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THE SUNDAY OREGONIA3T, PORTLAND, AUGUST 13, 190o.
or nmou3ANE7
American inject, by Professor Vernon L.
Kellogg, of the department of entomology
Jn Stanford University. "VVIth original Illus
trations by Man' "Wellman. Honry Holt &
Co., New York.
It ie not given to every ono of us
to find a sermon In the creeping, flying
things of earth and sky. And there arc
even learned savant3 -who do not go
enthusiastic over bugs, ants or dragon
flies. But Professor Kellogg is one of
those gifted with unusual vision in this
department, and is in love with his
Bubjoct. He is recognized as one of our
greatest living authorities on ento
mology, and In this handsomely bound
book of 674 pages he gives a mossagc
about hitherto hazy topics that is
worth reading.
The writer of Genesis states: "And
God said, lot us make man in our
Image." Shakespeare says:
"This was the noblest Roman of them all:
the elements
So mixed In him that Nature might stand
up.
And say to the world: This woo & man.
That vision is cast In heroic mold.
Listen to Professor Kellogg's intro
duction to his book:
If roan were not the dominant animal In
the world, this would be the age of insects.
Outnumbering in kinds the member of all
other croups of animals combined. And show
ing a wealth of Individuals, and a degree of
prollficness excelled only by the fishes among
larger animals, and among smaller animals
by the protozoa, the insects have an Indis
putable claim on the attention of students of
natural history, by sheer force of numbers.
But their claim to our Interest rests on se
curer ground. Their Immediate and Import
ant relation to man as enemies of his crops,
and as a grim menace to his own health and
life, this capacity of Insect to destroy an
nually hundred of millions of dollars worth
of grains, fruits and vegetables and to bo
tielcly responsible for the dlfsemlnatioa of
come of the most eorloua diseases that make
man to suffer and die, forces our attention
whether we will or not.
.This book is written in- the endeavor
to foster an interest In Insect biology
on the part of studonts of natural his
tory, of nature observers and of gen
eral readers. It provides in a singlo
volume a general systematic account
of all the principal groups of Insect
as they occur in America, together
with special accounts of the structure,
physiology," development and meta
morphoses and of certain ecological re
lations of insects with the -world
around them. Systematic and economic
entomology and what may be called
the bionomics of insects are the special
subjects of the matter and illustration
of the book. There are certain Port
land booklovers -who (Innocent souls)
do not believe In the existence of book- j
lice or dust-lice, but after reading j
several revelations in chapter VIII of
Professor Kellogg's book, regarding
this very subject, their hitherto iron
clad opinions on the matter in dispute
may .be shakon. Tho professor's healthy
spirit of comradeship Is thus manifest
ed as to crickets, katydids, etc.; "We
do not shut up our singing insects In
cages as the Japanese do, and bring
them into our house to cheer and
amuse us, but wo do enjoy them, and
were our Summer and early Fall days
and nights to become suddenly .silent
of ohlrplng and shrilling, we should
realize keenly how companionable
crickets, grasshoppers and kptydJds
had been for us."
There are bugs and bugs. Professor
Kellogg writes that when an English
man says "bug" and ho doesn't say it
in polite society ho means that par
ticular sort of bug which we more
specifically speak of as the bedbug.
When Americans say "bug" we are
"likely to mean any insect of any
order. "When a professed student of
insects, an entomologist, says or
writes the word, he means some mem
' ber of the insect order, Hemlptera."
Thus is a dispute settled. It is interest
ing to know that tho product of a sin
gle overwintered female of the Coccld
species Ill-named San Juan scale In
a singlo year amounts to 3,21G,dS0,400
male and female descendants. How for
tunate it is that this total is never
reached, because only a part of each
generation reaches maturity and pro
duces young. In a favorable season a
tree newljr Infested, and thus provid
ing a plentiful food supply, a large
majority do most probably go through
their normal existence. We are also
told that one of the largest families of
true bugs is the lygaedae, made noto
rious by a small and obscure represen
tative of it, which according to the es
timate of tho United States entomolo
gist, causes this country an annual
loss of $20,000,000. This insect is the
chinch bug, the worst pest of corn, and
one of the worst of wheat and other
small grains.
At a time when New Orleans is in
the clutch of the yellow fever and mos
quitoes are blamed for spreading tho
disease, it is interesting to read our
author's dictum:
Mosquitoes help to propagate and ore al
most certainly the exclusive disseminating
agents of malaria, yellow fever and other
forms of fllarasls. House flics old In spread
ing typhoid fever and other diseases. Flies
are agents In distributing the germs of the
bubonio plague. In malaria regions, avoid the
bite of a mosquito as you would that of a
rattlesnake, for one can be as serious In Its
results as the other.
Here is Professor Kellogg's estimate
of the most-talked-of subject in the
Southern States:
Tellow fever Is caused by a germ, as jet
undetermined, which lives for part of Its life
In tho blood of human beings, and Is carried
from man to man by mosquitoes, being sucked
up with blood by mosquitoes which find access
to yellow fever patients, and transmitted to
the blood of new subjects from the beak
during puncturing. An Interval of about two
weeks after the mosquito Is affected is nec
essary before the mosquito Is capable of con
veying the Infection, which means that the
yellow fever germ Is undergoing a certain nec
essary part of its development In the mos
quito's body. Neither In the Hawaiian Islands
nor the Samoan Islands has yellow fever J'et
found a footing. But It Is now possible that
with the cutting of the Panama Canal and
the direct passage of ships from tho West
Indies to these Islands, the whole passage be
ing made within tropical regions, yellow fever
lnrested mosquitoes will be carried alive to
the Pacific Islands. This Is a matter which
must soon receive scientific attention-
Professor Kellogg acknowledges val
uable aid la preparing his book to Mrs.
