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THE POWER OP SONG.
There's a legend old, how the minds of men
SRfaro wrought upon by the poet's pen,
Jand passions roused by the burning word
'Chat It spoke to them, when Its eoul was
stirred,
yjLml the world forgot, as the poet sunt:
tEow the years went by when Its life was
young,
fjhnd' It only knew how the fleeting hour
VOt Its present was charmed by music's power.
JOne youth who yearned with a love's desire,
97&ose heart burned deep with Its passion's
fire,
JpExed his lute to the poet's air
2ta& sane the words that were echoed there.
t earn as he stood waero the moonbeams
fell
te'er tho taountaln top on the wlldwood dell
gaar low words' to the llght-balred maid
ffbose cot hid low In the yew tree glade.
His Song-.
NIns, walk down In the forest shade;
TfVaUc With me there In the yew-tree glade,
Where a carpet of grasses and fern Is spread,
JSTjiere the daisies ore white, and the daisies
are ted,
fex& the stream glistens bright, when the
1 sunset glow
Klnges Its waves In the banks below,
bad casts a lingering shadow, still,
the pines that grow on the wave-washed
bilL
730, walk down when the light fades away;
&lk with me there when the moonbeams
piay,
lea the sunlight has died and the shadows
have fled.
the breeze rustles soft In the leaves over
head.
, with me there when the stars are bright
UA-nd dewdrops shine In their mellow light.
jj?hen the bees are quiet and the birds are still,
ttLal the music we hear Is the song of the
riU."
Xhs stood where the light of the moonbeams
fell,
&na heard the notes of the lore-lute tell
fits tale of love a tale oft told,
Set ever sew, though Its words are old,
'fine wavered then, as the rouslo died,
'And the song won for the youth & bride;
And a heart was lost by a serenade.
"JTor the power of music had won the maid.
EUGENE L. THORPE.
CAPTJUHAN'S NEW BOOK
"The Problem In Asia and Its Effect
Upon International Policies"
Other Late Publications.
Tho determination of factors entering
Into Asiatic problems, and the investiga
tion of their mutual relations, are the ob
jects of Captain A. T. Mahan's new -work,
'The Problem of Asia and Its Effect
TJpon International Policies." The first
paper, "The Problem of Asia," alms at
the selection and exposition of the great
permanent features. It was practically
completed early this year, and therefor
antedates entirely the recent outbreaks In
China, although the cause of these were
doubtless operative some time before.
!The second paper, "Effect of Asiatic Con
ditions Upon "World Policies," written In
(August, traces the Influences that will
be exorted by the permanent features
Upon the passing political conditions, un
ifier which policies will have to take
shape.
The argument of the first paper rests
Upon the assumption, now quite generally
eepted, that in the wide movement of
Expansion which has characterized tho
last Quarter of the century the Pacific
JOcean in general, and Eastern Asia in
particular, are indicated as the predom
&na? " objects of Interest, common to all
nations, both in the near and the remote
suture. "Within the home dominions of
the European and the American powers,"
ays Captain Mahan, "no marked terri
torial changes are to be expected; but in
the outer world, where conditions are
cnsettled, and towards which all eyes are
turned, regions even extensive derive
.t&elr present significance less from their
intrinsio value than from their bearing
rapon access to the central objects named,
pouth Africa, for instance, if Mr. Bryce's
estimate is correct, receives from Its
great gold fields but a temporary impor
jtance, destined soon to disappear by their
exhaustion; but as an important outpost
fen one of the higher roads to India and
fcho farther East it has some permanent
Jralne, which may be more or less, but
Sn, any event demands consideration.
fFhe Isthmus of Suez, the Levant, and
Persia in like manner possess Inherent
Advantages; but the enjoyment of these
Is a. less pressing concern than the estab
JUshment there of political conditions
twhlch may affect the future control of
)the Suez route. These, and the other
factors named, by their particular values
land their mutual influence, constitute
xhe strategic features of the general
vorld situation involved in the problem
f Asia. "With them nations have to deal
Jn the light of their individual Interests,
checked by due respect to the rights of
others, measuring the latter not exclu
sively by the rule of conventional ideas,
essentially transitory, but by the stand
ards of eternal justice, which human law
tan express only imperfectly."
A common risk of an Immense calam
ity, and a common Insult received, forced
upon the nations of European civilization
the recognition of their solidarity of in
terests as towards Asia. For the mo
ment, a common wrong and a common
danger Imposed upon the honor of na
tions the obligation of loyal, concerted
action. The policy of the United States
In the Chinese troubles, is the more sig
nificant because, "while unquestionably
elicited by recent occurrences, it ex
presses as its main motive a purpose of
noninterference guaranteed by the gen
eral assent of our people through a long
period of past years, to which It adds.
by way of qualification, definitions of
new duties, and policies consequent upon
novel conditions recently arisen."
Summarizing world conditions and the
general competition for commerce. Cap
tain Mahan thus defines the principal
objects to be kept in view in dealing with
the Chinese question:
First Prevention of preponderant political
control by any one external state, or group of
vtates.
