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Shakespeare's Christmas and Other Stories,
bf I A. T. Qulller .Couch). Illus
trated. 3S pages. Longmans, Green &
Co.. New York City.
With scenes mostly laid in England,
those stories of romantic charm and bril
liant, easy style are decidedly worth
R'hMe. The telling has color, movement
ad spirit, and is of such intorest that
the spell makes the reader eager until the
tost tarn in the lane. The descriptions
ad flkillful drawing of character are ad
mirable. First com os a story of 63 pages,
"Shakespeare's Christmas," In which the
picture begins in Shoreditch Theater,
Christmas ove. 1808, the two actors at the j
ptart being a countryman andjtn appren
tice, ad to the query if he knew Will
Shakospoare, the countryman says:
Ay. I knew him down In Warwickshire.
A ge lad he was. though his mother wept
over him for a wild one Hast ever seen a
hen when bar duckling takos to water? So
U ts with women, when, haply. he has
hatched out genlu. Will goes beyond any
man's kenning. He has taught us to ken
the wM with new eyes. I go seeking him
Mke ne reeking a father who has begotten
him Into a new world, seeking him with
oj'rs derived from him.
We are introduced to William Shake
ppoare and his father, John, amid the at
mosphere f a tavern, with its roystorlng
blades and boon companions, whore this
versus spoken by the father:
Who buys land buys stone,
Wha buys meat buys bones.
Who buys eks buys shells.
But who buys ale buys nothing else!
A strong, vibrating word-picture is glvon
of JtiMtta. the dancing girl, and so true Is
the realism that we almost hear the
round of the pipe as she trips through her
whirlwind dance, with nor scarf "rotating
arettad a whirl of gleaming flesh and
Bajdng Jewels." The canvas merely pre
sents one of Shakesepare's idle, drinking
nwmonts, and seems to be a tr,ue mirror
of the careless times in which he lived.
Bat the best story in the book, and with
& roally surprising finish, is "Ye Sexes.
Give Ear," In which 'Q" tells how a
boat's crew of men were badly beaten in
a race in which their contestants were
women, some of the latter being the men's
wives. The men started out by making
fa of the women's ability to row a boat,
aad the slow retribution that followed
would make the most ardent advocate of
Oman's equality with man In all things
blush with pleasure. Here was the chal
lenge Mrs. Sallic Hancock asked the land
lord of the village inn to chalk on his
blackboard -a in the -taproom: "I, Sarah
Hancock, do hereby challenge all the men
la Saltash Borough that me and five other
females of the said Borough will row any
six of them any distance from one to six
statute miles, and wijl beat their heads
off, pulling either single oars or double
paddles or In ran-dan. The stakes to be
wl'x pounds sterling aside. And I do fur
'ther promise, if beaten, to discharge all
scores below." The latter, of course,
meant what we would call bills for liquor
consumed. The stakeholder was the
Mayor, who was found asleep in the back
parlor, with a handkerchief over his face,
When the. disputants called. It Is ex
plained that the Mayor "had left business
sooiuaf ter bufying his wife, who had kept
hlmliard at work at the cheesemongerlng,
and now he could sleep when he chose.
But lie awoke very politely to attend to
his visitor's business." The men rowers
wore: T. Jago, Freckly-Facea Joe. M.
Guppy, Trcmenjous Hosken, Tippet Harry
and Seth Ide. The latter started a stroke
of 40 to the minute, and here Is how the
race ended: -
The longest lead held -by the men's boat,
the Nonpareil, was 40 yards, but the time
came when the women's boat, the Indefa
tigable Woman, made her overlay and went
by like a snake. Mick Guppy pulled In his
oar and said: "Well, heaven bless the woxn
rn anyway!" Sth Ede turned around and
swore at him vicious like and he fell to tow
log again. But the' whole thing had'become
a procession. Tremenjous Hosken. who
weighed IS stone, collapsed and bad fallen
to groaning between the strokes, and homo
ward bound was little bitter than a passen
ger. "Eyes on the boat," commanded SaL
pulling her crew together, as they caught
sight of their rivals for the flrst time. She
couldn't help a lift in her voice, though, any
more than she could help winding up with a
flourish as they drew level with BaltasKtown,
a good hundred yards Ahead, and heard the
band playing and voices cheering. "Look
out lor the quicken" and up went a great
roar as the women behind her picked the
quicken up and rattled past the quay and
the winning gun. at 40 to the minute. They
haji Just strength enough left to toss oars.
And then tKey leaned forward with their
beads between their arms, panting and gasp
WOKj5 cr ricrr
i-w iR7
ing out: "Well rowed. -SaL" . . . "Oh
well rowed all." and letting the delight
run out of them In little sobs of laughter.
The crowd ashore, too, was laughing and
snouting Itself hoarse. I'm sorry to say a
few of them Jeered at the Nonpareil as she
crawled home. Bui on the whole the mon
of Saltash took their beating handsome.
The women rowers had their hair done
Into pigtails like the men, and they wore
men's glazed hats. Consequently, when
they were enjoying a supper at an inn, a
press-gang party drumming up recruits for
the navy thought the merrymakers were
men, and started with them to the near
est warship. The denouement that fol
lowed when the mistake was discovered, j
just as the women were about to board '
the warship, can be imagined, and "Q" I
tells the talo with genuine humor. ' I
Another well-constructed story is "Th,e j
Rain of Dollars." an incident in the re- I
treat of Sir John Morc's army upon Co
runna. In 1S09.
Recollections of a Confederate Staff Officer,
by General G. Moxley SorreL $2. The
Neale Publishing Co., New Tork City.
