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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JUNE 6, 1897 MRS. HAMMOND WAS THERE. RF VOLUTION— New Yor:: Lo A WOMAN'S PART IN A Mrs. John Hay's Ha a mans, Green & Co. For sxl¢ by all bookstores “A Woman’s Part in a Revolution,” in the case of Mrs. John Hays Hammond, who has written a book bearing that title, consisted of zoing t he Joh sburg revolution with a pencil fn one hand and & notebock in the other, and coming out of it alive totella wai:ing world saw there. And in the fuifillment of trepid undertaking she certainly ceeded in discerning at range a fow thin s which the newspaper co Tespondents g gpt to come down off boring 1 investigate, and s 10 observe only so much as transpired courageous imeginations of those resou gen n whe r telescopes blurred by the dis ke of battle. Tre obligin rs inform us that Mrs. Hammond is the “youngest ¢ r of the tate Judge J_W. M. Harris of Vicks and niece of Geuera H. Harsis, reader of “A We & Revoluon an introduction to any of the author’s rela- tives is, of course, a pleasure, if an irrelevant oue, but fault may be found I manoer berein empioyed to introduce them. might have been announced more vecomingly a5 Ois eraih Mrs. Ham and the “uncle of Mrs, Hammon ectively, them- selvesand not thelady neea of recom- mendation Mrs. Hammond her personage. She has ook, which is more he may have been) e s a very noteworthy avoriant writien an intellectuality, and she has been througha real war, which is more than her uncle (who- ever he may be) ever did i of be a general. She is by 1 of the the thick of tis hard tobe he house with nen when suc 3 hing,” in the ich she professed to e nd was a vigorous | ! r and in various in the “stirring i e nings ers. And to her calmness of 3 and steadiness of neive der all t tient conditions which nuesburg in that fe- rid owes its 1 spparently authent tirom beginning to quarter thanks for > the conclusions which sensible 1ed elready drawn of the matter from e mass of newspaper reports which appeared rienced reader hus been educated to a fin sense of discrimination beiween wheat and chaff. That is tosay, he can usually review a cting dispatches sfter the reports | trouble isover and can 1 m & rubbish heap of fakes, ss rumors, fniry tales and all the r conventional subterfuges of the “ente sing special correspondent” when news is Hammond’s book in the main serves 10 substantiate what a_good many people hed previously guessea—that the Boer republic scted the part of an obdurate tyrant againat American ana British settiers, holding by false promises as long as possiblo finally catching them of guard move, and, obtaining the upper them stolidly and uncompro- mission to the existing or which were indisputably unjus cans and the British, common landers, whose. mining interes v are enormous, and who tnem- a greater part of the popula- on than do the Boers who rule over th red the infliction of exorbitant tion of autoeratic re- hom they had felt 10 b rior few were ruling ere doing it with ths which ignora e of wisdom when always t rebelled. They pre- faced the ret ith a courteous request e following set of reforms be Instituted ©of this republic as a true b sball be framed b; d by representatives of the whole people and framed on lines laid down Ly them; a cosstitution which shall be safe- arded against hasty alteraiio An cquitable franchise law and falr represen- Zquality of Dutch and English laoguages. 5. lesponsibility to tne legislature of the heads 6 glous disab lities. at depa &1 uf re Ren Independence o the courts of justice, with adiquste and secured remuneration of the judges. 8. Liberal and comprehensive education 9. An efficient eivil service. 10. Free trade in South Afriean products, President Kruger met these propositions with & crafty pretense of teking them under scrious consideration, signifying with a smile the while that he felt very favorably disposed townrd an amicable adjustment of the grievances. He played with the Reform Committee until the moment came when he coud strike it a disabling blow unawares. The uprising collapsed in its infancy, Jamie- scn’s march beeame a farce and the unyield- ing Boer, dropping the smiling mask when it wasno longer serviceable, again showed his lespotic hand and said: “The matter is ended it is useless for you to come and say another word, and if any more of this silly talk about s heard you will be jalled.” matter did end. The taxes remained high, the American and the Englishman still bent the kuee to the Poer, the inferior minor- 11y rules to this day the superior majority and exiorts even more stupid satisfaction from i than it did before the protest was made. Mrs. Hammond's book minutely describes each day of the uprisins as it wore its way toa close, her diary having in msny cases been written