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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-02

The volumes thus far issued in Mr. Saints
bury's edition. translated respectfully by Miss
Marriage and Miss Bell; the long list Of Miss
WOrmeley's admirable versions Of which several
more have recently been received show at a
glance that this desire Is entirely natural. They
enforce the conclusion which any student Of
the complete works who preserves his critical
equilibrium will be certain to reach that the
proportion In Balzac OF magic to hard truth. Of
mystery to matter Of fact, Is extremely small
1t Is not uncommon to hear an idolater OF this
novelist speak though "Seraphita" and Louis
Lambert were the mystical crown TO an
apOcalyptic scheme Of thought. The truth Is
that the Coincide Humane" Is exactly what its
name implies. sequence OF dramas. Of scenes
OF circumstances. of episodes. Of stories. and the
beaut. with which 1t IL really crowned. II there
Is any beauty al all. is the beauty OF pure human
nature humanity regarded.
On this point criticism of Balzac may be clearly
divided. Is he to be grouped with the great in
spired minds of literature. with Shakespeare, or
with the masters Of observation, with men like
Dickens and Tolstoi? Idolatry declares for the
Shakespe-ian parallel at cnce not alone oblivious
OF Balzar's own famous dictum-"to invent Is
lingering death; to copy Is to live"-but reading
into the works something which is not there and
excluding from consideration Of the man those
things which meant most In the development Of
his character. This is not too severe a charge to
advance against one very popular conception OF
Balzac. Who has not been made familiar for
many years with that fantastic magician
wrapped in his robe la cordelier before whose
profundity In merely thinking Of the "Comedie"
we must stand In awe as before a veritabe
creator Of souls? Yet Bazac the man Is one OF
the least battling characters in modern French
letters. He was a man Of material tastes and
habits, man who trod upon the earth and felt
the SAVIOR Of the earth In his bones a man who
could talk sometimes of lyric things but with
whom such talk never rings true. Not even the
highest flights of his metaphysical romances. not
even the bizarrerie OF La Peau de Chagrn' or
LA Recherche de rAbsolu" can make the sensi-
tive reader forget that what Balzac knew about
these things he had acquired. what he said he
said out Of wonderfully analytical mind, not
out Of lofty spiritual authority.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-02

The Putnams will bring out In the holiday season
a and copousy illustrated edition OF y"
Amics's book Constantnople They alreaoy
circulate til, work In excellent form. but the new
edition will be made TO rival that IN which spain
and Holland" by the same author. have already
been published
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-02


Bradley: His Book" continues to show the do'e'
full effect Of deoadent bumptiousness. grown mo'"
bumptious in its American ambition to Guido tns
English and French styles OF Stiffness Inc 80
number has been received a miscellany OF w.
sense II ever there was one; sicky nonsense -
tentious nonsense. nonsense or the sor, "" VIZ, a.
duller than duness II anything more cheapH ~
pertinent. more conceitedy highfau'in. -.
fatty stupid than the Vengeance OF the f''"".e
has been printed IN an American masaA :,
many years It has not been our fortune 10 sec -
Mr. Bradley seems to be suffering from a" "'s'Ns
OF Yellow book shness more acute than hau wv.
supposed
Every one knows II front I.owelrs correspondents
alone how much In sympathy Leslie s'ephe" ,'.,
been with American men OF letters. lie mas L.
printed In THE National Review paper ." 49,
Morse's new Life" OF the Autocrat which p'e
back with new force the sense OF his own "
feeling and insight his own intimate kno"''s
OF American writer's Few reviewers OF the ne
biography have said any better things 49, ~
Holmes than these: The everlasting oos "
Holme. is not TO be COMPOUNDED with the yo".s
man Of the human species as known ~ 10
actual experience. The real boy Is some','' o..
brute. who loves boxing and the punchpo"' 49,"
the manner OF brutcs Holiness boyishnes me- -,
the actual possession OF such auahties Us o." 80.
trbuted to boys-rashly sometlmes-py w..
mothers; the perfect simplicity. the conndins "u'.
fulness OF a nature which has not been soureu -
cynicism and the confident assumption tha' . ~,
own happiness implies the general goodness " -
their fellow creatures. Nopous ' 81,
once more feeling and more free from srn'ne"'.
ism He is OF the writers VIM o.
destined to live long-ionger IL may be. than son'
Of greater intellectual force and higher imash"'
because ne succeeds so admirably In haVorihs Wv
milk OF human kindness with an element VIM"
is not acrd and yet gets rid OF the mawk'snae,
which sometimes makes good morality 'e''''"
insipid."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-02

