THE SUNDAY POKTL&kD, MARCH 20, 190
TBE DEAKBO-RM MASSACRE IN
When Wilderness "VFas King, a tale of the
Illinois Country, by Randall Parrish. Il
lustrated in color by the Kinney. $1.50.
A. C. McClurg & Company, Chicago.
I saw a dot upon the map, and a housefly's
filmy wing
They said 'twas Dearborn's picket-flag,
when "Wilderness was Kin?. .
I heard the blockhouse gates unbar, the
column's solemn tread,
X saw the Tree of a single leaf its splendid
foliage shed
To otto awhile that August morn above
the column's head;
I heard the moan of muffled drum, the
woman's wail of life,
The Dead March played for Dearborn's men
just marching out of life;
The swooping of the savage cloud that burst
upon the rank
And struck it with its thunderbolt in fore
head and in flank,
The spatter of the musket-shot, the rifles'
wnutung rain
The fandhllls drift round hop forlorn that
never marched again.
Is a hero strong, skrw, ana euro be
cause he is named John, or is he named
John because he Is strong, slow and
sure? It Is perhaps impossible to answer
the question definitely, but the fact re
mains that heroes of the John Bidd type
are called John, and tho hero of the
aptly-named romance of tho Illinois coun
try,. "When "Wilderness Was King," Is
no exception to the rule. John Wayland
Is a frontiersman, and a very good figure
for the foreground of such a stirring
historical tale. With the support of a
few minor characters, he would alone
be capable of carrying on- tho drama,
but in addition to John, tho -author has
two other striking figures in the cast.
There is Tolnette, who should, indeed,
have been mentioned first, and there is
De Croix, the dashing French officer.
Tolnette very naturally turns the heads
of plain John and Do Croix, and the
rivalry of these opposing characters fur
nishes plenty of excitement and not a
little comedy. As a romance should,
"When Wilderness Was King" end3 in the
right way, and John and his Tolnette are
happy ever afterwards.
The Dearborn massacre and the events
preceding It furnish the historical setting
for the excellent story of Tolnette and Her
admirers. The story is a story, and a
rattling good one, too. The action never
drags, and the situations are thrilling.
The historical facts might be fiction, so
well are both blended into a vivid whole.
A bare outline of the plot of "When
Wilderness Was King" would run about
like this: John Wayland, young, brave
and frontier-bred, is called away from
his quiet life in the fields to go on a
perilous journey. He must ride to Fort
Dearborn, on the shores of the distant
Iake Michigan, in search of a young girl
who has been entrusted to his father's
care; On the way he falls in with one
Captain do Croix, gentleman adventurer,
and for safety, and safety only, they are
glad of one another's company. Then
the strangely assorted pair encounter
Captain Wells and his company of Mla
mas, also bound for Fort Dearborn, and
are only too glad to avail themselves of
the added- protection. But one evening
young Wayland goes in for independent
exploration, and among the sand dunes,
in an open boat, beached by the tide,
he sees for the first time the fascinating,
changeable and altogether bewildering
young girl who is to give him so much
rouble.
But they finally reach Fort Dearborn,
and find tho situation there appalling
enough. A thousand menacing braves on
the outside, discord and sedition -within
the walls, and hardly any two opinions
alike as to what must be done.
What they did do is a matter of his
tory, but before they march out through
the gates poor John has a sad, perplexing
time of it, what with tho willfulness of
his lady-love and the mystery surround
ing her movements, to say nothing of
the apparently superior prowess of Cap
tain de Croix. And finally comes the day
of the "Dead March played for Dear
born's men just marching out of life,"
and comedy is at an end. But stern
realities serve the purpose of John Way
land's love better than polite Inaction,
and from tho day of the massacro the
story is ono of thrilling peril and escapes
at the very edge of death. How Way
land got away from his savage captors
and how ho rescued Tolnette It would
be purposeless to detail here. It is all
wonderfully told in the story, and It Is
only necessary to say that everything
comes out to tho satisfaction of the
reader at tho end.
