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EIGHT CLEVER STORIES.

SOME WOMEN'S WAYS-By Mary Angela
Dickens r. +. Femme & Co., New York. Price
81 rs.
The ways of women are many and mysteri-
Gus, and in the short clever tales here told
some OF these ways are explained to have a
nobleness far beyond the comprehension of
the ordinary observers by whom their lives
were surrounded. In the story called can
Unprincipled Woman" the heroine displays
an amount of principle which takes the reader
by surprise. and by the exercise of higher
intelligence and deeper sympathy than would
have been expected of her she saves q man
whom most others would in their righ teous-
ness have crushed. In another good one, $50
as by Fire." we have an illustration of the
benefits that may be made to grow from re-
gretted evil in the history of pastor to whom
the passage through dark valley was an en-
trance to a new life, "a life of such wide SYM
pathy and comprehension as he had never
dreamed Of"
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OUR COLON AL History.

THE BEGINNERS OF A NATIoN-By Edward
Eggeston D. Appleton q Co.; New York
Price 81 so. For sale by William Doxey,
Palace Hotel, City.
In this painstaking work Edward EgglestOn
has given US invaluable aid to the compre-
hensive knowledge of the early days of our
country. No historical library will now be
complete without it. Although it is the first
OF q succession of works on the history of this
country it represents sixteen years of research
by a most capable student. He accounts, how
ever this to be by far the most Difficult part
of his task. This book differs from the colonial
histories which we already have in being not
so much q narration of all the events of the
early days. as a comprehensive survey of
the n Gaming of the main events and tracing
of the far-reaching consequences of them.
The succ ssion of cause and effect is the main
toric. The author tells OF these beginners of
English life in America who stand out in
special prominence as potent molders of the
future destinies of great new empire. He
points out what visions beckoned to these
leaders which urged them to undertake the
founding of new States, and tells the story of
their hopes and disappointments and achieve
ments.
The book is admirable in its condensation,
which is such desideratum in this busy age,
when there is so much to learn of the wonder
ful present, that we want the history of the
mast given to us with pithy brevity that tells
of events and at the same time draws the at
tention to their bearing upon the age in which
we must act by the light OF such information
as we can read as we run. Into $50 pages is
hare crowded the research of sixteen years.
On every page are wide margins, made beauti-
ful ss well as useful. The notes tell the contents
of each paragraph, and SO make the volume
conyenien for ready reference. The index is
copious and clear, and The book is got up in
8 style both useful to the student and artisti-
cally attractive. The captions of the divisions
of the volume into books and chapters are un-
,,snalIv good in their summary of the con-
te,ts and the notes at the end of each chapter,
felieitously called "Elucidations, are very in
teresting. One of the finest chapters In the
book is 1.-THE Prophet of Religious Freedom" !"
IN which the author pays glowing tribute to
Roger williams, whose spiritual exaltation
gave him thoughts so far in advance OF his
fellow men. The historian says; ne was i pu'
L,hiar IN his own time, but the prophetic
voice rings clear and lar, and ever clearer as
the ages go on"
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Content.

Iwant no fortune, large or small;
want no gems or jewels rare;
Great riches on my soul would pail
And fill my heart with carking care.
Ihave no wish for mansions great,
O'erspread with pomp and full of gaud.
Let others seek large estate;
Ills not the portiouI would laud.
have no love for acreage;
/ have no praise at all for gold;
would not place one pin in pledge
To win a mass of wealth untold.
'Twould never set my heart aglow
To cry, "Behold! nv millions, thesep'
'Twould rather fill that heart with woe
And utterly destroy my ease.
IT'S better far that all these things
To others should belong-to those
Who, bankers, mobiles. merchants, kings,
Enjoy in splen ndor to repose.
Or. better still, to such one
AS she, the greatest joy in life,
Through whom my present ease is won,
My well-loved "millionairess' wifel
lam content without one mill,
And shall be so in sickness, health,
Let come what may of good or i'll
AS long as she retains her wealth.
-Harper's Bazaar.
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Wicked Authors We're Whipped, Offending
Books Burned and Publishers PiIloried
EGGLESToN'S NEW VOLUME ON COLONIAL HISTORY
Painsang Work That Gives Invaluable Aid Comprehensive
knowledge Of the Early Days of Our Gountry-t
Represents Sixteen Years of Research

