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THE SUNDAY. CALL This is, of course, the introduction of a dramatic scene, in which Judas goes to the Sanhedrin to return the thirty silver pleces, having repented of his treachery. He is laughed at and hooted, and goes into the wood, where madness seizes him, and he hangs himself on a tree with his % girdle. In the next scene, which is pre d ceded by a picture of Daniel denounced GER) to King Darius, Pontius Pilate appears Throp. for the first time. Christ stands meekly before Pilate, and does not help him in - his defense of him. At last, to satisfy the there has been published-a new edition of her earlier work, “Diana Tempest.” While “Diana Tempest” can ‘hardly be sald to rank with her better known work, still it possesses great merit, and the many comparisons which have been drawn be- tween the two and the great demand for Miss Cholmondeley’s books will make this new edition very acceptable. An excellent photograph of the young author is given on the front page and an interesting bio- graphical sketch has been incorporated in the book. “Diana Tempest” was Miss the Goebel contest before the Legislature. the dark hours attending the uum:;lsu&; of Senator Goebel, the calmer thous! l’ strained situations attending litigat 0: over the title to the Governorship anc finauy the resort to the Supreme Cours BF the United States. Those familiar . any of the startling occurrences that ma la political warfare in Kentucky fall little short of real, bloody civil war will recos- nize that the field for narrative is "m-(ruII ably rich, and the authors have taken advantage of it. They have given them- >+ are graphically recalled, v| ::xo?y of a real h"?l!tr:e g:’hivf;!:’nt;‘r;:n; y id in “The Giri 8 x':xm:x):efln;?roluuon." Edward Bo:(fl forth with much emphasis the h:rl‘r;e'l living in the country, ax; 4 o mother” writes on “Is 1}_Col£}g - tion the Best for Our Girls?" and = ward B. Rawson points out the harnry effects of “Letting (‘r"ldr»‘n"Ru:; ) - mer.” The experiences of “A B ; na in the Great West"" are continued In ths A.G.La . . clamoring crowd, Pilate orders Christ to Cholmondeley’s third book and it took her e ¥ i thé dramatic phases. The fiction features ars go William T. changes have been made in the manner happen to them all if Christ leaves them T 3 pizat selves free swing on c phases. iy Journal The fi e 8 o Be will 4 be scourged. three vears and a half to write it It 0o iuation, and have made substan- Ty OWPREl TrC. o0 Tola” and performance of of preseénting the play. The 4500 specta- was the result of so much mental labor Obe: tors now.sit beneath a vaulted iron roof One of the most dramatic scenes in the tially a history of what has been a cam- “The American C Voice in the Choir.” The audience was much interested In eyl < B er health gave way entire - hristy. is g from various protected ffom a inclemency of the first appearance of Mary the mother DI I8 that detween Christ and Pilate, thet her healh Save way antirely Shorty” aian tuly. Tess veplete with general Inter- Her Sports” by H. hristy. 18 text extant he has done Weather. But the purpose, the dignity of Christ> Anna Flunger, who takes the - 1en the Governor, surrounded by his 2 0 S8C, PPt OF SR80 An (€N est than a national electoral convulsion. 87 %, F0To Co grawing lictors and guards, appears on the balcony 1t is to be noted that despite their close of his house and calls upon the people to are examp relations with the campaign and the dra- a Painter d, the beauty of the performance are The fol- irrative form under part, Is the village postman’'s daughter, mondeley owes much of her success in rial features p fixion.” Mr. Stead's st as they always have been. and her acting is nothing short of ymar- « literature, for they have acted as help- . . ‘‘Albert Lyneh, \11 that could be de- lowing graphic account of it i condensed velous. Christ is on his way to Jerusalem Choose between. Christ and Barabbas. _ ergire: (OF TIEY 1278 B They a,,,fd matic manner in which they have nar- ~“LRSEL SOl : interested read- from the London Daily N and his mother meets him and asks the Christ is wearing the scarlet mantle the o (N8 00 0% Lo (o oounts of the en- rated it, the authors display an lmpar!ihael “Here and There smmer Cottag I ted from th The chorus of protecting angels and piteous question, “When shall I see him Scldieys threw over him and the Crown . 