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son with the number known to have existed
They are hidden, too. by ruins OF another kind.
The ancient Byzantine city has been Dur'ed
under the decay of the modern town. when Is
less than five centuries old. The easy-going
Turk. Il may be- has saved for the future exca-
yator many things which vii, be priced when they
are recovered At all events. he never was so
much of an enemy to the glories OF CONSTANT
noplc as the medieval Christian from Venice
and the West Rome. though often sacked ana
pillaQed. never suffered domination 80 IN
furious as the haif-century duration Of the Latin
Empire at Constantnople. The iconoclastic con-
troversy which ragged $50 years had as Its watch
word and chief achievement to destroy" II the
madness OF Christian rivalry had not Inter
fered modern eyes might still gaze on the most
famous examples OF old Greek paintings and
on priceless bronzes from the golden age of
Hellenic genius as II will be able to see again
unharmed the wonderful mosaics which the
deyout Mussumans have hidden under a layer
of stucco or whitewash. When 1t comes to keep
ing objects Of art for the delight Of future gen.
erations the Mahometan has been infinitely
more useful than the Frankish Crusader. He
has converted many things to his own use. but
even in those cases he has shown forbear
ance to which the modern restorer Of ancient ar
chitecture Is stranger.
New-York tribune., 1895-12-22
CONSTANTINOPLE.
PROFESSOR GRosvENoR's STUDY OF ITS
HISTORY. ITS MONUMENTS AND ITS
PRESENT ASPECT

Professor Of European History at amherst Col: Col;
lege. With introduction by General Lew
Wallace. In two volumes. PIP. xxi. ES; Kill,
N7-Ni. Illustrated Roberts Brothers.
In the ample pages OF these volumes Professor
Grosvenor has presented the first adequate study
of the great capital Of the Eastern Empire known
to the English language There have been many
historians OF Byzantine affairs. Gbbon ana
Bryce. above all; but no attempt had been made
to add TO history a complete account OF the city
in all its details past and present. Out OF Greek
in fact there does not appear to have been an
adequate work In any language. 1t is not so very
long ago that antiquarian would not nave
been allowed to carry on Investigations and
scholars were obliged to trust only to their acute
ness in detecting the meaning OF doubtful and
contradictory statements in the literature that
had survived the mlsfortunes Of ages. They
had not the poor consolation Of studying these
on the ground where landmarks might exist to
correct or clear up the meaning OF an obscure
text They even got out Of the way OF thinking
that anything Of this kind could be done after
the barriers OF prejudice had been removed. fro-
fessor Grosvenor has occasion to point out the
errors in a great French work. that OK NJ Jules
Labarte on the Imperial Palace and the build
ings near It, as they were in the tenth century
This elaborate book was printed only itue
over thirty years ago. but the author made no
attempt TO correct his authorities by himself
visiting Constantinople and studying tho topog-
raphy with his own eyes. But thirty years ago
q scholar was hardly to be blamed for attempt
Ing to describe ancient Constantinople without
leaving his library. Now all this Is changed
and yet Professor Grosvenor can say that prob
ably he and his friend and instructor, DR.. Pas
pats are the Only Europeans who have seen
many OF the ruins Of the Great Palace. the Aug
usteum and the Hippodrome. In 1886 Dr. Pas-
pats published in Greek a book on the BY
zantine Palaces" but before that work appeared
NJ I-abarte's work was the chief, If not the Gay'
authority on the subject.
New-York tribune., 1895-12-22
MOSQUES AND CHURCHES.