atintsrvals of only two or three hours spart. It is bright, well written, foreible 1u the expression of views on men and messures of the time, which the lady seems to have known like a book.and it baars all the evi- dence of reliability and truth. CARROLL CARRINGTON. JERUSALEM TO-DAY. A correspondent, who describes himself as a*Western Jew,” tends 10 the London Jewish Chronicle an interesiing account of the im- pressions received by him on a recent visit to Jerusalem. The city, he thinks, needs all its renown, ail the glorious traditions snd all the spots of sacred interest 1o jusiify its position to-day: The ety s fithily dirty, & patchwork of dis- torted streets. Foul-smelling and thronged with beggars, it is unhes] bily picturesque and woefully sad. Misgovern-d by the Torks, filed with con- flicting religious clements, (he center and airec. tion ¢f & sieady flow of Indiseriminate charity, the town left upon me & very bad impression. ‘Ihe shudow of & name is all that s left of Jeru- siem. * * # Mine was but & flyitg vidi to Jerusatem, and yet in none of the world's citles er (whoever | it conforms | [ that I have visited did T ever see 5o much equalor | and mismanagement. Itis, inshori, “a city fallen from the last plunacle of its high estate given over to a motley crowd of fanaties leavered with a | spirituality of devout and earcest men.” As for the condition of the Jews there, the same correspondent adds that “the very dogs that prowl about the slums and prevent the garbage from bringine contagion upon the town are better off” than they. Then again The very places for which Jerusalem ciaims the 1 of ccuntiess pligrims are prostituted to fuliest po sible extent. There are no more spots to which the visilor may goin peace to think er 1or his thoughts. Every center of is & “show place,” whose noteworthy roints roll glibly enoueh ¢ff soms cuide's tongue, a place crowded with beggars ciamoring for back sheesh, & sight to be Inc uded wiih a dozen others in burricd survey between luoch ard dioner. There is ever a babel of tonzues, & sense of unrest, a crowd of unkemp: Togues who 100k vPoa the visitor as their .awful jrey, whilo beyond snd above al there Is & n0's‘me atmosphere that mus become unbearable and dangerous insummer, and ibe careless walker wades aukle-deep o filih. | The people who pray for the return to Jerusa- lem, who hope that Israel may again “become anation,” whoareenttusiastic about the city of our forefatbers, would do well, the writer thinks, to spend & short time in the town. JONAH CRITICIZED. | | THE STORY OF JONAIl | IN THE LIGHT OF HIGHER CRITICISM—By Professor Luther “iracy Towasend. krice 50 cenis. New York: Funk & Wagualls Company. This book is by & well and favorably know: author, Professor Luther T. Townsend, and should be read by every person who has auy loubtasto the hisiorical integrity of the siory After spesking of the several types of skep- ticism characteristic of the present age, and | defining what is variously called the critica or literary, or scientific method of fnvestiga- tion, the author appiiss the principies and rules of this method to the narration of Jonah, reaching what must be regarded as re- | markable conclusions. That is, by employing the same rules as are used by 0s¢ who at- tack the Book of Jonah, Dr. Townsend suc- ceeds in turning tho tables compietely upon all such adverse critics. | Following most rigidly the scie ific method was & { Dr. Townsend proves that Jonah churacter; that the book bearing his nam not fiction but history; that there are several spectes of sen monsters that conld have swa lowed Jo h without mutilating him; that it for God to have preserved Jonah the sea monster, and that t n divine interposi- The book will be interesting to scholars, as it suggests the methods that doubtless are be employed in the future wkile answerin { the higher critics. A NOBLE COMBINATIO! PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL COUN CIL OF JEWISH WOMEN. Philadeiphia | The Jewish Publication o:iety of Amerl | The records of a notabie event in the cur- | rent history of philanthropy !s contmined in this volume which tells of the proceedings of ihe first convention of the National council of Jewish women. Itwasheld iu New York City last November, and many addresses were orts and papers resd, giving the of the most:nteliectual of the women of the Jewish race in America upon the subjzct of how 10 improve the conditicn of mankind. Their motto is brief and full of meaning, “Faith snd Eumanity,” and to accomplish the noble ends waich they desire they have struck the keynote of success by realizing the strength that is in union and a. Their idea of unfon does not stop with the plan of making a more perfect bond among the kindly disposed of thelr own race and religion, but they express a willing- ness to hearlily co-operate