The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 12, 1902, Page 12

THE SUNDAY CALL ===_——_—_———-——————_‘———-—__—=——_——___—_———'_———_———__——__— memoirs of Madame de Motte- on Anne of Austria and Her G in a fine edition Hardy, Pratt > memoirs contain & his- and of French court life death of Henry IV in 1610 to the Anne in 1666. This long period, ng as it does the reign of Lo of that of Louis XIV, with Richelieu and of Mazarin full of interest to the stu- nistory. The account of rance arly French this given by Mme. de Motteville 13 r minute and exact. She herseif s of the accuracy of her observations contempo! life and manne “1 of what I know my- hose who have been either ants.” As a consequence which draws of peop'e teresting, as well for the reproduction as for their ville was in a position to mate knowledge of cribed. She was lady- of Austria and was and confidante of her was 2 woman of ad- cretion. So. great was 1 ability te keep se- reposed in her and ood judgment that the ac- of the events of Whi ehe writes were discussed with her by the chief actors. Her memoirs are vaiuabie chiefly as a suppiement to the history of her time Mme. de Motteville had that liking for the discussion of personalitics which seems so trivial when it concerns itself with people of (ne's own time, and yet which becomes dignified by diztance into somcthing of real value to the st dent of tory. giving him. as it does, an intimate knowledge of the makers of his- tory which is mot to be gained from = formal chronicle of events. Mme. de Motteville discusses but briefly the reign of Louis XII1 and the ministry of Richelieu. The memoirs are given up principally to a description of the re- gency of Anne, the career of Mazarin and the first years of the reign of Louis XIV. in: ces Still, within the compass of a few chap ters, Mme. de Motteville gives an excellent account, though one necessarily con- densed, of the condition of France on the f Henry IV, of the reign of Louls 1 of the most important people at Anne of Austria she describes as e secemed to me as beautiful as any se who formed ber circle. Her fea- res were no te, having even the t of thick a nose, and she wore Spenish fashion, too much rouge; but she was fair never was there a finer skin t or eyes were perfectly nd majesty united mingled with green, thelr color. made he the mere vivid and fuli of all the Her m = small and rosy. adm 1 lip= only enou f the A mily to make them more beautiful than many that clatmed to be more perfect. The shape of her handsome and the forehead well er hands anl arms were of sur- and all Europe has heard their whiteness, without hat of snow: poets when they wished was very She wasg tall not haughty cxpressio imprinted rms in the the in saw her a tenderness the accompanime Besides these pe 24 the piety of her mother, of Austria, dead in the having had the ighter's education her heart the sentimer filled her own. This it was that produc: in her that inclination to virtue which the grace that God gave r life to prefer it d respect i to her throughc gs else.” Motteville drew her de o be something of a philosopher. at times appears Sc ered among the historical notes are her eflect pon the = of the people whom she writes n the events ‘n which they pla Accustomed to the dazzling brilliancy of a court re- nowned for the perfection of its graces, Mme. de e, thanks to the stabi fott ty of her character, was unaffected by he glitter which surrounded her to such an extent that, while she was able to ap- preciate its beauty she could e h jts artificiality the play of natural ptions. It the combination of good sense and wit displayed by Mme. de Motteville in writing her memoirs which makes them afford than can b more entertainment derived from a reading of the barc facts of history. Apropos of these remarks may be quoted the passag which onens the account of the regen of Anne. in which Mme. de Mottey after a long experience of the good and the jevil of court life, sums up her esti- mate of its worth “We now come to the regency &f the Queen, where we shall see, as in a pic ture, the various revolutions of fortune; of what nature is that climate called the court; it corruption, and how fortunate ghould they estime themselves who are ted ve ®here. The air is mever e. Even those erfect prosperity are s are the ones most threat- under growls smali and thos ts regard with en a windy, gloomy re- h perpetual storm: nd during’ tt here they to i re al peace. gnaws their to their head and ihe Leisure Hour FICTION | Righlofwayctern i Alcitythewashin Gtoniansiazarre. 