The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 23, 1901, Page 4

'THE SUNDAY CALL “China and the Allies.” HENRY SAVAGE LANDOR’S BOOK ON THE CHINESE SITUATION, PAST AND PRESENT. HINA and the Allles, by A. Henry Savage Landor, is®a work of two octavo volumes—136 chapters, §76 pages and 30 fllustrations. That sounds appalling enough to alarm almost any realler, but when you have read these two volumes you will regret that they are not even longer. Mr. Landor was in China long before the recent trouble with the Boxers bezan. He reads and speaks Chinese, is familiar with the country, followed the -me-fl all through the campaign & d has written books before. He had had, similar ex- periences with the Buddhist Lamas in Thibet, so of all the men in China at that time he was probably best fitted for the work he has undertaken. The bo(:rks themselves, however, are the best wit- nesses that he has been singularly suc- cessful. There is nothing like a de‘lcflptluln flrs: and erein lies the great yalue o . n nn?:ld the Allies.”” Landor srites of what he has seen with his own eyes and heard with his own ears. He may be a Jittle prolix at times, but for one lntgrj ested in the subject these minute details are an erring on the right side. Mr. Landor has fo much to say that he wastes no time with long preambles of in- troductions or prefaces. = He begins by challenging the accepted meaning of the word * xer. 1 do mot kmow who invented the rame of “Boxers” as a translation of the words “Ih- hwo-Ch’us by which the anti-foreign socic- in China cali themselves, but whoever did £0 Was Wrong. To mmeke matters clear, ‘Ih-hwo-Ch'usn, transiated literall ‘yolurteer Trited Fists.”” The word » 4s mot used in the sense of ‘boxing. al “being stronsly the Chinese char- mean on the scene lomg before bewan, the author etudy the real blames the jrect cause of the causes of the priest and in this conrection ray .ty to what people in Furope ard have Teen led to believe, this rent was no local rising acainst ut wos a well planned cru- sade against dovils” * * % “Ne deubt t of immoral- 54 mtion. the Budd- iped ~ut. mot Anly immensa as- that be forever and peace Wi Lanéc e'a'ms that Chinese had been active for over two yvears and the fjtated some months ere prepared through- had not be-n the case would have iun‘y.'] cut even more serious than it did. As it a fapatical Buddh nd what ing the practices of these m‘h‘si rmovement £a ] work upon the eredulity and super interesting. Fich was operated very to hrpnotize some chi'd end then cail ihe attention of tne mob thie subject in a cataleptic fit. ~ Of course, the_*foreign devils” were blamed heraft and then the nists wouid come to the front and a rceper in se the spell of hyonosis, thereby/gaining much credit liness and bringing dis- credit on the heads of the unsuspecting foreigners. These priests worked so powerfully on the credulity of the common classes that s considrced themselves pro- Iy by Buddhist magic and would rueh the machine guns and modern rifles. Here is a description of one of the miner battles that shows this state of frenzied fanatick of the people i One effectively In battle a number of the Boxers were armed wit licher and Mauser rifles pro- vided by the Goverament, but most of them used old-fashioned flintlock, muzzle- snears, and single and two- swords with hilts bound in ved cloth ru into the field. imbued with the idea suggested to them by the monke that he who fought for the Th-hwo-Ch'uan was Rific or crrnon bullets or preached the monks, ‘‘may part of his anatomy, but cannot penetrate the body of a sacred mem- ber of the Th-hwo-Ch'uan. When hit, the bul- let will bounce back without infuring him in the slightest degrec.” Nevertheless, whils urging their satellites to go bravely to the front under repeated assurances of being ab- solutely bullet-proof. the morks themselves took good care to keep well in the rear or under cover. In fact. in most cases they cleared out of bullet reach until the ficht was This thev exvlzined, ‘was done, not from cowardice, but in order to pray for those who fought for their cause At the attack on Tientsin City. after vari- ous incantations and sundry displays of occult powers, impressive to the minds of the ig- morant and superstitious, these hordes of fa- ratics were let g0 against the foreign troops They came running on like madmen, brandish- ing their swords, some with wild yells, others chanting the Ih-hwo-Ch'uan war song, the tranelation of which is as follows: “Strike toward heaven and its gates will be opened (And here they raise the richt arm and make tense to ctrike the sky with their swords.) toward the earth and its gates will ety (A hard stamp on the ground with the right foot followed these words.) You must practice the Th-hwo-Ch'uan, For the leaders will soon appear. They rushed wildly forward, but, Incanta- tions or mo incantatiofs, the bullets of the allies went through them ail the same. The fact must have caused them some surprise The machine guns did terrific execution, and the Japanese cavalry, dashing to and fro, left the field covered with dead and wounded. It is eaid that the survivors called the monks 1o account for the heavy losses, but the priests had a ready answer- 1t is mot our fault™ . said they. ““Those men @ied because they were mot sufficiently in- itiated or because they did not have faith in our cause. Those that gave up all for the Ih- hwo-Ch'uan came out of the battle without & scratch.”” Here they pointed at the few— mighty few—that had come off the field, scared out of their wits, but still alive. It was not only the foreigners who suf- fered, but the Chinese who had adopted the Christian falth were also made the special object of persecution. The method of the Boxers for picking out a victim shows how much chance the suspect had of clearing Limself when