The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 11, 1906, Page 27

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1906. 27 - - SRR IN A TIME OF MOST TERRIBLE ANGUISH I composed this very prayer to it owe deliverance. I bave re- t frequently in mjsfortune since bat day, and always with salace; we repe ed it now for this reason. of in my years of & ng which sorrow greater And how dost thou eed in some meas- lite graphically d : famous Polis new ! Spoke, Sienklewicz's is rather w addressed that advice, with whom knelt, and, kneeling, taught of use the prayer you will see d above, w eartbroken and He had been walking his chamber “like a wi d no word, interrupted long arms after ) s did Yatsek his the pr jed from an by wisdom Mast er mere before we consi He is not bu e hero of the » train the broods and patiently wns it on the s Father Voynovskl r comforter ie priest Lad age on the fi hand. or & sab ed whole series of reverses and tories.” he time, it will be Temembered. is f the famous King John BSobleskl Father Voynovski judged therefore, God had placed on the throne pur- when hetman, posely a sovereign who, had shed that his hands might give to the enemy, and avert ruin from hristians at once and forever.” Now in the words which I next quote you from the priest note the spirit of the ambition of the Polish race which the hor has breathed into t God put the Polish people on horse- back and turned ineir bre east- ward; by the same act he showed them bis will and thelr calling. He knew why he chose us for that position, and put others behind our shoulders: hence if we wish to fulfill his command and our mission with worthiness we must face the vile sea, and break its waves with our bosoms.” Has not that in it the tone.of a true priest of the church militant? You hear it some echo of a h's battlecry, “The banners of the King go forth!” As for the other as- pect of the speech—the ring there is to of Polish ambition and faith in itself back to some sentences ction, by Jeremiah Cur- the master of the Polish language studious Interpreter of Sienkle- wicz “The Polish part of the Sclay world heolds touchi: g itself &n unconquerable absorbed, as it thinks, s from which it could The Poles could not and would not If they evered from that whith, , they have worked out in which no power on earth take from them, and to which bound with the faith of a trayal of the character of Voynovski gonnects this new with some of the famous past of the author. in this that the is the pupil of “Pan Michael” of The Trilogy,” the elaborate work on which Slenklewicz spent eight years of toil Another glimpse we get of his fine creation of Sienkiewicz shows the com- bination soldier and priestly soul in der of his friend and pupii, our hero, tsek. Voynovski had taught the vouth, who, though In present poverty néd misfortune, was a born gentleman and a theroughbred, not only some of the finer points of genuine Christignity, but also how to send a sword thrust home with more effectiveness than some opbonents who thought them- selves quite ponderously offensive. Yat- sek had been insulted by Pan Gideon, 2 powerful and wealthy man, who was the guardian of Anulta, whom Yatsek loved. Pan Gideon had unjustly denied Yatsek the privilege of seeing, his ward, aithough the youth had been her deserving friend from childhood up and had loved her faithfully for five years. The old tyrant. who had selfish designs on Anulta, sends a very mean letter to the priest, in which he disparages Yat- sek, who at the time was preparing to bravely renounce his love for the girl up | le | he | and go fight for his country. Voynov- &k!1 had his ideals about how a gentle- man should reply to a churl, and 8o, on behalf of his young friend Yatsek, he replied thus to the insulting letter of Pan Gideon: It is known to ali citizens of our common- | wealth ¢ nly those peopie know how to ob- | servo due politeness in every position who have { lived from youth upward ameng polite people, | or who, coming of great blood, have brought ness into the world with them. Neither polit ¥ the other has come to your grace e on the contrary the mighty inherited from renowned an- | cestors both blood and a lordly spirit. He for- r peasant expressions. observe this further of the priest | You will note it is somewhat of a stus 1 yehology. The spirit of sympathy {in him for a gentieman which had urged { him to severely rebuke a churl began to be questioned by the spirit of a Christian which was in him to be, as the Scripture commands, temperate fn all things. 