The color illustrations In "When Wilder
ness Was King" aro exceedingly good,
and are the best that have been done
by the Kinneys, who first came into
prominence two years ago with some re
markably original pictures for "The
Thrall of Lelf the Lucky." This was
about the first instance of tho use of
full-color in book illustrations, and this
fact helped make' both the book and the
artists famous.- A year later an equal
success followed the publication of "The
Ward of King Canute," for which the
Kinneys made six striking Illustrations,
and which they reproduced in the same
manner. The work of these artists is very
individual and is always conspicuous for
the accuracy of the historical details. It
is this faculty which has made them
much sought after for Illustrations In
romantic fiction and which makes them
lha ideal choice for "When Wilderness
Was King."
THE WONDERFUL JAPANESE.
Their Great System of Physical
. Training Described.
Japanese Physical Training, by II. Irving
Hancock. Illustrated with many photo
graphs. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New Tork
The wonders of the Japanese "jiu
JItsu" are for the first time adequately
and perspicuously presented in this vol
ume by Mr. Hancock, who is exception
ally well qualified to treat the subject
The various blows and"hoIds used by the
Japanese are clearly described, and the
excellent photographs aid the reader ma
terially. Some years ago the author becamo In
terested in the all-around physical
training that has made the Japanese,
small people though they are, the great
est athletes and the happiest of the
world's people. Mr. Hancock has devoted
much of his time during the past seven
years to a thorough study of all its prin
ciples. In this volume he explains in
detail all of the causes that have con
tributed to mako the Japanese our su
periors in health, endurance, vitality
and cheerfulness of temperament. Ho
gives descriptions pf athletic feats that
Trill properly develop each part of the
body. He gives also the Japanese prin
ciples of diet, . clothing, bathing and gen
eral good and rational living.
Of tho origin of Jiu" Jltsu, Mr. Hancock.
EXCELLENT TALE
says: "The 'active outdoor life, com
bined with frugal, sensible diet, made tho
Samuvai powerful men. But there wa3
yet vastly moro to come in the physical
development of these little men. Ono
bright fellow discovered that by pressing
thumb or fingers against certain muscle3
or nerves momentary paralysis could be
produced. He also discovered that by
employing the hardened edge of his hand
to strike a piece of bamboo at a certain
angle of impact he could break the stick.
If he could paralyze his own nerves and
muscles, why not another's? If he could
break a stick by a sharp blow with tho
edge of hia hand, why could he not train
himself in the same way to break tho
arm of a dangerous antagonist? And that
was the beginning of the creation of the
science of Jiu jltsu.
NEW BOOK BY ELLEN GLASGOW
"The Deliverance," a Good Novel
With Unusual Characters.
The Deliverance, by Ellen Glasgow. Illus
trated In color by Schoonovcr. $1.50.
Doubleday, Page. & Company, New Tork.
A blind woman kept in Ignorance of the
poverty Into which her family has fallen
a blind woman believing that her fields
are still tilled by tho slaves hor family
owned is surely a striking figure In a
modern novel. Such Is Mrs. Blake, one
of the characters In "The Deliverance."
Miss Glasgow's latest and her best book.
And the old lady Is told the truth In bru
tal fashion. "He has told her every
thing," said Cynthia, "after twenty
years."
"Tho Deliverance Is a picture of life
done on a large canvas. The scene Is in
Virginia; the time, during the last 29
years; the characters are persons of the
war period and of tho present generation.
The story Is a large and serious one,
lighted everywhere by humor. It Is
a novel of large scope and of very orig
inal plot a stirring tale and a piece of
literature of distinction, both In concep
tion and In style.
The characters in the book are not nu
merous, and the reader knows each of
them before the story is finished. The
"cast" is made up of:
CHRISTOPHER BLAKE, a tobacco-grower
MRS. BLAKE, his mother.
TUCKER CORBIN, an old soldier.
CTNTHIA and LILA BLAKE, sisters of
Christopher.
CARRAWAT, a lawyer.
BILL FLETCHER, a wealthy farmer.
MARIA FLETCHER, his granddaughter.
WILL FLETCHER, his grandson.
"MISS SADIE." feister of Fletcher.
JACOB "WEATHERBT. a tobacco-grower.
JIM WEATHERBT, his son.
SOL PEBERKIN. another tobacco-grower.
MOLLY PEBERKIN. his daughter.
TOM SPADE, a country storekeeper.
SUSAN, his wife.