David Starr Jordan, who read all of
the manuscript and acted as general
reader critic, and to President Jordan,
who gave numerous suggestions. The
book Is one of the most valuable of a
noteworthy publishing season, and its
ripe scholarship appeals to alL
Tho Land of the Rising Sun, by Gregolre de
wouanr, in cloth. Jfi.su. Tho Neale Pub'
llshlng Company. New Tork.
The why and wherefore of the un
complimentary remarks about Japan
found in this book is explained on the
title page: "Translated from the Rus
sian, by the author, with the assist
ance or Madame de Wollant." The
copyright, 1905, is by Sarah F. TIsdeL
This Is then a view of rulppon through
a Russian telescope, and was apparenty
written in the early stages of the
Russo-Japanese war long before Nogi
nad tanen .fort Arthur, before the
great Kuropatkln had been humbled
by Oyama, and before Rojestvensky's
armada had been blown to pieces by
Togo and his men on the Sea of Japan.
For seven chapters, the author la
bor .to. explain the early existence of
Japan in her feudal days, and loses no
opportunity to picture that period in
Its worst possible light, yet ho writes
with clean-cut literary skill. But his
calm contempt for things Japanese is
apparent on every page. This is the
manner in which he disposes of two
Illustrious Japanese warriors: "We will
mention In passing among Japanese
leading men, the Field Marshal Mar
quis Yamagata, who has played such
a prominent role as a soldier nnd the
Minister of War and Field Marshal
Count Oyama, who captured Port Ar
thur and Wel-Hai-Wel. during the Chi
nese war." The author frequently re
fers to the Japanese method of sui-
cldc, hari-kari, as if he were fascin
ated with the subject and could not let
it out of his grasp. He strives to show
that there is a yellow peril before tho
white race, and that Japan like tho
witches In "Macbeth" Is stirring up
all tho trouble in the political cauldron,
as tho self-appointed leader of Asia.
This i his view of the matter:
Certainly thcro are Japanese who like
everything foreign, but they are In a great
minority, and their hatred la Instinctively
felt by all those who have lived IrTthe Far
East. They look upon foreigners as strange
beings, a kind of monstrosity. That the
Japanese have not become Europeanlxed is
due to tho fact that after the war with
China their conceit was unbounded. ...
But that Is all Idle talk of people who
cannot realize what a war with Russia
means to Japan. One need not be a prophet
to say that this war will be disastrous to
Japan. The proud motto. "Japan for the
Japanese," has penetrated the schools and
the masses. What Is Instilled Into the minds
of the soldiers and children In the school
battalions which arc organized all over
Japan, le seen In this dialogue:
Who is your chief?
The Emperor.
In what consists the military splrit7
In obedience and readiness to sacrifice
one's life.
What is the highest virtue?
Never to look at the number of the enemy,
but to go forward.
Why are there drops of blood on this flag?
It is the blood of the man who has de
fended Jt-
What thought does this arouse in you?
That he is happy. The man Is dead, but
his glory remains.
It Is very evident that M. do Wol
lant traveled extensively over Japan
and took copious notes by the way,
and that he mingled with samurai, no
bility, diplomats and tho common peo
ple. Ho also found much to And fault
with, and his pen Is a caustic one. In
describing a Japanese dinner, ho first
tells how tho host and guest of honor
pledge each other in sake, and goes
on to Bay:
The host goes through the same ceremony
with every guest, and if there are 40 guests
there are 40 cups of sake, which Is no small
Quantity. Each guest must do the same
thing with all tho other guests. You can
Imagine that their heads are all swimming,
and people who seemed tiresome and allerft
in the beginning grow playful and talkative.
The game of forfeit begins. In which the
loser forfeits a portion of his or her cloth
ing, and of course drinks a cup of sake.
The gelsbas take part In this -game and the
guests strive to make them gay and drunk.
It is really Bedlam and everybody Is drunk
when the real dinner, that Is. the eating of
rice, begins, which Is the last course, after
which they do not drink any more. ...
The music accompanying the dances seems
to the European ear monotonous and de
void of harmony. The ordinary Japanese
music, without which there Is never a Jap
anese dinner, is only pleasant to hear at a
distance In the dead of a Summer night,
when the dull tones of the samlsen blend
with the plaintive notes of the flute, the
melancholy callor songs, and the chirping of
the Insects; In other words, when the saml
fen Is not heard alone, but melts into the
surrounding chorus of nature.
A description of a trip to the cratr
of a working volcano is a strong bit of
writing, and the author Is forced to
admit the politeness of the Japanese as
a class., and the beauty of the Japan
ese scenery. Ho Is weird in describing
bathing scenes, demi-monde Hfo and
official balls. Two or three of his word
pictures ought to be omitted. It Is
wiser not to be too realistic- Yet the
book will undoubtedly be pleasing and
have a large sale among the Russian
element, and those who unreasonably
think that the bogey of tho yellow
peril Is upon us.
The Fountain of Youth, by Dr. Grace Peck
ham Murray, with 134 Illustrations. Cloth.
51.60 net Frederick A. Stfcces Company,
New York.
Only within recent years have we
been startled to see in our cities, door
tekjs
Maamm
signs like these: "Mrs. Blank, Beauty I
Doctor." And from the numerous fair I
customers who have flitted past these j
portals it is to be presumed that a largo j
amount of business is done. Savants !
of old dreamed their lives away feverishly J
searching for the elixir of life that would
arrest age, and make them young and
beautiful.
Once a French King lived, who was very j
ill favored to look at, but he was a born j
wit. he had a kindly heart, and words of I
wisdom and kindness fell from his Hps
like pearls. Whin he died, a proud court
beauty kissed the dead face, while tears
fell from her own eyes like drops of rain.
