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£ 5 PO THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1897 STORY OF SEPOY MUTINY. ON THE FACE 1S—By Flora " Arnie pany. New tlilam Doxey, to this 1t is both accurate ac- rincipal in- ons who n character having op- tors on both t histori- ased on prising. and eading it on st absorb d She b dste, tue weather, &3 t 1 sctors in duces into t g which § the reports of eye-w elr own wr The rush of t s abandon grea those who are . The palace of the & few short ey began to ere we made to see and e aw 0 obey an order pected to understand om a European point of view is brought.out in & Way 50 £troug as to serve for & lesson for al] tyranny. Mrs. Steel the Sepoys that gense of outrage an gless o) pres: e silent and sullen ranksof nitherto 4 fairly pressed into their e waiching and listen- ackles on rms whose sole offense was the refusal to submit to radation. Thec et that was E g onin s of man f ose dark men betwee: love for their officers und the'ineradicabl r race is por- trayed & way to rouse o mpathies for ful dilemma forced upon the Sepoys. e representatives of & great, enlig Christian nation should have left ened cen two evils is one of the es modern history ripe for rebellion Mrs. Steel's s he sctusl outbreak of that mur- some teunting words that feil ovs lips. A troopof native cavalry inf through the haunts of dissipa- in the town of Meerut. A young and dis- e soldier had his advances met by the g reply of girl: “We of the bazaar kiss 1 passion he left ng into the street raised the cry to rescue their Sepoy comrades from the jail. The cry was quickly responded ory o0 and th The next ery ratsed reat revolt follow ords as if some great prophet or cb in nad given the command to march and fight. *The wora had n. Nothing so very soulstirring sfter all. No consideration of caste or re- i otism or smbition. Only a taunt from & pair of painted lips.” In the fiction part of the story there isa Major E al, aishonorsble, vuworthy of & pure woman’s love. His wife, Kate Erlion, is refined, religious, noble-minded. Bhe does not love her busband, but lives with him and tries to save him from publicd honor for the sake of their son. Eriton falls in love with Mrs. Gissing, who has a husband, ndifferent to his wife's doings, and unserupulous commercia! pursults. has troops of admirers ana goes in fora time. Eriton’s attentions to her becoms open scandal. He plans torun away with ce Gissing. While he is pondering the 1 of deserting his wife this thought briugs decision: “I will stick to little Allje, ho never makes a mean feel like a foolora " .The elopement is prevented by the udden death of Alice Gissing while perform- z en act of daring heroism. Some of the fine work of the author is done in gradusily bringing out many contrasting pointsin the cheracter of these two women, who had oppor- tunfties to save aud spofl the same msn. We sre compelled to recognize that Kets Erlton, all her virtues, has serious faults, and that with all ber faults, has the ad- mirable virtues of generosity, unselfishness, coursge and much common sense. Toward the end Kate E-lton begins to pon- der over thequery why she had failed to make her husband a better man, when the fact was plain thet Alice Gissing had accomplished coarse, into villains and saints. sde to display s of the stege of Th the book of the platonic loveo ian Prince for a Dative wo eb W e author says is fo widow wh icoss is & v aga Prince i recklessly his fascing- tion fc ongly. One hints that her low er weak. He light! love of o cox It has some in so work has ensate for velous ey wander iy about the es. ¥s went to sea about of his mrade an m commemor t contained a pictur Agout Paysical Leboratory, University of Chicago, asd will Lereafter be used as & textbook on tne subject of electricity in that titution. The article 18 fllustrated by over 100 engravings and disgrams, prepar-d by the suthor ia his laborstory at the university. In sddition there are specially signed srti- cles from the pens of Professor Fred Lewls Pattee, on “Canadian Li ; on f man E. Cocley of the United Waterways Clubs,” by Com Ellen M Federation of Defenses of the sion; on Heurotin, v son A. Mi nited States,” by Ho: nau; on “Congress and the Lej ative Power of the United S:ates,” Ho! ed Reed; on “Educatfon in the ited States,"jvy