4.inments which she had not been attitude toward the rival parties. T s “Through Picturesque America,’ < spirits, twelve girls and twelve men. again?’ She is very touching in her sim- Of thorns, and carries a rush for a scepter. g ong enough to go to herself. It has book does ngt offer to solve the questions .. o1 " o on every branch of hom stand in a semicircle on the uncovered ple grief and in the humility with which Barabbas is a vile-looking {diot, the erim- (" ' ruje (o describe only what she brought out In the campaign. Neither does ' WCF €0 0T, o) reatures for the en mnge. L rhey. wens “white $010 ewibroil- | she mothUT e ST Heinle 8 Inal out of a child’s story-book, and the o; one of her sisters has personally ob- the work attempt to present any particu- [Toro o = o = o¢ children make the July . ered robes with jeweled girdles, sandals, ~The scene is preccded by the grief of <ry for “Barabbas!” sounds very cruel. ' 20 003 © g0l her copy has been read lar argument, leaving that to the strong (eTtaimment ® P00 (ol as well as : s mantles of bright colors, fastened by the bride over the loss of her bridegraom Pilate, in all his glory, washes his hands 1504, ‘them that they might pase judg- wills and great minds that are even yet jowrnal WSTTGEne Sotive. t with 8olden clasps, and golden coronets on in the sonz of Selomon. In a very dra- in a golden basin in vain disclaimer of his prrect The leading feature of Outing for July in responsibility. The multitude answer = y—the - ex- o e m;’ The chorus, “Let it be upon us and our el ts “Man Hunting in the Pound.” an 1~‘~‘ . through its dren.” Christ is then sentenced to death. citing personal adventure of Jn.;n(’d"(l Jr., in Kentucky Border Life; il Next Christ is seen on the way to Gol- ; by E. M. Ashe. The whole number is a Stead has very treasure island of pleasant pastimes sant places and as instructing as in pleasant pi e - Jllustraiions From &illiam "L. JSeruggs’ Latest Book, Crtitled, ** The Colombian and Uenezuelan Republics.” it is interesting. That the sea, the river and the pool should cl dominant note is seasonable. Ju one wants to know “Practical » ing” and ar “Salmon Angling Cruising and Craf! E of “The New Seventy-footers. lege boat racing makes keen 1nlerau‘t~.n “Strokes and Oarsmanship at Amermfia Universities,” and the departure of Amer- jcan athletes to the Paris games in wh Americans haye accomplished in “Bygo: International "Athlefic Contests,” as do- tailed by Willlam B. Curtis. The ap- proaching national championship in golf makes “The Strokes of Golf” espectally timely. “Putting,” by Waiter J. Travis (metropolitan champlon) Dgiv!ng, by Charles B. Macdonald. and “Approach- ing,” by H. M. Harriman (national ama- teur champion), all illustrated by fnstan~ taneous photographs. I less interest- ing to other classes at this racing season is “The American Derby, the Lawrencas Realization, its relation to the American urf, its history and its heroes, with undant illustrations; while the arrival high summer and good roads nrakes he Wheelways of Ontario,” a trip from Detroit to Montreal, with a map, & timely gontribution to bicyclers. Of adventurs there is abundance. ‘“The Growth of Grindelwald,” ear frau, and legends a “The Jungle of the Ghauts, tive Indian hunting meth Fly-cast- “Up-stream Canoe Craft,” abou and “Single-hand ot ONAHE ORINOCO ascents of the Jung- he glacier paases. curious na- wi 1« Lot John's Bear" ; mpaniment Way of the Sportsma the Old t ney, and contributio B n Huu.x e Old ['\nl; “Photography as v which accompanies s g5 i “Golt” round out & . very comprehensive number. Adam ang v angel The timeliness of the July Century is € chorus due in large measure to its | and cond pictoripl treatment of the present Mecca h the Eight full-page draw- % 20~ t f ’ is RDa he e smaller yrawings from the same penc “ w | ikes place. SCENE ON TRHE_ I commentary on Richar gl . make up the crowd on ‘“Artistic Parls 5 irrounds