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THE SUNDAY PORTLAND. tTAKUARY - 31, . 1904,
3T
jOHN MITCH ELL'S BOOK
Organized Labor Its Problems, Purposes
ftTiii Ideals, and the Present and Future of
American "Wage Earners, by John Mitchell.
Cloth, 486 pases.- SL75 net. American
Boole and Bible House, Philadelphia.
This is the latest contribution to the la
bor literature of today, and deals chiefly
with the labor problem from the stand
point of a. trade-unionist, the author,
John Mitchell, being president of the
United Mlneworkers of America, and
hence himself a trade-unionist. As such
the book contains some historical matter
on the rise of the trade-union movement
in England and In the United States; on
the claims and contentions of union la
bor both as affecting employer and non
union workman, a few chapters on the
coal strike of 1302, and some digressions
on the "philosophy" of trade unionism, the J
label, the boycott, compulsory arbitration,
the ideals of organized labor, or, rather,
trade-unionism, etc, etc. To this may "be
added 48 full-page half-tone Illustrations
bearing on the subjects discussed.
It is possibly unnecessary to Bay that
the consideration, or discussion, of the
labor problem from a trade-union stand
point at once removes the possibility of
Its being treated from the standpoint of
unbiased philosophy and sound logic, as
anDlIed to a consideration of economics-
production and distribution. Whoever will
reader. Mitchell's book will soon see that
the weakness of his effort in the line of
book-writing is precisely In his inability
to handle the subject disinterestedly, and
In accordance with the spirit of philosophy
ana logic It is true that the sorrows and
afflictions of so many who toll and do not
inherit most certainly appeal tothe noble
qualities of human nature, qualities which
impell one to sympathize with the most
debased and to extend one's benevolence,
not only to other men, but to the humblest
living being. This, however. Is not what
would solve the labor problem; nor is its
solution to be found "in making labor ex
pensive," even If It also be made "effi
cient," though It Is doubtful why the la
bor of a roan who receives more pay for
today's work than for yesterday's should
all at once become more efficient. No less
a fallacy is in the author's assumption
that "with a reduction In hours and an
Increase In remuneration of labor the
worklngman should find an Increased
pleasure in his work"; nor has he success
fully disposed of the questions of boycott
or of the nonunion workman who is en
titled to his rights, even if the union
workman does not see fit to admit it.
The few chapters dealing with the coal
etrlke of 1302, to the extent of the quality
and quantity of information these convey,
are possibly the most interesting matter
in the volume. Otherwise the book adds
nothing of any particular value to the
literature bearing on the labor problem.
W. H. Q.
Japanese Critics on American Book
George Horace Larimer's "Letters From
a Self-Made Merchant to His Son" (Small,
Maynard & Co.) has added another tri
umph to its great successes in its vari
ous editions in English. An advertise
ment in a recent issue ot a Toklo news
paper announces that a Japanese trans
lation of this book is already in its fifth
edition. As this advertisement was the
first notice cither the author or his Amer
ican publishers had received ot a Jap
anese version. It would seem that the ab
sorption of the ideals of Western civiliza
tion by the "Yavftkees o the Orient" has
included that generous disregard of for
eign copyright very generally, though un
justifiably, supposed to bo a peculiarly
American trait The literal translation
of the advertisement, which follows, shows
also a carelessness of exactness in iacis
and figures which Is quite American in Its
nature. This will be the more appar
.nf when it is remembered that the Ameri
can edition of the book is now in Its 130.
DOO. and. Its English and .Canadian sales
have been In tho neighborhood of GO.OOO
copies: .
ADVICE FOB EXISTENCE,
letters From a Self-Made Merchant
tv. i. Tnitinhin noon nas ooi"u
favorablo comment of the public; and within
the two months of its first publication it has
Issued the fifth edition. The original of this
book has repeatedly published several Issues,
until It has now Its twentieth edition in the
United States, and in England copies Bold
mm minted to 300.000.
In the votes taken for the most favorably
commented six books published In New oric,
IT. S. A., this book ranked first.
In the homes of influential business men
and professional men In America and Eng
land this book supplies most of the home
education.
Young men in America and England take
Tirlde in reading this book.
Wo earnestly recommend this book to par
ents, or guardians for their aiscipies.
A number of press notices follow, all of
which seem to indicate that the Japanese
fditor writes his reviews intuitively ratner
than by reading the book of which he is
to write. A few sentences are given as
samples.
Especially interesting feature appears in
the manner with which tho book treats the
subject of filial sentiments without unneces
sarr exaggeration. All these came as a re
sult of several decades study and experi
ence. The book Is tho fruit of the author's 50
years' study and experience which are gath
ered in the writing .characterised with slm
nlldty and grace.