ance charged: In their hunt for mative Christians the Box- ers adopted a singular mode of identifying them. ‘Over the head of the unfortunate cap- tive & magic mirror was held in which a cross (eald the Boxers) was to be plainly reflected were the prisoner a Christian. As the magic mirror was made of silvered metal slightly convex, & luminous eross was invariably vis- ible in & powerful light, so that the poor loaders, handed hell.” in any pieces of strike 2 Bo: Mr. Landor is absolutely frank in his criticism of the various officlals. He is himself an Englishman. hut that in no way interferes with his candid expression ©f OpinioMof the acts of Sir Claude Mac- having received a visit from the ministers of the Tsung-li-Yamen and other high of- that he accepted wholesale the fine @nd assurances of the Chinese. Another mistake he points out is ti~ short-sightedness of Sir Claude in not seeing long before he did that the Chinese Government was in perfect sympathy with the Boxer movement. Mr. Landor sounds a note of warning in this connection that is worth some thought: In the fmperial palace—aithough Sir Claude reported to the contrary—there existed, even before that time, not fear of but encouragement and friendliness toward the Boxers, the Em- press Dowazer. with Prince Tuan and a number of foreizn-hating Manchu princes, believing firmly that the moment had come when the Chi- nese could at last either kill or drive into the sea every foreizn devil. It must ever be borne in mind that this notion is and aiways will be firmly rooted in every Chimese mind. The higher he is in official position the decper is his feeling of contempt and hatred for foreign- ers. One hears reports that the Chinese admire ovr civilization: that he is in amazement at our inventions; that he will one day be as civilized as we ave: that Is to say when he has learned enough. And so the Chinese will be. He will strive to purchase machinery, guns and am- munition: he will gradually learn how to work them, and when he does he ‘will do it well; but this will on in order to learn how to fight ue. and to have his revenge for what he con- siders. probably with justice, as our offenses. He will never rest content until, no matter at what cost to his natien in human life, in money. suffering snd humiliation: no matter what blows may have been dealt him, he can one day stand up flercer than ever and strike back a harder blow at us than any he has re- cetved. % The account of the Sevmour expedition, the taking of the Taku forts and the final capture of the native settlement in Tien- tsin is the best in print, for it is written by a man of exnerience, who was on the spot. Mr. Lardor bad his camera with him, ard his enthusiasm must have led him into some pretty close places, for there are plentv of p'etures taken right on the firing lines. These photographs are a valuable addition to the text. Many of them grewsome, but the Chinese in warfare make it even worse than what Sherman had to sav about war. and the tographs of tortured bodies show the h where mere words might be taken as too strong a truch of imagination. On June 10 at 9:30 a. m. Vice Admiral Sir Edward Sevmour and his expedition cf 2200 men left Tientsin for the relief of Peking. only to get as far as Lanfang sf*er fighting the! way against great odds. and finally: T'nable to keep opeh the communication: run- ning shert of ammunition and nrovisions, the water af the wells prisoned by corpses of men thrown into them. and advance be. impossible—to say nething of the Prebability of baire cut off—it was decided that, He thus deseribes the first skirmish be- tween the Boxers and the allied troops: Late ‘n the afternoon, at about 6, the train stopped and the alarm was riven that the en- emwy wes aporoaching. Major Johnstone and six marines, followed by Midshipman Davies and ten rrarines, were merching some distance ahead of the train along the line to examine its condition. when a bady of Boxers was noticed leaving the villaze, In order, apparently. to cut thor off fr-m the traln. Retreating in due haste toward the main body of the force th small party kept up a runmng fizht with the enemy. Then only a few hundred vards from the train the bluejackets poured a hot fire from the railway embankment Into the Boxers and drove ihem toward the main, British force. The enemy was then exposed #0 a severe cross-fire frem the Maxims and rifles of the Centurfon’s men. The marines had alighted from the trucks to rerel the attack of this horde of fa- raties, who ran close under the guns, waving their swords, pitchforks and clubs. As they actually came within a range of two or three hundred yerde their red turbans and sashes could plainly be seen, showing that they were Boxers, and not regular troops. They car- rled no firearms to speak of, except old- fashioned matchlocks. Some of the enemy mounted, but the majority were on boys. apparently in a state of hys- running wildly in front of the Their number in all was esti- close upon 130. They showed as- med ecrowd mated at tounding bravery. dashing upon the British and exnosinz themselves with bare chests to the bullets of forelzn rifles. For an hour the fusillade one side only—with Maxims these fanatics dashed to the attack time after time with their primitive weapons. They were repulscd and were believed to have suffered heavily. If these Chinamen ccuid fight like that with clubs and pitchforks against modern rifles, it is easy to be imagined .what would have happened to the Seymour ex- pedition if the Boxers had had military training and up-to-date arms. Mr. Lan- dor's suggestion given above regarding civilization and the Chinese is really worth careful consideration. Here is the cost of that little trip to Lanfang and re- turn; Killed—British 27, American 4, French 1, Ger- man 12, Italian 5, Japanese 2, Austrian 