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THE SUNDAY OREGON! AX, PORTLAND, APRIL 19, 1908.
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For me, let me dwell .in my nook,
Here, by the curve of this brook,
That croons to the tune of my book,
Whose melody wafts me forever
On the waves of an unseen river!"
William Freeland.
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SAS-ZCrr.
la Con With Marquis I to, by Geors
Trumbull Ladd, D. D. Illustrated. $2. 50.
Charles Scrlbner's Sons. New York City.
Early In August, 1906, Dr. Ladd left
New Haven, Conn., for a third visit to
Japan, as he had been engaged to de
liver a series of lectures in educational
Institutions In that country, and com
ing as his visit did Just after the war
In which Japan had trie'd conclusions
.with Russia and had thereby been en
abled to spring Into prominence as a new
world power the visit had more than or
dinary significance. The fine Japanese,
not Italian, hand of diplomacy was work
ing. Not very long after Dr. Ladd ar
, rived a hint was dropped that the Mar
quis Ito, the real ruler of Corea, would
extend an Invitation to visit him In his
Corean residence.
Did Dr. Ladd accept? Rather. So he
has written a pleasantly discourslve book
of 463 pages showing that the real savior
of Corea Is Japan. The Impression lin
gers that he had been deliberately se
lected in advance by the astute Japanese
as a man of tact to whom could be conv
mltted . the task of . enlightening-, the
American mind about Japan's "civiliz
ing" policy in Corea. The doctrine that
Japan must and does own Corea as an
outlet for her surplus population Is not
prominently brought forward. Dr. Ladd
gives statistics to prove that Coreans are
not fit to govern themselves, and from
the picture he draws of bribery, corrup
tion, murder and robbery in the Hermit
Kingdom, the view is well founded. Quo
tations from the anti-Japanese paper, the
Corean Dally News; mention several
occurrences as having recently happenevf
mere tnai inrow iignt. on cms pan ui
the subject. . -
As a high official was passing tnrougn
the streets heavily guarded, a number of
men belonging to the chaln-gsng mere
passed. On of them was heard to remark
that If the official Were not a criminal
himself be would not need the heavy guard,
and he added that after his- term of penal
labor was over the nrst tnin he wouia uo
would be to kill that official and a few i
more like him.
These words were heard by
was out of sirht.
A man of Ma-chun (near Chmulpo was
recently arrested by order Of the local mag
istrate and tortured without cause. After
confinement and torture for a period of
etaht days the man expired and his rela
tives are now asking the Supreme Court to
look Into the matter and punish the magis
trate. M report from South Chul-la Province
states that the people in a certain section
there do not look with favor on the new
tax- collectors: . on ' the contrary, they say
that they will tie up the collectors with
ropes and make life hard for them.
We hope It is not true, as the Coreans re
port, that the Governor of Chung-Ju has
eaten the money which the Bmperor gave
for the relief of the sufferers from the flood
there last Autumn. Ha is said to have gone
even further than this and compelled these
destitute people to give their time for
nothing to public works. This Is worth
looking Into.
k It is time that serious steps were taken
to put down brigandage that prevails In
' the country. No one's property appears to
be safe, for we now learn that- the Dongak
Se. monastery In Kong Chu district has been
rushed' by robbers ana puiagea or every
thing that was at all valuable.
On page 463 comes what Is probably the
prime reason for Dr. Ladd's book.
There Is no essential reason why Japanese
and Coreans should not become one nation
in Corea. Whether this nation will be called
Corea or Japan, time alone can tell. That it
will be- a happier, more prosperous, more
moral and truly religious people than the
present Corean people, there Is sufficient
reason- to wredlct. Indeed, considering the
brief time which has elapsed since the con
vention of November 17, 1805. the improve
ment already accomplished under the con
trol of the Japanese Residency-General. If
not all that could be wished, has been all
that could reasonably have been expected.
The two peoples have learned to live peace
fully and happily ' together. In certain
places, both of Japan and Corea, In past
times. The conditions favoring their union,
and Indeed amalgamation In Corea itself
are today Incomparably better than they
ever were, In any large way, before.
If Marquis lto, and his sympathetic ef
fective supporters, at home and In , the
Residency-General, can be sustained for
five vein, and' can be succeeded tor a gen
eration by those of like purposes and char
acter, then the problem of the relations of
Japan and Corea will have been solved.
The present opportunity has cost both coun
tries centuries of trouble, strife and loss.
That all the difficulties should be- at once
removed and all the reforms at once effi
ciently be carried lit, It Is not reasonable
to expect. Put now' that Japasi has won
this cherished opportunity. the civilised
world requires, and the civilised world may
expect, that the opportunity will be on the
whole well Improved. Such will undoubtedly
be the Issue If Mis Imperial Majesty of
Japan the Marquis Ito, and others of Irk
mind, have their way.
Aa American Pwrlelan: Or the Hte-rr of
Aaron Burr, by'-Alfred Henry Lewis. Illus
trated. 'A D. Applcton A Co., New York
City, and th J. K. dill Company, Port
land. Aaron Burr, the American statesman
snd sometimes the enemy and then the
friend and vice versa of such eminent
men aa -George Washington and Alex
ander Hamilton, la pictured in this novel
as a brave soldier and the most perfect
type or gentleman. He is also remem
bered In tiistory as the man who In a
duel killed Alexander Hamilton, at Wee
haw'ken, N. J.. July 7, 1804, and afterward
planned to collect a body of freebooters
and attempt to conquer Texas and pos
ihiw 'Mexico, and establish a republic
of which, bo should preside as Aarou I, of
Mexico. - .
aii this and mora , la graphically por
trayed In this handsomely bound story of
a. nages. leavened with an alluring
tinge of Action. It la somcUiirig; new to
AZA2Z
read about an American officer whom
Washington cordially hated, and once
called "a courageous prig." -. Burr's event
ful life is pictured to the close, and this
la his death-bed scene:
"Colonel Burr," observed the kindly
doctor, "are you to leave us with a heart
full of enmity?"
