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Howard. I'nitri states Army, retired. H
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Unrtford, Conn.
Th most dfvotod a'lmirrr nf stories
rr'ltitlnn to Indian flRhts in this Oregon
country and elsewhere Bill surely set all
the excitement and thrilla looked for In
Minn matters by reading tliia war record
of r70 paprs. Quite a number of novels
liave lately been published showing the
sentimental and ideal aide of tho noble
red man, but in these instances tho real
truth has not been told. Major-Oeneral
Howard tells of concrete, historical hap
penlnss, and he actually lived through
nuiny of them. The Indian gets justice
and tlie case for and against him is fairTy
presented. It's a real pleasure to read
tho original opinions of this grizzlud
Indian fighter.
Iat week The Oregonian reviewed
"The Autoblo'grahy of Oliver Otis How
ard." which chierly tells Major-General
Howard's many adventures in the Civil
"War, and a promise was then made to
later notice his Indian war stories. "My
Life and Experiences Among Our Hostile
Jndiuns" is tho volume indicated, and it
is filled to the brim and over with the
dauntless spirit of the West and the tam
ing of the red man. The interest fairly
gallops and there isn't one dull page
from cover to cover. A strikingly ori
ginal study in newer American war his
tory, by one of Grant's great war cap-'
tains.
Portland, Or., has a vital interest in the
volume, because many of the campaigns
mentioned in it were planned when Major
General Howard commanded the- Depart
ment of the Columbia with his head
quarters In this vicinity. And, further
more, the book bears this dedication: "I'o
Captain Joseph A. Sladen, United States
Army, now Clerk of the United States
District Court, Portland. Oregon, my loyal
anil faithful aide-de-camp and sincere
and devoted friend, who for 2. years was
by my side through campaigns "and bat
tles, rising from a private soldier to his
present rank, whose retirement from
active military duty was tho result of
losing his leg while in service under my
command, this volume is affectionately
dedicated by the author."
It is also noteworthy that one Lieuten
ant C. E. S. Wood is also frequently
mentioned In the pages.
The text is explained by full-page en
gravings, chiefly from photographs, sup
plied by tha Bureau of Ethnology, Wash
ington, D. C, and a nerlos of colored
plates showing Indian objects of Interest
and curiosity, in facsimile. Many of
these Indian curios belong to the United
States Government and are on public ex
hibition at the Smithsonian Institution,
where they repose in glass show-cases,
safe from the touch of the relic-hunter.
Several months were required to make
certain of the paintings, and some of the
details, especially of fine beaded work,
were so minute that the painting had
often to be done under magnifying
glasses.
After describing his boyhood days, ex
periences at West Point, taking part .in
the campaign against the Seminoles of
Florida and his military career during
the Civil War, Major-General Howard de
scribes the Sioux outbreak In- Minnesota,
in 1S62. President U. S. Grant's peace
policy toward Indians is next outlined,
along with an account of the 10-years"
reign of murder and robbery by the
Chiricahua Apaches, under the leader
ship of Chief Cochise, in Arizona, New
Mexico and across the borders of Old
Mexico.
In February, 187i, a Quaker from Maine,
known as Father Lang, went to Secre
tary of tho Interior Denalo and asked
that Major-General Howard be sent as a
special commissioner to Arizona and New
Mexico, to make peace with the Apache
Indians, under Chief Cochise. Howard
was then known as a friend of the
Indians and In full sympathy with Presi
dent Grant's peace-policy for the red
man. So Howard set out for the land of
trouble, via San Francisco. He met in
Tucson a rough frontier Sheriff, Major
Duffield. who protected himself against
his numerous enemies by having about
his person loaded revolvers, and upon his
right shoulder a loaded rifle, from which
could be discharged 16 continuous shots,
without hesitation or delay.
The first part of the conciliation cam
paign against the Apaches was success
ful, and- after Howard had taken several
of the minor chiefs to Washington, D. C,
to settle tho controversy direct at head
quarters, he again set out to hunt Co
chise, and on this particular occasion
hla aide-de-camp was Captain J. A. Sla-
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den. and also the General's eldest son,
Guy Howard, then in his 17th year and
enjoying a college vacation. Captain
Siaden, at that time. Is thus described:
"The Captain was of medium height,
straight, stout and broad-shouldered. He
had a short neck, a countenance ruddy
and fulj, a shapely head and large hnzel
eyes, now with a sad expression, now
sp.irkling with humor. His hair was
straight and black, and so was his heavy
dark moustache. He had been my com
rlanion in many battles always genial,
fearless and intelligent. Of late years he
had employed his leisure hours In the
study of medicine and was at this time
admitted to practice."
Howard, with a small soort, was con
ducted to Cochlso's stronghold, and found
that he blamed Americans for murdering
his relatives and destroying his property.
A peace treaty was concluded. One of
Cochise's captains fell in love with four
mules that Howard had brought with
him and offered to trade two of his
Indian wives for the aforesaid mules.
"I am. already married," said Howard.
"The women say that will make no dif
ference," the Interpreter explained. "They
don't mind your having a wife already.
They will do everything they can to
please you, and will go anywhere with
you."
However, to the Indians' astonishment,
the flattering offer was declined. Cochise
kept the peace-treaty while he 'lived and
hla eldest son until his death. .
This city was next the scene of
Howard's activity, when he arrived to
assume command of the Department of the
Columbia. The Modoc campaign in south
ern Oregon is briefly described in two
pages, and the historian hurries to record
doings among the Nez Perces, then occu
pying the country above Lewiston, Idaho.