20% DISCOUNT. For Eider and Shepard BBl SR | ambition, « often deprives them of reason. This dis- . gives them a continual disgust for better. things. They are ignorant of the value of cquity, justice, kindliness. The sweetness of life, of innocent pleasures. of all that the sages of antiquity counted as good, seems to them ridiculous. They are incapable of knowing virtue and fol- lowing its precepts, uuless chance may happen to remove them from this region. Then, if they can by absence be cured of their malady, they become wise, they be- come’ enlighicned, and no man can be- come so good a Christian or so truly a osopher as a disillusioned courtier.” The memoirs contain a full account of the rebellion of the Fronde. in Wwhich some of the leading nobles united in an endeavor to regain the political power which had been wrested from them by Richelieu and Mazarin. The stanch sup- port given at first to the cause of the King by the Prince de Conde, gradual disaffection and his ultimate withdrawal 1o the narty of the Prince of Conti and Cardinal de Reiz, is described with a min- uteness commensurate Wit import- ance which the treasor of a Prince of the blood would naturally assume in the eyes of ho believed in the divine right of kings. Mme. de Moitevilie had no per- sonal reason to like Mazarin, vet, either from her loyalty to Anne, or from tha ins ke of a French noble for pathies show very strongly for the side the Kin; Still, her descrip! s of the ders of the court porty and of. the principal Frondeurs 1 the whole fair d unbiased. Mme. de Motteville cou'd that there was much admirable in the conduct of that the cause of the court party not without its weakness. A remark which .she makes about Mazarn hints at her attitude toward him and in- cidentally shows something of her tren- hant wit. Mazarin was at the time de- ibed the subject the most. bitter vecrations on the part of the Frondeurs. Mme de Motteville sa Cardinal Mazarip Gid with insuits what Mithridates did with poisons—which, m- stead of killing him, came at last through constant use to nourish him. They served him to acquire with the Queen the meri: of suffering for her sake and of being ths victim of the unjus:i passions of, the King's subjects.” During a lull in the war of the Fron there occurred an incident which i1l trates well the fickleness of the populac The Queen and her Minister had decided to brave danger and enter Paris, the stronghold of the Frondeurs, It was at a time when the unpopularity of Mazarin was at its height. “The Queen arrived in Paris with the King on the 1Sth of Aug- ust. We now wondered at a marvel which s scarcely bel view of what ad passed. The King and the Queen were received with acclamations and with the custo: shouts of joy practiced by the populace on such occasions. * * ¢ King on that day w and a great victory did so great a for the Minister. crowd follow the Ki carriage; and ‘t seemed amid that public ety as If the past were a dream. The hated Mazarin sat in the royal carriage beside the Prine: of Conde, attentively looked at by the people, who said to one another, s if they had never before zeen him: ‘That is Maza . Some, observing a carriage with ti sides carefully closed d out he was within it and insisted on se2ing h but this was more in jest than malico “When the King a2nd Queen arrived the crowd parted the gendarmes, the cavalry escort and the whole suite from the royal carriage, blessing the King and Queen and speaking to the advantage of Mazdfrin id he was handsome. others held their hands to him and assured him t they ltked him very much; others de- would go and drink his Some out they This same fickleness showed itself amii different conditions and among a different class of soclety. The widowed Queen of Charles 1 of England and her son, the fu- ture Charles 11, had taken refuge in Paris after the execution of the King. Mme. de Motteville has this to say of their cor tion there: The English court s Germain, where it was little frequent- ed by our Frenchmen. Scarcely any an visited either the Queen of England ofr the King, her son. Certain great English lords had followed the fortunes of their King, and these composed his court. Their solitude is not surprising; iil fortune was its cause; they had no favors to bestow. Theirs were crowns without power, whicn gave them no means of elevating men or of doing them benefits. They had follow- ers enough when wealth, grandeur and dignities were theirs, for those brought a nt some time at st crowd around their persons. The unhap- py Queen had formerly had joys and treasures in abundance, for I have heard Madame de Chevreuse and many others who gaw her in her days of splendor siy that the court of France had nothing lik the beauty of hers. But her joy was now a subject of d¢ : her past riches mad: her feel the more her present poverty.” The remainder of the memoirs contains an account of the plans for the marriage of the young King, the death of Mazarin, the establishment of absolute power in the