him, crying RAILROAD i o artist, ar features i and long Joked, fn galleries of the It is a tryir in the scene 6n the Oberammergau Mount ere was much crying among the audi- and during the Paseion scene sobs almost disturbed While Christ advances to the in the Temple he turns back he g filled with m e =0 loud that th ion P rammergau are shown the Jewish Council, ve methods all agree that of Moses are threatened by this who has the to merchants in speech and manner, in whom is also much dramatic a < his intention ing with them one more evening in the avetaking of Tob ste of costly ointmem y as to what will matic scene Judas, who is represented with fiendlike expression by the painter, Johannes Zwink, explains his diSsatisfac- tion at the turn matters are taking, and shows that he would be glad to get out of his connection with Christ, and when tempted falls an e prey. Before the council he accepts t bribe of thirty sil- ver pieces, and promises to petray Christ to the soldlers who will be sent to arrest him. Christ’s return to Jerusalem is pre- ceded by a good living picture of King Ahasuerus casting away Vashti and rais- ing Esther to the throne. The next picture shows all the 700 act- ors at once. The children of Israel, starv- ing in the desert, are being relieved by the fall of manna from heaven, and a few moments later welcome the messengers who bring giant fruit from Canaan. And row the holy supper follows, arranged exactly after Leonardo da Vinci's pic- ture, with the thre¢ windows looking upon Jgrusalem in the background and with tHe simple aec! s of breaking the . bread and biessing the- wine, washing the disciples’ feet and giving the last good ad- vice sadly and resigned . The scene that follows shows Christ on the Mount of Olives in deep despalr, in prayer and resignation. A large group of Roman soldiers, with spears, come in the wake of Judas, and Christ being pointed out by the treacherous kiss, arrest him. Peter draws a sword and cuts a servant's ear off, but is reproved by Christ, who heals the wound, and then proudly offers his hands to be bound by the rope ana meekly walks to prisen. After an interval of an hour ahd a half the second part begins with a tableau showing the prophct Micalah, who is struck for speaking the truth before King Ahab. The scene that follows represents Christ before Annas, when he is smitten in the face. Then comes innocent Na- both, sentenced to death because false Wwitnesses arise against him. After an other’ plcture—Job- suffering insult from his wife and friends—we are shown Christ led before Caiaphas, who examines him and sentences him to death, while Peter, outside the judgment court, questioned by the servants, denies his master. In the next tableau Cain, pursued by his conscience, wanders about in the world. FEDERAL __/—\\ gotha, laden with the cross. On the way he meets his mother, whose heart breaks when she sees him. John, who plays his part to perfection and Las a very charac- teristic face and no beard, SUpports her. Simon of Cyrene is made to carry the cross. The women of Jerusalem weep on the road. Veronica offers her handker- chief for Christ to dry his face. The Crucifixion is a triumph of realism. The chorus, wearing black mantles in- stead of gayly colored ones, announces that the moment draws near. The beats of the hammer as the Redeemer is nailed to the cross are heard from behind the curtain, which parts to show us Golgotha and the two thieves tied to gheir rough cross beams with ropes, while Christ, though nailed to the cross, still lies on the ground. At last the cross, which is ot enormous height, is raised. All the pa- thetic words we know =0 well are heard— the praver for those who torture him, the words of consolation to the thieves who suffer death with him, the awful cry of one forsaken of the Father, the last terrible’ words of relief, followed by the last falling forward of the head. Joseph of Arimathea has gone to Pilate to ask permission to bury the body, and he and Nicodemus, with only the weeping women and St. John around, iower him from the cross. Pictures by Titian and Leonfirdo pass before our eyes. Joseph stands on a ladder in front. Nicodemus