The churches were once the pride of CONSTANT
nople and converted into mosques they are still
its pride. The number and variety of these ex-
amples Of Byzantine architecture. as described
by Professor Grosvenor. are bewiidering. Sup
plemented by the mosques which the Ottosnans
have built for themselves. tney represent every
phase Of the builders art on the BOsphorus from
a time anterior to Justinian down to the present
day from the crude and primitive Church Of St
Theodore of Tyrone the church mosque Of the
Mahometans, and the famous Sancta Sophia
to the tiny mosque erec'ed by the mother OF
Abdul Aziz and completed by that Sultan him
self In 1870. In art at least this last structure
seems to forbid the idea of intellectual decay
among the Ottomans. But II is not wholly
Oriental "The olive lamps Of the older mosques
here replaced by candeebra from Paris, gilt
tering with cut glass and loaded with wax
candles
Over all these mementos of the past recent or
remote. Professor Grosvenor fingers with low
ing hand. The reader will doubtless more
in this book than he could see in Constsntinople
itself. for he can here study every detail at
his leisure. AS the ancient churches. though in
allen hands and subiugated BY strange re-
ligion have outlived all the palaces of the old
Byzantines. So according to Professor Grosvenor.
the mosques are the only durable monuments Of
the Ottoman conquest. He says this at the
time that he devotes chapters to the palaces
and kiosks Of the Sutans in city and country. and
to the mysteries of the Seraglio, which even he
has only partly revealed. In city which has
risen over and over again upon its own ruins,
which measures its life by mlenniums. no work
Of man car be called durable Nevertheless
the mosques will Last when every other structure
OF Ottoman wealth and power in the NINA
rcted capita, has perished. They the
nobest. worthless monuments of the Ottomnns
With which they have never OK
pended kiosl: palace. and with an
art which found in such construction its
deepest inspiration and loftcst destiny. they
have sought to make their mosques as sublime
and lasting the human mind could devise
and the human hand could execute. Like the
classic Greeks. they have consecrated their
best to the service OF their faith"
New-York tribune., 1895-12-22
THE COLLECTORS MARKET.
PRICES OF RARITIEs IN THE PAST YEA

PRICES OF EARITIEs IN THE PAST YEAR
The auction b ok market reflects the taste and
moods OF the collector. and nobody Is moodler than
he When he has fancy he pays for IT, and Is
utterly regardless OF what he is paying. or whether
The .h.ng purchased is real curiosity or Fictitious
rarity. It is hard to calculate what such persons
Will do at an auction sale, but they sui-
cielty constant 70 their whims TO make the old book
traffic an organized trade and numerous enough to
make IL possible to strike an average Of individual
vagares and establish a certain standard Of va.ue in
autographs first editions and privately printed
books
A record of the auctions in New-York, Boston
and Philadelphia fsom September 1894. to Septem-
Der, 1895, has been compiled by Luther s Livingston
unoer the title OF american Book Prices Current
and has been published by Dold. Mead & Co This
shows steady advance IN prices OF what may be
called standard rariiies-wth a notable exception
which emphasizes the conventional. circumstances on
'Tamerlane ana other Poems (Boston, IS3O. was
highest price OF the year in ne American auction
rooms. Yet three years aGo this same copy sold for
paper covers, Which nave since Been replaced by
handsome Partisan binding costing more than $500
fact that one more copy had been found In 1892
only one other copy was known. aad that was in the
three and the fourth owner pays the penalty OF not
having something which nobody else has.
now brings $40 Herbert. The Tempe" has in
flying to record the fact that the highest price OF the
year IN American sa.es was George Washington's
his autosraph. 1t brought Sl65o. The manufactured
SScS SS ss: re s Of m m oeSnnS M
Kelmseott Press publications brought prices
ship. The first book of the Groer Cub, "A Decree
OF star Chamber Concerning Printing" Issued 10
members In 1881 for about 81 sells for si25: and
The Kubalyat. the next years publication. reaches
$50 The complete set, which cost members about
s6o. was aoli IN March at prices aggregating SOIL
French books do not sell wei here but the interest
IN Americana stu ho.ds sway though great coll
The Lvermore collection. however. had an Indian
Prince tBoson. ll4D the only duplicate OF which
IL in the Lenox Library. and Imperfect Il brought
,S25. Many Eood autographs and Manuscripts were
brought 10 the hammer during the year amone
them thi.ty-three pages OF "Pckwlck Papers"
which sold for x7s
New-York tribune., 1895-12-22
VII.
TINE DEFYiNG WALLS.