here to lecture Barrie is here to attend to
the stage preparation of ''The Little Minister"
and it is not at all likely that he will make
any public appearance.
Asked as to his own characters and which
he liked best, DR.. Watson replied: "Well, l
love them all, you know, for they are my own
children. They are my very dear friends,
every one of them. They know me best and
know them best. They talk to me, they walk
with me, they argue with me and advise me,
and persuade me to do this or that, beating
down ineontinently many suggestions make
to them. l love them and laugh and cry with
them, and they help and assist me in my
work and make my life happy and bright
many times. l love them ALL The public
has expressed decided preference for one of
them, however. Yes, it is DR.. MacLure. I
love him very much. But if l were 10 say
liked one the better I would name Jamie
soutar. He is the best Scotch character have
drawn, the most truthfully Scotch in all his
characteristics. Outwardly he is q cynie but
at heart the very essence OF kindness, and
really love him.
tsYes, the names 1 use are all Scotch names
and are used by many writers, Mr.. Barrie
among them. You understand that Drum
sheugh Is the name of the farm, and all the
generations that live on it go by that name.
Marget Hoo is character that is very dear to
pie love her. Yes, it does my heart good to
know that people read my books and enjoy
them. l am exceedingly happy if 1 have made
any one the happier for my stories.
'I have no present literary plans. Ny new
book, Kate Carnegie is out and for time
will do no literary work. have more Drum
tochty sketches TO publish, however. 1 have
never offered anything for publication. All
the stories have written have been written
to order, SO to speak. l was rcques ted TO write
something for this paper or that, and wrote
them.
ave are well acquainted with your literary
men on the other side. l have read your
older writer's and learned Of them. Emerson
and Lower have been teachers and prophets
to me. And l have read Longfellow and
Whittier. too. And your Walt Whitman, who
l understand, is not so popular here is great
favorite with US. Naturally we have q great
preference for your locality writers, they
being of our own school. We know well and
love much the stories of Miss wilkins, James
Lane Allen, George w. Cable, Thomas Nelson
Page, Joel Chandler Harris and perhaps above
all Bret Harte. They are after our own fashion
more than your other writers, as Howells,
James, Aldrich and others. 1 am profoundly
impressed with Harold Frederic's 'Damnation
of Theron Ware 1t is a great book beyond
question"
He spoke of Robert Louis Stevenson with
great love and admiration, having been a
friend and fellow-student of the greatest
Scotch writer of the nineteenth century.
Bobbie Burns is what he calls Scotland's bard,
and he knows him by heart and loves him
dearly.
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The Steersman.

The fore shrouds bar the moonl1t sand,
The port rail laps the sea;
Aloft all taut, where the wind clouds skim,
Allow to the cutwater snug and trim,
And the man at the wheel sings low, sings
he:
"Oh, sea room and lee room
And gale to run afore;
From the Golden Gate to Sunda strait
But my heart lies snug ashore.'
Her hull rolls high, her nose dips low,
The rollers fash alec
Wallow and dip, and the untossed screw
Sends heart throbs quivering through and
through
And the man at the wheel sings low sings
he:
" Oh, sea room and lee room
And gale to run afore;
Sou'east by south and bone in her mouth,
But my heart lies snug ashore"
The helmsman's arms are brown and hard,
And pricked in his forearm be
ship, an anchor, love knot true,
heart ofred and an arrow of blue,
AND the man at the wheel sings low, sings
he:
I" Oh, sea room and lee room
And gale to run afore;
The ship to her chart, but Jack to his heart
And my heart lies snug ashore"
The Bookman.
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The Quiet Port.

