Mr.
Vachell went well out toward the Pacific
slope and for seventeen of these
years was himself a cattl? rancher. It
is out of this long stretch of life In these
parts that he has gathered up these stlrI
ring tales of rough outlawry* and adven
J turous pioneering. It Is this Intimacy
| with the situation that gives Mr. Vachell
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TUB regular routine of work in ?
the local studios will be interrupted
to a considerable extent
by the events incident to the
inaugural exercises, but it
should be remembered that the inauguration
of a new President invariably
brings many people to "Washington
who might not otherwise visit the National
Capital and yet are prepared to
take away with them impressions of the
best the city can afford not only in the
way of festive decorations, but In permanent
works of art. Sir Alfred Bast,
the distinguished British artist, once said
that the impression one carried away
from a strange city was not of its good
government or its commercial success or
even its social distinction, but its art.
manifested in its architecture, sculpture
and paintings.
If this is so?and many believe that it
i?s?It is well at such times as this to
take account of the city's wealth in this
particular direction, seeing ourselves as
the visitors may see us. and pointing out
if we may that which is worthy of their
thought and attention.
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RI.MARILY Washington has a city plan
^ which is pre-eminently a work of |
art. This was designed by Maj. IVEnfant.
a French engineer, in conference
with Washington and Jefferson. A
series of radial avenues is superimposed
upon a gridiron of streets, the intersection
of which affords opportunity for fixed
openings, induce short vistas and create
what an English architect has characterized
as numerous sharp-aosed building
j lots breaking the monotony of uniform
| design. It is to this plan that we owe
j our numerous small parks as well as our
more spacious park areas, which are not
yet wholly developed.
Ton years ago when a commission of
experts, composed of Daniel H. Burnham,
Charles F. McKlrn. Augustus St.
llaudens and Frederick Law Olmsted,
was appointed by the Senate to make a
plan for the development of the parks
of the capital nothing better could He
found as a basis than the old plan made
more than a hundred years earlier and
almost forgotten. It is In accordance
with this plan, revised by these experts,
that Improvements aro constantly being
made?Improvements which affect not
only comfort and economy, hut beauty.
During President Taft's administration
Potomac Park, which is not only a pleasure
park for the people, a popular resort,
!' FAMOUS WOMEI
CATHERINE DE ft
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The absolute power to which Catherine
had attained, for the young king was
but ten years old. brought with It problems
which might baffle the wisest ruler.
The religious war raging In France between
the Catholics and the Huguenots
, was in effect a civil war, and was waged
with almost unparalleled savagery. Not
' handicapped by religious convictions of
her own, the regent wavered between the
two parties. In tfle end, however, the cx,
cesses of the Huguenots turned her toward
the Catholics. Wo of the United
States are apt to Judge the French
Huguenots from the distressed exiles who
sought our shores and founded Charleston.
with other cities. We are familiar
with Houghton's poetic picture of "The
Huguenot Hovers." fleeing from a murderous
puisult. Hut as a matter of fact
these Protestants were not themselves
m * 1 HA tuillt
free from tlie odor 01 uiuuu ?nu ?
<'f vandalism. Beyond any question tho
tirst project of Catherine was to make
i France a Protestant nation, as Henry
VI11 had done with England. Her purpose
was diverted first by the anti-national
alliance of the Huguenots with
! England; second, by their savagery and
vandalism when they sacked cathedrals,
burned or wrecked the artistic relics of
the middle ages, and even defiled the
tombs of the vent\able dead.
Defeats Invading English.
The regent first showed her hand against
the Huguenots by repudiating the treaty
they had made with England, and by
leading in person the armies that drove
the invading English back across the
channel. At the siege of Rouen she led
tlie besiegers directing the attack with
masculine vigor, it is curious to remember
thai this warrior queen, w hose courage
rose superior to cannon balls and
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j a distinct advantage over the writer wh<
appears to have made his notes on th<
cowboy and the cattle ranch from somi
car window and who is thrown, fron
his circumstances, upon the necessity o
inventing page after page of scenery
This author's stories are all action? rea
people doing something, thinking things
having feelings of one sort or anothei
rudely expressed, keenly alive and be
lievable. There is to a happy degree ir
all of these tales that proportioned
KlAr.z4lr.n- z.f ?l.n? o r. J 3
?'i* imiiiik \ji nine auu auu priauir
ality and event that gathers, under th?
name of atmosphere, an element In whicl
readers follow these adventures witt
credence and pleasure.
THR WIND'S WILL. By Albert Britt
New York: Moffat. Yard & Co.
A completely modern romance, whos<
affairs move from an Illinois farm to s
Pennsylvania mill town, and from ther<
on to New York city, and back to tin
mills. This is the story of a boy sud
denlv projected Into situations and re
sponsibllities for which he has had m
training, save a clean upbringing anc
a good measure of native manliness. A
little mystery at the beginning, not onlj
gives an ideal boyhood for the hero on t
western farm, but It explains also why h<
is held away from his father's mills
which are bound ultimately- to depend
upon him for their safe and successfu
conduct. The remainder of the invention
is concerned with the iboy's verj
natural business failure, and of his retreat
to New York, where, for a time, h<
was able to forget his humiliation. But
being at heart a man. he was compelled
to go after his defeat and work it ovei
into something better than that. A good
love story goes along with the other adventures,
much of the final all-around
success depending upon the fine qualities
of Its heroine. This is a good storysturdy,
well built, of excellent theme. Ir
its grasp and portrayal of the charactei
of its young hero, from boy to man, it is
admirable.