1, Rus- sian 10. ‘Wounded—British 97. American 25, French 10, German 62, Italian 3, Japaneses 3, Ausfrian 1, Ruestan 27, or in all 62 killed and 238 wounded 1 asked several officers and men of all na- tions, who were with Seymour, what was tpeir cpinion of the commander in chfef on that un- fortunate expedition. I mever found cne man who was not proud to have served under him. ‘Whether Russian, French, Italian, German or British—they all spoke with admiration and al- most veneration of the admiral, whoee courage, astounding coolnees in moments of danger, per- epicacity and kindly manner toward his sub- crdinates made him esteemed and revered by one and all alike who had the privilege of serv- ing and fichting under him. From first to last he enjoyed the absolute confidence of all his officers and men. No better ‘compliment could be_paid him. y The author is very impartial in his erit- icism of the soldlers and officers of the different nations. To the Japanese he gives. well merited credit for their bravery. They bore the brunt of the fight- ing before Peking, were in the lead at the attack of the native settlement In Tien- tsin and first“to attempt to fly a flag at was kent up—on and rifles, while the ecapture of the Taku forts. In this connection he says: A pathetic incident took place. A Japan- esc sailor had climbed to the top of a flag- staff to put up the flag of the Risincg Sun, when, unluckily, a Chinese bullet brought him Mown and killed him. Had It not been for this mishap the Japanese flag. would have been the fitst to fiy on the fort. As it was, the Britieh was hoisted immediately by the single halyard on ‘the flagstaff. There can Bs no doubt, however, Japanese, fmmediately followed by ish and Itallans, were the first to fort, and sufficlent praise cannot be given them for their bravery and military skill. There is naturally very little humor to be found in an account of such terrible fighting as was carried on in this war, but one little incident well deserves a place in history: “A buillet haying gone through a sol- dier's hat, he absent-mindedly carried his headgear under his arm till the end of that the the Brit- enter the ~the battle to save it from further perfora- tion.” B There is a fighter for you. It made him mad to think of the enemy spoiling his new hat and forcing him to subsequent expense with the commissary department. Here is a humorous incident in the fight- ing about the forts at Taku: A party of Russians and Germans had land- ed on the south side on a reconnaissance. The Germans, on foot, were left to guard a bridge, while the Russians, on horseback, continued thelr reconnoitering expediticn. The Germans cluded that they were not coming back,so duly froceeded to blow up the bridge previous to Tetiring. During the night the Russians, overwhelmed by # suderlor force of Chinese, fell back on the bridze—or rather on its absence—and had to swim with their horses across the stream under the pelting bullets of the Chinese. the deuce did you destroy the was the angry query put by the Russian to the German officer when he next met him. “Why not?'* calmly replied the German. “I thought that you Russians all knew how to swim." ‘And how to swear, tof Russian. It all ended in a hearty laugh, and no one seemed any the worse for a good ducking. One of the most interesting parts of the book is Mr. Landor's description of the looting. of Tientsin after its capture by the allies. There was the Englishman with his eve open for a present for his girl at home, the Frenchman whole feel- ings were especially appealed to by the dlscovery of some savory delicacies to vary military dlet, the Japanese who handled ‘with reverent care the priceless works of art and the Russian and Ameri- retorted the witty mens of humanity are generally consid- ered good enough to do missionary work in China, and this he considers the great- est mistake of all, for the field is a hard one and requires men and women of the greatest ability. He also deplores the sending of young girls to interior posts far from the protection of foreizn guns. The idea of missionaries aping the Chi- nese in their dress appeals to the author as ridiculous, and he teils us that it af- fects the Chinese in the same way. In proof of this he gives a snapshot photo- graph that bears ample witness of the amusement of the Chinese at two mis- sionaries in native costume. He says: “The majority of British and American mis- siorarles of the stronger sex seem to possess fair or red hair, which they match more or lese accurately by a Jong, fat pigtail of a bright golden or glowing auburn tinge, accord- ing to circumstances, - which hangs (from a seam In the cap, Instgad of from the scalp, as it should do according to the laws of na- ture) down the back to the heels over their silk disguise. This fancy dress costume is now very largely adopted by British and American missionarles, fer we are told that In assimilat- ing themselves to the natives (to whom noth- ing could be “more unifke) the missionaries gain much influence over the latter. sonally T have noticed only undisguised merri- ment among the Chinese as the dlsguised for- eizners went by. The missionary women in Chinese clothes, fortunately, look less ridiculous than thelr men,. probably because they are generaily smaller, yet it seems fncomprehensible that in golng to a country to convert people they shonld themselves adopt customs and cos- tumes which in others they condemn as bar- barous. The advance of the relief column on Pe- king, the sufferings of the besieged, the attack ang final capture of the city by the allles—all this is given in careful de- tail and illuminated by valuable photo- — 2. HENRY SAVAGE LANDOR. — can who rather enjdyed the unmusical crash of breaking china. Here is a chance for the American sol- dier to see himself as others see him: In regard to looting, the American soldier was no worse, indeed, but decldedly no better, than any other soldier present, nor was there any reason why he should have been. Pos- sibly he lacked some of the feeling and ar- tistic taste to be found in'some of the other nationalities. and as a rule he displayed much determiffed business capacity. It must be borne in mind that these remarks are not made in disparagement, but are merely ob- servatiors on the characterlstics of the Amer- ican soldier in gencral in his capacity as a looter. He is curt and blunt with strangers at first, but jolly and warm-hearted upon acquaint- ance. He does mot particularly care for ar- tistic* embrolderies, nor for rare bronzes and china ware, nor can he understand.why any- body else does. He will pick up a costly vase which has been Dreserved for centuries in the house of a high offictal, and to save himsell the trouble of putting it gently down in the place from which it came will drop it on the ficor. Its companion picce at the other end of the sideboard meets a similar fate, the notse of smashing crockery giving more will delight to his unmusical ears than the beau- tiful deklgn, the patient work of years, on the vase, before it was broken, gave vleasure to his artistically untrained eve. The visit of the- American soldiers had about the same re- sult on the interior ,of a Chinaman's house as a severe shock of earthquake. The contemft of the American soldier for art has a redeeming point. His dry if some- what coarse sense of humor, his extraordinary remarks on the things he touched and saw, ard his composite oaths, in which no nation in the world excent the Chinese can rival or equal him made him an amusing study. His manner and his language may not always ful- i1l the ideals of European training. but. once accustomed o his “bluft,” most of which is assumed to show bis indeperdence, which he thinks he bas no other way of showing, we shall find him a first-class fellow. From my own observation I can speak high- Iy of the American as a soldier. He generally impressed one, nevertheless, as belng a person disappointed in life and always on the look- ont for a fortune, When he talked, money was his only topic, and when he could not talk money he kept silent. What did he care for works of art? He had heerd thot some of the porcelain was worth large sums, but he really couid not tell a five- cent teapot from a thousand-dollar one. To use his expression, all the works of art in the world wcre not worth. a cent, and, anyhow, they had no soind marketable value. All that he Tooked for in the houses of rich Chines, as he conveniently called the Chinese, was goll bar, or silver, the latter for choice in four ard a quarter pound lumps (sycee). It he couid not get gold or silver he pre- ferred to heve nothing, but he looked and looked until he generally found what he wasted. When once he had it, he was willing, in order to convert it at once into cash, to sc]l cach four and & quarter pound lump (or seventy dollars worth in weight) for five, ten, fitteen or twenty dollars local currency! The Amerian soldier, when acclimatized, be- came extremely popular with all the other n: tions, and 1t was pleasant to se¢ him chum, particularly with the British Tommy. He was generous In his dealings with other soldiers, and when he got to know the people was quite affable, and had a pleasant word for every- body. Hc occasionally referred to “‘his girl at home,” but hardiy ever mentioned any other relative, although no doubt he loved them all dearly. A s Next to his attention to business, which he transects as we have seen ‘above, comes his intense interest in firearms. It was, therefore, lucky that it fell to the lot of the Americans to be set on guard on the large arsenal inside the city wall, close to the south gate. Forty beautifut Krupp and Nordenfeldt guns of the latest pattern were captured, with quantities of small arms and ammunition, {ncluding shells of all patterns and sizes. Landor makes the missionaries the ob- Jject of some severe criticism. This part of his book presents much food for . thought and will doubtless awaken dis- cussion. In his opinion rather noar swecl- 5 graphs taken by the author himself. All the important moves of - the army are made clear by sketch maps and plans. Altogether these books read with the same dramatic interest of a strong novel and yet give you history with the stamp of absolute verity. (Published by Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York. Two volumes, price $750.) B. G. LATHROP. ' Norman Holt, In this swift and tbrilling story of action General King shows us In strong contrast the brilliant, hospitable heme. life in Ken- tucky, under the old regime and the har- rowing bitter strife stirred up by the great confiiet when ilies were divided and father and son were in opposing ranks. Norman Holt, the favorite son of an old Kentucky family, having been repri- manded at West Point for duelling, is withdrawn by his: high-spirited father. To brighten up the home-coming Dr. Holt keeps open house and gives a good old- fashioned Kentucky Christmag, to which all the friends of the family -are invited. Among the guests is Daivy Lane of Cih- cinnati, a daughter of Dr. Holt's attor- ney, with whom Norman is deeply in love. Disquiet invades the festivities with the arrival of an unbidden guest. young Mal-. loy. also of Cincinnati. and the friend of the Lanes. His letters of introduction are of the best and according to the Kentucky custom he is hespitably welcomed. But his admiration for Daisy Lane is so evi- dent, and his attempts to monopolize her soclety so persistent, that hostility arises between him and voung Holt. The latter accepts a position in the firm of MacIntyre & Lane, the partners being respectively his uncle and the father of his' sweetheart. The