Mr.. Du Maurier's new move. THE Marian" II
expected 10 be begin In the October number A.
"Harpcrs Magazine n will run for a year Ana
then be published In look form
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-02

wv. v. Her Book and Various Verses" ne has n.
peated the SUCCESS Of the earlier work. Mr. Canton
IS rrshman who was born in the Island Of Chu.
san. on the coast Of China. when his father was
stationed there in 1886. He was educated for the
priesthood at Dousi. but abandoned chIrchly am
billions and left France TO teach In England ana
Scotland. Since the seventies he has been engaged
in journalism In Manchester and elsewhere From
time TO time he has published book. sometimes Q
novel sometimes a collection OF ambitious poems
but in his work childish themes he has done
most TO win reputation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-02

Two three years ago. when some young Amee.
leans here and there began 70 take interes, la
publishing books az artistically they knew how
It seemed as n their conception Of what was artis-
tic would only grow ridiculous with time they
printed many specimens OF mere decorative frip-
perry Their nffectations have died hard Some Of
them not dead yet. But they have certainly
progressed. and firms like Stone & K!mbali Cope
land Day. Way Williams. Lamson. Wolfe 4
Co. have put forth books which have been well
printed and well made When they have all passed
through the stage OF wasting good paper and
presswork the trashy productions Of Incapable
authors they will earn the deep gratitude Of the
American public. These observations which might
been provoked 10y any OF half dozen
volumes lately published. are In the present In
stance elected by the appearance Of work called
THE Yankees OF the East" By Mr. William Eleroy
Curtis. The two octave volumes in which this "
issued bear the New-York imprint OF Stone g. Kim
ball. When those publishers brought out the edi-
ton Of Poe. edited by Mr.. stedman and Professor
Woodberry they gave the ten volumes the atten-
ton which edition of real magnitude imperar
lively demanded. They would not have dared make
the books less handsome than they did But here
they publish work which. with no disrespect 10
Mr.. Curtis, may be described not half so Inn
portant the Poe and yet they make II posi-
lively beautiful The dimensions OF the volumes
admirably proportioned. and In the simple linen
covers OF dark red with neatly lettered labcis 10
the backs they make as dignifed and attractive
an appearance as two volumes should be expected
to make To open them is to find clearly printed
page of creamy Opaque paper that is OF Just the
right weight. The gilded top and uncut edges are
neither TOO shiny In the one case nor too ragged 10
the other The title page is refined and well de-
signed The work throughout gives proof In
word that the publishers have taken an ordinarily
valuable manuscript and printed 1t with not too
much display, with enough taste and care 10 make
the book a book in the sense OF its being work Of
first-rate craftsmanship. II is good omen. and
the new books of this press will be sorutnized with
interest
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-02

International anthology. NJ Houssn would sppeai
20 have interpreted his subject we'll Even In 'ns
small cut here presented the elegance OF his design
is shown.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-02

The biography Of hansen. the Arctic explorer I"
which reference has been made In this place is no"
In press. and is confidently expected TO appear ~
the autumn.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-02

1t may not be possible to follow Mr.. Max Mule,
In his estimate OF some Of Mr.. William Canton's
poems, regarding them "as equal 10 Matthew Ar.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-02
BALZAC.
THE MAN HIS METHODS AND HIS WORKS.