with the phtlan | thropic eftorts of all creeds. In her address of welcome Mrs. Beer, president of the New York section, spoke of the achievements of the | cousclisince the convening of the World's Parifament of Religions, and said that “'with | out a doubt & movement toward unity is in | the air.” organizati A HANDSOME YOLUME. THE CENTURY MAGAZINE. Volume IIIL. November, 1596, 10 Apri. 1897. New Yora: Th Cen.uty Company. Price &3 The latest bound volume of the Century is 1 the artistic binding in giit cloth h credit to the Century Company's in the book bindery art. There arc 960 | pages of veluable reeding and over three hun- dred handsome illustrations. It is hand- mely dressed and will gracs the shelves of library. The two chief features are the first installments of the s:rials, “Campnign- ing with Grant” by General Horace Porter, who gives s study of the great con- { queror from his ample opportunities of | cbservation while on bis staff, and Dr. S | Weir Mitehell’s interesting novel of the Ameri- can Revolution, “Hugh Wyane.” There is a paper on the Chinese of New York by Helen F. | Clark, whose life as a missionary among them | mede her very familisr with their life and | nature. More light is thrown on the character | of Joan of Arc by Maurice Boutet de Monvel, who illustrates his words with many quaint | | pictures. On the same subj:ct there fs the first parts of a historical romance by Mary Hartwood Catherwood. One of the volume's chiefatiractions isa deseription of the Nation's new library, with & large number of beautiful pletures. MYSTERY EXPLAINED. | LULU HURST—An autobio . ? Bia: Luw Hurst Book Compuns,’ P’ti“cr:‘;‘l?.o’ Luiu Hurst, known to fame as “The Georgla Wonder,” wio some years ago puzzied the | world with ner marvelous power of lifting great weight:, overcoming the combined strength of many powerful men and appar- ently endowing inanimate objacis—chairs, umbrellas and canes—with life, has here ex- pluined the secrets of her power. Many of | the seemingly supernatural ‘eats lose their mystery on being recognized as principles of leverage applied in the defiection of force, and mest of the other phenomens we:e ihe Tesult uf the seml-superstition of the subjects, who struggled against their own muscle, thinking they contended with some unknown power. The wonders that first ushered Lulu Hurst into fame were tricks of decepiion precticed in girlish frolic and uot confessed even to her relatives till recently, A REPRINT. JOHN HALIFAX. GENTLEMAN — By Mrs Cralk. New Yor<: Harper & Bros. For sal in this City by A. M. Robertson, Post strest. 1tis in very atiractive form that Harper & Bros, issuea reprint of the wonderfully suc- cessful novel. This work was more appreci- ated in America than in Eogland as being in accord with the natural sentiment of a people who had abolished arietocracy and done honor to honest work wherever performed. In the mother country, where distinctions are more sharply drawn, the book is acknowledged to i { | | have had weight in producing more genial relations beiween class and class, | | | A NEW CALIFORNIA NOVELIST. The May numbsr of Lippincott’s bears strong testimony to the fact that our Eastern friends are beginning to realiz: the ability of Celifornians in California. The publishing of “Ja-on Hildreth's Identity by Miss Virna Woods, is an honor to which we should not be insensible, even though the luster in which we stand is refiected from the individual ability of Miss Woods, The story itself is essentially strong, wita a plotas ciever and unique as any that has ap- | peared in print for a long while. The hero awakes in the first chapter to find himself devold of memory as to his identity Fearing that on acknowledging this he w be commitied 10 an asylum for the insane, he invents a meager history and calls himself Jason Hildreth. He is told that he was found on the Pacific Mail docks in an unconscious state, having been sandbagged. Later on Jason Hildreth discovers a photo- graph of & beautiful womsn which calls up & flood of memories. He confides these to the physician who has become his most inti- mate friend. This physician, a kindly, stupid fellow, looks on while the troubled hero, now believing himself to be & Charles de Blain- ville, tries to unravel the mystery. He em- a complete novel | 4 | her ingenuity at plotwork will seem & wiost 1 | | | | ways handy to the neeas of the publisher clerks, must be content to win fame by some other method—chiefly by writing good stories. Miss Woods lacks the style of & Howellsite and may not be labeled a good novelist until | she overcomes that deficiency (?); but to & i certain few who have a tooth 1or the bones refreshing substitute. In fact, to be serious. the plot of “Jeson Hildreth’s Identity”—or shall we sty the coaception of it?