8o | hesitating to seal the letter some other thought came into his head and he re- turned for consultation with his friends, | Lord Pan Yat ! | asking this: | "It Is done. The affair is over. But do | not think it too cutting } e of these friends was wise old Pan w knew the nature of Ya | Serafin, wh insulter to be overruled by evil pas {and he s v 1 thus Ly reverend your scruples are { orable, but Pan Gideon has no scru- ples whatever; his letter struck straight heart, while yours strikes only e and pride. I think, therefore, ought to be sent.” And the let So much for the priest and makes a n ions of the story, ad- tsek, the chief charact lovable and thoroughly llow, is no le n as is the warrior-pri | novel 1s ever dramatized the star of the | cast would p choose to také the | part of Fat novski as being tb wherein he cc most readily hold ti of the stage. i the fa hing minor, the raw materla of which the priest created a brave |dier and a Christian gentleman; based on these two qualities perfected i iim by the there was built chur T boy- up in him . wlka, wh w carried in his warrior pared for either life or eld of glor; First we ng man a nsecutively t, when the oming duel, glory is open , but they prefer priv quarrel 1 ' How- by re mean old ¥ jealousy about the fair Anul- ked a quarrel with the vic- rdsman. In this first taste etting he won also by the priest’s instructions; for by the old sol- | dler's training his guard was perfect, counter-thrust sure to touch, and , deep, and no deeper, than his d brain intended. He so fought five enemfes later became Such su is, of course, all contests the completest victory, and the pupil who could so win shows as | the fine product of most worthy priest- combined with the soul of soldler- »u. So Yatsek's temperately restrained e of his sword skill magnifles the por- it of the soldier-priest who taught him | some of the chief life lessons. The mem- {ory of this Polish man of God will re- | mina us of Wordsworth’s “Who is the Christian warrior? Who is he—whom every man in arms uld wish to be?” The love story of Yatsek for Anulka Is very beautiful, but it takes the long process of many pages to develop a com- prehension of all the throes of disappoint- ment, and all the ecstasies of final vic- ° | tory, which mingle to make up its in- o |terest. Anulka is a beautl young °| woman whom men love at sight | From some feminine caprice she will not confess that she reciprocates Yatsek's | love. Once, when he left her offended by her coldness, she tried to write a letter | that would call him back. Twice she | composed the missive, and twice de- stroyed {t—as not conveying honestly what she felt. Then she gave up the ef- fort; and out of this little incident came long years of misfortune and misunder- standing to both the young lovers. Is not that lke real life? Yatsek does not meet the girl again un- til just as he is about to march forth for the great war with the Turks. Here is just a brief glimpse of the preparation for that “fleld of glor: Far away and near by were seen crimson uRi- | forms, glittering armor, the flashing of sworde, | the upturned forest of lances, the broad cloud of streamers, and above them great banners like glant blossoms. From the regiments standing nearer the breeze caught the odor of horse sweat, and the shouts of commanders, the shrill mote of fifes, and the deep sound of kettle-drums. But in those shouts, in those sounde, In that delight and that eagerness for battle there was something triumphant, Before going into that fight Yatsek for- gave a man who was his enemy and who had behaved meanly to the girl he loved. He sald: “For Anulka will be mine immediately, and to-morrow I shall be a Christian knight and defender of the faith, a man whose heart should be free of all hate and personalities.” “God bless thee for that!