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10 THE SUNDAY. OBEGOKIA3,- POETLAND, DECEMBER 11, 1901. The Trail Xakers A library of history and exploration. Ed J ted by Professor John Bach McMastcr. 12 vols., each 12mo. Cloth, uniform binding:. "With Illustrations, xnaps, aotes and Introductions. $1 net per vol. A. S. Barnes & Company, New Tork. This excellent and compact library of the greatest explorations and trav els on the North American continent contains the following volumes: "Narratives of De Soto," 2 vols. "Journey of Coronado," 1 vol. "Mackenzie's Voyages," 2 vols. "Lewis and Clark Expedition," 3 vols. "History of Five Indian Nations," 2 vols. "Harmon's Journal," 1 voL The Wild Northland." 1 vol. People read historical novels. In these volumes one may read of adven tures that put to shame the novelists hero, and of adventures that make Ac tion tame by comparison. And they may read of the great deeds that helped to make America in the words of the doers. For Oregon readers, par ticularly as the Exposition draws near, the greatest Interest in the se ries lies in the three masterly editions of the Lewis and Clark Journals. The Louisiana Purchase is ably discussed by Professor JklcMaster, the general editor of the series, the identifications of the route adding an additional zest to the story for those living in the country traversed by the explorers. Reproductions of the original maps and temporary prints, together with maps and rare portraits, add Ltly to the value and attraction of three indispensable volumes. PITe great thing about this series is Tne handy size of the volumes, which have lost nothing In typographical excellence. Instead of the ponderous tome which is usually devoted to early travels, one has a neat duodecimo with clear type. The series is, in short, a boon to the general reader in search of a convenient and inexpensive edition of the fascinating stories of American travels. Advice to Railroad Men. Letters From an Old Railway Official to His Son, a Division Superintendent By Charles De Lano Hlne. $1.50. The Railway Age, Chicago. This is the most readable book of in struction In the art of railway opera tion that has come to notice. It is full of information from beginning to end, but the pills of fact and advice are so pleasantly sugar-coated by the Action of paternal and Alial correspondence and so smoothed by the varnish of a charming literary style, abounding in humor and good feeling, that they slip down and get to work before the reader realizes the purpose. Many railway men of large ability and broad Icnowledge lack the power of expres sion; many other with extended experi ence lack the gift of observation which gathers the fruits of experience and applies them to practice. The author of these letters has had the 'discipline of railway work, from the position of brakeman up the successive steps to that of general superintendent, and he had the unusual good fortune to pre cede this vigorous course in the school of practical railroading with the edu cation of a soldier at West Point, where he learned discipline as well a? books, followed by the training of tha reasoning powers in a law school and Bt the bar. And so it comes about that Major Hlne not only possesses a wide range of practical knowledge but- is able to analyze and communicate it to others with great effectiveness. From Behind the Bars. Life In Sins Sine By Number 1500. $1.50. The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis. This is an authentic personal account told without prejudice in such a way as to interest the most casual reader. It is also a distinct contribution to the clence of practical penology. Number 1500 has brought to his task a knowledge born of extended experi ence; a man of education, he knew the world before he knew the prison, and during six and one-half years in the most famous penitentiary In the world had an unusual opportunity to observe its peculiar life. In his unique capac ity as founder and Arst editor of The Etar of Hope, he kept in touch with all sides of this strange existence, for the contributors to the famous prison paper were prisoners of every class. He tells us how they live in their cells, how they eat, how they work, how they And recreation, what they read, what kind of men theyare; dis pels some venerable beliefs, too, about such, questions as the monotony of prison life, the Bertlllon system of identification, the physical condition of the prisoners, the value of so-called "prison reforms." He has an impres sive chapter on the electric chair and the men in the condemned cells. And he gives an entertaining dictionary of prison slang which sets forth the pe culiar Jargon of the criminal. It is a book which makes you think. Romance of Washington. The Youth of "Washington By S. "Weir Mitchell. $1.50. The Century Company, New Tork. "The Youth of Washington" stands unique among the publications of the year. It Is not history- It is not Action, it is a daring and clever .Interweaving of the two. The reader of today will rank the work as a delightful record set down with much skill. Will the reader of an other century accept it as an authentic and actual autobiography? It may eas ily be. For, to Imagine Washington sit ting down at Mount "Vernon in his old age and recording, solely for his own eye, the incidents and influences of his youth, was adaring-undertaking, a venture seemingly well JustiAed by the result. To this dram atization, as it were, of one of the most conspicuous Agures in history. Dr. Mitch ell brought long years of study, abound ing enthusiasm, and rarely sympathetic Insight Into the character of .Washington. The Tesult is a freshly Interesting chron icle, through the pages of which the young Virginian moves, a real and living person. as he tells, with his usual reserve, the heroic story of his youth. The letters in the book challenge and baffle curiosity. Which are true? Are any of them in ventions? Picture Books for Children. Te&slow's Picture Books for Children Three Little Kittens: Mother Goose A. B. C Book; Barnyard Circus; Animal Fair; Sim ple Simon; Scarecrow and he Tin Man. Quarto, 25 cents each. On indestructible linen, 50 cents each. The G. W. Billing- ham Company. New Tork. So well received were Mr. Denslow's 12 "Picture Books for Children" last year that he continues the- series this season. There are six new tales from his pen fc.nd brush to delight and cheer the hearts of little Jolks-. Two of these, "Three Little Kittens," and "Simple Simon," are his own adaptations of well-known fairy tales and they are more delightful than ever. The four others arc Inventions of his own Inimitable wit. The titles of these are "Denslow's Scarecrow .and Tinman," "Barnyard Circus," "Animal Fair," and "Mother Goose A. B. C Book." In laugh ter-compelllng fun, in color, and In action these storie 'and pictures surpass even THE WORLD OF NEW BOOKS CHAKLES Charles A. Eastman Dr. Charles A. East man, the distinguished Sieux Indian, whose animal stories have just been published by the Harpers under the title "Red Hunters and the Animal People." was born about 4 years ago in Minnesota, the ancestral home of the Sioux. His father was Many Light nings, a full-blooded Indian, and his mother was a beautiful half-breed, the daughter of a well-known Army officer. She died soon after the birth of her son. and Ohlycsa, or The Winner, as the child was called in his native tongue, was reared by his grandpar ents and an uncle in the wilds of Manitoba. During the first IS years of his life he lived in a tepee of buffalo skins, subsisted upon wild rice and the fruits of the chase, never entered a house or heard the English lan guage spoken, and was taught to distrust and hate the white man. He was sent to school his last year's books. They are more brilliant In idea and color, and replete with the fascinating humor of the artist author. The Ballad Book. English and Scottish Popular Ballads. $3. Houghton. Mifflin & Company, Boston. A complete and compact one-volume edi tion, based on Professor Child's monu mental collection of English and Scottish Popular Ballads, Is now published. Professor Child's labors In this fleld were unapproached by any American or foreign scholar, and to students and all lovers of literature this condensed edition will be of high value and Importance. The volume contains an introduction by Professor George L. Klttredge, of Har vard, who with the late Helen Child Sar gent has carefully prepared the edition. ADVENTURES IN INVENTION From "Stories of Inventors," by Russell Doubleday. (In "Stories of Inventors" Just brought out by Doubleday, Page &. Company; Russell Doubleday gives the Arst collec tion of the real adventures in Inventions. He relates the true Incidents and per sonal experiences of the great engineers who overcame trials, disappointments and obstacles in the pursuance of inves tigations that have revolutionized human industries and benefited the whole hu man race. This book Is as thrilling as a romance of Action, and behind it Is a large significance and profound human interest. Among the subjects which form the basis of interesting stories are wire less telegraphy, the automobile, fast trains, the airship, submarines, moving plctures, the life-saving service, long dis tance telephones, bridge building achieve ments. This book Is attractively illus trated, and Is In every sense the most practical and comprehensive of Its kind yet published.) Tramp Had to Take Water. A locomotive, when taking water from a track tank,- looks as If It was going