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11 THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, SEPTE3JTBEK 6, 1D03. At learning's fountain it is sweet to drink. But 'tis a nobler privilege to think; And oft, from books apart, the thirsting mind May make the nectar which it cannot find. Tis well to borrow from the good and great; Tis wise to learn; 'tis J. G. - t.4, ? 1 . - y t - ; - ... . . ! -v -. f -v. .-.. v. ..." cSEN.cJOHN mTT TEYSTBRs, wiOSE KXSRPHY" IS dUST OUT. 4t John Villi d Prer. Br Frank Allaben. 1 Allaben Genealogical Co . New York City. Illustrated. Two Tola., f 1 25 each, rrank Allaben Genealogical Co.. New York City. In the West. we know of such aristo cratic New York families as Astor. Van derbllt. Gould. Van Rensselaer, and one or two more, and are glad to recognise that their sons have materially shaped American history, political and industrial. But we. of the West may be permitted to ask: Who on earth was General John Watta do Peyster? I take Mr. Allahen'a word for it that this particular de Peyster was born March 9. 1S21. at t Broadway. New York City; was several times a millionaire, due to the fact that his Immediate, ancestors a-rew rich as their New York real estate holdings Increased tr value: was the first notable military critic produced in this country, although he did not take part except with his pen In the battles of the Civil War; and that he died last year. Mr. Allaben gives the de Peyster life story In two volumes. pages in ail, and what h presents Is Interesting aa a bio graphical sketch and as a curious record of New York City life as told by a wealthy young aristocrat of 80 years ago. The portrait of General do Peyster on this book page suggests the original aa a man of Dutch ancestry, family pride and imperious will. He sprang from an old family of Flemish origin, whose history has been traced back for about 700 years. It was active in mediaeval Ghent, and was transplanted to Holland, and thence to this country. where It maintained at least social eminence for seven genera tions, when General John Watts de Peys ter was born. It Is well to understand, at the outset. that de Peyeter left no formal autobio graphy, but a mass of papers from which his life Impressions are recorded particularly his marked dislikes, This especial de Peyster will gain no- . tlce as a man who expressed his con tempt for these eminent Americans: President Lincoln. Secretary Seward. General U. 8. Grant. ' Oneral Sherman. General Robert E. L. De Peyster attained military celebrity by his services In time of peace before the Civil War period In the New York militia, of which he was appointed to the brevet rank of Major-General. The rea son why ha didn't fight In the Civil War, although he espoused the cause of the North, was, he says, because of 111 health. He wrote: "I waa In a very bad state of health when the war commenced, with dally hemorrhages, which often demanded all I could eat In a day to supply the blood I lost In a day. This grew worse until it culminated In the Winter of 1S6: 63. It waa only In the Spring of 1SS5 that I became definitely better." It will be noted that Just about the time Lee sur rendered to Grant, de Peyster's health began to Improve a remarkable coinci dence. When the first Civil War clash came. d Peyeter went to Governor Morgan ask lng for an appointment as a Brigadier- General from New York, but was met with a firm refusal although he also of fered to raise three regiments. De Peys ter next saw Thurlow Weed, who curtly told him "to shoulder a musket and go to the front." De Peyster then called on President Lincoln. Offering three picked regiments, he asserts that Lincoln an swered. "I have enough troops." Ie Peys ter then said: "If you do not want pri vates, I offer you a number of officers, whose superiors West Point cannot pro duce." Lincoln's reply was, "I have more officers than I know what to do with." Do Peyeter then offered himself, claiming to be worth "a thousand such as you can pick up at random." Lincoln said: "That demands consideration." Upon de Peyster asking what waa meant by that. Lincoln said something that led him to believe that he waa going to refer his case to Seward, but de Peyster was a bitter enemy of Seward, and declined to have his case submitted to Seward. He left Lincoln in disgust and concludes: "I never saw him again to speak to him. I saw him elsewhere, and I thought less of him; but if he were more than a man. then I have known men. like George H. Thomas. Who were gods." He was deep ly prejudiced against Lincoln, saying that he "was the most uncouth man, in 1S61, and had the longest legs, and was the ugliest man. but one. that I ever saw." However, a better mood struck de Peys ter about this time, for he also wrote: I oould tell soma queer thlnra- I have Justification for recording what follows, for I have the attest. In writing, of a friend, since dead In the aaddeat manner, like Ab ner one who had familiar accesa to the President at all times. Lincoln wanted to xnaka ma chief of hia personal staff. I have some reaaon to believe Hitchcock or Halleck. especially, emaahed that: eoxne people aald my temper was an obstacle. All who know about It are dead. However, my word la all sufficient, as well as my manu scripts and record carefully stowed away. I got very angry, which waa very foolish, and left Washington. I never had anything mora to do with tha war. except by Influ ence and speaking. When the regiments marched to the first Bull Run. de Peyster remarked to General McDowell: "There goes an army god - like to create. V Saxe: The Library .L f J J. that will be put In and fought by regl- I mehta. and by regiments It will be mehts. and by regiments it will whipped. And so It was. With grudging words, de Peyster speaks of several American Presidents: Of all tha Presidents thst I have aver seen Jackson. Van Buren. Harrison. Tyler. Taylor. Millard Fillmore. Franklin Pierce. Btkahanan. Lincoln. Johnson, Grant The nobleat figure was Millard Fillmore. He was a perfect type of what an American Presi dent should be. affable yet dignified, with a vary fine presence. Jackaon looked Ilka a man. but waa a decidedly rough specimen. Van Buren, polished but foxy, ha looked his character. Harrison, an Invalid. Tyler, a aharp Virginian that la. keener than 'the Yankee, with better manners. Taylor, an other rough apeclmen. but a man with a be nevolent, hearty expression, which Jack son larked. Fillmore belonged to the Washlngtonlan type. Pierce, In a crowd, would never have attracted tha attention of a alngle person. "Old Buck," Ilka General Halleck. suggest ed tha idea of a cunning country attorney and politician, who had made money, and could afford to wear good clothes- No words could express. Llncoln'a uncouthneaa. and my Interview waa painful, when I thought such a man waa n,y President. What lega ha had! Johnson betrayed his origin. To ma Grant looked Ilka a light weight prtsenghter. 