hands of the King and the death of Anne. Immediately after the death of Mazarin, Louis XIV assumed the author- ity which had for so many years been ven over to the two fllustrious Ministers siate. Mme. de Motteville has this to £ay of the sentiments of Loufs in regard 10 the rights of Kings: “The King, as soon as he saw his Min- ister approaching his end, showed that in the future he meant to govern his king- dom. He said that he did not approve of the life of -a do-nothing King, who Ict himself be led by the nose. He added that he saw plainly that people might re- prozch him for having done what he blamed; but that his past conduct must be attributed to the esteem he had had for the Cardinal on account of his ability, and to the habit of submission and de- pendence to which his childhood had ac- customed him. The Queen, his mother, who had felt the burden of the yoke which she had imposed upon herself, was resolved in the future to submit to mo other power than that of the King, her son; she was therefore most desirous that he should work himseif, and for himself, She was not ambitious, but she was a sufficiently good mother to wish to help him in every way she could.” All through the memoirs Mme. de Motteville sings the praises of Anne of Austria, and yet praises not unqualified. 1f this Queen does not appear in histories as great and as good as her lady-in-wait- ing would have us believe, there may be reason for concluding that while, on the one hand a long intimacy with the Queen may have prejudiced Mme. de Motteville in her favor, yet on the other the harsher estimace of history may be as unfair in its way. It is scarcely probable that of a woman without great worth Louis XIV would have said, as he did of Anne of Austria, “The Queen, my mother, was not only a great Queen: she deserves to be put in the ranks of the greatest Kings. Of Anne, Mme. de Motteville says in conclusion: * A “She made no parade of her noble qual- ities; she rarely spoke of herself or her feelings; "they had to be drawn from her neart or her soul by the force of action which sometimes obliged hér to speak out Her humility has been the reason why the excellence of her mind and the soundness of her judgment have not had all the fame nor all the esteem which she ought to have received from the public. If she had taken more pains to let their great- ness be seen she would have won more praises during her life; but we may quote with treth of her this verse of Psalm xlv, which served as a text to one of the finest of the funeral orations that were made upon her after her death: “Omnis gloria efus filiae regis ab intus.” - Thoughts for Every-Day Living. A book which many will find a source comfort and encouragement in the “Death is a great preacher of deathless- ness. The protest of the soul against death, its reversion, its revulsion, is a high instinct of life, “As far as this goes, he has the least assurance of immortality who can be best satisfied with eating and dfinking and ‘things’; he has the surest hope of on- goings and far distances who does not live by bread alone, whose eve is looking over the shoulder of things, whose ear hears mighty waters rolling evermore, who has ‘hopes naught can satisfy be- low.’” The limits of which death makes us aware, make us aware of life’s limit- lessness. - The wing whose stretch touches the bars of its cage knows it was meant for an ‘ampler ether and diviner air. 3 gy “Pain is a friend rather than a foe. stands between extremes of life death, calling us ever toward lfe. 1t and It The Author of “With 74\ REDLRIC W. UNGER is a youns F man who went cut to South Africa to be a war correspondent, upon the slenderest possible connection with the press, inspired by an account ‘in one of Kipling's books of “‘a youngster jerked on at the end of a wire,” and how he thus became a successful correspondent.~ After numarous vicissitudes Mr. Unger acciden- taliy ran across Mr. Kipling and sought an interview with him, of which he gives the following account in his book, “With ‘Bobs’ and Kruger,” which has just been published by Henry T. Coates & Co., Philadelphia. Price $2.. “I had less than thirty shillings left, all my resources were exhausted, the time had passed for a reply from America, and I realized that I could expect nothing from. that source—in short, I was ‘up against it' and I knew it. The band was to play in the Municipal Gardens that evening and I walked up the long avenue until I found myself at the Mount Nelson Hotel. “T knew Mr. Kipling was staying.there, and the impulse came over me to call on him. I sent in my card, and a few minutes later found the greatest little man of all England looking pleasantly at me with nded hand, saving: Well. what are you doing out here? “I briefly told him of my aspirations to be a ‘voungster jerked on at the end of a telegraph wire'; and how, now that I had failed, I was ready to attempt my last al- ternative of getting captured by the Boers on my return to Sterkstrom, and try my luck as a soldier of fortune in their army. Mr. Kipling appeared much interested and sald: “ ‘I like your nerve; but why don't you gink your nationality and join one of our corps of rough riders or scouts? There you'll get the real thing.’ 