, 1879-08-16
Mo11ock's "Is Lifo Worth Liv-
ing2"...poor's Mnnual...
Science for All.
Tho Now Volume Of "L'Art "-.-
Classics of Paintlng.-Art
Notoa.
u7slealt Properties Of The Tonato".nenan's Iaea
Of Stieutc.-.0lhcr Sticucc Notes.


LITERATURE.
TuE BOSArhRTE LETTERS.
r,,c,e letters, with tIleir slight thread OF blo-
,,anh,cal story. f,avo already inaan good deal
- noIso In tic world. They pscsout 10 thu
reader picture Of lnost unlorc!Y
-hor,rtcr through chcGslcret career. It is I'm
,,o,she to Imagine anything moro fcpulatve
thar Tho conduct Of tic Bonaparto fntnlly to-
a."rd ,his unfortunate American woman, unless
!. ho hor anobbjsh md silly adherence, IN spite
~ n ali. 10 lhem and tllcir conccrscrs OIL the
o,hcr aide OF tho Atlantic. The reader laughs
s1tcrnatc1y at illo wit, tho worldly wisdom, tic
,ccctt. and tue folly Of tic hcro[uo OF this short
talc Of long lie. 49,.
Elizabeth Patterson wns bora In 1785 md
lived uutil 167p,-1norc tt,an nincty-four years.
Her fa,her seoms to havc been wiso and good
man, q worthy father Of ott,rr children who were
. cou,for, to him, which such daughter Us
Elizabeth, could mover be. lIo pnrttnlly lslu-
neritcd her iu his WILL with some seyoro re-
marks on her lnlutftul behavior. lIo died In
1896, "l1o wns tho last gentleman In baltimore
who woro smnlt-clottlcs and IL cne" Elizabeth
at 10 years oil could repeat by heart hoE IA.
yor1tc hooks,-Young'a "Nignt Thoughts " and
Rocbc!ouea,lId's "AlaxIms-" At 18 she waa the
most beautiful woman In Baltimore, city nl-
vsys famous for its beautiful women. In
1903 Jerome l}onapartc-youugest brother
OF Napoleon, then First Consu!-came,
saw, and conquered, Md, against her
fatlcra wishes, married the ambitious
youug belle. Uuder the commands and threats
Of Napoleon, the poor sneak left her In the
tpr.ng of 1906. I" As reward for his puaslla-
n!fnity, Jerome was created a Prince OF tue En-
Al. IL -1k A .tsr%fHx II -f ftIr&
French nayY." How disgusting Is rank gained
ut such price, md aFtstocracy recruited from
such matertalal . ..
Hcr hrat md on1y child was born In England,
Jnly I, 1906, attcr her husband had left her a Btic
had been forcibly driven awny from France. This
son possessed oil bis llfo tiuo and strong chnr-
sctcr.-a refreshing contrast to that Of hls brlll-
lsnt but si1ly mother. He studied for kuowt-
edge, married for lovo, mud worked for money.
1o rns noycr foolish enough, even under the
greatest temptations, to prefer the furnished
gliding of court life to the solid gold OF rcpub-
l[can liberty.
II anybody cares to know whether Madame
Bouapartos descendants arc 1estttmatc,-he-
cause, It they are. they arc now next III Success
sion 10 tho shadowy "ImpcEial throne" OF
France,-h!s mind may DO insured OF TINT fact
from tho following extract:
When Napoleon declared that Jcrone's marriage
was '.null, both In rcliGioia anu legal point of
view" hu was expressing hfa own wlshca tnthet
1o,inr,on Nsnotson vss nnjv Frst
Consul Of Franco. and could have no control over
the members Of bis family. Jeromo's mother. and
g6nsc cnnsent was NECESSARY. and thsy Soncurfcd
in approving Tho mAsr,ngc, Tho marriage had
tie Catholic Church, Of which jerome protested to
b q member, and tho ceremony had heoh rcr-
America, ~, .., .,,. ....
finn when ,,o wrote the letter (pp OIL nnd 35)
",u,a ~. nant,,aon,. ~ rso,.st INT IN, morr,,~o
.o.usIs .s. r. sp,asaa ,,,,. .,o .l1t h.s ~
been poHsib]c to ljril one [irnpolI.ncnt1 which,
IN N. ] nTc,enr caso md according to thc nrluri.
nlcs Of tbe Church, can uuthoriso us to declare
the nullitv of the rnarrIano contracted mid a.
s.aa1 aans,,rnr,,,od !, In ISM rorou,c 1,nrr1cn
d daughter Of tho King Ot WurtelnburE; their
am Ia no,v knnwn Ar "plnu.plon.n nnu his
son so, +, !. ,rho "a soi1 IN havc hcon namctl hv
poor voting Louis IA Ills SUCCESSOR. The Ancri-
car In. tbo hottcr ttt.e nv ,1rscent.
sar nne si.s uos's' NV :. .,7 H..
q strange and wonderful series Of her letters to
her fnthcr begins. They nre unique III their
dreadful disclosure OF bad hcurt nnd false,
perverted mind. Sho Hicks tho hands that hare
smitten bor md ilouts that which hos nour-
hhed her,
In Eurons handsome woman who Is 1tko}y ia
havo 4 fortune may ,nnsry we'll; but II 4 gets
fnout tat nnr parents @ a ate Mtxnsnsd s @ wah es
IL lad that tha bcanty d Venus ana t!is talents oi
Aiucrva, no ono will marry hrr., l'eop1o hero art
nos sact toola as TO- marry poor beauties howeSei
yonf foftsuo Ss 1soald bs sicat advantage to me-.
ftrD Ht+1 khh91
1sa oeg laat whnoyst yGn may h.Mx nss soa WI aas
Hn!sss l. 10 snn'cthsng likely to advance 3s, me o
osn H. ~ sorsanc, no. my 1oa sn9s sps Mas
Tn g. r y Of nv H pos
tlon. c"mpaEed With That Ut me daughters q ahe
Mner People ~ baltnorc. ard tnat yon permit tne
"Attef'ng o. cnyiusa neopIo TO ini'acnce yoq
Who ever had hettur oHoTBf noVef would
tot momay onanrb ~ " my molrss kp"h nsAt
ny dear Ill. an ro,nE to srcss for uall Ut Lad,
CondsKuc'r, anil am then Obliged 10 70 to nne ri
Via c.nnn, ~ ~, ,vr;t @ c , ~
{bee this le;tcr mny nnt hc s1nyn IN iohsrt "a il.