™ priest. (Little, Brown & Co. MORE OF HISTORY OF ALL NATIONS Two new volumes of “A History of All Nations,” XIII and XIV (the encyclope- {aic work edited by John Henry Wright of Harvard University), have just been sent out by the publishers. Both volumes are written by Martin Philippson, for- merly professor of history in the univer- sities of Bonn and of Brussels. The first volume is “The Age of Louls XIV,” and although the account of that absolute monarch and his famous reign is the chief feature of the book, the history treats of Europe generally. The first division of cried the Boston. $150.) the volume tells of the English first revo- | Italy), and Elizabeth Robins' ‘‘The\ Dark Lan- lution and of Europe in the middle of the seventeenth century. The second divi reign of the last of the powerful French Kings, treats of Germany under Leopold 1, of the fall of the Stuarts and of Eu- rope generally at the end of the seven- teenth century. That wonderfu! dor for France in the reign of the Grand Monarch, and that galaxy of brilliant men and women who flourished around him are interestingly written about and the pages are abundantly fllustrated with portraits of the noted and notorious peo- ple. An account is given of how the am- Louis was plotting to make him- bitious self master of all Europe, and of how Germany was to an extent at France's mercy becauss of the danger from the Turks pouring in from the East. Louls aid not avail himself of Germany’s. peril- ous predicament because the public sen- timent of Europe and even of France held him back. This Turkish invasion, being one of the | greatest even | rope, makes a glimpse of it as desirable {a passage to quote as any in the volume; |and it will be doubly interesting just at { this date because the great Polish novel- |ist, Sienkiewicz, has just had published !in ‘this country a translation of his new nove )n the Field of Glory,” the title | of which refers to that big battle with the the brunt of which was borne by the author's countrymen under the heroic Polish King, John Sobleskl. The | novel leads you right up to the brink of the battle, but does not describe the st The *History of All Nations” jthus relates the contest of that epoch- marking d of Glory”: | ““Neither German nor Polish help was 1- | Bellard's Inspiration,” Castle's role of a passionately loving de- | gion, besides relating the events of the | the 1 i W 1 period of material 'splen- | Sebior sy pmh R T A | tapha Riswicz” new { 50008 1 in all the history of Eu- at hand, when, in May, 1683, Kara Mus- advanc from Belgrade with men. Duke Charles of Lorraine, the imperial general, had only 33,000 men | at his disposal and found it necessary to raw before the invaders. * * * ara Mustapha advanced straight on laying waste the land as he . of Europe was bound up with enna. If this city fell there were ibilities for the continent. It rurkish or French. ine on his retreat northward had thrown 14,000 men into the nder the brave but circumspect | rnst Rudiger Starhemberg. With- of Lor: Count in a few days the Count repaired the fortifications in the best - -anner pessible and equipped the corps of citizens and , who did excellent service. Only h ceaseless and frightful exertions the most gallant heroism were the ders abl hold their weak ram- parts against 2 . \All seemed lost when help came. “On the morning of September 12, 1683, lies, under the command of Charles rraine, b out from the Kahlen- upon the Turks, who were stationed ussdorf and Dornbach. The Poles, ere opposed to the flower of the rmy, were taxed to the utmost. y the left wing, composed of . German and Austrian troops, had isive victory, its cavalry | me to the succor of the hard-pressed nd the Turks were thrown into flight. Thus the Germans really gained the day. The whole vast camp, with a booty of gold, jewels and | munitions of war to the value of ten mil- | lion gulden, fell into the hands of the | victors. The exultation in the liberated was indescribable. Kara Mustapha executed by command of the Sul- city was tas With this fight at Nussdorf Turkey’s { offensive power was ken forever.” The XIV volume concerns itself with “The Age of the European Balance of Power.” (Lea Brothers & Co., Phila- delphia and New York.) > WORLD'S ALMANAC AND CYCLOPEDIA More for your money in the way of| condensed, well systematized and well | indexed, wup-to-date information can probably be had from the “World Al-| manac and Encyclopedia” than in any | other annual publication. For two bits | you buy an omnibus of useful knowl- edge brought forward to the present time, and an Index to where to quickly find information in regard to prominent past events. The issue for 1906 is out, and 1s up to the high standard set by it- self. There is too much news to even begin to tell about in its multiplicity of synoptically’ arranged tables, but we may note this brief item of general in- terest: Wealth of nations (these are the latest estimates)—United States, §100,000,000,000. Compare that with the next highest on the list, namely, Great Britain