3 “I replied that this would prevent my having the necessary’freedom of move- ment, and then suggested that he take me with him as his secretary, servant, driver or in any capacity he could use me. Mr. Kipling hesitated a moment, and then put me through the most ex- haustive examination I have ever had. Could I cook, pack a horse, ride and drive, put up a tent, beg, borrow or steal forage, tell the truth or lie if necessary, mind my own business and never see or hear things not to be seen or heard; was 1 ‘discreet,’ and was I sure I would not - —p ‘Bobs’ and Kruger.” ‘poison him with my cooking? And then, when I told him that I was an old Klon- diker. he chopped his questions abruptly off with: “‘Oh, I guess if you've been over the Chilkoot you have all the necessary quall- fications.” $ “My hopes by this time had reached the boiling point, and just as I expected him to say, ‘All right, 1I'll take you with me,’ he said the other thing. ““‘You see, he added, by way of ex- planatior, ‘I could never have a man in the same line as myself with me. You would be using my materfal, and if you wouldn’t, you should—I would in your place; in fact, I'd do anything to secure a beat on anybody else.’ I heard him out patiently and then sal “‘But, Mr. Kipling, I hope you don’t think for a moment that I am so foolish as to think myself in the same class with you? ““That's just where you make a mis- take,” he snapped out energetically; ‘you should think yourself every bit as good as I and make it your object to beat me at my own game. You are a newspaper man, and out here to write what you see, and that is all I'mi doing. Keep yourself thinking that you can do better than I can, and don't let yourself think anything clse, ard perhaps then you will be able to do 0.’ Then, after a pause for breath, he added, with a twinkle in his eye, ‘But I've got a pretty good start on you, and don’t intend to let you or any one else catch up with me if 1 can help it.” “The kindliness of his manner and the forcetulness of his remarks were a pow- erful stimulant to me, and 1 felt fully half a foot taller and more of a man In every way. As 1 was deciding that I would follow his advice and try to. beat even the great Rudyard Kipling he con- tinued, ‘No, I'm no good for you; but put your address on this card and I'll speak to a few fellows I know who might be able to use you and then let you know.’ Then he gave me a hearty grasp of the hand, sald ‘Good Juck to you,” and I walked back to my lodging house as rich in optimism and determination as any South African millionaire who has ever passed out of the Mount Nelson Hotel in the good old days before the war. Through the kindness of Kipling the young American was placed on the field staff of the London Times until C. Arthur Pearson engaged him as manager for the London Daily Express in South Africa and sent hiff secretly to the Boer side. — trials of life Is “Thoughts for Every-day Living.”” It is a collection of passages taken from sermons of the late Dr. Malt- bie D. Babcock of New York. Dr. Bab- cock left no written records of his ser- mons, but after his death there were col- lected from notes taken by members of his congregation when the sermons were delivered and from articles which Dr. Babcock contributed to religious period- icals the sayings, preserved now in per- manent form. The different subjects of the passages are those which have to do with the active life of the Christian. Through the selections there breathes a noble, kind, wise, loving and eminently practical Christian spirit—in short, one which would naturally animate a teacher capable of offering instruction which, as the title of the book implies, is applicable to the problems which confront the man or woman of affairs who is trying to make a life in the world conform to a standard of ideal morality. The follow- ing selections will show something of Dr. Babcock’s manner of conveying the truths which he tried to teach: ~ ceases when its warning has stirred the soul to thought and remedy and brought back health, or it ceases when the battle is lost. Like a fire bell, it stops when the fire is put out or burned out. Let us not resent it. It has a kind heart, though its hands hurt. An engineer does not like to see a red flag, and yet he is only too glad to see it. That we may know the truth, and so be made free