B. A. Hinsdele, Pb.D., LL.D. University of chigan; *Canada,” b cer Adam, etc. volume is embellishea by over 1 ions of State , capitol build college and uciversity buildings, port {ete. This volume, like its predecessor, is | bandsomely printed end bound in a substan- tial manner, and makes & most valuable ad tion to any ry, whether used in co on with tt slopedia Britannica prover depe: as all articles it treats of are c- dentl: Hurper & Brothe's, New sale by A. M. Robertson, Pest 8:reer, Cliy. | The 1iterary celebrities who have lived in | Florence make that city an interesting spot to | all lovers of letters. Laurence Hutton’s litt'e b contains chat about the famous authors o have dwelt there aud the houses in which they lived. He claims that the book MRS. FLORA of distant ri York he lea d that the grandmoth who were b ain on it ace Mexico, and he founa that both the en mortally shot on the night that ard the rifle repor voice saying “Aenu hours and buried them r boy was put in his grave 3 on his breast. They dug up the The Agnus Dei was gone. y lost this Agnus Def, end many years after, wh ving here in San Francisco, it was teriously returned to him through the in: mentality of a hypnotized subjec appendix is another marvelous story of how Mr. Bates recognizsd a criminal as a re dreaming of his face body. Hi subsequently us ARTIST AND ARTLESS MAID. LYING PROPHETS— Fenelou Colller, New ork. Paper, 25 cen Joan, the heroine of this story, is & pleasant, simpie-minde: The aruist per- suades her to give him numerous sittings for a picture he is painting £nd then takes ad- vantage of her innocence to teach Le:, from what seem to her a standpoint of superior wis- dom, that nature had mede this artist and meid especially for each other in spite of the fact that Joan had a irusting lover awsy on an ocean voyage. Oueof the iying prophets re- ferred to Dy the title is the sriists teaching with regard to nature. Josn’s uncle tells her: *'Tis like man did take plain nature for God, o talk foolishuess "bout finding him in the scent of flowers, the hum of bees an’ sich like. May- hap Nature’s a gude working God fo- a seifish man, but she edn wan for & maid, as you knaws by now.” The other Iying prohet is tae girl’s father, who is a religious fanatic: +His God do everlastingly sit slongside hell- mouth n’ leugh to see all the world a-walk in. Theer's enother pichsher of God for’ but mark this, gal, they be lylog prophets both.” y Eden Phil'potts. Peter his: Your did The book contains one amusing but terrible | indiciment sgainst fate. it Is charged that fate is a coward because it hits a hungry m below the belt. BRITANNICA’S SUPPLEMENT The second volume of the New American Supplement to Eacyclopedia Britannica, of ch five volumes are to be issued by the Werner Company, publishers, New Yor cago and Akron, Oho, has been received. It fulfiils 1n an ample manner the promise of the publishers in recently sending out the first | volume—namely, that she work as it pro- gressed wonid demonstrate the thoroughness of the undertaking in all departments of learn- ing, and that whea finished it wouid comprise a reference-book which wou'd make the ninth &nd last edition of the Encyclopedia Brita nica virtualiy a tenth edition. In the voiume jast received, covering the slphabet from CA 1o FOR, there are a number of articles treating of imporiant topics by spe- cialists, the most notable of them relating to «“Electricity.” This contribution comprises forty pages, and 13 in itself a complete, ai- | though condensed, textbook on tie subjec andsome, Chi- | ANNIE STEEL. h information which does mot exis and that he has cleared upa num- poinisabout Dante and Boc- ich Dante lived, he as been so moderniz d as scurcely to ¢ interest. There are & number of us in the book of places made ve fateresting by their association with famous people, and one of Savonarola’s cell snows the quarters of the austere monk to have been very picturssque, with its arched door and T00! lated floor and artistically barred ow. Hesatinan antique Grecian chalr, a crucifix adorned his desk. The two as in which the gay ladies and gallants t to tell the famous and frolicsome tales of e Boceaceio’s “Decameron’” are located and de- scribed. The room which George Eliot once occupied in Florence was later used by Thomas Hardy, and the author imagines