—carries the | story far sbove the best-written plotless novel ever producea irom the iiterary drug shelyes, and most of the well-written novels of the preseat day are plotless. Miss Woods may derive from these indubitable truths whatever satisfaction she may discern with her sensible Western eyes, And if we were | Miss Waods we should discern a poweriul lot of it. DANGERS AND THEIR REMEDIES. THE REVOLUTIONARY TENDENCIES OF | THE AGE. New Yors. G. P. Putnam’s Sons. The onymous author of this book treats | of the cause and ultimate aim of present ten- | dencles to revolution. Ic consiaers the root | of the troudle as lying in the unfair division | of wealth and the mad competition for the | same. The contemplation of a few men over- | THE MAGAZINES. The Century. The Century for June has as its high-lights the subjects of Queen Victoria, apropos of the celebration this month, and the work of the sculptor 8. Gaudens, apropos of the deGica- tion of the Shaw memorial in Boston. The most complete pictorial record of the work of | St. Gaudens yet made is here published ina group of papers by Edward Atkinsom, W. A. Cofin ana T.W. Higginson. Besides three fuli-page reproductions of the Shaw memorial there are twenty-nine pieces of sculpture by | St Gaudens shown in the articles. There is also & sketch of the life of Colouel Shaw by the editor and an editorial on the sculptor. The material relating to Queen Victoria com- prises a tribute Ly Hon. Thomas ¥. Bayard, an article by Florence Hayward on “Queen Vic- toria’s ‘Coronation Roll,’ ” here reproduced by ner Majes special permission, and four portraits of the Queen ot diferent ages, the {rontispiece being the Princess Victoria at the ageof 4. A third article of special and curi- ous interestis an illustrated account by Eu- gene P. Andrews of “How a Riddle of the Parthenon was Unraveled,” Mr. An- drews himself being the one by whom tho riddle was solved while he was & student at - 4 VIRNA WOODS. Miss Virna Woods is the author of “‘Jason Hildreth’s Identity,” the complete novel in Lippincott’s Magazine for May. She resides in Sacramento, Cal., and is a Californian b: virtue of association with this State, its scenes and its atmosphere since her nineteenth year. She began to figure in print in 1887, when two of her poems appeared in a well- known Eastern magazine. resp:ctively published in 1891 and 1894. attention from eminent critics. to-day. These were followed by similar contributions to the Atlantic, Youth’s Companion, New England Magazine, Chambers’ Journal (Edinburgh) and other first-class publications. in most cases, as indeed it partly is in the case of *“‘Jason Hildreth’s Identity.” Western flavor and have appeared in Lippincott’s, New Engi: other ventures of a more ambitious nature were *“The Amazon California has been her theme Her shorter storis have usually had a nd Magazine, Frank Leslie’s and similar periodicals. Two ,’" a lyrical drama, and ““A Modern Magdalene,” a novel, Both of these, as we.l as her literary work in general, have received very flattering A brief review of ‘“Jason Hildreth’s Identity”” appears in another column of THE CALL 1 | ploys detectives, but they find no trace of the | originel of the photograph. The authorevi- dently understands the peculiarities of San Francisco. Under the name of Jason Hildreth the hero becomes & well-kuown writer and acquires great weaith. He travels and for a hurried eight years suffers numerous hardships, going through the usual trisls of isolated heroes. Finally ke discovers that his dead rival's wife 18 his own wife and that he himself is his dead rivall “What! Helen, are you up already?” ne asked, with & smie. She started toward him and heid out her hands, her face transfigured wich Jos “Dear Mitie wite,” he said, his arms and Kissed her. “Do you remember Laurance?” tolly. The sudden exposure in” these few lines is truly thrilling, chiefly because it isso unex- pected. Miss Woods has a blissful habit of not antfcipating and, slthough the reader ex- he drew her lnto he asked wist- | pecis some solution, he is surprised at the one which overtakes him. But in spite of its unquestionsble merit Jason Hildreth's Identity” bears an impress of something like haste. In placesit is not well rounded and poiished, and the suthor seems to have hastened over her scenic de- scriptions in a guidebook fashion. It is evi- dent that she was in heste to rescue her hero from his viclssitudes and piace him once more, clothed and in his right mind, within the haven of his home. And one cannot blame her for wanting 10 reach that last chap- ter. Itiscertainly a triumph of the imagina- tion. In varicus passing scenes in this work by Miss Woods one may catch a fleeting glimpse of ahand that fsnot yet entirely familiar with novel-writing. The set style, the patient polishing, the smoothness, t00, which comes from confidence and is more