(Mr. Lorlmer. as a matter of fact, is about
S3 years old.)
It discloses filial sentiments in a way as
if oarents give instruction to their own
children.
Labor and Capital Again.
Birerfall. br Linn Lloyd Porter. Illustrated.
SI 60 net The O. W. Dillingham Com
pany. New York.
A sharp contest between Capital and
Labor a picture ot a marvelously sue
cesstul strike, where Capital proceeds to
evictions, and the mllltla and dynamite
hold sway in turn. The author acknowl
edges that the book is founded upon i
novel that he wrote years ago, but with
out a certain ugly vein which ran
through the former. The book is remark
nblo In that it makes plausible the story
that the majority of stock comes under
the control of the strikers themselves
through their leaders.
Ellen, a oeauoiui ana gentle young
woman, with no other weapon than, her
own purity and strength, wins the bat
tie for her people and finds a husband
in tbe erstwhile president of the board
ot directors, now a convert to the doc
trine of Labor. Suddenly becoming pos
sessed of a large fortune she is enabled
to buy out all the antagonistic direc
tors. PJverfall becomes a modern Utopia,
with parks, schools, model homes and a
gymnasium provided by the new directors.
A Revolutionary Tale.
Mr Captive, by J. A. Altsheler. J 1.23. D.
Applston & Co., New York.
The neroine or tnis story is a young
English girUvwho' falls Into the hands
ot ono of Morgan's officers in South Car
olina. Suspecting that she may have im
portant information to convey to her
father, a British officer under General
Tarleton. the American takes her captive.
For four days they wander In search of
Morgan, finding him at last on the eve
i ui uie ouue ul tue v-uk peris, lnxxcncneo
and ready ror the fight. Skirmishes with
the dreaded guerillas, a duel, a midnight
revel In the stronghold ot these same
guerillas, adventures of all kinds by night
and day, keep the reader interested from
start to finish. One of the most inter
esting characters In the book Is "Old
Put," the hero's faithful horse, who is
always coming to the rescue of his less
wise human friends.
The story Is well and cleverly written.,
and is entertaining from beginning to
end.
A Romance of Herodlan Times.
Bethtalda, by Malcolm Dearborn. $1.50.'
The Q. W. Dillingham Company, New "York.
Although dealing with historical char
acters, the author has chosen a realm
where his Imagination can run riot. The
result Is a romance of love, hate, greed
and power that carries the reader on and
on. set in the time of Pilate, Kerod and
Tiberius Caesar.
Aristarchus, weary of the surfeiting
pleasures of Rome, decides to follow the
path of a star, described as hovering over
Syria on the night of his own birth. In
Jerusalem he meets and loves Bethsaida
one of Pilate's "dancing girls. Both see
the wonderful Nazarene on his way to
crucifixion and become believers. This,
and the fascination Bethsaida unwillingly
exerts over Pilate, cause all their sub-
sequent trials and sufferings. After a
miraculous escape from a Hon In tho
arena, Aristarchus at last finds happiness.
Tho characters are well drawn, the style
vivid, and full of spirit, and the interest
grows In intensity from beginning to end.
Homer for Schools.
Boll's Homeric Stories, for young readers.
by Frederic Aldln Hall, LitLD., professor
of Greek In Washington University, St.
Louis. Cloth, 12mo., 200 pages. Illustrated.
Price, 40 cents. American Book Company,
New York, Cincinnati, and Chicago.
The pure and highly imaginative tales
of Homer arc in this book adapted for
elementary reading and presented as a
connected narrative They will prove
both entertaining and profitable reading
for the children and a fruitful source of
material for teachers. They will explain
the numerous references and allusions to
the characters and Incidents of the Iliad
and the Odyssey bo often found both In
classical and In current literature. The
style of the narrative is clear and simple.
and will both arouse the pupil s interest
and hold his attention. Tho book is pro
fusely Illustrated, largely from the works
of celebrated painters and sculptors. It
Is the most recent addition to the well
known series of Eclectic School Headings,
and Is especially Intended for use In the
sixth and seventh grades.
A Picture of Life Today.
The Pine Grove House, by Buth Hall. 1L50.
Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Boston.
This Is a realistic novel of today.
Miss Hall lias turned aside from his
torical fiction to give us a picture of the
life at a cheap Summer hotel in a small
country town near New York. The story
takes up a few characters whose Uvos
become entangled with those of a more
fortunate village family'. Tho heroine is
slnmle. hlch-mlnded. heroic jdrl. who.
is unfortunate enough to have a dishon
est brother, whose plots to save himself
from disgrace threaten to destroy the
happiness of all concerned. Two success
ful love stories and his own unfortunate
affair are woven In and out, and devel
oped in a series' of Interesting situations
that keep up the suspense to the end.