the ts of Romola acd Tess meeting there. There is & plcture o the Villa Landor in which Walter Savage Landor livea alone till ade made bim truly savage. Out of onme | of the dining-room windows of this villa he once threw his cook. He regretted this deed everafter, because, he said, it spoilea & fine tulip bed of which he was very fond. house where G aiileo dweltis shown, and the Casa Guido windows made famous by Mrs. Browning. Her tomb in that city is very beau. tiful. Of the Casa Belle, where Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote some of his famous fiction, | told that it has a summer-house in its n—~a spot in which above all others one THE MARCH MAGAZINES. The Century. | The Century for March is an “insuguration | number,” and is one of & series of special | issues which will make the present year of that magazine of more than ordinary interest to its readers. The Century was never more popular then at present. Its January and February numbers went out of priut withina week of 1ssue, and its two leading serfals, “Campagning With Grant,” by General Horac: Porter, and “Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker,” Dr. Weir Mite novel of the | American Revolution, are attracting wide- spread interest. Dr. Mitcheli's story, the scene of which 1s 12id in Philudelphia, has doubied the sale of the magaziue in that city. This in- suguration number contains several articles which will have a special interest to Ameri- cans at this time. One, *Our Fellow-Citizen of the White House,” by C. C. Buel, describes the official life of a President, and is ilius- trated by Jay Hambridge and others. Three frontispiece portraits are given with the num- | ber—iwo of President-elect McKiniey and one of President Cleveland at his desk—ail of | them made from photographs specially taken | n for the Century. J. B. Bishop contributes | article on “Insuguration Scemes and Inc dents.” with stories and pictures reiating to | some famoas 1naugurations of the past. The | Librarian of Congress describes the splendid building just completed for the National Li- brary, and Wiiliam A. Coffin, the art critie, | writes of its decorations. These articles on | | the new library, with the twenty-six iilustr | tions accompanying them, form the most com- | plete account of the subject yet printed. It is | noted in an editorial on ““A Good Example in Government Building” that the library build- ing wes completed within the time limit-and st a saving of §140,000 on the total appropri- | stion. The great municipal butlding in Phila- | delphia cost $1 60 per cubic foot, while this has cost but 63 cents & cubic foot including | decorations, Captain Alfred T. Mahan writes | of Nelson’s moest famous battle, Trafalgar, and among the illustrations is one showing the ar- rangement of the signal fiags, speiliug out the sentence “England expecis eyery man wiil do sugh &0 improvement in him. Mrs Steel 1s | It is from the pen of & W, Stratlon, P.D, of | hisduty.” Auolder LIUsization ig i engway- Women's | 50 | The | ing by Timothy Cole of Turner’s great picture | “The Oid Temeraire.” | Harper’s. Harper's Magazine for the month of March | will open with a siguiticant and timely paper, “Preparedness for Wer,” by Captain A. T. Mehan, U. 8. N., who will show how our con- | sistent eaforcement of the Monroe doctrine | involves grester probability of conflict with | European powers, and will outline a scheme | for defense by sea. In ' the second paper of tne series entitled *“The Awakening of a Nation,” Charles F. Lummis will de- scribe the religious. charitable and political | ins:itutions of Mexico, which not only were | the first, but are amomg the most highly developed in the American hemisphere. The illustrations will portray the magnificent | public works of the City of Mexico, and the monuments of art and architec | ture which meke it the handsomest capi- tal in America. “Astronomical Progress of the the second of a series of amply illustrated papers on the modern contribu | tions to science, by Dr. Heury Smita Williams, will trace the development of the latest theory of the universe, unfolding a scientific | sctuality more stupendous in its reaches of | imagination than the cosmography of the ~*Divine Comedy” or *‘Paradise Lost.” George du Maurfer's | autobiogr he Martian” will be even more hic than