UNCLE BOAZ, a negro. .
OF SEA AND SHORE.
New Book by the Author of "Sea
Scamps" Fulfills Promise.
To Windward, by Henry C. Rowland. With
frontispiece In color, by Charlotte Weber.
12-mo.. cloth. ?1.50. A. S. Barnes & Co.,
New Tork.
Dr. Rowland Is the author of "Sea
Scamps," and that collection of short
stories gave Indications of his gift of
lively writing. "To Windward" is; a lively
book, and carries the reader along from
the first word spoken by the New Eng
lander, Amos Knapp, a3 he sings out
"'Vast heavin'!" The author tells In part
a story of the sea, and in part the story
of a man's battle In New York. The go
and spirit of the style make themselves
felt whether the hero Is on the deck of a
yacht or in the shifting scenes pf New
York life. Among other features of the
OF ILLINOIS COUNTRY CARRIES READER ALONG
HR5l CLARENCE Ji.nCKAV,
A rUUJQKARE VOWEL ST
book are episodes of a metropolitan sur
geon's life which have a wholly distinc
tive freshness and realism. As the title
Indicates, the hero beats up against
stormy weather. How his eventful voyage f
ends it remains for the reader of this re
markably strong and dramatic novel to
determine for himself.
A SMART SET BOOK.
Baroness von Hutten's Newest Book
Is "Araby."
Araby, by the Baroness von Hutten. Illus
trated by C. J. Budd. 12-mo. $1.00. The
Smart Set Publishing Company, New Tork
"Araby," a novel by Baroness vou Hut
ten, Is a strange story of great charm;
It Is as realistic as romantic, and It con
veys in crisp dialogue and movement
vivid pictures of modern life, In phases
as numerous as are the charactetra of the
narrative.
There is a lesson in "Araby," and that
a powerful one; but there Is, first and
always, the story Itself, vital and hu
man, the story of an unusual passion, In
which the Instinct of the primitive sav
age and tho conditions of our 20th cen
tury civilization meet and war. The au
thor has achieved a work of fiction at
once distinctive and fascinating.
"Araby" starts this way: "A string.
At one end of the string. Fluffy Daddies;
at tho other end, Araby!" And it keeps
up the same frivolous stylo right through
very light and entertaining.
STORY OF THE GREAT RIVER.
Boys Will Find Pleasure in Tale of
Mississippi.
Banning the Blver, by George Carey Eggles-
ton. 12-mo., cloth. Illustrated. $1.30. A.
S. Barnes & Co., New Tork.
"Running the River" should appeal to
boys as a good story in a picturesque
setting. With enthusiasm which readers
will feel at once, Mrs. Eggleston has
written a vivid and varied story of Amer
ican boys' and girls' pluck and success in
the adventurous life of the great river.
Mr. Eggleston has chosen a most stirring
period,""" when the Mississippi and other
rivers were crowded with steamboats, and
the scenes of thrilling adventures. The
adventures of his characters are accom
panied by sketches of actual life and his
toric happenings. The author has written
a book that Is not only a good story, but
a picture of fresh and quaint phases of
American life which should please many
readers.
An Irish Yutzo.
Dennis Foggarty, the Irish Yutzo, and his
wife Honora, by Lord Gilhooley. 80 cents
net. Frederick A. Stokes Company, New
Tork.
Bound In green cloth and printed in
green Ink with shamrocks and harps
strewn over the pages, comes a book
called "Dennis Foggarty, the Irish Yut
zo." There may have been some reason
for its being written tho author might
have eased his mind by working off the
subject matter but there can have been
little for its publication.
The author Is supposed to overhear Den
nis Foggarty and Mrs. Foggarty talking
in bed. and the witticisms uttered by the
Irish Yuzo, whatever sort of baste that
Is, are jotted down unrelentingly.
"That'll nlver be an aisy body, Mrs.
Foggarty that carries an unalsy mind"
is a specimen of the thoughts uttered by
thinker Foggarty.
Prizes for Northwestern Authors.
The Coast Magazine, of Seattle, offers
$100 in prizes for short stories from
writers of the Northwest Stories sub
mitted must be from 500 to 3000 words
it
A STICKING STORg
"ELLEN GLASGOLA
In length. andV should -d-al, preferably,
with Western Mte. , Full- particulars of
the competition niay be had by address
ing the Coast Magazine. Seattle.