Sseond Insistence upon the open door. In a
broader sense than that in which the phrase Is
commonly used; that Is, the door should bs
epen not only for commerce, but also for the
entrance of European thought and Its teach
ers In Its various branches, when they teek
admission voluntarily, and not as agents of a
foreign government.
Dwelling upon the second point, tho
author makes the following significant
argument.
Not only is tho IsSucnco of the thinker su
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perior In its true value to the mere gain of
commerce, but also there Is actual danger to
the European family of nations. In case China
should develop an organized strength whence
has been excluded the corerctlve and elevating
element of the higher ideals, which in Europe
have made good their controlling Influence over
mere physical might. Rationally, from this
point of view, there is much that Is absurd In
the outcry raised against missionary effort, as
a thing Incompatible with peaceful develop
ment and progress. Christianity and Christian
teaching are Just as really factors In the men
tal and moral equipment of European civiliza
tion as any of the philosophical or sclentlfia
processes that have gone to build up the gen
eral result. Opinions differ as to the charac
ter and degree of the Influence of Christian
ity, In estimates qualitative and quantitative,
but tho fact of influence cannot be denied.
From the purely political standpoint. Christian
thought and teaching have just the same right
no less, If no more to admission into China
as any other form of European activity, com
mercial or Intellectual. Nor Is the fact of of
fense taken by classes of Chinamen a valid
argument for exclusion. The building of a
railroad is not a distinctively Christian act,
but It offends large numbers of Chinese, who
are, nevertheless, compelled to acquiesce If their
government consent; whereas the consent of
the Chinese Government to missionary effort
win compel no Chinaman to listen to a Chris
tian teacher. Every step forward in the
march that has opeued China to trade has been
gained by pressure; the most Important have
been the result of actual war. Commerce has
won its way by violence, actual or feared;
thought, both secular and Christian, asks only
freedom of speech.
Concerning the critical Importance of
the present moment in the history of the
world, it is essential that the people of
the United States ought to settle the
part their country Is to play, and the
preparation necessary to that part.
There are preparation of purpose and
"preparation of powetr. Preparation Of
purpose is a "mental and moral process,
resulting in conviction as to right and
wrong, followed by the conscious adop
tion of a course of action, tho formation
of a policy, general in outline but defi
nite in object. Preparation of power is
a material act, and consists of two corre
lative elements: Provision of force to
the extent needed; and curtailment of
obligation, of responsibility, actual or
contingent, present or promissory, in di
rection and in amount, beyond that
which is demanded by the clear necessi
ties of the political conditions."
Our policy and power are the two lead
ing lines upon which consideration and
reflection must concentrate their energy.
Our people have not now to evolve a new
policy, as the existent policy may fairly
be stated to bo the determination to have
equal commercial privileges and to re
spect China's rights to government and
territorial Integrity. But we cannot get
something for nothing, or, as Captain
Mahan aplly puts it:
"We cannot bo sure of the commercial advan
tages known as the open door unless we are
prepared to do our share In holding It open.
"We cannot count upon respect for the terri
tory of China unless we are ready to throw,
sot only our moral Influence, but, if necessity
arise, our physical weight. Into the conflict to
resist an ex-proprlatlon, the result of which
might be to exclude our commerce and neutral
ize our Influence.
From the conditions we must bo in effective
naval force In the Pacific We must similarly
be in effective force on the Atlantic; not far
from tho defense of our coasts primarily, or
Immediately, as is commonly thought, for in
warfare, however much in defense of right,
the navy Is not Immediately an instrument of
defense, but of offense; but because the virtual
predominance of our naval power in the Car
ibbean Is essential to preserve the use of the
Isthmian Canal to our commerce, and to give
our Navy quick access to the Pacific.
That particular type of political free
dom, of aptitude for self-government, and
of tenacious adherence to recognized law,
embodied in the race "loosely called Anglo-Saxon,"
naturally ally us with Great
Britain on world questions of common
Interest. In our calculations as to our
necessary preparations under such con
ditions, it would not be presuming an
"unfair burden to Great Britain to reck
on In part upon her supreme navy as a
factor in a possible co-operation and di
vision of labor. It would be so only If we
grudged our due proportion of a naval
effort tending to the common advantage.
Community of Interest in, objects Implies
mutual Interest in each othe-s
strength." But we tnust be self-dependent.
Says Captain Mahan:
Our fleet must, however, be adequate, keep
ing In view the amount of support to which
Great Britain would be limited by her ex
tensive responsibilities. It must be adequate,
considering those who might oppose us, wheth
er in the East or In the Caribbean. It must
be adequate, considering that on account of
our merely National interests, as represented
by our two ocean coasts, we must be able to
exert naval power In both the Pacific and the
Atlantic; remembering, also, that the future
canal, while facilitating support between our
fleets on either side, Is, nevertheless, open to
interruption by force or treachery.