and Ireland, $58,200,000,000. Ger- many is only two-fifths as much, and Austria ene-fifth. Epain is not much more than one-twentleth as wealthy. No wonder we whipped her so easily and that she had no money to spare for tar- get practice. The Almanac spends a few pages in boas‘ting of “The World's growth.” It published more than a million = single advertisements, and its increase in space columns passed any record ever made by any New York newspaper. It claims the credit of having begun the fight on the corruption in the insurance business. What will be of most interest for this page is to extract something from The “'nrld's summary- of the llterature of 1905. Here is something about fiction: The “best gellers” of the year were ‘* Garden of Allah,” by Robert Hichens 11’?\:: story of & Catholic monk, reaching its psycho- logical climax in the Sahara desert); ““The Princess Passes,” by the Williamsons (automo- bile romance) ‘Sandy,” by Alice Hegan Rice (histéry of an Irish stowaway); ‘‘The Marriage of Willlam Ashe,”” by Mrs. Humphry Ward (well-wrought study, based on the life of Carc- line Lamb, of a fascinating, wayward &lrl, thrown by rriage into English political A.nfl' “;J;:m:," !hy";l‘homla Dixon X of the i tion period); *“The House of lllrlh.".g;n.n‘:l‘i‘fh ‘Wharton (masterly portrayal of & woman sub- ;‘acled to the evils of New York society life); ‘Constance Trescott,” by Dr. Welr Mitchell (psychological study' of & woman's revenge d Southern conditions during the Clvil War); ““The Breath of the Gods,” by Sydney MeCall Ulrnne!,e graduate of Radeliffe and American diplomat’s family in modern Japan): ‘Pam, by the Baroness von Hutton (centering in (he strange moral development of an -fllegitimat girl); ““The Gambler,” by Catherine Ill'“l‘l‘o:l (Aisclosing the working of heredity). Special commendation should be given to ‘“The D Fire,” by May Sinclair (published late in 1905 @ study of the development of & true pet’ soul in an English cockney bookseller, the finest literary fiction of the past five years); “The Secrst Woman,” by Eden Philpotts (4 Dartmoor tragedy of jealousy and expiation); ‘Hecla Bandwith,” by B. U. Valentine (Penn. sylvania fron regions fifty vears ago); Hew- ett's ‘“The Fool "’ (elghteenth century, tern’” " (subtle study in morbid psychol work by well-known movellsts ineludeds. M re and “Tho Heart: of “Lady Anne,”_ Crawford's “Fair Mz # Oliver Hobbes' “The Flute of ban,* Hope's A Servant of the Public’ (portrayal of actress), Haggard's ‘“‘Ayesha’’ “She”), Quiller-Couch's ° “‘Shining Wigging' “Rose o the River,” Wilking - /Pho yman's “Stafvecrow = Farm,: World," ington's ““The Conquest of Canaan. prises of the year were the unearth Swinburne's novel of English life, Cross Currents,” and of Bernard Shaw’s *The Irrational Kot (startling Siatements on mar: fiags o @utho tter have left Note in all this long list how “The Divine Fire” 18 singled out for strong and especial g praise. Miss May Sin- Clair should thdeed be pieased with thy commendation American reviewers have given her work. It is with so universal voice they eulogize that the hook is lifted by it beyond the reader's fear that some favorable notice seen of it might be due to the merely individual taste or the cheerful mood caprice of her Bov the critic at the time he happened to be ! writing. (Press Publishing Company, Pulitzer building, New York. 2 cents.) STEPHEN DOUGLAS William Gardner, in his new “Life of | Stephen A. Douglas,” gives as a reason for writing it that “It {s not of much im- portance now to any one whether Douglas is loved or hated, admired or despised. It is of some importance that he be understood.” He adds this: *I have not attempted to pronounce judg- ment upon Douglas or his contem- poraries, but to submit the evidence. Not those who write, but those who read pass final judgment on the heroes of blography.” The book is written with the ldea that the paSsions of his generation have go far been forgotten that his life can be judged of impartiality. The author would avold those partisan eXtremes IN A NEW LIGHT | | ‘which either canonize a man as a saint or | brand him as a traitor and a dema- gogue. He warns us that “we are in constant danger of missing the real worth of men in those ante-bellum days' years, because their modes this generation.” The blography shows Douglas Lincoln himself; and among his sins it is not to be charged that he failed to “bridge over the widening chasm between the North and the South.” (Roxburg Press, Boston; §1 §0.) BOOK ABOUNDING IN HOMELY HUMOR “Frozen Dog Tales,” by Colonel Wil- liam C. Hunter, is a collection of short bits of humor and philosophy derived from experiences of life in a mining town called “Frozen Dog.” The author is an advertising man and a publisher. 