military ardor of the winter of 1860-61, when war was in the air, leads Norman Holt to join a local com- pany. War is declared, and Kentucky is rent asunder in the fierceness of partisan . feeling. Dr. Holt and his elder son, Henrv, join the Confederate army, but their in- fluence with Norman is more than offset by his inbred loyalty to the flag. The company which he organized goes to the front for the Union and he is deprived of a commission through the scheming of Malloy, aided by his father, a State Sena- tor with a “pull.” So Norman becomes a private among the boys he once com- manded. Their affection and respect help him to do his duty, but Malloy, who has been appointed a lieutenant, contrives in various ways to make his carcer hard for him. The company is cailed to the fleld and on a dark night Hoit is requested to pilot a raiding squadron to Belleview, his ‘home. As a soldier he must obey: as a son he shrinks from guiding his superiors to capnture his father. In the conflict that follows Captain Wing of the Union forces is captured, together with his aid and op~ derly, and Norman in a dazed and ex- hausted condition pilots the remnant of the command back to camp, enly to be ac- cused of treachery and placed under guard. Before the court-martial is con- vened Norman is found to be sufferlng from exhaustion and fever and he is sent to the hospital, where kind and sympa- thetic friends are able to have the matter cleared up; so that, upon his recovery, he returns to the army at-Shiloh. He Is slated by his captain, Gaffney, for pro- motion, but the crafty Malloy takes ¢om- mand while Gaffney is in the hospital, changes the report and again prevents Norman from getting his well-merited re- ward. The events from this on crowd clogely. Norman, harassed and over- worked by Malloy, is finally discovered apparently asleep on picket. He is placed r -arrest, court-martialed and sen- .?g:eed to be shot. In this crisis, which is convincingly and. dramatically handled, a reprigve ‘which {s telegraphed from Washington arrives just Per- - _Jzing that the affection for in time to save voung Holt's life. He is now taken up by strong and influential friends, who secure for him a commission in a Kentucky regiment.’ In the crash at Stone River he rallles Sheridan’s Second Brigade and becomes famous in the army, while Malloy, who managed' to keep out of the battle, gets home and is made ma- jor in a new regiment. 7 he elder Malloy. meantime, has gained agcendency over zlha Lanes. Malloy returns to the front with his new regiment and in presence of Rose- crans, Sheridan and Garfield, Holt re- fuses to recognize him. Two davs later in the maneuvers .in front of Tallahoma Holt is captured and brought face to face with his brother In Bragg's headquarters. He is taken to Chattanooga as a prisoner and held until just before Grant's great battle at Mission Ridge. when he escapes in time to lead his regiment and plant the -colors on Bragg's works. Meanwhile Malloy has been busy Intriguing against him and the plot would have worked hut for the es- cape of Captain Wing, who denounces Malloy as a llar and glanderer and clears Holt. To escape arrest and disgrace; Mal- loy deserts to the enemy's lines. The whale truth is_cleared up by the collapse of Senator Mailoy at home. The Holts ara financially. wrecked by the war and by the Senator’s stealings. Norman rises to a coloneley and a commission in the regular army, gains the girl he loves and wins hack Belleview for his aging father. (Pub- lished by G. W. Dillingham Company, New York. Price $125. Truth Dexter. “Troth Dexter.” by Sidney McCall. is not a particularly Interesting book. The pub- lishers have done all they can by giving the story the best typosraphieal dressing and an artistic cover, but the matter pre- sented borders closely on mediocrity. The characters have the jerky swing of the well-made marifonette. There 8= a rising voung lawyer of Bos- ton who is in the midst of an affa'r with a young married weman, Orchid Wilev. From the first page to the last these two are always on the verge of an elonement. They remind one ef the proverbial small boys and their first fight—one was ‘fraid” and the other ‘‘daresn’ There is one comfort for the reader’s torn emotions— the last few pages witness a final meeting between these naughtv people in which they both.admit that after all they did not care very much for each. other ani so there really was very little danger of an elopement and disgrace in Boston's best society. Trutk Dexter is a voing Southern girl” who falls heiress to a large amonnt of nieney throv=h the wiil of ap nncle who had abandoned the Sonth. made his for- tune in the North and then Jeft his meney to this fonthern relative with the under- standing that if she did not take it all his wealth should go to the erection of a statne in horor of Abraham fincon. Cra'ghead. the young lawver and “hero’”” before men- tioned, goes South to persnade this girl and her grandparents to take the money. The grandfather has his blood so wrought up cver the thought of taking money made by a renegade member of the family that he falls dead from apoplexy. The grandmother is taken seriously ill and so the young lawver. just to save the family, marries the girl on four days’ acquaint- ance. There fs.no pratepse of love 'be- tween the convle, but the reader feels con- fident that that wiil ali come out right in the end. Truth is sent to Europe for an education and in.her absence M~ Craighead kisees the married ladv just once. TUnon the young wife's return the lady villain, in the *person of this vounz married woman, rushes to her immediately with the intel- ligence that she has been kissed. Truth returng with her grandmother to the South after having had a dramatic scene with her delinpquent hushand. Tn the meantime Mrs. Wiiev's husband dies and then it is that she and Craighead have the quiet little talk which results in thelr real- each other is barely skin deep after all. Mrs. Wiley &oes to Europe and Cralghead goes South tn pvelcome a lmle:;:a‘ that has arrived. to gladden his hous. and then. with a sigh of relief. the readler puts down the book to know that everything must be all “right for the future, for the author says 80, and he certainly must know. (Pub- lished by Little, Brown & Co., Boston. Price $150.) 