There lies q quiet port across the sea,
Where the proud sail Is fUrled,
Where the bright banner flares and faunts no
more
That once waved round the world.
There the brave ships that steered for other
shores,
That fought the bitter blast,
And dared the unknown straits, the FROST
hung bays,
Find harborage at last.
And those white barks that sought the isles Of
dream,
The lands of loves report,
They too, though steering gladly otherwhere,
Have found the quiet port.
There the dark night comes down around
them, there
The weary captains rest,
The homesick voyager bows down his head,
The sage forgets his quest.
But yet, ah, even while we fall on sleep,
We are content to wait;
Comrades, the land of cur desire is near,
This port is but its gate.
ELIZABETH G. ROBERTS in Harpers.
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NAcLAREN'S FAME


nIau Maclaren" is announced as the most
oe1ebrated living Seotchman. Perhaps Pro-
lessor Drummond and Mr.. Barrie were not
give n quite their share of honor In the Prepara-
tion of the estimate, says the Boston journal,
but we know that Ian Maclaren himseil Is not a't
unwilling to give these counusnyn rnanoa ~ Iao 70
their need, for he never loses oN"H0e "
speak well of them. %
DIR. Watson-it will soon be unnecessary 70
explain that this is the real name OF the man
who wrote Besides the Bonnie Brler Busn.-
expresses the highest admiration 1or Mr. nal-
rie. 1t has been noticeable in the interviews >
which newspapers have published since -. ne
began his American tour tnat II seems ~ to
him much pleasure to speak in loud praise 70
Mr. Barrie. 80
II is an interesting coincidence tnat We
should now have in America both Maclnlen ..aa
and Bsrrie, the two most conspicuous WRITES
of fiction whose field is Scottish. Maciaren Is
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The Nations Flower.

Oh Columbinel Oh. Columbinel
Columbias flower of fair design,
Thy trumpet tongues-red. white and blue
Sing Freedoms song each year anew;
And ranged about he central shaft
Forever on the breezes wait,
" pluribus unum" for each State,
Thus centered, makes the Nation great.
Oh, Eagle fiowerl forth from the rock
Thou springest after winters shock,
And with thy talons flying clear,
In strength and beauty lead'st the year.
Americas broad land thy home,
From mountain peak to oceans foam;
Eagle and dove in one, the sign
OF our fair country, Colum bine.
Dec. /. NJ s. METcALr.
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SHORT POEMS.

THE LATEST AND LATER POEMS OF ANNA
MORRISON REED-The Hicks-Judd Com
pany, San Francisco, Cal. For sale by William
Doxey and the City BOOKSTORES; price 81.
The author of this little collection of short
poems has lived in California most of her life,
and therefore they should have attention as a
home production. Some of them have been
published before as ''The Later Poems," but
this is the first edition of the --latest Poems''
Among the pleasing little pieces perhaps the
best is GAS a Nun Would Tell Her Beads"
which is after the manner OF Browning.
mother brief and pretty one is that COM
mencing, ''The gladdest heart In all the world
is mine"
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WHERE SUMMER MILES ETERNAL

NA-KUPUNA: THE HAWAIIAN LEGEND
OF CREATIoN-By Julien Darwin Hayne.
The Hicks-Judd Co.. san Francisco. Price 81 so.
This legend OF the island of Hawaii, as the
one-time home of the gods. who left the sign
OF perpetual summer there, has each one of its
elghty-three pages handsomely Illuminated.
The god Wakea, wandering companionless,
called 10 bin dove which his mother, in
compassion for his lonely state. changed into
woman. From these two came the race of
man. The books adornment consists of pic
lures OF the mountains, waterfalls, lakes
palms and seashore of Hawaii, "the Tropic
Palace of the Sum- of natives in their wild
costumes and women of fairer race.
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PLEASANT MOMENTS With CURRENT VERSFIERS.

Sweet as a virgins dreaming,
Who loves first kiss yet thrills
Fair as the flowers cleaning
Where moonlight softly spills.
Mans la ter Eden, Somewhere,
We needs must long for thee;
The tempter's lips are dumb there.
The serpent hates not free.
beckoning realm OF roses, where pleasures
mark each mile,
There yearnings are but music and living is q
smile. WILL T. HALE
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GOOD STORY OF THE SEA.