The period described is 1878-77, when the
Nez Perces, under Chief Joseph, began
a reign of terror among white settle.rs.
The latter aro blamed for forcing on the
inevitable .conflict by greed for the In
11a ns' land.
Chapter XX begins the Nez Perces
war of 1877, with the news of the killing
of white settlers along the Salmon River,
and in speaking of his victory over Chief
Joseph's forces at tho Battle of Clear
Water, Howard writes: "I do not think
1 had to exercise more thorough general
ship during the Civil War than I did in
that march to the battlefield, and in the
ensuing battle with Joseph and his In
dian's on the banks of the Clear Water."
Two of Howard's aides in the pursuit
of the fleeing Indians wore Lieutenant
C. E. S. Wood and Lieutenant Guy How
ard. Joseph was ultimately captured,
with tlio aid of Colonel afterward Lleu-tenant-General
of the Army Miles'
forces. In the running fight, Howard's
command marced 1321 miles in 73 days,
and Joseph's loss was over 100 Indians.
Thai American loss Included several val
uable officers, and nearly as many men
as were lost by the Indians.
Howard's next campaign was directed
against Moses, the war chief of the Spo
kanes, an event followed by the Pl-ute
and Eannock war in which Lieutenant
C. E. S.- Wood was in charge of the
scouts. The latter were mounted 'on
Cayuse ponies, and a woman cried out:
What, send away our husbands? "Who
will care for and protect us?
Their going la your protection. Wood re
minded her.
Oh, aaid one in tears. Let the soldiers do
that. Let the soldiers do the fighting it la
their business.
"Why, yea." went on Wood, "the soldiers
will do the lighting your friends will only
have to help them find something to light."
The story of the'Pi-ute and Bannock
war is the best told of the series, and
fairly pulses wih well-sustained interest.
The massacre of Marcus Whitman, -and
also that of Custer at the hands of Sit
ting Bull and his followers., receive ade
quate mention. The last chapter is de
voted to a critical appreciation of the
American Indian, aud it is Major-Genesal
Howard's belief that the redman can be
saved for civilization, not in any tribal
way, but in communities and villages.
A History vt the People of the Nether
lands. By Professor . Petrus Johannes
Bluk. Volume IV. Price. ?2.30. G. P.
Putnam's ijons. New York City, and the
J. K. Gill Company, Portland.
The golden age of the famous Dutch
Republic and the rise of the star of
the House of Orange in the 17th cen
tury form the virile subject of this
history-study. It Is nearly ten years
since the first volume of Professor
Blok's history was published, and it
narrated Dutch history from the ear
liest times to the beginning of the
15th century. The second volume de
scribed the gradual centralization of
power and the Burgundlan period, and
the third volume the war of independ
ence of 1563-1621. All these three
books were translated by Ruth Put
nam. The present volume is trans
lated by Oscar A. Bierstadt.
It may be worth while to know at
the outset that Petrus Johannes Blok
is professor of Dutch history in the
University of Leyden. In the concrete
the fourth volume of his great work
Illumines three giant historical figures
Frederick; Henry, John De Witt and
THINGS,
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THESUN'L
born.
William III. It is not too much to say
that the subject is of immense Import
ance to Americans because of the in
fluence of Dutch institutions upon our
history, not only in New York but in
the settlement of (he rilgrim Fathers
at Plymouth Rock. The devastating
wars against England, the rise of the
Dutch Republic anrt Its commanding
power under the statesmanship of 'John
De Witt, and the wonderful rise ot
Dutch commerce and. worldwide ad
ministration, are carefully analyzed.
In a word, the real Netherlands are
shown at the very summit of their
grandeur, and the careful reader will
be sure to assent to the proposition
that what Blok, has thus written pos
sesses importance lifting it from the
passing moment and insuring a lasting
popularity among scholars.
It is usual for historians in writing
of England of the 17th century to ex
alt her victories at the expense of the
blows which really made her a nation.
For instance, it has often been policy
to smother the brilliant deed of the
Dutch navy in entering the mouth of
the Thames River and holding the
proud port of London at its mercy. De
Witt, De Ruyter, Van Ghent and other
stalwart Dutch seadogs then covered
themselves with glory. Blok gives this
picture of the event:
Holland fitted out a fleet of 80 vessels
of all kinds, and it arrived off the mouth of
the Thames. A squadron of 17 smaller war
vessels, nre-ahips and galiota. under com
mand of Van Ghent, was intrusted with the
roal attack and sailed up the river in the
early morning, followed at a .distance by
the main part ot the fleet. Some half
equipped ships on' the Thames escaped to
London, but De Witt and Van Ghent deter
mined to go up the Modway, and the
troops, having been landed tinder Colonel
Dolman, captured the fort of Sheerness aud
hoisted the flag of the States there, the
fort and Its stores being afterward mostly
destroyed.
Van Hrakel captured a heavy frigate
placed before the chain, a lire-ship broke
the chain to pieces and fire-ships and
armed sloops, continued the work of de-
structlon. the English batteries being quick
ly silenced and seized upon by the troops
landed. ueWltt and Van Ghent rapturna
the Royal Charles, which bore the ad
miral's flag, and other, ships were destroyed
and seriously damated. But the river be
came so dangerous and narrow that It was
resolved to no back, also became the ship
yard of Chatham was ttrongl fortified and
fire-ships were wanting.