Coincldentally with the development of
our power, we should, In order to effec
tiveness of action, consider also the re
trenchment of responsibility. What part
have we, naturally or politically, in the
foreign communities, foreign in blood
and tradition, south of the valely of tho
Amazon? "That they do not love us,"
says Captain Mahan, "Is notorious: prob
ably. Indeed, they love us less because of
our supposed purpose of interposition.
which thev doubtless would welcome In a
strait, but which in ordinary times causes
them chiefly mortification and apprehen
sion. Within range of effect upon the
isthmus, certainly our clear Interest for
bids toleration of any acquisition, through
possession or through influence, by a great
forel-m state, more so now than ever
before: but for the American communities
beyond that range, our professed political
concern is to us a waste of strength,
as it is to them distasteful. The great
valley of the Amazon, not unlike the
Tang-tse though far more practicable. In
dicates easily a great commercial zone
in which the open door .might profitably
be assured by international understand
ing, and which also might very wisely be
accepted In our National consciousness as
Interposing a broad, effectual belt be
tween the region where the Monroe Doc
trine is applicable, and that where, for
any useful purpose. It ceases to apply."
(Little, Brown & Co., Boston.)
Puritans in England and Netr
England.
The fourth edition of Dr. Ezra Hoyt
Byington's "Puritans in England and New
England" is made noteworthy by a new
chapter on "Witchcraft In New England."
After giving a general survey of witch
craft. Dr. Bylngton considers the early
trials of witches In New England, and
then enters Into a detailed and very in
teresting account of "that epidemic of
folly and cruelty which goes by the name
of the Salem Witchcraft." "There is
much testimony in the books and letters
that have come down to us." writes Dr.
Byiri&ton, "rrtilcb siiows that the religious
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teachers of that time had no sympathy
with the methods that were followed in
the trials for witchcraft at Salem vil
lage. It is not Just to hold the Puritan
leaders of New England responsible for
Salem witchcraft. They had outgrown
the peculiar superstitions which led to
these trials, if they have ever held them."
(Little, Brown &. Co., Boston.)
The Seton-Thompson.
Mrs. Seton-Thompson has been the
companion of her husband In so many of
his expeditions that she Is amply quali
fied to present the woman's sldo of the
trip during which he gathered the mate
rial for "Wild Animals I Have Known,"
and other books. In addition to an at
tractive outdoor flavor, "A Woman Ten
derfoot" contains specific advice on the
subject of camping dress and outfit for
women. The events happened in the
Rocky Mountains of the United States
and Canada. "And this is why," says
the author, "being a woman, I wanted
to tell about them, In the hope that some
golng-to-Europe-ln-the-Summer -woman
may be tempted to go West Instead." The
volume Is made specially attractive by
the full-page drawings of Ernest Seton
Thompson, q. Wright and E. M. Ashe,
and the marginals of S. N. Abbott. (Dou
bleday. Page & Co., New York.)
Ernest Seton-Thompson Is a past mas
ter In Interpreting wild animal nature
and in delineating the characters of the
grizzly, wolf or fox. In "The Wild Anlr
mal Play," we again meet our old friends
Wahb and Lobo and some new charac
ters. The sketch was written for chil
dren who wished to personate the char
acters of "The Sandhill Stag" and "Wild
Animals I Have Known." (Doubleday,
Page & Co., New York.)
"Shadovrlngs." .
Lafcadlo Hearn's new volume of Japan
ese studies, entitled "Shadowlngs," con
tains a number of Interesting old Japan
ese stories, among which "The Sympathy
of Benten," "The Corpse-Bider" and
"The Gratitude of the Sameblto" are
especially noteworthy. One of tho most
Idyllic is that entitled "The Screen Maid
en," which tells of the love of the young
student of Kyoto for one of Hlshlgawa's
portraits. The maiden finally emerges
through the screen and the two live hap
pily "ever after." Exclaims the Japancso
author: "How very seldom do such things
happen In this world!" The "Yoblna,"
or personal names of the Japanese women
usually express "tenderness, kindness,
deftness, cleverness," for "the domestic
virtues still occupy In Japanese moral es
timate a place not less important than
that accorded to religious faith In the life
of our own Middle Ages. Not In theory
only, but In every-day practice, moral
beauty is placed far above physical beau
ty, and girls are usually selected as
wives, not for their good looks, but for
their domestic qualities." (Little, Brown
& Co., Boston.)
Mrs. Browning's Complete Works.
Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., .New York,
have published a new edition of Elizabeth
Barrett Browning's Complete Works, In
pocket volumes, to be known as the Cox
hoe Edition, edited by Charlotte Porter
and Helen A. Clarke, editors of the Cam
berwell Edition of Robert Browning. It
has been edited upon substantially the
same plan, with like care, skill and taste,
and will be the first fully annotated,
complete edition of Mrs. Browning. The
text is complete, and contains the rare
Juvenile and scattered poems not Included
in her later work by Mr. Browning, ana
usually not found In collected editions. It
includes her prose' essays upon the poets,
her translations from the Greek, and,
also, give? the rare "Psyche Apocalypte"
sketch and the Tennyson and Carlyle ap
preciations, not appearing In any other
edition. Digests are given of "The Dra
ma of Exile," "Aurora Leigh" and one or
two of the longer poems. Besides the
notes, each volume contains a critical In
troduction bearing upon the work belong
ing to that volume, the first volume con
taining, in addition, a biographical Intro
duction. Little Tour In France.