The novel Is marked by realism in treat
ment, facility and speed ot narrative, a
wealth of incident, vivid characters and
a plot that unfolds with growing interest.
Valentines of All Sorts.
It Is a withered heart that does not
beat a little faster as St. Valentine's day
comes around, and the postman is making
his rounds. For those who wouia remem
ber their valentines, Paul Elder & Co.
ot San Francisco have prepared a splen
did list of missives, that are absolutely
novel. "A Vacant Valentine" 25 cents),
printed In gold, red and black, shows tho
conventional pierced heart In a new light,
and "The Temptation of St Valentine"
(5 cents), Is, a flattering missive Both of
9 A ftgggg
.iJwtxntpst
these are designed and written by W. 8.
Wright. "Flowers of Fate" (50 cents). Is
a little book 'with a daisy on each page.
You. can have lots of fun by turning back
the petals and learning your "greatest
desire, your occupation, your chief trait,
when you will marry," and so forth.
Little books that would make good valen
tines are "The Limerick Up-to-Date
Book" and "The Cynic's Calendar of Re
vised Wisdom." We reproduce "A Va
cant Valentine-."
Big Prizes for Stories.
Metropolitan Magazine, of New
Tho
'York, is offering J35Q0 for four short
stories and a poem, tho total amount to
be distributed as follows: For the best
original story of 7000 words In length
5SCO will he paid; tor the second best. 5300.
For the best original story of 5000 words
JS00 will be paid; for the second best, 5400.
For the best original poem, not exceeding
SS lines. 5203, will be paid. No restrictions
are placed upon contestants. Good sew
stories are wanted, and it does not mat
ter who the authors are. Contributions
should, of course, be typewritten- Origi
nality of idea, cleverness of construction
and brilliancy of diction will be taken
Into consideration in awarding the prized.
All manuscripts must be received before
March 1, 1904.
Her First Call on the Butcher.
From "Monologues." by May Isabel Ftsk
(Harper's).
(Sha enters, shakes skirt free of sawdust,
and wrinkles nose in disgust. She
moves uncertainly, finally points-at one
man.)
Tou, it you please. Good morning. I
want to lookat something for dinner
. . . Oh; I don't know what "I want Just
show me what you have. ... Of course
I can't tell what I want till I see what
you have, and even then It's very hard.
. . . Yes. Just us two. . . . ."Well, the
platter we use ordinarily for dinner I
don't use the best set for every day, but
this one Is really very pretty, white with
little pink roses 'Well, It's about so long
ana 50 wiac, auu x thwuua ,
tO fill it nicely. ... I can t thlnlC Ot I
one thing. What are these? . . Chops? j
SAMUEL MERWIN
Samuel Merwin, author of The
Road to Frontenac" and. with H.
EC Webster, of "Calumet K.," has
jrrltten a new novel ot a self-made
college man in the dramatic set
tings of modern business life in
the Michigan lurrTber regions, en
dued "The Whip Hand." Mr.
Merwin is a young maq not yet in
bis thirties; born in Evanston,
Illinois, he also attended North
western University there, and has
ilnce traveled pretty much around
the world. Many of the experi
ences in the Michigan lumber re
(lons are his, and for a time, some
ears back, he had a desk with
his publishers, Messrs. Doubleday,
Page & Company, -who now pub
dsh "The Whip Hand."
Well. I never saw chops growing In
bunches before. ... I don't care when
I was at home we often had chops, but
they weren't like that, but sort of one
and one, with little bits of parsley around
them. . . . Tou cut them up? Oh-oh-oh
I suppose different butchers have dif
ferent ways. . . .
I don't think I care for that kind of
chops, anyway I mean those with the lit
tle tails. I like the ones with the lonir.
thin bones. . . . French chops? Oh, no,
they weren't Imported oh, no, because tho
cook used to go out any time and get
them. . . . Oh oh oh you do? . . .
They are? I see. . . . I'll take some.
. . . How many? oh I-er Why, about
as many as you usually sell. . . . Well.
let mo see Mr. Dodd generally eats about
a dozen oysters at a time I don't mean
all at once, you know so for both of us I
think about a dozen. . . . Oh, I can
send for more If that Isn't enough.
I would like to look at some chickens,
please. . . . Why, It hasn't any feath
ers! ... It did? . . . You have?
. . . It was? . . . Oh oh oh. I don't
like tho color It seems very yellow. . .
