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21E5F1E COLOR OF LIFE AND A
SsGs BEAUTIFUL SONNET, BY AN
NGLISFIWONTAN OF SCANT FAME,
BUT RARE TALENT IN BELLIES LETTRES

some thoughts on the "woman question" ex-
pressed with what dignity and potencyl She
calls our attention to The fact that women, by
some unaecountsble reason, are held to "de-
rive from their mothers and grandmothers
and men from their fathers and grandfathers,"
instead of the participation of man and
woman in their. common heritage" being con-
feSsed
"Long generations of subjection are.
strangely enough, held to excuse the timor-
business and the shifts of women to-day.
But the world, unknowing, tampers with the
courage of its sons by such a slovenly indul-
gence. 1t tampers with their intelligence by
fostering the ignorance of women"
"Thou art my warrior" said Volumnia. "l
help to frame thee. Shall man inherit his
mothers trick of speaking or her habit or
attitude, and not suffer something against
his will from her bequest OF weakness, and
something against his heart from her be-
quest of folly? From the legacies OF an un-
lessoned mind woman's heirs-male-are not
cut off in the common law of the generations
of mankind. Brutus knew that the valor OF
Portia was settled upon his SOUL"
And of this particular woman in gray"
who is so largely creation of to-day, she
writes:
'She had learnt the difficult peace Of sus-
pense. She had learnt, also, the lowly and
self-denying faith in common chances. She
had learnt to be content with her share-no
more-in common security, and to be pleased
with her part in common hope. For all this,
it may be repeated, she could have had but
small preparation. Yet no anxiety was hers,
no uneasy distrust and unbelief of that human
thing-an average of life and death. To this
courage the woman in gray had attained with
a spring"
Mrs Meywell shows her critical power in the
essay on "Eleanora Duse." "Grass" is one of
the most Charming of the sketches Her OBJ
servation of nature is sympathetic and un-
hackneyed TO degree, as may be seen from
the following, from ''Rushes aud Reeds:
"Taller than the grass and lower than the
trees, there is another growth that feels the
implicit spring. > Ours is a summer
full of voices, and therefore it does not so need
the sound of rushes; but they are most sensi-
tive TO the steAlthy breezes and hetray the
passing of wind that even the treetops know
not of. Sometimes it is a breeze unfelt, but
the stiff sedges whisper it along mile of
marsh. To the strong wind they bend, show
ing the silver of their somber little tsssels as
FISH show the silver of their sides turning in
of tall flowers tosses many ways in one warm
gale, like the many lovers of poet who have
a thousand reasons for their love; but the
rushes, more strongly tethered, are swept into
a single attitude again ana again at every re-
newal of the storm"
On the whole Alice Newell may we'll be-
come one of the most intimate of our literary
friends. GRACE s. MUSsER.
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imperturbable candor, convinced the ignorant
that he was a monster, to whom all the vices
were familiar. Thus he wandered from cafe 10
cafe, from hospital to hospital, the greatest
poet in France; and his poverty is another
proof that genius can hardly be translated into
bread and butter.
"He was denounced for scoundrel by those
who knew the habit of his life better than his
poems, and the truth is he was but a child or
savage. And being child or savage, he was
always a gentleman. Petulant, capricfous. ir-
regular, he preserved amid his inevitable
squalor strange and simple refinement
which the literary tourist could never ap-
preciate. To the end he retained boyish
faith in the near approach OF wealth. Il am
popular in England and America he once
said, and that means l shall make money,
OF course the money was never made but the
eternal hopefulness was its own reward. Dur
ing the last days OF his life, says rumor, he was
occupied in covering the squalid furniture of
his squalid room with gold paint, and there is
q terrible pathos in the vague hope of ag-
grandizement which prompted this amiable
diversion. That such a man should be misun-
derstood was. inevitable, and yet Verlaine
committed no crime, save one which he ex-
plated in prison, to justify the monstrous
aspersion which moralist and sentimentaIist
have cast upon his character.
ssTo the ignorant his name is q SYNONYM for
impropriety, but, If you put aside single vol
Parallelement'-there is not one of his
works which could offer the slightest affront
to q proper modesty. And where in modern
literature shall you fnd daintier set of i'm
pressions than 'Romances sans Paroles a
more delicate expression of love than LA
Bonnie Chanson,' or a nobler piece of devotion
than 'Sagesse'? That he resented the misap-
probation in which his own recklessness had
helped to involve him there was no proof nm
til to-day. But in his 'Invectives' he makes
clear his own sensitiveness and attacks ali
those who have patronized his poetry and de-
famed his life. The book is packed with ma
terial of offense, and perhaps it would have
been better TO publish 1t before death had
made reparatiou impossible. None the less, it
completes the character of the poet and shows
that tor all his simplicity he iercely resented
the infamy of his enemies and the lamentable
indiscretion of his pretended friends. Among
the victims of his invective are journalists,
critics, doctors, magistrates and anarchists.
His hatred of professional literature is digni-
fed in its sincerity. hate says he, 'all that
savors of literature"
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Copyright. By permission of William Morris.