T1 black eyes did not soften.
"I shall die as I have lived hating where
I'm hated, loving- where I'm loved."
The last day breaks, and Aaron dies
dies as though falling asleep.
"What lies beyond?" asks one, shortly
before he goes.
"Who knows?" he returns.
"But do you never ask?"
"Why ask? Who should -reply to such a
question? The old, old question ever offered,
never answered."
"But you have hope?"
"None," says Aaron, steadily. "And I
want none. I am resolved to die without
fear; and he -who would have no fear must
have no hope."
Ho he departs, he of whom the good Dr.
Bellamy said: "He will soar as high to
fall as low, as any soul alive."
The Mother of California, by Arthur Wal
brldge North. Illustrated. 12. Paul Elder
& Co.. New York and Saa Francisco.
Would Jt not be to the benefit of both
countries for Mexico to sell and the
United States to buy the peninsula of
Lower California?
This is the central thought In this at
tractive and finely illustrated book, which
Is sure to be treasured as possessing
more than ordinary charm for the aver
age reader. It also has unquestioned
value as a reference authority. The chap
ters Include these subjects: In the days
of the Conquistadores; the sway of the
Jeault pa(Jreg. the San Fernandinea and
the Dominicans; the end of the, mission
days, with en elucidation of the "period
of no history"; the awakening; physical
Lower California; political and social
conditions; the mines of Lower California;
and the land that reaches down toward
Panama.
Specially valuable Is the account of the
American nccim.tlnn and anrrenrler of
- : . , .,
"""r l-amornia, in ihch, ana ine oook
j writings concerning "Raja California,"
published since the middle of the 16th cen
tury The MtlM-r the Child's First Rlhle Teacher,
by Mary J. Chlsholm Foster. 25 cents.
Jennings & Graham, Cincinnati, O.
"On opening this tiny volume this quo
tation stares you in the face like a baby's
eyes:
There came to port last Sunday night
The queerest little craft.
Without an Inch of rigging on;
I looked, and looked and laughed.
It seemed so curious that she
Should cross the unknown water,
And moor herself right in my room
My daughter! O, my daughter!
The quotation Is taken from George W.
Cable'a poem, "The New Baby," and will
readily be remembered when once read.
This volume contains only 32 pages, but
o much gentle wisdom lurks there that
It should be most welcome in every home.
IJts of Great KngUah Writers, Fmg
tiuuwer w Mr-owning, sty waiter s. Hlnch
man and lrancla B. Gummere. 11.50.
Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Boston.
Mr. Hinchman Is master of English at
Groton .School, Mass., and Mr. Gummere
Is professor of English in Haverford Col
lege. This admirable book gives In con
densed, comprehensive form the lives of
most of the great Brtgllsh authors whom
a student would naturally wish to know
about, without being pqt to the trouble of
canning many volumes In order to get
the Information wanted. How the au
thor lived, his surroundings, and the per
tinent facts of his life all these are care
fully studied. The book can be cordially
commended.
The Sixth Speed, by B. J. Rath. Moffat,
Yard Co.. New York City.
Imagine a motor-boat, called the Pro-'
Joctlle, capable of moving through the
waters at the rate of over 100 miles an
hour, and think of the execution she
could accomplish 1n case of war. There In
a sentence Is the germ of this novel.
The theme Is worked out to a highly en
tertaining degree. ' . ' ,
" J. M. QUENTm.
IN I.IBKARY XD WORKSHOr.
. In answer to a cable demand from
Iondon house of Harper A Brothers. "The
Barrier," by Fx Beach, goes Into a new
pri'itlna exactly two weeks from date of
publication. ,
"Between the' Lines," famous as a war
story for boys, by General Charles King, has
gone Into a new prtntinaj. Klnc the Gen
eral's new book. "To th Front," was Issued,
the Harpers report also a renewed demand
upon "Cadet Days," to which it la a sequel.
.
Two new book for boys are promised
within a week. On will touch upon th
romantic possibilities of Imaginary . sea
flsht. and bears th brave ttle. "The Bat
tle for the Paclflc." Th other Is "Harper's
Indoor Book for Boys,' telling a boy how
to turn work Into play.
Margaret potter will soon publish a novel
which she has dedicated "To th wive of
American Business Men." The seen Is
metropolitan, divided between Chicago and
New York, and the story will emphasize
the dangerously absorbing part business may
come to play In a man's life, and pleasure
In a woman' a Th title chosen for the book,
which will be published In one week. Is
"Th Golden Ladder."
"Mind In th Making." by Vldgar J. Swift,
Professor of rerlugogy in- Washington Uni
versity, St. Louis. La. describe u vari
ous phases of a child's growth, both jihysl
cally and mentally. In a clear, direct anil
Interesting style that will readily recom
mend It to the classes of people whom the
author wishes particularly to reach par
ents and teachers. It is not technical, but it
chows the results of the author's use of the
results of the best modern investigation
In the fields of psychology, sociology and
pedaogy.
"Aunt Jane of Kentucky." by Eliza Cal
vert Hall, a most popular h"Ok of Action,
has been set In typo for the blind, and
Helen Kellar Is now enjoytnjr the clever
sketches of Kentucky life. Th author has
been asked to allow the book to be trans
lated Into French.