1t is written in homely style and with good intent. Colonel Hunter says: “One of my good friends has written a critictem, or puff, or boost, er what- ever you may please to cah it, and I give it to you In ‘his own language: “ ‘These writings are the observa- tions of a man of husiness, who knows the value of a cheery word and who knows how to lubricate the wheels of the serfous machine with sunshine and smiles as he travels life's road.’ " Some of his shorter bits are these: “If you have to bear it, do it with- out grinning. If there is anything ir- ritating it is the man who persists in smiling when the house tumbles on him.” “The finer your teeth the wider you can grin.” “Let thy stenographer strong and homely.” “All good work begins with content- be falthful, ment. The heart must sing while the hand toils if good work is to be achleved.” And here is a bit of his verse: CHINOOK MARY'S B'R. had a little ba'r: s fur was black as night; And everywhere that Mary went Bc.kopt her right in sight. He followed her to school one day, Which was the rul An’ kase the teacher raised a He et the blamed old fool, “What makes the ba'r love teacher soT’ The happy school-kids cried A voice within the ba'r returned, “You'll bave to ask inside.’’ (Everett Press Company, Boston, Mass.; $1.) — NEW EDUCATIONAL SERIES PUT FORTH following The educational works of | thought and feeling were not those of | to | have been as ardent a Unifon man as | “Library of the World's Best Litera- ture,” says that in Southern Califernia Sienklewfz met many of the charac- ters and had many of the experiences that have received artistic Immortality in his works. It was here that he found the prototype of the inimitable “Zagloba.” “It is in the creation of living hu- man beings that Slenkiewicz exhibits his highest genius. Nothing could sur- pass in vital force, originality of con- ception and convincing realism of pre- sentation the character of Zagloba.” It might be interesting now if some one in Seuthern Californfa would tell us what became of the prototype of “Zag- loba.” This bit of gossip is worth gleaning: (It was told five years ago by Louis E. Van Norman in the Outlook.) “‘Hew do I write a novel?” Sienklewica laughed. ‘What a question that is, and how can I answer it? I prefer to write a novel by reading every book and doc- ument referring to it in all the lan- guages I can lay hold on. Then I let it ‘all soak for a while.' (The novelist did not use the word “soak,” but ex- plained more in detaill that he meant that process.)” Most interesting fragment of all to remember, if you intend to read his new book, Is this: “He ended one pe- riod of his writing thus: ‘Here ends this series of books written In the course of a number of yeArs with no little toll for the strengthening of hearts.’ . . LITERARY MATRIMONY, If you want a husband write a book. —r—etll) written of it the lecture must have been both pleasurable and profitabla to her listeners. Mme. Wittigschlager has spent many years in Russia studying the life of both Jews and peasants and ought to know whereof she speaks and writes. Her beok was published late in November by Consolidated Retall Booksellers. T O Both the Winston Churehills are rep- resented on the Macmillan Company spring list: The American, by his | forthcoming novel, “Coniston,” and the Hon. Winston Spencer Churchill, M. P., by his blography ef his father, the late Lora Randolph Churchill. The latter ‘Winston, by the way, has just been made Under Secretary of State for the Colo- nies in the new Liberal Government. o . Mr. Sherman notes that Washingtonm and Lord Howe, while engaged in dis- cussing the treatment of prisoners, evinced a vein of humor popularly sup- posed to be absent from the former's make-up. Howe sent to Washington a copy of Watts' version of the 120th Psalm, the last verse of which runs: ©! might T change my place, How would I choose to dwell In some wide lomesome wilderness, And leave these gates of hell! Whereto his Excellency the com- mander-in-chief replied from the 101st Psalm: | The tmplous erew, that factious band, Shall hide their heads or quit this land; Apd all who break the public rvest, Where I have power, shall Qe suporest. —New