LITERARY NOTES.
Paul Elder & Co., of San Francisco,
have a large number of rare volumes,
as well as many library editions and
others for sale. An Interesting catalogue
has just been Issued by the firm.
"Merely Mary Ann," Zangwlll'o cele
brated short story which Is having such
a success on the stage, has been Issued
by tho Macmlllan Company in very at
tractive paper covers, and with photo
graphic Illustrations from the play.
It Is promised that one of the attrac
tive qualities of the Foolish Dictionary,
a 75-cent volume which the Roblnson
Luco Company of Boston will soon is
sue. Is the great variety in the style of
humor. While some mysterious person
who has taken the very appropriate
pseudonym of Gideon Wurdz, has written
a great many of the funny definitions, he
has also acted as editor in compiling spe
cial contributions of other humorists to
this work. Each humorist has written
his definitions In his own peculiar style;
some are eplgrammatlcal, some just plain
foolish, some discover odd derivations
and explain them with mock dictionary
seriousness, and some act on the theory
that brevity 13 the soul of wit. The fol
lowing definitions from tho advance
sheets of the book give some idea of
the wit:
MANNERS, a difficult symphony In the key
of B natural.
NON-CONDUCTOR, tho motorman.
OATS. England's horsefeed, America's
breakfast and Scotland table d'hote.
OUTSKIRTS, the only garments which
clothe many of our large cities with decency
ABSTINENCE, from the Persian ab, water!
and stein or tankard. Hence, water tank
ard, or "water-wagon."
AUTOMOBILE, from Eng. ought to, and
Lat. Moveo, to move. A vehicle that ought
to move, but frequently can't.
Henry Kitchell "Webster Is the author
of the new Issue In the Macmlllan series
of Little Novels by Favorite Authors.
"The Duke of Cameron Avenue" narrates
a fight between the head of a social set
tlement and tho ward boss to see wheth
er decency or corruption shall rule in
that region of Chicago.
A new edition of timely value is being
iBsued of "Twenty Famous Naval Bat
tles," by Edward Kirk Rawson. Super
intendent of Naval Records at Washing
ton. This book, a "Creasy on Water,"
gives vivid pictures. Introducing every
type of naval warfare, from the battle
of Salamls. 480 B. C. to the engagements
of Manila and Santiago. It Is thus be
ing read with Increased interest, by rea
son of the outbreak of hostilities in the
East. The new edition Is the first to
appear in a single volume, the others
having been in two. It is published by
Thomas Y. Crowell & Co.
In six months' timo all really enter
prising gazetteers will have to contain a
paragraph about Bird Center, I1L, because
the town will be so real to almost every
one that it ought to have a place on the
map. In other words, after Mc
Cutcheon's "Bird Center Cartoons" ap
pear In book form It will not be long be
fore the delightful characters of this de
lightful village are as familiar all over
the country as they are now within the
circulation limits of Mr. McCutcheon'3
paper. The publication of this book Is
announced by A. C. McClurg for the end
of March, and people who have not fol
lowed the course of these "Social Happen
ings at Bird Center" in the newspaper
have a treat In store for .them.
A Japanese novel that is now In its
29th edition in Japan 'and is still selling
rapidly should prove of espedal interest
just at present, and Hubert B. Turner
& Co. are likely to find a large sale for
their translation of "Hototogisu," by
Kenjlro TokutomL For the sake of our
tongues, however, the translation will be
published under the title "Naml-Ko."
The "Magpie Club In London, whose (
members aro clever young English writ
ers sworn to criticise one another's work
with merciless severity, has been in ex
istence about 12 years. The club cir
cularizes among its members a manu
script magazine in which their work ap
pears. Not until this year has any of
the members fiction been considered by
themselves worthy of publication. A.
R. Weeke's "Yarborough the Premier"
(Harper's) is the first novel produced by
a member of the ''Magpie" that has
been published.
It is announced by D. Appleton & Co.
that a recent printing of "David Harum"
brings to that famous book the record of
tTS.OOO copies. Of these, 600,000 copies, the
edition without illusffatlbns, have been
printed from a single set of plates.