"Sing us a song of the Sunny South,"
once said a great orator In the East, and
though he spoko in a Northern city that
had given her heart's blood to say that
the Union should live, his remark was
greeted with generous applause. General
Sorrel, who died in New York City In
1901, ghjs out his message In much tho
same strain, speaking of things as he saw
them, and his book will have the same
patient hearing. He carrys us from the
General's headquarters to the picket lino;
the kitchen campflre to the ordinance
wagon: the trenches to the hospital; the
long march to tle battle line, and from
the rear guard to the charging ranks of
the Southland. Of course, he weaves a
halo over the lost cause. He was Lieutenant-Colonel
and chhif of staff. Long
street's First Army Corps; Brigadior
General commanding Sorrel's brigade, A.
P. Hill's Third Army Corps, Army of
Isorthorn Virginia.
At this late day, very little new mat
ter can be written about the operations
of either of the two great contending
armies of our Clvli War, but reminis
cences are always In order. The present
volume of 313 pages is favored with an
Introduction by Senator John W. Daniel,
who was formerly Major and Assistant
Adjutant-Goneral of Early's division. Sec
ond Corps, Army of Northern Virginia,
Senator Daniel relates 'that ho lately
heard a distinguished Northern Senator
remark to his companions: "Tho Army
of Northern Virginia was, in my opinion,
the stroncst body of men of equal num
bers that ever stood together on this
earth." And the same can be said of
V.a A nf V.a T)siimj r Annm 1 Cat
I Nil has not attempted a military history.
but his book is written in the temper
and spirit which we might expect of the
accomplished and gallant soldier that he
was. He gives graphic accounts of lead
ing characters such as Lee, Stonewall
Jackson, Longstreet, Ewell, D. H. Hill,
A. P. Hill, Jeb Stuart, Early, Anderson,
Mahone, Van Dorn, Polk, Bragg and
many others. Tho private soldier is also
justly rsecognized.
Of General Sorrel, Viscount Wolseley,
of tho British army, wrote to Mrs. Sorrel,
after her husband's death: "Fortunate
Indeed is the man who, like General Sor
rel, Is entitled to remind those around
his deathbed that he did his best to do
his duty and to serve his country with
heart and soul. The records of his life
can tell us how well, how faithfully he
lld serve -her, arnd if anything can con
sole you and others for his loss it must
be that fact'
Of Prince Jerome Napoleon, "Plon
Plon," General Sorrell wrote: "His
Highness was well mounted, and I could
scarcely keep my eyes off his face. It
was. almost a ropllca of the great Napo
leon, his uncle, but unpleasantly so; skin
pasty and flabby, bags undor the eyes
and beefy all over. A large man, tall,
but without 'dignity of movement or at
titude." In speaking of the second battle of
Manasses, fought In Augusts, 1SS2. Sorrel
says: "We were rather a devout army.
The men came from their homes deeply
tinged with religion. Methodists were In
large numbers and "next to them Baptists
and Bresbyterians. There wero many
meetings and addresses conducted by
worthy chaplains." Here is his pen pic
ture of Picket: "A singular figure in
deed. A medium-sized, well-built man,
straight, erect, and in well-fitting unl-
JIorm, an elegant riding whlp la hand, his
r
appearance being distinguished and strik
ing. But the head and hair were extraor
dinary. Long ringlets flowed over his
shoulders, trimmed and highly perfumed.
His beard likewise was curling and giving
out the sconts of Araby." Or Stonewall
Jackson Sorrel, speaks cautiously, and
frankly points' out Jackson's tactical mis
takes. Sorrol thought that the failure
of thjs, Gettysburg campaign was due to
the practical absence of Stuart's cavalry.
Sorcol writes admiringly of Grant as a
tireless and able opponent.
- Hare arc Sorrel's last words:
It Is farewell to the Array of Northern
Virginia and Its ever-glorious commander.
His fame, his name, shall forever live. His
armv lnoemnanble holds, after lone rears.
the abiding love of Its surviving veterans.
Who that marched with It. fought with It.
took part In Its -victories and defeats, shared
Its sufferings and Us Joys, shall ever be deaf
when Its deeds are sung, or mute when ting
out Jts plaudits? For ray part, when the
Vim i? comes to cross the river like the ethers,
I shall be found asking at the gates above:
"Where is the Array of Northern Virginia?
For thore I make ray camp."
Now that victor and vanquished arc
one, it Js comforting that Vc arc all
friends again and that our different views
of the conflict does not mar the hap
piness of "tho family circle.
Marriage, by Mrs. Jane Dearborn Mills. 50
cants. The Nunc Licet Press. Philadelphia.
Radical liberality of thought affecting
the marriage question from a woman's
viewpoint. Sacred things are touched
with a tender hand, while cvery-day sub
jects arc discussed with a frankness tha
the occasion demands. The motto of tho
little book of 2 pages Is: "Marriage la
character growth and is gained through
sorvlco." anda perusal" of this cffqrt to
smooth over and explain vexed questions
,of a domestic nature should bo fully
taken advantage of by all young men
and women, whether they intend to mar
ry or not- The opinions expressed gen
erally are in every way commendable,
except that some of them may be un
welcome to persons who have mulish
ideas that nothing short 'of dynamite
could shake.
This extract will show Mrs. Mills' style
of writings-
We are told: "What God hath Joined to
gether, let not man put asunder." This
most sacred truth has bcn much profaned
by practically reversing It what man has
Joined together, let not even God put
asunder! God has had nothing to do with
some marriage ceremonies except to permit
I them, an he does other evils. They have
been conceived In Iniquity, shapen In sin,
and presided over hy the Prince of Darkness.