usual, many of the events | occurring just as they happened to Du | Maurier. Tne feature of the installment is the intervention of the inhabitant of Mars, from whom the novel takes its name. The illustra- tions represent Du_Maurier's work at ita best. In “The Lasi of & Great Black Nation™ Poult- ney Bigelow will describe the English rule in Basutoland, and will detail the arts of oppor- | tuoism by which Moshesh, the national hero of | the Basutos, earned the title of the “Bismarek | of South Africa.” The paper will be spleadidly illustrated by R. Caton Woodville. In “The | Decadence of the New Eugiand Deep-sea Fish- eries” Josepn Wiill m Collins will record the | development of canning and ice-packing in | America, and will show how they have | affected the most picturesque and venture- some of our industries. The article will be tully fllusirated by Cariton T. Chspman. St. Nicholas. Considering its size, St. Nicholas seems to | hold the most of avy of the magazives. Here, | for instance, is the Mareh number—not too | | bulky to go comfortably into the pocket of the | | overcoat of sa: and girls—and | yet it finds room for six serials in addition to 211 1ts wealth of minor fesiures and its two de- The serials, too, sre worth while, nee H on's account of the life A Boy I Knew,” that 1s, of himself in New York City duriog the time of the Volun- | teer Fire Department; and that remarkable | the Rebellion, toid by | artist, author and soldier; | yiark” by the delightt “Jack Bennett of Chilicothe”; and Baslor's sketch of the spotled chila * | Barrow”; and Nosh Brooks' retel of Marco Polo's adventures; while “June’s | Garden.” by Marion Hil, isa deiight to chil- dren whose cheeks can dimple over fun, or | whose eyes can fill with delicious tears when | the Berotne is at ber wit's end. But, if you | don’t read serials there is still enough to sat- isfy you. Being the March number, in a Prest- | dential year, there is an excellent account of the inauguration ceremonfes, from the ride to the Capitol to the grand ball atnight. And besides there i3 a “Century of Presidents”; s set of {nteresting prize-questions about United | States history; & Western story, “Jed’s Wind- | mill,” showing how & child’s toy saved three lives, and Miss Kate Sweeicer's lively story called “Teddy Balrd's Luck”—about how a | policemen arrested Teady for scorcaing, and | thereby assisted in the escape of the burglars. | Mr. Relyes iilustrates this. For practical arti- | cles it offers Charles R. Thurston's “Harbor De- | fenses,” showing what 8 warm reception the American Eagls will soon offer any of his | friends the enemy who may desire to try tar. | get-practice against the Brookiyn bridge. Or itshows you what Gustay Kobbe hasto say sbout “Queer Craft”"—and queer enough they are—especially the Portuguese fishing-boat. After seeing this Crait, we are not surprised to | learn that to the “tarry satlor man” all queer | craft are “Poriugee.” Then, too, mal Tracks in the Snow,” as described by Mr. Hos- kins, will open & mew page in Nature’s book to meny a keen-eyed youngster. And for verse—this March number has no resson to dread comparison with its fellows, for it shows proudly, the “Rhyme of Drumlie Drummer,” by Mrs. Richards, with Birch’s delightful p tures; “Little Shadow Folk"—a dainty bitof haries Crandall; “The Little French | by Laura Cate;aud “All in the Win- | ter Weather”—a delightful bit of fairyland, by Grace Winthrop—with fairies and bugaboos by Birch. | McClure’s. Following are some of the good things to be | found in the March issue of McClure's | Magazine: An srticle by W. D. Howells on Rudysrd Kipling as a poet. The first installment ofa fine tale of adventure by Robert Louls Steven- son, left unpublished at his death. It is & | 1ove story, baving for its heroa French soldter held a prisoner of warin Edinburgh Castle and for its heroine an aristocratic Scotch maiden whom he meets there. A thrilling chapter of secret war history will be related by Geueral John M. Thayer, formerly United States Senator from Nebraska. It fs an ac- count of & night he passed alone with Secre- | tary Stanton fn the War Office when the latter | was expecting that President Johnson would | attempt to dispossess him of his office by force | of arms. Full-page portraits, from recent photographs, of President-elect McKinley and his