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These names appeared In a lndon news
paper not long ago In the report of a dinner
speech given as a toast to famous American
writers at the lvceum t'hib banquet, where
Gertrude Athertnn was guet of Honor, and
May Sinclair presided. By careful corn
parlson a few familiar names may he heard
among them: Juliet Wilbur Slmpklns, John
Sutner Long. Louise Imogen Gurney. .lames
Murrell. James Saul Allen, Mary E. Williams
and Mrs. Julia Ward Home,
c
Garrett P. Servlss Is soon to publish a new
popular iserjt In astronomy, to he known
as "Astronomy With the Naked Eye." Th
book Is Intended particularly for those
casual observer of the night skies who wish
to appreciate- the srheme of the constella
tions without the burden "f technical knowl
edge. On feature will be the Inclusion of
the myths and creeds with which the heav
enly bodies have been identified In times
past The Interesting term applied to the
work by Its author Is rthe literature of the
stars." ' -
"The Sentimental Adventure of Jimmy
Buletrode." by Marl Van Vorst. Just pub
lished, has for Its hero a character wlioee
attractive and likable personality gives the
book a rare charm. H 1" good-natured,
kind-hearted and generous to friend, enemy
or beggar, and these tracts of character
coupled with unlimited wealth, lead him
Into many adventures often sentimental
and always amusing. Back of his easy na
ture Is the chivalry and courtesy of a
gentleman fi the finest sense of the word,
and he 1 always a delightfully original
character.
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Probably the most-talked-of novel In
France and In England today Is "The Nun"
(L'lsolec), fy Bene Basin, a translation of
which has Just been brought out In this
country. The story has passed through R
editions In France and the translation al
ready through three In England. It Is the
dramatic, touching and deeply Interesting
story of a young and beautiful nun. who,
with a number of other sisters. Is sent out
Into the world when. her convent Is closed by
the recent French law. H struggles and
her fate form the center of One of the most
powerful and moving of recent novels.
.
The half-tone on this week's book page
shows . the features of - Samuel Hopkins
Adams, who wrote that sensational novl
of English , life. "The Flying Death." and
which was recently reviewed In The Orego
iilan. The title ha an unpleasant sound
but is appropriately chosen a. belief that
amounts to conviction when one reads about
the number of men suddenly struck by a
mysterious agency, killed, and their bodies
marked In a peculiar manner. The mystery
is not explained until about the end of the
book, and comes in an unlooked-for way.
What Is the mystery? It wouldn't ba fur
to Mr. Adams to tell. In cold print.
'
A translation Is announced by George
Burnham Ives of Paul Bouget's timely novel
"L'Emlgres" Mr. Bouget Is one of th
greatest of modern French writers, and
"L'Emlgre" Is considered one of the best. If
not the best, of his novels. The story Is a
strong drama of the old French aristocracy,
whose character and traditions are not in
accord . with present-day conditions in
France. Th - author displays a profound
knowledge of human character, and a com
plete possession of ideas and passions of the
present day which are agitating the French
nation. The American version of the book
Is entitled "The Weight of the Name."
a
"The Seventeenth Century Men of Lati
tude." by Edward Augustus George describes
a phase of thought of that period which Is
llttlo known and Indeed, almost unrecog
nised. This period usually passes for an
age of extreme religious bigotry, and Laud
on one side and Cromwell aAd the Pilgrims
on the other, so overshadow the characters
of a number of liberal and gentle spirits
that their work has been almoat entirely
overlooked. Mr. George devotes a chap
ter to each of these men. Hales of Eton,
Chllllnirworth, Browne. Whlehcote. Taylor.
More. Baxter and Smith, and besides a bio
graphical sketch gives an account, with nu
merous quotations, of the subjects' writings.
"True Stories of Crime." by Arthur Train,
the author of the "Prisoner at the Bar,"
will be published by the Scrlbners. Saturday.
Mr. Train has had unusual opportunities
through his experience as Distrit Attorney
In Mr. Jerome's office, for observing and
learning the life of the under world of
New York City. His new book is composed
of stories which have for their foundation
some of thV most Interesting and puzzling
.crimes and swindles perpetrated during the
last ten years The characters described are
the men and women who have taken the
leading parts In these events, and Mr. Train
tells with the true art of a storyteller how
these people played the game out, and when
the time came, took their punishment with
out flinching.
"Th Master of the Inn," by Robert Her
rick. first appeared as a short story In the
Christmas number of 8cribners. It Is such
a remarkable bit of Idealism and has ap
pealed o strongly to those who read it that
there has been a general demand, for Its
publication In book form. The Master of the
Inn was a physician who had given up his
practice and lived out in the country where
he kept an open house for all those who
were worn out with work and worry, or dis
couraged and beaten down. These- men he
kept with him until tlrey were anxious and
ready to take up the battle of life again,
and then sent them back refreshed and
strengthened in mind and body by their life
with him in the open air. The book will be
published In an edition similar to Masy
Raymond Shipman Andrew's atory, "The
Perfect Tribute."
Mrs. Humphrey Ward tells of' "Robert
Elsmere," the novel which rooted her repu
tation in English literature, that soon after
Its appearance it was translated into Ger
man. Idantsh and Swedish, but that not until
15 years later did a Latin or Carthollc conn
try make any attempt at its translation.
Then it was translated at the 6ame time
Into Italian and French. M. Frederick
Brunetiere reprinted the major part In Le
Revue de Deux Mondes," explaining to
Mr. Ward that the ideas of religious re
construction In "Robert Elsmere" could not
have been taken seriously by th French 15
year before, but had since gained such hold
In church and seminaries that his journal
was obliged to mirror them. Between the
publication of "Robert Elsmere" and "Diana
Mallory," the latter still a serial In Harper's
Magazine, tber havs elapsed exactly 30
years.
This month's Issues of th Youth's Com
panlon thowg wbat varied resources th
paper has In its editorial staff. There are
"The Captain of th Liner," by William II.
