The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-07
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thought 10 oKer nm longing. ihey u.u
not inquire his name nor from what couh-
try he had Journey.d.
He is not Ike us, said one, ana ne pe-
rated the newcomer with coarse Worus
and threw stones AT him.
Let him Alone said another, ms ouu
concets may serve to make our children
laugh" and he gave TO the calm young
stranger gay cap with bells.
But u third SAID, "rhis wanderer speaks
words which We do not understand Ito
Is mad"
So they built with great stones tower,
and imprisoned the beautiful stranger hW
dreaming that his name was Wisdom anu
that he had come from their iar-a""'
Fatherland.
Having with Professor SlOane's ex-
cellent study of the first empire opened
the way to u consideration VI that EN-
pire's short-lived successor. the Cen
tury begins in its September number
series of readable Recoliections ot
Life In the Tuileries Under the Second
Empire. The author, Anna l.. Bick-
nell, was an inmate of the palace. ana
Is thus enabled to speak with accuracy
and understanding. This paper and
| Madeleine MCDowelrs Recollections of
Henry Clay are the two conspicuous
features in a well-varied table of con-
tents that offers qualification to many
tastes.
II II u
A life-like portrait of Henry w.
Grady is the frontispiece of the Sep
tember number of the Chautauquan.
| 1t accompanies an appreciative bio
| graphical sketch of this great south
erner by Clark Howell. editor of the
| Atlanta Constitution. Remaining con-
tents expand this number into model
of instructive and yet entertaining
reading.
An exceedingly droll poem by Edwin
Asa Dix concentrating comical incl
dents appurtenant to the introduction
of the monocycle-which Is the bicycle
evolutionized-in a modest New Eng
land village forms the diverting first
| article in the st Nicholas September
menu. There are many other items of
excellence to boot: but we here pause
at this one, poem by Nixon Water
man:
THE SECRET OF SUCCESS.
| One day, in huckleberry- time. when little
Johnny Flatls
And ha!i-a-dozen other boys We're starting
wtyh their pals
To gather berries, Johnny's pa, in talking
That he could tell him how to pick so he'd
| come out ahead.
First find your bush." SAID Johnny's pa,
and then stick to It till
You've picked it clean. Let those go chas-
| ing all about who will
| In search of better bushes; but it's picking
| tells, my son
To look at nifty bushes doesn't count like
| picking one"
| And Johnny did as he was told and, sure,
enough. he found.
BY sticking to his bush while all the others
chased aroud
In search Of better picking, twas as his
| father said:
For. while all the others looked. he
| worked, and so came out ahead.
And Johnny recollected this when he be-
| came man;
And first of all he laid him out a well-de-
| termined plan:
| So, while the brilliant tr.fiers failed with
| all their brains and push,
Wise. steady going Johnny won by stick
| ing to his BUSH
At a time when many are by habit
led to exalt the past at the expense OF
| the present it Is a delight to get hold of
the September Humanitarian and read
| in 1t Mrs. Hawies' refreshing paper on
"The Golden Age" In which she not
| only sings the praises of the present
with irresistible grace, but, speaking
with special reference to women,
urges her sex to get over the foolish
nation that at forty or so it's value and
Joy expire. leaving only dowdies on So
ciety's hands. Another strong article
in this magazine Is Arthur w. Hut
tons moral argument against COM
pulsory education"
The table Of contents prefixed to Nc
| Clure's this month doesn't indicate lit
erary deterioration, by wide margin,
Notwithstanding the magazines recent
drop In Its selling price. Hope, Mac
laren, Weyman and Stevenson each
| have stories; and there are other feat
ures Of interest by Cleveland Moffett,
F.. ]. Edwards, Elizabeth Stuart
Phelps, Garrett p. Serviss, Edmund
Kirke," w. j. Henderson and others.
The Lincoln biography, upon which
Miss Tarbell Is now engaged, and for
| which a mass Of material and host
of pictures have already been accumu-
lated. will begin in the November is
| sue; and for It's suggestion to the pub
| Usher the public, 1t will be recalled. Is
| indebted to The Tribune's alert Arch
bald correspondent, Mr.. =. a. Philbin.
AUTHORS AND PUBLISHERS:
Stanley J. Weyman has become Bene-
dist.
Miss Margaret Deland is finishing new
novel.
George Giss:nss next novel will issue
as Sleeping Fires"
Emile Zola expects to finish his novel,
Rome" in January.
Hans Bre.tmann In Germany Is the
| title of the new book Of Leland verse.
George Meredith is In impaired health
and has been put on a rigid course Of
| dieting.
| A series of Walter Cranes clever toy
books VIII be brought out this autumn by
Stone & K.mball.
William Carleton the Irish novelist, left
unfinished an autobiography which will
soon be published
"A Man of Moods" is the title Of a new
novel by II. ID. Lowry, author Of "Wo-
| mems Tragedies"
A volume Of Joan Of Arc and the Strug-
gle for the Independence of France Is
being written by Mrs. Oliphant.
DIR. Max Nordau works at his books
| from $50 p. m. until midnight. No won
der he takes dark view Of things.
The Scr.bners will Issue new and re-
v1sed edition of Theodore M0mmsen's
History OF Rome" from new plates.
Howard Phye has written new book
| for children called 1.-THE Garden Beh.nd
| the Moon" to be published by the Scrib-
ners.
John Oliver Hobbies now novel has
been christened "rhe Herb Moon" Mrs.
Cra!gie has also in hand volume Of fairy
| tales.
| posthumous volume of Huxley essays
will be brought out soon. 1t will include
| q notable article finished Just before his
death.
The daughter of the late Henry Ar
mitt Brown has written a novel which
she calls "The Black Lamb" 1t Is a
story Of New York life.
Edith Thomas Is spending the summer
In Europe, and was In Holland ut last
accounts. She had intended to go to her
old home in Ohio, but she finds Rotterdam
more attractive.
Messrs. Theodore Roosevelt and Henry
Cabot Lodge have written twenty-six
stories illustrative of American patriotism
and heroism, under the title Of Hero
Tales from American History"
Conan DnYla saYa he made about &12f q