But palace and mosque and church. symbols
Of royalty and religion, are after ALL less cndur
ing perhaps less majestic, than the one massive
symbol Of ancient war which still girdles the
whole Of what is properly called Stamboul The
walls Of Consantinople yielded neither to fire nor
earthquake They were only partially broken
by conquest. Time alone has worn down their
rigid strength and swept the capstones from
their towers. Time, too. has clad them In dis
integratng mantle of green. But they still
stand. reminder Of what war once was There
is not one of the ninety-five landward towers
in which does not lurk some tale. many tales
OF herolsm or loyalty or treason or despair
There Is not one OF the seven landward gates
whose portal has not swung open wide for pro-
cessions of trlumphal pageantry. OF exalted
grief, OF churchly pomp. or OF military oxpcdi-
ton. Nor are the lowlicr seaward walls and
ga es. or those on the Colder Horn, inferior in
association. Thick as the leaves OF Ivy festoon-
ing crevice and niche and broken parapet are
the legends and traditions and true tales that
enwrap the walls. On them are affixed the only
imperial monuments which remain in place
The herodns are levelled with the dust Not
single sarcophagus retains the ashes or pre-
serves the name Of its imperial occupant But
the white marble zones belted high up on wall
and tower. still project their unefaced inscrip-
tions the pompous eulogies therein contained
are the only epitaphs those long-dead sovereigns
possess. Those prodigious piles, useless CEN
tures ago. torn by earthquake and rent by war
are the Byzantine Emperors fitting monument"
. These walls, too, tell their own story Of growth
century by century OF breaches filled UP In
haste by the defenders. Of gates which were
gradually filled up with masonry. and show how
the dread OF enemies without increased as the
power OF resistance shrank. There Is no more
significant picture in history than that Of the
Golden Gate, as given by Professor Grosvenor
Once the arch of the central passageway was
sixty feet In height. zone can pass through
a humble opening less than six feet high which
Is closed by decaying oaken door and made
fast bJ "A wooden bar" This is tine gate which
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III.
OLD WORKS OVERLAND.

II Professor Grosvenor begins by lamenting
the rarity of monuments OF the past in Con-
stantinople he soon congratulates himself on
the fact that II few in comparison they are not
few by actual count. "some OF them unrivalled
and others among the most precious In the
world Her scores Of Christian churches. now
minareted and muezzined mosques set forth In
detail the story of Byzantine architecture from
the first Constantine to the last Her colon
naded csterns. coeval almost with her founda-
ton, are the largest and best preserved Of any
in the ancient Roman Empire Her city walls
are the vastest, most imposing and most i'm
portant military monuments of the early Chris
tan ages. Sancta Sophia. taken all in all. is
without rival among Christian churches. The
Serpent Of Delphi headless. shattered and dis
figured in the Atmeidan. Is richer In association
and more instinct with meaning than any other
relic which the classic age OF Greece has handed
down."
The Aqueduct Of Vaens. begun by Ha6rian
and reconstructed by the Emperor whose name
1t bears is associated with the whole history
Of the city and its rulers from classic times
downward. from Hadrian to suleiman the
Magnificent. On the solid stone arches OF the
Byzantine Emperors the Turkish Sutans have
raised lighter structure in brick. while nature
has woven over all her own tapestry OF inter
lacing vines This ancient work, so often re-
stored and rebuilt. still serves its original pur
pose Most of the water used in the eastern
quarters Of Stamboul flows through this vener-
able pile The fate Of the great baths or Con-
stentine exemplifes one destructive force to
which Constantinople has always been subject
wherein no warrant for moral censure can be
Overwhelmingly, the earthquake: and also
the possibility that many subterranean struc-
lures Of interest may have been preserved be-
yond the reach Of man. The stones above
ground were stolen for other buildings, but the
compartments beneath said stlll to exist
They are now covered with modern masonry
"In August, 1882" says Professor Grosv' nor Il
visited the only room that could still be entered
With q rope for ladder, ] descended to
vaulted room. twelve PAGES long, from which
every trace of ornament hao disappeared This
chamber so transformed. without one reminder
of former luxury and grace. was Itself sealed
up the following week What had been visible
fifteen hundred and fifty years was the last to
see"
New-York tribune., 1895-12-22