Take the divorce question. The di
vorced person Is bound to a dead contract, as
one Slamesa twin, living, to his dead brother;
bound to a union which does not bind, to an
obligation without duties or. responsibilities,
except not to db something which the former
husband or wife has no longer any right to
care for whether It is. done or not. Why
stunt and cripple and deaden the life re
maining to some of its members, and con
sequently to its own as a whole? We are
told that adultery Is the only ground of
divorce, admitted by the Bible, but we are
not standing on safe ground when- we Insist
that "adulters'" means the outer sin alone or
even the mental longing to commit It. Spir
itual adulter' is the adulterating of good
and the falsifying of truth. It may be
committed In one's character alone. It fol
lows that It may be effected by a husband
and wife upon each other's characters. Adul
tery Is the union of two who do not belong
to each other. It then must be the mental
relation of two porsons ralsmated In mar
riage, even when they are both honest and
earnest.
Little Mother and Georgia, by Gertrude
Smith. 11.30. Harper & Brothers, New
Tork City.
A charming and dainty collection of
short stories for little folks just com
mencing to read, and the colorod pictures
surely add to the attractiveness of the
book as a whole. The covers arc strong,
built to resist the work of restless fingers.
The type is of that clear, black character
that Is a Joy, and the stories aro Interest
ing enough to suit any Juvenile audience
In the1 preparatory school grades, or
those lovely home classes where mother
the best teacher In all the world.
Her Mrmory Book,, by Helen Hayes. $2.
Harper & iirotnere. sew iorK city.
An edition do luxe tor a young society
girl, containing pages to mark the dates
of ber dobut, engagements, dinner par
ties, musical es, teas," etc Thore is even
a page for her- newspaper notices. The
book Is handsomely printed on thick
paper, illustrated, and is one, in short, to
keep all one's life. t J. M. Q.
IN LIBRARY AND WORKSHOP.
A fifth American edition of E. Phillips Op
penhelm's latest novel, "The Manter Mummer,"
Is announced. s
A "Motor Year-Book," with many Illustra
tions and diagrams, and a chapter on tht
law of motoring, is forthcoming from Me
thuen & Co., London.
.
Albert Brandt, Trenton, N. J., will pub
lish "The Building ot the City Beautiful." a
eodal vision, by Joaquin Miller. and "Cape
Cod Ballads, and Other Verse by Joe Lln-J
"The Fair Maid of Graystones" In the title
of the new book by Minis Beulah Marie Dlx.
Most of the action takes place at a great
country bouse called Graystones. In England,
during the wars between Roundhead and Cav
alter.
,
Moffat. Yard & Co. will publish early next
month Jessie Wlllcox Smith's new series of
child pictures In color. It will b entitled
"First Steps In a Child's Life." and will ln
olude Ave pictures exquisitely reproduced by
lithography.
Grorer Cleveland makes about $3000 a year
by writing an occasional article for a maga
zine. It Is not riches, bet It helps, out nfcely
his Income of $0000 a year, and many a pro
fessional writer would be glad to get $3000
for his whole year's work.
The Australian publishers of John H. Whlt-
on "Justin Wlngate, Itanchman." have Just
cabled for another edition of this realistic
Colorado story. "Justin Wmgate. Ranchman,"
has bfn termed a reconstruction novel of
ranch life, vbowlng the cowboy tn a new char
acter. m
A volume of Tom Masson's beat, humor,
elaborately Illustrated, will soon be published
by Moffat. Yard &. Co. Mr. Masson has been
associated with Life for the last 12 years as
literary and managing editor, and his extra
ordinary versatility has been constantly In
evidence. He has- availed himself of every
possible literary form that could furnish a
medium for the expression of his humor. He
has lprobably written more short dialogues
jjLhan any of our humorists, oyer 10,00a cf
them having been published during the last
decade. His new book will show him at bis
bent as a really new humorist of the flrst
rank. It will contain more than 330. pases.
The cover Is from a. drawing by Charles
Dana Gibson.
Dodd. Mead & Co. wiirpubllsh during the
nresent season a. hlttorr oC the Declaration
J of Independence, by J. H. Hail e ton. and the
Minutes of the Committee of Safety of the
County of Tryon. N. T., 1774-1775, edited and
Illustrated with portraits, rlewa and fae-
slmlllcs. ,
Maud Howe (Mrs. John Elliott) 'has been
Summering at Newport. R. I., and Plalnneld.
N. H., where she has been completing her
new book of Italian studies and sketches en
titled "Two In Italy." written In a vein
similar to her popular "Roma Beat" of a
year ago.
The Grimm Society of Cassel has decided
to publish Its rich collection of unpublished
letters and other documents of the Brothers
Grimm, with a promise of throwlngconsld
erable light on the history of the learned
world In the last century. The flrst volume
Is to appear early next year.
One of the early Fall invenlles announced
by ths Century Company Is from the pen of
C&ptaln Harold Hammond, & West Point
graduate and Instructor. The book deals
with the adventures of "Plnkey Perkins:
Just a Boy." and is written with sympa
thetic understanding of the youthful point of
view.
A new edition of "The Life and Writings of
Benjamin Franklin" is In preparation by The
Macmlllan Company, who announce the first
volume for Issue next month. Thfs limited
library edition has been prepared by Profewor
Albert H. Smyth, of Philadelphia, and will
be. It Is said, by far the most complete and
inclusive.
N.
In the San Francisco Argonaut for tomorrow
John Fleming Wilson, of this city, whose
atorim have been appearing from time to time
In the San Francisco weekly, has a tale ot
Llove and tragedy with a touch of adventure.
It is entitled "An Amateur Revolutionist." and
the scenes are laid In San Franelseo and
Guatemala.
The author of "The Wonderful Wizard of
Ox" also the-orlglnaor of the famous Wog-"
glebug L. Frank Baum. has a new book,
which the Century Company will Issue Sep
tember 27. "Queen Zlxl of Ix" Is the title.
A book Intended- to appeal, with Its nonsense
and many pictures, alike to girls and boys
and grown-up children.