This Spring tho Macmlllan Company
will publish a series of popular novels In
paper covers at 23 cents. "The Vir
ginian," "Richard Carvel" and other ol
the best novels of recent years aro to be
Included In the Berles".
LANG ON SLANG.
A Scottish Critic Unintentionally
Funny In Scoring Ade.
Andrew Lang on George Adet It Is a
combination that should produce somo
funny reading and It does. Here Is tho
prolific Mr. Lang's recent criticism on
"Fables in Slang:"
"The English tourist was holding his head."
This is quoted from a work In two volumes,
entitled "Fableo In 8!ang." by George Ade,
published by Messrs. Stone & Co. In that
center of culture, Chicago. The book was pre
sented to me by a scholar of more than Euro
pean reputation, and was to fill a gap In my
philological knowledge. Having read the "Fs
bles In Slang." I do not wonder that the Eng
lish tourist held his head. For the volumes are
almost certainly wrlttdn with a conscientious
and laudable desire to be humorous, and yet.
la the Eastern mind, they produce a black
melancholy. Is humor, like morals, an affair
of climate and environment? Are things funny
in Chicago which are saddening in Great Brit
ain and Ireland? It may be so, and "Wfce Mac
greegor," which exhilarates the Scot, may de
press the dwellers' in the great Republic I
'may be disappointed bocaurc, after all, I have
read more slang In a perfectly solemn Amer
ican magazine article on municipal corruption
than in the fables of Mr. Ade. Slang is a
profitable study; it often yields us a language,
in the making, and we are amused by hunting
slang words to their shady sources, and won
dering what qualities make a new slang word
, popular, and enable it to oust an orthodox old
word of the same meaning. But Mr. Ade does
not give us aa much slang as we expected,
while, by way of humor, he spells all his sub
stantives with an Initial capital letter. In
this respect, though in no other, he reminds
us of the essayists of the 16th century.
Beginning with the adventure of the English
tourist, we learn that "the clothes he wore
evidently had been cut from a steamer rus by
his mother, or some other aged relative suffer
ing from astigmatism." The nature of a
steamer rug is not obvious, for perhaps
"steamer" is American for some entity not
known here by that name. Just aa a commer
cial traveler is called a "drummer." The
clothes of Mr. Matthew Arnold were severely
criticised when he lectured in America, yet
on this side of the water they seemed in no
way remarkable. Perhaps all our clothes are
fashioned out of what iCr. Ade calls steamer
rugs, even our "Tuxedos" and Prince "Al
berts," whatever these vestments may be. But
we, too, have our peculiarities, we usually
wear evening dress at public dinners, and we
do not march down Piccadilly in round felt
hats and frock coats. In the course of this
humorous narraUve a native tells a girl who
waits at table that "the blending under the
left ear is poor, and if you are not careful
some one will sign you as a spotted girl."
What is "the bleAding." and why are spotted
girls signed? TQey may know In Chicago.
Presently a boy enters, and eays, "Feed me ev
erything with one tn the light to come along. It
any of. the cockroaches asi for me, tell them.
I'm for all night with the yellow rattlers, ana
laid out at 'Winona." Here the reader, If a na
tive of Chicago, may hold his sides, bUt it
was at this point that "the English tourist
was holding his head." We need not pity him;
why did he go to Chicago que diable allalt-11
faire dans cette galere? The next word of
unknown connotation Is "Josher." The term
has been applied to myself in a comic con
temporary, and I have wondered what It
meant. In Mr. Ade's book It Is applied to an
"advance agent." Can I be" an "advance
agent," as Theophlle Gautier is eald to hav
been a Christian without knowing It? The
only way to interpret "Josher" is to compare
the various contexts in which it occurs. Per
haps it Is only a synonym for "human being."
The final Jest is the statement of the Josher
that the girl who waited at table was his sis
ter. Possibly she was; quite aa possibly there
were no ties of consanguinity betweeea the
young woman and the Josher.
"Tho Englishman was deeply perplexed."