1 forgot to mention Monroe. Ha waa ex actly Ilka all hia likenesses, painted and engraved. A venerable gentleman of tha old echool. I have omitted Polk, but I have aeen him. Ha bora some reeemblance to Jackaon. without tha leonine expression. Marcy. tha great war Secretary, waa a specimen Democrat, who, with hia chew ing and squirting tobacco Juice, could be a blackguard with the best of them. Generals Sherman and Sheridan are written about, with typical de Peyster bitterness: Carried away by newspaper clamor and the misrepresentation of newspaper corre spondents. I was deluded Into accepting Sherman as a general In the grand eenae of tha title. I deplore my mistake, and ac knowledge It In sackcloth and ashea. After 1 had a talk with my friend. General George H- Thomas, and I had atudlcd up the mat ter, then. Indeed. I recognised tha Justice of the remark of Thomas, that "tha country had reason to thank heaven that ha (Thom as) was with Sherman to serve ss a balance wheal." ... I have never seen Sheri dan. I have been Invited to meet him. and always refused. I do not think that his ability equals hia reputation, and I know that his Injustice to Warren and to Wright Is without excuse. Ha either made himself the tool of Grant and .Meade in regard to Warren .or else he had no sense of Justice In hi rose if. In regard to Cedar Creek, ha certainly acted cruaelly with respect to Wright. I cannot aea where ha waa great, except that he undoubtedly possessed phys ical courage, energy and endurance all three chief requisites In a general. Is a vary high degree. But read de Peyster's estimate of Gen eral Grant: I never believed la Grant. I think that all that he did waa due to circumstances and not to himself. Grant waa alwaya sur rounded by a ring and working for favor ites. Ha was either utterly deatltute of estimating tha comparative merita of man, or else ha waa deatltute of honor In record ing hia Judgment of them. He was the personlfllcation of selfishness, his greatness consisted of nothing but his sublime dis regard of human Ufa and suffering, snd his pertinacity lu which be praaented a per fect contrast to what great Generals call pottering Indecision. Grant la also referred to as "tha butch er," and . the opinion Is given that If Grant had lived at an earlier date that he would have been at Attlla, Genghis Khan, or Tamourlane who won by mere force of numbers and blood of their sol diers. But, even great men have their heroes and so had de Peyster. His military Idol was General George H. Thomas. The greatest man I have ever known Inti mately was George H. Thomas. Take him all In all and In every way. be was tha greatest man that thla country haa ever produced. Even conceding to Washington tha fabulous purity and greatness attribut ed to him. he will still fall far below Thom as as a perfect character. Sherman was as sisted by Schofleld and a lot of smaller In sects, to annoy and sting Thomas to death. Sherman said that 'Thomas was like the sun. but even the sun haa spots upon It." This may be true, aeelng that nothing la known aa to tha character of tha spots on the sun. so that if they were thoroughly comprehended they might turn out to he anything but blemishes. Tha equable gen tleness of the tones of the voice of Thomas led many to suppose that be waa not da cialva In his opinions. Never waa there a greater mletake: his condemnations were the more severe In that they ware totally destitute of temper. His rsvlew, for in stance, of MoClelian. and criticism of hia military action, was scathing. It was like the earthquake at Lisbon, leaving every thing behind it In ruins. Thomas waa mag nificent in appearance, as ne was perfect In character, and Immense In ability. But by this time, I fear you are weary of such Jealousy, such drivel. De Peys ter, not content with finding fault with the conduct of our Civil War, fussily crit icised military operations in several Eu ropean campaigns, especially the Franco German war of 1S70. His biographer eaya that de Peyster gave away several mil lion dollars to charity and works of benevolence and education. Well, he was at least some good to the world in giving away money he never earned, but which he inherited. His was a spoiled, fretful childhood, surrounded by every luxury money could buy, but he grew up. lived his little day and died, a peevish, disconv tented man. His pride must have -received a tremendous shock when he wasn't, at least, appointed second in com mand of the United States Army Just be fore Bull Run. So passes a discontented plutocrat. The two volumes which tell of his life are handsome In appearance, and contain many pictures of de Peyster. Let's all yawn here! The Dnke's Motto. By Justin Huntly Mc Carthy. Price. 1.50. Harper & Brothers, New York City. Bright flashes of the mingled fire and sentiment so noticeable in the ro mance. "If I Were King," occur in the melodrama. "The Duke's Motto." If le a tale of- gleaming blades, chivalry and a hark-back to the . merry days when a man fought to the death for a lady's favor until his blade was dyed red. Now, a man fights with his bank account. Now. his war-cry Is while the battle-song of Young Henri de La gar dare, hero of "The Duke's Motto," was, "I am here!" One's lm agination receives a powerful Impetus from tha aeries of romantic pictures. France, with Louis XIII aa King, and Cardinal de Richelieu his Minister, live over again In these pages. It Is re corded that "a young 13th Louis, a son of the great fourth Henri, now sat upon the throne of France, and seem ingly believed himself to be the ruler of his kingdom, though a newiy maae Cardinal de Richelieu held a different onlnlon and acted according to his con viction with great pertinacity and skill. Two of Louis' nobles were Prince Louis de Gonzague and Louis de Lorraine, the Duke de Nevers. At the ' French court these aristocrats were known as the three Louis, and one humorist referred to them as the three Louis d'or. Nevers and Gon zague were cousins, the former being rich and the latter poor, uonzague plotted to kill his cousin and hoped to inherit his wealth, unaware that Nevers had secretly married the beau tiful Gabrlelle de Caylus, by whom he had one baby daughter. Gonzages hires a houaeful of bravos to kill Nevers, and the picture drawn of these picturesque rascals has an at tractively humorous touch. They are 11 in rags.