valuable than all the polishing in the world, are not there to afirm unmistakably the author writing whether he have anythine Interest- ing to say or mot. Our sccepted novelists, whom we keep In stock and know as weil as the average drug clerk kuows his various lsbeled commoditics, can serve us with style and we will thrive on 1t, with never a bone of plot worth mentioning thrown in to lend reality to the play that we make at our liter ary eating. Butany one less than an sccepted Howelisite, duly labeled and shelved and al- burdened with wealth while millions are suf. | the American School in Athens. fering from poverly £nd the defects of our | ipstitutions which mrke these disproportion- | ate conditions possible bring into existence | modern subversive tendencies. The writer does not go to extremes in advocating socialis- | tic changes. He admiis that the rewards of | wealth must be held out as inceative to the | best human energies, but contends that our | present system does rot give an equitable ad- | justment of rewards, and that practically many of the least deserving are the best paid. His remedy is that there should be a restriction to the aggrandisement of individuals, and | that the same principle of right by which we | confine & man toone wife should be applied to the limitation of his rights to the goods of the world. OCCULT POWERS. A MICROSCOPIC. HYPNOTIST — By Francls kins. Aew . York: G. W. Dilingham ¢om- pany. . For sale 1n this City Ly the ~an Fran- clsco News Company. Frice 50 cents, The hypuotist of the story is the illegitimate son of a member of Parliament and an Italian model. He inherits from her not only his | power, but & tendency to use it forevil. Seck- ing to Tesist temptation, he becomes & minis- tor of the gospel, and (ries to put his power of suggestion to good use. Hislife get: tanglea wita & woman of questionable antecedent Ledy Kildare, and the details of his acquain ance are the main festure of the book. The last chapter contains a confession that aft all he had misused his gifis. In agreeable | contrast is the portrayal of a wholesome- minded girl, Dorothy Chaucer. A SEQUEL. THE BURGLAR WHO MOVED PARADISE. By Herbert D. Ward. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifli & Co. Piice §1 25. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps surrendered her wish to continue the hisiory of the interesting old mald, Miss Corons, and her cottage (Par: dise) Ly the ses, with its amusing maid and dog and horse and stable-boy; and this sequel 1o her novel is done by a man who admired the old maid so much he proceeded at once 10 have her bappily married. Itseems an odd fancy to have calied the lucky groom & “burglar,” for aithough he captured the best thing in the cottage he did not carry away the booty, and the mistress of the bouse did not object. The story is an entertaining one and full of amusing iucidents, 5 I Other nota- bie articles inciude the first full, authoritative account, by Professor W. O, Atwater, of the re- suit of the Government experiments with men in & respiration apparatus to determtne *“How Food is Used in the Body”—the “man in the copper box’: & record by Miss Alice C. Fletcher of her personal experiences among the Indians; & paper on Harvard's astronom- ical work by Mabel Loomis Todd ; and the first of & group of ariicles on ‘‘Heroes of Peace, this one being “Heroism in the Lighthouse Service,” by Gustav Kobbe. There are con- tinued parts of the three, serials: Dr. Weir Mitehell’s “Hugh Wynne,” Mrs. Catberwood’s | “Days of Jeaune d'Arc,” and General Porter’s “Campaigning with Grant,” which is occu- pied with the operations about Richmond, Petersburg, Atlanta and in the Shenandoan Vailey. All these are illustrated. There is a story by Margaret Sutton Briscoe entitled “How Sarah Paid for Peace,” and there are poems by George E. Woodberry, L. Frank Tooker, Charles G. D. Roberts, Richard Burion and Eiizabeth C. Cardoza. In Open Latters is an iilustrated article showicg “A Way to Save the Palisades.” The Atlantic. The Atlantic Montbly for June contalns among otrer features three articles of pecuiiar timeliness and iuterest. They touch upon widely differing points, but each one discusses a question much before the public at the pres- ent. Professor B. L Wheeler, recentiy resi- dent in Athens, writes an arlicle upon Greeee and Turkey, the old struggie between the East and the West. Itis a lucld explanation of the historieal significance of the Graco- Turkish conflict and of the position of the great European powers. Albert Shaw, author of “Municipal Government in the Uuited States,” contributes “The Municipal Problem and Greater New York.” He makes astatement of the typical dificulties of municipal administration in American cities and illustra‘es them by a study of the new charter of Greater New York. “The