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artist, III her original establishment of
the poem, is in harmony with the au-
thor. From the quaint figure with its
youthful face and winter costume of the
.'olden time" who stands at the OPEN
ing OF the poem with his saluta-
Gentlemen" through the beau
tifuIly decorated pages with the
celestial winged cherubs, pastoral
scenes, bits of sea-beach and spray,
ocean views, and floral designs, to the
benediction, Peace Be With You," ex-
quisite taste and poetic genius have
wrought hand III hand to produce a
marvel of grace and beauty. One of
the sweetest of the verses, which are
appropriately illustrated, is this:
God rest We, little children,
Let nothing you alright
For Jesus Christ your Saviour
Was born this happy night"
And another:
NOW, all your sorrows
He doth heal;
Your sins He takes away,
For Jesus Christ our Saviour was born
On Christmas Day."
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SHOW Men Propose" love scenes
from popular works of fiction, collected
by Agnes Stevens, might take the addi-
tional title, 'Or Novel Reading Made
Easy" When one learns first how the
hero put the fateful question, how the
heroine answered, whether he crushed
her in his arms, kissed her reverentially
on the brow or humbly raised her hand
to his lips, one has the heart of the
book, and Miss Stevens labor-saving
invention is bound to be popular among
women, at least. She divides
the collection under eight diff
ferent heads. The Youthful Vicari-
Gus, Humble. Pompous, Success
full, Unsuccessful, Relentless and Re-
newed Proposals, and gathers her mate
rial chiefly from English and American
writer's. A proposal of marriage with
love-making accompaniment, she de-
clareS to be modern invention and one
which has not come into common use in
France and on the continent generally,
since marriages there are "formal cere-
monious affairs, often managed by the
unromantic attorney" Here, then, lies
the reason why love scenes in French
fiction so seldom contain any allusion
to marriage, and why the lovers propose
anything else.
L IL.
dan" are replete with interest, both TO
the student of character and of history.
Gen. Sheridan tells the story OF his
glorious life with a charming uncon-
seriousness, maintaining perfectly the
balance between clear revelation and
egotistic proliXity. The difficulty the
work presented to him of pOrtraying his
part in the many great events of his
time, without entering too fully into the
history of those years and without Civ
ing his own acts unmerited prominence,
is overcome in such manner as to
give the reader no hint of its existence.
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A sketch of the political history of tho
United States, from the end of the Rev
dictionary war to the adoption of the
federal constitution, is contained in
John Fiske'S review of 1.-THE Critical
Period of American History" "To some
persons it may seem as if the years 1861
65 were of more cardinal Importance
than the years 17S3-S9. Our civil war
was indeed an event of prodigious mag
nitude, and there can be little doubt of
its decisiveness. When we consider the
wonderful harmony that has followed
the deadly struggle. we may well be-
lieve it to be the index Of such a
stride toward the ultimate pacifcation
of mankind as was never made before.
But it was the work done in the years
1859 that created a federal nation
capable of enduring the storm and stress
of the years lS61-65:'
oStudies in Criticism is a collection
of ESSAYS by Florence Trail. Included
are ssPools Filled With Water"
"Glimpses Into French Literature"
"Genius and Religion" Genius and
Morality" "Skeptcism of the Heart
and 'sThe Decline of Art" The writer
is n woman of considerable ability, and
her various studies are interesting, as
wOmen's essays go. She says in defense
of the French mind: "As Greek was
once the common speech of the cult
waited world, so is French to-day. AS
Greek could never have played such u
role without intellectual power behind
it. neither can French have attained the
rank it now holds, devoid of the spirit
claimed for it,"
ga Blockaded Family" by Parthenia
Antoinette Hague, is bright sketch OF
life in Alabama during the civil war.
NJ
The Book Buyer so far rises above
the Eastern conception of Western in
telectual tendencies as to pay us a
compliment. ''Good .gap-fillIng books
are very apt in these days to come from
the West, whose intellectual curiosity
did we but know it's sharper than that
of the East"
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"My Lady Tongue" is the odd title
of Mrs. Amelie Rives Chanler's latest
story. which is to appear soon in a
weekly magazine.
Capt. Charles King always wears his
title in his study, ana keeps his books
in the army. His new novel. depicting
frontier army life, is called 1.-The Queen
of Bedlam."
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Persons intimately associated with
Olive Schreiner, the author of 'The
Story of an African Farm, say she will
never write another book. Her face
and bearing have altogether the APP
pearance of woman who has attended
her own funeral.