The SSSEASsEEHFE GSsMT%Hh
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PIERRETTE AND THE ABnE RIR2T tt TY1
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AT HHhE GRISp MASS mR ATR AN6 Offer
STORIES by IIonoTe de Bolz"c ransaItka
The Macmillan Company
BEATRIX-THE MARRIAGE CONTRACT.,A
PAEGHTER r OF EEEA sTAET II Es LOB
Seek BY Honore de- Balzac. Translated by
Katharine Prescott Wormeley Six Volumes
Svo. Boston: Roberts Brothers
1t is not alone the accumulation OF all these
books upon a summers day that points to the
peculiar availability Of Balzac as n novelist for
summer reading. 1t is the special quality Of the
man. more than anything else. that makes him
doubly persuasive at this time and suggests
his substitution for many writer's. new and old,
who are found TO be particularly readable" and
therefore adapted to the angud mental proc
esses Of idleness and warm weather. Balzac
Is readable-no novelist Is more so-and a return
to him just now reminds the reader OF what an
easy spell the Frenchman exerts, Of how lightly
he taxes the mind, with all his greatness-of
how transparent and simple source of pleasure
he s, in spite Of the efforts Of most good Bal
zaciens to convince the world that their master
is one Of the profound philosophical figures OF
the nineteenth century. He had philosophy. Of
course. and could be reconcile enough when he
wished to be- but that conception Of him which
would clothe him in the mysterious robes OF
seer is distinctly wrong. We have had enough
Of "Balzac phlosophe" "Balzac devineur"
"Balzac necromaucien." We want more OF
"BaIzac contour"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-02

Marceline observation-disclosures was one OF the
most refined and gracious Of minor French Wrists
She was born at Douai In 1885. and died Paris In
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-05-21
LET THE DEMOCRATS OF THE
COUNTY DECIDE 1T.

The Stark county Democratic central
committee passed resolution on Tues.
day that will dispose of the vexing ell
yer question in most satisfactory man.
ner. The resolution provides that under
the direction of the chairman and secre-
tary of this committee regular ballot
be prepared for the use of voters con-
tanning the following two propositions,
viz:
/. "For the free and unlimited coin
age Of both gold and silver" and the
other "For the single gold standard"
Under the heading Of each shall be
placed the names of fifteen candidates
for delegates to said convention favor
able and pledged to said propositions re-
spectively, such names to be handed to
the chairman of this committee by the
avowed and recognized advocates of
such propositions respectively.
What can be more fair than this ?
What can be more Democratic than this
There is no chance for manipulations,
Vaccinations or combination. There
will be no chance for either side to in
fiuence the result by hiring ward work.
ers to man the polls. They can not
affect the result one iota. The mind of
the voter will be made up by June 13,
if it is not already, and each voter can
go quietly into his booth and there re.
gister his convictions on this great
economic question. Ward committeeman
can not now influence voters or fix their
tickets. If majority of the
Democratic voters in the county are fol
silver, the silver men should be entitled
to the fifteen delegates in the state con
ventiop, and if for gold, the gold mer
should be entitled to the fifteen delegates
in the state convention. Majoritie'
must always be respected. No Demo
crat can afford to object to this PROPOSE
ton. If tie Democratic voters of Stsrl
county have not the power to decide
this question, who hasP
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-05-21
NOT CREDITABLE.

While the action of the central COM
mittee in submitting the silver question
to the Democratic voters of Stark county
was very creditable, their action in
meddling with the board of elections is
not creditable, and it will not stand for a
single minute before the secretary Of
state. The resolution reads;
"Whereas, No county executive COM
mittee has heretofore been chosen by the
county Democratic committee, etc."
When did ever central committee
choose an executive committee. Such
a thing is unknown in the history Of
Stark county politics. 1t is not only
illegal but it was very discourteous TO
the members of the old executive comieit-
tee, who, undoubtedly have the right to
make the appointments. This COMMITTEES
appointed the present incumbents as
matter Of right and justice, because
they were legislated out of office.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-05-21
Townships.