through a river; the water is dashed Into spray and Ales out on either side like the waves before a fast boat. Trainmen tell the story of a tramp who stole a ride on the front or "dead" end platform of the baggage-car of a fast train. This car was coupled to the rear end of the engine-tender; it was quite a long run, without stoDs. and the enslne took water from a track tank on the way. When the train stopped, the tramp was dis covered prone on the platform of the baggage-car. half drowned from the wa ter thrown back when the engine took Its drink on the run. "Here, get off,!" growled the brakeman. "What are you doing there?" "All right, boss." sputtered the tramp. "Say," he asked after a moment, "what was that river we went through a while ago?" Moving Pictures and Sea Sickness. ""Successive pictures have been taken at Intervals during an ocean voyage to show the life aboard ship, the swing of the great seas, and the rolling and pitch ing of the steamer. The heave and swing of the steamer and the mountainous waves have been so realistically shown on the screen in the theater that some squeamish soectators have been made al most seasick. It might be comforting to those who were made unhappy by the sight of the heaving seas to know that the operator who took one seriees of sea pictures, when lashed with his machine In the lookout place on the foremast of the steamer, suffered terribly from sea sickness, and would have been glad enough to set his foot on solid ground; nevertheless, he stuck to his post and completed the series. Voyages of Bottle of Cream. Cream from a famous dairy Is sent to particular patrons in Paris, France, and it is known that in one instance at least, a bottle of cream, having railed to reach the person towhom It was con signed, made the return trans -Atlantic voyage and was received In New York three weeks after Its Arst departure, per fectly sweet and good. Throughout the entire journey It was kept at . freezing temperature by artificial means. Boat That Raced the Train. Two posts, painted white and lh line with each other one almost at the river's edge, the other 150 feet back marked the starting line of a measured mile, and were eagerly watched by the men aboard the Arrow. She sped toward the start ing line as a sprinter dashes for the tape; A. EASTMAN. and later to college, where he stood should er to shoulder with our own youth In Belolt, Knox. Dartmouth and tho Boston University. During the last 15 "ears he has been a man of varied Interests and occupations a physi cian, missionary, writer, and speaker of wide cxperienoe. during most of the time hold ing an appointment under the Government. C. J. Catcllffe Hyne "Atoms of Empire" Is the latest book by C. J. Cutcllffe Hyne, famous as the patentee and owner of Cap tain Kettle. Mr. Hyne is an inveterate trav eler, and "Atoms of Empire" deals with some of the many places he has visited. S. Weir Mitchell "The Touth of Wash ington," by Dr. Mitchell. Is, an unusual de parture for the author of "Francois," but he has made as great a success In this new direction as In the older. adding full textual notes, variant Tcad lngs, and' a complete glossary. . VARIED FICTION. Novels to Suit the Tastes of All Readers. The Marathon Mystery By Barton E. Stev enson. Illustrated In color. 5L50. Henry Holt & Company. New York. A sequel to the popular "Holladay Case," a story which has been printed six times, republished in England, and trans lated Into German. Here again a reflneS young woman seems to be responsible fof a cold-blooded murder In a New Tork apartment-house, which Is followed by a second, still more mysterious, Implicat ing her lover. "The Marathon Mystery" Is a distinct almost instantly the two posts were in line, the men with watches cried "Time!" and the race was on. Then began such a struggle with Father Time as- was never before seen; the wind roared in the ears of the passengers and snatched .their words away almost before their Hps had formed them; the water, a foam-necked streak, dashed away from the gleaming white sides as If In terror. As the won derful craft sped on she seemed to settle down to her work as a good horse finds himself and gets Into his stride. Faster and faster she went, while the speed of her going swept off the black Aumc of smoke from her stack and trailed it be hind, a dense, low-lying shadow. "Look!" shouted one of the men into another's ear, and raised his arm to point. "We're beating the train!" How Boys Saved Santos-Dumont. The earth seemed to be leaping up to ward Santos-Dumont and destruction stared him in the face. A hand air-pump was provided to All an air balloon Inside the larger one and so make up for the compression of "hydrogen gas caused by the denser, lower atmosphere. He started this pump, but it