Rldelng, formerly managing editor of the
North American Review. . and .for 2 year
with th Companion; "The Deputy," a An
tale of egret-poaching In Southern waters,
by Fisher Ames. Jr.. naturalist and traveler
la odd corners of the country; "On Hun
drd Year of Temperance." by Rev Wil
liam K. Barton. D.D.; and "A' Provincial
Famine," br Profesor William T. ,-Sedg
wick, of Massachusetts Institute of Tech
nlty.- A. B. Pier, another member of tn
staff, ends his aerial story. ."The New
Boy' nd C. A. Stephens, who has written
for the Companion .for nearly 40. years, ru
tins a serial which -bears th quaint title,
"How W Got Our Grandmothers."
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Taking sugar as bis text,' and expounding
th history t Us hps, and downs In the
I'nited States, Profor Taussig, of Har
vard. In th Current Atlantic, draws a few
very positive conclusion. On of them la
that remissions of duty, as In the case of
Hawaii, resiilt In a bounty for tbe planters,
: who are thus led to xtravagant and waste
ful method of cultivation. H aays in part:
"I see little in the Hawaiian eoisode but
one long course of error. The American
consumer has paid $12,000,000 or $l5,oo,ooo
a year. For this we have nothing of any
real value to show unless It be that ws
have a stepplng-ston to th Philippines,
another dependency hardlyless unprofitable.
The problem Is a baffling one. Our politi
cal and International relations at such
that w cannot collect taxca on suirar Im
ported from all countries. Possibly ad
mitting all sugar free of duty once for all
would be th ultimate solution."
One of th most Important books of this
year will b the "Life and letters of Gearge
Bancroft." by M. A. DsWolfe Howe, which
will be published about the latter part of
this month. The book, which Is published
In two volume, contains . among other
things, th account of Mr. Bancroft's lire
as a student at Oottlngen. In 181S-20, with
th description of the ceremony of taking
the doctor's degree, and or his . travels subst
auently In Germany and In Italy, when h
visited Goethe. Wolff. Humboldt and Lord
Bvron. The descriptions of his experience
as" Minister to England In 1S4. and as
Minister to Germany from 18BT to 1ST, a
period coverlnf: the Franco-rrusslan War.
Is of the greatest Interest and historical
value, and his intimate friendship with
such men a Von Moltke. the Emperar
William. Bismarck, and other important
men. give his letters great Importance. Mr.
Bancroft's life In this country as teacher,
historian and Secretary of the Navy, is
filled with accounts of people and things
most entertaining and interesting.
"The Duke of Oarulia." Swlnburn's new
poetic drama of the Borflas, is founded
upon genuine episode, although history Is
a little vague as to detain". It la stated,
however, that one of th illegitimate sons
of Pope Alexander VI IRodrlgo Borgia)
was Duke of Oandoa. and that his brother,
Caesar Bargia the one lauded by Machia
velll as a 'model ruler was suspected of
having causes) his. leath. Mr. Swinburne
take the assassination for granted, and
around this single Incident writes his drama
or mhltlon fear ana remorse, i n o
. , , j ,.-., r.,i i
itis personae Include the beautiful Roman. (
mat
Host Vinous, and his rtaugnier. i,crexta ------ "" - r .7
Borgia, of Infamous memory. Historically dent Mellen a company to connect Its ex
consldered, these characters are important istlng lines in a manner which, taken in
enough to sustain their parts In a drama conjunction with new lines projected bv
of almost Shakespearean ,"P'"n"m.r- New Haven interests, will . enable it to
Fwlnburne Doem was issued simultaneously '
In London and In America. establish through Independent ""vice
Romeyn Beck Hough. A. B.. the author of ! from Boston to both New York and Buf
the coming work to be known as "The falo.
Handbook of the Trees Of tit ortnrn
States and Canada East of the Rocky Moun
tains. Is the son of the first Foreet Com
missioner appointed in this country. Mr,
Houph is also the author of "American
Woods." . -
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Houghton. Mifflin Co.. announce the in
corporation of. their firm under the laws of
Massachusetts and under the name of
Houghton Mifflin Company Tor the continua
tion of the business, founded by Henry
Henry Oscar Houghton more than 50 -years
ago. This will Involve, no Chang In the
management or conduct-of the business, the
present partner retaining their full and
active Interest and active ' participation.
James Duncan Phillips. Stephen B. Davol,
Roger L Soalfe, Edward R. Houghton and
George Harrison Mifflin. Jr., who have been
actively associated with the buslnes for
several years, will be members, of the new
corporation. The Atlantic Monthly, which
has been published by the house since 1S73.
will hereafter, beginning with th August
number, be published by The Atlantic
Monthly Company, of which Bllery Sedg
wick, Waldo B. Forbes, MacClregor Jenkins
and Roger Pierce -will be members, Hough
ton Mifflin Company retaining an Important
Interest, No change In the character or
general conduct of the magazine ts contem
plated. Bliss Perry continues as editor.
BOOKS ADDED
TO LIBRARY
Th eollom-lna- list of books at the Public
Library will go Into circulation this week:
BIBLIOGRAPHY.
Brooklyn Public Library Tbe child's own
library. 190T.
BIOOKArHI. '
Arnold Matthew Arnold; by H. W. Paul.
1&02 - '
Le'splnasse Julie de Lesplnasse; by the
Marquis d Segurj tr. by P. H. L. Warner.
1KOT. .
BOOKS IN FOREIGN LANGUAGES.
Ahn Amerlkanlscher dolmetscher fur
Deutsche zum eriernen de . engllachen
sprache.
tferllts jjeuiscne nanaeisspracrw.
Boylesve L'enfant a la balustrade.
Lotl L'exilee
Newcomb Astronoml fur jedermann;
ubersetzt von F. Glasen
DESCRIPTION AND TRAVEL.
Hishlda Th International position of ,
Japan as a great power. 1905.
Lees Scenes and shrines in Tuscany, iwt.