THE BROWNS. By J. E. Buckrose
author of "Down Our Street," etc.
New York: George H. Doran Company.
This cheerful little story pictures home
life in an English town. There is but one
cloud, and tnat brightens into sunset
glow. Mrs. Brown Is a wistful bit of a
widow, who, cheated out of youth and
married happiness, clings with a childlike
faith to her buoyantly strong daughter,
who loyally returns love for lore.
WS AMD
but a rast improvement to the watei
front, has been almost entirely developed.
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"THE architecture which stands toda.v
^ to the credit of the early builders
of Washington is still regarded as ex
empiary. The Capitol, designed by Thornton.
the White House, the Treasurythere
is a grave dignity and simplicity ir
these btilldings which is hard to equal
It waa Jefferson who urged the use ol
the classical style, expressing the hop?
that these first architects would not de
part from those standards and ideal!
which generations of authorities in suet
matters had agreed to declare superior
Unluckily the idea of being different asserted
itself in time, and the result t<
government architecture was essentially
disastrous. But better days have conx
and one can well point with pride todaj
to the new House and Senate office buildings,
designed by Carrere and Hastings
to the Union station, designed by Burn
ham, and to such other structures as tin
National Museum, the .Lreparrnient ui
Agriculture and the municipal building.
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WASHINGTON' 1b said to have the dis.
tinction of possessing a majority
of the equestrian statues in the world
Certainly it has more than its share
The Jackson in Lafayette Square has th?
distinction of being the first cquestriar
statue by an American ever erected ir
this country, it is by Clark Mills, whc
trembled and hesitated at the thought ol
the undertaking, never having seen ar
equestrian statue In his life, and it was
dedicated in 1853?so young, in fact, is
the history of American sculpture. Tht
equestrian statue of Gen. Thomas Ir
Thomas Circle, 14th and Massachusetts
avenue, is the work of J. Q. A. Ward, and
is one of the best equestrian statues,
not only In this city, but in the entire
world. The McClellan at the head ol
Connecticut avenue is by MacMonnies,
the Sheridan in Sheridan Circle, an effort
toward unconvention, Is by Gutzon
Borglum.
There Is other sculpture of note. St.
Gaudens' marvelous figure, variously
called "Grief" and "The Peace of God,"
the Adams memorial, is in Rock Creel
cemetery; Daniel c. French's beautiful
G&llaudet group is at Kendall Green
Charles H. Niehaus' "Hahnemann" and
his "John Paul Jones" are in various
parts of the city proper. Albert
Jaeger's "Steuben," on the northwest
corner of l^ifayette Square, is also a
work of conspicuous merit. The Columbus
on the plaza of the station is the
FOF HISTORY. [
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if Willis J. Abbot.)
musketry, was still of so superstitious a
sort that she believed her safety was assured
by wearing on her breast the skir
of a baby whose throat had been cut
adorned with mysterious characters it"
diverse colors!
With the English driven from the coasts
oi ;sorrnanay me regent lurneu agvn v>consideration
of the war between the
factions In France. Juat when she turned
from the Huguenots to the Catholics Is
difficult to tell. As she was wholly coldblooded
In her rellglo-political Intrigues, 11
is probable that some disaster to the
Puritan cause was the starting point ol
her new policy. However, she tvntlnued
to play fast and loose with both parties
and not until 1572 did she irrevocably Inscribe
her name In blood on the Catholic
side by ordering the massacre of St. Bartholomew.
King Bitterly Repents Act.
Nominally that coloBsal crime was ordered
by the king, Charles IX, but in
fact that youthful weakling was forced
by his mother, sorely against his will, tc
sign the paper directing the murder ol
every Huguenot In Paris, however peaceful
their vocations, or however far they
might be removed from the Intrigues of the
Protestant party. Bitterly did Charles repent
his act. His remorse seized upon
him when his nerveless fingers laid down
the pen with which he signed the proclamation,
and never left him until his death
gasp, which was materially advanced b>
the nervous collapse that followed this
frightful atrocity. Gladly would he have
recalled the paper and canceled the license
to slay, but his dragon mothei
stayed close at his side, and he dared
not oppose her will. She even ordered
the tocsin?the signal for the massacrerung
three hours before the time lest sht
be unable to hold his wavering determination
firm. There Is a story that sht
even had loaded muskets put in the room
of the Liouvre whence he watched the car4
> Margaret teaches all day, and in the
b evening she and her mother plan a future
5 of wonderful travels when the girl shall
' have inherited the fortune which a spln?
ster cousin has promised her by will. But
at the last Cousin Rebecca makes another
1 will in favor of Nephew Gerald, who is
rich and does not need her money. Poor
r Margaret, realizing how the loss of the
" fortune will prevent her from taking her
1 mother abroad, burns the will. And the
' two are reveling in their first glimpse
" I of the Swiss Alps wnen Jiargaroi leanm
- I tliat Gerald's parents have died suddenly
1 and left him almost penniless. Little
1 Mother Brown Is so Joyously happy for
the first time in a life of misery, which Is
merely Inferred, that the girl lacks the
" courage to make restitution?but she does
another brave thing which leads over
i troublous roads to a deservedly happy
l ending. The characters are wholesomely
? real, the text Is attractive and the atmos,
phere as English as toasted crumpets for
tea.