mother. An account of his own | adventures and experiences ss & surgeon |on & Greenland whaler by Consn Doyle. | The paper will be fllustrated with | numerous pictures of Arctic sealing and | whaling. A paver by Hamlin Garland on rant’s Quiet Years at Northern Posts” | which will embody personal recollections of Grant by his old comrsdes and associates at Sacketts Harbor, Detroit, and on the Pacific Cosst, and will tell the story of his resignation | from the army. | | Godey's. Godey’s Msgazine for March fs notable for the variety of its topics and the versatility of its general meke-up. The leading article, on ‘Pastime Photography,” snows what pleasing work can be dome by a skillful useof the camera and iivinz models. It fs fully illus trated with quaint and pretty pictures. Fol- Jowing this is “Modern Art in Plano-build- ing,” illustrated with pictures of the most | beautiful instruments of recent make. These | pictures will surprise many people. *‘Dresden Opera” receives treatment, with iliustrations, and will interest not only mausical people, but general readers as well. Among the *spe- | ciais” of timely interest is “Handsome News- | paper Women,” with portraits, in which Miss Helen Winslow of the Boston Transeript describes the life and work of seversl promi- nent besutiful women of the press. The strong fiction of the issue s “The Separatist Preacher,” by Msy Kelsey Champion, who tells her tale in an intense and forceful man- ner. Few people nre famiijar with the separa- | an Austr | tist movement of 1740, aud the story will be a revelstion to many. Humorous fictlon is found 1u “Cupid and Pegasus,” by Jean Mey- ers, and tragedy in “Ugo,” s tale of the circus ring, by Clara Sprague Ross; and many other §004 8torica belp to 811 the pumber. An espe- cially timely and interesting feature of magazine is “Among the Ferns,” by Cha F. Saunders, with drawings from the li ferns by Elizabeth Moore Hallowell. lovers will find in this article much that is helpful and pleasing. Practical toples sre covered well in “Standard Time and Time- | Tables,” by a railroad men, and by “Sam Johnsing.” who aiscourses feelingly of the “De- cadence of ro Minsireisy”; and theliter- ary treat of tha moath is found in the “Book- ery,” where Chelifer writes of the “New Eng- | 1and of Mary Wilkins.”" Lippincott’s. The complete novel in the March issue of Lippincott's is “Dead Seives,” Ly Julis Ma- gruder. It deals with the emotional and spiritual awakeniug of two hly superior persons who have managed Lo reach matare years and go through a great deal of experi- ence without becoming ecquainted with their latent possibilities—in rt, their hearts. ““Father Sebastias.” the hero of & short story by Kate Jordan, was one of the martyr-priests of the Perisian Commune. Owen Hall relutes n legenc® in “The Phantom Kan- ‘Sue’s Weddin',” by Minna C. Hale, garoo."” brief sketeh h a sharp point F. Lovett, in *:A Dilemma of the Day,” shows how altruism may be overdo arming Under Glass,” by George E Walsh, is a clear and instructive exposition of what has been done—whicu is very much—for human food by mesas of hothouses. John E. Bennett writes of “The Deser of Southeast California,” and Professor L. Ose: Kuhns of the “Origin of Pennsylvanis Surnames.” D. C. Macdonald telis what is to be seen “In the Manuscript-room of the Britisa Museum.” “The Contributor His Own Editor,” by Fred- THE LATE H. C. BUNNER. eric M. Bird, suggests sundry ways in which writers could do their own work, now ofte: neglected, to tbeir own advantage, now often missed. Elien Duvall discusses *Innocuous Vanity.” The poetry of the number, all brief, 1s by Florence Earle Coates, Carrie Blake Mor- gan and Theodosia Pickering. Current Literature. The Msrch number of Current contains among its usual abundauce of exc lent material three especially noteworthy selections from recent publications: A spir- ited scene from ““On the Face of the Waters,” Mrs. Steel’s much-talked-of story of the Indian mutiny; a selection entitled *“The Psychologi- cal Absurdity of Sceialism,” from “The Prin- ciples of Sociology,” volume III, tne final volume of Herber: Spencer’s great work, “The Syntnetic Philosopny,” and several extracts from James Whitcomb Riley’s “A Child- World,” his first—and & notably successful— sustained effort iu homely epic. Litersture Frank Lesfie’s. The widespread interest in the coming in- augnral ceremontes at Washington gives time- liness and value (o the article entitled “Ninety- seven Years in the Waite House,” which forms the leading feature of Frank Lesiie’s Popular Montbly for March. It is written by Joanna R. Nicholls, and is profusely illustrated with portraits and interior s reproduced from new photographs.’ Then there is s vigorous descripiioa of the great Lin- coln insuguration, by Hon. A. Oskey Hall, who was a participant in the ceremonies. Thisis fllustrated with a reproduction of a sketch of the inauguration mede at the time, and a picture of some of the costumes worn at the inaugaration ball. There are many other interesiing and important articles in this number, aud some clever storles and poems. Vassar College is describ:a in a splendidly written paper by Blanche A. Jones; Frederick A. Ober writes of “Some Nauves of North Africa,” which inciude the Arabs, Berbers, Touraegs and Moors; there is the concluding paper of Edmund Jennings Lee’s excellent estimate of the character of General Robert E. Lee; ““A Thousand Miles Up the Amazon” is entertainingly described by Clarence B. Riker; Commissioner Blechenden tells of life in India; the city of St. Louis comes in for an appreciative peper by Charles Thomas Logan; and there is some 1lustrated stage gossip, & young folks’ depariment, books, end many other things. The Home Journal. A novel method of presenting the newest and freshest Eastertide creations of Paris milliners has been adopted by the Ladies’ Home Jour- nal for March. In that magezive the mew French hats and bonnets will be pictured as they are worn. This unique display s useful, therefore, in pointing out ciearly not only fashion’s decree, but the siyles 1n headdress best sulted 10 several Contrasted types and aces. Captain A. T. Mahan’s “Nelcon and the Brit- | ish Sea Power” will be published 1 March by Messrs. Little, Brown & Co. of Boston in two octavo volumes of about 900 pages and will be illustrated with tweive battle plans, eight lithographic maps and about twenty paoto- gravure plates. The ook wiil deal both with Nelson’s public and private life, founded iargely upon the study of nis correxpondence. Captain Mansn, who is living in New York, has been exccedingly busy this winter putting the finishing toucies on this book and also in writing for the Century and Harper's, talks sbout new | HOME LIFE OF H. C, BUNNER. | By W. G. Bunner. | IFTED writers on_elthe: side of the i 2% Atlantic have bzen most lavish in \ their praise of H. C. Bunner, the ~—— writer. The mosteloquent pens have told of their admiration for his work. Little has been said of Bunner the man, and, aside from the article in the Bookman by s life- iend, Laurenc> Hutton, I belisve a most nothing has been_said of his home life. A short biographical sketch may be of inte: here to show the difficutties a journalist must surmount ere snything spprosching public approbation can be obtained. Heary Cuyler Bunner was born in Oswego, N. Y., foriy-two vears ago. Among his im- mediate ancestors were the Schuylers, Van Rensselaers, Churches and others of tue old | Knickerbocker stock. His father, being & Co- | lumbia man, designed that his son should be | eaucated at that fameus college and movad to | ity that he might better accom- | ish his purpose. The boy was piaced fora preparatory course 1 the private academy of r. Kalsen, whose establishment was then situated about the region of Forty-second street, east of Broadway. Here young Bunner made a most brilliant record, outstripping sll h's classmates in English literature, French, German and the dead languages. But, alas!| the father’s fond hopes were not to be realized. | Business reverses came, his fortune was swept | £way and the good mau’s death soon followed. | On the loss of his fortune the old gentleman thought he had learned a great object lesson Being a pro‘essional men, a lawyer of the | 01a scnoo’, ne saw the successful merchant | wax wealthy on the ruins of his own comfort- \\ loug sbie fortune. “My son shall be a merchant,” ] was his logicsl conelusion. So this bright boy was duly entered on the books of & most an- cient and respectable firm of Portugese im- porters that he might learn the art of money- making. Nothing could have been more un- | congenial to the tastes of young Bunner than