Because, it's fat? Well, I don't want a
fat chicken neither Mr. Dodd nor myself
eat a bit of fat . . . Oh oh oh. I
can't help It I don't like the color of that
chicken you'll pardon my saying so, but
It does look very bilious. Why, what are
you breaking Its bones for? I wouldn't
take It now under any circumstances.
. . . Perhaps, but Mr. Xodd wouldn't
like me to buy a damaged chicken. There.
I like these chickens hanging up. . ,
No, no, not that one farther along no
yes, yes, that's It the blue-looking one
with the larce face. . . I don't cur, t
like Its looks much better than the other
one.
LONDON'S EARLY VORK.
Sketch of Writer's Development From
School Days.
Interest in Jack London Is growing with
the publication of "The Sea-Wolf in the
Century. The following sketch of his career
appeared In the San Francisco Call, and
contains much new matter:
"Within the short space of five years
Jack London has leapt into the forefront
of American novelists, and by the ever
Increasing popularity of his books bids
fair to retain the position to which he has
attained. "A Little Journey" to his Oak
land home, by ono of the literary enthusi
asts, has already appeared in print, and
the book people are eager to grasp any
new bit of information about this virile
young California writer. With this article
the Call places before the reading public
for the first time a resume of the very
first writings of Jack London of Jack
London, the poverty-stricken student and
budding socialist; not ot London, tho au
thor of three and four edition novels.
London has been called the American
Kipling. His blunt man's strength has
even been said to have out-KIpllnged
Rudyard himself Without making any
pxlttttini
text kttwttntip tinti.
leading statements upon the question. It
may be said, however, that, like Kipling,
London's story-telling fever would out
several years before It began to assume
a readable form. Again, like the English
author, London's first attempts at telling
a taie were given to the narrow world of
a school paper circulation.
The first published literary effort of
Jack London appeared in the Oakland
High School Aegis of the date of Janu
ary 18, 1S3S. It was entitled "Bonln Isl
and, an Incident of tho Sealing Fleet of
S3, and was made the leading article of
the school periodical by the enthusiastic
school-boy editor. A typical school-boy's
article was this. It began:
"How many beautiful unfrequented
spots there are that are practically tin
known and unheard of; unknown and un
heard of, sot only by that great class, the
stay-at-home people, but by the wander
ing sightseer.
"Full many-a flower 1 born to blttsh -unseen.
Ana waste Its sweetness on. the desert air.1
This piece ot descriptive writing an
THE LABOR EEABER
QUESTIONS -OF INTEREST
young aspirants indulge In that rudimen
tary branch first detailed an Incident In
London's own life when he was an A. B.
"before the' mast four years previously.
But it was so far superior to tha usual
hodge-podgB. 5f youthful impressions and
stilted poems which, filled the pages of the ,
Aegis that a .general murmur of surprise
swept over the budding literati of. the
school. The Aegis salon, of which, the
writer of these columns had tho honor to
be an humble member, gravely gathered
in conclave and discussed the merits ot
this rough sailor, who had suddenly ap
peared to snatch the laurel buds from the
youthful brows of aspiring genius.
But London would not down. In the
next Issue of the. Aegis there appeared a
more aspiring: piece" 'Frisco Kid's
Story.' It was a, dialect story, couched
in tha. vernacular of the hobo. Through
the monologue- of " 'Frisco Kid there was
narrated the simple little story of a youth
front a mansion in the city who had
strayed Away with tramps and finally met
his death while still of their number.
That was before Joslah Flynt had writ
ten his tramp stories. " 'Frisco Kid" was
in a new vein, so far as the limited circle
TT, .7.7 " ' T t 1 .
Ui iJPicai msn-ocnooi uuy a juiuhjcuso
of "books carried him. This little story by
a terra incognita. Its fanciful diction and
clear-cut pathos, so different from tho
usual waterfall type of a "sad story","
broke down all barriers, and London was
tacitly acknowledged the star writer of
the school.
A strange fellow was that young sailor
tramp for tramp he had also been before
he came to the high school. With his
salient jaw sticking out over a gray
sweater, his rumpled hair and gray eyes,
sparkling sometimes almost to savagery,
he was not a fellow to invite a confidence
from the younger boys, his schoolmates,
and consequently he was looked upon
with a respectful aWBby his associates.
Some even called him an anarchist; this
because he used to go down to the City
Hall Square' on Saturday nights and
harangue the laboring men and loafers
upon the tenets of socialism.
In fact, London could not refrain from
voicing his sentiments on that question to
his schoolmates. In the Aegis of March
'95, there appeared under his name a
remarkable screed entitled, "Pessimism,
Optimism and Patriotism," a weird com
bination of abstractions indeed.