- and very much resemble FalstafTs brigade, except that they are physically brave and fond of a awagger. When Gonzague'a agent hires them to kill Nevers. the bravos are concerned about a aecret thrust possessed by the Duke, a thrust for which it was held no. swordsman had found a' parry. The bravos are unex pectedly Joined by Henri de Lagar- dere, supposed to be the best swords man in Europe, but who for the lacK of fav6r which the King regarded him was banished from France and or dered to languish In Spain. Lagardere thinks he haa mastered the Duke s se cret thrust, but when he learns of the plot against-Nevers becomes the lat ter's friend Instead of enemy. In the fight with the bravos, Lagar dere and Nevers fight side by side, and when Nevers is fatally stabbed Lagar dere flees to a place of safety with the baby daughter of the Duke. Gon zague's assassins pursue Henri, but as he Is a swordsman of the dArtagnan order, he kills the bravos one by one. 1th the secret thrust of Neve right between the eyes. Years pass, and Gabrlelle de Nevers travels with a troupe of gypsies with whom she had been placed for protec tion. Her oonetant protector is Lagar dere. whom she loves in ' secret. He lives by his sword, and one of his say ings is: "Iron was God's best gift to man and he God's good servant who ham mered it Into shape and gave it point and edge." Gabrlelie's girl companion among the gypsies la Flora, who says: "Lovers are droll. A maid may love man, and a man may love a maid and neither know that the other is sick of the same pip, poor fowls." "I am here!" swaggers De Lagar dere, and his sword flashes as a life flickers and goes out. He makes his peace with Louis XIII, and seeks Nev era' widow, who had afterward married Gonzague, and hands her back her long-lost daughter. One of the closing scenes Is. of course, about a sword fight, when Gonzague and Lagardere meet: Fuddenly. Lagardere's arm and Lagard ere's sword seemed to extend, the blade gleamed In the flare of tha flambeaux, and Gonzague reeled and dropped. Paaeefoll placed hia forefinger between hia brows. "The thrust ol isevers, na mur mured. If M. Passefoll had been a modern Westerner of the sagebrush region 'way down Arizona, he probably would have said Instead: "Another occupant for Boss Lagardere's private grave yard!" The Firing; line. By Robert W. Chambers. Illustrated Price. $1.50. D. Appleton & Co., New York City. Intoxication of love, near-divorce and more powerfully drawn than before pic tures of our American plutocracy, our gilded Idlers living In yawn-land on inher ited and corporate wealth. Out of this canvas and spread of color Mr. Chambers has constructed what Is probably accept ed as the leading purely American novel of the year. It Is head and shoulders over Mr. Chambers' previous success "The Young er Set," which was -also a near-divorce story. "The Living Line" Is a prose poem. It makes you think of a lovely Bummer garden with closely-cut lawn, singing birds, and as evening shadows fall, peace and a starry sky. For a time it places love on a cross, with many ac companying sobs, so much so that it is a wonder the girl In the case Miss Bhlela Cardross wasn't drowned with the quan tity of tears she shed, or made to die from sheer exhaustion because of the number of time she fainted. Yet It Isn't all gloom. In conformity with the title of the story you meet with the massing of forces, the Cossack guard, picket line, plan of battle, skirmish, artillery duel, at tack, flank movement,; victory, capitula tion and taps." . Mr. Chambers Is now our most rapid writer of high-grade, lively fiction, never created a more charming character than Shiela Cardross. Her remarkable beau ty. Intellect, generosity, and wit lift her on a pedestal. And she and the hero John Garret Hamil 3d meet In the most original way. off the Florida coast. He is a landscape architect of prominence, and Is yachting around Palm Beach with Port law. Louts malcourt and Wayward. One delicious morning, Hamil Is resting on his oars, looking at the Gulf Stream, when his boat trembles and a wet shape clambers aboard and drops into the bows. It la a glrl-iwtmmer. "I beg your pardon," she managed to say, "may I rest here? Don't row me In. I am perfeotly able to swim back." "No doubt," Hamil returned, dryly, "but haven't you played tag with death sufficiently for one day?" "It waa an easy swim. The fog con fused me. That was all." Ha looked at her; the smooth skin, the vtvld Hps lightly upcurled. straight, deli cate nosa, cheeks so smoothly rounded where the dark thick lashes swept their bloom as she looked downward at the water all this was abstractly beautiful; very lovely, too, the full column of the neck, and the rounded arms guiltless of sunburn or tan. Hamil Imagines that he Is Ulysses, and his fair visitor Calypso, but too soon alas! She swims for the shore. Ham 11 rows to his host's yacht, where Malcourt says: "No man Is fit for decent society until he has lost all his Illusions, particu larly concerning women. Our wives and sweethearts may they never meet!" Onshore, Hamil hurries to the Summer palace of Neville Cardross, where he has been engaged to make a great preserve and otherwise Improve the estate. To his astonishment xiamll finds that the girl wao had jumped for refuge into his boat ! Shiela Cardross, tha adopted daughter J of the big financial magnate of that name. She has dozens or young men ad mirers, to whom she Is fair Lady Dis dain. Of oourse Hamil loves her. Fenc ing ensues, until at last the girl Is driven Into a corner at bay, and then tils hap pens: Fright chilled her blood, killing pulse and color. "I am. trying to ne Kino. Because i care