the humdrum caliing of & prosalc merchan. His employers soon decided tba: he was not ted for a commercial career. Instead of de- | sting his attention to the casting up of long | coiumns of figures on the ledger, he was con. | tinually writing bits of verse and prose on otters or sny blank papers couvenient | about hisdesk. Finally the head of this most respectable firm was obliged to inform the | embryo merchant that his services were no | longer required and that he might resign with | the kind permission of all concerned. So | ended the brief commercial career’ of Bunner | | the mercbant, and thus began the life of Bun- | ner the writer. | Now camc the time when he must choose his | own way in lijfe. The selection was soon made. | The daily papers offered the only inducements consistent with his tastes, so Buaner entered the literary lists asan ordinary reporter on | the New York Sun, the most exacting of all American newspapers. He was soon asked to | lota new venture known as the Arcadian, | which proved but a weakly infant, and soon sickened and died. At this time Messrs, Swarz- | man and Keppler were struggling hard to keep a little German pictorial above the surface, | and ata ainner of the most promounced bo- | hemian character it was decided to ask Mr. Bunner to take charge of its letter-press. This offer was gladly accepted, and soon Puck be- came a power in the land. Mr. Bunver occupied s most enviable posi- tion, Editor of a vopular weekly In the great | city of New York at the age of 23; surrounded | by a circle of charming friends, the very | choicest spirits of Bonemis, such men es Laurenc> Hutton, Georze karsons Lathrop, | Walter Learned ot New London, Edwin Booth, George H. Jessup, Joseph Jefferson and & host of others, sll loyal, z0od fellows. Tkis com- pact of true {riendship, aithough made some | twenty years ago, was mever broken, save by | death. | Eleven years ago Mr. Bunner married Miss | | Alice Learned, daughter of a New London | banker, and sister of Walter Learned, the poet | ana magazine writer. The match was a most delightful unton of kindred spirits. | {Mrs. Bunner was at once recog- | nized as & charming entertainer, and | withal, a kind-hearted, benevolent littie | lady whom eversbody loved. She seemed like an inspiration to her husband, for soon | after this happy marriage Mr. Bunner began work of & more ambitious sort. He was no | longer content with his weekly contributions to Puck, but buckled down to the hard task of writing a book ana at the same time | became & contributor to the leading masga- | zines. A year after marriage Mr Bunner pur- | chased tneir beautitul little home in Nutley, N.J.,one of the most charming New York suburbs. Although in another State, it was easily reached by crossing the North River, Iying about as convenient to New York as does Oakland to San Francisco. Here was established & happy home indeed, using the term in its broadest sense, for na- | ture and art had combined to make It beanti- {ful, both within and without. Imagine a beautiful, old-fashioned house with many gables, surrounded by a miniature forest of beeches, elms and chestnuts; a velvety lawn, girded by a low stone wall, which, by the by, nobody every respected, but stepped over at | tnemostconvenient spot. A comfortavle, shaay | chila within the range of your practice wan for atteadsnce, medicine, fosd or necessary veranda equiped with pretty hammocks and the most inviting of wicker-chairs, a bread open door, and it seemed 10 be everoven, lead-- ing into & square hall, which occupted the very center of the house. Doors opened from this hall into the dining-room, parlor and ibrary, and it was a library, too. Such & pro- fusion of bool Books, books everywhere, Just such books as one would care to read. T rarest gems of poetry and prose in German, French and English. Then eame the cheery dining- room, with its hospitable oaken t e, and sideboard garnished with quaint pieces of the old, old family plate. And what brilliant dine ners that dear oid room has seen! Here w frequently assembled the most noted writers, s and artists of this generation. Here re- partee and bright sayings flashed forth like sperks from an overcharged galvanic ma- chine. No bitof scandal was ever discussed at this cheerful board, and its unwritten motto might bear emulation in every