The time-serving courtiers asked her why
she kissed such an ugly-looking man. "I
did not kiss the ugly face," madcmoisello
explained, "I kissed tho lips that had
spoken in life so many kind, clever
words." And well Informed people know
that it is not the handsome men and the
beautiful women whom we In our heart
of hearts admire the most. Yet the world
loves beauty and youth.
Here Is a book whose mission it Is
from the viewpoint of a beauty doctor
to tell how beauty may be dispensed
even as the clouds send forth rain. It Is
handsomely bound and alluring faces of
maidens in various stages of attire smile
on you as you turn the 205 pages. It Is
such a book a Portland woman says
as all women ought to have. And who
should dispute with a woman? A mar
ried man knows better.
Dr. Murray is a member of the New
York State Medical Society and is pro
fessor adjunct In tho diseases of women.
New York Postgraduate School and Hos
pital. Her book is a practical and common-sense
treatise on personal " hygiene,
and on the preservation of health and
beauty through careful attention to the
dally needs of the body. The facts are
mainly scientific The chapters -are: In
troductory; face; complexion; eyes; ears
and nose; mouth and teeth; care of the
voice; neck and arms; hair; hands and
feet; use and abuse of cosmetics; bodily
symmetry: obesity; physical culture;
dress; and the spirit and the body. This
Is a formidable list. She argues that
women who are not endowed with good
looks that come from regular features
can make themselves attractive in ap
pearance by the employment of simple
and healthful measures which it Is as
much their duty to employ, as to dress
well.
Dr. Murray urges the water, soap and
towel, of self-help, and nays that baths,
massage, physical culture and the like
should become a part of one's dally rou
tine. Just as much as dressing. In speak
ing of the teeth, our author not only
urges brushing, but Illustrates the cor
rect manner in so doing and advises the
cleansing of the side of the teeth with a
narrow ribbon. She shows how to wash
the face, use a complexion brush, manip
ulate tho nose into a shape to please one's
fancy, to remedy a fatty chin, lengthen
the waist-line, how stockings should be
fitted, and the effect of high-heeled boots,
but sh-h-h-h, why should we give away
all those Important secrets pertaining to
the feminine world?
With regard to what Dr. Murray writes
concerning inflammation cf the eyes, on
page 47, and the self-treatment she ad
vises, a better and wiser plan would be
consult a regular, practicing physician.
One, however, agrees with Dr. Murray
when she says that red noses are the
despair of their possessors.
Glimpses of the Lewis and Clark Exposition,
and the Golden West. Laird & Lee. Chi
cago. 111.
A vivid and sought-for souvenir of the
Exposition, when the latter shall have
passed away as well as a memento of
tho present, to keep here or send to East
ern friends. The little book Is strongly
bound In blue cloth, the illustrations are
exceedingly well done, and the brief read
ing matter starts with a facsimile of
President Jefferson's famous letter to
Captain Meriwether Lewis which led to
the exploration of the Oregon country.
Interesting views of the Exposition are
est In neighboring cities, and In Washing
ton. Idaho, California, Arizona, Utah, etc
IN LiIBRATCY; AND "WORKSHOP
Newcomer & Seward's "Rhetoric la Prac
tise," which tries to throw some new light on
an old theme, or at least on the method of
handling It, Is announced.
'
Thomas Dixon. Jr., is passing the Summer
at his home, Elmlngton Manor, Blxondale.
Va. He has finished the dramatization of
his novel, "The Clansman," which will be
produced for the first time at Norfolk, Va.
Captain Harold Hammond. & graduate f
and Instructor at West Point, has written a
book for boys, young and old. which will !
publUhed by the Century Company In the
Fall, under tho Utlo of "PInkey Perkins;
Just a Boy. "
Helen R. Martin, whose "Tlllle. a Men
nonlte Maid" has held steadily In popular
favor, has written another tale of life among
the Pennsylvania Dutch. "Sabine- Tfaa
scenes of the now book, which the Centurr
Company ha In press, ar laid amon tha
Amlih.
One of the most originally worded opinion
pf a book was given by Frederic Remington
the artist, the other day. who. In spe&klnr
of F. Berkeley Smith's new book. "Parisians
Out of Doors." said that 'Smith's delight
fully sympathetic Paris would make a wood
en Indian part with his cigars."
Mlts Katharine Carl, the only foreigner
since Marco Polo, it is said, to be a staying
guest In the palace of & Chinese soveri)gB,
has written an account of her experience In
the Chinese royal palaces while painting the
Empress Dowager's portrait, which will an
pear In early Issues of the Century.
The refined and fascinating bit of autobio
graphy by Anatole France, entitled. "Le Llvra
de Mod Ami" (part I), edited by Professor O.
Q. Guerlac, of Cornell University, and ths
stirring "Waterloo," by Erkmann-Chatrian,
edited by Victor S. Francois, of the Colics
of the City of New York, are Just out.
The Roosevelt family's strong hold upon the
good will of the publlo has been strongly
emphasized by the remarkable popularity of
the portraits of The President's Family"
in last month's number of McClure's. which
went out of print a few days after Issue. tha
circulation department being swamped with
orders
The fact that Ernest Crosby's Summer
home Is at Rhlnebeck on the Hudson. In
some unexplsinable way has given rls to
one of those curious confusions of American
names Iifforelgn periodicals. In its review
of Mr. Crosby's new book of verse, "Broad
cast," the celebrated German humorous pa
per. Jugend. of Berlin spoke of the author
as Ernest Crosby-Rhlnebeck.
Mrs. Hugh Fraser, Mr. Crawford's sister.
Is In New Tork. reading the proofs of her
long-awaited novel dealing with the inti
mate life of Mary Washington, the mother
of George. Methuen will publish the book
In England with the title. "In the Shadow
of the Land." Mrs. Fraser expects to shortly
start for Japan to revisit the scenes of "A
Diplomatist's Wife in Japan." "The Customs
of the Country" and "A Maid of Japan."