- THE PARASITE; a Novel. By Helen
j Reimensnyder Martin, author of
"Tillie, a Mennonite Maid," etc.
Philadelphia: J. B. Idppincott Com1
pany.
L The parasite is a poor girl of good birth,
? who "hangs on" to society because her
. mother has a foolish notion that it would
J lower her daughter's dignity to work. The
. opening chapter finds Joan at the sumr
mer home of a distant relative, where
she keeps in the background, is always
i ready to make herself useful, and. he,
cause she is lonely, lets her heart go out
1 to a tiny hoy, whose father. Judge Ran- (
dall. is divorced. The judge, "a young
1 southern gentleman of blood and culture"
and the "foremost citizen" of his state,
I is averse to a second marriage, but, dis
covering Joan's love for his son. decides
- to make her his wife, in name only, so
i that she may become a legalized nurse
" for the boy. The girl accepts, and the
' story weaves its not over-interesting way
to the orthodox happy ending. Why Joan
should be more of a parasite than Cath
erine, a useless society girl, whose aim
throughout the hook Is, first, to marry
the Judge, and then to take him from his
wife, may perhaps puzzle the average
, reader.
WITCHING HILL,. By E. W. Hornung.
Illustrated by P. C. Yohn. New
York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
The "Witching Hill" stories have ap
peared from time to time separately, with
the provoking result of not fully disclosing
to their readers the general design
MOTES 01
* work of Ivorado Taft. and one of the
city's most recent acquisitions.
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W\SHINOTOXIAXS are fully familiar
with the city's two public art gal.
leries?the National Gallery'of Art, which
. ia now located in the National Museum,
. 10th and B streets, and the Corcoran Gali
lerv of Art on 17th street and New York
. avenue, but strangers are apt to confuse
f one with the other. The National Gallery
i lias been established for many years, but
- only comparatively lately has it exhibited
3 much vitality.
, The bequest of the Harriet Lane Johnston
collection in 1WJ.1 and the gift of the
' Evans collection in 1007 gave impetus to
" grnwih and in these few years great prog>
ress has been made. The Johnston collection
is composed chiefly of paintings by
- nM u-nrld mautori]' tliA gv'nna collection.
' given by William T. Evans of Montclair,
X. J., consists entirely of paintings by
eotempnrary American artjsts. To these
[ collections lm\e been added from time
; to time valuable loans. The Freer collection
was also deeded to the nation
under the sponsorship of the Smithsonian
Institution. This splendid collection
of oriental paintings, potteries
and other art objects, as well as paint'
ings by Whistler, Trvon, Dewing and
Thayer, will not come to Washington
until after the death of the donor.
Fliarles L Freer of Detroit. It will
s then be housed in a separate building,
i for the erection of which Mr. Freer
i has made provision, but it may well he
considered an integral part of the
National Gallery.
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' VVTITII the Evans National Gallery col
" lection and the permanent collection
of the Corcoran Gallery of Art there
1 is in Washington the most comprehensive
! collection of American paintings to be
' found in any city in this country. In the
Evans collection are several famous
! works by George Inness, a number of
paintings by Wyant, others by Ilomcr
Martin, Twachtman, Ryder, Blakclock
and men of the later school. In the Cor_
1-~ ~ e I
eoran gaiiery are n uin? <>i mum .-mmr.
r date, landscapes by Doughty and Cole,
Kensott, Durand, Bierstadt and Church,
c portraits bv Gilbert Sluart. Peale. Hard1
ing a!id others, with figure paintings by
; Benjamin West and those who came
I after him. The whole history of the development
of American painting is
: shown, and most admirably. The living
t painters, sueh as Metealf, Shannon, de
, Forest Brush, Chase, Redlleld and
Oehtman, are splendidly represented, the
i (Jorcoran gallery being both a liberal
nage tfnd encouraged him to take a cowardly
shot at bleeding fugitives as they
ran past.
Gutters Run With Blood.
The tale of St. Bartholomew is a stoy
for a volume, not for a brief sketch.
For three days the gutters of old Paris
ran crimson with human blood, and the
leaning walls of the narrow streets, now
swept away by progress, reverberated
with the curses of combatants and the
cries and moans of the dying. Every
Huguenot found on the streets was done
to death, and every known Huguenot
house was sacked and neither gray hairs
t nor infancy spared. The red wrath rolled
. into the palace of the king, to thevery
( antechamber of the cold-hearted woman
who had plotted this colossal crime. One
[ man threw himself, all bloody, on the
bed of her daughter Marguerite, who pro:
tected him with her body. Some forty
, Huguenots were lodged in the Eouvre. All
, were driven with sword jtabs to the win[
dows, where they were thrown to the
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; savage soiaiery. me men wnu uru?c
them to their death were men with whom
t but a few hours earlier they had been
, dicing or chatting In amity. No one
f knows how many wero slain in those
[ three bloody days. The estimates, which
are many, vary between 10,000 and 110,:
ooo.
Iron Nerve Never Broke.
The iron nerve of the queen regent
never broko under the responsibility for
this massacre, but her son, Charles IX,
never lived down the memory of his part
i in it. Ghosts waited beside his bed. Dying
[ walls sounded in the stilly watches of
the night. To his physician, Ambrose
, Parr, he said: "1 know not what has
happened to me these two or three days
past, but I feel my mind and body as
, much at enmity with each other as IT i
was seized with fever. Sleeping or wak'
ing, the murdered Huguenots seem ever
present to my eyes with ghastly faces
, and weltering In their blood. I wish the
innocent and helpless had been spared."
