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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.
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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
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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."