proved too small, and as the gas was compressed more and more, and the Aabblness of the balloon Increased, the whole thing became un manageable. The great ship dropped and dropped through the air, while the aero naut, no longer in control of his ship, but controlled by it, worked at the pump and threw out ballast in a vain endeavor to escape the Inevitable. He was descend ing directly over the greensward in the center of the Longchamps race course, when he caught sight of some boys Aylng kites In the orien space. He shouted to them to take hold of his trailing guide rope and run with It against the wind. They understood at once and as instantly obeyed. The wind had the same effect on the airship as it had on a kite when one runs with It, and the speed of the fall was checked. Man and airship landed with a thud that smashed everything but the man. The smart boys that had saved Santos-Dumont's life helped him jack what was left of "Santos-Dumont No. 1" into Its basket, and a cab took inventor and invention back to Paris. Longest Talk on Record. In Omaha, Neb., about half-way across the continent and about 40 hours from Boston by fast train, a man sits comfort ably in his oAlcc chair and with no more exertion than is required to lift a porta ble receiver off his desk, talks every day to his representative in the chief New England city. The man in Boston hears his chiefs voice and can recognize the peculiarities in it just as if he stood in the same room with him. The man in Nebraska, speaking in an ordinary con versational tone, can be heard perfectly well in Boston, 1400 miles away. This Is the longest talk on record that Is, it is the longest continuous telephone line In steady and constant use, though the human voice has been carried even greater distances with the aid of this wonderful instrument. Snowballing In Cuba in Midsummer. One mid-Summer's day a Aeet of United States warships were lying at anchor in Guantanamo Bay, on the southern coast of Cuba. The sky was cloudless, ami the tropic sun shone so Aercely on the decks that the barefooted jackics had to cross the unshaded spots on the jump to save their feet. An hour before the quavering mess call sounded for the midday meal, when the sun was shining almost perpendicu larly, a boat's crew from one of the cruisers was sent over to the supply-ship S. WEIR C J. CUTCLIFFEnHTNE. Improvement upon "The Holladay Case," and It' puzzles the reader from start to Anish. Everything comes out all right In for a load, of beef. Not a breath was stir ring, the smooth surface of the .bay re flected the brazen sun like a mirror, and it seemed to the oarsmen that the salt water would scald them if they should touch IL Only a few hundred yards sep arated the two vessels, yet the heat seemed almost beyond endurance and the shade cast by the tall steel sides of the supply steamer, when the boat reached it, was as comforting as a cool drink to a thirsty man. The oars were shipped, and one man was left to fend off the boat while tho others clambered up the sway ing rope ladder, crossed the scorching decks on the run and went below. In two minutes they were In the hold of the refrigerator ship, gathering the frost from the frigid coollng-plpes and snow balling each other, while the boat-keeper outside of the three-elghth-lnch steel plat ing was fanning himself with his hat. al most dizzy from the quivering heat waves that danced before his eyes. Birdseye View of Airship. The people who were on the Eiffel Tow er that breezy afternoon when the Bra zilian aeronaut set out on his mid-air cruise, saw a sight that never a man saw before. Out of the haze a yellow shape loomed larger each minute until Its outlines could be distinctly seen. It Was a big cigar-shaped balloon, and under It, swung by what seemed gossamer threads, was a basket. In which was a man. The airship was going against the wind, and the man In the basket evi dently had full control, for the amazed people on the tower saw the airship turn right and left as her navigator pulled the rudder cords, and she rose and fell as her master regulated his shifting bal last. For 20 minutes Santos-Dumont maneuvered around the tower as a sail boat tacks around a buoy. While the people on that tall spire were still watch ing, the aeronaut turned his ship around and sailed off for Longchamps racecourse, the green oval of which could be just distinguished in the distance. On the exact spot where; a little more than a year before, the same man almost lost his life and wrecked his Arst air ship. No. 3 landed as softly and neatly as a bird. First Trans-Atlantic Wireless Message One cold December day in 1901, Gug llelmo Marconi sat still 'in a room' in the Government building at Signal HI!, St. Johns, Newfoundland, with a telephone receiver