Six large English vessels were destroyed,
several scuttled by the English themselves
to block the river, two the Royal Charles
and the Unity were taken away in
triumph as memorials of the victory, which
was celebrated with solemn days of thanks
giving' and bonfires. So ended the famous
expedition which had cost the Dutch side
only 5" sailors and some firo-shlps, and
in England had produced a great sensa
tion, particularly in London, where people
began to take to flight in panic.
John De Witt's statesmanship and
patriotism shine through all, while in
the war pictures the deeds of such sea
dogs as De Ruyter, Van Nes, Evertsen,
De Vrias, Tromp, Meppel and others,
and military heroes like William,
Prince of Orange, are described in
scholarly fashion.
Turning to the ways of peace, we
are told that in the days described the
strength of Holland lay in her cities,
chief among which was Amsterdam,
enlarged again in 1658, and grown to a
city of nearly 150,000 inhabitants. Its
city hall was spoken of as "the eighth
wonder of the world." Leyden was
praised as the most beautiful city in
Europe, and was noted for its trade in
cloth, its renowned scholars and more
than 2000 students. Haarlem, since
1667 connected with Leyden by a canal,
was the seat of the beer and linen in
dustry. Little and quiet Delft' was a
prosperous town of brewers and other
citizens living upon their Income. An
cient Dordrecht was the' center of the
brisk commerce on the rivers, partic
ularly in French and Rhenish wines.
. . . "And all this was in a territory
scarcely 60 miles in circumference,
whose population may be estimated
at much less than 1,000,000, half of
the whole population of the Repub
lic." The old Dutch house, although It
was growing higher and narrower, was
more lavishly decorated with Images
arid figures, with adornments to frame
and crown it. These ornaments usual,
ly bore some relation to the trade or
business of the owner, and often in
the absence of a' signboard gave a
name to the dwelling which sometimes
derived Its appellation from the fam
ily of the master of the house, "or
from his satisfied or severe, joyful or
somber state of mind at the time of
the building." The yards of the houses,
from bleaching grounds became more
and more gardens adorned with flow
ers, shrubs, fountains, hedges cut in
figures and often with white sand and
gravel artfully arranged in the form
of mosaics.
The common citizen also diversified
his bleaching ground with a little gar
den, preferably by the side of the canal
where he dwelt. Within and without,
great care was taken to secure neat,
ness and cleanliness. "Fresh paint,
beautifully scoured copper or painted
Iron knockers and knobs on the door
delighted the eye. Stoop and gable,
passages and rooms, were regularly,
even daily, scrubbed and washed. Tem
ple ascribing this to the desirability
of avoiding the effects of the extreme
moisture of the air, and giving the
same reason for tho striving after
cleanliness and neatness in the house,
evidenced by the constant cleaning and
a
' f
-- If
polishing of furniture and metal
work, the favorite occupation of the
Dutch wives and daughters who could
hardly be imagined without duster or
washing utcnsilF."
It is disquieting, however, to read
that this Dutch cleanliness extended
less to the body and not always to
the clothing. Blok gravely says that
in the highest Dutch circles there was
an aversion to washing "even of the
hands and face, which remained for
days without contact with water, as
did the unexposed parts of the body
often for weeks and months. 'Dirty
as an eel' is the verdict on Holland's
men and women of this time." To
bacco houses were in high -favor
the men smoking but little at home
and mostly on he stoop before the
house. The Franco-Spanish custom of
taking snuff rapidly penetrated into
Dutch parlors, and the snuffbox be.
came a common article for men and
women.
Towards the end of the volume,
Blok begins to paint Holland's tem
porary eclipse, largely due to the rise
of England as the coming sea power,
and on page 534 the statement is made
that Dutch fisheries "were forbidden
more than once, on account of the want
of sailors for the navy." The subject
of Blok's concluding volume has not
yet been announced.
Another Three Weeks. 64 paces, 2.5 cents.
Lite Publishing company, New York City.
An alleged novel, known as "Three
Weeks." has, without doubt, succeeded
in obtaining the largest wad of dead
head advertising this year, and Mrs.
Eiinor Glyn, its author, has raked in tho
shekels accordingly. People whose opin
ion it is safe to follow, universally agree
that the plot of the book nairwd is so
objectionable to clean minds, that the
book should be compelled to fulfill its
only destiny burned to start the furnace
fire, mornings.
".Another Three Weeks" is a clever
burlesque ort the novel, and as for the
author's name, the title page says: "Not
by E.l-n-r Gl-n." Tho satire Is savage In
its methods, but it amuses, and is just
the article to "kill" time between the
stations of a not too rapidly moving
train, or to light up an' otherwise idle
hour. The author tells of rum and tea,
and about a woman who ate., prettily ,
merely "glanced at an oyster and .simply
inhaled the fragrance of the soup." Paul
Verdayne, Englishman, principally fig
ures In the story, and here is one of his
breathless experiences:
Then came a heaping platter of tender
spaghetti, blushing with sauce varley. --At
those dear meals in the dead and gone days
at beautiful Venice, Paul remembered how
she doted on this dainty. His remembrance
became almost anguish as he saw her once
more gracefully entwine tho end of a
spaghetti in the tines of her fork and. rais
ing It high In the air, let the other end pass
between her red, red Hps and then slowly,
gently and without underbred haste, let the
remainder softly glide into her perfect
throat. Time after time she performed this
graceful feat, Paul watching It with in
creasing agitation. If H should slip from the
fork .