Charles Major.the author of "When
Knighthood Was In Flower" and "Dorothy
Vernon of IddonHall. Is correcting the
proofs of his forthcoming novel. Its heroine
Is said to be a striking contrast to Dorothy
I vernon, bsing small, piquant, orown-eyea.
tender-hearted and bewitching In
words, sweet, rather than dominant.
Charles H. Caffln, the noted art critic, has
written, for tboso who wish to look at and
enejoy pictures Intelligently. "How to Study
Pictures." Each chapter there, are 22 will
'have double Insets, full-page reproductions of
the pictures noted as examples of their schools,
and dlscuased; and the work will be published
by the Century Company hi the Fall.
This week the Macmlllan Company are pub
lishing "Knockat a Venture." by Eden Thill
pottf; "Sporting Sketches." by Edwyn Sandys:
a new . and cheaper edition of "Old Eagllsh
Love Songs," edited by Hamilton W. MaWe.
Illustrated by Geocrge Wharton Edward, and
a new edition in one volume of "Sir George
Treaday" by Mrs. Humphry Ward.
The Critic for September contains a number
of very readable contributions. Seme of tnese
are Illustrated with interesting portraits, etc.
Thft articles on "Philadelphia In Literature."
"Southern Writers," "Glimpses of John Hay"
and "Booku on the Far Bast" will meet with
much appreciation. The number, as a whole.
Is full of good things for the magazine reader.
"Captain Myles Standlsh." by Tudor Jenks.
which the Century Company has listed for
September 27. Is another of the series In
tended to make young readers better ac
quainted with American history through In-
tlmacy with individual characters the life
of Captain Myles Standlsh and the history
of the Plymouth colony being closely Inter
woven.
The action of Emerson Hough's new novel
takes place In a little mountain town In New
Mexico. In the days when that country was
i land before the law.' The characters of
Heart's1 Desire" are "men, grave, bearded.
sufficient men, each with a gun on his hip.
as evidence to the world that all Is well.
The Macmlllan Company promise "Heart's De
sire" for eaerly Issue.
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"A Self -Supporting Home" seems likely to
prove the most novel of the year's outdoor
books. Mrs. Kate V. Saint Maur tells her
nsu!n hnu ah HttahlUhed one. entlrelv
without capital, on & small farm; and gives
all the details of the care of poultry and
pet stock and other creatures, together with
many new wrinkles In the successful and easy
cultivation of X vegetable garden.
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The Century Company has In pretu for Fall
issue. "Washington, the Promoter." the first
Printing In toto of the diary kept by George
Washington for Septrmber, 17Si. during his
Journey In the Ohio Basin In the Interest
a commercial union between the Great Lakes
and the Potcraac River. The commentary
upon tow interesting text nas neen preparea
by Archer Butler Hulbert, author of "His
toric Highways of America."
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Anne Warner (Mrs. Charles Sills French).
the creator of "Susan Clegg," has been
spending the Summer on the' Continent,
where she has been reading the proofs of her
new book of humorous Action. "The Re
juvenation of Aunt Mary." "Susan Clegg
and Her Friend Mrs. Lathrop bas recently
been brought out in England and one of, the
leading critics there has termed "Susan
Clegg" the "female Doojey."
A notable volume has just appeared In "A
History of Political Theories from Luther to
Montesquieu," by Professor William Archi
bald Dunning, of Columbia University. This
volume carries into tho 18th century the lm
portant survey begun In his "History of Po
litical Theories Ancient and Medieval," pub-
luhed three years ago. The work already
stands as an essential part of the preparation
necessary for any thorough study of the sub
ject of modem politico.
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"Talcs of the Fish Patrol" Is described as
one of the most fascinating and. spirited of
Jack London s books. As a lad of 16, Lon
don, who bad been a general bay-faring ad
venturer for some years, joined the United
States Fish Patrol. Thereafter for a year or
two he travenwd tho waters of San Francisco
Bay and Its estuaries In pursuit of law-break
log Greek. Italian and Chinese fishermen. Wild
adventures and thrilling he had, and the best
of thesa adventures he has related In his
forthcoming book.
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Lillian Whiting ban recently returned from
a special trip to Florence, whero she went
to obtain additional -material for her new
book entitled "The Florence ot Loader."
which Little. Brown & Co. will bring out la
handsome holiday style. Miss Whiting de
nzribes the beautiful flower -town of Florence
with which Landors name la undylngly asso
ciated. In the most faithful and Interesting
manner, and etc makes live again to the
reader some of the great writers who have
been po closely associated with Florence.
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Ernest Thorn peon Se ton's new book, which
wlir be called "Animal Heroes." will differ
slightly from his earlier pocks la that thesw
stories will not deal exclusively with wild
animals, and perharrt for that reason the
endings of these new tales are not always
tragic Very few people have written about
animals, either wild or tame, better than Mr.
Setoo. and his way of telling hh story both
by his writing and h!a drawings there are
more than 200 of bis Illustrations In this new
book Is aa original as It Is entertaining.
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From the artistic viewpoint; as well as that
of faanlon. the October Delineator keeps the
high standard It has attained as a woman's
magtzlne. Many pages are glvn to the styles
of the month, additional space being devoted
to the New York and Parts fashion, set forth
with chic and Individuality by Helen "Berke-ley-Loyd
and Edouard La Fontaine; and the
literary side, nouffehold topics and special
features are on a plane of excellence. Of
widespread Interest to parents, teachers asd
all who lead or follow In educational lines.
Js an exceptional article. "Education for Life
Through Llrlng," by William ii. Maxwell.
Superintendent of New York City Schools. N.
.Hudson Moore writes intergctlngly of old
desks and secretaries, giving the hallmarks
that tnable the amateur to place them cor
rectly. Allan Sutherland tells the history ot
''Onward, Christian Soldiers," the hymn that
Is the Inspiration of the young, and Clifton
Johneon takes the reader across the wild coast
of Devon Into the wilder country that wa
Lorna Doone's.