climbs to the top of the cross. Linen a hundred yards long, in two rolls, is wrapped around the body, passed over the arms of the cross, and dropped to the ground, and with-this linen the body, the weight of which. is borne by Joseph of Arimathea, is slowly and reverently lowered to the ground and laid by loving hands upon the linen spread out to receive it. This closes the play, and the Ascension, pictured in a last scene, is only an epilogue that passes almost un- noticed. The strain has been too great. -~*Diana Tempest.” Apropos of the great success of Mary Cholmondeley’'s novel, “Red Pottage,” ’ CARACA S PALACE. . Gl //' (Published by D. Price $§1 50.) ment upon its merits Appleton & Co., New York. Historical Nuggets. The “Nugget Series”” has been enriched by one more littie volume, this time from six famous experts in historical writing and criticism. Lord Macaulay is repre- sented by a considerable part of his bril- liant essay on “History,” review ancient Greek and Roman write paying his respects to the moderns— bon, Hume, Milman, etc.—ending with his splendid picture of the ideal historian. Dean Stanley writes of “The Historical ,' illustrating by the Bible, squieu and Voltaire, and various British writers—Gibbon, Ma- caulay, Scott, etc. The historian Froude gives warning as to fair “Judgments of Great Leaders.” John Fiske offers a phil- osophic view of the Influence of environ- ‘ment and contemporary soclal develop- 'ment upon the direction taken by eminent men of history, showing how, for In- stance, great inventors or discoverers could not exist before the warrlors, kings and statesmen had done thelr work, and the world had turned from war to the arts of peace. Cglonel William J. Arm- strong is represented by a flne paper on the Instinct and art of writing history and a search for “an expounder of the mean- ing in the world's transactions.” In cor- sidering American writers—Irving, Mot- ley, Bancroft, Prescott, Parkman, Fiske, John Lord, etc., he notes the last named as “the ethical historian, par excellence,” whose work must give him high rank. And Emerson impressively discourses upon “The Titans," as he calls great men, “selected by the severest of all judges, Time,” who, as other lesser men disap- pear in oblivion, still remain the land- marks of permahent interest in the story of the past. s The booklct is full of inferest and worth. The six writers it gives selections from fulfill the remark of the editor that the little volume \is “not only a stimulus to the rgading of history but also a helpful guide to reading with discrimination, as well as a delight/ul series of papers on this popular brunch of literature.” The title page is ducorated with a fine repro- duction of Watts' striking portrait of Ma- caulay. (Published by Fords, Howard & Hulburt, New York. Price, 45 cents.) “That Kentucky Cqmpaign." Three newspaper men of Louisvill & e, . . Hughe:. F. W. Schacier and B. L. n lfams, have prepared and published a his. tory of the famous campaign in Kentucky which brought about the death of Goebel and involved the State in a crisis that may vet result in serious disturb. ances. The book contains 360 pages and is enriched with upward of 10) illustra- tions, Including portraits of a)l the spicuous figures in the contest. rative.shows the progress of evy the enactment of the Goebel election law, the flery campaign, the exciting election. the suspense over the result, the turmet] pending a !_eghfl'_n_ by the election boards, con- The nar- ents from perplexed at the task. What it does Is to bring out in bold relief the progress of a political struggle that among a less as- sertive people might have passed off with scarcely a ripple. “That Kentucky Campalgn: or, The Law, the Ballot and the People in the Goebel-Taylor Contest,” by Hughes, Schaefer and Williams. (Robert Clarke Company, Cincinnatl. Price, in cloth cov- ers, $1 7.) “The Colombian and Venezuelan Republics.