Muslo Club Programmes From All Nations.
Hy Arthur Visen. Price, $1.2o. Oliver
Dltson Co.. Boston, Mass.
Of immense value not only to the
musical student but to all who possess
a liking for music. There has .been a
want for some time for a little book
like this, stating in condensed style
the work and lives of the musical com
posers of different nations a book
which you can take up at a glance and
find what you want.
The vacant niche has been supplied
by this offering of Mr. Elsen, giving
as he says "an historic outline of each
national school of music, with outlines
for study, and a series of programmes
for the use of clubs and other organi
zations. The list of contents includes
these subjects, speaking musically:
Classical Germany; romantic and mod
ern Germany, France, Italy, England,
the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and
Finland, Denmark and Switzerland.
Bohemia, Hungary and Poland, Russia
and this country.
In each section are given portraits
of selected composers. Mr. Eisen is a
musical writer of recognized authority
and his book will receive an appreci
ative welcome. .
My Winter Garden, by Rev. Charles Kings
ley. 7," cents. Outing Publishlug Com
pany. Ne'w York City.
'Lucky is tho man who can own this
pure-worded, clean-minded counselor and
drink in its teachings! It is a famous
English classic and is the late Canon
Kingslcy's messago of great content be
cause he managed an old-fashioned
Winter garden in the country. In that
delightful experience he pose3 as "a
minute philosopher." The little book Is
the first of a scries the publishers have
issued, called Golden Books, and it is
their intention to issue in tho series
such short stories, essays and poems
as are truly representative of the best in
literature. "My Winter Garden'' shows
gentle, philosophical Kingsley at his best,
and has not probably been printed before
in this country at least, not so far as
the present reviewer is aware.
A Bachelor's Baby. By Thomas T Masson.
Price, $1.00. Illustrated. Moffat, Yard &
Co., New York City.
Just the amusing book to read at
home in the quiet Winter evenings,
and especially in the homes that are
blessed with children. It is a collection
of separate stories mostly about ba
bies, and the stories are short and
dainty, each one being complete In It
self. The most comical' of the series
are definitions of "Mary's Little Lamb,"
all supposed to bo written by Thomas
W. Lawson, James Whitcomb Riley,
Henry James, Rudyard Kipling, Mr.
Dooley, George Ade and James Gor
don Bennett. "Kipling's " verses be
gin: God of our fathers, known of old.
Bring back the name of Mary's pet
Who flourished in a season cold.
Lest we forgot, lest we forget!
J. M. QUEXTIN.
IX IjIBRARV AXD WORKSHOP
The author of "The Mayor of Warwick,"
Herbert M. Hopkins, calls his story "Priest
and Pagan."
Charles G. D. Roberts has already decided
that the subject of his next winter's book
shall be the beaver.
Senator Beverldga has written the intro
duction of Mrs. John Van Vorst's "The Cry
of the Children," which Moffat, Yard &
Co. are Issuing.
1
Through the courtesy of D. Appleton &
Co. the third reprint of "The Raid on pros
perity." by James Roscoe Day, LL.D-, has
been received. The book, has already been
reviewed in these columns.
.
The London Standard notices with chagrin
that only 0Q0O has been subscribed by
Englishmen toward the Sheliy-Keats me
morial in Rome, while Americans have
rolled up a subscription of SliSOO. It feels
sure that Great Britain cannot desire to be
outdone by the United States in appreciation
of such Illustrious British noets.
The Athenaeum announces that Sir
Charles Brooke has engaged Rev. S. Baring
Gould to write his life. While the career
of the second' Rajah of Sarawak bos hard
ly been as exciting as was that of his
uncle, who established himself a ruler
-over half a million souls in Borneo. It is
sufficiently romantlo to furnish a stirring
subject for the North Devon writer.
Among American books praised In London
this season is James Erendan Connolly's
volume of sea stories, which has Just given
Ford Maddox Hueffer the text for a long
article called "The Town of Gloucester and
Her Annalist." Two other books whose
pleasant reception has given exiled Amer
icans a patriotic thrill are Miss Kate Douglas
Wiggin's "The Old Peabody pew," and Miss
Elisabeth Luther Gary's book on the French
cAlcaturist Honors Daumler.
"Strangely enough," ejaculates Mrs1. Elinor
Glyn. an KnsUshwoman now traveling in
this countiy In the interest of a-sensational
novel, "strangely enough, what they
cnll 'the yellow press" ha bepn most kind
to me." This is indeed strange, consider
ing the retiring dirpositlon of the lady,
who shrinks with delicacy impossible to
overcome from any word 'or act from which
copy-' might be made. Yet even stranger
is the thought "newspapers they told me
wouid be most conservative, have been the.
ones to treat me most scurrilously."
Erwin Clarkson Garrett, the young poet
whose volume of army verses, entitled "My
Bunkle and Other Ballads." has Just been
published, has seen active service as a
soldier, having served as a private In both
the Infantry and cavalry of the regular
army during the Philippine Insurrection of
lSf-02. HIS book has met with favorable
criticism on all sides, .particularly from those
who have served in the army and gone
through similar' experiences to those which
ho- describes.
