The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-12-18

the ship master must have when the last
prop IL knocked from under the new ship ON
the ways-will she move or won't sheY And
sometimes your fire starts up bravely. II hlls
you with confidence. And then IL quietly goes
ont while you are gone for the other bucket
of coal.
Still there is no question that unless you
applied "A lighted match there would be not
even poor chance for u fire, and nnless you
struck the match thsre could hardly DE found
lighted match handy for you to apply. When
we contemplate those directions In one of the
very best cook books we ever saw we are re-
minded Of those elaborate works ON etiquette
that lay down the rule that as a general thinz
il is not the usage OF polite society TO eat with
your knife Still truly scientific work does
not hesitate to complete its demonstrations
just because some of thhe details may he alb
snrdly familiar. IL takes an imposing bit of
mathcm ,tics TO prove that two times one are
two, and the striking of match is an act the
success of which compasscs a good deal of
scientific discover ana ingenuity the
Gu 'tom of eating with a fork. suggests
centuries of social evolution. The Bos-
ton Cooking School Cook Book, by tannie
Merritt Farmer, principal Of the Boston Cook
ing School leaves no discovcrable slone I'M
turned tn answer the questions of the house
keeper. Nothing in IL il more desirable than
the brief and clear exposition of ,cience in
foo and cookery, and the directions for do
ing things, one OF which wo have quoted
things that are so familiar and yrt that we
can probably learn new kink about from
this book. The recipes, OF which there is
an ines hiustible supply, are printed in the
way particularly favored by n lusclxeepers,
each item that goes to malSs up the dish hav-
ing line TO itself, wi IA the quaatity IN
numcrals-iust as you would iot il down your
self There are attrac i've menus mach iniscel-
laueous information and complete index.
The Classification includes set OF recipes
especially prepared for the sick. Little,
Brown & Co, publishers. Cloth, SEQ. For
sale ly Preston & Rounds
The danger IN popularizing the heroes that
we have been trained 10 idolize is in its posi-
bic OVERRIDING. In the language # the iate
Josh Billings, familiarity breeds despisc.
The writer's who are Just now engaged in
bringing George Washington down among US
owe US a responsibility that commands them 10
be most deft and delicate in presenting him.
In dealing with such character in fiction
another danger presents itself, namely, that
incidents and observations which the
writers may risinate to brighten The story
may in timo confuse our impressions of fact,
and now that the hatchct anecdJte has been
taken from us and we are forbid to teach il
TO orr children as il was taught TO Us, we
don't want to accidentally absorb any more
fancies of George Washington unless they are
very close TO fact.
1t was accordingly with some misgivngs
that we opened a book called "A Virginia
Cavalier" by Molly Elliot Seawell, to discover
that II was q romance OF George Washington
from his boyhood to his commission az COM
msnder-in-chief, following BraddocS's defeat.
We close the book not alone with the feeling
tsat we have had delightful reaoing, but
deeply impressed with the sincerity and con-
scieatiousness with which The author under
took the task of making this pretty story.
Hcr judgment and discretion are not less no.
Table. than is the art of her story telling She
evidently recognizes her duty to her readers.
youn. and old, in respect TO faithful chronicl-
ing, and she .nvinces Us that while we
breathe the atmo pherc and catch the spirit
OF the t.mes, we may rely upon the materials
Of scenery and mountings used TO p1 s.suoe
them. The book is daintily fashioned, illus
tratei and bound. Harpcr 81 Bros publishers)
Post vol. Price $780,