™ The late Envoy Extraordinary and Min- ister Plenipotentiary of the United States to Colombia and Venezuela, William L. Scruggs, is the author of a most valuabls work entitled, “The Colombian and Vene- zuelan Republics”"—a book devoted to a study of these countries and their people and containing many notes on other parts and South his of Central America. In offical capacity the author was afforded exceptional opportunities for compiling the data which he presents in his book, and from his twenty-fiva years spent in these countries he should certainly be well qualified to speak understandingly of their climatic conditions; many of the places which have been considered un- healthy by those who are ignorant of the facts he finds the reverse. The magnifi- ain scenery of the Magdalena zorgeous tropical scenery nt vegetable life are described The great difficulties of trans- at length, portation are dwelt upon, and he points out the need of better conc ions, which would lead to the development of the magnificent resources of the countries. The volume contains chapters on the agricultural the Guay mus of products of Venezuela, on ana boundary question, the Isth- anama, and Panamd Canal pro- jects, the rights and duties of foreign res- idents in South America, the Monroe doc- trine, the Venezuelan arbitration award of 1899, etc. The book should be invalu- able to % person intending to travel or settle in South or Central America, for it contains much practical advice upon the best methods of dealing with the native population and the best parts of the coun- try in which to settle. (Published by Lit- tle, Brown & C Boston. Price, $2 50.) Magazines. 8. 8. McClure has secured from Rud- yard Kipling a series of storles of the South African war. The first, entitled “The Outsider,” will appear in the July number of McClure’'s Magazine. This story introduces a young, self-important subaltern detalled to the command of a remote railway station who gets into serious trouble. As a char.’ acter study this is one of the most vigor. ous and amusing stories Mr. Kipling has ever written. It was a happy inspiration which lea Success, in its July issue, to have the ca- reer of that sweet and womanly Ameri. can girl, Helen Miller Goula, written up by Congressman Charles B. Landis of In. diana. The latter is as eloquent and ver. satlle as his subject is charming. An. other feature of exceptional excellence is a new story of Lincoln—a bit of unwritten history, in fact—from the pen of William Van Zandt Cox, secy etary of the National Museum at Washiffton, A pen sketch by James E. Kelly, the American sculptor shows Lincoln stanlling on the parapet of Fort Stavensy In the District of Columbia. With General Jubal A. Early’s sharpshoot. ers blazing away at him, in the almost successful attack on the n, . July 11-12, 1864. General Wright §s in the act of commanding the President to step do’rv\;]n lora Place of safety. ree forcefu! writers, 3 James B. Dill ana ur,'zaf‘,i', ¥ ety firlrflb:!o A symposium on the question, ; r:'l e three great professions declin- Ng?” Mr. DilKis th. lawyer-promoter Who succeeded in patching up the quarrel between Andrew Carne; . oS negie and Henry C. Ernest Seton-Thompson's “Wild Ani- mal Play” gives special - interest and ;Drighmneu to the July Ladles’ Home ournal. Into its roles children are ine lell'llously fitted to impersonate the wila animals Mr. Seton-Thompson has known &aad told about with so much charm. The ignorant but/ s wood engrav- ing e Hay-Wa and six of them are found, with m smaller one: the current instal £ of Morley” romweil.” In an article on - e Commercial endancy of the the Hon. Carroll Commissioner of Labor, hazs the guess that in exports for the year ing March 31 last America has at ed her greatest rival, Engl M. Sloane writes with int edge of the late Miss Sarah her unique educational work ngton. The story of a musical career is begun in n the form of the reminiscences am Mason, whose opening artic ° teems with recollections of the famous ) ago, with hs and other “How to Safeguard One's the Rev. J. M. Buckley, is the contribution of a doctor, not of medi- cine, but of divinity, who has made a spe- cial study of insanity, its causes and its The ar possibilites of b festivals and Processions,” are pointed out by Barr Ferree and Charles R. Lamb in two brief articles, for which E. H. 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