On Cabrera's suggestion the Nubian is sold.
When the truth is made known to Lou his
heart is broken and he rushes out of the
house. He wanders along the street till he
comes upon Zeppa harnessed to a cart and be-
ing beaten. He releases the dog by force and
is about to escape when he is run over by q
van. He is taken to a hospital, where he dies
of his injuries In his delirinm he calls for
his dog aud it is brought to his bedside. A
Sister of Charity tries to make him understand
about heaven, but he wants to go to Zeppa's
heaven, not to heaven where there are peo-
pie. Learning of his death the Countess Ca
brera, prey to remorse, had fine monument
erected to LOUIS memory. All the inscription
IL bore was in three letters-"LO-U.'
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THE cHHRIoT.
By EMILY DICKINSON.

BY EMILY DICKINSON.
Because 1 could not stop for death,
He kindly stopped for me;
The carriage held but Just ourselves
And immortality.
We slowly drove. he knew no haste,
And had put away
My labor, and my leisure, too,
For his civility.
We passed the school where children played,
Their lessons scarcely done,
We passed the fields of grazing grain,
We passed the setting sun.
We paused before a house that seemed
Aswellipg Of the ground:
The roof was scarcely visible,
The cornice but mound.
Since then It's centuries, but each
Feels shorter than the day
first sur missed the horses heads
Were toward eternity.
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A GERMAN REALIST.

LOU. BY Baron Won Roberts. Translated from
the German by Jessie Haynes New York:
American Publishers Corporation
Edmund Gosse says that at this moment
Baron Won Roberts is one of the most active
and most popular novelists of Germany.
Though not young man, he is young as an
author, and as he has English and French
blood In him, he is set down as another in
stance of the frequency with which. talent is
displayed by men OF mixed race. The Baron
is 81 years old and led military Life until
about 1885, wnen, his success in literature in
duced him to lay down the sword and join the
army of the pen. His first remarkable effort
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LITERARY NOTES.