at his ear and his eye on the clock that ticked loudly near by. Over head Aew his kite bearing his receiving wire. It was 12:30 o'clock on the Ameri can side of the ocean, and Marconi had ordered his operator in far-off Poldhu, 2000 watery miles away, to begin signal ing the letter "S" three dots of the Morse code, three Aashes of the bluish sparks at that corresponding hour. For six years he had been looking forward to and working for that moment tho Anal test of all his efforts and the bejrinnimr fof a new triumph. He sab waiting to hear three small sounds, the br-br-br of the Morse code "3," humming on the diaphragm of his receiver the signature of the ether waves that had traveled 2000 miles to his listening ear. As the hands of the clock, whoso ticking alone broke the stillness of the room, reached 30 minutes past 12, the receiver at the inventor's ear began to hum, br-br-br. as distinctly as the sharp rap of a pencil on a table the unmistakable note of the ether vibrations sounded in the telephone receiver. The telephone receiver was used instead of tho usual recorder on account of its- superior sensitiveness. Trans-Atlantic wireless' telegraphy was an accomplished fact. MITCHELL. The Wisdom . n ttheiwrMumfor4 Ciiviri-Urfortl the end, but not without giving the reader a few thrills for his money. The Man on the Box By Harold MacGrath. Illustrated by Harrison Fisher. $1.30. The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis. "The Man on the Box" Is In a style that Is Mr. MacGrath's exclusive property In the United States.' All sorts of ro mantic adventures are packed into a story of modern life in Washington, and the reader will And the mixture needs no shaking before taking. Wanted: A Cook By Alan Dale. $1.50. The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis. Alan Dale has paused long enough in his vocation of spearing dramatic follies to write a book on the tribulations of a young marriea couple In trying to And a cook. The book Is funny, even If a touch of vulgarity Is evident here and there, and furthermore it is not so long as to become boring. Atoms of Empire By C. J. Cutcllffe Hyne. $1.50. The Macmlllan Company, New York. The author of the "Captain Kettle" stories shows no falling off In these varied yeans of adventure In all parts of the world. There Is always "something do ing" In Mr. Hyne's stories, and this col lection is fully up to, his standard In this History of Today By Allen Upward. $1.30. G. P. Putnam's Sons. New York. The clever author of these papers In his character of a Diplomatic Sherlock Holmes has given the "true history" and the elucidation of a number of the his torlc puzzles of later years, such as "The Blowing Up of the Maine," "The Dreyfus Affair," "The Death of King Humbert," "Emperor William's Telegram," "The Humbert Millions," etc. The several mys teries are made clear with no little Inge nuity and with a full measure of dramatic effect, and the explanations will be found to At in very plausibly with the known historical events. "ALL SORTS:" Charades, Oregon Poetry and Revised Wisdom. Captain KJdd and Other Charades By Flor ence L. Sahler. Robert Grier Cooke. New York. In this attractively bound and print ed volume are ah number of amusing charades, together with a brief sketch of the history of charades and riddles. Champoeg and Other Poems By E. E. Eb- erhard. $1.00 net. Authors & "Writers' Union. Chicago. This is a new Oregon book by E. E. Eberhard. an Oregon pioneer of '62. The poem "Champoeg" is an epic on Oregon from the naming of the coun try after the wreck of the Spanish ship Aragon off the coast early in the 16th century, until after Oregon was added to the United States at Champoeg, May 2, 1843. The short poems are very pleasing and of great variety. The en tire book is well written, and 13 his torically correct. The Indian legends interwoven with the poem are authen tic, the writer having lived on French Prairie from youth. The book should prove highly interesting to Oregonlans. Discourses of Eplctetus 75 cents. The H. M. Caldwell Company. Boston. These selections from Eplctetus are bound In a very ittractlve. little vdlume of convenient pocket size, of which the Caldwell Company makes an especial feature. Tho New Cynic's Calendar of Revised Wis dom By Ethel Watts Mumford. Oliver Herford and Addison Mlzner. 