Sarah Dean's new novel, "Travers," de
scribes the San Francisco earthquake and
Are. and although primarily a novel of ac
tion, its interest Is largely derived from the
human problems Involved In the overturn
ing of characters tliat occurs in ft great
catastrophe. Harold Bindloss. who, under
the title ot "For Jacinta," writes a story of
the Canary Island and the we6t coast qf
Africa, where two indomitable men undergo
tremendous hardships and labor to save a
sunken steamer. The Jacinta of the story
is a young woman of a decidedly unique
type, who becomes ths main factor in the
unraveling of the plot.
For near publication, a novel by Annulet
Andrews entitled "The Wifo of Narcissus,"
is announced. The period is today and the
scene New York. Narcissus is a poet of
passion. The Intimate picture' of the uncon
ventional circle of poseurs of which the
gifted Narcissus is the graceful center con
stitutes one of the cleverest pieces of de
scriptive literature of recent years. In
picturesque contrast stands the altogether
adorable wife of ths poet, a girl of simple
beauty and wholesome sanity. The novel is
a faithful and informed study of a certain
phase of literary and artistic life in New
York, and exhibits workmanship and art of
high order; nor Is it less admirable in Its
"story interest."
Henry C. Shelley's "John Harvard and
His Time9" has effectually aroused interest
in its subjects, and the course of Old South
lectures to Boston teachers was opened by
Dean Hodges with a lecture on "John Har
vard and the English T'niversity of Cam
bridge of His Time," and four leaflets have
been added to the Old South stories. Two.
Cotton Mather's "History of Harvard Col
lege" and his "Biographies"' of the first two
president, are reprints from the "Magnallo."
The others are reprinted from Fanner's
"Memorials of the First Graduates of Har
vard College," and "New England's First
Fruits In Respect to the Progress of Learn
ing In the College at Cambridgo in Massa
chusetts." published In London In 1643.
Chatterton will have his first American
biographer in Charles Edward Russell. In
a book soon to be issued, Mr. Russell relates
tho strange and tragic story of the boy
poet's life, throwing, it may be said, much
new light 'upon -it. While he was prepar
ing for his work. Mr. Russell made many
visits to Bristol, where Chatterton was born
and. educated, and studied there and else
where . all the available records of this
strange genius whom Rossettl placed among
the five lights of English song. The book
aims to demonstrate that this gifted boy
has been unjustly treated. ' having been
accused without evidence, of faults that he
had not committed. According to Mr. Rds
seli. it was another hand that made the
so-called "Chatterton Forgerlos."
William J. Locke Is now spending several
months In Algiers, where he la finishing a
new book, and about this he says: "I wish
1 could give you a succinct account of the
plot of it. but it doesn't seem to have any
plot.- There are three vital characters
people who love, but make mock of, an in
effectual. Impossible, absent-minded dreamer
of an inventor who can do nothing sracT
tical. not even cock his trunk when hn
goes abroad. Ho has to leave half of his
clothes behind in hotels because he can't
get them into his bag 'which.' says he.
'makes traveling 'so expensive.' But he is
a creature with a beautiful spirit, uid at
the end each of tho three peouie tmds his
or her happiness, and even worldly sal
vation, due to this Ineffectual being." So
far tbe book is without a title.
Among tbe most vivacious lives of mod
ern times is that of Sarah Bernhardt, who
has been almost everything from manager
to sculptor and painter, in addition to being
the world's most famous actress. Since hr
life has been long and intensely active, it
has not been devoid of dangers and hero-
Isms. It has been full of conlllcts. artistic
and otherwise. "The Divine Sarah." wiio
has all the other gifts has not been de
prived of the gift of writing. and her
"Memories of My Life." written by her
own hand, carry every evidence of their
authorship. Such frankness and such vital
ity have not often ' been combined in an
autobiography. Besides tho regular edition
of her work, there is an edition de luxe,
limited to 250 coi.les. These are specially
bound, specially illustrated 'and each copy
Is autographed by Bernhardt herself.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Is a steadfast ad
mirer of Scott, though "he does set "The
Cloister and the Hearth" ahead of all
the Waverly novels, says the New York
Times. The chief value of the new book.
"Through the Magic Door." Sir Arthur's ven
ture Into the field of literary criticism. Is the
Interesting light It throws upon the author's
own literary evolution. "Ivanhoe" he
thinks the best of Scott's novels, and be
esteems "Quentin Durward" next. Natur
ally, t- he rates Poe very high, as he does
Charles Reade. Macaulay he praises strong
ly. Ills estimate of Johnson will surprise
some; at any rate, he brings a formidable
indictment against the intellectual equip
ment of a man whom another of his heroes,
W. E. Henley, has described as "our great
est, wisest Englishman." Sir Arthur has
many nice things to say of Borrow, praising
particularly his style which few others
can be found to admire. . "Dr. . Jekyl and
Mr. Hyde" is placed among the best of
short stories, and a good word is said of
"The Haunters and the Haunted."
.
In the new books planned for this Spring
by the Llpplncotts are "The Struggle for
American Independence" by Sydney George
Fisher, "Persia: the Awakenitig East" by
W. P. Cresson, and a new volume of tlie
New Variorum Shakespeare, "Tho Tragedy
of Richard the Third," by Horace Howard
Kurness. Jr. Three delightful books for the
nature-lover are promised in "A Small Coun
try Place" by Samuel T. Maynard, "Wild
Flower Families" by Professor Clarence M.