1 The Inlander. Thrse who have read with enjoyment the few novels written by Harrison Rob- ertsen , will welcome his latest work, “The Inlander.” Tt is a story of the South. The hero, Paul Rodman. has been brought up by his father, Judge Rodman, in a quiet town in Middle Ten- nessee. Judge Rodman, having lost his wife, has had the exclusive care of his son, and has given him a training which has served to inculcate in Paul soctal manners and ideas which, a generation or so ago, were those which were char- acterized ‘as belonging to a gentleman of the old school.- Paul Rodman, know- ing well no women while living his se- cluded life, for actual knowledge of their nature has substituted ideal theories about them which he has gained from rcading and from the teachings of his father. Paul imagines women to be little. if at all, lower than the angels, and considers it a condescension on their part to accept homage from imperfect man. ’ When Paul is in his early twenties his father dies, and Le goes to Kentucky to seel his fcrtune. Ho meets there a bean- tifvl girl, whom he subposes te be the embodiment of the perfection vhich must ~characterize .all women. Paul becomes engaged to the girl. A few Adavs befere the time set for the wedding Pav flancee jilts him in order to marry a richer man. From a worshiper of women Rodman becomes a woman hater, and. in the belief that his faith in them can never be restored, as far as pessible shuns all acquaintance with them. After a num- ber of years Rodman meets a girl with whom he falls in love and whom he marries. Something which occurs short- 1y after the marriage makes Rodman belleve that his wife is as little worthy of reverence -as his first love proved to be. But circumstances prove to h'm that in her he has found at last the jdeal companion in whose existence he had been taught to believe in early youth. i The story is.told simply, but with a charm that commends it to those who are looking for a bright. readable novel, free from morbidness, and one which discusses no prcblem, but only the old, recurring theme, that pure, unselfish love may transform shattered faith into an emotion which glorifies life. (Published by Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York. Price $1 50.) A Maryland Manor. - Although *“A Maryland Manor,” by Frederick Emory, 1s a book of recent pub- Mcation, it reads like a romance written several decades ago. The scene is laid in antebellum days in Maryland and the dramatis personae, the structure of the plot, and the denouement, all savor of a certain class of fiction now somewhat out of fashion. The story deals with the fortunes of an aristocratic Southern family who inhabit the “Manor.” Their happiness is placed in jeopardy several times through the machinations of certain wicked persgns, among whom are a degenerate scion of the family and a beautiful actress, but- virtue is triumphant at the last, and the end of the story sees the good rewarded and the bad properiy punished. (Pub- lished by Frederick Stokes, New York. Price, $1). The Column. g In “The Column” Charles Marriott ha: written a story of doubtful merit. The . novel takes its title from a Doric column ‘which has been breught from Greece to England by an archaeologist, Edward Hastings, and placed in the grounds of a country estate. The column is supposed to exert a mystericus influence over the heroine of the tale, Daphne Hastings. Just what this influence is is mot made plain. In a way the column seems to play the part of tutelary divinity to Daphne. Daphne bas been accustomed to a life of Arcadian simplicity and has been guarded from ali knowledge of the world, in order that her real nature may reveal itself without restraint. She marries = man of modern complexity of character and after a few months' companfonship with him discovers that she can be happy only DY following her own inclinations and by ai- lowing her husband to have no real part in her life. Unfortunately, before she can put Into practice her rule of conduct she is accldentally killed. (Published by Johu Lane, New York.) The Cross Roads of Destiny: “The Crossroads of Destiny,” by John P. Ritter, is-an exciting romance of love and adventure in the fifteenth century. The scene is laid in Venice when that powerful republic was in the zenith of its power. Prince Angelo of Frescia is In love with the Donna Beatrice Pilano, the only daughter of Signor Anafesto Pilano, a Venetian Senator. The girl returns his affection. but ber father plans to marry her to the aged Christoforo Donato, his associate in the Venetian Senate. In her despair she sends word to her lover to hasten to her rescue. For various state reasons Prince Angelo is prevented from going to her a'd in person, so he sends his friend Barnabas, a gallant young English knight, upon the mission. Barnabas reaches Venice in the disgulse of an English Baron traveling about the world in the pursuit of sight-seeing and _plcasure. He establishes himself in a pal- ace and enters npon a life of luxurlous prodigality, in -he course of which he ac- cidentally meets a Venetian beauty with whom he falls passionately in love. Later he discovers that the object of his adora- tion is none other than the Donna Beat- rice Pilano, whom Prince Argelo has sent himeforth to rescue. A series of thrilling and irtensely dra- matic chapters follow. in which the author