"Again I hear the reader ask, "Who are
our pessimists?' " vociferates the young
socialist m nis plea; and he answers:
'They are the pulsating life-cells of our
Nation, its flesh, "bones and sinews. They
are those who know not and know not
that they know not They contend and
find fault (and rightly so) with existing
conditions. They are pessimists, who. if
they1 had the brains of our optimists.
would sustain, renovate and advance with
healthy stimulus the prosperity of the Na
tion. While wishing to recreate, they lg-
norantly destroy. Our anarchists, Social
ists and labor leaders, with the great
masses which they represent, are the com
ponent parts or that great tidal wave of
humanity which a few of our talened. ob
servers have already taken notice of and
classified as the 'coming terror.' "
Needless to say that this remarkable
monograph by London served only to
mystify the callow Intellects of its high
school readers and confirm their suspi
cions of his anarchical tendencies. Fal
lacious as his arguments might have
been, there was a strength to that little
essay which In the light of later develop
ments can be considered as the straw
which pointed the wind.
That was the single Occasion, however.
on which London sought to lead his
schoolmates out of the wilderness. His
next Aegis publication was much more
subdued, being a little Japanese sketch
under the caption, "Sakalcho. Hona Asl
and Hakadakl,' a simple little thing,
pitched In a minor -chord. Then followed
"A Night's Swim Tn'TetJdd Bay." the re
counts! of a rollicking lark on the part of
)
AT boy of mine Is de only trouble X
has dese days. -De matter wit hlnr
is mostly fights and boodle. I was
saying dat to Mr. Paul, and he says to
me, says he, "Chames," he says, "your
boy, Nappy, Is like de United States of
America." he says. '
'Tanks," I says, 'Tm glad he Is as big
as dat, for he's a chesty youngster; and
sometimes I t'lnks what Is It he Is so
chesty about But tell me," I says, "tell
me, If you please, sir, what makes my
kiddle like de United States, besides dat he
comes from de Bowery," I says.
"Why," says Mr. Paul, "de very t'lng
you was speakrnsr of: Scrapping and
boodle. De people Of de United States,"
he says, "would be peacefuller don a wax
wolks show If dey wasn't all de time look
ing for a scrap. And as for boodle, de
Gove'ment Isn't satisfied with de lively
way folks makes money by delr loneliest
"but when a man shows dat he Is a crack-
a-jack at de game of money-maklng, why
de United States, like a good old unckey,
dey comes along, and dey helps him, by
making money for him. But on dat sub
ject I must not say a wold, Chames, for
I has been socially ostritched."
What's dat? Ostracised? Dat's de very
wold he uses, but I only has had a day
to practice it, and am a bit shy on Its fino
points.
"I have been, socially os-tra-cl-slsed," he
says, "for me nanychist views on de- gove'
ment handing- out prizes to de men who
has landed all de prizes de gove'ment
don't. It is not a safe subject tor a citi
zen to discuss, who hopes to stand well at
his Bible class and club."
I'm glad he didn't pass me out any more
arguments on dat tariff lay-out, for Whis
kers was likely to waltz in at de door,
and fall down In a fit when he hears what
Mr. Paul was saying. Whiskers says dat
it is wicked for to believe, as Mr. Paul
does, on de proposition; and dat any man
who objects to de gove'ment taxing all de
people for de rake-off of a few, ought to
pay rent Dat's where he has Mr. Paul,
for we Is living in a little Murray HHI
shack of twenty rooms what Whiskers
owns, and we doesn't pay him any rent.
Bee?
"But on de scrap proposition," goes on
Mr. Paul, "I can give you my opinion why
Nappy" He calls our kiddle Nappy "Is
like de U. S. Because he- can't keep out
of a scrap, and doesn't want' to. Each
morning dese days de American clt'zen
he opens his paper, and he says, says he,
'Hello, what Is dls? No new scrap on?
Den his wife, who has been down stairs
looking at de right pages, for to see de
bargain notices,, she says, 'You is not
looking at de right page. De news of dls
morning's scrap is on de 'steento-page. I
saw de head lines under de corset cover
advertisements.' At dat de clt'zen he say
dat de editors is getting careless. Dey
should publish de dally scrap news al
ways In de same place, -like de guess at
de wedder rain, with clouds over Muk
den, and a storm centering towards Jer
sey, and copious shipments of, arms to Co
lombia, wit a reserve of transports at San
Francisco, followed by clearing. In de
wheat belt.'