Out of Chicago who is not? And in Chicago
perhaps the learned are puzzled by "Wee Mac
greegor," a book apparently couched in the
Plctlsh language. Among other philological
puzzles we note "la the graft played out?" "a
rangy person," "a cinch," "a one-night stand,"
"a rube to-frn," "a Jay town," "a four-flush
drummer," "a rooter from the days of under
hand pitching." Pitching is the term for
bowling at baseball (if it is bowling, a matter
for the umpire's decision), but is a "rooter"
equivalent to a daisy cropper? The following
phrase appears to refer to the terms of some
manly pastime: "She could get away with any
topic that was batted up to her, and then slam
it over to second in time to head oft the run
ner." There seems to be a combination here
of cricket and Bugby football, but "the Eng
lishman is deeply perplexed." "Don't renig"
may be excellent advice, but clamors for a
translator. Wo may renig without knowing
that it is wrong. "Clarence stood in with the'
toughest push in town, he learned to shoot
crap and rush the can." The last phrase may
mean to push about the bottle, but to say
what kind of bird or beast the crap Is, and
what kind of education the crapshooter needs,
demands an education more jextcnslve and pe
culiar, if not more liberal, than that of the
present Josher. "Guff," I think, from the con
text, Is equivalent to what we call "pulpit
oratory." "The lookout" certainly means the
pulpit, a "squab" is a young man, a "yap" Is
an old man. Walt Whitman sings (as far as
he can be said to-eing of "a barbaric yap."
"Oodles" means "plenty" or "abundance," as
In "oodles of slang.' To "make a horrible
beef la to express discontent. The nature of
"a burgoo picnic" defies investigation. "A
Jimmy little tuxedo" la an artlole of male
attire. "The free and untrammeled souls in
the Spaghetti Joint" are perplexing, nor ia it
obvious whether Spaghetti Is an Italian sur
geon of renown who has made this joint his
peculiar rtudy, or whether, perhaps, he keeps
a restaurant where the Joints are excellent. If
so the free and untrammeled souls may fre
quent Spaghetti's house of entertainment. "We
shall know when we are dead," raid an Aus
tralian philosopher, and, If we go' to Chicago'
when we die, we shall know.
It Is not my design to go to Chicago in this
present state ot being, and, if I know myself,
only a powerful medium indeed could summon
me thither from the next world. One learns
with regret that brandy and alcohol are "para
phernalia," which means "that which a bride
brings over and above her dower." "Why
should a bride bring not only alcohol but
brandy also? No light Is thrown by my read
ing on the nature and properties ot "a dinky
gavel," or on the process described as "doing
a steve brodle," or on the nature of "nlf ti
neas," or on "staking a person to a meal
ticket," or "putting on a pair of pneumatic
sneakers," or "giving the rowdy hee ho."
"Perhaps It was not a comic paper at all. It
may have been Punch," Is the only epigram
which I can discover In 'the two volumes of
this "Western humorist, and it Is adapted from
the English. An unpatriotic American (a
purely imaginary monster, surelyX Is reprt
sented as saying, "In this beastly country the
Imitation article always passes as the real
thing." But "if and while" these fables ia
slang are Intended to pass for humor they can
hardly do so lnHhe country of Mark Twain.
It has cost me some fever of the brow and
much toilsome reading to pick out the philo
logical gems from this Incomparably tedious
pair of volumes. To "play shirtwaist man'-
Is one of these mysterious phrases, looking
at the-' whole compilation, one feels as one
does In presence of a Hlttlte or Iberian or
Aztec inscription. It may be full of interMtlag
matter, but nobody caa decipher It. Asa me
there may. after all, be humor In those pass
ages of Mr. A'de'a books which convey no
meaning at all to persons not educated In the
State of Illinois. A work named "The Mont
rose Humorists" has ofttn been cited as cryptic
In. Its wit. but a Caledonian, perhaps, might
pick a few plums out of- the mass. In the
same way "Fables, in Elans" may entertain
The dwellers In Chicago, and It lakes all sorts
u appreciate jokes.
NOTES OF THE MAGAZINES.