Lock-step in the Public Schools," by Willlam J. Shearer, Superintendent of Schools at Elizabeth, N. J., gives the author’s experience in attempting to grade elasses so s to permit of continuous promotion. He shows how {ndividualism in teaching is maae poss:ble in th: public schools and explains a em that has atiracted much attention. Another articie by Willlam P. Trent of the University of the South discusses “Ten- dencies of Higher Life in the South.” He makes & striking comparison of the South | of to-uay ana the old South in education, the | growth ofliberality, morals, religion and social | changes. Irving Babbitt of Haryard Univer- sity writes of Brunetiere and | eritie. He explains the methods of this cele- brated French critic and shows his infiuence upon the literatare of his me. Bradford Torrey, who can always be reiled upon to | write charmingly of nature, contributes an | unusal paper entitled *“In Questof Ravens.” | It isan interesting actountof = trip to the mountains of North Carolina anda deserip- tion of the peovle end birds that he found there. Colonel T. W. Higginson concludes his reminiscences, bringing them down to tae times of the Civil War. St. Nicholes. The June numter of St. | the out-of-doors spirit. “Laddie’s F.shing,” by Wouds, 1llustrated by Varian. “Steering Without a | Compass,” by Gustav Kobbe, tells of the vari- ous deyices that sailors depend upon in gaid- ing the course of their ships, and ed with queint bits of sea-lore. *The Risks of a Fire- man’s Life” isone of a series of articles writ- Nicholas is full of It ojens with a poem, Thaxter Hill, who probably knows about the New York Fire Department than any other outsider. He describes the dangers of suffocating ceilar fires, of the dreaded “back-draft,” of falling walls, and of showers of broken glass and melted lcad—a few of the almost de: perils that confront the metro- | politan firemen. Mr. Hill has drawn a num- ber of spirited pictures to accompauy the articte. To the series of papers devoted to life on a man-of-war, Lieutenant more | John M. Ellicott contributes a chapter on “What Is Told by the Bell” The author says that nothing is so closely | 1dentified with the ship all through her career as her bell, and he tells of the part it piays in regulating the daily routine. | most interesting sacts in botan are gathered | nto a paper by Thomas H. Kearney Jr. on | “Plants That Feed Upon Insects,” for which Harry Fenn nas made & number of drawings. Nature's Cycie Path,” as described by Grace | Wickham Curran, is the sandy shore of Lako Ene, which makes an admirable course for | wheeling. One of the most picturesque and peculiar places in the world is “A Cityin | a Volcano,” of which A. M. Verrill writ | Tnec ty is Saba, on one of the small West In- | dian tsiands. A House-Moving Holidar," by | W. S. Harwood, 1s an account of a school fete in Minnesvolis, when the first house erected {in the cliy was removed to a public park, | where it will be preserved as a memorial. The | three serials, “Master Skylark,” “The Last Three Soldiers” and *Miss Nina Barrow,”” carry | along the plots with interecting installments. Tnere are verses in the mumber by Oliver | Hertord, Emilte Poulsson, Charles Love Ben ja- | min and others, as well as many piotures. | Harper” | Harper's for June opens with “A New Swit- | zerland,” an account of sdventures in the Dauphine, written and fllustrated by Edwin | Lord Weeks, Tae first installment of “The Great Stone of Sardis,” by Fraak R. Stockton, | illustrated by Peter Newell, Introduces a ! cantury expedition to the North Meteorological Progress of the Cen- | isthe fifth of the series of illustrated | articles on modern sclence, by Dr. Henry Smith Williams. “An Elder Brother to the | Cliff-Dwellers,”” by Dr. Mitchell Prudden, is | the story of the recent discovery of the re- mainsof an ancient race of ladians. “Henry | Giadwin aud the Siege of Pontac,” by Charles Moore, is an account ot |a hitherto obscurs episode, compiled | from new and original sources. It is fllus- | trated by Frederic Remington. The eighth ar- ticle of the serics on *“White Man's Africa,” by | Pouitney Bigelow, treats of the Dutch feeling | toward England. In “The Celebrities of the ; House of Commons,” T. P. 0'Connor, M.P., the Irish leeder, gives & dashing account of his political contemporaries. The illustrations | are by Paul Renouard. George du Maurier's last novel, “The Martian.” reaches its ninth instellment. The short stories are *Within tne Eyo of Houor,” by George Hibbard, illus- trated by C. Dana Gibson, and “Graudmother Stark,” by Owen Wister. The “Editor’s Study,” by Cnerles Dudley Wacner, gives & familiar view of Mexico and Mexican life. The “Ed- itor's Drawer”” opens with “The Golfiac: a farce by John Kendrick Bangs, illustrated by Edward Penfield. Godey's. Godes's for June