The little town In Cornwall, which A. T,
Qulller-Couch has written about so pleasantly
and eympathstlcally. he uses osce mora for
a background in his new story. "The Mayor
of Troy." which la to be published In Octo
ber. The central figure Is the Mayor, who,
according to the local saying, was "so popu
lar that the town made him tho ex-Mayo;
the year following." The hero of thla rather
enigmatical saying la a most quaint and orig
inal character and his adventures and those
of the town he ruled are amusingly described.
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"The Memoir of Alfred Tennyson, by His
Son," which has enjoyed a very remarkable
popularity, having been reprinted eight times
since Its Issue In 1S97. Is to appear In a single
stalwart volume. The Macmlllan Company an
nounce also new and cheaper editions In ona
volume of Marion Crawford's "Southern Italy
and Sicily and the Rulers of the South." aand
"Ave Roma Immortal La." both of which' are
profusedly Illustrated. Another new edition
promised by this house will be that of Charles
Dexter Allen's volume on "American Book-
inates."
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"The Polariscope In the Chemical Labora
tory: An Introduction to Partmetry and Its
Application," fly George W. Rolte. A. M-. In
structor In sugar analysis In the Massachus
etts Institute of Technology, Is one of the.
scientific books which will be published pres
ently. Tne author has given much space to
the use of the Polariscope In the suar in
dustries, but his chief aim has been to pre
sent tho subject In such a, way that the book
may prove a material aid In extending the
use of the Polariscope In general laboratory
practice.
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Nlco Jungman. whose books on "Holland"
and "Normandy" will be remembered, has
made V40 paintings of scenes la Normandy,
which have been reproduced In colors for a
volume .shortly to be published by The Mac
mlllan Company. Miss G. E. Mltton, who was
one of Sir Walter Besants collaborators In
his great work on "London." Is the author
of the volume. In which author and artist
have devoted themselves to expressing by
brush and pen the soul of the country. The
Illustrations, it Is said, are notable among
thee In the cotor-btoka published by The
Macmlllan Company for their strength and
deflnltenessr.
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A realistic, vivid story of contemporary
middle-class life the life of the tradespeople
of village and town. "Klpps: The Story of a
Simple Soul." Is to be published this Au
tumn. The efforts of Klpps, with the aid of
hla Inheritance, to make a place for himself
Id "society." as be understood It. ore set
forth with a multiplicity of detail and a grim-
new of humor which give high Importance to
the novel and reveal the author knowledge
of character In an entirely new field. From a
purely technical point of view, moreover, tn
story is noteworthy, the portraiture having
all the qualities which one Is accustomed to
look for la Mr. Wells' work.
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Maurice Maeterlinck wrote recently to James
Huneker speaking of his new book of dra
matic criticism. "Iconoclasts," saying: "Do
you know that 'Iconoclarts Is the only book
of high and universal critical worth that we
have had for years to-be precise, since Georg
Branded! It Is at once strong and fine.
supple and firm. Indulgent and sure." It Is
In this tolrtt that Mr. Hunekers book has
been received abroad, both In England and
en the continent. The English papers have
gtven an unusual amount of space to it and
the .London Times ended a column review re
cently by saying, "Iconoclasts' Is a capital
book, lively, lEtfplriBg? suggestive."
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The October Century, which will be fcwued
on the 124th anniversary of the battle of the
Serapla and tho Bonbomme Richard, will con
tain the first detailed and authoritative account
published of tho recovery of the body of
John Paul Jones, written by General Horace
Porter. LL.D. It Is to the untelnsh zeal and
patriotlrm of General Porter that the United
States owes the recovery ot the remains of
Its first naval hero. It will be recalled that
while Ambassador to France. General Porter.
oh his own Initiative and at his own expense,
began a perrona! search for John Paul Jones'
body. In June. 1800. The details of this
!eareh. Us final success, the rigorous verifica
tion of Identity. . are all covered In General
Porter's etory, which Is to be fully illustrated
from photographs.
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From the Century Company will come Sep
tember 27 two novels. "Under Rocking Skies.
by L. Frank Tooker. and "Sablna." by the
author of "Tlllle: A Mennonlte Maid." Helen
R. Martin. Mr. Tooker Is already well known
for his verse and short stories of the sea.
Mrs. Martla'p new novol will take tbe reader
among the Amlsh. a sect irultr- as quaint and
curious an the people of her earlier work.
the New Mennonltes. The same publishing'
house will also Issue a new volume of verse
by Richard Watson Gilder, which will Include
nearly all he has written since the publication
In 1001 of his "Poems and inscriptions."
among the collection and of special timely In
tcrw. a republication of "The White Tsar."
with additional verses suggested by recent
events.
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The volume entitled "G. F. Watts: Remi
niscences." bids fair to be a good deal more
interesting than, most biographies. Mrs. Rus
sell Barrtngton. its author, whose house and
studio were next to Watts', saw him almost
dally for 20 or 30 years, and came to know
In the most Intimate way his motives and
ambitions, and his alms In tho construction
ot many of his finest pictures. For the very
reason that she is not tramelled by tho ne
cessity of making a detailed and full account
of tbe Incidents of watts' life, sne cevotes
herself wholeheartedly to Interpreting to tw
the man and tbe painter. This Is one of the
happiest and most delightful of recent bl
ographles; at .the same time. It Is also one
of the most enlightening. The Macmlllan
Company are the publishers.