FICTION. .
Castle & Castle My merry Roeknurst.
Deland An encore. '
Frenssen Holyland; tr. by M. A. Hamil
ton
Glasgow Tne ancient law.
Mantle Gret. th story of a pagan.
FINH ARTS. .
Antrter The garden book of California.
190.
M.pwhlrtr Pketcti book! designed to
assist the student of landscape painting In
water color. 1907.
Ochsner Eturm The organization, con
struction and management of hospitals t0O7.
LITERATURE.
Brooke Studies In poetry. 1f7.
Plnero The benefit of th doubt; a com
edy In three acta. 281K. t
Plnero ills nouse m onior; cwmcuy lit
four acts. lftOT.
Plnero iris; a arama in nve acts. jwo.
Plnero Lady Bountiful, a story of years;
a play In four acts. 1S92.
Plnero Th second Mrs. xanqueray; a
play in four acts. 1894. t
PHILOSOPHY.
Alexander A short history of nUllosophyl
1907.
RELIGION.
Brown Th foreign missionary. 1907
Pflelderer The arly christian conception
of Christ. 1903.
Bailey Lesson with plant. 1907.
' SOCIOLOGY.
Barrett The United State and Latin
America: som special phases of th com
mercial and general relatlona of the United
States with ner sister American repuDtics.
1007.
Beverldge The employment of child
labor. ISO".
Howe Th confession of a monopolist.
190U.
Lauck The causes of tbe panic of 1S93
1907. United States Labor, Bureau of. Strikes
and lockouts. 1907.
USEFUL ARTS.
t American academy of political and social
science. American waterways. 1908. -
Baltet Grafting and budding. Bd. 5. 1903.
French The book of vegetable and gar
den herbs; a practical handbook and plant
ing table for the vegetable gardener. 1907.
Garden and farm almanac. 1908.
Gill The complete practical confectioner.
UTrl a inno.
Hunt The toraga and fiber crops In
America. 1907.
Pennsylvania steel Cempany Spirals for
street railway curves. 190H.
BOOKS ADDED TO THE REFERENCE
DEPARTMENT.
American museum of natural history, pio
neers of American science. ItWB.
Brooklyn Public Library. Th welfare of
children. 1907.
Debrett. comp. Peerage, and titles of
courtesy. 1908.
Gillette 'Handbook of cost data, for con
tractors and engineers. 190T.
Kidder Architect' and builder's pocket
book. Ed. 14. 1908.
Meade Portland cement. 1008.
"Mining vear hook. 190ft.
Patterson's colleg and school dlreotory.
l0fl.
United States Hydrographle office. Inter
national code of signals. 1907.
United States Library of Congress. List
of book, with reference to periodicals, re
latlng to postal savings banks. 1SOS. .
Who's who in America. 190S. T
BOOKS ADDED TO JUVENILE DEPART
MENT.
AnHerann stories newly translated.
Beard Beard Things worth doing and
bow to do then. '
Bryce Robert Louis Stevenson reader.
Chase Stories from birdlanu ,
Cowle. comp. Stories to tell.
Dickens Twelve .Christmas storlese ed
by .lane Gordon.
Marshall Scotland's story.
' Wesselhoeft Winds, the woods and th
wanderer.
Wbat Is Whisky? .
Ixindon. Daily Mall.
What art thou, potent spirit of the earth?
I know 'tis 111 that man should call thee
master.
Since from such servitude h eometh forth
A man no more. Mis end shall be disas
ter.
And he shall own before the dsy be done
The eight of twain without the sense of
one. '
But thourh we do not let the work thy will
Some say acquaintance with thee may be
risk y,
Sine if thou eometst from a certain still
We can't be certain that thou are still
-whisky.
But what la whlskyr Hw we are one
mor - -
Stumped, you 'observe, a badly aa before.
So our bright rulers have -made basts to
. ask
The wisest and most learned of our na
tion
To bend their mighty powers to th task,
To atean the sun of human Information.
And trace thee backward In the name of
law . ,
To earliest and crudest usquebaugh.
Nop need we watt through many a changing
.year
Until we read the answer of our sage
fA definition, doubtless, crisp and clear.
Embodied ln-ten thousand primes, pages).
For until then, by every one s consent.
"Whisky" will mean what It baa always
meant!
A, NEW ENGLAND CITY MADE OVER
Springfield, Massachusetts, to Be New Civic Center of Four Acres With Three-Mile River Front Boulevard.
DURING the next' few months the
State Railroad Commissioners and
, tb,o different city authorities having
to do with various phases of the subject
I will be actively engaged upon the great
! plun for the transformation of Spring
Held, at a cost of many millions of dol
lars, which has an important bearing
. on railway conditions in New England
j and New York.
Under the provisions of the enabling
I act passed at the last session of the Leg-
islattire the New York, New Haven &
Hartford Railroad will obtain a rlght-of-I
way across the City of Springfield, hlth-
vujuyen exclusively oy m new
rw,i v,,h w t.
tnis plan has opened tne way to a
comprehensive scheme of public Improve
ments for Springfield, exceeding In scops
anything projected for any other place
of similar size In the country, by means
of which the citizens hope to make their
city one of the most beautiful In tno
United States.
As part of the general plan it Is- linely
that an agitation will be made through
the Senators and Representatives -from
Massachusetts to havo tho National Gov
ernment mako extensive improvement in
the armory property, 'no In a somewhat
decadent condition and much behind the
times when compared to the arsenal in
Rock Island.
A right-of-way "across the city has been
strongly desired by President Mellen for
several reasons. The single advantage of
being able to move freight between the
Hartford and Highland divisions and to
establish a general freight yard on the
east side of the city, ' in place of the
present cramped, yard near the river. Is
sufficient to cause him to go. to much ef
fort and expense to gain the end. Back
of this is a larger scheme, not com-
j pletely disclosed, which may have far-
reaching effect upon railway transporta
tion in that section.