Catherine died in 1589, her death being
hastened by the assassination of the
i Duke of Guise, whom her son, Henry III,
r had done to death. "You have slain the
, Due de Guise," she cried in horror, "take
J care that his death does not render you
king of nothing!" The wily old politi[
eian read the future better than any of
, her astrologers, for within a few months
, Henry, too, was assassinated, and the
Valois dynasty for which she had plotted,
intrigued, lied, made war and done mur;
der was extinguished.
Brave But Unscrupulous.
.Was Catherine de Medici great? She
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of the author. They have now been assembled
as a sequence that supplies this deficiency
and presents the interesting research
of Uvo Delavoye info the baleful
influence of his wicked ancestor upon the
modern dwellers of the land over which
he once held sway. It was Delavoye's
theory that old I^ord Mulcaster's sinister
doings had saturated the soil with a certain
vicious quality which found lodgment
in some of the occupants of the new
homes built unon his subdivided estate.
Mr. Mornung's treatment of this theme
in the eight tales that comprise the present
volume affords some entertaining and
suggestive bits of fiction. It is quite possible
to account for all the phenomena
of Witching Hill on strictly natural and
rational lines, but, nevertheless, the author
of "Raffles" has invested the theory of
Delavoye with a certain plausibility.
EVRRBRKEZE. By Sarah P. McLean
Greene, author of "Vesty of the
Basins." etc. New York: D. Appleton
& Co.
Mrs. Greene is handicapped in her literary
work by the reputation of her previous
stories. It seems difficult for her
to produce nowadays as good a tale as
"Cape Cod Folks" or "Vesty of the
Basins." Certainly "Everbreeze" is not
up to the mark of those two delightful
stories. Her down-east characters in this
tale seem made for the occasion and not
drawn from real life. The romance is not '
spontaneous and, taken altogether, while <
there is much entertaining matter in the ,
chapters, "Everbreeze" is out of tune
with the Greene tradition.
HISTORY OF THE ONE KINDRED 1
AND FORTIETH REGIMENT,PENN- i
SYLVAXIA VOLUNTEERS. By i
Prof. Robert Laird Stewart, D. D? 1
historian. Published by authority 1
of the Regimental Association.
The 140th Pennsylvania became a noted '
regiment during the course of the civil ;
war, its membership including many sol- 1
diers whose reputations spread through- '
out the country. It participated in some
of the severest and most Important bat- (
ties of the great conflict, and now its his- <
tory has at length been written and published
In a manner fully in keeping with the
regiment's remarkable work. This
book is the result of a careful research
on the part of a* publication committee
consisting of William S. Shallenberger,
Rev. Dr. John R. Paxton, Thomas Henry,
.1 A T _ 1 I CI A. mm.* IN TN J
J-TOI. Kooen ijHiru 01CWH.II, u. is., aiiu
Harry J. Boyde, Prof. Stewart was chosen \
as historian, and In the year that elapsed i
between the authorization of the pubticaF
ART AS
and judicious purchaser, and nowhere ]
will a finer Inness he found than the i
"Sunlight .In the Woods," which this gal- i
lory owns. 1
The Corcoran gallery collection Is made l
up almost entirely of modern works, but <
the French school is no less well rep- i
resented than the American. Corot's
"Wood Gatherers" Is a superb canvas,
and no less may he said of examples
of some of the other men of the
Barblzon school. The modern Dutch
and the modern German are also repre- 1
sented, but less comprehensively.
*
* * i
THE Corcoran gallery has assembled
quite a collection of sculpture?some
excellent American works and an entire
roomful of Barye bronzes. It has also
an exceptionally fine collection of St.
Memin portraits, which may be seen by
any who may be Interested upon application
at the director's office.
*
* *
'"TWO special exhibitions will be on
* view in the Corcoran gallery
next week?the exhibition of bronzes by ,
Anna Coleman Ladd, which opened a
fortnight ago in the upper loan room,
and an exhibition of paintings by llobart
Nichols and Paul Cornoyer. opened in
fHo hAtntpvplA Violl tnilttr Tho latter* will
consist of two "one-man exhibitions,"
each artist contributing a comprehensive
group. Mr. Nichols is especially well
known in this city, having lived here
from boyhood until a few years ago,
studying at the Art Students' League
and independently while employed In the
illustration division of the geological survey.
His home is now in Bronxville, N.
Y.t and his pictures have found ready acceptance
and favor in the leading exhibitions
in this country. Mr. Cornoyer is
best known as a painter of city pictures.
He was born in St. Louis and studied under
Lefebre, Benjamin Constant and Louis
Blanc in Paris. His pictures have received
numerous awards. They are individual
and1 noteworthy.
Jn order to accommodate the many visiting
strangers the Corcoran gallery will ,
Monday and subsequent days during inauguration
week bo open from 1) to
o'clock, with the exception of March 4,
when It will be closed all day.
*
MR. MESSER has been absent from
the city for about a week on a trip
to Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York
to visit the art schools in these cities. En
route he has been enabled to visit an exhibition
of cotemporary American paint- ]
was active, brave, resourceful, unserupu- '
lous and cold-hearted. She worked always
according to her lights for the advancement
of France and of her family.