FRANKS DESTROYED MORE THAN TURKS.
Before condemnng the Byzantines for lack
of moral FIBRE men should ask themselves what
modern city would be Likely to withstand for
more than millennium the steady encroachment
OF foe too strong TO be subdued or even to be
beaten back what population would hesitate
In such endless struggle TO purchase peace
at intervals. and to fight its battles with hired
,nercenaries. ''The fact remains" says Professor
Grosvenor. that during riore than eleven hun
dred years after her conservation by Constan-
tine Constantinople yielded but once to foreign
attack. when in the thirteenth century she was
sacked By the Latin Crusaders Many times as
sauited BY Persia, which, resurrected under her
Sassanidc kings, had reached a height OF pros
pcf!:y and power ancient Persia hardly attained:
BY the Arabs In all the fiery glow Of new
and TIL then triumphant faith; by nnumerable
hosts constantly renewed. of Goths. Avars Bull
Carlhns and Slavonians-enemies as powerful
ard relentless as ever thundcred at the gates OF
Eo:ne--Constantinople vanquished them all. sur
rendering only al last tc Sultan Mahomet II
a.G the Ottomans. No other capital presents 80
sublime q spectacle during the Middle Ages.
A'oac. of al :h. cities Of Europe. she lowered
e:cc;, unsu5merged amid the Wild torrents OF
inrazion This record Is the highest tribute
both - the pre-eminent superiority of her posi-
tion and TO the skill and he:olsm Of her sons"
And in bctG war and diplomacy the Ottomans
have been 10 unworthy successors.
o. the monuments 10 the former glory OF the
city IN all epochs. most have passed away. Blu.
some stiil remain in a state Of greater or less
perfection. These relics seem few IN comnar-
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4 STORY ABOUT DC MAS.
HOW HE LOOKED AS A CHILD.

The late Alexandra Dumas was one OF the most
generous Of men. There is pretty story told con-
cerning vouminous Ms. which his publisher re-
ceved from him day. on 1t ne had written.
"You must publish this novel, for which you must
give 15OO francs 1t was a translation from the
English and the publisher objected, explaining that
a translation wasn't worth that sum. and that.
moreover, he was busy with number Of original
New-York tribune., 1895-12-22

works lie wouldnt give more than 800 francs.
francs fTus '' to my account; take your 800 francs
and give tine remaining 1890 20 the translator
The publisher discovered that this was
piece OF noble h.lpfu,ness on the part Of Dumas
The translator the widow OF a friend a once
well known politician. who had died shortly before
leaving the poor woman with large family to sup
port.
One Of the most interesting portraits of Dumas Is
the one presented herewith When II was taken
ne was a particularly lively but rather sentimental
t.-lri, 20 hpxr
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THE OLDEST MONUMENTS.

But there are monuments older than these
The column Of Constantine, its massive cylin-
dcrs Of porphyry blackened by age and fire. be-
reft of the Ph!dian bronze Apollo that once
New-York tribune., 1895-12-22

The article which Mr. Gladstone is preparing 4
the North American Review is to be pub.ishe
under the general title of The Future State ar
the Condition OF Man In It."
New-York tribune., 1895-12-22

A 'ormal library edition of George Meredith's nov
els Is under consideration in London. The first vol
ume will probably be brought out next summer
New-York tribune., 1895-12-22

Mr.. w. Pett Ridge, who has been doing some
very neat and witty dialogues for London publ.
cations has also written novel which the Har.
pers are about to publish It is entitled. a Clever
Wifen
New-York tribune., 1895-12-22

Is Joan OF Arc to be called hero or heroine!
The inquiry Is suggested by the announcement tha,
the first issue for the year in the Heroes o.
the Nations" series will be Mrs Oliphants book On
the Maid of Orleans
New-York tribune., 1895-12-22

There is to be a translation of Don Quxote-
--one made in America by a Harvard man, Nr
George Santayana. 1t is to be brought out In fou,
thin royal quarto volumes
New-York tribune., 1895-12-22