1t will be seen from this vote that no
townships outside of Canton, Perry and
Lexington poled votes enough to en-
title them to delegate in the state con-
vention, and they must be Joined to-
gether in order to give them representa-.
ton. Under this plan the cities do not
get more than they are entitled to and
the country townships will have no kick
coming.
With regard to the mode of each side
selecting their delegates to be voted for
the resolution is not very explicit. 1t says
that the names areto be handed to the
chairman of the central committee by
the avowed, and recognized advocates
Of such propositions respectively. Just
who the recognized advocates of
such propositions are, we do not know,
but we can see no reason why the friends
OF silver cannot get together either in
caucus or in mass convention and select
their fifteen delegates before May 80 to
be placed on each ticket. The county
chairman has no discretion in the matter,
but must place upon the tickets those
names which are handed to him by each
side.
Some objection may be n ade to the
fact that the delegates are narrowed
down to fifteen on side, and that the
committee has no right to deprive man
of the privilege Of running for delegate.
The rights of any Democrat are not
curtailed in the least by the committees s
action. If 100 men or 1000 men desire
to run for delegates on the silver ticket
let them go before the caucus or pass
convention and be balloted for. The
fifteen who receive the highest
number of votes will be the legally
elected delegates whose names will ap.
pear on the silver ticket. The same
mode of selecting them can be resorted
to by the gold men. AS yet it is any
body's fight between the gold and silver
men.
Let each side organize their forces
Let there be full vote on this all-im-
portant question. Let the will of the
majority be respected at Co.
lumbus whether for gold or for silver,
and when the matter is finally adjudicat.
ed upon by the national convention at
Chicago let every Democrat submit to
the will and wisdom of that body.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-05-21
JACKSON CONVICTED.

The jury in the Pearl Bryan case
brought in righteous verdict Thursday
afternoon. The verdict of the jury
fixes the penalty at death. If Jackson
is innocent, as he claims he is, he made
a serious mistake in procuring lot Of
disreputable whelps to perjure them
selves to brace up his defense. His de.
fense ended in farce and the perjured
Williams, who sold themselves to this
arch fiend for money consideration,
were simply torn to pieces when sub
jected to rigid cross examination by
the states attorneys. The whole bottom
of Jackson's defense fell out before these
srborned witnesses left the stand and
then to cap the climax, one of them
afterwards made an affidavit before the
states attorneys that when he was on the
stand he swore false.
The verdict is universally accepted by
the whole world as righteous one,
and strictly in line with the evidence,
and Jackson, like Holmes, will find that
justice, although she may travel with a
leaden heel, is sure at last to strike with
an iron hand.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-05-21

danger of being run down by frantic
animal. The use of a little common
sense and prudence will prevent nearly
all of the bicycle accidents. The coils.
sions between wheels are usually due to
the carelessness of the riders. They do
not look where they are going and as a
result they steer their wheels into a man
coming in the opposite direction.
Bicycle accidents are becoming too
frequent to pass unnoticed, and in nine
cases out of ten it is due to the reckless.
ness and carelessness of the riders.
Common sense and common judgment
are not resorted by the riders and hence
the great number Of accidents.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-05-21
BooDLER IDEN CONVICTED.