But of her works little save the freedom
of France from British rule persists. Religious
toleration abides where she stirred
up religious strife and the Palace of the
Tujleries she built as a monument to her
grandson the people tore down as a
monument to oppression and aristocratic
Infamy.
Art Instinct of the Japanese.
From the Atlantic Monthly.
The opening of Japan has revealed to
the lovers of art another world of cultured
beauty bearing the impress of the
same spirit of refinement, the same delicacy
of line, the same fidelity to nature
and the same feeling of restraint which
characterizes the masterpieces of Hellenic
art. Quite true is it, indeed, that
these masterpieces have not yet been surpassed,
or even equaled; but in one respect,
and that the most important which <
can be named, the Japanese have surpassed
the Greeks in the development of
the art instinct, in that with them it has
become the possession, of a whole peopl.e.
Possibly the Greeks may have been endowed
with such a universal instinct for 1
art production and art appreciation, but
certain It is that there is no other nation ,
today living in which artistic taste and
aptitude are more generally diffused than
In Japan. Not only are the commonest
kitchen utensils molded into forms of ex- '
quisite beauty by Japanese artisans, but :
it is also very unusual to find even a
coolie who is not in some way a capable
artist. To this so competent an authority !
as Prof. Chamberlain bears testimony in
saying that it is to the common people 1
that the foreigner in Japan must go for 1
those lessons in proportion, fitness and
anKei atir nrViinh /~V *>n?te o Anna Ifn&nr xa aI 1
??v/ua idij v> iiii_. ii ui crvc vnvc "nun du ncu.
Do you want flowers arranged? Ask
your house coolie to arrange them. Is
something wrong In the laying out of
your garden? Call In the cook or the
washerwoman as counselor. It makes little
difference whom you consult, so universal
is the development of the art instinct
among the common people throughout
the entire empire.
Telling a Turkey's Age.
from London Opinion.
"Casey," said Pat, "how do J'ez tell
the age of a tu-u-rkey?"
"Oi can always tell by the teeth," said
Casey.
"By the teeth'." exclaimed Pat "But a
tu-u-rkey has no teeth."
"No," admitted Casey, "but Oi have."
tlon and the final issue of the work much
correspondence has been in progress, re*
suiting in an unusually complete regimental
record. The illustrations are especially
well chosen and artistically reproduced,
consisting of portraits, monuments
and occasional scenes of battlefields.
Perhaps the most interesting feature
of the work is a map which shows
the movements nf the. regiment from the
time It left Washington. December 12 and
13. 1RB2. until it returned to this city May
25, 1865. A red line traces every march
of the organization, every countermarch
and turn. This Is an appropriate and
unique map. and it adds greatly to the
interest in the publication, not merely on
the part of participants in the campaigns
themselves, but students of military history.
Local Interest in this work is increased
by the fact that the chairman of
the publication committee. William S.
Shallenberger, is now a resident of Washington.
where he has heretofore served
both as member of Congress and as assistant
postmaster general. He was adjutant
of the 140th Regiment.
rHE DAY OF days I an Ritravagansa.
By Louis Joseph Vance, author of
"The Brass Bowl." etc. With illustrations
by Arthur William Brown,
Boston: Little, Brown & Co.
Mr. Vance can be depended upon, when
he starts something, to carry it through
to a lively finish. He has confessedly
Brawn his inspiration for the present
story from the play "Kismet," dealing
with the rise and fall of an Arabian beggar
within the space of twenty-four
lours. To a shabby young bookkeeper in
a leather warehouse he grants his "day
of days." Well within the twenty-four
hours of the allotted period, this young
man compasses a cycle of adventures of
the most thrilling kind. Beginning by
taking a girl to the theater, he loses her
soon afterward by a virtual kidnaping:
next breaks the bank of a closely shuttered
gambling den; impersonates a policeman.
eludes capture: makes an uninvited
call upon a lady whose husband is
ibout to attempt her life, saves her from
Beath. and at her solicitation goes to one
of the most dangerous dives in New York
to summon to her aid a gangman of
wide disrepute; saves a young "pigeon"
from plucking; attends a mask ball, impersonating
his satanic majesty; proposes
and is accepted, only to lose his
lady love by a trick that nearly involves
him in arrest: stumbles upon a homicide,
and finally participates in a fight between
gangmen and policemen, with an ultimate
Bash for liberty and happiness. There is
something doing every minute of the al
m mm
Ing in Baltimore, the Pennsylvania Academy's
annual exhibition in Philadelphia
and the international show in the armory
In New York, which has been creating so
much sensation. The international show
continues for at least a fortnight and the
academy for four weeks longer.
*
* *
ON account of the Inauguration the
regular monthly "Art Talk" at the
Corcoran School will be postponed from
Monday. March 3. to Monday. March 10
It will be given by the principal of the
school, Mr. Messer.
* *
THE Society of Washington Artists has
Just issued circulars for its twentysecond
annual exhibition, which will be
held in Hemicycle Hall of the Corcoran
Gallery front April 111 to April i!8. The
exhibits are restricted to paintings in oils
??? ?irit rtfAtnoiiolv' AvhlhltbH in
O. I ?U BVIlipiUl C 11VI I'ICTtuuPl.T v-nm w.v^v.
Washington. and no works being especially
invited, all must pass before a jury.