for you and we must end this, before it ends us. . . . Listen to my mlseraDie, pitiful little aecret, Mr. Hamil. I 1 have I am not f ree. "Not free!" "I was married two years ago when I was 18 years old. Three people In the world know it you, I and tha man I mar- Tied." Married." he repeated, stupened. Hamil Is so loyal to the girl, that he doesn't ask her anything more. It turns out that when Shiela was 18 years old Mr. and Mrs. Cardross told her that she had been adopted from an orphan asylum aa their own daughter, and that they loved her as If she were their own child. Part of the world's flotsam! Under the knowledge that she was a nameless girl. Shiela innocently accepted the offer of Louis Malcourt to take his name, and they were secretly married, but she re pented of the bargain and did not live with him as his wife, and the affair was never spoken of. . Malcourt is good looking, generous, but undeniably a cad and cynic Once ha talked to Hamil in this wise: v. I began boy-like by being so damned cred ulous and Impulsive and affectionate and tender-hearted that even my kid sister laughed at me. Then followed that period of soul-lonellness, the longing for tha com panionship of boys and girls girls particu larly which gave me to my father and Helen to her mother, and a acandal to tha newspapers. I have no money, no social po sition here or abroad; only a discredited name In two hemispheres. It took several generatlona for tha Malcourts to go to tha devil; but I fancy we II arrive on time. What a reunion I X hate the Idea of family parties, even In hell! In other words, Malcourt was blase, of the- opinion that by close intermarriage and dissipation, that the old Knickerbock er family to which he belonged had "run to seed." Privately he, really loved Shiela but didn't show It and had no re proach to offer because she was les to him. He said to her: Once out of mistaken motives I gave you II I had to give my name. It Is not much of a name, but I thought you could use It. I was even fool enough to think- other things. And. as usual, I succeeded in Injuring where I meant only kindness. Bhlela. now and then there's a streak ot misguided decency in me. It cropped out that Winter day when I married you. And I suppose it's cropping up now when I ask you, for your own sake, to get . rid of me and give yourself a chance. Shiela said "No," because she did not wish to cause any unhappiness to her adopted parents, and fought off divorce because of this reason and fear of pub licity. At this stage the New York end the best writing in the book occurs in describing the love-emotion of Shiela and Hamil. Now here is where I part company from Mr. Chambers, because he dodges the Is sue. He Is clearly afraid of his public. He makes Miss Cardross or rather Mrs. Malcourt and Hamil love each other, but opposes divorce as being "wicked" by making Hamil strong enough to resist the temptation of an appeal to law to secure the girl s freedom. Nothing so common. Shiela ultimately confesses the truth to her parents, and the fact that she and Malcourt are married is announced, and they live together. Last year's panic Is described. But at this point. I suspect that young Mr. Malcourt is going to conveniently die, before long. That is the-Chambers-way nut. Malcourt kills himself with a pistol. iiis memory Is blessed. Wedding bells ahead. Mr. Chambers, some day the iron will enter Into your soul, and you'll get the courage of your convictions. Then you'll dodge no more, with creatures of flesh and blood! Linooln. the Man of Sorrow. By EugAne v. cnann. fx aent. Lincoln Temper ance Press, Chicago, III. Mr. Chafln Is in the limelight Just now from the fact thtft he Is the Prohibition candidate for President of the United States, and his publishers have seized the opportunity to issue the address on Pres ident Lincoln, which it now appears. Mr. Chafln delivered in Philadelphia, Pa., 18 months ago. In many respects, the estimate given of our lirst martyred President is a remark able one, because of its candor and blunt neas. It will live. In style the story la wandering, yet gosatpy, and several repe titions are noticed. Mrs. Lincoln is described with severity, and It Is shown that Lincoln really loved Miss Ann Rutledge, who afterward died. and that he was dragooned, or persuaded against his' better Judgment, to marry Aliss Mary Todd. "The Days when Lincoln coursed Mil Todd were among the most unhappy of his life except after he got her," says this candid biographer. "There is only one state in the Nation where you can arrest a woman for being a common scold. That le New Jersey, and it was a good thing she (Mrs. Lincoln) did not live there. . . . Lincoln a married life was not a congenial one from the beginning to the end. No happiness could come to him from any source. . . . No . one could ever have stood Secretary Stanton three years who had not been taught pa tience by living with Mrs. Lincoln 20 years." Although marked for sorrow. It Is shown that Lincoln was a real hero, and came to his death while yet bearing the burden. n a public place, with the enactment of the greatest tragedy since the crucifixion. Mr.. Chafin also thinks that In no respect did the life of Lincoln more resemble that of our 'Savior than In his last days. The book also contains what is asserted to be the only correct report of Mr. Lin coln's temperance address, delivered at Springfield, 111., In 1843; President Lin coln's two inaugural addresses; his proc lamation of January 1, 18S3. and the his toric Gettysburg address. In speaking of the latter, a foot note says that it is the standard and authentic text made four days after its delivery, to be placed with records of the Gettysburg Cemetery As sociation. Yet, the proofreading of thte address, on page 97, Is careless. On the fifth line "dedicated" Is spelled as dedicated." Hawaiian Idylls of Love and Death. By Rev. Herbert H. Gowen. Price, 1. Coch rane Publishing Company, New York City. Marked by fine sentiment and poetio beauty these clever stories In prose of life In Hawaii over 100 years ago, when the great Kamehameha was King, are much above the ordinary in literary merit and can be read with profit and enjoyment. They specially appeal to readers who cling to the beauties of Imagination. Rev. Mr. Gowen is an Englishman, and passed both Oxford and