"Den he tolns to de war news, while his
wife pours his coffee, and, never a wold
docs bis loving family get out ot him until
he begins to ask why de toast isn't hot
in Russian, and kick about de bacon in
de language of diplomacy.
"Dere is some joy in living dese days.
I)ISUSSESVAMOUSC
the author while with his ship In Jap
anese waters.
A sea sketch called the "Bun Across,"
and another " 'Frisco Kid" story; neither
ot extraordinary merit, next appeared;- in
the Aegis. These were followed by two
stories, written Just before Loudon left
high school for a brief six months at the
University and then Alaska. "Who Be
lieves in Ghosts?" and "One Marty Unfor
tunate" were the titles of these two stor
ies, the best ot his high-school writings,
and very strong indications of what was
to come when the frozen North had add
ed the drop which, crystauzed the latent
elements of the young story-teller Into "the
well-rounded novelist. "One More Unfor
tunate" was not a school-boy effortj it
was the first story of Jack London, the
man and the artist.
Seerrfs to Settle Burning Question.
A correspondent (art American, we "pre
sume) writes to- ask how he shall pro
nounce the narne of the excellent diarist
we occasionally quote, says the London
Dally Chronicle. "Do you," he asks,
"call Pepya Toppls,' or Teeplea, or
"Chumley, or what?" Even among- con
temporary London talkers there Is dis
agreement. But the question should be
settled "by -one James Carcasse, whom
Pepys kindly took in his boat to view the
great fire, and who returned the compUV
ment by a somewhat 'virulent set of verses
in his volume, "Ludda InterveUa":
Get thee behind me, then, dumb devil, be
gono, The Lord hath Sphthatba said to my
tongue,
Him I must praise who open'd hath my Hps,
Sent me from Navy to the Ark by Pepys.
The rhythm is dreadful. But the rhyme
is conclusive; and the man who rowed In
the same boat with the diarist called him
"Pips,"
LITERARY NOTES.
j
The American Law Book Company, 76
William street. New York, has issued In
a neatly-bound volume, the article on
"copyright" from the Cyclopedia of Law
and Procedure. The book; Is strongly
bound and will be found useful by writers
and newspapers.
Conjectures -will be made as to the
Identity of "Sigma," the publication of
whose "Personalia," In February, is an
nounced by Doubleday, Page & Co., ' as
an event of unusual literary interest.
Whoever and whatever "Sigma" may be,
It may at least be safely said that he
has had exceptional opportunities of meet
ing and knowing intimately all those who
were worth knowing in his country and
that he has given to his recollections the
literary form, only possible to a skilled
man of letters. At least, there Is hardly
a department of intellectual activity dur
ing the past half century which his rec
oilections do not touch. He has had the
entree ot the best political, literary, artis
tic and social circles of the past half
century, and the glimpses he gives of
the intimate life of the men and women
who were the principal figures of Vic
torian England will be read with per
haps even greater interest In America
than in their native country.
The early struggles of the late George
Glsslng have so awakened feelings of re
morse In one good woman that she writes
to a New York publisher: "I wish I had
bought 'New Grub Street when It came
out. I borrowed It." This story Is re
lated on the authority of the New York
Commercial Advertiser.
The production of "Little Mary" In
New York has Intensified the feud be
tween those who admire. BarrTe and. those
who don't. "Little Mary" Is the name
given to the stomach, and -one -critic-sums
up the play aptly in twa words, "Senti
mental Tummy." Another opponent of
Chimmie Fadden Stones
Chames. I reads dls morning dat we Is
making faces at Russia because she ingo
ing to let U3 open de port of Lungtung
on de Yellow Sea. Yesterday we made
faces at her because she wasn't going to
let us open de port. 'What!' says we, 'Not
going to let us open Lungtung I Order de
transports filled with mineral water and
soldiers; and commission de medical corps
for promotion. Not let us open Lungtung!
Order Bob Evans to clear for action, and
toln In a general alarm.'
"Well, no sooner does we get off our
coats, and ready for de scrap, dan Count
Soozlnsky, representing his Royal Mas
ter de Czar, tells us dat de cable from
Russia got mixed on de way. What Rus
sia meant to say was dat she wants us to
open de port of Mucklung; open It wide
open, and keep it open by day and night
shifts. 'Ah-hal' says we. 'Russia wants,
us to open de ports, does she? What
right has she to chip into de game at dls
stage? Order out de militia and de naval
resolve, and de exempts and we white
wings and de war correspondents!'
"So it goes, Chames. We is never wit
out excitement, no matter how de enemy
or f ren tries to play de- game. We Is too
sharp for em alL Nations all over de woild
Is trying to con us, but we has shook de
hayseed from our hair, and put It In de
State Departmeht, and dere you are. Let
'em do delr best, dey can't keep U3 out of
a fight."