York Times. e i Marion Hill realizes that the majority of parents need a little light, and she T 815 ay 5 Shinkiswirs’ naw novel, b bsth a warnoe. - Mirlam Michelson, author of “A Yellow | lets the Pettison Twins shed it to such Joyrnall * assures D. Appletbn & Co., | good purpose in “The Day of Precious her publishers, that all women writers | Penalties” In the February McClure's have offers of marriage. that one converted parent sald: “T AT ORNG Egier s il of Flory ™ O Sord, Chou Knowsst what pain is for Thov didst sudurs it on th crogs Lor the offances of mankind. - ™ Wimead bring my blesging bsart to @hes,and at Thy fost ) which are pisveed implors @hawfor merey, A ey not to @fea: " Talie his pain from ma, bued ery " Give my stromyth tosogurs it Bord. O Sord, am a soldier submissive to Shy order,ansd ™ Gasirs much 0 survs Thos, and rhe Commonwsaleh,my mother ~ Ehut how cand 8o this whn my heaet i5 Eaint and my right hand i§ weaksned? Waarauss of this mate molorget myel! and makie me think only of @hy glory,and the rascus of my mother, ¢ ¢ ¢ == "0And strangthn me, O Sord, inmy 5ol o that through oty _ against pagansd may math a glorious dearh and also hraven. @y the wound in @hy sids, bear ma! ™ @his 5 the prayer which was taught to the warrior, RJatssl baro of y the gyggr.?a‘thzfijoqnonm »who had himssit | L/ —fe RECENT PORTRAIT OF THE AUTHOR THE FIELD OF GLORY." THE BATTLEFIELD, OF “QUO VADIS,” AND AM THE PRAYER WAS TAUGHT BY A PRIEST TO A WARRIOR AS A N EXTRACT FROM A PRAYER IN HIS NEW NOVEL; “ON PREPARATION PFOR - ties of the race through the several stages of culture from barbarism to civilization. At the same time it wili devote its attention entirely to present day peoples living in widely separated parts of the world and typifying these various developments. The stories in the first volume, intended for second .year pupils, relate to child life among the Eskimos, the Western Indians, the Filipinos‘and the Alaskan Indians, bringing out in an entertaining man- ner many of the habits and customs of these primitive peoples. The hand work given at the end of the book is an im- portant feature. - The stories in the second book, for third year reading, are about the Pu- eblo Indians, the Egyptians, the Navajo Indians, the Tibetans. the Cubans, the Norwegians and the Swiss—peoples more advanced than those treated in the first volume. NOTES OF BOOKS . AND THE AUTHORS Some fragments of information about the Polish author, Sienkiewicz, will be of interest at this time when his novel, “On the Field of Glory,” is just freshly published. It is now about thirty years since he was so close home to us as being a colonist in Southern California brought him. It is five years since he favored the public with a novel from his exceedingly popular pen. If in that long lapse of time any have forgotten how to pronounce his awfully outland- ish and difficult looking name they can have the “Century” for their authority if they choose to call him “Shen-k’ yev- ich,” with the accent on the “yev.” He is now about 60 years of age. His have just been issued by the American : 0| is in Poland, but he has various Book Company, New York and Chicago: p:.‘;:izncn. His new novel is of the p‘:— “Dumas. du Rhm.” Professor: of Modern adlebury Cloth, 12mo, 176 pages. Price 40 cents. College, Middlebury, Vt.| tianity. Excursions sur les Bords|riod of which he delights to write— Edited by Theodore Henck- | the wars of the seventeenth century— when Poland was the bulwark of Chris- The character in this story which I think is the most powerfully The introduction to this French text | drawn is of a priest, wfl: is represented consists of a short yet adequate preciation of Dumas as a writer. ap- | as being a pupil of Pan Michael, and In | in that way this new novel has a con- these legends he shows his great pow- | necting link witn his famous “Trilogy” ers as a story teller. He sketches as|“With Fire and Sword”—"The Deluge” he goes, is reminiscent, historie, al-|and “Pan Michael.” ways enterqh-fln;. % “Dutton’s World at uel Edited by College, Columbia University, . Work Serles.” The recent farewell visit of Modjeska to this city is a reminder that she and Sienkiewica were the most famous T. Dutton, Teachers | members of the Polish colony in South- ern California In 1877, when a frater- “Pishing and Hunting.” By Sarah M. | nity of expatriated Polish artists and Mott, teacher in the Ethical Culture | musicians tried the project \ — | making a Utopla of Anno