Franklin county is disposing of the
boodlers that disgraced the seventieth
and seventy-first general assemblies in a
summary manner. Senator Gear was
the first one to be tried for malfeasance
in office, and he was acquitted on
technicality. Senator Abbot was next
tried for bribery and he was convicted.
There were no palliating circumstances
connected with his crime for he was con-
victed of soliciting a bribe. The bribe
taker is an enemy of free institutions
and should be despised and disrespected
by all good American citizens, but the
bribe solicitor is still much worse.
Senator Geyer narrowly escaped convic-
ton last week and now Senator Iden has
been convicted, he being the fourth man
put on trial, and the second one con-
victed. Senator Oehl's turn will come
next. Last fall when Ex-Governor
Campbell accused Oehl of being bood-
Ter and corruptionist Oehl retaliated, as
all villanious scoundrels do when
accused of crime, by calling his accuser
liar. He will now have chance to
prove his innocence.
The specific charge against Iden was
that he offered John Malloy, clerk of the
house of representatives, bribe 20 ma
nipuate the roll of members on the vote
on the bill to improve permanently the
state campaign grounds near Newark.
Malloy refused to accept the bribe and
angrily ordered Iden away from his
desk. AT the trial Malloy testified to
the occurrence. Iden denied that he
meant to attempt bribery, but the jury
evidently did not take much stock in
the denial.
The people of Ohio are indebted to
James Il. Campbell more than anyone
else for exposing the corruption methods
Of these Doodle senators. He declared
upon the stump last fall in his canvass
for governor that these men were so
completely stepped in political corrup-
ton that they were no longer able to
absorb common decency. The Repubh.
cans accused Campbell of running a
personal campaign, but it is an i'm
possibility to expose boodlers and not
be personal. Ex-Governor Campbell
was right in exposing the dark tricks Of
these blistered and venal scoundrels,
and whether his campaign was personal
or not Mr.. Campbell's statements will
now have to be accepted as incontestable
truths.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-05-21
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TEL
LER AND wOLCoTT.

Senator Teller is big, broad Republi-
can OF Colorado. He is welded to the
free silver idea. He is sincere bimetal.
ist and all of his speeches and writings
on the subject have been in sympathy
with bimetalism as it existed prior to
1873. He is honest and earnest. He
means what he says, and his ability
is great and undisputed. That is why
he is followed with such extraordinary
if not unprecedented loyalty and un-
questioning Difference by the voters of
his party in his own state, and his word
is law. He is also a Republican, but if
his party adopts the single gold stan.
dard idea at st. Louis, he will seek refuge
in another party. He loves his party
much, but he loves the cause which his
constituency are almost unanimous more,
and he will bolt the Republican nominee
on a gold standard platform whether
Mckinley or not.
Senator Wolcott loves his party more
than he does the cause of his constituents.
He is a policy man. He is not honest
in his views or he would not nov be
getting ready to enter the gold stand
ard camp. Sometime ago he signed a
petition in conjunction with several
other silver senators to keep up the
fight for free coinage but only under
protest. He stated at the time that
while he would consent to ratio Of lG
to he much preferred the ratio Of l54
to l. The other day he wrote long
letter to the chairman of the Republican
state committee of Colorado, in which
he sets forth his views on the political
situation. The document will bring little
satisfaction to the silver men. He wastes
paragraph or two in lauding the white
metal and then winds up by saying il
his party adopts the gold standard he
will abide by it. In short he is ready tc
sacrifice his long cherished principle o.
free coinage for his party and himself.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-05-21
MORTON A "sTRADDLER" TOO.

1t appears that Mr.. Platt's Mr.. Nor
ton is "straddler" also. On being
asked yesterday for his views on the
money question he says that he stands
on the New York platform. Naturally.
And if nominated at st. Louis he will
say that he stands on the Republican
platform, just as Mr.. Mckinley or Mr..
Reed will. This is called "straddling,"
nowadays, and Mr.. Morton is also one of
the "straddlers. cleveland World.
We beg leave to inform our esteemed
cotemporary that there is vast differ
ence between the New York platform
and the Ohio platform. The New York
platform means a gold standard, with
out any doubt or equivocation about it,.
The Ohio platform means nothing Nc
Kinley stands on the Ohio platform, but
he will surely have to repudiate it at
St. Louis if he gets the nomination, for
the national convention will no more
think of puttinga plank OF staddlebugism
in their platform than they would think
inse rting free trade plank in it,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-05-21
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