from ignorance and peril, is part of the mission of pain.” o5 58 “Spirituality is best manifested on the ground, not In the air. Rapturous day dreams, flights of heavenly fancy, long- ings to see the invisible, are less expen- sive and less expressive than the plain doing of duty. To have bread excite thankfulness and a drink of water send the heart to God is better than sighs for the unattainable. To plow a straight fur- row on Monday, or dust a room well on Tuesday, or kiss a bumped forehead on ‘Wednesday is worth more than the most ecstatic thrill under Sunday eloquence. Spirituality is scelng God in common o things and showing God in tasks.” common . “You are not responsible for the dispo- sition you were born with, but vou are responsible for the one you die with.” . s s “Prayer is a breath of fresh air; much else, of course, but certainly this. Tt is inspiration on a hilltep for new toiling on the plain.” (Published by Charles Scr ner's Sons, New York. Price $1.) In the Realm of Gold. A charming volume of verse entitled “In the Realms of Gold” containg the results of the Jiterary work of Lorenzo Sosso since the publication of “Poems of Hu- manity” in 1891. These latest poems of Mr. Susso are short, tite longest extending not more than a few pages. and for the most part they are written on the simple themes which are concerned with everyday life of man. But it is in this simplicity that much of their charm lies. As a result of it they show none of the labored effort which plays such a larze part in the production of the many books of verse which are, by the quality of their contents, destined to & very brief fame. This work of Mr. Sosso shows a fresh, natural spontaneity of expression, added ta a grace of diction and a fineness of thought which cannot be absent from verse if it is to attain the rank of true peetry. The following poems will give a fair idea of the quality of Mr. Sosse's werk: LOVE'S CROWN. One crown less from the world around us, One wreath less worn on the pale, sad brow; O love, we have\found love! Had love not found us, What were the worth of the world to us— now? Could T deem it ideal, or glorify it With song, devoted to song for love's xake? The lark sings swcetest to heaven when nigh it; s Could it sIng to the earth and its heart not break? 80 I sang to heaven, for heaven was th love; What garlands of flowers my bind ? 1 yearned for the dawn, and my pinions were free, love, 5 Soared heavénward, leaving the earth behind. wings could And having soared with thy soul beside me, And having sung with thy soul to mine, The crown of fame which the world denfed me Is replaced by the crown of thy love divine. One crown less won from the carth around us: Atas! for such crowns as the world can give. © loye, we have found love! Had love not found us, ‘What were the worth of the life that we live? THE MORNING STAR. 1 thrill with joy to view afar The pale, resplendent morning star, Radiant within the pale-gray skies Before the burning sun arise, As each wan flower is glistening, As carly birds begin to sing. It seems some vestal pure and fair Within God's vast cathedral there. It is the star In all the host Of stars that T still love the most; The star of hope, the star of lov. ‘Who in those regions pure above Seems {i'its passionless repose Like to-a white and virgin rose Placed by a seraph on that shrine Whose holy incense blends with mine, LULLABY SONG. In the flelds of heaven are all his sheep; Lo, the pale shepherdess them attending! Gogd hath given her them to keep, All her grace is his befriending. ‘Well she knoweth what they are, Well she knoweth—each a star— Slowly from the azured steep, Slowly, slowly, Is she descending. Why do you weep, my little one, why do you weep? Sleep! Sleep! In the fields of heaven 'tis time to reap: See, where the reargr is onward wending. The winds of heaven before him creep, And the golden poppies are lowly bending. ‘Well he knowcth, near or far, ‘Where the blissful harvests are; For God has called to him out of the deep, 1t 18 his messenger he is sending. Why do you weep, my little one, why do you ‘weep? [ Sleep! Sieep! (Published by Elder & Shephard, San Fran- cisco. Price, $1.) ’.fl;e Outcasts. A dog and a bison are the heroes of “The Outcasts,” by W. A. Fraser. The former, A’tim, who claims to be a dog. but who s, in truth, half dog and half wolf, 1s hated and shunned by both sides of his family on account of his mixed breed. One day, as he is roaming about alone on the prairie, he comes across the other outcast, Shag, who because of his advanced age has been driven from his position of leader of the herd. Ths two animals join forces and set out to seck their fortune in the northern land, of whose glories A'tim sings praises to Shag. They have many adventures on the way