Weed, and "Our Trees and How to Know
Them" by Arthur I. Emerson and Clarence
M. Weed. The first new novel, which is to
bo published in a few days, will bo "Marcia
Schuyler" by Grace Livingston Hill-Lutz, a
story of tho Interior of New York State in
the early part of the 10th century. There
Is a frontispiece in color by Anna Whelan
Betts. and six halftone Illustrations repro
duced from paintings. Following this novel
will be Issued at intervals, '"The Duchess of
Dreams" by Edith Macvane. "In the Dead
of Night" by John T. Mclntyre, ' "The Mas
ter Influence" by Thomas McKean, and John
Reed Scott's new romance. "The Princess
Dehra," a sequel to his highly successful
story, "The Colonel of the Red Huzzars."
As recently noted In these columns, Henry
James has begun to Issue done-over or re
vised copies of his works. In our old friend
Newman, watch these parallel columns, the
revised version being to the right:
Nothing that New- Nothing he had
man had ever seen ever seen or heard
or heard had given gave him such a sense
him such a sense of of polished marble
marble hardness as hardness . as this
this movement and movement and the
the tone that accom- tone that accompanied
panled It. "Could it. "Is there anything
anything compel that would weigh
you?" he asked. "Do with you?" he asked,
you know of any- "Is there anything
thing that would that would, as we say.
force you?" squeeze you?" he con-
"You show little tinued.
respect for the liv- "You show little re
ing." said Mme. de spect for the affllet
Bellegrade. "but at ed living." said
least respect the Madame de Belle
doad. Doa't profane, grade, "but you might
don't insult the at least respect the
memory of my inno- helpless . dead. Don't
cent son." profane don't touch
with your unholy
' hands the memory of
my Innocent son."
, C. H. Forbes-Lindsay, the author of "John
TSmlth, Gentleman Adventurer," Is best
known as a writer of books of travel and
serious magazine articles. . It is interesting,
however, to know that his first attempt at
literary production was made with Juvenile
stories whilst he was still a schoolboy at
Rugby. - These were well received by maga
zine editors, but during the many years
spent In the Orient the young writer's Inter
est was diverted to other directions. From
India he sent to various British magazines
stories of mysticism and the occult, as well
as sketches of the people and their customs.
I and a series of tales of cavalry life which
were subsequently issuea. in book form. Mr.
Forbes-Lindsay has traveled in almost every
part of the world. As an officer In the
British army, he served in South Africa,
Egypt, and India, and spent his furloughs
in trips to China, Japan and the Philippines.
He was born in India and when four years
of age went "home" round the Cape in a
sailing vessel. In those days the voyage
occupied several months. When he left In
dia, the boy like most other Anglo-Indian
children spuke only the language of his
native nurse, but by the time he reached
England every word of it had been forgot
ten or apparently so. When, 1 years la'er,
he returned to India, not having heard Hin
dustani spoken in the meanwhile, it came
back to him In a Hood ot memory. The first
words he heard shouted In Calcutta harbor
he understood, and in the course of a few
weeks he spoke the vernacular, with ease.
Miss Mary E. Richmond's little hook. "The
eood Neighbor." has the distinction of being
tho first work issued with the authorisation
of the Russell Sage Foundation, and. fur
thermore, went into a second edition in loss
than a month after publication.
....
Alfred L. Hutchinson "Limit of, Wealth"
is an imaginative forecast of the. United
States a few years hence, happy and pros
perous as the effect, of a great reform in
the distribution of wealth. How this reform
came about, its character, philosophy and
benefits, forms the theme of the work. The
significant fact in this prophetic scheme Is
a great political revolution which is sup
posed to lake place at tho Presidential elec
tion in 1012. The whole ' countrjt tukes up
a suggestion, first advanced by a country
school teacher in Wisconsin, that tho amount
of wealth any Individual could accumulate
be limited by the Government. After sweep
ing tbe country in the election, the new
party, called The Distributors, enacts laws
permitting a man to dispose, by will, of no
more. than $1,000,000, and providing that all
property accumulated by any-person In ex
cess of tnat amount should at his death
pass to the government.
... a
In the Pacific Monthly for February,
John Fleming Wilson's new serial. "Last
Stand of tho Argonauts" Is completed. and
the story has been so uniformly interesting
that people are sorry to see its end. It is
the Paclllc Coast story of 1S1O7-0S. so far.
and Hows along with that ease and swing
that shows the touch of a master crafts
man, and Is a distinct gain to American's
book world. Colonel Biggers, who "is still
here." is a creation over whom any author
might feel pride. William Leon Dawson
writes a story of surpassing interest, beau
tified with fine illustrations, on "Guns." A
stirring .war picture which In intensity re
minds one of "The Red Bailee of Courage"
appears in "A Bit or Battle. How Idaho
Woo the Krupp Guns." and written bv An
drew R. Marker. It tells of Aguinaldos
army having its first fight with American
troops. The emigration feature article this
month is Fred Lockley's "Westward Ho, to
Idaho. " The magazino this month reaches
a gratifying standard of excellence.
...
Robert W. Chambers is an American
novelist who has won tlrt place In current
fiction In this country, says Appletona.