Henry James has for a number of years
devoted himself so exclusively to psycho
logical "fiction that the reading world may
well nigh have forgotten that some of his
happiest writing Is to be found In his de
scription of travel, He wade bis "Little
CAPTAIN A. T. XAHAX.
Tour .In France" toon after he went
abroad to live permanently, visiting the
venerable towns of Provence, devoting a
short chapter each to Ambolse, Bourges,
Nantes, La Rochelle, Montpeller md other
ancient and picturesque cities of that ro
mantic region. The work has been Issued
In an illustrated holiday edition. Joseph
Pennell has contributed a number of full
page and text Illustrations, besides a
number of headings, borders and otljer
ornaments. The sympathy for Old "World
architecture and surrounding Is quite as
pronounced a characteristic of the art
ist's temperament as the author's.
(Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Boston.)
"Archbliinop and the Lady'
"The Archbishop and the Lady," b
Mrs. Schuyler Crownlnshleld, Is a novel
of modern society, with an American hero
working out his destiny in French sur
roundings. The scene Is laid in an old
abbey near Paris, and the whole story,
both scene and plot, has Its foundation In
reality. The abbey described beyongs to
Madame Juliet Adam, founder of the
Nouvelle Revue, and the volume Is dedi
cated to her. The story is full of ro
mance of a modern, yet Old World charm,
and carries .the reader through a suspect
ed tragedy to an unsuspected happy ter
mination. It 13 needless, perhaps, to say
that the course of the story was not run
in Madame Adam's abbey. Mrs. Crown
lnshleld says that the criminal part o
the plot. Involving, as It does, the lives
of several people, is all true, but she has
taken care to veil with fictitious names
the real tctors. (McClure, Phillips & Co.,
New York.)
"Church. Folk."
In "Church Folks," Dr. John Watson
gives from his wide experience specific
advice and sugestlons on a great many
points connected with the minister and
his congregation, their relation to each
other and the proper and objectionable
ways of raising money. Dr. Watson has
no liking for the candy-pull system. The
church, he says, "triumphed by her faith,
her holiness, her courage, and by these
high virtues she must stand in this age
also. She Is the witness to Immortality,
the spiritual homo of souls, the servant
of the poor, the protector of the friend
less; and If she sinks into a place of
sscond-rate entertainment, then It were
bettor that her history should close, for
without her spiritual visions and austere
ideate the church Is not worth preserv
ing." (Doubleday, Pago & Co., New
York.)
"The World's Discoverers."
"The World's Discoverers," by William
Henry Johnson, includes only such voy
ages of discovery as were made with a
view to finding a sea, route to the Indies,
and Its purpose is to trace in outline the
Impulse which started early in the fif
teenth century with the awakening of
Europe. Various expeditions sent out
from different countries and covering sev
eral centuries are shown In their relation
to a single aim and as parts of a common
movement. Two chapters are given to
Marco Polo and his influence in stimulat
ing exploration, and the early adventures
of the Portuguese Into the Sea of Dark
ness. The remainder of the book Is taken
up with the voyages of Columbus, De
Gama, Magellan, Verrazano, Froblsher,
John Davis. Drake, Hudson and Sir John
Franklin. (Little, Brown &. Co., Boston.)
"In the Days of Jefferson."
The earlier years of Jefferson's life In
Virginia furnished a series of episodes or
which Hezeklah Butterworth has made
picturesque use. The story which ho tells
In "The Days of Jefferson" Is founded
upon fact, although the unexpected figure
of Sellm and the Order of the Golden
Horse Shoes might well be taken for ro
mance. Dabney Carr, Patrick Henry and
other striking figures appear in ths
course of the tale. Mr. Butterworth fol
lows Jefferson to the White House,
sketching his career and apt appreciation
of the salient lessons of his life. (D. Ap
pleton & Co., New York.)
"The 3Ian "With the noe," Illustrated.
Edwin Markham's much-talked-of and
much-printed poem, "The Man With the
Hoe," has been added to the "Lark Clas
sics." Whatever of a calamitous nature
Mr. Markham omitted when he wrote the
line. Porter Barnett has supplied with
illustrations and decorative designs of
chains overlapping ox-yokes, the blue
firmament, the last gulf of hell, torches,
swords, etc (William Doxey, New
York.-)
"Renben James."
In bis new tale of the sea. "Reuben
James," Cyrus Townsend Brady tells of
a hero who "was only a common sailor;
Just a typo of the plain American blue-
jacket of the beginning of our -navy."
The story would be welcomed not only
because Reubeji James life, with Its long
sea service and its share In wars, forms a
romance in itself, but also because Amer
icans believe In doing Justice to the "men
behind the guns." (D. Appleton & Co.,
New YorkJ
"la the Palace of the Kins."