Cambridge for holy orders. In 188S he was sent for the benefit of his health to Hono lulu, where he was ordained In tha Episcopal Church, and gradually ab sorbed the superstition and legend with which the Islands are surrounded. In 1896 he went to Seattle, Wash. This is his sixth book, and he has become favorably known for his ability as a linguist. Kamehameha theGreat, better, known as the Napoleon of the Pacific, was born about the year 173 6, achieved the unification of the Hawaiian Islands In 1795 and died In 1819. He was both a great hero, statesman and warrior In fact, so great that when he died there was no Hawaiian ready to take up his work and carry It on. As Mr. Gowen says of Kamehameha: Of bis race there was none like him. there has been none like him since. In all that shadowy time frpm the dawn of Ha waiian history to the establishment of in tercourse with the western world, the time of heroes eight or nine feet high, who wielded spears ten yards long; heroes who fought wtth gods and received aid from gods, as the Greek warriors at Troy from Minerva and Apollo heroes like Klha of the magic couch, like Lltoa and Umi and Ixmo, there waa none who accomplished J what Kamehameha did by the patient toll and dauntless courage of forty years. The 11 stories are of the old, almost forgotten Hawaii of this great, savage King, and his spirit dominates. A new field of short-story writing opens, the titles of the stories being: The Poison Goddess of Molokai. The Story of the Klha-Pu. Tha Splintered Paddle. , The Slandered Priest of Oahu. Keala. Pele Declares for Kamehameha. The City of Refuge. Sweet Leilehua. The Spouting Cave of (LanaL Lono'a Last Martyr. Keova, Story of Kalawao. Dont's. By Minna Thomas Antrim. Price. 50 cents. Henry Altemus Company, Phil adelphia, Pa. Serio-comic advice to bachelors and old maids, with plenty of grains of sense In the- presentation as to one s behavior In society and general con duct In life. The devotee who memo rizes these social lessons will be a walking encyclopedia of manners and able to relate bon-mots. Two selections: Don't ask a woman to marry you until you have done three tntngs oecoma ac- aualnted with her family, seen her in trying situation, and had your life insured. Let no ordinary man try to outwit clever woman. She has Satan quaking for bla laurela. Good Chiaenshlp. By Julia Richman and Isabel Richman Wallach. American book. Company. New York City. I never before came across such Valuable little book of civics, intended to instruct children of the lower grades at school, particularly "fourth-year children." The book ought also to In terest the members of Juvenile clubs, and the lessons given answer Just such questions as puzzle most youngsters. The workings of the fire, police and health departments are explained, along with a clear exposition or prevention work when disease begins to spread In a city. The Illustrations are good. Fads or Faarles. By Rayon. Price. 75 cents. M. S. Publishing Company, Chicago. A little book which makes an appeal for faith healing healing without the use of drugs. Psychic research, Franz Schlader, Dowle, Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy and others are discussed. The author's chief aim. It appears, is to prove that the spirlt-self, released from the body, can be made to -serve as a useful factor In the worlds work. J. II. QUENTIN. IN LIBRARY AND WORKSHOP. If all the novels In the world were placed l one gigantic pile, and you had your i chance to keep for ever one novel of that collection, what would that novel be .' Richard Mansfield's biography has been prepared by his friend and secretary for many years, Paul Wilstach. Parts of one are published in the current number of Scrlb- ner'i Magazine, and It begins with an ac count of Mansfield's apprenticeship. The "First Folio" Shakespeare, published In separate volume form by Thomas Y. Crowell Co., will be one-half completed this month by tha addition of three new plays, "Tha Two Gentlemen of Verona. "The Taming of the Shrew" and "The Trag- edle of Corlolanus." The 100th anniversary of Tennyson's birth August 6. 1809 Is to be celebrated at Haslemere next July by the reproduction of some of the scenes from the "Idylls of tha King." parts of which were written at Aldworth. Haslemere, where the poet lived for rnaiiy years and where he died. Georga W. Cable Is reading the final proofs of a novel written by him which Charles Scrlbner's Sons will publish in few days, the title being "Kincaid's Bat tery." In time it covers the whole period of the Civil War, and the scene Is mainly New Orleans and the region comprised within that city a line of defense. Jerome K. Jerome has taken to preach lng. A few Sundays ago he delivered a sermon from the pulpit at Whitfield's taber nacle "a Nonconformist" church in Totten ham Court road, London nd you would never have suspected him of having written line of humor in his life. Tha author of "Three Men In a Boat" spoke on the subject of human selfishness. Tha reminiscences of the Duke of Argyle have Just been published in this country under the title "Passages From the past. The author, at that time tha Marquis ot Lome, was one of the most popular gover nors-general of Canada, and In the course of his career has come Into mora or less In tlmate Contact with the public men of his day, both in thla country and in Europe. "In the Open" is the title of a volume of nature essays by Stanton Davis Kirkham, announced for early Fall publication by Paul Elder & Co. Mr. Kirkham is a sclen tlst and trained observer, and his essays will offer an Intimate study of the habits of birds, insects and animals and the va rious expression of nature. The volume is to ba Illustrated with a frontispiece in color after a painting by Louis Agassis Fuertes, and with a series of photographs by Rudolf Eickemeyer. a Coulson Kernahan. about 50 years old, and a well-known English writer of books, has caught tha military fever and haa Joined the British new territorial army. xne formation of the new British forces is one of the burning questions of the hour In England, and Kernahan a experiences set forth In his book. "An Author in the Territorials." have the advantage of appear ing when the sublort Is new. Lord Roberts has wrlttan an introduction, and the volume is kindly received. This coming Autumn