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12 THE SUNDAY CALL. | CONDUCTED BY | B. G. LATHROP - — f American history in the first t of the nineteenth century was Lafitte, adventurer, pirate true petriot—whatever role you please, for he lived up to them He has already recelved recognition nce, as witness Joseph H. In- ; of “The Pirate of the r similar tales; and now great wave of popular- ical movel it is not sur- im again appearing In e in Mary Devereux's latest tte of Louisiana,” published by & Co., Boston. that Lafitte and his eld- rre, went to New Orleans they opened a black- slave labor. They were , of attractive personali- king in education. Their »on extended to take in v finally became lead- buccaneers holding let- r the republic of Car- d in such a broad e soon placed under s the United States upon the head of T NE of the most picturesque figures o island of Grand Terre on, in front of the pass Several expeditions wera without avail, for by their many in New Or- ts 1812, when British the possibil- offers were by Captain Locky give to the bucca- n in the British £ in king The alterna- of s of Barataria. kver and his officers, upon wege seized by his plan treat with t y learn the de- ted expedition. He asked ch to consider the sh Government, sh officers had left the pers to Gov- ana, telling of from the British, ns of operation and his followers' ser- es Government in pardon for past officers called vy the Governor were e papers were for- Governor be- of Lafitte, an ex- as sent suddenly against Bara- broke up the establishment, ptive most of the Bara- arried off their vessels as Lafitte managed cted the erents on Last f B: to the effect that ne “neit rates nor robbers ‘o in the glorious cause.” Jackson however, that he must change and look for help wherever he it; for the defense of New Or- leens seemed 1o be a forlorn hope. And when Lafitte, nothing daunted the ill- usage he had received from the Ameri- cans for his former generous offer, sought a interview with Jackson to er himself and his men in the use, Jackson very wisely ac- of the men he had de- hellish banditti.” with their accurate waters of the rlver and ndid training in hand- their general fighting y saved the day. The ap- eir services was abundant- ater proclamation of Pres- eclaring a full pardon for smuggling prior 10 Janu- fter redeeming their good service of their country the Lafittes left Louisiana, and it is . buccaneers, wiedge of the re is a volume of verse that body who cares at all for verse will find pleasure in reading.”— New York Sun Songs of the And Ocher Dress Qfivc‘nm‘u in erss. T By BAILEY MILLARD, Whe firs: geve recogriton to [dais Morkhaw a'd mce pted for the Examiner “Thke Man With the Hoe.” “It is written for the small num- ho enjoy real poetry, that comes from the heart.”—George Har Fitch, 7fc, net Eider and Shepard, 8 Post Strect, Sen Francisco Send for Unique Catalogue. i ber 4 i L said that one of them settled in Galves- ton, Tex., in 1816, but was expelled in 1820 by the American authorities and sailed for Yucatan, where he continued his op- erations against Spanish commerce until the time of his death, some six years later. Mary Devereux has made her novel con- form very closely to history, but, natur- ally, has dwelt rather more upon the ro- mantic side of the life of the Lafittes. For Jean she weaves a fiction of noble birth and makes him but the foster- brother of Plerre. Her story begins in France, with both the Lafittes mere boys. and in this part of her story the young Lieutenant Bonaparte plays no small role. He is greatly attracted by the personality of Jean and takes interest in the future welfare of the boy, but loses sight of him after the close of the siege of Toulon; but he never drops him from his memory, and according to the story is the means of preserving for Jean his due estates from the paternal side of his family. Jean is devoted through life to the memory of Napoleon, the friend of his youth, and though he goes to sail the high seas and live the life of a buccaneer it is still with the hope that he will some day meet again the man who Is his ideal of all that is perfection. According to the story he is finally to learn that Napo- leon did not forget his interests or him- #elf, as he had at first supposed. This he finds out later when he visits the Em- peror at his prison isle of Eiba, where he goes to offer to Napoleon all that he kas of ships, gold and men. Two of the best parts of the book are these chapters which tell of the young Napoleon and another whereln is de- scribed the interview between Jean La- fitte, Governor Claiborne and General An- drew Jackson when Lafitte, in spite of the treatment he has already received from the Americans at Barataria, comes to them with an offer of his help in their time of dire need. A very pretty love story adds further interest to the romance that the author has woven =o cleverly about this pictur- esque buccaneer, and the author finally sends him back with a fair bride to rule his estate in sunny France. From a historical standpoint “Lafitte of Louisiana” is open to no criticism, for the character drawing is convineing and tke blending of fiction with fact has been carefully and consistently done. The story is handled possibly with almost too much care on this account, and there is at times too great an attention given to de- tail, with a consequent sacrifice of those