completes the one hundred and thirty-fourth volume of the oldest maga- zine in America. Godey’s was established in July, 1830. The June issue is pecaliar In sey- eral respects. It is a special fiction number and contains over fifty pages of new tales. Among these is a story, “Two Maids and a Man,” 1llustrated throughout by photographs srom living models. Among the other stories of svecial noteare: “A Proceeding in Ej:ct- ment,” an up-to-date Western tale, tull of fire and fervor; “The Winniug of Larchmont,” " & ghost story with a real live ghost in ft; “Flip,” a story of two lovors aad an enfant terrible, and ““The Brown Rose,” & touchingly pathetic bit of romsance writing. Several breezy short tales sdd futerest (0 the iss The leading illustrated article of this number 1s*'A Street in Cairv,” by Rev. Francis E. | Clark, who is traveling around the world for the Sociuiy of Christian Endeavor. Another very interesting feature is “French Opera in New Orleans,” which tells of a phasc of Ameri. can siage life never yet described. ‘“Pottery in America,” with photographs of the rare specimens owned by Dr. Edwin A. Barber, | tells tne history of America’s pottery indus- | tries from the colouy days to the present time, A charming topie is treated in ““Our First Wild Fiowers. This article is illustrated witn | drawings from nature. “A Eulogy of Street Ballads” teils the siory of ths popular songs of America. Scribner’s. Following is the contents page for Serib. ner's this month: “The Triple Challenge of d'Artagnan” (The Three Musketeers), drawn by Daniel Vierge, frontispiece. | Scenes from the great novelists—VI, “Under- graduate Life at Princeton,” o.d and new, James W. Alexander. “Solaiers of Fortune’— Chapters XIV, XV, Richard Harding Davis. “A Song of the Wave,” George Cabot Lodge. “The New Library of Congress,” Montgomery Schuyler. ‘‘Some Hearts, Martha Gilbert Dickinson. *The Open Boat,” Stepnen Crane a tale intended to be miter the fact, being the experience of four men from the sunk steamer Commodore. *“A . Parting Song,” Arthur Sherburne Hardy. “The Non-Combatan Octave Thanet (the first of fIve stories of lubor and capitsl), “With & Bit of Gorse from | Carnac,” Lilla Cabot Perry. “A Normandy Pastoral,” Theodore Robinson. “London: As Seen by C. D. Gibson.” V—London Salons, Written and illustrated by Mr. Gibson. (The fifth of six illustrated papers.) *The Story of a Play,” W.D. Howells; chapters XI—XIIL To a Poet on & Vacation,” George Meason Whicher. “Raleigh in Guiana,” Barret: Wen- dell. Achronicle history iu the Elizabethan manner. his work as a | fen for this magazine by the artist, Charles | Some of the | | HERE AND THERE. Frank A. Munsey, not satisfied with being | the editor and proprietor of three magazines, will in the autumn begin the publication of Dbooks for 25 cents, “though worth & dollar.” The first edition of the first book will be 250,- 000 coples. The edition of Wordsworth’s works which Messrs. Macmiilan & Co. have been publish- ingin their charming “Eversley Series” will be completed shortly by the publication of volume VIII of the poems. and two yolumes of the journals of Wiliam and Dorothy Wordsworth. Professor Henry Drummond died a richer man th supposed. His estate has just been 1 the Glesgow Sheriff Court at £11,658 . A large proportion of this no doubi was made from the sale of his books. The professor’s will was written by himself on one side of a shcet of noepaper. He be- queathed all his y . moneys, books and estate 10 nis bro J.W. Drummond, with several excepti One of these is that his | mother gets ali his furniture and pictures. Mrs, Coventry Pat moir of ber husband, re is preparing a me- which she 1 being as- sisted by Basil Champneys and Frederick Greenwood. By the poe’s will his widow was made his literary executrix, all his copy- righ's, manuscripts and correspondence be- ing laft to her. Mr. Champneys has furnished the design for the monument to be erected over Patmore’s grave in Lymington Cemetery, which will take the form of aa obelisk, The portion of the cemetery in which the poet lies i8 to be planted with trees, A great deal of myste round the identity of ¥ has always hung the writer known as Fiona Macleod. The Academy brushes it aside, and annousc:s once more that Fiona Macleod is no psendonym, but is the maiden name of the young married woman who wrote “Th er.” Most of her childhood was pessed in the Outer and Inner Hebridds and the Western Highlands. Eight years 2go, on account of delicate health, she spent some time in Italy, on the Riviera, and in Southern France. Miss Macleod has noSympatby with the hurried life of the gregs eities, which she seldom visits. Her chief plessure consists in cruising among the isles in & small yacht, or fn visiting the ote bothies of the shep- herds on the mountains. Here is a De Quincey story that