season will see three plays which have been dramatized rrom popular novels, appearing In New York practically at the same time. They are 'Pierre of tna riains.' oy sir Gilbert Par ker; "Tha Awakening of Helena Richie." by Margaret Deland. and "Sir Richard Es- combe." by Max Pemberton. The first was written a number of years ago, the second was an uncommon success of a few seasons back, and tha third had practically Just come from the Harper press when Mr. Hackett announced Its coming production a few weeks ago. " Israel Zangwlll has boldly come out in defense ot the English suffragettes. Dur ing tha recent great suffragette demonstra tion ha drove through the streets of London on the front seat of a four-horse coach. Ha was recognised nearly everywhere, and the crowd yelled "Zangwlll" aa he went b. The author never smiled throughout the hole performance, 'and sustained tha. reputation he has. won for having the 'solemnest face' In England. Zangwlll Is devoting a large portion of his time, also, to speaking on the question oi the great "Zionist" movement. I wish that writers of histories,! and fighting novels for the ensuing season. would kindly take tha hint not to Imagine that their heroes are sword-and-bullet-proof from the attacks of their enemies. Too many of these awagger heroes each kill nine or one dosen ruffians, without re ceiving a scratch in return. The stories ought to be mora realistic. Nobody, of course wants the hero, minus an arm or a leg, to eventually hobble aa a true, battle scarred warrior, Into the sacred presence ot the hertlne. But, let him show, physically, that he has been In tha fray. Heroes who win all the time and who wear invisible Chain-mall, are apt to be tiresome. Tha manuscript of his volume of sonnets. "The Wounded Eros." having been com pleted by Charles Gibson, the Riverside Press is preparing to issue It. about ths first of October. In a limited edition of signed and numbered copies. It will be bound uniform with Mr. Gibson's "The 6plrlt ot Love and Other Poems," published in 1006. and It will have for introduction a critical essay by William Stanley Bralth walte. In his flrst volume Mr. Gibson In cluded several sonnets, both In the Shakes perean and tha varying Italian forms. The present series adheres strictly to the pre scribed forms of the Italian sonnet, the va riations In the sextet being tha only ones which ha has allowed himself. Richard Harding Davis has begun on bis new Job of keeping clean the streets of Marlon, Mass., says the N. Y. Tlmea Di rected by tha novelist and cheered by the residents, three small boys and a push cart appeared on the atreeta the other day. Tha push cart Is unusual. Marlon never saw its like, and says that Mr. Davis Is a Judge of push carta Boys, push cart and Davis are the department. The novelist bosses, while the boys carry window shade rollers, with a sharply filed screw In one end, which they stick into windstrewn paper. Mr. Davis takes his appointment seriously as the director of the street 'cleaning department. "Davis is all right. He likes Marlon and Uarion. likes him. 1 wish we bad more like him." said a storekeeper. "He and Mrs. Webb Dexter offered to share the cost of cleaning the streets and keeping them clean at the Imi-'rovement Association meeting the other night, and' the members elected him to take charge and carry out his own Ideas on how it ought to be done. ' He's begin ning right. I'll say that for him. He's hired the boys and will pay them $8 a month for one month, and the next month Mrs. Dex ter will settle with 'em." Several prominent members of the British Parliament have recently "broken out" Into writing. Now comes Hilalre Belloc. M. P.. In a story entitled "Mr.' Clutterbuck's Elec tion." In the novel: he makes a alashlng at tack on the subject of the sale of titles In England, especially when these titles are given as a reward for political service. In England, according to Mr. Belloc speaking, of course, through the personality he has created In "Mr. Clutterbuck" anyone can become a "Lord" If he toadies sufficiently and places at the disposal of his party his financial and other resources. It ns also stated that the big newspaper proprietors in England have been "rewarded" with titlea for using their newspapers as party organs. Maude Radford WaTren's new novel, "The Land of the Living." being distinctly Irish in spirit or rather, perhaps. Irish-Ameri can, since it Is a romance of Irish charac ters in Chicago the author Is of course suspected to be Irish. "My people have been both Irish and English of the land holder class and army officers." says Mrs. Warren, in answer to this question. "My grandfather and great-grandfather were army captains. If you go back far enough you find a Radford who came over under Cromwell to put down a rebellion and got for his trouble several castles and thou sands bf rich Irish acres. His great-uncle, by the way. was Sir Walter Raleigh. As for myself, I am Irish In descent only, hav ing been born on one of tha Thousand Islands." . Rex Beach har recently been a subject of alarm to his friends by reason of reports that ha was in danger of losing his sight the result of a shooting accident In Alaska. The reports were exaggerated. For a fortnight the author has been under hos pital treatment In Seattle, Wash., where the physicians have announced that the affec tion of the eyes Is purely local, and that no permanent injury will result. The acci dent, however, has delayed the return ot Mr. Beach from an adventurous and ac counts say successful hunting trip among the ice-peaks of Alaska. When ne does get back to civilization It win be to find himself very much a "pest seller, - witn 'The Barrier" quoted the favorite novel In most of the big cities, and repeatedly an nounced by the Harpers for reprinting. It is indeed a remarkable and deplorable -fact that our best novelists of today con cern themselves almost exclusively with the King Edward's CONTINUED FROM PAGE TWO wife have traveled all over, the island In an effort to encourage the development of Its .resources and Industries. As in the case of most of the other important Vice Regents, Northcote's wife has been a great help to him. She was the leader in the movement to get Australian wo men to patronize home dressmaking, to the exclusion of London and Paris shops. Another