F. Marlon Crawford's new novel. Is "In
Palace of the King; A Love Story of Old
Madrid." It Is a historical romance of the
time of Philip n of Spain. The plot is
laid In the Spanish court, and the period,
that of the discovery of America, was
perhaps the most magnificent of the pros
perous days of Spain. Such a period has
afforded Mr. Crawford an opportunity
similar to tfcat whjc& 1W given him by
the Crurades In "Via Crucls," to place his
history In romantic and brilll-.nt sur
roundings. The hero of the story is the
famous Don Juan of Austria, son of the
Emperor Charles V, who "won back: Gran
ada a second time from the Moors. The
heroine Is Dolores de MendQza, a high
spirited and beautiful young woman. (The
Macmlllan Co., New York.)
"A "Woman of Yesterday."
Motives, purposes and conflicts of the
middle period of tho century are made
the subject of a sympathetic study In
"A Woman of Yesterday," by Caroline
A. Mason. Mrs. Mason traces the devel
opment of a young girl, born in the mid
dle of the century and growing up to
womanhood In the stralghtest orthodoxy
of-that time, who undergoes the transition
In religious thought which the past 60
years has brought. The gradual change
In tne point of view is carefully worked
out, and the altruism of the earlier pe
riod appears to suffer for a time, only to
take a new and nobler shape. (Double
day, Page & Co., New York.)
"The Lady of Dreams."
The poor quarter of London has fur
nished themes for many novelists, and
Una L. Sllberrad 1b the latest In the field.
"The Lady of Dreams" Is the story of a
young girl who has never known any ex
istence except the dreary round of caring
for a dissipated uncle. Under the stress
of thlc Inherited duty, she becomes a
strangely elusive and dream-like, though
charming, personality. The. uncle, In a
fit of delirium, attempts to kill her, and
tho love which then comes Into her mar
ried Hie forms the basis of the story.
(Doubleday, Page & Co., New York.)
Musicians and Authors.
Anecdotes, family relations and strug
gles in the lives of famous musicians
make Walter Rowland's "Among the
Great Masters of Music," an attractive
volume in white and gold. Stradlvarius,
Bach, Handel, Mozart, Haydn, Weber,
Beethoven, Wagner, Liszt are among the
score who are noticed. Similar In scope
is Mr. Rowland's second book, "Among
the Great Masters of Literature." It
gives pen pictures of Homer, Sappho, Vir
gil. Dante, Petrarch. Chaucer. Milton.
Shakespeare and 20 others. (Dana, Estes
& Co. Boston.)
Selections Prom Rankin.
Rose Porter's selection from tho writ
ings of John Ruskln, published as "Na
ture Studies," has been made to suggest
the wealth of truth and beauty to be
found In Ruskln's works, and to awaken
a thirst for fuller knowledge of these
treasures rather than to satisfy the
thirst. (Dana, Este3 & Co., Boston.)
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bert Parker, Paul Leicester Ford, W. D.
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Since its change from a quarterly to a
monthly, Current History (Boston) has
Increased In usefulness and Interest. The
November number takes the reader on a
trip around the world, making him
familiar wth important happenings
everywhere and enabling them, by means
of authentic views and portraits, to see
with their own eyes, as it were, the chief
localities and persons mentioned. It deals
not only with the great International
problems of the day in China, Afrjca, arid
Europe, but with the domestic politics
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traces the progress of science and me
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ographical sketches.
The December Century abounds in fic
tion, somo of it with a distinctively hol
iday flavor. Besides Bertha Runkle's ro
mance of old Paris and Hamlin Gar
land's tale of today, there will be a
short story by Henry James called
"Broken Wings"; "the Laca Camisole,"
by L. B. Walford, author of "The Baby's
Grandmother"; "A Hired Girl," by Ed
win Asa DIx, author of "Deacon Brad
bury"; "Ghosts That Became Famous,"
a Christmas fantasy by Carolyn Wells,
and "Wnlle the Automobile Ran Down,"
a Christmas extravaganza by Charles
Battell Loomls.
The trouble around Christmas time is to
know what to give, and, If the present
Is not to be bought, how to make it.
The Delineator for December is full of
Christmas suggestions. Several pages
are dovoted to holiday fancy work with
In crocheting, drawn work, and modern
Illustrations, also to the latest designs
laco-maklng. Puddings, cakes and Christ
mas candles likewise come in for atten
tion in the December Delineator.
The Christmas Ladles' Home Journal
offers a superabundance of literary and
artistic features in most attractive form.
Amopg its nearly two-score contributors
are Mrs. Lew Wallace, Elizabeth Stuart
Phelps, Charles Major, William Perrine,
Clifford Howard and Elizabeth Lincoln
Gould, while A. B. Frost, W. L. Taylor,
Reginald B. Birch, Henry Hutt, George
Gibbs and as many other illustrators
supply the pictorial features.
McClure's Magazine for December con
tains an Intimate account of the fall of
Richmond and the flight of the Confed
erate Cabinet, at the close of the Civil
War. This article is from the pen. of
Stephen R. Mallory. who, as Secretary of
the Navy In the Cqn federate Adminis
tration, shared In the stress of those last
days. The narrative gives a picture
strong and true of the closing scene of the
Rebellion.