The Green Bag Is being made a- magazine
of wider Interest, and the general reader,
as well as the lawyer will find much enter-"
tainment In it, as well as substantial benefits
Somo of .the practical questions lately do-,
elded by the courts are montloned by the
Green Bag and the list Includes such matters
as-the -speed ot automobiles; liability for a
trunk left on a. ot tamer-wharf ; the Butler
bribery case In Missouri; whether a cash
register Is a competent witness to payment;
where a contract by telephone Is held to be
made, at the sender's or the receiver's end;
whether & ftra, patrol wagon la liable for
running over a pe-Hceman: whether X-rays
are mechanical or therapeutic, so far as
damages for Injuries in using them are con
eerned. The Green. Bag Is a monthly and
Is published by the Boston Book Company,
53 Francis street, Boston, at $4 a year.
Scrfb Bex's. John Corbln, the dramatic
critic, writes In the April Serlbner'a ot
Tlay-gclng In London;" giving the social
and artistic atmosphere of the modern
play-house.' Mr. Corbln also writes about
the playwrights Plnero, Jones. Barxie, Ste
phen Phillips and others who at present
dominate the London -stage. The article will
be Illustrated by Raven-Hill, of Punch, and
Frank Craig.
Harper', The wonderful traffic on the
Great Lakes, and the Interesting types the
traveler observes up there are described by
Louise Morgan Sill in an article entitled
"Through Inland Seas," la Harper's Maga
zine for April. "One of the most Interest
ing persons connected with the lake traffic
Is a sort of brother to the landlubber cow
boy. He Is practically the lariat-thrower
of these pralrie-Hke lakes, but he does not
lasso cattle or anything to trivial. His
game may be a wharf or an 8000-ton
freighter, and he neyer misses his cast. He
makes no -pretense to anything picturesque
and It Is doubtful If he would card to be so
described, but picturesque he Is as he
swings the rope In the air from dock to
vessel, or vica versa." Tho accompanying
capital photographs In tint aro by Frances
Benjamin Johnston.
House Beautiful "Chimney Corner," the
studio of a Rhode Island artist, Is a fascinating-
plan described In the last number of
The House beautiful. Another article tells
all about pewter, the fad of the moment.
"Popular; The Popular Magazine for April,
now on sale, presents as its piece de resistance,
a new serial by Max Pemberton, whose pre
vious work as a writer of adventure fiction
has won. for him an enviable place in litera
ture. The story la entitled "Beatrice, of Ven
ice." and has as a scene Venice at the time
when Napoleon was seeking to add It to his
growing empire. It Is a field particularly
adapted to Mr. Pemberton's power of handling
situations strong in love and romantic ad
venture. The number also contains a clever
novelette by "William "Wallace Cook, entitled
"Wanted. A Highwayman," and 14 other fic
tion features.
Alnslee's The novelette In Ainslee's for
April 1b by S. Carleton, the author of "The
Ribboned "Way,"- which appeared in the July
number. The new story Is called "The Inn of
the Long Year." and Is full of the fascina
tions of the Canadian woods, besides having a
strong love element. " Ashton Hllliers, whb
made even blase readers sit up with his story,
"The Beat Man," In the January number, has
a brilliant and absorbing racing story in "The
Steeplechase." Mr. Hllliers name Is a new
one to American magazine readers, but he has
hit them hard. Sarah Guernsey Bradley, who
has earned a solid reputation as a writer of
strong fiction, has one that takes a hard grip
on the reader. In "The Fifteenth Nocturne."
A story In a- lighter vein Is "Regrets and Ac
ceptances," by Beatrice Hanscom, which has a
very happy blending of comedy and love.
Justus Miles Forman. author of Journey's
End," supplies a good dash of drama In his
stcry, "Calypso," which is one ot his very
best. Alfred Sutro touches a new and very
tender chord In- -magazine fiction in his dia
logue entitled, "A Maker of Men." The do
mestic side of life is handled with Just the
right delicacy ot touch. The "Montague-Fitz-maurice
Letters"-is by Joseph C. Lincoln,
and In the humorous quality of this Mr. Lin
coln has surpassed himself. "Arcana of "Wom
an." Is an essay by Josephine Dixon, in which
she has treated an entertaining subject in a
way that will rivet the attention by its plain
common sense. Richard Le Galllenne con
tributes, under the suggestive title, "Little
Dinners with the Sphinx," a particularly fas
cinating little talk In bis most attractive style.
Other well-known names are Kate Masterson,
Edgar Saltus, Cosmo Hamilton, Owen Oliver,
Caroline Duer and Elizabeth Knight Tompkins.