There was "The Reckoning." an historical
novel of America which has a thrill for any
rlght-mlndcd patriot; "Iole." which has been
called a classic, a work of tinlnue and In
describable delight: that romantic detective,"
"The Tracer of Lost Persons." whose busi
ness it was. not to hound criminals to pun
ishment, but to complete romances an-l
bring together tho right people in the right
places; and "The Tree of Heaven." an ex
cursion into the pleasanter byways of the
occult. " The- Fighting Chance" had such
success as a serial that Its first edition in
book form was 50,000 copies, and It became
speedily the first of "the six best sellers."
holding this Place for a whole season. It
was followed by another novel in the same
field, but with different problems and peo
ple. This was "Tho Younger Set." The
first edition of this book was 100.000. and
it also leaped to first place among the "six
best . Fellers." It is generally preferred by
the critics to "The Fighting Chance." and
this means double praise, because it is very
rarely that a novelist follows one great suc
cess with n greater.
CITIZEN
ROOSEVELT
Continued From Page 3
of an ex-lawyer, an ex-merchant, an ex
doctor or any other ex. If a President
has served faithfully he has been amply
paid for such service, and the people in
general have no reason to worry about
the future. . .
'
Representative James Francis Burke, of
Pennsylvania I know of no greater ser
vice the President could render the coun
try during the four years after his term
expires than to enter the Cabinet of
President Knox as Secretary of the Navy.
In this way he would not only be in the
official household of his friend, but also
have the widest opportunity for complet
ing the great work in which ho is most
heartily interested and for which he Is
certainly and pre-eminently competent.
...
Representative John Dalzell, of Pennsyl
vania Mr. Roosevelt should occupy some
position where he would find exercise for
his remarkable executive abilities and for
his power of initiative. Among other po
sitions that he might fill it seems tr me
that ho would make a splendid Governor
General of the Philippines.
Henry Litchfield West. CYimmispionPr
of tho District of Columbia If it would
not exile him from the United States. I
should like to' see President Roosevelt
placed In charge of the work on the Pan
ama Canal. It should bo called the
Roosevelt Canal, just as the Suez Canal
in associated with tho name of De Les-
seps.
... i
Scott C. Bone, editor Washington Her
ald I should say Mr. Roosevelt might
most profitably be kept in his present po
sition four years more.
....
Edward ,W. Bok The -poeilion I would
like to see Theodore Roosevelt asfitime
after ho leaves the Presidency is that
position which he will chooso for himself.
...
Frank II.. Hithccock, First Assistant
Poetmaster-General President Roosevelt
would adorn any position ho might ac
cept, but I have po idea what he has In
mind as to his future after leaving the
White Hpuse. He is entitled to a good
rest tiryt, but rest wijh him means mere
ly a change of activities.
...
William E. Curtis Theodore Roosevelt
should and will succeed Thomas Collier
Piatt as a member of the United States
Senate on March 3, 1909, and his first
speech in that body will be In opposition
to executive interference in legislation.
...
P, V, De Graw, Fourth Assistant Postmaster-General
If President Roopvelt
will not take the Presidency again, I
think he Is entitled to any position he
may name. His raiord in public life
certainly entitles him to this much.
...
Walter Wellman, correspondent and .ex
plorer When President Roosevelt steps
down from the chair there is one great
task to which he can lay his hands with
dignity, and that is the Panama Canal.
He is the very man for the place.
...
Andrew Carnegie The next job the
President should take up is a rest, with
a voyage round the world, that he may
become acquainted with the various
countries and their rulers, and thus lay
up a store of knowledge which will be
found highly valuable for his country
and fit him properly for the next job.
The Genius of Hawthorne. ,
Scribner's.
His- genius was a reflective one. He
loved to muse. Revery was a state of
mind which he both indulged and ap
plauded, and there can hardly be a more
barren one for the production of any
thing more significant than conceits' and
fancies. Reality repelled him. What at
tracted him was mirage. Mirage is his
specific aim, the explicit goal of his art
which thus becomes inevitably rather
artistry than art. His practice Is sus
tained by his theory. Speaking of a scene
mirrored in a river he exclaims: "Winch,
after all, was the' most real the 'picture
or the original? ;the objects palpable to
our grosser senses, or their apotheosis in
the stream beneath? Surely the dlsem
boided images stand in closer relation to
the soul." If this were a figure expres
sive of the mirroring of nature by art it
would be a happy one. though not con
vincing to those who believe that the
artistis synthesis of nature should be
more, rather than less, definite than its
material. But it is not a figure. It is a
statement of Hawthorne's preference for
the vogue and the undefined in nature it
self as nearer to tho soul. Nearer to the
soul of tho poet It may be, not to that of
the artist, -'he most idealizing artist can
count on enough vagueness of his own
whether It latmlicap his effort or illumine
his result in dealing with his material.
And it is not near to the soul of the poet
endowed with the architectonic faculty
the poet in the Greek sense.' the maker.
It is the congenial content of contempla
tion indsterminate and undirected.
The contemplative mind, the contempla
tive mood, are above all hospitable to
fancy, and in fancy Hawthorne's mind
and mood were wonderfully rich. Ho had
but to follow its beckoning and intrust
himself -to Its guidance to make a pretty
satisfactory journey, at least so far as
his own mind was concerned. The result
was atnuzingly productive.
BATTLE OF
GRAND RONDE
Continued From Page 4
In 1SS5 the land was sold to Al Good, a
prosperous farmer, who now owns it.
Mr. Good came to Grand Rondo in IStiC.
ten years after the battle, and has picked
up many a relic of the Indian camp,
which was located upon the knoll, now a i
-part of his calf pasture.