One of tho features of the Christmas
St. Nicholas Is a story by Bertha Runkle,
the only short story ever published by
the author of "The Helmet of Navarre."
The scene Is laid in England in the time
of Henry V, and the title Is "The Sor
cery of Hal the Wheelwrght." A true
story of "Christmas on the Mayflower"
is told by Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
BOOK XOTES.
By arrangement with Harper & Broth
ers, the Macmlllan Company has taken
over the publication of James Ford
Rhodes' "History of the United States
From the Compromise of 1SCQ," The four
volumes which have already appeared
bring this work down to 1862, and thus
embrace the causes and the actual prose
cution of the most momentous event of
the Nation's political growth. A new edi
tion Is on the press, apd will be published
before the Christmas holidays are over.
Tho Doubleday & McClure Company,
New York, publishes a collective edition
of Edwin Markham's verse, entitled "The
man With the Hoe, and Other Poems."
It is illustrated by Howard Pyle.
"The Kentucky Cardinal," and Its se
quel, "Aftermath," by James Lane Al
len, has been, published in a new single
volume edition, with a now preface and
one hundred Illustration?, by Hugh Thom
son. (Tho Macmlllan Co., New York.)
In Frederick Trevor Hill's collection of
stories, The Case and Exceptions," the
la-T courts 9f New York ara put In. fa
miliar surroundings. There is In the tales
that blend of conflict, mystery and au
thority whlrh lends a peculiar fascina
tion to legal life. (Frederick A. Stokes
Co., New York.)
Princebs Narclssa, heir apparent to the
throne of the Pixies, visits the fairyland
of the Elaines, who make her their queen.
Carrie E. Morrison's fairy tales, "The Ad
ventures ot the Pixies and the Elaines"
recounts Queen Narclssa's life in her new
kingdom. (Dana Estes & Co., Boston.)
"Half Portions" is tho unique title of
a copiously Illustrated book containing 15
short stories, mainly ot society episodes.
Among the best are "My Lady of the
Veil," by Clay Arthur Pierce, and "Her
First Dinner." by E. R., both illustrated
by T. K. Hanna. (Life Publishing Co.,
New York.)
Smart tales of Yankee courage, all Im
bued with the war spirit, are "A Tar ot
the Old School." by F. H. Costello; "Ned,
the Sou of Webb: What He Did," by
William O. Stoddard; and "The Armed
Ship America," by James Otis. AH are
handsomely illustrated. (Dana Estes &
Co., Boston.)
"Fore!" treats golf plctorlally and most
ly from the humorous and satrlcal stde.
Its cover bears a drawing of the Ameri
can golf girl by Charles Dana Gibson.
The artistic drawings In line and -wash
are by Gibson, Hanna, Gilbert, Hutt,
Blashfleld. Wenzell and Walker. (Life
Publishing Co., New York.)
James Otis, the author of more than 70
books, many of them hearing on the Rev
olution and the War of 1312, would seem
to have- drifted from his moorings In dab
bling in European politics, but he has
given us a spirited history of the South
African war, "Fighting for the EmplreJ
(Dana, Estes & Co., Boston.)
"Elements of English Grammar," by
George P. Brown and Charles De Gar
mo, recognizes that the thought itself is
the controlling force in the construction
of sentences. 1 embraces the study, not
only of the forms and varieties of words,
but the ideas and thoughts which deter
mine the words and sentences to be used.
(Werner School Book Co., Chicago.)
Franklyn Fyles, for many years dra
matic critic of the New York Sun, gives,
in "The Theater and Its People," a com
plete description of the theater. He tells
of "How a Theater Is Managed"; "How
Actors Are Trained": "How Plays Are
Written"; "How Plays Are Rehearsed";
"The First Night of a Play"; "The Ac
tors In Their Dressing-Rooms"; "Behind
the Scenes or a Stage," etc. (Doubleday,
Page & Co.. New York.)
Joaquin Miller vouches for the tales In
his "True Bear Stories." and Percy Ber
lnger has exquisitely Illustrated them. In
the Introductory noten. Dr. David Starr
Jordan, president of Stanford University,
has contributed such Information as en
ables one to read intelligently of the dif
ferent kinds of bears that figure in the
stories. At the end of the volume is on
exhaustive classification of bears, edited
by Pierre N. Beringer. (Rand, McNally
& Co., Chicago.)
"The Story of the Alphabet." by Ed
ward Clod, treats of the beginning of the
alphabet, memory aids and picture-writing.
Chinese, Japanese and Corenn
scripts, cuneform writing, Egyptian hier
oglyphics, the rosetta stone, Egyptian
writing in its relation to other scripts,
the Cretan and allied scripts, Greek papy
ri, the dlffuson of the Phoenlcan alpha
bet, runes and ojams. There are 70 Il
lustrations and an index. (D. Appleton
& Co.. New York.)