Henry Holt & Co. expect to pub'lleh at onct
a book by Professor H. P. Willis, of Wash,
lngton and Lee University, on "Our Philip
pin Problem." The trend of the author's
dlscuseion may be Inferred from the fact
that he was at one time editorial writer on
the New York Evening Post, and later Wash
ington correspondent of the Springfield' H
publican. His frank dlKtunlon of the actual
working of our colonial administration 1
based, however, on personal observation la
the Philippines.
It Is an old trick of Kipling to pretaco a
story with a scrap of verse. He has chMa
for Introduction to "An Habitation En
forced." which appears entire in the August
Century, these lines of Thomas Tusser:
My friend. If cause doth wrest tbeo
Ere folly hath much oppressed thee.
Far from acquaintance kest thee.
When country may digest thee.
Thank God that so hath blessed thee.
And sit down, Robin, and rest the.
Brentanos have acquired by purchase the
plates and the entire Mock of the books for
merly published by the Scott-Thaw Company.
Among these ore many choice titles, and In
most cases tho books are exquisitely printed
and In limited editions. Including Landora
"Pericles and Aupaela," Walton's "Lives" and
"The Golden Ass of Apulelus." The series
also Includes a beautiful edition on vellum of
Holbein's "Dance of Death," a complete re
production from woodcuts of the famous aer
ies by the great artist,
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Edward Peple's charming novel. "The
Prince Chap." published by the Putnam,
will be produced In dramatic form, Septem
ber 4. at the Madison Square Theater. New
York. As a matter of fact, the play was
written before the novel, and the book shows
Interesting traces of Its dramatic origin.
The production of a book Is, however, a
simpler matter than the .production of a
play, and the red-covered novel will be al
most a year old when the curtain goes up
on "The. Prince Chap" as a play.
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Professor John 8. Noll en has edited a coJ-
lection of Schiller's best lyrics and ballads
under the general title, "Schlllers Poems."
The selection has been made with the spe
cial purpose of showing the relation between
Schiller's poetry and his life, and to bring
out his relation to Goethe and to the aesthetic
and philosophic movement of the classical
period In German literature. It Is believed
that Schiller's minor poems are very well
putted to thla purpooe. entirely aside from
their Intrinsic merit as poetry of a high
order.
Demand for such books as Th Prepara
tion of Manuscript for the Printer." by
Frank H. VIzetelly, to be published by Funk
& Wagnalls Company, would seem at firs,
thought to be more or less limited, yet pub
lic Interest In the Increasing output of aids
to authors Is so general that the West Side
(New York) Young Men's Christian Associa
tion has arranged a. special course of lec
tures on "How to Print and Publish," which
will he delivered by prominent periodical
publishers and editors, this Fall.
Miss Myra Kelly brings on again In her
newest story of Teacher's Little East Sld
ere" In McClure's Action number. Miss Bail
ey's devoted young hospital doctor. Of cdurse
everybody knows that "Miss Bailey is tna
author herself. Some of Miss Kelly's friends
were equally certain of the Identity of "Dr.
Ingraham," and taking their cue from the
story-doctor's happy, position began to whis
per of Miss Kelly's engagement to his puta
tive representative In flesh. The rumor ha
reached Miss Kelly, who sends a denial from
MerriwSld Park. N. Y., where she Is stopping
at the Summer home of her uncle. J. I. C
Clarke, himself well-known In literary
circles.
Miss Frances Aymar Mathews, author of
"A Little Tragedy at Tien Tsln." is going
to Carmel. Putnam County. New York,
where she has a cottage on the edge of
Lake Glentda. She will pass the Summer
there working on the novel for the Smart
Set, She Is dramatizing two tales In her
story of Tien Tsln. "At the Sign of th
Shlppe" and "The Man Who Was Centuries
Old." It Is further announced that Miss
Mathews will adapt for the stage her "Billy
Duane" and "Pamela Congreve."
In O. Henry's "An Unfinished Story." In
the August McClure's. the humorist has mode
a very definite attainment In an art with
which close observers have long known him
to be gifted. Under a veiling of coarse mesh
the slangy and colloquial expressions of hi
style stands as delicate a story as It Is
stronr. of the often Irresistible temptations
offered to a New York shopgirl. His mastery
of subtle narrative, under the appearance of
careless humor, brings this plec of his work
seriously near some of the classic short stones.
The Harpers have recently given permission
for the dramatization of two of Mary B.
Wllklns short stories, "A Lover of Flowers'
and "An Independent Thinker," both Included
In her volume of short stories published tinder
the title of "A Humble Romance and Other
Stories." The first-named will be produced
In New York and the second will appear in
London before coming to America. This Is
not the first dramatization of Mlas Wllklns"
work. as. In addition to several of her shorter
stories, her novel. "Jerome, A Poor Man," ha
been given on the stage.
"Christmas With Santa Claus" Is the title
of Frances Trego Montgomery's new book
which wilt be published within the next
month. It tells of the experiences of a small
boy and girl who are carried by old Santa
Into his domain Just before Christmas, how
they are entertained by Mrs. Santa, and of
the wonderful things they saw and did whll
there. The book will please the little men
as well as the little women. It Is handsome
ly Illustrated by Ruth Mary Hallock, who
has won wide notice through her charming
pictures of child life. Mrs. Montgomery 1
well known among the juvenile readers, br
ing the author of tho "Billy Whiskers"
series.