WHAT CHERRY W. Clark Russell R. f.
Femme d Co, New York Price 1925. For sale
by Payot, Upham d Co., City.
The author OF this book proved his capacity
for writing good marine stories in the "Wreck
of the Grosvenor." and all who have enjoyed
that tale will De glad that there is new one
by the same pen. 1t is pretty story OF a sweet
girls love for her sailor, in spite of all at
lempts to discourage her. But where the
writer is specially strong is in his descriptive
powers of sea scenes and sailors. He knows
and loves well the ocean, and his pages are full
of beautiful word-paintings alouti it. Here is q
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dead. The story is a masterpiece of SYM
bolic beauty.
There are number of other good stories in
the $40 pages, and In addition to the pictures
OF curious grotesqueness there are some pretty
ones, and especially fine are the "War Horses
of Rustem." Among the many literary al
fractions the best is "a Ballad AMI Tale"
called "The Heavenly Lover" by B. Paul Neu-
man. This is a beautiful poem, which viii
help the book to a warm welcome st the I'D
preaching holidays, when we celebrate the
birth of the Lord Of Love, who was the
"Heayenly Lover" of the tale.
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FOR BEGINNERS in FRENCH.

PETITE HISTOIRE DE NAPOLEON LIE
GRAND-By Arthur II. Seal. Maynard, Mer-
rill d Co., New York; price 35 cents.
A history of the great Emperor condensed
within the limits of seventy pages by a
scholar who has industriously studied all the
most reliable works on The subject makes q
very desirable textbook for youthful students
of the French language. The lines of this
little history are all numbered for convenience
of reference to copious notes. In every case
of difficult grammar there are foot notes to tell
where to find the explanation.
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Somewhere.

Fair, mystic realm of Somewhere,
Beyond the Sometime Sea,
The vagrant odors come where
The worlds ways torture me.
Ger waves and lonely islands
Thy whispers come betimes,
AS lute-notes in the silence,
AS minor poets rhymes.
o beckoning realm of roses where pleasures
mark each mile,
These yearnings are but music and living is a
smilei
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sample description. chosen for its brevity:
1.-THE sun was floating clear of the sea-line, q
body of white fire, which poured its glory in
heaving silver to the very stern of the ship The
sails into silk the rigging into silver wire, and
CLEANS broke from her we decks as she rolled"
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of which is now the chief art attraction in
London. The picture was the event of the last
Champs de Mars Salon in Paris, and is con-
sidered by many critics to be the most notable
religious work that has been painted within
the past decade.
Massrs Little, Brown & Co. of Boston have
lust published the "Boston Cooking School
Cook Book" by Fannie Merritt Farmer. The
work is well classified, printed, illustrated and
bound, and contains many recipes that are
new, especially in the way OF desserts. foods
for the sick and confect1ons
In answer to the question so often asked,
"What is the good of polar exploration the
Lounger in the Critic says: "If some of the
more recent explorers were asked, think
that they would reply that the pole is almost
as much of gold mine as South Africa. DIR.
Nansen will, at the least calculation, make
800, 600 out of his writings aud lectures on
the subject of his voyage and discoveries"
Dickens for the millIonl 1t will be hard to
beat an announcement which Chapman Il
Hall make in reference to Dickens, says the
London Chronicle. They are to publish a
complete set of his works at guinea-twenty-
one volumes at shilling a volume. Coed
paper, q decorative red cloth binding and
frontispiece pictures are all promised for the
cause fully half OF Dickens stories are still
copyright.
The Macmillan Company announces a vol
ume of travel which for many reasons will
attract and hold attention. 1t is, "The Log of
a Naturalist in West Africa by Mss Mary
Kingsley, daughter of the novelist and enthu-
siastic naturalist the Rev. Charles Kingsley
1t appears that Miss Kingsleys primary object
in making the trip was to acquire beetles
fetishes, and, if possible, collection of fishes
from rivers north OF the Congo, but her atten-
ton was by no means confined to these curios
and her book contains new material of value
to the ethnologist and student of folklore as
well as to naturalists.
The yearly volume OF st. Nicholas Just pub
lished is as full of good things for the young
folks to digest as the proverbial egg is full of
meat An idea of its size may be gathered
from the fact that ii contains more than one
thousand pages and over seven hundred pic
lures There are stories about animals, fairy
tales, tales of adventure, stories for young
Americans, number of entertaining special
papers and vast quality of entirely new out
side matter. Suitable articles for the perusal
OF the very little ones are added, and on the
whole we may say that the child whom Santa
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Claus in his goodness remembers with copy
of the bound "St. Nicholas" will be happy in
deed. price, in two parts, 81. New York:
The Century Company.l
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Sir Walter Besant has just brought out a
book of drawing-room plays, written in col
laboration with w. H. Pollock and depending
for interest on plot rather than epigram.
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Book News for December will contain the
first article in literary criticism contributed to
any magazine by Ian MacLaren and the only
article written by him during his American
ton
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LITERARY NOTES.