Professor John C. Van Dyke has edited col.
lection of twenty biographical and critical
monographs on the most famous of modern
French painters. written by their American pu-
pills and admirers-in each case an American
artist chosen because of his knowledge and sym.
pathy with the painter of whom he writes.
The book, to be called "Modern French
Masters" will be published in October by The
Century Company, and will contain a great
mum Der of illustrations of the best work the
great French painters.
Stone & Kimball announce for publication
a volume of clever sketches entitled, sUrban
Dialogues" by Louis E. Shipman. There are
to be six fu1l-page illustrations by c. D. Gibson.
Scrip" new novel by John Strange Winter,
is to be issued simultaneously in this country
and Europe on October IL. The American
edition Is to be made by Messrs. Stone & Kim
ball.
Peter g. Newell, whose unique illustrations
for "a Houseboat on the Styx" and in the
back pages of the magazines have marked him
as an artist of striking individuality, hasmade
a book called IA Shadow Show" which is
something like the Topsy Turvy books which
Mr.. Newell issued several years ago.
Several new novels are on The Century CON-
pany's list to be published during this MONTH
They include 'The Metropolitans," satire
OF New York society, by Jeanie Drake, author
of Elm Old st. Stephen's''; "The Wonderful
Wheel" romance of Louisiana, by Mary
Tracy Earle, and Dutch-Indian novel,
.'Gold," by a new writer, Annie Linden.
Miss Julia Magruder will publish this fall
with Herbert S. Stone & Co. of Chicago vol
ume of short stories called "Miss Ayr of vir-
glnia." Miss Magruder is the author of "The
Princess Sonia" and 1.-THE Violet" stories
which have had large vogue.
''The Growth of the French Canadian Race
in America is the subject of a monograph b.
Professor John Davidson of the University q.
New Brunswick, recently published by the
American Academy of Political and Social
Science.
valuable economic study on the effects of
ounce rtainty as Factor in Production" has
lately been issued by the American Academy
of Political aud Social Science. The author is
Professor Edward A. Ross OF the Stanford Uni
versity.
short novel by NJ. Zola has just been pub
lished in Paris N the "Lotus Bleu' library.
The story is entitled "Mme Neigeon," and
it is to be illustrated by NJ. A. Calbet.
The first part of the new historical atlas of
Europe, which is being issued by the Oxford
Press, will be ready this autumn. R. L. Poole,
the general editor of the atlas, is having the
assistance of historical authorities like Pro-
fessors Bury and York Powell
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STORY OF SOUTHERN LIFE.

A TOWER IN THE DESERT. BY Virginia d.
Young. Boston: The Arena Publishing Com
panY. For sale by the trade: cloth, 81 25; paper,
90 cents.
This is a story of Southern life which illus
trates the wide-reaching influence for good
which even those in humble positions can
exert in uplifting and broadening the vision
of others, when prompted by unselfsnness and
nobility of purpose. Incidentally the great
work accomplished by the Women's Christian
Temperance Union is emphasized. and the
rapid broadening OF woman's ideals and con-
ceptions in the South is suggested. The char
aeters are admirably drawn, the author pos
sesses strong vein of humor and has keen
eye for the comedy as we'll as the tragedy of
life. II is most excellent book for the young,
especially young ladies, although all lovers of
wholesome stories OF real life as 1t exists to-
day, free from feverish unreality, will find 1t
eninv q bile.
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Drawn by Sir E. Burne-Jones.

years to the production of this volume, and
the mechanical production is probably unsur-
passed by anything ever put together in book
form. The Illustrations are by Burne-Jones,
who is accounted the foremost artist of the
country in such work. Speaking of this book,
a member of the publishing firm said to an
interviewer of the London Chronicle:
AS far as the printing is concerned I believe
that no modern book can compete with 1t. The
volumes of the fifteenth century are in some re-
spects perfect, but medieval work pro-
duced with so much ornament combined with
pictures by irst-class artists The paper for this
edition Of Chaucer which is entirely Of linen, was
specially made in Kent There are 554 pages in
the book, which is printed in "Chaucer type" In
black and red. Thirteen copies have been printed
on vellum, Of which only eight were for sale
f14e each. OF paper copies at EGO there were 425
The entire edition, may add, was sold months
ago. Very little profit, If any, however, be
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SSN ERLAINE WROTEONE
kS@Sa BOOK TOO MANY
AND WILL NOT GET A
LUXEMBOURG MONUMENT