Miss Henrietta Sowle has been for
some time a contributor to the Boston
Transcript, and her articles have been
found helpful and suggestive to those who
are Interested In dainty and palatable
dishes. Her book, "I Go A-Marketlng-,"
Is not a cookbook in the ordinary sense,
but alms to give novel and delicious ways
of serving the many good things which
may be found eacfy month in the year
by those who go a-raarketlng. (Little,
Brown & Co., Boston.)
Miss Mary Tracy Earle's stories have
won a steadily increasing number of
readers, both by reason of the Interest
of their scenes and Incidents, a certain
freshness of style. A collection of her
stories, reprinted from the Atlantic
Monthly, Century, Outlook, the New York
Evening Post, and other periodicals, s
published under the title, "Through Old
Rose Glasses." The stories are eight In
number, all of them laid in the South.
(Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Boston.)
Tho general attention given to track
athletics and the recent international
competition add interest to Ralph Henry
Barbour's "For the Honor of the School,"
which sketches the long-drawn struggle
of a cross-country run, and the training
and the exciting competitions in track,
athletics, with glimpses of football and
other sports. The hero Is an athlete, but
also a scholar, and the larger phases of
school life are placed before the reader
in their true value. (D. Appleton & "Co.,
New York.)
The picture of the water front of early
San Francisco which Mrs. Mary Hallock
Foote presents In "The Prodigal," Is in
teresting not only In Itself, but as com
pared to that other picture of San Fran
cisco furnished by Robert Louis Steven
son in "The Wreckers." Mrs. Foote'a
Story Is of an earlier day by nearly a
decade. It is the 3tory of a New Zeal
ander sowing his wild oats and stranded
on the Pacific Coast, and of his thorough-going
reformation by means of a
woman's love. (Houghton. Mifflin & Co.,
Boston.)
A ROLLING STONE A ROLLING PIN.
"I den't suppose.
Or e'en propose.
It over would.
Nor that it could
Kill any man.
Or T31 Hsl An,
To bear one shout:
'Hey, there! Look out'
A rapid pace
Will end your chase;
You've a great head
Whilst you're In bed;
'Twill smaller be
At fifty-three. .
And, don't you know.
Lest you go slow.
You'll find. In time,
Kore prose than ryhma
In that old time
Worn saying fine:
"A rolling stone
('Too much Johnson'
So swift a hoss')
Gathers no mos3T" "
"Oh, I don't know!"
"Now there you gol"
"Seems you've been on
A healthy run
For more than twen
Ty years of hen- '
Pecks reglar jabs;
I've kept the tabs.
" And what Is more,
I'm sure you're sore.
You've been a clam;
Been fed on jam!
Digest your sighs
Har size! Sweet Ll3 1
I wonder If
Tou like tho skiff
That bears you both
Cer plighted troth T
You promised, said
I guess you obeyed.
No, I'm not mad;
You don't seem glod.
When you bavo more
Advice in store,
I'd. like a sup;
Just ring me up.
Now wish you would
Will you be good?
...,
A rolling stone
No moes, no home;
A rolling pin
Your boss has been."
ARTHUR D. MARSHALL.
Qualities pf a Good Wife,
The qualities given to constitute a good
wife have been stated many times, but by
no one better, perhaps, than the poet
Burns, wHo divided the scale of wifeship
ipto 10 parts:
Good nature, 4; good sense, 2; wit, 1;
personal charms, J. The remaining 2 de
grees covered fortune, education, family,
blood, etc
NEW MUSICAL FAVORITE
RUSSIAN PLSiNIST GABRILOWXTSaH
OUTRANKS PADEREWSKI.
Sober Critics of Sew York, Bostoa
and Philadelphia Give Him
First Place.
New York, Boston and Philadelphia
have been beguiled Into e state of wholly
unpremeditated enthusiasm by the trium
phal debut of a young Russian pianist,
Osslp Gabrilowltsch, a pupil of Rubin
stein and Leschetlzky. Even Paderewskl
himself did not meet with such extrava
gant demands for encores on his flrst ap
pearance in New York. Gabrilowltsch
opened his American tour at Carnegie
Hall with Emll Paur and orchestra, play
ing the great B flat minor concerto ot
Tschalkowsky, which is generally recog,
nlzed as one of the most Important com
positions of modern times, full of accu
mulated difficulties and emotional subtle
ties. The young pianist being a close
personal friend of Tschalkowsky, since
both of them were Russians, had appar
ently caught the fire of his genius. The
effeqt upon the audience may be gathered
from the following extracts from New
York Journals:
Musical Courier: The young man, who
Is only 22 and doesn't look his age by
two years, Is the most poetic player New
York has heard since Paderewskl ap
peared some eight years ago. But It Is a
poetry of style and feeling totally devoid
of morbidity, or mawklshness, while the
muslclanly qualities of this Russian's
playing, his force, breadth, healthy con
ception, place him quite beyond the pala
of comparative criticism.