Already surveyors are at work upon a
new railway route between Springfield
and Buffalo, 'to be called the Buffalo,
Rochester & Eastern line, the Incorpora
tors of whicli include man closely identl-
fleld with New Haven interests.
The bulldinsr of a link of road between
Springfield and feouthbridge, connecting
the Hartford and Highland divisions with
the New Haven's airline, is regarded as
a strong probability . of the near future.
For the City of Springfield the' work-
ins: out of the New Haven's plans is of
prime importance. Among tho Improve
ments about to be undertaken are tne
establishing" of a riverfront boulevard
and parkway, three, miles in lengtn.
STEAM AND SPEED AGAINST SAIL
Transatlantic Travel In the Last Fifty-six Years Some Fast Ocean Records.
G
OOD-BYE, Romance," the skip
per said;
He vanished with the . coal, we
burn;
Our dial marks full speed ahead, -
Our speed is timed to half a turn. .
Sure as the tidal trains we fly,
Twlxt port and port, Romance, good-bye.
KIPLING.
Romance has indeed gone from trans-
Atlantic travel. That is, all except the
Cupid variety, which buds and blossoms
in sequestered deck corners, and cozy,
hidden nooks of ocean steamships and
leads to matrimony or alimony. But
the romance of .the sailing vessel, clip
ner ships and ' the packets, as far as
the passenger service to European
is concerned, disappeared with the ar
rival of the steamship. When the steamer
Asia In 185L -crossed the Atlantic In ten
days and two hours tne aeam-anen i
the sailing vessel as a passenger
was sounded, and the old-time clipper.
with her - skysalls. star-scrapers
heaven-disturbers bellying to ine nre,
has long since disappeared irom ine
With them has gone tne last eieuieui.
romantlc.contact with the person oi ti.a
Jack-tar who knew every rope and spar
and could beat tne preacners iu
could box the compass torwarp wi
backward, whereas they can oniy re
peat their prayers one way.
steam nas accomp""v;u
mission well. Se well. In fact, that the
ordinary globe-trotter thinks llttlo
more of a voyage to London than a
ferry ride to Staten Island. There Is
a difference in" the fare and the service
is better, but essentially tha Atlantic
Ocean Is nothing more than a ferry
between countries. The modern levia
than, driven by powerful reclprocatlng;
or turbine engines, . makes connections
with stated tralns; tarrlng fog- or acci
dent. Throughout tle trip passengers
on the big floating palaces are enabled
by means 'of wireless telegraphy to
keep in constant communication with
both sides of the Atlantic. .The arrival
of a steamship In port can now be
foretold almost to the hour.
From the year 1851. -when the steam
ship - Africa made the trip between
Liverpool and New. York in 10 days and
hours, the science of shipbuilding and
the development'of high-speed engines
has gradually cut down the time of
passage between Europe and America
and drawn the two continents closer to
gether. Steamships which lO'and 15
years ago were considered queens of
the sea have now been superseded by
vessels of size and power that .were not
dreamed of. Their laurels wrested,
from them, they are now classed as
second, third and fourth-class boats.
In the early days of trans-Atlantic
steamship navigation Inferior machin
ery and .poorly modelled ships made
travel .between tho two continents a
tors' or' less precarious undertaking.
J3eep-sea' skipper? of the ; old aalllng
vessels laughed tm and ..the propeller
to scorn, and not without, cause, for
the very oldest rnpsabacks still discuss
the marvellous feat. or captain bamuei
Samuels, of the Dreadnaught, who
sailed from sandy-Hook to Queenstown
in nine days and 17 hours in 1859.
During the entire 2800 miles the swift
vessel maintained an average speed
of over 12 knots an hour.
But steam tloon overtook tho' sail it;?
craft and left her hull , down on the
horizon of trans-Atlantic transportation.
Between 1850 and the 90s -steam vessels
developed gradually, utirlng tno last ten
years the growtn or tne migniy irana
Atlantic fleet haa been stupendous. Tho
present year will mark an ear In ocean
navigation in- having witnessed the prac
ticable operation of the turbine engine
and the passage of the first boat In less
than five days. For years tho dream of
the ocean navigator has been to com
mand a four-day boat and tho honor of
staying Inside tha five-day mark, and
getting well on toward the hoped-for
time went to Captain Watts when he
tvrnuKht the I.usttanlS) from Quecnstown
to Sandy Hook in four days, 10 hours and
62 minutes.
Following are tha records of trans-At-
lantlo steamships in tne mat 56 years; .
1 Days. Hours. Minutes,
1831 Asia
....lo
2
151 Paclflo
1H.M Baltic
IM Persia
lsa Scotia --
leHW 8cotla
173 Baltic
1875 City Of Berlin.
l$7rt Oermanlo
1S77 Britannlo
l&SO Arizona.
1
l.t
t
17
20
15
11
1
T
. 2
42
4.1
47
48
P
48
.17
US
2o
along the Connecticut, which involves
the removal of two miles of railway
tracks to the west side of the river and
the removal of numerous large manufac
tories from their present sites on the
river bank; the building of a new bridge
across tho Connecticut, near the center
of the riverfront park; the reconstruction
of the union passenger station and ex
tensive changes in surrounding property;
the extension of streets running parallel
with Main street, on the east and west
sides of that th'oroughfare. so as to
make three business streets adapted to
through traffic, instead of one; the ex
tension of Court square to the river
bank. - making it a civic center around
which will be grouped various municipal
and county buildings and other struc
tures of a- pretentious character; tne
erection of a new public library costing
SMO.OflO, fronting on State street and Mer
rimac Park. In the midst of a group of
schools, churches and museums: the per
fection of a system of boulevards con
necting alj the principal parks of the
city and the construction of a new
waterworks system, estimated to cost
JJ.000.000.