Where tho light began, down in the
river bottom, Mr. Good now raises 20 tons 1
of- sugar beets per acre, and the descen
dants of the chiefs', who fought the bat
tle, may he seen pulling beets for him at '
TG cents per day, women and children ou ,
their knees working patiently for the
white race which vanquished "their fore
fathers on that very spot.
At the ford, where the warriors made 1
the fierce stand, is now an apple or
chard worth fMOO per acre and yielding
its stores of ruddy-cheeked apples, ricU
and red a.s the blood which once reddened
the soil at their roots. The Klgin branch
of the O. R. & N., a part of the Harrl
man system, passes through the heart of :
the battleileld, and Island City, a sta
tion on that line, covers the spot where '
Colonel Miller's company killed five war
riors in the brush' that day long ago.
A definite movement to erect a monu
ment on the scene of the battleground
was made on Sunday, October 27, 19"7,
when Colonel Shaw, now of Portland. Or.;
George II. I limes, ot tho Oregon Historical
Society; Major Leo Moorhouse, of Pen
dleton, the well-known photographer of
Indian life, whose photographs of the bat
tleground accompany this article; Fred.
B. Currey and son, of the La Grando
Observer, nnd Bert Huffman, managing
editor of the East Orogonlau, of Pendle
ton, visited the scene of tho battle, and
after receiving deiinite information from
Colonel Shaw as to the exact location,
erected a rough stone monument on tho
spot, and it is believed that the people
of La Grande will suitably mark the
place with a monument later.
Colonel B. F. Shaw, the hero of the
battle of Grand Ronde, earned his title
during ten years of active Indian fight
ing on the Pacific Coast. Ho was bom
in Cfay County, Missouri, on May 8, 1S29. .
and crossed the plains to Oregon with
his parents in 1S44, settling at Powell's
Prairie, near Salem. Within two years
after the young adventurer had gone into
tho thickest of tho Indian trouble on
Puget Sound, and for a decade he fol
lowed the war trail almost continuously.
He raised the second regiment of Wash
ington Volunteers and commanded the
southern battalion, composed largely of
Oregon men. In the Indian war. Ho now
lives in Portland, to which place he
moved a few years ago from Vancouver,
Wash.
Ju.it Ontsiile.
Youths' Companion.
Two women chanced to meet on & ,
streetcar in Chicago. "Why, how do you
do, Mrs. Thompson," exclaimed one ofj
them. "I called at your house one day
last week, and there was nobody at
home." ,
"We've moved, Mrs. Giles." said the
other. "Didn't you know that?"
"Xo. When did you move?"
'"About two weeks ago. We got tired
of living in all the noise and bustle, and
we went away out in tiie suburbs."
"What direction?"
"Northwest."
"And where are you located now?"
"It's a new neighborhood, Mrs. Giles,
and I can't describe it exactly, but if I
had a map of the city here I could show'
you. We live just nhout halt an inch ;
outside of the city limits."
Hated Gambling Sometimes.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
"Here, my dear," said the husband,
producing his 'purse, "hero is J50 I won
playing cards at Brown's last night. You
may have it to buy that dress you
wanted."
Reluctantly the conscientious wife
took the money: then said, with an ex
pression of rigid rectitude:
"I simply sliudder at the thought of
ustng money gained in such a way.
Henry, promise me that after you have
won enough for me to buy the hat to
go with the dress you will never again
touch those awful cards. I don't want
my husband to become a gambler."
Fntled to Ilel.leve.
Chicago Tribune. f
On the mighty deep.
Tho great ocean liner rolled andi
pitched. "Henry," faltered the young bride, "do'
you still love me?"
"More than ever, darling!" was Henry's
fervent answer.
Then 'there was an eloquent silence.
"Henry," she gasped, turning 'her pale,
ghastly face away. "I thought that
would make me feel better, but It
doesn't!"
The Coatless King.
Chicaco News.
(At the recent royal hunting party Kin,
Alfonso created a sensation by taking off
his coat. Queen Victoria had to request
him to resume the discarded garment.)
The royal beaters beat the game that needed -beating,
being tame.
It seems a shame, but just the same tho
step was necessary.
The royal sportsman has no fun in shooting
pheasants that won't run
Or fly, or shun the royal gun. You've got
to make them scary.
The rova) hunter lay In wait and shot at
quite a lively rale.
I'd really hate to try to state, with all
the noUe and racket.
How many birds that day were slain. But
' young Alfonso him of Spain
He Just raised Cain. 1 saw witii pain his
highness shed hla jacket.
Imagine how oar blood was chilled, how
all the court with horror thrilled.
How almost killed with shame and filled
with grief and consternation!
Our blushes hot we strove to hide when he
forgot his kingly pride.
We turned aside, politely, tried to show
no perturbation!
He really didn't seem to qare.- but stood
with all that linen bai-e
. And plugged a hare. King Edward's
stare lie took no sort of note on!
But presently his lovely Queen in his di
rection seemed to 'lean
And. with, mien off anguish keen.
cried, "Fonso. put that coat on!"
True majesty should rather sweat till every
thread were wringing wet
And not forget that - etlauette takes no
account of weather.
The plumage gay, so I have heard, is mainly
all (lie royal bird;
It's most absurd, upon my word, to shed
a single feather.
A royalty in deshabille! His shirt sleeves
to the world reveal!
A subjoct leal can only fevl that thrones
will soon be rocking.
Although of course '.ve know that kings
, and even queens have underthfngs.
True wisdom dings to coverings. Good
gracious! It was shocking!