elements necessary to hold a reader's at- tention. For a good, clean, historical novel, however, “Lafitte of Louisiana’™ is well above the average of present day fic- tion. . Two New Geographies. The American Book Company, New York, has just published an elementary geography, price 50 cents, and a complete geography, price 31, by H. Justin Roddy, M. 8., of the department of geography, First Pennsylvania State Normal School. Some teachers, especially those in coun- try schools, have found the geographias too technical and too sclentific on the vhysiographic side of the subject. They have felt the need of a serles which, while giving sufficient physiographic i~ formation for their purposes, should pre- sent the subject of geography in the simplest form and in such a way as to make it easily handled by the instructor and as easily understood by the children. The Elementary Geography offers suf- ficient pedagogical material to sult the needs of those grades in which the sub- ject is first taught—and not too much. Its simplicity and brevity cannot fail to prove attractive, while the adequacy of treatment of the elementary principles and the volumé of information afford a complete introduction for more advanced work, or enough to give the pupil who goes no further in.school an intelligent knowledge of geography. The facts of observation gained by the child in his everyday out-of-door life are used, corre- lated and systematized; and in this way he is led to gain geographical knowledge, both from the textbook and from nature. The Complete Geography accords fuli recognition to the importance of the com- mercial and business side of the subject, though this practical and useful informa- tion is unmited with enough of the new and sclentific side to enlighten the whole study. The maps show the principal rail- roads and canals well as the heads of navigation on all important rivers. Tle descriptions of the political, industrial and social fcatures of the various coun- tries have been made very full. In cach book the physical maps of the co-ordinate divisions are drawn on the seme scale, thus enabling pupils to com- pare accurately the relative size of coun- tries. The political and more detailed maps are full enough to serve all or- dinary purposes for reference. After each map are given carefully prepared ques- tions directing the attention to the most important and essential features, so that power in map reading and map interpre- tation may be developed and alternated. The {llustrations are new and fresh, re- produced in most instances directly from photographs, not for mere embellishment, but with a view to helping out and ex- plaining the text. The Credit of the County. “The Credit of the County,” by W. E. Norris, is a somewhat colorless tale of a group of neighbors who live in a country town in England. The development of the story turns upon an_ estrangement arls- ing between a man, Denis Vale, and his wife, and caused by a slight indiscretion on the part of the latter. The knowledge of this indiscretion is shared by a wealthy parvenu, Reuben Asher. 4shcr g } | | and his wife are vulgar people, who have bought an estate near the Vales and who are trying to win recognition from the county familles. By a mild species of blackmail Mr. and Mrs. Asher try to frighten Mrs. Vale into using on their behalf the important social influence of which she is possessed. But their ruse does not succeed, and failing to secure social recognition Asher and his wife move to a more congenial part of the country. By this time Mr. and Mrs: Vale have become reconciled and have put an end to the anxiety of their friends lest by their quarrel they sacrifice permanent- 1y their happiness. The novel is an issue of Appleton’'s Town and Country Li- brary. (Price $1.) Chimmie Fadden and Mr. Paul. The new collection of “Chimmie Fad- aen” stories, by Edward W. Townsend, crystallizes the doings of the favorite dramatis personae of the more random <ketches of flve years ago into a con- rected love story, revealing the senti- mental relations between Mr. Paul and Miss Fannle. Each of the twenty-seven divigicns in the book relates new and varying adventures, in which ‘*‘Chim- i g emes are abetted or thwartec Ly “the Duchess,” “his Whiskers,” Miss Farnie, Mr. Paul, “Wily Widdy,” the stalwart Mrs. characters. As the title of the new collection shows, Mr. Paul plays the most important role in the present series, after “Chimmie’” LEimself; very much as he did in the stage version of “Chimmie Fadden” in its three years' run. . The author has evolved a social phil- osorher in Mr. Paul, whose views, even in his own vocabulary, might make an interesting volume, but as translated hy “Chimmie” gain in piquancy and lose nothing in depth. “Chimmie” himself, recording knowl- edge which frequently puzzles or amazes him, yet which he illuminates with the light of his mother-wit, has modified his dialect, so that he now addresses the eye ac plainly as the ear. But his idioms and eccentricities of expression remain as auamtly characteristic as ever, In spite of that modification of dialect to be ex- pected after his five years’ service in the household of Miss Fannie. (Published by The Century Co., New York. Price §1 50.) Murphy, and several new The Prince of the Captivity. “The Prince of the Captivity,” by Syd- ney C. Grier, Is a very lengthy story of the career of an American girl who be- comes