The jury of selection will comprise thirteen
members of the society. The jury of
award will, however, be made up of three
persons in no wise connected with the
organization. Through the generosity of
several public-spirited citizens three
medals?one gold, one silver and one
bronze?will be given for the three best
pictures in the exhibitions. llonoraole
mention will also be awarded. By excluding
large exhibition pictures the hope
Is that a greater number of small pictures
o'. high excellence may be set forth.
*
* *
THE Washington Water Color Club will
hold its annual exhibition In Hemlcycle
Hall of the Corcoran Gallery from
the middle to the end of March. Application
for extra blanks should be made
to the secretary, Miss Bertha E. Perrie,
808 17th street. This promises to be an
extremely interesting and important display.
Br
*
NO new exhibition has been set up of
late in the library of Congress, but
in the print division there is a vast
amount now on view which is full of interest
and of great moment to students.
A6 of peculiarly timely significance, attention
may be called to Joseph Penriell's
lithographs of the Panama canal, sets of
which have ibeen purchased by several of
the foreign governments, and also to his
more recent lithographs of Washington
which are on view.
The library is In itself a great show
place, with' its many mural ,paintings.
Little Stories
UNC' BILLY POS
HAD SNC
By Thorntoi
Unc' Billy Possum didn't know whether
he liked the snow more than he hated
It or hated it more than he liked it just
now. Usually he dislikes the snow very
much and doesn't go out in it any more
than he has to. But this time the enow
had done Unc* Billy a good turn, a very
good turn, indeed. At least, Unc' Billy
thought It had. Unc' Billy had been a
prisoner in Farmer Brown's henhouse.
He couldn't get out because Farmer
Brown's boy had set traps outside every
opening. Then the snow had come and
buried them so deep that they could not
catch any one, and Unc' Billy had dug
hiB way out.
Once out of the henhouse Unc' Billy had
lost no time in starting for the Green
Forest. But it waa slow, hard work.
You see the snow was newly fallen and
was soft. Of course Unc' Billy sank into
it almost un to his middle at every step.
H? huffed and he puffed and he grunted
and groaned. You see Fnc' Billy had
slept 80 much through the winter that he
waa not at all used to hard work of any
kind, and he wasn't half way to the
Green Forest before he was so tired it
seemed to him that he-could hardly move,
and so out of breath that lie could only
ffasp. It was then that he was sure that
he hated the snow more than he liked
It. even if it had set him free from the
lienhouse of Farmer Brown.
Now, it never does to let one's wits go
to sleep. Some folks call it forgetting,
but forgetting is nothing more than
sleepy wits. And sleepy wits get more
people into trouble than anything else
in the world. FnC Billy Possum's wits
were asleep when he left Farmer
Brown's henhouse. If they hadn't been
tie would have remembered this little
saying:
The wits that lire within my held
Must never go to sleep.
For if they should I might forget
And trouble on me swiftly leap.
But Unc' Billy's wits certainly were
lotted time, and Mr. Vance tells this story
with his usual verve and resourcefulness
CASDV MAKING RFlVOUTIOSIT.KDi
Cosfertloserjr Prom Vegetable*. By
Mary Elizabeth Hall. Illustrated.
New York: Sturgls A Walton Co.
Washington: Ballantyne's.
A young woman who i? Inclined toward
making candy, either for the entertainment
of company or for family use. or
for sale as a bit of private enterprise, will
find in this little book some eminently
practical suggestions. Mary Elizabeth
Hall's candy has within a few months l>ei
come widely famous. She has written a
few periodical papers on the subject, but
now has explained her discovery in a
much more satisfactory form. For the
benefit of the home eandymaker she sets
forth the principles of her processes, with
illustrations that add to the attractiveness
of the book. As successors to
"fudge," the candies made according to
the recipes In this book will undoubtedly
be popular.
THK IMPEACHMENT OF PRESIDENT
ISRAELS. By Frank Barkley Copley.
Illustrated. New York: The
Macmlllan Company.
This short story recently appeared In
one of the magazines and attracted widespread
attention. It is now given separate
publication as a volume, well deserving
this distinction because of Its bearing
upon the Immediately Interesting question
of possible foreign warfare by the
United States. In this narrative the
President of the United States of a year
considerably In the future resists public
sentiment in favor of a conflict with another
power to avenge an insult. The
story Is an argument against war and In
favor of adjustment by friendly intercourse.
WHO'S WHO, 1f?lS? an Annual Biographical
Dictionary. Slxty-flfth
year of issue. New' York: The Macmillan
Company.
This edition of "Who's Who" brings up
to the end of August, 1912, all the happenings
in the lives of those who are
briefly outlined In Its pages. While these
are mostly residents of Great Britain, the
volume contalna numerous American and
continental biographies. The biographical
material covera over 2,200 pages, a material
increase In bulk. The usual references
to the royal family of England precede
the body of the biographies.
ITS. ^
Even finer than the paintings themselves.
, it should be remembered, is the impetus
they gave toward making this manner of
? decoration an Integral part of the design
' of our great public building!*, a custom
! which is bound to have far-reaching effect
even outside the field of art.
*
a *
OF one other great art monument cognizance
should toe taken by those
i who would point tlhe way. This Is the
Pan-American Union, the building used
! by all the South American republics
jointly, which stands on 17th street near
the entrance to Potomac Park. This
building is in itself a work of art. American-Spanish
in type. It Is yet well
adapted by Its designers. Kelsey and
' Cret, architects of Philadelphia, to present
requirements and needs. It lias
, been given an almowt perfect landscape
setting, its grounds having been laid out
' by a distinguished landscape architect?