of her hobbies has been her propaganda In behalf of native jewels. and she planned and carried .througn alone to a successful climax a woman's exhibition that appreciably increased the output of various native industries. Prior to going to Australia. Lord .Norm- cote was Governor of Bombay. He has been absent from home for nearly a dec ade, and the Earl of Dudley waa sent out to relieve him, as he longed to see ting- land once more. Australia has developed Northc.ote in one thing, if none other. When In parliament he very rarely opened his mouth In speech. As Governor-uen- eral he was forced to speak frequently, and as a result has become a very fair off-hand talker, with somewhat of a rep utation for saying humorous things at the psychological moment. Lord William Lee PluiiKet, uovernor oi New Zealand, and an active entertainer of our fleet when it was In Auckland harbor recently. Is another of the em pire's Vice-Regents who has aervea as private secretary. This post he held to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland Just prior to his appointment to the New Zealand honor, and so he comes in the rather long list -of British Proconsuls of the present day who have received at least a part of their training in governing in the Em erald Isle. Plunket is only , and among the youngest of the colonial representa tives of the throne. Lord Cromer's successor in JiJgypt, oir Eldor Gorst, began his diplomatic career in- Egypt as an attache when he was 28 years old. Excepting only his immediate successor, he is the world's best posted authority on Egypt and Its divers prob lems an d this intricate knowledge he has obtained by working himself up step by step In the Egyptian service. "Johnnie" Gorst, as he is familiarly known in the land of the Pharoahs, was Cromer's right honrt man for vears. and because a Lib eral government could find no one in its party skilled enough to handle Egyptian affairs. It perforce gave Cromer's position to Gorst, a thorough Conservative in sen timent and in dees. Physically, Gorst looks more like a shrewd Yankee than a eon of Britannia. Unlike most of the British proconsuis. Tohtmle" Gorst cannot boast or posureo- lng a diplomatic helpmeet. The daughter nr 9 former nartncr of Cecil Rhodes, she brought a fortune to her husband, but the advantages derived from xnis imvc utr,. ,,,nrhianrpi1 in large part by Lady Gorst's delight in commenting wittily and sharply on persons and things. hich does not go in Kgypt any mora i. i" lese ancient quarters of the globe. sic chMnev niivled. who succeeaea awci- tenham of earthquake notoriety in Jamai ca got Into the colonial servic over a quarter of a century ago by heading tne open competition for entrance, tie nas .een a let nf service In this country. where he is extremely popular, and in the West Indies. He writes. But evidently doea not take his literary work seriously. for he declares that his recreations are normal forms of loating ana oiieum.io- ism." In Sir William MacBregor or New foundland the Empire has a proconsul hn hu hia a-old medal for saving life at sea. He also has the distinction of hav- ine- nrnclaimed British sovereignty over rather large, though still considerably un explored possession of the crown, British vw nninea. Sir William's specialty is governing Islands, at various periods of M iif having been In charge of quite a few of Britain's Pacific possessions before being transferred to the Atlantic. The Earl of Selborne. wno is seeping an anxious eye on Britain's interests in South Africa, where he is known as High Commissioner, is the same chap who sev eral years ago stirred up the old fossils In the Admiralty by co-ordinating the dif ferent branches of the service, so that an officer of the British navy Is able to sail a ship, fight a ship and run its mechan ism. He sidetracked the figurehead ad mirals, hastened promotions and other wise turned the Admiralty upside down in reforming it. When he was made First Lord of the Admiralty by Salisbury, his father-in-law. a great many people de clared it another case of rank nepotism, especially as the Cabinet already con tained three Salisbury relatives. But when Selborne began putting the navy on a fighting basis the sneering ceased, and ince then he has been recognized as one of the Empire's best executive statesmen. The post he now fills calls for all the tact that he has at his command, and tact has been one of his marked possessions. To be sent to South Africa these days means to be given the hardest post In the gift of the Colonial Office. So far Sel borne seems to have pleased all classes fairly well, being ably assisted In this del icate, task by his wife, whose political ability, Inherited from her father, has been of Immense use to her husband since he began the direction of South African affairs. Friends of the family say that while the Earl furntehes the hard com mon sense and the humor that should be put Into every situation in order to ease it, the Countess contributes the gift of Insight to a remarkable degree, being aa 1 so-called "sex problem." There Is a sug-; gestlon of decsdence about It all, which. If It is a reflection of the spirit of the times, bodes ill for the future, says the Indian-, spoils News. It Is hardly possible Bowl days to pick up a work of fiction from the ' pen of either a well-known, experienced and successful author or from a young writer; struggling for prominence that has not In It, more or less obvious, chsracters, Incl dents and atmosphere, which, to say the least, are degenerate. Lofty things are not written of apparently they do not supply "good material." On the contrary, novels, good, bad snd indifferent, are reeking with studies of things debased and debasing. Violations of the simplest and plainest moral laws are made the subject of deep , analysis, and generally under cover of the excuse that by thus giving prominence to the violations similar Infractions are dls- . couraged. the authors seek to Justify their work. The truth Is. however, that a recital ot the sordid matter which forms the basis of most of the novels does not hav this effect. If It does serve as a warning which is doubtful It serves also to Incite morbidness which Is in Itself dangerous Young women, especially, whose view of life perforce is somewhat restricted, absorb from the pages of such