Lundi. The Cloth, lzvr;o, 127 33:,, scheme was futile so far as the farm- School, New York City, and Maude rows Dutton. with illustrations. Pric. “In Field u:fl Pa::tlul;" ‘Barrows Dutten. of 12 i pages, with illustrations. Pric ‘l‘:’p..' This series will describe the a cents. - By Maude | that 90 | of literary creation was here of and the finances went, but it seems some of the fuel of the divine fire ered by California. ing ‘while in Genung, writing in the | interestingl. | “They were from men who have never | seen me,” she says, “‘ergo one can speak of these questionable compliments. One man sent me photos of himself and all his family, and his parents in propria | persona to inspect me and convey to me a deed for a beautiful house, all on aes count of my book.” . . Mr. Robins begins his sketch of General Sherman’s life, which appears in the series of American Crisis Biog- raphies (George W. Jacobs & Co.), by quoting his relentless words addressed in September, 1864, to the Mayor and City Council of the conquered city of Atlanta, Georgia. “War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it, and those who brought war inte our country deserve all the curses and male- diction a people can pour out. You might as well appeal against the thunderstorm as against these terrible hardsa.ps of war. These words were written in reply to a protest against the determination of Sherman to remove the citizens of At- lanta from their homes and send them either to the southward or to the north- ward. General Hoed, commander of the Confederate army of Tennessee, had added his volee to the protest. “The unprecedented measure you pro- pose,” said Hood to Sherman, “trans- cends in studied and ingenmious crueity all acts ever before brought to my atten- tion in the dark history of war. In the name of God and humanity I protest, believing that you will find that yow are expelling from their homes and firesides the wives and children of a brave people.” Sherman, however, was obdurate. Onee more, thinks Mr. Rebins, it was the Pur- itan meeting the Cavaller, with the race hatred that has been borne across the seas.—New York Herald. PR A London publisher, appreciative of American humor, has made gn offer for an English edition of Charles Bat- tell Loomis’ new story, “Minerva's Man- euvers.” The author is touring in the ‘West with Jerome K. Jerome, offering on the platform an international com- bination of wit and humor. g o The original of the cartoon, “The Mysterious Stranger,” which gives the title to John 'F. MeCutcheon's volume just published, belongs to President Roosevelt and stands in his study in the White House. 2 Those who were there say that Mme, ‘Wilhelmina Wittigsehlager, author of “Minna; Wife of the Young Rabbi,” held her audience spellbound when, a short time ago, she talked to a gathering of patriotic societies and women's clubsg on Russian life ard eonditions. Much of this is told in her book; and if she talked as y on the subject as she has laughed myself almost ill, 'twas such 2 funny story, before I realized that L was being told I didn't know how to raise my own children. The worst of it | was that I knew she was right and I | wrong.” ¥ Mr. Thompson Seton’'s animals may have more human traits thanithe ani- mals that Mr. John Burroughs knows, but they are not altogether works of his imagination. Take the story of the white rensklav, in Norway, in his recent book. The material for that story was gathered on the spot by Mr. Seton, who was ae- companted by his wife, who is nearly ai- ways his companion, even when he is roughing it the most. Mrs. Seten rode over the Norwegian mountains on penies, with a pad for a saddle and a pieee of common twine for a bridle. There are those who think that Mr. Seton laid the scene of this unusual animal story In Norway to get out of reach of Mr. Bur- roughs' critical eye.—N. Y. Herald. .. S A third edition of .lfred Henry Lewis® “Sunset Trail” has been called for fromy the publishers, A. S. Barmes & Co. This new volume, “Indian Love,” i3 the last that we will get from Laurence Hope, for, quite in character with her writ« ings and temperament, she committed suieide, through grief over the death of her husband, only a few months ago. The poems In “Stars of the Desert” were the finest of this writer, but there are geparate peems in other yolumes thag are quite up to the best of these. From the present volume I quote this beaus titul lyric called “My Desire”: Fate has given me many a gift