thither, in some of which Shag shows great kindness to A'tim. The two ani- mals arrive at their destination only to find that while there is for Shag feed in plenty there is ng whatever which A'tlm can eat. Then the treacherous wolf nature of A'tim asserts itself and in- cites him to make several attempts upon the life of Shag in order that he may feast upon the body of his comrade. But A'tim merely brings about his own de- feat and a separation from Shag, who has become once again, and this time in a land of peace and plenty, leader of a herd of bison. An objection may be made td taking serfously stories of this class, in which the characters are animals endowed with the well-defined emctions and passions of mankind, o the ground that the mental power of animals as shown by their ac- tions is not as greatly developed as Aesop, Kipling and others might wish us to imag- ine. But the objection vanishes if we con- sider these mythical beings simply alle- gorical characters who tell some very pretty tales and who help to increase our knowledge of the motives underlying the conduct of men if mot that of animals. (Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Price $1 25.) The Dowden Shakespeare. “King Lear” is the third volume in the new ‘‘Dowden Edition of Shakespeare,” issued by the Bowen-Merrill Company in America and by Methuen & Co. in Eng- land. Under the direct supervision of Ed- ward Dowden, who is one of the greatest of the Shakespearean editors, W. J. Craig has edited and annotated this play. As in the preceding volumes, “Hamlet” and “Romeo and Juliet,” the text is perfect and the letter-press clear and large. All annotations are made at the bottom of the page, being at once accessible to the student, and in no wise interfering with the reading of the lines. “King Lear” is bound in red cloth and gold, uniform in every respect with the other volumes of this edition. Amos Judd. Mr. Mitchell, who has been the editor of “Life” for so many years, could easily at- tain a place as an author if all his org- ‘new department that will ductions could equal his charming story, *“Amos Judd.” The book came out a fow years ago and although its first appear- ance was a most modest was reccived with great en its way among the books c S keep and enjoy. The story is a one, involving the question « ment and heredity. The he is an East Indian Prince, who'i: away from his peopie in the midst « yprising, taken to America and up on a New England farm. To give the story in detafl W stroy the charm for many, and book that all should enjoy. A melancholy pervades it throug! harm is esistible and the Wi E: unique and delightful. Thoze who have read it will enjoy again this latest edition, which is very attrie- and those who do not yet know it have a rare treat in store for them..(Pub- lished by Charles Scribner’'s So v York. Price §1 50.) edition. it The Pride of Race. *“Pride of Race,” by B. L. Farjeon, is a lengthy story of the struggles of an Eng- lish Jew, Moses Mendo: for his dearly beloved son th cognition which the father feel 's talents demand. The sacrifices which Mendoza makes to give his son the best educational advantages are all very noble, very pa- thetic. For many years Mendoza is very but eventually the tide of his for- turns and brings him great wealth. Mendoza has become one of the After great financiers of London he arranges a marriage between his son and the daugh- ter of an Larl. At first the young wile has only dislike for her husband and con- tempt for her father-in-law. But the good qualities which both men possess in the end win over Lady Julia and she discovers that pride of race cannot endure when measured against moral worth so great that it wins from every one a sincere re- spect. (Published by George W. Jacobs & Co., Philadelphia. Price §1.) ——— Literary Notes. Book News for January announces a reafter ap- ews Bios- pear under the heading “Book raphies.” The purpose of this department is to furnish each month brief, interesting sketches of recent writers. George Gibbs is the subject of the monthly portrait and blography, and the customary depart- meats are well represented. Messrs. Thomas Y. Crowell & Co. an- nounce that they have in press for imme diate publication a new novel by Lucy Cleaver MeElroy, author of “Julet The title of the new novel is “The Silent Pioneer,” and has for its setting old Ken- tucky in the time of Danlel Boone. The manuscript for this new novel was com- pleted shortly before the death of Mrs. McElroy, which occurred on December 16. The first of the New Year's' publications coming frem the Bowen-Merrill Company is Charles E. Russeli's beautiful volume of poetry, “Such Stuff as Dreams,” These graceful afld tuneful poems will be widely welcomed by Mr. Russell's many admir- He has long been