75 cents net. Paul Elder & Company. San Francisco. The acmo of cleverness is "The Cyn ic's Calendar," which is the most wel come visitor of the holiday season. It is printed in two colors, cleverly illus trated, and bound In what appears- to be a chbnk of stuff snipped front somebody's skirt. This is Oliver Her- ford's whimsical dedication to "The World at Large": This Uttle Book of Wisdom Great It pleases us to dedicate To that Rampageous Reprobate The World at Larce. Tet as we mark his Stony Phiz And see him whoop and. whirl and whlst We can but cry O Lord, why is The World at Large! CMldrra'n Calendar of Memory Gems for 1095 Arranged by Helen Leah Reed. 60 cents. .This calendar has several features thut especially commend it to parents and teachers. It offers a series of brief poems by the older English and Amer ican poets that children from 10 to 15 years of age may readily memorize. There are 52 complete poems none ex ceeding 24 lines in length, with about the same number of maxims, or con cise quotations in prose and verse from great authors. School Books. The following books are published by the American Book Company. New Tork: Macaulay's Eeeay on Addison Edited by Charles Flint McClumpha, Ph. D.. profes for of Engllah In othe University of Mln 'nesota. 184 pages. With portrait of Addi son. 35 cents. Robblas St Somerville's Exercises In Algebra By Edward R. Bobbins and Frederick H. Somervllle. of the William Penn Charter School, Philadelphia. Half leather.. 12mo, 173 pases. 50 cents. Eayser and Montesers Brief German Course By C F. Kayser. Ph. D.. and Frederick Monteser. Ph. D.. De Witt Clinton High. School. New York. Half leather, 12mo., 3C3 pages. $1.20. Avery's School Chemistry By Elroy MAv ery, Ph. D.. LL. D. Half leather. 12mo., 423 pages. With Illustrations. $1.20. Calderon's La Vlda es Socno. Edited by William Wistar Comfort. Ph. D., Instructor in romance languages In Haverford Col lege. Cloth. 12mo.. 180 pages. 70 cents. Whitney & Perry's Four American Indians By Edson- L. Whitney and Frances M. Perry. Cloth. 12mo., 240 pages. With illus trations. 50 cents. Schwartz's 1'lvo Little Strangers and How They Came to Live la America By Julia Augusta Schwartz, author of "Vassar Studies." Cloth, 12mo.. 178 pages, with illustrations. 40 cents. Literary Notes. Paul Elder & Co., of San Francisco, have Issued an artistic "letter" of Christ mas greetings for mailing to a child friend. It Is tied up In approved fashion with a big red seal, and comes In a box of unique design. The price Is 50 cents net. The same Arm also publishes "The Im pressions Calendar" at $1.50. Well-chosen Drama Owes Debt to Janauschek BUT SO TRANSIENT IS FAME THAT GREAT ACTRESS DIED IN PENURY AND WAS BURIED BY CHARITY. NEW TORK, Dec 5. (Special Corre spondence.) To play our part and pass on is the life story of every one who occupies this plane of mortality. Some are privileged to go at the height of a success and In the harness, while oth ers are unfortunate enough to outlive the possibility of continuing their work and die In the minds of the people before they have quaffed the darker glass. Perhaps If Mrs. Gilbert so dearly loved by the entire American public, could have select ed the fall of her curtain. It woufd have been exactly as -it happened, especially with the very last thought that of doing good for others. When one contrasts such a death with that of the great Janauschek, who tiled In a charity sanitarium and was burled on Friday from an undertaking establish ment, one cannot refrain from won dering what Is the underlying force which works out the destiny of man. Further than this, It shows what an ephemeral, what a Aeeting thing is fame. If Janauschek had died 25 years ago. Kings and Queens would have laid their tributes upon her bier. As It was, a little handful of actors and ac tresses,, because of their relation to the Actors' Fund, or to some other chari table organization among those of this profession, stood face to face with the realization of the emptiness and the hol lowness of it all. What Januschek has done in her sphere is well-nigh Immeasurable, because she reigned queen In such, drama as meant tremendous education, not in the Uttle farce-comedy of today, which means a glitter, a laugh and well-deserved obliv ion, but in the great classics of literature, which meant the translation of written thought into living, burning action. We all take the actors' profession too lightly, for there are few professions that deal with certain vital functions so close ly as doee the histrionic art, in which people will persist in seeing nothing but the glare, the glitter and the few senti mental lines. If the histrionic art is a representation of life, a reproduction of such elements as go to make up that wonderfully and fearfully made thing we call Man, we must Arst understand what these elements are, what their relations are to one another, to the individual and to society at large. The same people who dismiss dramatic art with a shrug of the shoulder, as a worn-out garment 13 cast aside, have the same shrug In readiness for human emo tions and human weaknesses. They have no knowledge of the wonderful relation of one emotion to another, and, to be per