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M Gaston Rouviers "La Niece de M. Jacob
Gaspard" (Paris: Charpentler) Is a story ot
zensatlonal power, working Itself out from a
harmonious description of the village of le-
derfelden. which one easily places precisely
six miles from" tho gare at Zurich, Just at
the covered bridge over the Slhl. between
Lastnau and Gattlkon. Whether there actu
ally Is such a village or not. the reader will
with difficulty rid himself of the Idea that
there Is. and that the character of the story
life there, droll as they are, and romantic
as their doings become when the plot thlcK
ens. The usurer who seeks an election, the
meeting of hero and heroine on a hill above
the villaxe. the country fete, the criminal
accusation against a near relative of the
heroine, and other like details remind one of
"La Grande Marnlere" ot Georges unnet:
and the novel. In Its humbler way, endures
the comparison very wen.
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Caspar Whitney, who Is as well known as
anr snortsman and hunter of big game in the
world, has JubI finished, a new book which
elves on account of his tnrming experiences in
hunting and traveling in the Far East. The
Interest In his tales lies not only In tha
exciting and rather breathless accounts of tho
hnntlnc of such blr game as rhinoceros, eie
Thant mladanff and tlffer. but In the enter
taining stories of the natives ho met In his
Journeys and his keen and sympathetic ob
servations of their nab Its and customs, aioro
thnn an .else, the Invaluable first-hand obser
vations by so trained a hunter of the woya
and Uvea of the wild animals ot the jungle
rive the text ot his book the same sort ot
authoritative Quality possessed by Its very re-
mnrlrfthle nhotoeTanhlc Illustrations. Most of
the photographs from which theae Illustrations
were made were taken by Mr. Whitney. Tho
book will be published In .October.
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Marlon Harland's "When Grandmamma
Was Fourteen" is a book to delight dreamy
girls. The heroine's tribulations while learn
ing that tbe real world differs from that
which she makes of poetry ana novels are
very real, bat the author's greatest success
l "Mr. Frederic Sedler." He was made up
of "sections of Edward Dunallan. Sir
"Charles Grandesen. Ivanhoe and William"
Wallace, cemented and riveted with material
from minor heroes who figured In Godey's
ljdva Book, and he made uranamamma in
different to commonplace boys." Also, he
said "mv love" Ilka the mothers In Mrs.
Barbauld's works, and gave uncommonly
good advice. Observers of fashionable
foibles will noto In this book a reminiscence
of the "Grecian bend," a device ot the days
between 1640 and 1850. when tall women
were slncerelr pitied as unfemlnlne of as
pect. The book Is to bear the Imprint of
the Lothron Company, masing a link be
tween their novels and children's books.
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Houghton. Mifflin & Co.'s Fall list: "James
Russell- Lowell." by terru ureensiet;
"Charles -Godfrey Leland." by Elizabeth
Robins FennelL in two volumes: "Sidney
Lanier." br Edwin Mlms: "James G. "Blaine"
by Edward Stanford: "American Literary
Masters." by Leon H. Vincent; "Tho Chief
American Poets of the Nineteenth Century."
edited by Curtis Hidden Page; "The Words
of Garrison": "A Centennial Selection.
1S03-1003"; "The Poems of Trumbull Stick-
"Bvron'i ComDlete- Poetic and Dra
matic Works." edited by Paul Elmer Moore:
Thu , Encllsh Works of George Herbert."
newly arranged, annotated and considered by
Professor George Herbert Palmer; "The Love
Poems of John Donnv edited by Charles
Eliot Norton: "The England and Holland of
the Pilgrims." by Morton Dexter; "A Short
History of Italy."- ay jienry u. aeagwicx;
"The Tsar and the Autocracy," by a member
of the Imperial Court; "The alerlan Per
secutlon." by Patrick J. Healy: "The De
velopment of Religious Liberty In Connect!
cut." bv-M. Louisa Greene; "Mount Desert:
A History," by George E. Stret; "A History,
of the Town of Mlddleboro, Mass.," by
Thomas Westorrr "A Sketch of Etna and
Klrkersvlllo. Licking County. Ohio' by Gen
eral Morru Schaff: "Louisiana," .by aidcm.
PhilTW. unit Tthnit Tslnnd' hv Irvlnir B.
Ittchman, in the "American' commonweaiins t
Serlesr'; "The Proceedings of the interna
tional Congress ot Arts and Science at sc
Louls, September. 1004." In eight volumes.
Part of a Man s I4fe." by Thomas v ent-
worth- Hlgginson: "Ways of Nature." by
John Burroughs: "Two Bird-Lovers in Mex
ico." by C William Beebe; "English Hours," j
ina - ine vfuesuoa ot uur speecn vinctuuius
The Lesson of Balzac"), by Henry James.
The Fixed Period." by William Osier;
Noah's Ark." by E. Boyd Smith: and
Holmes "One Horse Shay," Illustrated by
Howard Pyis.
In "Starvecrow Farm." Stanley J. Wey-
aan's new novel, which Longmans. Green &
Co. aro to publish this Fall, the author of
Under the Red Robe" leaves romantic and
Intriguing Francrf for the rougher, yet quite
as parlous, times of the England of the
"Lake Poets." In the years succeeding Wel
lington's victory over Napoleon a victory ',
the price of which was to be a long period
of internal disorder, with freauent con
spiracies against an unpopular and misunder
stood government With this background ot
political conditions an unusual heroine playa
cnier roie in, an unusual story of love, pic
tures in vicious nhases of chance and de
velopment. The girl, who Is betrothed to a
man who cbvioualy wishes to secure a scc
end mother for his motherless child, elopes
with a fascinating conspirator, who makes
love with a halter round his neck. And this
elopement makes the girl the center of a
whirl of Intrigues and plots from which her
gradually seir-assortlnr common sense and.
her iormer fiance's readjustment ot marital
standards finally rescue her.
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Those who have admired Fernand Lunrren's
beautiful pictures of the Grand Canon In the
September McClure'a will be Interested In the
artist's own view of the task he had set him
self. He wrote while he was at work UDon
the pictures which, by the way. It took him
over a year to paint, "It Is "an Insane thing
to try to paint thla thing; I knew It. but had
hopes. There are a number of difficulties
which this subject poetesses unlike others.