CONSTANTINOPLE. BY Edward A. Grosvenor.
Professor Of European History at amherst Col.
Wallace In two volumes. Pp XIII 4l3; xiii,
4l1-Sll Illustrated Roberts Brothers.
New-York tribune., 1895-12-22

More "reminiscences! If future centuries dom,
know ali about their nineteenth century brother 4,
won't be the fault OF the latter. This time & Is Mr.
Justin Mccarthy who means 10 illuminate hi,
period and 1t should be said that he will probably
make his light shine with considerable brilllancy.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-11-05
A Loyal Incerpretsr.

In an English court man was on
trial who could speak nothing but
Irish, and an interpreter was called
and duly sworn The prisoner at once
asked him some questions, and he re-
piled The judge interposed sharply.
"What does the prisoner say?" demand
ed the Judge
Nothing. my lord" answered the In
terpreter.
How dare you say that, when we all
heard him? What was it?''
'rMy lord" said the interpreter, 1T
had nothing TO do with the case"
IF you don't answer I'll commit you.
What did he say?"
"Well, my lord, you'll excuse me, but
he said: Who's that ould woman with
the red bed curtain round her sittin' up
there?'"
The court roared.
Sand what did you say?" asked the
Judge, looking little uncomfortable.
~ said: whist, We spalpeen! That's
the ould boy that's going to hang yez' ,"
-Life's Calendar.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-11-05
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-11-05
STRENGTH is NEEDED.
Parlor Vocalists Are seldom Fitted Z,
Stage Performances.

Parlor Vocalists Are seldom Fitted for
Stage Performances.
There is an organic relation between
strength and singing. The mere pro-
duction of song demands but the exer-
ton; of singing and acting together
demands an expenditure of vital force
almost as great, if not equal, to the
hardest physical labor. There are
many parts in grand opera, and even
light opera, which are simply exhaust
ing to a weak or sickly man or wom-
an. There is a reason why SO many
charming vocalists, who are simply
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Giles, make such miserab bic failures
when they go upon the concert plat
form or the stage. They have not the
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undertake. They seldom realize this
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until they break down and become
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Nearly all of our great singers are
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bodies and leave nothing undone to in
sure their health and increase their
physical well being. II any young
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stage as u profession she should bear
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hour at time without being tired
or worn ont / might go even further
and say that every musical aspirant
should take a thorough course in GYM
nastics. Even if this is not necessary.
1t will do no harm, and will tend to
increase the sweetness, volume and ef-
fectiveness of the singer. l am glad
TO see that in the colleges this is be-
ing made regular feature In nearly
all to-day the girls are trained phys
ieally as well as mentally.
The same rule should DE applied with
great advantage to the musical train
ing of women. 1t should be accom-
panied by 4 physical training at the
same time This is too often over
looked by bright and ambitious Young
girls who go to Europe TO finish their
musical education. You find them in
England, France. Germany and italy.
They work hard. they put their whole
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mize and deny themselves pleasures in
order to obtain the highest musical
culture and in doing all this they for
get absolutely that superb mechanism.
their own body. As result. some
thing gives away, and they 80 home
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false methods Of instruction. to bad
climate. aud 10 any and every cause
save the true one
In the Conservatives of the future
there VIII be a gymnasium aud a pro-
lessor OF gymnastics that will be of
equal Importance with the piano viz
tuoso and The professor Of vocal art
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NYE ON BLOOMERS
HE SAYS THEY ARE GOOD THINGS
AND SHOULD BE SUSTAINED.

Which Leads to . Few Remarks Abort
the New Woman and Her Proper Sphere,
Wherein VIII Be Seen Ths. william Be-
Neyes In the Girls.
Copyright, 1896. by Edgar W. Nye.I
Trifoliata McGlew, Monson, Me,
writes to know if will give utteranee
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or driving faster than walk over an
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Truth is one of the best things we can
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If we can keep the disagreeable wom-
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Attractive women can make any cos
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to notice how little clothing an attract