A good story of a recent conversation be
tween William Dean Howells and Mark Twain
Is. going the rounds. Mark Twain was relat
ing some of his experiences before he b
came famous. "My difficulties taught me eome
thrift," he observed. "But I never knew
whether It was wiser to spend my last nickel
for a cigar to smoke or for on apple to de
vour." "I am astounded," returned Mr. How
nib, "that a person of so little decision should
meet with so much worldly success." Mark
Twain nodded vary gravely. "Indecision about
spending money," ho remarked. "Is worthy
of cultivation. When I couldn't decide what
to buy with my last nickel I kept It, and sc
became rich,"
The recent ovation given In Toklo to Sec
retary Toft and this party might have been
foreseen In many Japanese signs of cordiality
toward the Occident, Clarence Ludlow Brow
nell tells In his book. "The Hear of Japan,"
of several he saw over Japanese shops. Hera
ore some of them: "Barber to Shave Beard
or to Dress Hairs Away": "The Genuinely
Bier buy the Health for Drink"; "Of Smokes
our tobacco Is preasure to Our Tongue and
give the Healthiness to Hers and Hes! Also
All People by It"; "Cowmeat and Plgmeat."
and "Ramune Souda Sasupre Zlnzlnblya Jln
Jyael." This last perhaps needs translation.
It means "Lemon Soda, Sarsaparilla, Ginger
Beer and Ginger Ale."
The meeting of the Czar of Russia and tha
German Kaiser off the coast of Finland re
calls another meeting between these mon
arch which Is described in Hanrl da Nous
sanne's "The Kaiser As He Is." published by
the Putnam. On that occasion the Russian
squadron paid a visit to the German fleet at
Danzig. After the Czar's departure Wllllaiw
II sent him this telegram: "The Admiral of
the Atlantic greets the Admiral of the Pa
cine." To this extravagant salutation Nich
olas II signalled from the top of the main
mast of his yacht, the Polar Star, the slmpla
message "Bon voyage!" It was on the same
Polar Star that the Czar sailed a second
time to meet the German monarch.
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In "French Home Cooking Adapted to
American Homes," by Bertha Jullenni Low,
who, by the way, is the wife oi W. H. Low,
the well-known artist, there are few recipe
for cakes or pies, the author frankly sending
her readers to American cook-books for In
formation In this regard. Such dishes aro.
she explains, always procured In Franca of
the pastry-cooks, whose tempting displays
on counters and In windows are one of the
features of a French city. But there ore In
her book not only highly practical directions
for tho preparation and seasoning of the
more substantial dishes, but a sufficient
number of them to afford a pleasant and
healthful variety for the family table.
Hermann Ltngg. whose death In his 65th
year Is announced from Munich. Is almost
the last of the talented band of poets who
gathered at Munich in the early '60s. and
who Included Gelbel. Scheffel and Bodenstedc,
His Ufa was comparatively uneventful. Ha
studied medicine arid became a military sur
geon In tho Bavarian service, but Ill-health
obliged him to resign In ISM. King Maxi
milian granted him a pension and he wns
therefore able to devote himself to literature-,
at which he was specially successful
as a writer of lyrics and ballads. Llnggs
talent was distinctly original, though his
name has little chance of permanent pre
eminence. His dramatic efforts were failure,
but many of his stories were popular.
A pathetic account of Count Leo Tolstoi is
given by Yurievsky. the Russian writer, who
has just returned from a visit to the novel
ist, "Tolstoi's condition." he says, "is one
of profound melancholy, for he Is falling In
mind and body. He has only one enthusi
asm left, the simple life; he still insists on
doing a certain amount of rough manual
wbrk every day and in tho Spring even tried
to plow his own fields." Yurievsky adds
that Tolstoi considers four-fifths of his Ufa
as wasted, but doubts even that his present
experience would help him to anything bet
ter were he young again. The war he still
pronounces "an Infamy against humanity."
but steadily refuses to join the Liberals in
their campaign against it,
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After an absence of nearly a year spent
visiting his native land. Henry James has re
turned once more to his England. It Is said
that Mr. James finds his greatest enjoyment
nowadays In taking long solitary walks in
tho country near his beautiful home In
Sussex. Though in his novels Mr. James
concentrates aUNhls attention upon charactor.
in actual life he has N:ome to prefer the
study of nature to that of mankind, and his
keenest pleasure now comes to him, as he
says himself, "through bis eyes." His re
cent visit, giving him tho opportunity to see
America through "de-Americanized Amer
ican eyes" has had result In articles In the
North American Review, which, later, may
bo gatehred into a book with other Impres
sions of America and published by the Har
pers. a
H. Addlngton Bruce is translating far pub
lication by Funk & Wagnalls Company this
Autumn. Pierre Leroy Baaulleu's recent
work. "Les Etats Unls au XXe Slecle." or,
as It will be named for tho Anglicized ver
sion, "The United States In the Twentieth
Century." It has been said that in thla
volume if- Leroy Baaulieu, who is one of
the best known of French publicists, does
for the economic life of the United States
what Mr. Bryca has done for the politlcar
and social Ufa In his "The American Com
monwealth." The work Is the result both
of personal observation and of the discrim
inating use of statistical information, and
discusses In close detail some of the mpst
vital questions of the day. Including "The
Immigration Problem," "The Race Prob
lem." "The Trusts." and "The Railroad Prob
lem," a a
Already the author and compiler of a num
ber of works upon American literature. Pro
fessor William P. Trent, Is now ono of the
accepted authorities upon that subject. His
latest volume Is entitled, "Southern Writers:
Selections In Prose and Verse." and as Pro
fessor Trent Is a Virginian and a loyal up
holder of the South and Its people, he has
accomplished his taste with sympathy and
rare discretion. Although primarily Intended
as a textbook, his work will nevertheless be
of value both for reading and reference pur
poses. It Is divided chronologically Into peri
ods, the first extending from 160T to 1789,
the second from 1790 to 1865. and the third
from 1808 to the present day, tho writers who
occupy his attention ranging In time from
Captain John Smith to Luclen V. Rule. To
his selections from the writers of each period
Professor Trent prefaces a brief introduction.