a contributor of e to the magazines and daily papers; are watched for with ea- gerness by discerning readg President Roosevelt's “Strenueus Life has been reprinted four times since its author succeeded to the Presidency. The latest edition contains six addresses de- livered since the material for the first edi- tion was collected in 1900. The character and importance of the new matter are indicated by the titles: “The Two Ameri- cas,” ““Manhood and Statehood,” ‘Broth- erhood and the Heroic Virtues, “Na- tional Dutis ' “The Labor Question™ and “Christian Citizenship.” “Eadie’s Biblical Cyclopaedia,” which has just been published by J. B. Lippin- cott Company, is the twenty-seventh edi- tion of that work. It is presented after thorough revision by Professor W. M. Ramsay, D. C. L.; the Rev. Vernon Bart- let of Oxford, Theophilus Pinches of the British Museum and the Rev. Henry A. Redpath. M. A. Special articles on the Septuagint, the Apocryphal books, the Hebre Hittites, Egypt, and the division of the nations, together with a rewriting of the portions of the book dealing with natural history, are special features of the edition. New plates, prepared from photographs and -engravings, and new type are also mentioned among the means employed to improve the work. The publishers of “The Right of Way" have received many letters inquiring why Mr. Parker did not call his novel “Beauty Steele,” or by some title other than the one he eventually decided upon. In read- ing the book, one wonders for many pages about the why and wherefore of the title, but isn't this an additional charm of the story, this threatening of the problem, this questioning of the significance of a polgnantly beautiful love story? Even- tually, the reader reaches this meaning, and on page 312, as the drama draws near its close, occurs in these brief words the only mention of the title: ‘“Kathleen has the right of way, not Rosalie”—Kathleen, the former wife, not Rosalie, the loving and the beloved of the anguish-stricken “Beauty Steele.” . “Before you run in double harness, look well to the other horse,” but see to it that the other horse doesn’t have a chance to look well to you. “Pity is akin to love,” but kinship does not always signify friendship. “It is hard to pay for bread that has becn eaten,” but mot so hard as to get bread to eat that has not been paid for. “Only that which is honestly got gain'—the rest is velvet. “Labor overcometh all the laborer. “Employment brings enjoyment,” when it brings the means to enjoy. “A wise man is moved from his course neither by force nor entreaty,” but the game often applies to a mule. “Possession is nine points of the law,” and frequently all the profits. “Every man for himself and the devil take the hindmost” is the cry of those who are well in front. “In matters of taste there can be no dispute,” for every man is so firmly con- vinced that there Is no standard by which his taste can be measured. “Whate'er is best administered is best” for the one who administers. “Ignorance is the mother of impu- dence;” no father is named. “A man who'will not flee will make his foes flee,” but what If his foes be made of the same metal? “Let a child have its will and it will not cry,” but its parents will—L. de V. Mat- thewman, in the January Era. is l?'flnss," even Somebody wrote to Robert W. Cham- bers, author ef ‘*‘Cardigan,” suggesting that possibly Mr. Chambers had painted in too dark colors the character of Wal- ter Butler, who, as every one knows, is an historical figure picturesquely intro. duced into The ~ author claims, on the contrary; that his pleture @f tha man i gearcely severe enough, and that Butler was a veritable seourge. It will be remembered by readers of “Car= digan” that Butler first appears in the v as a heolmaster, and that Car- an and Silver Heels were his pupils; that he fell in love with the charming S ver Heels and that the jealous Cardigan di fortiwith loathed nt The real Butler was the of Clonel John Butler of Butler's nge 0 intimate friend of Sir Willlam hneton, and figured in the thrilling incidents of anta- day ynote of the.Outing special army and containing some of Fred- st effective work, and several artieles dealing with athletics in the army and n But the regular in- teres )t forgotten. There is plen:y stiFring “On the Frontier policy. ¥y n eric Rem ture: /ith the Ind Mustrated by Fr eric Remington; “After Kangaroos in Q ""; “A Wild Horse Drive in the A * and so with the gun tners is coting deer in Col- an in Canada; ducks alonz bob-cats Tex: in , and he Taking of first of a series of * apper,” by A. T h .this numbe and “‘Collector: ? and Pistols” are both interest- ter is illustrated with six pages of striking plates. imals 'l Coilections ing, and the Whitney has his say ual, in tne sportsman