novels a subtle poison. It ; affects their normal, healthy view of men , and women by making a problem of some thing that is not a problem, unless nature 1 Itself is a problem. The names of Agnes and Egerton Castle are so familiar to readers of English ro mantic fiction that tha wife's co-operation In the literary work of her husband must be no ordinary effort, writes a Ixndon cor respondent. Indeed, it is said that most of the dialogue is due to her psn. She comes from an old country family named Sweet man, and first became Interested In Mr. Castle through his experience as a fencer. Another author's wife who belongs to an old country family is Jean Leckie. of Glebe house, Blackheath. w hom Sir Arthur Conan Doyle married in X!M)7. The scenes of - The Hound of the Baskervllles" are laid around Blackheath. and It was at Glebe house that most of the book was written. Thomas Hardy's wife Is a niece of Archdeacon Gil ford, and when the author of "Tess of the d'Urbervilles" married her in 1874, she had already shown some taste for literary crea tion, having published a volume of poems. It so happens that at least two British authors have New York wives. Anthony Hope, who married Elisabeth Sheldon, daughter of Charles II. Sheldon. In 1003. and Sir Gilbert Parker. Lady Parker was Amy Van Tine, tha daughter of Ashley Van Tine. Both Hall Cain and Mox Pemberton married about tha same time, 25 years ago the latter Alice Tussaud. daughter of the late Joseph Tussaud. Mrs. Calna Is a sweet, soft voiced, frail little woman, but a wife who accomplishes wonders, both as housewife at their home on the Isle of Man and as secre tary when the author of "The Eternal City" goes abroad. She always accompanies him on his travels. Vice Regents exceedingly clever reader of the signifi cance of passing events. In Earl Grey "Bertie" Grey, as he Is called by his Intimates King Edward has In Canada a representative who Is at once full of hobbies and common sense, one of his brainiest proconsuls and a man who is popular not only in the dominion, but in the United States as well. The Earl gained his popularity in this country hy returning to us two years ago a painting of Franklin that the first Earl Grey, when he was a general In the Revolution, became, possessed of when he was quar tered Jn Franklin's house in Philadelphia at the time of the British occupancy of that city. Still later the Governor-General Increased this popularity considerably by having Secretary of State Root as his personal guest at the Government House In Ottawa. One of the Earl's numerous hobbies that has an American twist Is his apparently Insatiable craving to Invest In tunnel projects in and around New York. He has placed a lot of money In such scheme, getting out of them nothing like what he has put In. Another of his hobbles Is tem perance. Several years ago he organized a company for the establishment of mu nicipal saloons, his Idea being to make liquor selling profitless and to substitute for strong beverages the recognized soft ones tea, coffee, milk. etc. The scheme, however, did not work out to a successful Issue. As an advocate of National pres ervation of natural resources he Is every bit as enthusiastic as President Roosevelt himself, and one night, when he got to talking on this head with Gifford Plnchot. at the head of our forest bureau, the Earl forgot to go to bed. Another sub ject which gets a lot of his attention Is the world-wide fight now being made to eradicate tuberculosis. He has contrib uted quite liberally to this movement. When the Earl, on the death of his uncle, came into his title and estates, lie was lost in the Jungles of Mashonaland. and it was some time after he became Earl that the news was broken to him. In his younger days he was fond of traveling, and Africa wa. the scene of most of his excursions. There, too. he filled several important governmental posts, was mixed up in the famous Jame son raid and afterward helped to put down the Metabele rebellion. In brief, he got his training at governing In Africa when Rhodes, the natives and the Boers were making It uncomfortable for one another at every possible opportunity. An interesting fact in connection with the Earl is that hl family has been ex ceedingly close to the throne practically from the beginning of the Victorian era. The Earl's father. General Charles Grey, conducted the prince consort to England from his Coburg home when he came to make Victoria his bride. Afterward the General was the young Queen's private secretary, and when the present King visited America General Grey came with him. The Earl himself was born in St. James' Talace (his father was then the Queen's private secretary), an unusual distinction for one not of royal blood, and at his baptism Prince Consort and Queen were his sponsors. The Earl has long been on intimate terms with King Ed ward, and his position before the throne was greatly strengthened during the Boer war, when the Countess fitted out a hospital ship and sent It to South Af rica, thereby winning the gratefulness of Queen Alexandra In particular snd of tho English nation generally. The Countess, by the way. Is not of noble descent, but her brother owns Dorrhester House, which Is distinction sufficient for any right-minded man In the ."right little, ' tight little island." (Copyright, 1908. by the Associated Lit erary Press.) Nature's Hired Maa. DlgKln' in tha earth Helpln' things to grow, Fooiln' with a rske. Kllrtln' with a hoe. Waterln' tha plants. Pullln' up the weeds, Gstherln' the stones. Puttln' in the seeds. On your face an' hands ruin' up' a tan; Thai's tha Job for me Natura's hired man. Wages best of a 11. Better far than wealth. Paid in good fresh air. And a lot o' health. Never any chance Of your gettin' fired. And when night comes on Knowln' why you're tired. q Nature's hired man That's the-Job for me. With the birds and flowers For society. Let the other feller For the dollar scratch I am quite contented In tha garden patch! John Kendrlck Bangs, in the New York Sun. The Kind Gardener. Chicago Record-Herald. "Willie's digging out the lettuce. Bessie's pulling up the peas!" "Precious darlings! Let 'em go It. Anything, you know, to please." "Johnny's crushing the tomalofa. Flossie's spoiling all you've dona!" Well, no matter, .let m go It, If they're having any fuo."