queen of some country in a remote corner of Europe. The girl is supposed to be beautiful and attractive. She may have been beautiful, but for the reader her attractiveness is somewhat obscured by a tinge of undoubted vulgarity, which 1s manifest In spite of an {llustrious line of ancestry whih she is supposed to Pos- sess. Possibly her sordid ideas and lack of refinement are meant to be accounted for by her American education. The novel rambles on from one series of invelved adventures to another. There are several leading characters in the book, and their separate fortunes are described with ‘an impartial voluminousness. The novel has no strikingly good point to recommend it. (Published by L. C. Page & Co., Boston.) Mesmerism in India. The Psychic Research Company of Chi- cago has just published an American edi- tion of an exceedingly interesting work on mesmeric experiments in surgery. The book appears under the title of “Mesmerism in India” and is an account of the work of James Esdaile, M. D., while civil assistant surgeon, H. C. 8., Bengal, written by himself. His experi- ments covered a period of eight months’ mesmeric practice in a country charity hospital, but were of such a character that they cannot fail to interest any one ‘who would investigate the curious study of hypnotism and mesmerism as applied to practical surgery. The fact that this is a record of surgical operations per- formed painlessly by Dr. Esdalle sixty odd years ago in India does not lessen its value to psychic students of the pres- ent day. Attention has been lately called to the use of mesmerism as an anesthetic in quite serious operations, and this book of facts, that read like fiction for the very marvel of them, serves to throw considerable light on the possibilities of hypnotlsm as applied to practical surgery. The Sinker Stories. “The Sinker Stories’” embraces a collec- tion of humorous stories by J. Joseph Goodwin, which from time to time have appeared in the form of sketches in the New York Sun, They are the various ex- periences of the ‘‘Sinker’” man or baker in a Park Row restaurant.' All the types of downtown New York that frequent the restaurants, the bars and the race track Are brought into the stories and are clev- erly drawn. Still, there is a certain qual- ity of sameness about the humor of the book that suggests the idea that the sketches might be more appreciated singly In a newspaper than in bulk in a volume. The style of the stories is on the Dooley order, with Sinkers as the main story teller, His friend Sarsaparilla Riley makes a good Irish second to the Dutch dlalect of the restaurant doughnut maker. In this case the name of Charity is Pat Dolan and the episode of the “Dolan Fu- neral Crowd” at the races is a very funny one. The story of poor old Carl, the cat detective, who was given a funeral at the hands of Dolan, is well told. Sinker's ex- perience when he has the “typhold am- monia” is funny, and throughout most of the storles witty sayings are continuous. o speeches and sayings of Tecumseh In ref- erence to General Proctor and the Brit- ish, as well as many of his statements to General Harrison at the councils, are given verbatim. : The Future of War. Despite the epoch making nature of the great work of De Bloch on “The Future of ‘War,” it remains untranslated for the English readers. The Germans and the French have long since had the work in their languages, but in this country and in England students have had to content themselves with reviews of the work or seek fuller information by reading it in a forelgn language. The magnitude of the work has had much to do with the neglect to translate it, but the fact that the French and the Germans were not ap- palled by its size is another evidence that British and American readers are not glven to serious studies with anything like the zeal of their contemporaries on the continent of Europe. ‘We are now promised, however, a publi- cation of the entire work, and in the meantime, as an advance demonstration of its worth, there has been published a translation of the last volume, which con- tains a summary of the whole argument, with the conclusions which the author draws from the mass of facts he had com- piled and analyzed in the filve volumes that preceded it. The arguments of the author have been so0 much discussed that little need be said of them here. Since the publication of Darwin's “Descent of Man” no book has created so great a sensation or been so much discussed as this work written by a Polish Jew and published in the Russian language. It is well known that the work ‘was the direct cause of the effort of ‘the Czar to bring about the establishment of an international peace congress and the calling of the famous conference at The Hague. It is an elaborate presentation of. certain economie facts, which the author believes will put an end to war among ILLUSTRATIONS FROM MARY DEVEREUX’S NOVEL, — “LAFITTE OF LOUISIANA.” DRAWINGS BY HARRY C. EDWARDS. (Copyright, by Little, Brown & Co. 1002.) L3 Lena, the wife of the Sinker man, contrib- utes some of her own fads and experiences to the sketches and they add to the humor of the book. The episode of the absent- minded customer, a school teacher who came into the restaurant and left his bun- dle of letters, is one of the funniest in the book. The letters, most of which are re- quests from parents in regard to excusing scholars, etc., are