A new book by the late Miss Mamie Dickens,
"My Father as l Recall Him." is announced
for early publication.
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The December number of the North Ameri
can Review contains an article on "AmericaI
Bicycles in England, by George F. Parker
United States Consul at Bir mingh
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The Review of Reviews for December de
nounces the administrations abandonment
OF American interests in Turkey, and demand
that existing treaty rights be respected an(
enforced.
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George W. Cable, the editor of The Sympo-
sium, writes appreciatively and gracefully of
]. NJ Barrie, the famous author of .Senti-
mental Tommy" in the Christmas number of
his magazine. The paper is enriched by a
beautiful photograph of Mrs. ]. NJ. Barrie, and
a striking portrait of Mr.. Barrie forms the
frontispiece.
The frontispiece of the December Century
the head of Christ is q detail from the great
painting by Dagnan-Bouyeret, the exhibition
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The Laureate of Great Britain" is the title
which Mr.. E. C. Stedman gives to Rudyard
Kipling in recent review of the latter's new
book, "The Seven Seas"
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of which is now the chief art attraction in
London. The picture was the event of the last
Champs de Mars Salon in Paris, and is con-
sidered by many critics to be the most notable
religious work that has been painted within
the past decade.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-04-06
How We GrOWi

In 111a years the Methodist church
has gained 6,388 churches, with sit
tings for 1900, 600 people. This is one
fourth of the whole number owned by
the denomination. The gain in the val
ne of church property in the same Pc
Rod has been $40, 913, 1874, or more
than one-third of the total accumula-
tions from the beginning.
The gain in membership has been
945, GIL, OF over one-third of the total
membership. The gain in the foreign
field has been over 100000, or two
thirds of the whole number.
Our book concern has in II years last
past sold as much as in the SO years
previous and now distributes annually
$4,000 among the superannuated
preachers, widows and orphans.
What blessings hath God given, how
hath He wrought! What responsibilities
and possibilities lie ahead! Let the
young people be faithful to their trust.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-04-06
Judge BeaSIev.

Chief Justice Mercer Beasley of New
Jersey. now an octogenarian, has sat on
the bench for nearly 40 years. despite
this advanced age" says the Philadel-
phia Record, "his intellect is as bright
as ever and his sense of humor as keen
as it was so years ago. His associates
ON the supreme bench tell an anecdote
which occurred during the last term of
court. A certain young lawyer, whose
idea of forensic strength consisted in
the use of extraordinary law terms,
without regard to fitness, handed the
chief justice copy Of his brief. After
glancing at it the judge interrupted the
fiedgling by remarking, Mr.. Blank,
what particular meaning did you attach
to this sentence when you wrote it?'
1.-THE young lawyer attempted to ex-
plain. and was finally forced to admit
that ne had forgotten the significance of
that particular sentence. Thereupon the
old chief dryly remarked: You remind
mo Of a philosopher who, years after
having written a certain book, was
asked to explain passage. After study
ing awhile he said: "Young man,
when that passage was written, just two
knew its meaning. One was Almighty
God and the other myself. Now only
one knows the meaning-that one il
Almighty God. - -
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-04-06
The Green Member.

There is a new irish member of par
lament from the rural districts whose
artless simplicity is the theme of many
stories in the London papers. The first
time he heard the time honored cry of
the messengers, ''Who goes homer" de
noting the termination of a sitting, he
exclaimed in establishment to brother
Celt: ''Well, did you ever see such i'm
pudence as that? What business is it of
those fellows who goes homer" But he
eclipsed this performance when he
alighted on the formal announcement of
the severance of Mr.. Sexton S connection
with the house, which was published in
the customary form-namely, that the
gentleman in question had been appoint
ed steward and bailiff of one of her maj
esty's manors. The innocent Hibernian
pointed this out with great concern and
gravity to a brother member, saying,
"Who'd have thought that Tom Sexton
would have sunk SO low as to take bill
let like that and from a Tory govern
ment too?'-London Correspondent.