I didn't know It was like dat, but if It is,
den I tumbles to why Nappy Is like de
U. S. Here's a letter I gets from him de
odder day. Copy it
Dear Dad: Being prest for funs I take my
pen in hand for to say so. the two dollars
Mr. Paul sent me would have lasted me all
my life if I did not have to spend soma of it
which I did dear dad. Our drawing teacher,
who was a footballer when be was a man,
he said I drawed the best ever, and a boy
Who thinks he is somethlntr feerce he said
rats. At recess I aald he did say rats to me
and ho walked for his gang and he said yes
he said It to me, and what was X going to
do about It- Dear dad you always told me
to be a good, boy and get In the first lick, so
X did not wait to say what I was going to do,
but I done it I never saw a boy whose nose
bedes so easy as that boys nose. Dear dad
I was shamed for him because lasted of hit
ting back he held his nose and took It to the
bed master to show it to him. -The hed mas
ter he attended to me, but it was not that
which hurt but the thought that the boy did
not wate to let me get in the upper cut you
tout me so well, dear dad. Then my gang
they said It was up to me to treet for to the
victor belongs the toll, and X t rested and It
cost fifty cents because a snide boy too little
to be licked rung- In twice on soda with ice
cream too which cost dubeL
p. s. dear Dad I .forgot to say that I bot a
b&se ball to practice at pitchers so that I will
be a twerier for fair in the spring when base
ball is the thing and cost fifty cents' but was
worth It, only the bottle ot anarchy I bet for
three spraned fingers cost fifty cents more,
which three flftys Is subtract from two dollars
leves fifty, and none to carry which Is feerce.
There was & catchers glove which a boy
owned and said I could have till my hands
was unspraned for seventy five cents, which
into fifty you can't so I owe him twenty five
as you can aee as well as me by proving, back
wards and arithaUcs 1st too feerce too. You
always told me dear dad not to owe no boy
money, eo if you will send me a "dollar I will
have seventy five cents remainder and none
to carry which will ast ma until I am a man.
your loving NAPOLEON.
Well, dat was fierce for fair, and I senda
de kiddie a dollar what I wins from
coaehy at poker, but kiddle slips a cog
on dat lasting- him until he Is a man, as
you can see from dls letter:
Dear dad. Thank you for the dollar which
I hope did not cost yda any coaveenyence. X
paid the boy who sold me the gloves, but he
Sd the price was a dollar and I said gess.
Lin I on no farmer. He aald did I mean
to say he was a Her and dubled his fist and
, bo I got In that upper cut and it was a beauty.
the Barrio brxrackers said of "The Ad
Eilrable,Crictijonu and ".Barrie's senti
mentality" thiaf ter the performance ha
felt as. if ho had been standing under
a Niagara of treacle.
Amdny- the interesting historical books
of the year. "On the Distaff Side" (James
.Pott &. Co.), deserves first rank. In this
book Gabrtello Festlng has anecdotes to
tell cf Elizabeth. Countess of Shrews
bury;" en the Countess of Northumberland
!and Ogle, and of Amelia Sophia Eleanora,
the royal- spinster. The story ot the
Countess Ogle's running away fromMha
country husband she had been sold to
by her grandmother, the Countess Dow
ager of Northumberland, reads like a
modern romantic novel. When the Coun
tess Ogle became the Duchess ot Somer
set, Swift, the poet, caricatured her in
verse, calling her "Carrots," because of
her brilliant red hair. He paid well for
his rhymes, for the Duchess, then Queen
Anne's favorite, used her influence and
he lost all chances ot preferment.
A literary citizen of Bottles, on the
Koyuknk River, Alaska, recently ordered
some books of Doubleday, Page & Co.
and sent a little canvas haar of srold dust
'to pay for them.
"Do publishers read unsolicited manu
scripts?" asks a -writer In the Philadel
phia Inquirer. Doubleday, Page & Co.
-owh up to reading 569 novels alone in
eight months. The 570th was published,
It is Acqulla Kempster's love story of
India, "The Mark," but The 570th MS."
would be quite as' enticing a title.
Cyrus Townsend Brady is as tireless as
machinery. The G. W. Dillingham Com
pany announces for early publication "A
Corner In Coffee" by the chronicler of
sea-fights and buccaneering exploits.
One of the curious plctpres In Mrs.