You have a most delicate, unreal fantasy pre
sented, on & most gigantic, scale, with abso
lutely nothing to make It Intelligent to any
one not having seen It. How am I going to
make one believe In the drawing of the Inner
gorge that the walls ore 150O feet above the
rim; that the sunlight la, as It were, swal
lowed up by this mass of tumbled grand
rock; that one bench of the red cliff may
mean 500 feet fall, and that you are looking
across three or four miles of space, and after
getting that objective all right, you have,
with mere paint and lines, to make the eye
truthful and understand ten miles beyond' and
back to where you stand? Most certainly a
man is. an idiot for trying to do this thing.
but I am getting there." That he "got there"
Is evidenced by the pictures.
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John W. Luce & Co. announce for Fall pub
lication "The Foolish Almanac." uniform In
elze and style with "The Foolish Dictionary,"
containing original- and humorous Information
regarding astronomical phenomena, chronologi
cal data, weather, tklea. etc, together with
hints . on farming, beauty, health, exercise.
household affairs, etc.; "Intimate Letters of
the Presidents." a volume containing an
epistle by each President of the United States
from Washington up to and Including Roosc
velt, each being tvlected with a view to
showing the personal side ot the man, com
piled by Lewis Perry, assistant professor of
English literature at Williams College; "Tbe
Plays of Oswar Wilde," issued in two vol
umes and consisting of "The Importance of
Being Earnest." "A Woman of No Impor
tance." "An Ideal Husband" and "Lady Wln
demere's Fan"; 'George Bernard Shaw: His
Plays." entertainingly describing all of tho
Shaw plays, their plota and themca. their char
acter?, with valuable sidelights on the much
dlscutved Shaw purpose In each play asd
character. written by Henry L. Mencken,
dramatic critic of the Baltimore Herald; "All
by Wire," a telegraphic explanation of a tele
pathic union of hearts, intended as a holiday
novelty glftbook. by Frank P. Sibley. John
W. Luce & Co. will soon open a Louden
branch of their house.
In the Introduction to "The Wrong Box."
which was written in collaboration with Lloyd
Qsborne while Robert Louis Stevenson was
living in the Adirondacks, Mrs. Stevenson
speaks of the. difficulties of keeping house
at that time In that part of the world. She
saya: The difficulty of managing a house un
der such primitive conditions as we had to
contend with were manifold, and sometimes so
unexpected that my mother-in-law and 1
would be near despair. I remember one day,
having just finished a meal that caused us
an Immense expenditure of energy In gather
Ing together Its component parts. Frar.cla. the
chore boy. casually remarked to the cook.
"It would have been better to wait for Mr.
Sullivan." Eager questioning brought out
the fact that a telegram had come that
morning from Mr. Sullivan announcing his
Intended arrival. The telegram had been read
aloud to the loungera at the postofflce. who in
stantly jumped to the conclusion that our vis
itor must be the pugilist. John L. Sullivan,
wno was a recent winner In a great prizefight.
In the excitement nobody thought of sanding
the telegram to Its legitimate destination, but
hastened to the station, where they awaited
he arrival of T. R. Sullivan for hours. The
uneonoclous viclm of this ludicrous mistake
was surprised and embarrassed by the sensa
tion he created, his "points" being audibly
dlscufved aa he passed through the crowd.
TKAVELERS GUIDE.
CASCADE LOCKS
on the Columbia
You cannot go home without takin
the trip, Portland to the locks am
return, on the splendid
Steamer Bailey Gatzert
Leave week days 8 :30 A. ST., Sundays
0 A. M. Returning, arrive 6:00 P. M.
Iteirular service Portland to Tho
Dalles, dally except Sunday, leaving at
7 A. M. Connecting at Lyle with C. R.
Iz X. Hy. tor Goldendale and Klickitat
Valley points. Dock foot Alder streot;
pono Mam 914.
City Ticket Office. 122 Third St,, rhone 680.
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For Japan. China and all Asiatic Ports, will
leave Seattle about uctooer 3.
For South -Eastern Alaska
Steamers leave Seattla 9 P.M.
-iQ 3. S. Humbodt, S. S. City
NVAof SealUa. S. S. Oottaea City.
September 4. 7. 3, 14. 17.
For San Francisco direct,
Queen. City ot Puebla. Uma
tilla. 9 A. ii., September o.
K, 15. 20.
Portland Office. .249 Washington at. Main 229.
Eon FrancUco.
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE
On and after September 11 the steamer
Charles B. Spencer will leave at 7 A. If. for
The Dalles ana way tanaings. Jionaay.
Wednesday and Friday. Docic foot of Vv ash
Initon street. Phone 1422.
Returning, leaving The Dalles at 7 A. M.,
Tuesday. Thursday. Saturday. Arrive Port
land 4 P. M.
ALASKA
FAST AND POPULAR STEAMSHIPS
LEAVE SEATTLE 9 P. M.
JeffersOB," Aug. 'Z'J, Sept. 7, 17, 27.
Dolphin," Sept. 2. 12, 22.
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W. P. & T. route for Atlln. Dawson.,
Tanona. Nome, etc
CILEAJf EXCURSION RATES.
On excursion trips steamer calls at
Sitka, iletlakahtla, Glacier, Wrangal.
etc in addition to regular ports of
call".
Call ""or send for "Trip to Wonderful
Alaska," "Indian Basketry," Totem
PoUj."
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Frank Woolscy Co., Agents.
232 Oak St. . Portland, Or
i
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AMD
3 TEAINS TO THE EAST DAILY
Through Pullman standards and tonrlst
eleeplng-cars dolly to Omaha. Chicago. Spo
kane; tourist sleeping-car dally to Kansas
City; through Pullman tourist sleeping-car
(personally conducted) weekly to Chicago.