fectly materialistic, of the chemical action which, steadily makes for the development of one or another or all of these emo tions. To rise above the absolutely tangible workings of these elements and to deal with that which we call the soul as contra-distinct from the spirit, we have en tered the domain of intellect where the mind and the will exercise an arrestlve power and thereby control the emotions, but this brings us Into a new and more complex state, carrying us back a3 it does to that which is distinctly material the physiogollcal and physiognomical side. Never an Instant In life but all of this wonderful mechanism is at work, but it Is to us such an every-day affair that it never seems necessary to spend one mo ment's thought In marveling at Its won ders or In admiration of its mysterious construction. What are we witnessing as we see the drunken sot reel from side to side? What has occurred to his brain? What is the connection between this and his limbs and the expression upon his face and his disabled tongue? From this speci men to the queen of the salon, the djffer ence is so alight that It Is only a matter of classlAcation. But how should the rank and Ale classify? They do not know, probably they do not care. To such an actress as was Mme. Janauschek this phase of life, which Is life, was an open book, which she read, not only for her own benefit and enlightenment, but to translate, to reproduce that others might be led Into a perception which might later develop Into a degree of understanding to be gained from no other source. The actor studies for us and passes into our conceptlve power in a moment that which takes years of study to work out, but we persist so In taking everything for granted that we lose sight of all that he has done and is doing. For these beneAts, for all that Mme. Janauschek has done for art, to say nothing of what she hag done as a teacher, having hundreds of disciples who are not even conscious of what they owe to that great mind, she has earned the grave of a charitable institution which Is still better and far preferable to the last few years during which she had ample time to ponder over the vicissitudes of life, as she saw fading away Arst public adulation, then honors, then trophies ac cumulated during her years of triumph, and then even the home of privacy, which is so all Important to a woman of sensi bilities and reAnement. Another noted man passed away in Boston last week. This was 5ignor Au gusta Kotoli, who was born In Rome 57 years ago and who for many years was selections, one for each month, are beau tifully printed on stiff cardboard. "Woman and Her Wits" is the title of an attractive little book published by the IT. M. Caldwell Company, which has a desorved reputation as makers of dainty volumes suitable for gifts. In this book G. F. Monkshood has collected a great number of epigrams on woman, love and beauty, subjects on which most of the best epigrams have been made. Books Received. The New Philosophy By Arthur Crane. Pub llshed by the author at 129 Third street, San Francisco, for complimentary distribu tion. The Wanderinff Host By David Starr, Jor - dan. 00 cents net. The American- Unltarha- Association, Boston. Of Making 'Books No End. Nathan M. Levy. In Leslie's Monthly. A volume on psychology. And two or three on liquid air. The many phases of the sea. The aspects that the planets wear By busy authors are laid bare; , Some write upon the social trend And how the poorer classes fare, Of making books there Is no end. The scientists work busily. The noets give us qulto a scare They rhyme with such facility. . The fiction writers do not care If we. long suffering, declare Their works no great enchantment lend We have to stand a certain share, Of making boo& there 13 no end.. ENVOY. Prince, when the subjects grow quite rarfi This project then they recommend: "About a book a book prepare," Of maklnn books there Is no endl To Robert Louis Stevenson. Charles Keeler in Impressions Quarterly". Wanderer o'er life's inhospitable seas. With galleon sails to waft thee unto lands of old romance, where jocund fancy stands. Luring sad hearts to youth, where troplo trees Rustle before- the trade wind's welcome breeze. And warm blue waves roll up on, coral strands. Or, on tho reef, with clapping; of white hands: Teller of tales the world afar to please. Thy caravel sailed iforth o'er chart ress waves, , But. ere it left. a. might far-off cry Reached o'er tho sea tha tardy world's acclaim: Hail and farewell to him who fearlest braves The unrestoring deep with spirit high. Bequeathing kindliness, mora prized than fame. soloist In St. Peter's. SIgnor Rotoli came to Boston in 1SS5 and during all these years he wa3 engaged In teaching and in composition. Signor Rotoli had