Alice Morse Earle's new work in two
volumes, "Two Centuries of Costume In
America," which the Macmllllan Com
pany have recently published, is a repro
duction of a portrait of Alexander Ham
ilton In British uniform. The picture was
painted, presumably, before the outbreak
of the Revolution, and is introduced part
ly to show the uniform of British Co
lonial Regulars of the Eighteenth cen
tury.
"Theodora Roosevelt the Citizen," the
latest work of Jacob A. Rils, is to be an
unconventional biography. As almost
everyone knows, Mr. Rlls came into Intl
'mate relations with Mr. Roosevelt when
the latter was Police Commissioner In
New York City, and the two worked to
gether with equally Intense vigor and
grit in fighting against graft and In be
half of decent living parks and schools
for toe children, safe and healthful tene
ments, a clean and honest city. Since
then the two have been warm persomil
friends, and Mr. Rlls' opportunities for
knowing about the President's life, opin
ions and feelings have been peculiarly
full and unique. It Is to be published
this Spring by the Outlook Company.
Tho Love Letters of Abelard and He-
lolse will be published immediately by
the Dobbs-Merrlll Company. The edition
will be worthy of their Twelfth century
letters, that have come to be regarded
as the type of love letters for all time.
This reprint Is from the first English
translation (1722). The edition consists of
675 copies on English hand-made paper
($3.00), and 13 on Japan vellum ($15.00)
The title page, double page 'borders, and
large Initials have been especially de
signed.
. Among the books which are coming Into
larger demand on account of the lively
interest in the Russian-Japanese im
broglio is Mrs. Ethel Colquhoun's vi
vaclous account ot journeyings in Japan
Corea and from Vladivostok, over the
trans-Siberian Railroad. Few books give
equally vivid pictures ot actual scenes
and dally life in these countries, and the
publishers, A. Si Barnes & Co., find an
increasing appreciation of the author's
timely sketches of the -East,
and the boy, who is all right he said he was
only fooling and I could have the mask hs
wore last year being sub. catcher, for nothing
because he wanted to belong to my gang and
not always get licked. That made me sorry
I punched blm and X gave him. seventy five
cents for the mask eo that X would stoo feeling
sorry wmch is a baa uung. Tbe Fiscal cui
turo teacher he says It Is called remorse Ilka
the next morning, but he Jokes. He is my
good friend and Is going to take me to a big
boys game of ball in the Spring between
Yale and Harvd which can yell louder than
locomotuT. I am In the french class, only
the teacher does not teech like dear mama.
by talking what a fellow wants to say; but
out of a book about the roof of the palace ot
the brother of the kings sister; de la for sis
ter and du for king. It is panefuL I thought
If the french teecher did not know any more
about french than that he would not know
real french, so X said In real french like
mama talks that he was un petit Imbecile
which mama always said I was when I dldn'
sound my u right. But dear dad I was
farmer for that teecher hd understood and he
kept me after class and he attended to me
good. Too good. Your loving NAPOLEON,
p. s. dear dad being again prest for funs
would be thankful If you will send me a dollar
or two, whichever la easeest and X will give It
to the matron to keep for she is french and
mama writes her bully lettlers X gess, for she
gave me a pie when the french teecher had
finished with me and said he was what X said
be was and much more too. That was a great
comfort to me. So was tbe pie. Your loving
NAPOLEON.
Say I didn't know wedder to go out and
rob at bank, or make a light touch on
Duchess. I didn't tlnk of showing her
de kiddle's letter, but I left It In me livery
jacket when I went out for a walk, and
dat was de same ting, for when I got
home Duchess she had read It My, my!
got do surprise of me life. Instead
being raw wit kiddie Duchess said 1
had done right, and give me a two spot to
send to him. But she had been busy. She
had writ a letter to dat French teacher
what was a wonder. De English lang-
wudge Is pretty handly for saying t'lngs
for us dat cops its fine points; but for
sassy stuff dat can t be stopped in
malls. I t'lnk de French takes de medaL
Duchess tolned it into English for me as
well as she could, but she says dat dere
was no American wolds for so much of
de langwudge she used, I didn't get de
full flavor of It- But de French teacher
did. He must have curled up and near
died when he read It, for de matron writes
a letter about It to Duchess, and tell
her t ings dat de teacher done when he
got de letter dat tickled Duchess near to
deat. And Kiddie wrote to me dat he
was going to get his gang to lay for dat
teacher and do him, but dat de teacher
had all of a suddent got so good to him
dat he had to give up de plan.
Of course; Tm proud dat Nappy is like de
U. S. bur, say, it comes high! But Mr.
Paul says dat Is anodder reason .why
Nappy is like de gove'ment.
(Copyright, 1004, by K. H. Rn&sell.)
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Robert Greene.
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