vividly describes the rescue of the Donna Beatrice by the English knight in the face of deadly perils and the gradual development of a new passion in the heart of the Venet'an damsel—namely, an ar- dent love for her fescuer. This part of the narrative is replete with sentiment of rare sweetness and delicacy, abounds in -descriptive passages full of life and color and is imbued with the spirit and charm of genuine romance. Barnabas and Donna Beatrice declare their love for one another; then the voice of honor calls them back to duty. Both beroically resolve to keep faith with Prince Angelo, but on their arrival at his castle an unexvected event happens which frees them from this obligation. With (his event the story ends happily—as all good stor’es should end. (Published by G. W. Dillingham & Co., New York. Price $1.25.) The Little Crusaders. A story of inferest to youthful readers has been writien hy Isabel Scott Stone, and called “The Little Crusaders.” As the name implies. it is a tale of that re- markable aftermath of the Knights' Cru- sade. which in the thirteenth century despoiled so many homes of children. and sent them toward the Holy Land, only to meet at last death or captivity. The story is not one for very young children, but for those who have begun to be interested in the remarkable events told in history, it is well worth reading. The main theme of the book is the career of a voung girl who joins the band of children as it sets out to rescue the Holy Sepulcher. Her fate & more fortunate than that of slmost all the others: for she returns in safety to the home of her father. The story of the fortunes of the hero- fne is enlivened by the introduction of some of the important characters who played a part in the Crusades, and by de- seriptions of important places through which the little crusaders passed on their -starred expedition. (Published by the Abbey Press, New York. Price $1) The Luck of a Highland Laddie. “The Luck of a Highland Laddie May Crommelin, is a bright. slap- pretty and thoroughly readable love story. The hero owes his luck to the fact of his being the seventh son of a seventh son. and every seven vears some stroke of fortune increases his happiness. His life is sketched prettily from the moment of his birth. Of course. he is poor and, of course. he has a charming girl sweet- heart—and what would a story like this be if with the same inevitableness he did not find a will bequeathing to him vast, estates? Then the will is stolen, and Jock (that is the lycky boy’s name) goes out to Peru to work for Elsie and inciden- tally to have a nice exciting time. and a naughty person tells her he is dead. And, of course, he comes back and everything ends very happily.. To discuss the style and other literary qualities from a crit- jcal point of view would be like discuss- ing the architecture of a doll's house. Tt is a simple, wholesome story suited to the feminine folk for whom it was writ- ten. (Published by F. M. Buckles & Co., New York. Price $125.) A Royal Exchange. A _story of no real merit, and yet one that is somewhat amusing. is “A Royal Eschange,” a late issue of Appleton’s Town and Country Library. It is the history of the end of a love affair be- tween Margarc: Herries-Hay and Prince Hcrmann, the heir to the throne of Boeo- tia. Margaret's father, Colonel Herries- Hav. has been military attache to the court of Boeotia. Upon discovering that an attachment has sprung up between his daughter and the Prince, the Colonel leaves Boeotia with his family. and takes them to Scotland, where he thinks that his daughter will be safe from the attentions of the Prince. Prince Her- mann follows the Herries-Hays to Scot- land, however, and through the machina- tions of Mrs. Ilerries-Hay becomes a sultor for ‘Margaret's hand. The Prince, after a struggle with his family, resigns his title to the throne of Boeotia, marries Margapet, and rettles in Scotland to lead the life of a country gentleman. (Publish- ed by Appleton & Co., New York. Price $1) - A Mistress of Many Moods. “A Mistress of Many Moods™ is a trans- laticn from the French of Andre Theu- riet, and in the original created a sensa- tion. The hero is a portrayal of a man too often met with, and the heroine is a charming French woman who proves her- self a mistress of many moods in very truth. iss Charlotte Boardman Rogers, the transtator of A Mistress of Many Moods,” is a daughter of Mrs. Harrison ‘Whittingham.” Miss Rogers was born in 1573 and was educated at the Dearborn Morgan School in Orange. N. J., where she made her social debut af the age of 17. Two vears ago Miss Rogers moved to New York, where she took up the study of French literature. She has translated some articlés for the Paristan Magazine and has also contributed sev- eral special articles to newspapers, which have been very highly commended. Miss Rogers is a member of the Now Jersey chapter of the Descendants of Colonial Governors. (Published by the Abbey Press, New York. Price 50 cents.) The SympLony of Life. " Henry Wood already has a wide circle of readers, his former books, six in number, having passed through from three to thirteen editions each. He stands at the forefront among writers upon the new philosophy of life, spiritual evolution, sociclogy and other advanced thought. In “The Symvhony of Life” he pre- sents in concize form the result of his ripest study and investigation. For liter- ary finish, poetic beauty and practical suggestiveness Mr. Wood's works rank high. The new philosophy of health re- celves thorough and scientific though conservative consideration, The higher evolution is ably treated, and one or two chapters aré devoted®to Biblical symbol- ism. It is idealistic, but his idealism is practical rather than speculative. (Pub- lished by Lee & Shepard, Boston. Price $1 %5.) Foundation Rites. One of the most