1 none other than Frederick Law Olmsted
?and its interior is suitably decorated,
having in the. center of its patiolike court
a fountain of quaint and appropriate de'
sign by Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney.
*
* *
THERE are some choice works In
private collection!* In Washington,
: but these, as a rule, are not open to the
public. Xear at hand, however. In Balti,
more, there is the Walters Gallery, which
on Wednesdays and Saturdays during the
present month will continue to be opened
under very liberal restrictions to those
who may care to view the collections
assembled by the present owner and ills
father.
v
a *
IN an exhibition held by the Art Club
* of Boston during the last fortnight
one of our local painters, Richard N.
Brooke, has been especially well represented.
The painting was entitled "The
Turn of the Tide" and showed the rocky
coast of the north shore of Massachusetts.
It was a large canvas, rich in
color, vigorous and impressive, and all
who saw it were agreed that it lent
color and charm to the collection, which,
it may be added, was of exceptional
merit.
*
* *
THE next lecture in the course on
master painters whldh is being given
under the auspices of the Washington
Society of the Fine Arts will be on George
Inness and will be copiously illustrated
by Etereoptlcon slides. The date as announced
will be March 11.
L.BIEA MECHEIN.
for Bedtime.
1SUM WISHES HE
>W SHOES.
n W. Burgess.
1
asleep. He was so tickled over the idea
that he could get out of the henhouse
that he couldn't think of anything else
and so he forgot. Yes, sir, Unc' Billy
forgot! What did he forget? Why. he
forgot that that nice soft snow, which
so kindly buried the dreadful traps so
that they could do no harm, couldn't
be waded through without leaving
tracks. Unc* Billy forgot all about that
until he was half way to the Green
Forest, and then, as he sat down to rest
and get hts breath, he remembered.
Unc' Billy looked behind him and turned
pale. Yes, sir, Unc' Billy Possum turned
pale! There, all the way from Farmer
Brown's henhouse, was a broad trail in
the smooth, white snow where lie had
ploughed his way through. If Farmer
Ti ? _ ? ?1 1 J -.?1. v/-?lr o 1
OIUWI1 ? uoy S1IOUIU tuiur UUI IU nmn
his traps lie would see those tracks at
once and all he would have to do would
be to follow them until they had led
him to Unc' Billy.
"Oh, dear! Oh, dear! Whatever did
Ah leave the henhouse for?" wailed Unc'
Billy.
His wiis were all wide awake now. It
wouldn't do to go back. Farmer Brown's
boy would see that he had gone back,
and then he would hunt that henhouse
through until he found Unc' Billy. No,
there was nothing to do but to go on and
trust that Farmer Brown's boy was so
snowed in and would be kept so busy
shoveling out paths that he would forget
all about looking at his traps. Unc' Billy
drew a long breath and began to wade
ahead toward the Green Forest.
"If Ah only had snowshoes!" he panted.]
"If Ah only had snowshoes!"
Removable.
From tbe Woman's Home Companion.
Mother?No, dear, you mustn't eat any
candy today. Don't you know it Is bad
for your complexion?
Daughter?Well. I know it makes my
complecksbun awful sticky, but it washes
off.
?
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Arthur Mayer Wolfson. I'h. 1?. first
assistant In history. I wi11 Clinton
High School. New York <-|ty NewYork:
American Hook Company
THR TWO si % Ml K % I. By Byron K.
Vcatch, author of "Men \Yhi> Dared"
Chicago. F. < Browne a- ?'<?.
THR TW O H %< (>: t OXRKBI At R*.
By Joseph H. t'huate Princeton:
Princeton University Press
THR FIRST HtUR (OMRRRXR.
By Andrew 1>. W hite Reprinted
from I'r. White's Autoblost <t'l?\
Boston: T'ne World Peace l-'otii 'lotion.
THR M % DON > % OF NK'RIFIt Rj a
Story of Floreoee. By William Dai. ?
Orcutt. Frontispiece bv Gertrude
I>emaln Hammond. Chicago p g.
Browne & Co.
A RtlXBOW' IN THR R%IX| Mela* the
Journal of Margnret W atson, a Sojourner
la Rngland, and the Lrttera
of Cha Shlen 1?, n < hlnewe Sehtiolboy.
By Jean Carter Cochran. New
York: Fleming H. Hevell Company.
THE PUHUC LIBRARY.
FARMING. GARDENING AND
DOMESTIC SCIENCE.
The new books on domestic science
named In the following list are on open
shelves in the main lobby of the Public
Library. The. other books mentioned below
are In the Industrial department on
. * - - ? ii
ine ground iioor.
Farm and Garden.
Bureau of Mushroom Industry. Chicago. Tru'b
About Mushroom*. RIH
Kelt. K. I*. Eltn I^eaf Beetle and White markel
Tnsaock Moth. HIT F.Ue.
Flake, G. IV. (*ha! longc of the Country. R?H
FM.
Grubb, E. H.. and Guilford. W. S.. romps. Tu?
Potato. RIC-G92?p
Margrave. Baatl. Year'e Gardening. HI H224y.
Hunt. T. E. The Young Farmer. RG-H?ls.v.
Hutchinson, Mra. F. K. Our ('ountrv T<lfe.
RGC-H?7ol.