The various large projects being un
dertaken In Springfleld, to be paid for
by the city and by various corporations,
will involve an expenditure of J15.000.O00
by a conservative estimate, and there are
numerous smaller projects . which will
add to the general effect.
The most ambitious feature of the
whole plan is the-removal of the New
York. New Haven & Hartford Railway
tracks to the west bank of the Con
necticut. The legislative, act looking;
to this change was enacted only-after
many serious conferences between. ep
resentatlves of the city and President
Mellen. Aa the terms prescribed by
President Mellen Involved the New
York Central to some extent, it looked
for a time as if the opposition of that
company would block the scheme, but
the two managements' finally came to
gether in the premises, and an enabling
act was passed.
Springfleld was the flrat city In the
East to begin an agitation tor the Im
provement of Its river bank along- the
lines followed by Old World cities sim
ilarly situated. There were several
circumstances which conspired to hast
en the plan. One was the necessity
of a new bridge, to replace the old toll
bridge, built In 1S16. As trie location
and approaches of a new bridge had
an important bearing on th riverside
park plan, the agitation for a new
bridge naturally hastened the other
project Another contributory factor
was a bequest of $10,000 for a river
ront drive, -by Tilly Haynee, a former
resident of Springfield.
Court Square, originally established
in 1821, is being; extended from less
than an acre to nearly four acres, at
a cost of 1250.000, of which about
132 Alaska
6 18 37
6 11
6 10
0 5 81
6 4 42
6 1 an
.1 . 10 18
5 IS s
8 17 81
6 14 24
5 13 ' 415
5 9 20
s 8 :w
8-7 W
4 19 52
18WT t'mbrla
18S Etrurla
I8S9 rity of Paris..
IWtl Majestic
1SIU Teuronlc
is2 City of Pari. .
1S9S Lucanla
1814 Campania ....
1SS4 Lucanla
ISM Lucanla ......
The great trans-Atlantic passenger fleet
of today consists of 88 steamships, owned
fey 12 lines. This number does not In
clude the scores of tramp and semi -passenger
lines of vessels which extend to
every part of the world from Now York.
The total tonnage amounts to 1,102.400.
while the mammoth engines of this fleet
have a united strength of 1,184,464 Indi
cated horse-power.
Th steamers that plough across the
Atlantio Ocean between east and west
today are treble the number of ten
years ago. Then, there were 21
first-class steamers with a total ton
nage of 183,372 and an indicated horse
power of 214,845. A comparison of
these figures with the totals of the
present day will give a fair idea of the
grbwth of trans-Atlantic service. In
those days the SL Louis, the St. Paul
and the New York rr-presented the
American line; the Philadelphia has
since been built. The Anchor line had
From a French Viewpoint
New York Times.
M. Luzanne rose, with a delightful smlla,
from the desk where he had been writing.
He radiated geniality and courtesy as hs
came forward, and when ho bowed ha
brought his heels together in a way that
suggested military training. He had not
spoken 20 words before he had estab
lished an atmosphere of ease, warmth and
Interest. He possesses the "blue rose" of
magnetism, and as he talks the most com
monplace subjects grow absorbing. "
"I like to walk through the streets,'' he
said, "and get in touch with the people. I
cannot seem to feel them, or the soul of
them,, when I drive or go in motors or
streetcars. I want the living touch, the,
human element, and that is worth 20
times more to me than the finest achieve
ments of art or literature or music. It Is
the people who county the people who are
here with ug, living, breathing, experienc
ing, achieving, falling. When I have
traveled, my friends have said to me:
'Seel Here is Baedeker! Be sure you
go to see a gallery, or this museum.
And do not fall to see the frescoes In the
palace of So-and-Sof But I I put the
Baedeker carefully away, and go to my
gallery, the museum tnat I like best the
open streets of the city, the open high
roads of tha country. There I find pic
tures and curio after my own heart bet
ter than the paintings, the architecture,
the rare books Is It not?
"But, more than anything else which I
have so far remarked in New York, your
speed has struck me as extraordinary. In
everything you are miraculously qulcki
Everything moves much faster than In the
older world. People, elevators, trains,
legal procedures, boats. Journalism" he
laughed "all things seem to be running a
race a. race In which we on the other
side would easily be the losers.
"Take," for exapmle your Journalism
your newspaper work, as you call It here
that Js very significant. A great fire hap
pens In New York, and almost as soon as
it occurs the papers have It: the details,
the description, the points of local Interest,
the estimates of the damage, account of
everyone concerned a complete 'story.'
Now, lu Paris things move a triflo differ
ently. It takes 15 minutes for the re
porter to get his assignment, and another
15 for him to reach the scene of tha dis
aster.. Then It takes no xma' can say
how long to get his 'story'; .then 15
minutes back to tha office. Then half
an hour to report It to his chief, -and
another half hour to talk it oyep with
the general editor. And then, a tier all
that, it takes some, little tlmo to write It.
,Of course, I am purposely exaggerating,
but not very much. From the time of
assignment it really Is four or flva hours
before the story is ready for press! ,
"It is curious. French people ara quick
very quick mentally. They see, grasp,
understand as speedily and acutely as any
people In the World. But there seoms to
be somothlng national and congenital
that prevents them from attaining your
speed In tho use of what they have soen.
Perhaps it is because we love to talk so
$100,000 was raised by popular sub
scriptions. The squaro Is bounded on r
the east lde by Main street and on
the north and south sides by Elm and
Court streets, which will run to the
river. On the north side of the square
and occupying one of the most promi
nent places in the civic group, will be '
a new City Hall, to rontain all munici
pal departments except the Police and
Fire Departments, and probably a sep
arate building for a public assembly
hall. Other buildings in the group will
be the present Court Square Theater
building, the Courthouse, the new Hall
of Records, the Springfield Institution
for ' Savings, Police Headquarters and
Memorial Hall, occupied by the Grand
Army of the Republic and allied organ
izations.