In considering the condition of American lit
erature during the first of these periods,
he remarks that the first two centuries of
this country brought forth good annalists,
but no great historians; that there were
learned divines in those days, but none gifted
with marked literary ability: that there were
fervid orators Uke Junes Otis, Patrick Henry
and Christopher Gadsden, and able publicists
like Jefferson, Hamilton and Madison, but
that not one of them obtained on eminence
In literature equal to that held by Edmund
Burke. "But there was a good deal of writ
ing." he says, "enpectally in New England,
and the books, sermons, speeches, pamphlets
and correspondence of the period are of great
value to the historian as well as to the
reader Interested to know what manner of
men nls ancestors were. The Southern reader
has a scantier stock of material from which
to secure such knowledge than the New Ens
lander poeseaees, for the art of writing has
never been extensively practiced by a people
engaged chiefly In agriculture."
The literary taste of the Japanese in slc
nlflcantty shown In the report of the li
brarian of the Imperial Library at Tokle.
For fiction. It appears, there Is little de
mand. We read further: "While 12,-tS
works relating to theology and religion, c
only 1.6 per cent of the total number ot
books In the library, were asked for. accord
Ing to the records of the past year, theia
wore demanded by readers 1G0.677 volumes,
or 21.6 per cent classified under the head of
mathematics, science and medicine. Works
on literature and language, to the number
of 152,711 that is, 20 per cent were nskt
for. while IS per cent of the application
'Were for books on history and geography.
Works of art. Industries, engineering, mill
tary and naval science figure promlnentl
on the Ust of additions made In recent years
to the shelves of the Imperial library."
Prince Kropotkln. whose book. "Russian
Literature." shows how prevalent soclalliitio
and democratic tendencies have been amongst
Russian writers. Is himself ooth an author of
distinction and a democrat In exile. In a
recent letter on the present agitations in
Russia, ho complains that there are "so many
nurses and duennas among the people, so many
clamoring. 'Don't do this and don't do that,
you cannot accomplish much by forcnl'
"But few," he remarks, "dare to say, as Dan
ton said, 'Have the courage the courage to
do and to act the courage to think and to
act, " Kropotkln concludes eloquently: "And
It Is necessary that the few should encourage
tho mighty ot the people to think and to net
mightily. It Is necessary that the few shall
be with the people In all their struggles and
plant everywhere the hope In revolutionary
destruction of tho old and the responsibility
of tho new forms of life."
a . .
In a volume of "Letters of Richard and
Clare Ford (1S30-1S00)" now In preparation.
Rowland E. Prothero will give for the first
time the life ot the art critic and author of
"The Handbook for Travellers In Spain," a
work which, at the time of Richard Ford's
death. In 1808. the Times said that "so great
a literary achievement had never before been
performed under so humble a title." Rich
ard Ford finished his "Handbook" In 1845.
and 2000 copies were sold within a fw months
of Its publication. It originally appeared In
two volumes, but a year or so later was ab
breviated to bring it within the scope of
Murray's "Handbooks for Travellers." the
overmatter. with additions, being formed into
the title volume known as "Gatherings from
Spain." Though subsequently restored to
something like Its first shape, the "Hand
book" In Its original form la now scarce and
valuable. The life of the author's son. Sir
Francis- Clare Ford, who was British Am
bassador successively at Madrid. Constanti
nople and Rome. Is Included In the forthcom
ing volume.
act.
Readers of Wordsworth will be Interested
to hear that the Gowbarrow estate la for sale.
It lies on the north side ot Ullswater. and Is
associated with Alra' Farce and Lyulph's
Force. It Inspired Wordsworth to write
"Alrey Force Valley." where he describes "the
soft eye-muelc of alow-waving boughs." caused
by the breezes ehterlng the glen, and It Is
still gay with daffodils In March, as It was
when Miss Wordsworth, the poet and his wife
caw a hast of them
Besldo the lake, beneath the trees.
Fluttering and dancing In the breeze.
Hence the poem known as "The Daffodils."
the two best lines In which, according to the
poet, were by Mrs. Wordsworth. Tho Force
Is a prominent feature la "The Somnambu
list," where Wordsworth put Into verse the
story ot a girl whd walked In her sleep, fell
Into the stream and was rescued by her lover,
whom she recognized before she died. De
Qulncey calls Gowbarrow the most romantic
of parks, and says that he saw there "alter
nately for four miles the most grotesque and
the most awful spectacles
Abbey windows
With Moorish temples ef the Hindus,
all fantastic., all unreal and shadowy aa the
moonlight which created them."
Sterne's character was a lack of sobriety,
says R. H. Fryo In The Bookman. In prac
tical conscience, in the sense of conduct, ha
wan sadly deficient I do not mean to say
that ho was unworldly in any Interpretation.
Ha understood well enough how to get on In
the world at least how to get on with It, "I
thank God (B 's excepted) I have never yet
made a friend or connection I have forfeited,
or done aught to forfeit." he boasts to Stephen
Croft, But with Sterne the power of mak
ing and keeping friends consisted mainly In
the ability to catch a note easily and sus
tain it, as Is usually the case with promiscuous
friendships like bis. The letters to Hall
Stevenson and those written during his first
trip to London in 1760 at the very beginning
of bis prosperity, are masterpieces In this sort.
Strained as were their relations, he ceems to
have managed pretty well even with his wife.
That he had engaging qualities cannot be
gainsaid vivacity, drollery, good humor, ami
ability, above all folly. Tho willingness to talk
amusing rigmarole will alone carry a man a
long way. From Paris, where his popularity
was phenomenal, ho writes to Garrlck. "I
Shandy It away CO times more than I was
ever wont, talk mora nonsense than ever you
heard me talk In all your days" and "have
converted many Into Shandelern."