been ill for a very long time and suffered the am putation of one leg not long ago, knowing that It was only a short time before he would lose the other, the result of dia betes. An Incident connected with the last moments of this well-known musician will be of interest. He was lying with his head In his wife's lap and he said: "I am so comfortable and so peaceful I wish when my time comes I might die this way." After this he hummed some favor ite passages from one of his own composi tions and passed into the sleep from which there is no waking. Signor Rotoli has erected his own monument In the large number of superb masses which he has written lor the Catholic service. The concerts of the Philharmonic So ciety this week served to present once more Edouard Colonne, the great Paris conductor, of whom I wrote at length la3t year. It will be remembered that he reached the people In a manner that was fairly electrical and there was not a little curi osity on the part of many to see whether he would again make the same impression inasmuch as he was the Arst to appear last year and some of his success might have been attributed to that. Not only did he fulfill all expectations, but he sur passed them even for those who were the most enthusiastic last season. The wonderful qualities of this noted man are less his music than his remark able Intellectual development, which is again less than the wonderful soul and the superb manhood which mako the art of music so plastic in his hands, since in expressing himself through that medium he has something of real beauty and value to express. M. Colonne will conduct the next pair of concerts of the Philharmonic Society and Adele aus der Ohe will be the soloist. M. Colonne will also direct a concert of the Cecilia Society in Boston, through the courtesy of B. J. Lang, who always un derstands tho art of uolng the best pos sible thing for the benefit of all those who are musically associated with him. This was a Brahms week par excellence. It was also, a Bispham week. On Wednes day David Bispham gave the last in a series of four song recitals, of which I have spoken heretofore. The last programme presented the Fouc Serious Songs of Brahms and a cycle en titled "Die Schone Magelone." The Four Serious Songs of. Brahms are In themselves the most remarkable exam ples of religious emotion that have ever been put Into music, being a setting of Biblical text from Ecclesiastics ill, iv and xll and I Corinthians, xlli. I will not claim that everybody can hear the marvelous beauties of this work, because Brahms has been regarded as one of ha most complex of the great masters, far more so than Wagner, in fact more so than any one tnat I call to mind at this mo ment. To those who can hear the true context of the Four Serious Songs a true understanding of the relation between music and religion may be conceived. In this Mr. Bispham seems at his height, although he does in everything, for that matter, and a more beautiful presentation of these songs cannot be realized. It was far from everything mundane and ma terial. Mr. Bispham was also the bass soloist in the concert of uie Oratorio Society con ducted by Mr. Frank Damrosch. which had as its offering Brahms' German Re quiem, a work of utmost nobility pre sented In a manner fitting Its magnitude. Another superb work of Brahms was the Quintet for Piano and Strings, which closed the programme of the Knelsel Quartet on Tuesday evening. It was -played by this noted organization. assisted by Josef Hofmann. Speaking of Josef Hofmann, this pianist, who stands in great favor with the New Tork concert goers, gave his second piano recital on Saturday afternoon, when the same tle gree of enthusiasm and interest was man ifest as is always present when he plays. The opera season at the Metropolitan Is now at full height and In this week two notable events may be commented upon, one of which I referred to last week. It was that the audience at "Parsifal" was smaller than it has been yet, all of which I have discussed from every slue, and there Is not much to be said that has not been said already. The other is that Na han Franko made his debut as opera conductor on Wednesday evening in Mo zart's "Marriage of Figaro," with Eames and Sembrich both in the cast. However, both of these stars were not able to at tract a large audience, as our spoiled New Yorkers most have everything In the su perlative, and whether Franko was or was not able to fill the conductor's chair satisfactorily did not interest them In the least. They only knew that It was not Hertz and It was not "Vlgna, who had already made known their abilities. With the American's love for gambling it Is a little strange that they will not gamble on a proposition of this kind. EMILIE FRANCES BAUER.