Reclining chair-cars (seats free) to tha Eat
dally.
UNION DEPOT. xeayCT. Arrives.
v0"?01?1"0 3:15 A. M. 3:25 P. M.
bf.fc.UiAL, for tho jSisi Dally Dolly
via Huntington.
SPOKANE FLYER. alVy.14
For Eastern Washington. Walla Walls.
Lewlston. Coeur d'Alene and Great Northers
points.
. ATLANTIC EXPRESS r.,, t sr 7 JS . yt
igtca! yU HUnt- Pany.
BXVER SCHEDULE
FOR ASTORIA and 13:00 P. if.
5:00 P. ii.
way points; connecting Dally,
Dally,
except
Sunday.
witn steamer for Uwa-I except
co and North Beach. I Sunday.
iteamer Haasalo. Ash-1 Saturday,
st. dock (water per.) 110:00 P. ii.
Beach points as follows: September 12, T A.
u.; septemoer n. s a. al.; aepiexnoo- io
0:15 A. 31.
FOR DAYTON. Ore
T:00 A. M.
Dally.
, except
, Sunday.
5:80 P. M.
Dolly,
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Sunday.
gon City and Yamhill
River points. Ash-st.
dock (water per.)
For Lewlston. Idaho, and war Mints from
Rlparla, Wash. ,
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Telephone Main 712. C. W. Stinger. City
Ticket Agt.; A. L. Craig, Gen. Passenger Agt.
EAST via
SOUTH
UNION DEPOT.
Arrive.
OVEKLAN 1J EX
PRESS TRAINS
'or bale, Roae
lurg. Ashland,
8:45 P. M.
.23 A. M.
bacrumento, Og-
den, fan irrancis
co. ilojavo, Lod
Angelas, El Paw.
New Orleans ana
the East.
Morning train
connects at Wood
burn dally except
Sunday with train,
for Mount Ang.il.
SUvenon. Orowna
vllle, Spiingttelo,
Wendllng anu Na
tron. Eugene passenger
connects at Wood
burn with Mt. An
sel and Sllverton
local.
-orvallls passenger
Sheridan paesngor
Forest Grove
Pasgenger.
S:30.A. M.
3:35 P. M.
6 tOO P. it.
10:35 A. X
7:30 A. M.
4:50 P. if.
fl0:45 P. ii.
5:30 P. M.
tS:23 A. M.
tl:B0 P. M.
Dally. Dally except Sunday.
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Depot, Foot ot Jefferson Street.
Leave Portland dally for Oswego at 7:30
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10:10 P. M. Dally except Sunday. 5:30. 0:30.
8:35, 10:23 A. M.; 4:10, 11:30 P. S. Sunday
only, 9:00 A. M.
Returning from Oswego, arrive Portland,
dally, 8:30 A. M.; 1:55, 3:05. 4:55. 0:13. 7:35,
9:35. 11:10 P. M. Dally, except Sunday, 6:23,
7:25, 0:30. 10:10, 11:45 A. M. Except Mon
day, 12:25 A M. Sunday only. 10 A. M.
Leave from some depot for Dallas and In
termediate points, dally. 0:00 P. M. Arrive
Portland. 10:10 A. M.
The Independence-Monmouth Motor Line
operates dally to Monmouth and Alrlle, con
necting with S. P. Co.'s trains at Dallas and
Independence.
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mento and San Francisco, $20. Berth. $5.
Second-class fare. 515. Second-class berth.
$2.50.
Tickets to Eastern points and Europe; also
Japan. China. Honolulu and Australia.
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Washington streets. Phone Main 712.
C. W. STINGER. A. L. CRAIG,
City Ticket Agent. Gen. Pass. Agt.
TIME CARD
OF TRAINSi
PORTLAND'
DAILY.
DuurL Indira.!
Yellowstone Park-Kansas
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Olympia. Gray's Harbor.
South Bend. Tacoma.
Seattle. Spokane. Lew
lston. Butte, Billings.
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North Coast Limited,
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coma, Seattle. Spokane.
Butte, Minneapolis. St.
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Puget Sound Limited for
Chehalls. Centralla. Ta
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Twin City Express for
Tacoma. Seattle, Spo
kane, Helena, Butte.
Yellowstone Park. Min
neapolis, SfT Paul and
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ger Agent. 235 Morrison st corner Third,
Portland. Or.
Astoria and Columbia
River Railroad Co.
Leaves, f UNION DEPOT. Arrives.
Dally. For Maygers. Rainier. Dally.
Clatskonle, Westport,
Clifton. Astoria. War
renton; Flavel, Ham-8-00
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230 P.M. Gearbart Park, Sea
Sat, only. aide. Astoria and Sea
shore Express Dally.
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Ex. Sat. Dotly.
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Comm'l Agt.. 243 Alder st. O. F. & P. A.
Phone Mala 800.
S.F.& Portland Steamship Co.
Operating the Only Passenger Steamers for
San Francisco Direct.
Columbia." Sept. 23; October 3, 13, 23.
St. PrfuV Sept. is, 28; Oct. 8, IS. 23.
From Alnsworth Dock at S P. M.
REDUCED ROUND-TRIP RATE. $23.00.
Berth and Meals Included.
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Phone Main 268. 248 Washington St.
Salem and Oregon City Boats
Leave Portland (week days) 7 a. M., ll;a
A. M., 3:30 P. M.
Leave Oregon City 0:30 A. M., 1:30 P. M..
o:30 P. M.
jiunday specials leave Portland 8:30. 9:30
and 11:30 A. M.: 1:30. 3:30 and 5 P. M.
Oregon City Trans. Dock foot Taylor st
Beats for Salem leave S:45 A. M-. Tuesdayr
Thursday and Saturday.
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