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romance ot Stbcktontan flavor.' Miss "Wells
Insists that tha '.word "gordon" is an adjec
tive, meaning rjannlng away- with one's
wife. "A gordon elopement is an elopement
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hero of the story Is named Gordon la mere
ly a coincidence." Among the: other char
acters are Miss Ethel Martin. t Columbus,
Ohio, who came from Columbus because she
couldn't have happened from- any ' other
place, and- '"Joseph Rodman Payne," a be
wildering ly Intelligent dog ot the Umbagog
House, Maine, who have to do with somo
surprising developments ot affairs at this
mysterious hostelry.
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other part-author of "The Gordon Elope
ment," considers it a good deal of a Joke
that the public, represented by the publish
ers, Doubleday. Page & Co., wants a new
book with bis name on the title pagi Mr.
Taber la & sad-faced humorist, "who has had
to do with tha publishing of a number of
Important newspapers la the-East and "West,
and some magazines as well.- His photo
graph discloses certain Napoleonic outlines,
which In his own person are even mora
prominent. His artistic friends like to cari
cature him in his deepest and most thought
ful, philosophical moods. The result is very
pessimistic and sad. But Inwardly and In
his stories and verse, Mr. Taber continues
the funny mad who created Nancy Hanks
.and Belle Hamlin, .the team of racers owned
and operated by Captain Hawkins, of the
TJmbagog House, that aided and abetted tha
Gordon elopement which accounts for his
election to the Society of the Sad Wags.
Archer Butler Hulberi Few persons now
In America have a mere Intimate knowledga
ot the habits and customs of the people cf
Cores, the hermit nation, than Archer But
ler Hulbert, author of "The Queen of. Quel
parte," etc Mr. Hulbert went to the Far
East in 1S07 as a representative of several
American newspapers and located in Seoul,
Corea, then, as now, the pivot in Eastern
politics. He gained close and intimate
knowledge of Russian politics as the editor
of the Corean Independent, and also be causa
his brother. Homer B Hulbert, for 18 years
has been head master of the Royal Normal
School at Seoul, and Is the editor Of tha
Corean Review and the Associated Press rep
resentative at tho Corean capital.
Mrs. Clarence H. Mackay Two days after
publication, Katherine Mackay's "Stone of
Destiny" (Harper's) wa3 ordered into ltsf
second edition. The author of this remark
able book, which has Immediately attracted
widespread attention. Is the wife of Clar
ence H. Mackay, who succeeded his father,,
the late- John VT. Mackay, as president of
the Commercial Cable & Telegraph Com
pany. Mrs. Mackay was formerly Miss Duer,
ot the well-known New Tork family of that
name. She has entered upon a literary ca
reer handicapped by the wealth and posi
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of her work will be significant of the ge
nius ot American women. A few months
ago a dramatic poem from her pen attract
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can Review. "The Stone of Destiny" Is her
first published volume.
Miss Ellen Glasgow Miss Ellen Glasgow
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bleday, Page & Company's first Important
publication ot 1904. Miss Glasgow's first
novel was "The Descendant." a book of
great promise. Her other books are "Tha
Voice of the People" and "The Battle
Ground."
Randall Parrlsh Randall Parrl3h, author
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tive of Illinois, having been b'orn In Henry
County, of New England parentage. His edu
cation was largely acquired In the schools of
the state, but completed at the University ot
Iowa. In that state he was also admitted to
the bar. passing his examination In the Su
preme Court before he had yet attained his
majority. After some years of fairly success
ful practice, during which he won considerable
prominence as a public speaker, a roving
spirit drew him farther "West, where he passed
several years In Arizona and New Mexico
prospecting through the mountains and meet
ing with numerous adventures and hardships.
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active service in various capacities on leading,
dailies In Denver, Omaha, Sioux City and Chi
cago, being at one time upon the reportorial
staff of the Cld Chicago Times. Ha has also
enjoyed a somewhat wide experience In coun
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braska and Illinois. For some years past ha
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special commercial Journalism. Although a
man of mature years, and an occasional con
tributor to magazines, his "When "Wlldernesa
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to know that it was conceived and written in
the short space .of three months, was submitted
when partially completed, and accepted by the
first publishing firm consulted.
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