hom “Gossiping tongues come not here." . Bunner's religious training came to & full stop early in life. His father being of the Episcopal faith intended to train hisson to thas beliel. His mother was of old Puritani- cal New England stock und was a strict Uni- She was a Tuckerman of Boston. Nat- lly & discussion arose 8s to which faith the should inherit. The father, being a e boy sensible men, compromised by proposing to leave the matter to the son's own choice when he should have arrived at the age of discretion. The result was that he rejected both and formulated one of his own. A very simple creed, indeed, the Golden Rule, which he considered the very keystone of all re- ligious architecture, and never man came nearer living up to the very letter of *his aith than did the subject of this sketeh. Limited space prevents my giving a very definite ides of Mr. Bunner’s attempts to re- lieve suffering humanity. This one instance will suffice to explain some of Mr. Bunner local charity work. The local physician told the writer that Mr. Bunner made this request ten years ago. “‘Doctor, see to it that no msn, woman or ciothing. Send all bills to me.” “You may be sure,” said the doctor, “calls nave been frequent, but mever was one of these drafts dishonored. All were promptly paid upon presentation. God bless his gen- erous soul.” I have mentioned that the door of this happy home was ever open. And so it was to all friends and neighbors. Likewise a spacious sideboard, which was provisioned like aship for & long cruise with every sort of cheering refreshment, including cigars, pipes, tobacco: ete. And here you were expected to regale yoursel! in the absence of the host. Thers was but one stipulation. Mr. Bunner had de- veloped the most decided dislike for politic and to prevent any mention of this subject he ned written the following lines and posted them in a conspicuous place: To those who would In quiet dwell Political brawls are simp.y hell. d ¢rink your drink, But bear {n miad your mouth can’s think. These lines are from memory, so the writer asks forgiveness if they are misquoted. There was nothing terrible ahout this good man’s death. All was as peaceful and calm as his dearest friends could have wished. I was called to his bedside a few hours before the - end and listened to a few simple requests. And most rational they were. Mrs. Bunner was arranging little ornaments about the soom when he called to her: Alice, sm I alone?” “Why, no, dear; lam here, «Of course, you are, darling. question to ask.” An amused smile overspread his face that seemed to say: “How could I ask that loving little woman she answered. What a silly | such a question?” The eyes slowly closed as it for quiet slamber. This was the end. LITERARY NOTES. The first English edition of “Ziska,” Marie Corelli’s new novel, which Stone & Kimball will bricg out this month, was 50,000 copies. Drexel Biddle, publisher, of Philagelphia, announces a second edition of “The Froggy Fairy Book,” which was favorably reviewed in numerous American newspapers last Christe mas, It is remarkable to note how tne sale of “The Damnation of Theron Ware” continues. Almost a year's sale does not seem to have diminished the demand, and the publishers find difficulty in keeping the trade supplied. The interest {n Ibsen seems to be reviving. His last play, “John Gabriel Borkman,” has been quite the sensation in London for the past month. The book is published in this country by Messrs. Stone & Kimball in their “Green Tree Library.” Ouida, who, for a woman, is not so hard- | hearted as she ‘is spiteful, writes in the West- minster Gazetts As there are not more than two out of every hundred bcoks issued in England worth the paper they are printed on, it would be well if the press gave more atten- n 10 the two, and none at all to the other ninety-eight.” There were 6573 novels published in the United Kingdom in 1896, being an fucrease of over 100 in new works and of 200 in reprints as compared with 1895. The issue of theo- logical, educational and poetical works had not increased, but there were 200 more his- torical books. The totals are lower, but the proportions are probably about the same in the United States. Tell your friends about it and come in yourself. $1,000 in prizes given for brains. 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