There recently died In England, at the age
ot 88, Captain Montagu Burrows, who, after
a vigorous career in tne navy, went to Ox
ford, and finally became Chlchele professor of
history. Bom In 1810. he did not matriculate
at Magdalen Hall (now represented by Hert
ford College) till 1S53. He got a first-class In
1836 In classics, and In 1857 In law and mod
ern history. He was elected professor In 1S02.
and Fellow of All Souls In 1870. He wrote
several books the lives of three admirals.
"VYicllfa Place In History." "Oxford University-'
During the Commonwealth" (Camden
Society), "Memoir of W. Grocyn" (Oxford
Historical Society), two or three volumes ot
constitutional history, a memoir of the Brocas
family, a history of the Cinque Ports and
other volumes, many of which were success
ful enough to be printed more than once.
When he was in the navy ho was employed
In several Important operations, so that he
ranks as one of the few people who have
both made and written history. The Athe-
neum. In the course of a brief account of
Captain Burrows' career, remarks that his
genial personality was well known at Ox
ford, where he resided till the end, though
since 1000 he had. left the duties of his pro
fessorship to Mr. Oman. He had survived
most ot tho men of bis time at Oxford, but
his contemporary In tho Regtus chair ot his
tory, Goldwln Smith. etUl lives and wields
a trenchant pen. He now resides at To
ronto, Canada.
Is a large part of the Old Testament mere
ly a rehash of ancient Egyptian myths?
asks a London correspondent. All theologi
cal Germany Is stirred up at present over
a book which Herr Voelter. a German pro
fessor, has Just published to demonstrate
that this Is the case. In "Egypt and the
Bible." as he calls his work, the professor
draws rather surprising parallels between
what he terms "the alleged history of the
forefathers of the Jews" and the most an
cient legends current In the land of the
Pharaohs. In these latter, he declares, are
to be found exact counterparts of Abraham,
Isaac. Esau. Jacob. Joseph. Moses and othar
Old Testament characters. According to
Voelter. Abraham represents the Egyptian
sun god. Num. whose wife. Nunet. has like
Sarah a child of promise In her old ago
through whom the future world Is to be
blessed; Isaac Is Tallemus, the god of
Spring, and Rebecca, who covers herself
with a veil. Is Tslar. the evening star, the
daughter of the morn god. Rebecca's father.
Bethuel, the professor goes on. corresponds
almost exactly to the Egyptian SuL Abra
ham's three wives Sarah. Hagar and Ke
turah, recall the three wives of the Egyptian
god. Voelter adds that In the stories of
Hagar and Isls the resemblance Is particu
larly striking, and he affirms further that
the history of Joseph Is practically that of
Osiris, who was at enmity with his brethren.
He also was imprisoned In a pit and from
a prison cell mounted the steps of a throne,
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It was a foregone conclusion that the an
cient quarto edition of "Richard III" sold
at Sotheby's. London, would fall Into Amer
ican hands. The record-breaking price given
for it is the surprising thing. No such sum
as (3750 ever has been paid for a work, or
even a collection of works, by Shakespeare.
Four years ago the 1623 first folio of all the
plays established a record by realizing $8300.
and when, last year, a first quarto of "Henry
rv fetched 35175 experts generally declared
that this was the highest possible market
valuation for a single play. Moreover this
copy of "Richard IIL" discovered so accl
dentlly. Is by no means In good condition. Of
Its 45 printed leaves, half are scorched at
the top corners and many are badly stained.
It was a comparative certainty, however,
that no other copy of the edition ever would
come into on auction room, for only two
other specimens are known to exist and one
of these Is in the British Museum and the
other in the Bodleian Library at Oxford.
The present work was tho property of Ad
miral Sir "William Penn. father of the f jun2
er of Pennsylvania, and his name appears ta
five places In the volume. It Is uppei
that his Quaker son forgot to laclude t".a
work In his baggage when he sailed fcr tha
New World in 16S2. The struggle for fa
possession of the quarto Shakessear was
one of the keenest ever held In a Brttlh ac ¬
tion room. After the sum of $359 hal teen
reached the contestbecam a duel be?w?a
Mr. Jackson, who was rpresenttng the Vra -
Ican bidder, and Mr. Sotheran. who rcrs
scnted an English collector. Whn Jackr
eventually bid 1400 or JTOiH) and aw i.;
poneni ncsiia:ea. tne spectators thou""- x
was all over, but the English repreeen atl.c
almost Immediately offered S3 more, ari c
the fight went on until nnally Jwkr s t i
of 5S730 failed to bring an Increasing fTe?
from his opponent. So It was decided 'va
the quarto "Richard HI' would foi: w r--
famous "Titus Andronlcus." the "Far; "
Lost" manuscript. an! the other llt:-a-
prizes which recently have feusd their tsa
across the water.
Mrs. Isobel Strong, whose book. -Thc
From Home." Is full of record as to the r'
turesque surroundings amongst wht-- V"
lived when In Hawaii with her stepfa-? .
Robert Loul3 Stevenson. Is at present &r.l g
recreation In her native California, am -g-1
surroundings almost as plcturesqae. W fi
Mrs. Frank Norrls. she Is living la a ct.-i
on a Santa Clara mountain not far f -her
mother's ranch. Describing lt
writes to a friend; "How I wish you r Z
look on me this minute as I write t! ev
letters! I am sitting by a table made a
slab of polished redwood on sawed lgs f"r
legs. The cabin Is made of redwood t g
with the "velvet on. There Is a fireplace cf
colored stones picked from the creek, tat
by stopping to listen for a moment ycu an
hear chortling over tha mountain. T!:e-
Is a couch covered with a Mexican blarkC
of many colors, and on the redwood C;;r
are skins of many animals I'd like t say
Udns and bears, but truth compels ma r
say goat and sheep and one small wt.it at -oh.
yes. and one deorskln. We g wn
every afternoon to my mother's ranch a
mile below us and play tennis madly. Tt sn
we get our milk and provisions, pile them
Into a little wagon and trudgo up hero fr
supper. A man called on us yesterday. a-.J.
after that walk which wo take every Cay,
he had to He down and gasp and wa t'ay
tennis besides. In the evenings w hare
chess till half past nine and then sleep ;
six the next day. Isn't that a fine hea.t'
programme? And, oh. the air and fra
grance of redwood and manzantta and rva
drona and the fresh spring water We fca
our own little garden patch, too. with crn
and peas and lettuce and things all a-grrw-lng
and a-blowlng and over our heads t.a
tall redwoods."