Such o maturity of style In one so
young, such ripeness of judgment, sucn
finish and balance are rather disconcert
ing. With youth one always asssoclates
headlong flight and the absence of sym
metry, of deep feeling and a plentiful
lack of rich emotion. These negations do
not hold In the case of this remarkable
young roan. Born of the youngest clvll
isd race of Europe, he has the fire, tho
aspirations of the young: but being cul
tured beyond his years, he Is able to
check the very lava as It bursts Impetu
ously from the crater. He may be a,
volcano most artistic Russians are but
he Is a very well-bred one.
As Never Played Before.
He played the B flat minor concerto oC
Tschalkowsky as it never has been played
befort. With Tschalkowsky he learned
the only tradition of the work; and so ha
plays with all the caprice, the fire, the
melancholy and what word In English
can describe It? tho Indefinable, creeping
pessimism of the East. The Russians have
not the spleen of the Poles, the zeal of
Chopin; rather Is this enigmatic quality
one of langurous fatalism. It Is tho key
note of Tschalkowsky, and, not knowing
this, many pianists come to grief in tho
work. We have heard it played broadly,
brilliantly, nobly rapidly and slcwly, but
have never heard It delivered in such a
subtle accent, with such fantastic, moody
speech.
His success was overwhelming, all the
more delightful because he turned out to
be a player of such "novel and unexpected
capabilities. Instead of his reputation be
ing overestimated. It Was, In our Judg
ment, decidedly underrated. He Is an
artist of the flrst rank, and If we consider
his youth, his brilliancy, his phenomenal
musical temperament, we are tempted to
prophesy Impossible things of his future.
His audience went road over him, and ther
orchestra, not usually pervious to plano
playing enthusiasm, was Individually and
collectively loud In Its praise of the gift
ed young musician. And the crazy enthu
siasts were present in full force, crowd
ing around the piano, begging for more.
It was a great night for GabrIIowl'ch!
J C. Wilcox, in The Concert-Goer:
After we have taken cognizance of the
universal appeal of a poetic temperament
to all who are capable of sympathetic
response, I believe that the warmest
champion of this new pianist will be
found among the sanest and most
thoughtful musicians.
Sanity and Symmetry of His Art.
This must he so because of the sanity
and symmetry of his art. The ones who
mistake abnormity for greatness will not
perhaps, so readily concede his superiority
over most- pianists of the day. There
are pianists who can play louder than
Gabrilowltsch does, and those who can,
play softer: there may possibly be those
who can strike more keys in a second,
or who can encompass a greater expanse
of the keyboard between the stretch ot
their thumb and little finger. But It Is
difficult to name another who combines
the various essential phases of planlstc
art in such well-balanced relation. .
The Rins of Troth.
The Tschalkowsky concerto had In it
the rirg of truth; It was Inevitable. From
the majesty of the opening theme, de
livered In chords of such richness as I
have never heard from a piano before,
to the sad lament of the andantlno, Ga
brilowltsch seemed to unerringly catch
every subtle need of the music. Of his
performance, on the technical side, only
admiring praise may be written.
In his group of soil, Gabrilowltsch 'did
not entirely sustain the artistic height
that he attained in the concerto. In the
concerto he was Incamparably, immeasur
ably great. In the soil there was the ab
sence of a strong spirit of authority. I
think that the cause of this difference
between Gabrllowltsch's performance
with orchestra and In solo is plausibly ex
plaired by Katherine Ruth Heyman, that
the orchestra gives him the stimulation
from without, which he cannot yet feel
from within a power that the maturing
process of growth will likely impart to
him.
In hi3 personal conduct, Gabrilowltsch
Is the most elegant pianist of the day.
In his appearance and manner there Is
nothing sensational unless It may be
considered sensational that in these days
of long-haired Paderewskls and gorrllla
grinnlng Paghmans and bobblng-fore-locked
Dohnanyls a pianist dares to ask
public favor solely upon his ability to
play musically and with minimum, per
spiration. Those who meet this young Russian find
him affable, intelligent to a high degree,
well-versed on subjects of public affairs,
literature and art, as well as music, and.
In all respects a rare spirit. It Is good
to know that those who possess the gift
of genius can also be sane and desirable
members of society. Gabrilowltsch Is still
on the threshold of his career. The
things that he may accomplish In the
next few yea-s are almost beyond lim
itation. Meanwhile, his future appear
ances will be anticipated with the high
est Interest.
The Sun, Herald, Tribune. World, Jour
nal and Musical Age all praise hla work
In the same high terms. In Philadelphia
bo appeared with the ne"w orchestra of
that city, and In Boston with the Knelsel
Quartet, on each occasion winning fresh
laurels from the critics.
PERFECTION.
A hand- whose softness la the favrite theme
Of him who once has felt Its magic pressure;
An eye no poet, save In Fancy" dream,
Could e'er do Justice to In rhythmic measure,
A brow supported by two arches, such
As paints e. Raphael some heavenly creature;
A mouth whose sweetness but, yo gods! how
much
Might not be said of Just this single featura.
To try and pen the praise I deem thee duo
Is simply madness, though; for, on reflectlea.
How well I realize, with you In view,
My inability to patat Perfection.
-S C. JOHNSOK