Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-10-13
BOOKS AND AUTHORS.

sry column We choose this new monthly DO.
cause an addition 10 tho list OF high class
Is Of even more importance than
The publication Of q vsluable book. As
there Is no end OF making many books, all
differing In character and vaiue,ss men do,
and cfowding on o another out OF public no.
tice, 30 this device of literature, whereby
the impression is repeated at regular inter.
walls, has even greater ihnuen 20 on the
thought Of the day.
trifling ana worthless light matter, and a
large amount " dull and stupid heavy lit
but they also give the world some
Literature Of both varieties, and In
q shape suited to busy Americans The
editorial stsn OF q msgpzine affect public
opinion and thought by a regular repetition
OF the same Kind OF medicine In hon On
opathic doses, and 1t is therefore noted wit
pleasure that an associate editor Of the
HOmemdher js Grace Pcckham, NJ. ID.
Another editor IL Christine Terhune Her
rick, aud 1t speedily appears that all the
contributors to this numter arc women.
Rose Terry Cooke, Oliver ThoTne Miller,
Harriet PrescottS pofiord, Octave Thsnetand
others OF equal motto. Though few men
are In ths list OF future contributors,
woman In the homo maker In evtry seIsa
The first pages arc devoted to short o1i-
torials and salutatory which announces
that "cc0kery and all manner OF handi-
work will receive q full share OF attention,
as will hygiene ard domestic medical
practice" Briefly, this illustrated monthly
IN Of high class and low prico ard appears
well designed to meet the field selected
for ~.
THE LIFE OF LA FAYErTE The Knight
OF Liberty In the two worries ana two CEN
turies, by Lydia Hoyt Farmer, Thomas Y.
Cresweli d Co, IL Astor Place, New York.
This is one Of these books that are sold
chiefly for younger adoTs, but mako the
very best OF reading for their oljoTH Tho
author has written many books for chill
dren, ana a. times tho sty 10 betray this
training, but as the book consiata largely Of
material from manuscripts ~ mem
bers OF the La Fayette family, and
French works now out OF print,
and never before Translated, 1t IL
worthy OF warm praae ~ AZ emb)dsm
OF careful labor and search. Tho following
claim OF tho author In her preface appears
To be well founded. a. more complete
life Of General La Fayetto Is here offered
than has before appeared eithhr In this
country or In Europe" The story Is more
fascinating than fiction, and to many the
view presented Of this great historical
figure VIII be novel His marriage at tho
ago OF sixteen, and the strange wo0ing that
preceded II, his learning OF tho troubles
OF the Americans from the brother
OF ths king Of EnS'ani, and the
efforts OF his family aud the king to
restrain his Doyish ardor Tor tho pstllots
ali como fresh upon ths render from The
letters OF lafayette hin y III and his wife Of
fourteen. HIS light to America, In spite Of
tho royal command and strong probability
that hiu immense family estates would be
seIzsd by the king, Is shown 10 have boon
solely the generous Impulse Of u callow
youth. wonder that Ills friends at home
requested Bon amin Fianklin to place some
money, that they sent Tor him, In the care OF
"somo discreet friend, who may supply
him frCm timo TO time, sud by that means,
knowing his EXPENSE, mBy take Cc,asiDn
to advise him, II necessary, nom tco much
imposition"
The "discreet friend" chosen was Wash.
iugton and that childless hero seems TO have
watched over the youngmafquis as though
he were his owl son. No DOUBT the young
man formed in the society OF Washington
many OF those traits Of character and habits
OF thought that gave him RANK In later life
with the greatest men Of hla time ana the
best inen OF all ages. In an ago OF fevolu-
ton and anarchy no held hia place as q
teacher Of law, order aud liberty, and though
owing much to family rank aud inherIlGd
wealth no used these advantages so we'll
that no statesman ever enjoyed for "a long
atime so much popularity and respect with
men OF all classes. lie was welcome alike
at the couRcils OF kings and patriots and
was always uuo to the noble impulses Of
his early youth In tho American colonies.
The book IL proiusely illustrated.
PRoBLEMs OF To DAY,--A discussion OF
protective TARIFF, taxation, and monopoles
by Richard Il. Ely, Ph. d., assoc ate pT :
lessor OF political economy in the Johna
Hopkins University. Thomas Y. Crowell
Il Co, l3 Aslor Place, New York. This
work IL made up OF q revision and enlarLe-
mont OF series OF papers written for the
Baltimore Sun These essays attracted wide
attention because though ooiutng from 40
= nl tl,.axV
clear AZ the suit act would allow, aud were
~ esgsrlyiread by tho patrons OF "a great
newspaper a. though thoy had treated OF
murders ana base bail matches. Perhaps
II Ia by way OF reaction from the extreme
sensationalism OF daily news that men are
now ieading with Interest OF things
20 sober and substantial. At any
rate 1t IL n good move for all, and
possibly ono reason may bo that writer's
like Mr.. Ely have cOntriyed to clear away
the c0bwebs OF learning, to draw science
down from lofty spstrRctions and make 1t
useful to every man. Professor Ely is we'll
known a. the author OF recent work on
the labor movement rs well as other essays
on economic subjects, and without endoTs-
ing all his conclusions, II may be said that
by information, fairness and RiEc0rlty, his
work Is made OF great value to the thou
sands who study the problems of to day by
he light OF their own Judgment and
thought
TESNYsoS, whose health will compel
h m to pass the winter nt Nice, refu ses in.
dlKuantly oil requests of publishers Tor per
sonsl memoirs. With more force than 10.
tinement he compares this public exhibi,
ton OF personal affairs TO being "ripptd up
like pig"
THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION says
that Mrs. Rives. Chanler was offered over
$50 600 for tho manuscript OF novel: that
Colonel Il, NJ. Johnston is paid $500 for
each OF his short stories, and that Joel
Chandler Harris has an otl6r Of s. 600 for
the novel he Ia writing.
Whittier's Barbara Frltchie legend has
been so often written OF that every body
knows how mythical II Is, but the follow.
ing account OF the incident that probably
formed the ground OF the poem Is wOr
reprinting from American Notes ana
Queries. 1t tirst appeared in the Baltimore
Herald. "ln the first place, there were
none OF tho poetic incidents mentioned by
Whittier. There was no window sill and
there was no old woman about it. Mrs
Mary A. Quautrell was, at that time, a
woman OF thirty-two, black haired and yery
pretty. Her husband was then at work az
a oompositor on the National IutellIgeu-
Ger at Washington, ID. G., aud Mrs,
tluantrell Was living in Frederick with her
children. On the day that StOnewail
lac Sson pass ed through Frederick, shu
and her little daughter were standing at
q gate. They had several small Union
flags, which they brought here 10 wavo as
the Confederate troops passed by. Nirgie
was waving small flag, many of the reDel
soldiers calling out "rhrow down tnat
flag" but tho little girl kept waving 1t.
Suddenly lieutenant drOw his sword an q
cut the stai in two the flag falling to the
ground. The little girl then waved another,
This, too, was cut from her hand. Then
Mrs. Quantrell waved larger lag In a
manner until jackson aud his
men bad marched past her house She
was not molested. Sumo OF the officers