really unique, but quite within the possibilities of some New York school districts. Sinkers and Sarsaparilla Riley at vari- ous times discuss and fight over every- thing from the Klondike to literature and their encounters make good and entertain- ing reading for a leisure hour. (J. 8. Ogil- vie ‘Publishing Company, New York." Price, $1.) New Greek Grammar. The American Book Company, New York, has just published a new “Gram- mar of Attic and Ionic Greek,” by Frank Cole Babbitt, Ph. D., professor of Greek language and literatvre in Trinity Col- lege, Hartford. This grammar gives the essential facts and principles ‘of the Greek language in concise form, with only 80 much discussion as is necessary for a clear understanding of the subject. It meets the needs of secondary schools and at the same time is sufficient for all ordi- nary demands of the college course. The book incorporates the results of the most recent philological studies. In selecting examples to iliustrate syntax, preference has been given to those authors read in the earlier stages of the pupil's progress. The Ionic forms are given in footnotes and the necessary emphasis on important letters or syllables is secured by spacing and full-face type. Price $150. A Maid of the Wildwood. Those who delight in tales of the early Middle West—the days when the Indians were a factor in the history of our coun- try—will be interested fn “A Maid of the ‘Wildsvood,” by George Willlam Louttit, published by the Colonial Press, Fort ‘Wayne, Ind. The book is filled with in- trigue and adventure and many bits of Indian customs ard traditicns. The fnei- dents narrated are said to be in the main true and are narrated as having been ac- tually experienced by different individ- uals on the frontiers of our country. The great nations by rendering wars too costly to be endured, and the effect produced upon statesmen and military men, as well as upon the general public, is an evidence of the essentlal soundness of the conclu- sions. The work is not so interesting to Amer- fcans as it is to the people of Europe, who are burdened with the maintenance of vast armies and who live in fear of war, but even in this country it will be found attractive to all who give any considera- tion to the larger destinies of mankind. In the absence of a translation of the com- plete work the one now offered is most ac- ceptable. It is rendered the more satisfac- tory by an introduction by Edwin D. Mead, giving an account of the life of the author, and a statement of W. T. Stead of conversations with him. The translation is made by R. C. Long and the work is plentifully illustrated by diagrams, maps and other means of presenting facts more clearly than can be done by words. Pub- lished by Ginn & Co., Boston. / Das Edle Blut. “Das Edle Blut,” by Ernest von Wil- denbuch, has been published by the Amer- ican Book Company, New York, In a student’s edition edited by Charles A. Egsgert, Ph. D. This simple and pathetic story of German cadet life has been popu- lar, both from its artistic merits and from its peculiar fitness for the classroom. In this edition care has been taken to give fully the idiomatic uses of those words in the text which in their various applica- tions are apt to perplex the sjudent. Notes are added sparingly, to explain aif- ficult expressions or constructions, and are mainly in the form of references to the vocabulary, which is complete. The story is one recommended for preparatory reading by the Modern Language Asso- ciation. Price 30 cents. Miss Petticoats. “Miss Petticoats,” by Dwight Tilton, is the story of a young girl who lives with her grandfather in the queer abode of an old whaling bark hulk moored at one of the wharves ‘of “Old Chetford"—a town that, by the description, may be identified with New Bedford. The maid is proud and self-willed, but also possesses re- deeming points of character that should be the due of an up-to-date heroine. She ST L TR '3§\W‘*‘”"W“"" A it 77 gets her start in life by performing a great service for a woman of birth and wealth and so is taken into the aristo- cratic household as a reward. Then be- gins the plot—a combination of slander and offers of lqve from the villain of the plece that bids fair to wreck her life. The author. however, as is right and proper in melodrama, takes good care for the outcome of the play and “all ends well.” Published by the C. M. Clark Company, Beston. Price ,1.58. —_— Line-o’-Type Lyrics. There are some clevef comicalities in “Line-o’-Type Lyrics,” by Bert Leston Taylor, published by Willlam 8. Lerd, Evanston, Ill. Mr. Tayler is also the au- thor of *“The Billoustine Book™ and “The Book Booster.” His verses as they have appeared in his column on the editorial page of the Chicago Tribune have pleased many readers, who will doubtless be glad to have this opportunity: or getting them in book form. Here are a few lines that will serve to give an idea of the gemeral ' flavor. DEPRESSIONAL. The birds are fiying southward; The leaves are growing sere; We walt with less impatience For the man to draw the beer, From which I draw the inference That autumn must be here. To the End of the Trail. “To the End of the Trail,” by Frank Lewis Nason, is a story of the melo- dramatic order that might well never have been put between covers to disgust the reader who possesses any degree of refinement. 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