has not been in print before. It has jus. been told to the Scots Plctorial by the gentleman who had charge of the census arrangements at Lass- wade about 1851. De Quincey had mnot filled in the return when the census officer came to take it up, and even then was quite at a loss 1o know what to do. Where was he to sign? What was his occupation? ete. At length he got hisown name down and entered hims:if as & ““writer to the magazines,’ but when e | came to the occupation of his fimily he was floored. What could the cccupation of these three girls ba said to be? Finally, teking up his pen, he put & bracket round the three names, ana wrote sgainst them, ‘‘These are like the lilies of the fleld; they toil not, neither do they spin.” From some particulars in a very interesting article in the Young Woman for June we | gather that Miss Beatrico Harraden in herearly | yearslooked upon fiction with disdain, leav- | ing novels severely alone, excepting those of | Sir Waiter Scott. Mossrs. Blackwood refused | “Ships That Pass in th ght”” because they | | thought it too sad to please the public taste. Finally Miss Harraden disposed of the copy- right of her famous book to Messrs, Lawrenco | & Bullen for a mere trifle—glad to get it pub- | lished at any price. The success was instan- taneous, eand the author was overwhelmed by lotters of appreciation from all sorts and con- { ditions of people. They came from lonely Indian stations, the backwcods of America, as well as from the cities of the Continent. The book has been tranmslated into French, Gers man, Hungarian, Danish, Italian and Finnish, How tast the literature of locality is grow- ing in Americal Itisonly Lwenty years. or so since the story of New England life was al- most the only notable example of its species. At told by Hawthorne, 1t is still the ple, and a long list of good writers, with Miss Mary Wilkins' name included in it, has :nade it the most familfar. But now we have Crad- dock stories of Tennessce, Joel Chiandler Har- stories of Gecrgis, Cable stories of New Orleans, Octave Thanet storiss of lowa and tne middie West, William A. White storias of Kunsas, and others, cqually notable, of other localities, not to mention Bret Harte’s familiar tales of California, and Mr. Howelis' ocea- sicnal excursions to the westward of the New England line. The more important recent American biographies are of great assistance, too, in teaching how all sorts of Americans iive and feel.—Harper's Weekly There is really no end to the vagaries of tha common uss, says the New York Critic. S. R. Crockett, as ail novel-readers know. has 1e- cently published a story called “Lad’s Love,” in which there is & character—and a minor character, too—of a bagman, or commercial traveler. This person is represented as taking advantage of the goodwives' credulity and as chuckling over his astuteness among his fels low-villagers—a very ordinary amusement, one would imagine, among fellows of 1 his class. But the association, trades union or what not, of bagmen in Scote land, seems to think otherwise. It hasaddressed a letter to Mr. Crockett remon. strating with him for portrayiug the Scots traveler a: even rudimentarily dishonest, and begging him to—what? to suppress the baok? to rewrite 1t In the interest of Caledonian bagmen? Goodness knows; the association is not explicit on this point. Euough that it remonsirat. Alas, that Ishould say a word against my own count-ymen, who am a loyal Scot, born of a long race of weli-meuning Lowlanders; but can_we wonder that we are some:imes accused of a lack of humor? For, mark tbe irony. Not oniy does Mr. Crockeit never hint that bis frauduleng bagman is intended as a type, but his story is not even laid among contemporary sarroundings. 1t follows, then, tnat, in toe eyes of the Scoitish bagman, not only must an author refraic from representing the | member of any proiession as plying his business too close to tue windy side of the law, but he must also embrace the whole orbit of time and of eternity, and be assured that the bagman,in spite of all temptations, in the dark backward and abysm of time, mever, never, nevor wouid Le & fraud. One trémbles to think of the conse- bas replied to the association in @ spirit quite serious and respeciful, and it is even ninted that ha is to be asked 1o print his letter in the future editions of his novel. Hencefor- ward (‘tis a sign of the times) every villain must needs be a man of means, ply- ing mo profession that he cam, by any streten of the imagination, be held to disgrace. Mr. Crockett hes called down the deluge: The bagman has spoken; fiction is to be revolutionized. Nay, it is to be sizughtered, for I cannot believe that it will ever survive the blow. Mr, Crockett’s concess luon to the bagmen is the beginning of iho end] quences to fietion; for indeed, Mr. Crockett’