comprehensive works of its kind is “Foundation Rites,” by Lewis Dayton Burdick. Mr. Burdick has evidently made an exhaustive study of his subject, as Is shown by the number of books ziven In a list at the end of his volume, .to which reference has been made. In brief. “Foundation Rites™ is devoted to a careful history of the be- Hefs. customs and legends connected with buildings, locations and landmarks and a detalled account of the various ceremo- nies” at foundations from the earliest times to the present day. The evolution of these ceremonies makes a very inter esting study. At first they were marked by human sacrifices, then by the slaugh- ter of animals and later by the substitu- tion of vegetable produets. The chapters on relics, images, symbols and writing: will also appeal to the student of su matters. (Published by The Abbey Pr New York. Price $150.) A Birthday Book. Zoe Proctor has gathered selections from the writings of John Oliver Hobbes (Mrs. Cralgie), and has made of them 1 tirthday book. The result is not entire satisfactory. Mrs. Craigle is undoubted clever, but with a cleverness that is startling rather than attractive. Her in- genlously worded epigrams are usually of cvnical tone. Coming In the course of a story. as observations upon particular peovle, or usel In definite connection with ionger explanations, they are amus- ing enough. They do not, however, lend themselves happily to the usés of quota- tions when occurring in quick succession apart from their context. Still, an enthusiastic admirer of Mrs. Cralgie’s work can find in this birthda book a plenitude of witty sayings. (Pub- lished by John Lane, New York.) g Literary Notes. Lafcadio Hearn, author of “Shadow- ings,” “Exotics and Retrospectives,” “In Ghostly Japan,” etc.. has been made an honorary member of the London Japan Society. Pere Didon's remarkable ‘“Life Christ.” with an introduction by Cardin Gibbons, is to issued in a new and mo compact edition for subseription sale hy the publishers, D. Appleton & Co. of An unpublished diary by Franeis Park- man, the great historian, will appear in the July Seribmer’s. Tt is his account of a journey made through and around Lake George in 1842. It is said to be full of his acute and satirical observations of men and nature. Max O'Rell writes from London that “The Seal of Silence,” by A. R. Conder, is the new English success. He says that the author had a genuine gift for comedy and achieved “an astounding success” in reconciling the reader to the marvelous. “The Seal of Silence’ is the first and last novel of the author. It will be introduced to the American public by D. Appleton & Co. The four issues of the Youth’s Compan- fon to be published in June will contain nearly twenty stories, one of these, “Tha Great Scoop,” by Molly Elliot Seawell, being a serfal story of life in a newspaper office. Amcng the contributors of these stories will be Harriet Prescott Spofford, Charles Tenney Jackson, Parker Bartle John D. Sherman, Sophie Swett, T. S. Van Dyke and Will Allen Dromgoole. If a curious title can attract the atten- of tion the public, “Anting-Anting Storie: just announced by Small, May- nard & Co., should be suré of success. The volume takes its name from a Fili- pino word signifying a charm, or amulet, ‘worn to protect its owner from injury or death; and the sub-title of the book ex- plains that it is a collection of “Strange Tales of the Filipinos.” Its author Is Sargent Kayme, a new name in literature, but the name of one who seems to have had rare opportunities for studying the life of the inhabitants of our new pos- sessions. There is untold wealth of new material for literature in these far-away Eastern islands, and it will not be surprising if these stories prove to bg the introduction to a new fleld no less fresh and original than was the India of Mr. Kipling's storfes. ‘Wonderful and varfed are the phenom- ena and the inhabitants of the Phiifp- pines. Pirates, half-naked natives, pearls, man-apes, towering tvolcanoes about whose summits clouds and unearthly tra- ditions float together, strange animals and birds, and stranger men, pythons, bejuco ropes stained with human blood, feathering palm trees now fanned by soft breezes and now crushed to the ground by tornadoes—on no mimic stage was ever a more wonderful scene set for such = company of actors. That such storles as Mr. Kayme gives us do not exaggerats the realities of this strange life ean ba easily =een by any one who has read the letters from press correspondents, our sol- diers or the more formal books of travel. Strangest, perhaps, of all these possi- bilities for fiction is the anting-anting, at once a mysterious power to protect its possessor and the outward symbol of the protection. No more curious fetich can be fourd In the history of folklore. A button, a coin. a bit of paper with unin- telligible words scribbled upon it, a bone, a stone, a garment, anything, almost— often a thing of no intrinsic value—its owner has been known to walk up to the muzzle of a loaded musket or rush upon the point of a bayonet with a confidence s0 sublime as to silence ridicule and to command admiration if not respect. Books Received. EZRA CAINE- By Joseoh Sharts. Herbert §. Stone & Co., Chicago. - OLD SCHOOL DAYS—-By Andrew James Milier. The Abbey Press, New York. $l1 THE COUNCIL OF THREE—By Charles A. Seltzer. The Abbey Press, New York. $1. A FLOWER OF THE TROPICS—By War- ner P. Sutton. The Abbey Press, New York. L. ON THE CHARLESTON—By Irene Widde- mer Hartt. The Abbey Press, New York. $1. A SLAVEHOLDER'S DAUGHTER — By Belle Kearney. The Abkey Press, New York. #1. AND THE WILDERNESS BLOSSOMED - By Almon Dexter. H. W. Fisher & Co., Phil- adelphia. $2. L A HEART OF FLAME—By Charles Flem Fmbree. The Bowen-Merrill Company. dianapolis. $1 56. 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