viewpoint. With number of the Critle begins eries of papers on “The he present installment ering niglish Revie the text Arthur Waugh. is fully illustrated after por The article raits of the glish Re- Zdinburgh Review” on- ete sketch of their n and principles. Mr. Waugh with intere: nd enthusiasm of the work accomplished by these: reviews, and his article serves admirably to intro- duce the subsequent papers. Lovers of Dickens—and they are innumerable—will welcome the two papers on Dickens, also fully illustrated after portraits and draw- founders and editors of the E from the * ings. Mr. B. W. Matz writes of “Dickens and His Ilustrators,” and Mr. George Gissing pays, in his appreciation entitled “Dickens in Memory,” a delicate tribute to a man who in many respects has been his inspiration. The five unpublished por- traits of Dickens add substantially to the rovelty of these two papers. Among the more serious contributions are reviews ot “The Letters of John Richard Green,” by Mr. George Louis Eeer, and Mr. A. L du P. Coleman’s pal on ys Worth Reading.”” Mr. b himself a close stu- dent of history, reviews the career of Green with sympathy and with scholar- ship, while Mr. Coleman finds much that is admirable in the series of he comments upon. Of a semi-legal nature is Mr. Herbert Put- of “Copyright Pro- ect: 1n his ca- nam's consfderation cedure” in its various pacity of Librarian Mr. Put- nam is amply qualided to speak w matter which is often of vital impor to readers as well us to writers of books. Mr. Willlam Archer's elg “Real Con- versation,” the cugrent one with Mr. Spen- cer Wilkinson, is particwiarly apropes at the present moment, and, as usual, Mr. Archer manages to induce his subject to say just what he should say and in the way we would have him say it. Reviews of the drama by Mr. J. Ranken Towse, of recent fiction by Miss Cornelia Atwood Pratt, and & witty parody on Mr. Henry James, entitled “The Hoiy Pump,” com- plete the minor features of the present is- sue ot the Critic, which is, as usual, in- troduced by an apt and pictorially inter- esting “‘Lounger.” The International Monthly begins the new year with a number of strong and attractive articles, all for the most part devoted to the larger themes and inter- ests. Associate Justice Brewer of the Su- preme Court in an admirable study of the “Jury”’ pronounces urequivecally in favor of retaining the system, especially be- cause It secures the direct co-operation of the people in the administration of jus- tice, but he condemns without any re- serve those features of its present work- ings which have done so much to destroy public confidence in its efficiency. The seat of the evil, he finds, above all else, is the rule requiring unanimity, which, indeed, as he believes, “threatens the overthrow of the whole system.” To abol- ish this rule would be to lighten and les: sen the struggle of counsel over the “sin- gle helpful jurer,” who by his ignorance, or worse, so often defeats the ends of jus- tice. Edmond Kelly in a vigorous contri- bution on “Things Municipal” (in New York) declares that if the recent victory over Tammany is to be permanent good government must be made to appeal more directly in the way of practical benefit to the average man, who is as yet but too little sensible of the disgrace of a corrupt municipal administration. Mr. Kelly pro- poses to win ‘the “dweller of the Flve Points’” for an honest government by a mild species of collectivism that will make life easier and cheaper for him, as, for example, by the municipal ownership of gas and tramways—this though the au- thor is by no means a “collectivist” in the severer sense of the word. The foreign contributions to this number are especial- 1y excellent. “German Tendencles,” by Professor George Simmel of the Univer- sity of Berlin, is a valuable study, with something of the ideal tone in it that one learns to expect in the best German Iit- erature. Adolph Furtwangler, the great archaeologist (founder of a scheol), gives an account of the “New Exeavations at Acflina.” Mrs. Bernaré Bosanquet studies in detail the conditions of the working women in England, and M. Camille Mau- clair, the well-known Parisian art critie, contributes a brilliant sketch of “French Tmpressionism” —theory, history and influ- ence. His tribute to Whistler must prove of especial interest {o all American read- ers. There are interesting book reviews by M. Andre Lebon and Professor Brand- er Matthews. NOW ISSUED. Charles Warren Stoddard’s “In the Footprints of the Padres.” Mr. Stoddard sets forth in this work his recollections of early days in California. Beautifully ‘llustrated. Book collectors should place orders at once in or- der to secure copies of first edi- tion. PRICE $130 NET. A. M. ROBERTSON, Publisher. 126 Post Street.