The historic First Church edifice.
almost a century old, probably win
have a place in the same group.
It is the only building which has not
been removed from the enlarged
square. It Is likely that this will be
moved to one side of the square, so aa
to leave an open space between Main
street and the river.
. The view from the proposed river
front park will be one of great natural
beauty, overlooking the willow-fringed
west bank and Its background of green
meadows and elm trees, on either side
of the Agawam, which empties Into the
Connecticut at this point.
The whole plan of railway changes
In Springfield Is now before the State
Railroad Commissioners, to which it
was referred by an act of the last Leg-
lslature. This Board has full power
tcr decide all changes, subject to a
veto power of the City Council. The '
changes will include, besides those al
ready indicated, the abolition of a
series of grade-crossings on the New
Haven's Highland division.
The Park Commissioners are author- -ized
to acquire the river-front property
of the New Haven by eminent domain,
or in such manner as it sees fit, taking;
Into account tho interest of river navi
gation in the future. The act also
provides for temporary railway fa
cilities for the electric light and gas
companies, whoBe plants are located
on the river bank, and for the ultimate
removal of these plants to other loca
tions. ' President Mellen haa offered to.
sell the land now occupied by the ,
tracks to the city for park purposes
for $933,000. Toward tlio sum re
quired about $200,000 has been sub
scribed by individual citizens. '
For the new City Library of Spring
field, and several branch libraries in
outlying sections, Andrew Carnegie
has' given $225,000, without conditions. ;
The library will be erected close to
St. Gauden's famous statue, of "The ,
Puritan," and in the same general '
group with the art and science mu
seums and the high echoolB. Globe,.; '
three ships and now numbers Ave. The '
Atlantic Transport line's four vessels,
were placed in commission since 1897. -Four
vessels were then operated by tho'
Cunard line, among them the still fa
mous Lucanla. In the last ten years
eight steamships flying the Cunard flag -hare
been launched. Including the 'record-breaking
turbiners, the Lusltanla.
and the Maurctania.
The French line, which had three ves
sels, has doubled Its fleet; the Hamburg-American
line has entered the
American field since 1887 and now owns -a
fleet of 15 splendid trans-Atlantin
liners. The live ships of the Holland
America line were all built within ten
years. The North German Lloyd line's
fleet of four liners in 1SD7 has since
been Increased to 16 modern steam
ships. Tha four vessels of -the Red Star
lin were built within ten- years, and
the same might be said of tho Scandinavian-American
line. Six new steam
ers have been added to tho Whlto Star
line and three to the Wilson line.
The number of passengers conveyed
across the Atlantic yearly in these huge
floating hotels goes Into the millions. As 1
an express service between two coun
tries tho value of high-speed 'steam
ships was demonstrated less than a
month ago, . when in response to a de-'
mand. for gold to. allay tho Wall street
panic and money market stringency,
$100,000,000 In specie was hurried across
the ocean In record time. N. Y. World.
much," laughed Mr. Lauzanne, whimsic- .
ally. "W have to discuss everything
we see, and the result is that we losa
time.
"You know tha French people lova .
words. It Is a passion, almost an ob-
session with us. The man who can
talk well to him we bow down,'
whether what he says Is wrong or
right. Some one has said that for
years past France has been governed
by words alone. I think it is true. If
a man is eloquent, and knows some
thing of writing, and can juggle skill
fully with phrases, the French publlo
says, 'There Is a great man! Let him
remain In power!" no matter what he '
may happen to do.
"It is an extraordinary country,
this," he went on musingly, with a
glance toward the window. High above
the streets, a One sweep of the town
unfolded Itself there, fading into dis
tant mist that was too full of sun-"
shine late afternoon sunshine, silver
and gold to be called fog. M. Lau
sanne gave a quick, comprehensiva
gesture. "You combine so many
things," he said. "You are so diverse,
so varied-. The Times building there, .
for Instance It is marvelous. No -
perhaps it Is not as .beautiful, pure
and simple as some of the great archi
tectural wonders of Europe: but in
practicality, usefulness and daring of
conception It is worth lilfty of them.
Ono goes to the 2 2d floor in less than
a minute, and In Paris it takes five
to get to the sixth if one is fortu
nate enough to get the lift, which is
by no means Invariable.
"Nor do I find the uneven skyline
so often spoken of at all ugly. It la '
curious, striking, different, but well,
one grows tired of uniformity. Paris
Is ' exquisitely uniform, and it is close) .,
tj beng monotonous though it is her- -efy
to say so. Those skyscrapers of .
yours are not Just tombs put up to
tradition they mean something!
"Atd as for beauty. You have, for '.
on thing and a thing that is all-suf- -ficlent
in Itself the Riverside driven,
you have the Hudson Itlver! We havo
nothing at all like that on the other .
side. That splendid river of yours, so
big. so beautiful, so calm, so impress
ive! With the cliff-like hills above -the'
Palisades you call them, do you .
not? Ah, It Is superb! Magnificent! It
suggests the Rhine somewhat, but no
other river that I have ever seen.
"And your harbor It Is absolutely '
unique. I have never seen a more re
markable spectacle than ts presented .
by the river as one sails in from the
ocean. .
Yes, New York interests me more
than I can say. I do not believe that
you New Yorkers, living here all tho '
time, realise fully Just how wonder-
ful It all is. On every hand there la
something surprising, something hugo
and startling and Ingenious. -
"Your rivers are oceans, your boats
are monsters, your trains outrace tha
wind, your roofs are among tho star!".