Tho lately allotted British Civil L!at P
stors are happily free from, the abyurV" s
and unfairness we had come almost ts t&
for granted, says a writer In The .Kc&Zt-z
In the past, too much of the money has g
to the widows of Consuls and other r"
servants who. whatever their etalms upon Ti
gratitude of their sovereign and their c
try. could perfectly well have been pr'I-"l
for from other sources. In 1S40. for exa-r;.'
only 175 was allotted to perwww wv.v
clatms were of a literary character, w" ' o
the bulk of the sum available for dlTt"
tlon was divided among Queen Vl.-t--:
teachers ot German. Italian, singing, wrt: g
French, music and dancing, and the tali" -
went to three tradwimen of Moaraout
Ironmonger, an Innkeeper and a drajeT !i
consideration ot services rendered and w
received while acting as speetal ceMiacs
during certain riots. And we tteedtate t re
call to our readers such painful menKri?? i
the neglect of Richard Jafferles. such v Z'x
ecandals as the affair of the man Brook: t .
the new list, all the recipients of the r "a
bounty owe their grants to services renlc r
by themselves or their relative to
literature or learning. Among the t.I"g
the most famous of the beneficiaries Is r
James George Frazer. the author of T -
Golden Bough." Among the dead we Z
Professor Freeman's work recognised r
grant to MIs Helen Freeman and Miss F -enco
Freeman, "Jointly and to the survK "
them In recognition of the eminence ay a
historian ot their late father. The "
names may not be so well known to the t-"s
In the street, even If his tastes are lit era ri"
But In each case the services rewarded
tho sort of services that the fawl wow nt:
tuted to reward: and one can only recret t"
evidence thus afforded that the emolu-n -
of scientific and other reeeareh are. In C
present state of our civilization, so t "
scanty and out of all proportion ts tt'e
voted labor which they Involve. J M Q
LONDON'S EDUCATED CROW
Bird That Talks Both Hindustani
and English.
London Express.
Tommy, the educated crow, who hns
arrived at the zoo, has already aston
ished the ofilclals and visitors by h'i
remarkable proficiency in speech
He Is a fine specimen ot the we!
known Indian talking bird, the larfjer
hill mynah, and he was presented t
the Zoological Society by Major J. T.
Galvert. The marvel of the officials U
that such a treasure was given away.
The bird Is not only a talker, he is a
linguist, for he can speak Hlndustandl
as well as English.
The zoo authorities would not pla-e
him in one of the aviaries. His lln
gulstlc talents would have been wast.d
there. Instead he has a cage to him
self In the Insect house, and the fol
lowing list of his famous English phrases
Is posted up outside:
TOMMY.
Tommy Is so naughty.
Tho Lord bless you.
What are you talking about?
I'm surprised at yeu.
What's the matter with yea?
Good morning.
How's your liver?
What's the row. eh?
Really, you don't say so.
Well. Tommy, my boy.
Well. well.
You'll break your bicycle.
Who are you?
At the end of the list are some o!
his favorite Indian speeches.
The bird has a mannerism of noM.r?
his head sideways when he is spoiten.
to. as though listening, and for the
greater partbf the day his beak is
half open, giving one the Idea that e
is ever ready to turn on his eloquen-e
It is most curious to hold a conver
satlon with him. for if one of h!s
phrases Is repeated ho will answer
with another.
"How's your liver?" says a vIs!.--o
and the bird answers, as th-ig
shocked. "I'm surprised at you."
IC he hears the remark. "The Lor!
bless you." he Is as likely as not o
reply, "Really, you don't say aoV
He Is a member of the crow fam!:
and for a crow Is a particularly d'nr
bird.
His favorite dish Is a mash of pota
toes, carrots, eggs and boiled rice He
loves meal worms for the entree, how
ever, and takes a plentiful dessert cf
dried fruits, bananas and grapes to
finish. His voracity Is as prodigious
as his loquacity.
His appearance Is rather handscms
Shaped like a crow, his body is of sh.n
Ing black, his legs and feet brow-:
yellow, his long beak coral hued. a"3
he has bright yellow bars around his
neck.
"I'm surprised at you." Is his favor
ite utterance. Ho Is always saying It
sometimes with curious effect. It ts
possible that the uncouth manners of
a silver-eared mesln, a handsome, ralr.-bow-hued
little bird from the Hima
layas, not much larger than a sparrow
which occupies the next cage, offeri
him.
This bird Is fed on wood ants. a-:L
In order that tho Insects may not stirg
his throat when he swallows them he
squeezes them In his beak, and delib
erately turns his tall round and rubs
on it the poisonous fluid the ants ex
ude. His tall feathers are stained through
constant repetition of this process. K-J
wonder Tommy says he Is surprised!
A Hard "World.
Harper's Weekly.
"Mamma," said a small girl. "If I get
married when I grow up will I have a hus
band like papa?"
"Yes, dear." wa3 the answer.
"And If I don't get married shall I bo
an rfd-mald like Aunt Sarah?
"Why. yes. dear, you probably will,
replied her mother.
The little girl sighed. "Well, no matter
what wo do." phe said. "It's a pretty
hard world for ua women. Isn't ltT