O'Kane. VT C Injurious Insects. KIT tiklll!,
Konierville. William. Agriculture. RG-Su.".:i7
Watts. It. I.. Vegetable Gardening. RlA.
W347 v.
Wood. M. N. School Agriculture. RUA WKS4<.
Soil Fertilization.
Agoe. Alva Crops and Methods for Soil Im
prnvement. RGF-Agrtr,.
Elliott. C. U. Engineering for Lard Hralnage
Rt J FN -EJ5?en.
Hallignn. J. K. Soil Fertility and Fertilizers.
RGG-llltts.
Van Slyke, V. I.. Fertilizers and Crops. RGG
v.ter.r.
Flower Gardens.
Hawthorne. Hlldegarde. Lure of the Cardas.
RIS-H31S1.
Jekvll. Gertrude. Wood and Garden. 1W,
RIS J3S.-.W.
Mefauley. L. M. Joy of Garden*, lfll RTS
M127J.
Stevenson, Thomas. Chrysat. them urns. RISti
St4R.
Thomas, H. H . ed. Indoor Gardening. RISC
T3621.
Forestry.
Chapman. H. II. Forestrr, an F.lenientary
Treatise. RJ C3?6f.
Hawley. R. O.. and Hnwes. A. F. Fore?try In
New England. RJ-IF51.V
Reeonl. S. .1. Identification of tt,? l-.nnneitr
Wooda of the I niteil State*. RJ I124.Y
Kehwarz. G. F. lcjngleaf Pine in Virgin Farent.
1907. KJ X S?h92.
Poultry.
Card. TV H. Law* Governing the B;<ed!nt af
Standard Fowl* RKV-C177I
Orelner. Tulaeo. Capon* for Profit. 1!W>n. RKVG?04o.
Incuhatnra and Chicken Rearer*. HKT.1 InlM.
Mlraonrt. State Pon'try Experiment Station.
Poultryman's Guide. RKV Mfiit".
Robinson. J. H. Poultry Craft. 1911 RKTR506p.
Valentine. 0. S. Beginner In Poultry. RKVV233.
Dairying.
Roaenau. W. J. The Uli* fjueattan. R\AP
R72flm.
Savage, W. G. Milk and the Pu|>l; Health.
RNAP Sa92ui.
Domestic Science.
American School of Home Economic#. th'eagn
Handbook of Drees and tTtlldhood. It! Am ;74h?l.
American School of Hotue Bronnniicg. Chi-ago
Handbook of Housekeeping KY-Am:!74hh
Raines, L. D. Art School of Candy Making.
BlvTna. S. T. Southern Cooklmok. R/. B7GS
Farmer. K. M. Boaton Cooking School t'oo;
Book. 1911. KT. F22C,b.
Harland. Marlon, paeud.. anil llerrieu. Mr?.
C. T. Helping Hand Cook R.aik, RZ If22-'.4h.
Tonea. M. C. Lessons in Elementary Cookiag.
RZ J724I.
Judson. Helena. e<l. Butlcrick Cook Ro>>k. RZ
.1926.
Morris. Josephine. Household Science and Art-t
for Elementary Schools. ltY M?*34li.
Soyer. Nicolas. Standard Cookery. RZ SopR#.
Talbot. Marlon, and Breckinridge, s. I*. Mod
ern Household. RY-T142tn
Williams. A. 1.. Sunday Supper*. RZ WtSORs.
Wright. S. S. Kitchen Fire and How t? Run It.
RZA-W93.
Surveying and Drawing.
Caldwell, M. P. Practical Land Surrrv tag.
IPO.".. S.\-C125p.
Frr. H. P. Notes <m Mechanical Drauing.
SAB F948.
Getty, V. C. How to Read a Drawing. v kBG338h.
Saliabury. R. D.. and Trowbridge. A. C. Interpretation
of Topographical Maps. S'A-Sa347
Krv/wvnor II 1 T mlii at ri n I I>r:ixvin^ ami ! ?.
ometrr. SAB-Sp?9>l.
Whltmore. J. B. Course in the Principles of
Mechanical Drawing. SAB WJ97.
Structural Engineering.
American Sooietr for Testing Materials. War
Book. 1910. 5C-8Am872.
Bishop. C. T. Structural Details of llip and
Valley Hafters. SIS-Rf>44.
Freltag. J. K. Fire Prevention ami Fire Cr-r.
teetlon. SI Y-F884f.
Husband. Joseph, and Harhr. William Structural
Knpineeri nr. K-Hs.via.
McKihben, II. I... and Grar, I,. K. Hip and
Valley Design. SIR-M212.
Munby, A. R. Introduction to the t'liflm :<ttr
and I'hyslc# of Building Materials, liar.) *0M9221.
I'ratt, J. A. Materials and Construction, f?PAs?m.
Waterbury, h. A. l/nboratonr Manual for Che
T'so of Students In Testing Slaterials of < instruction.
SO-W297.
Woods, R. J. Strength sntl F.lastlclte of Structural
Members. lfKM. SC-WStWr.
Jleating and Plumbing.
dilution. William. Joint Wiping and I^ead Wirt
"FJWB-HP77J.
I.lncoln. II. C.. pseud. Stesm and Hot water
Flea ting. SJH-Ijnr.s.
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The Burning Question
By Grace Denio Litchfield
Author of "In the Crucible," "The
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lev York 6. P. Putnam's Sons London