A few short mon tbs ago the sentiment in
France had almost assured for the memory of
Paul Verlaine monument in the Luxembourg
sid e by side with those of Alfred de Musset
and Theodore de Banville. A few short
months, however, has witnessed material
ch ange in public opinion there with reference
TO "the beggar poet" and to-day it is said to
be quite certain that the statue of the author of
"Ganymede" and fAmies'' will never Fl gure in
that high company. In literature il see ms to
have been Verlaine's misfortune to have writ
ten one book too many. The posthumous issue
of that book-"Invectives"- reused OPP
position to the proposal in question among
those who on the morrow of Verlaine's death
had generously agreed to overlook the seamy
side of his private life and the indefensible
nature OF a portion of his work in consjdera-
ton Of the real beauty of some aspects of his
talent "Inyectives" has not yet reached us,
put an Eastern critic sets it down as ga sadly
poor book, sorry, good-for-nothing book. in
which it would be hard to hunt up one line
tnat deserved printing. 1t contains. abuse of
the men and women who played part in Yer
lalne's troubled existence, abuse of his wife,
OF MS fellow men OF letters, many OF them his
penefaetors; of the magistrates who had occa-
sion to sentence him, OF the doctors who kept
him alive. The abuse is OF the lowest order,
scurrilous, witless and couched in doggerel
verse. Inc Volume would be beneath notice
but for the effect its publication has had"
In the tace OF all this it is rather interesting
to note that the London Spectator, in review
of "Invectives," applies to the author the
term, "the greatest poet in France" OF the
volume, which has caused the altered feeling
in Verlaine's native country the harshest
thing this reviewer says is that "the book is
packed with material of offense, and perhaps
it would have been better to publish it before
death had made reparation impossible The
book, it would appear, is really welcomed by
the reviewer. as "it completes the character OF
the peet-"
"Born with an exquisite talent for versa
talent which neither poverty nor misfortune
has mpaired-Verlainc was also born into
modern. logical world with careless habit of
the gypsy. He found itperpetually impossible
TO square his temper with his surroundings:
his books were an example and delight TO a
whole generation, but he remains the feckless
beggar of the middle ages. Though he gave
far more than his contemporaries could repay
his life was long experience of poverty and
neglect; and, worse than all, the ungenerous
curiosity OF his friends, combined with his own
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TOO LITE.
By EMILY DICKINSON.

BY EMILY DICKINSON.
Delayed till she had ceased to know,
Delayed till In its vest OF snow
Her loving bos ON lay.
An hour behind the feeting breath,
Later by Just an hour than death
Oh, tagging yesterday.
Could she have guessed that 1t would be-;
Could but crier of the glee
Have climbed the distant hill;
Had not the bliss so slow pace
Who knows but this surrendered face
Were undefeated still?
oh, If there may departing be
ANY forgot by victory
In her imperial round,
Show them this meek, appareled thing,
That could not stop to be king,
Doubtful IL IL be crownedl
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A SENTIMENTAL NOVEL.

CHRISTINE. BY Adeline Sergeant. New York |:
American Publishers Corporation. Windermere
Series No. 23; price 80 cents
This is reprint of a novel that is considered
one OF the authors best works. 1t Is love-
story and there are some very good chapters
in it. For the sentimental it is the kind Of q
book that will afford pleasure.
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and (3) above all, the fact that Darwin's IN
vestigations, and the reasonings based upon
them, have furnished the biological sciences
with their dominsht principles" Some of the
most important logical processes have been
selected, and Darwin's applications of them
ILLUSTRATED in such way as to confne the
whole discussion within the narrowest posi-
Bile limits. Mr.. Cramer is one of the able
young men of Stanford University and his
book will doubtless give rise to much discus
Sion in scientific circles
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THE KELMscoTr CHAUCER

The devotion OF British publishers to
Chaucer is undiminished, fact evidenced by
the issuance of the Kelmscott edition of
Chaucer's works. that swell of English unde-
filed" The great printing-house in the Up
per Mall. Hammersmith, London, from which
the edition takes its name, devoted two full
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THE BLASTS OF AEOLUS.

gineer and well-known member of the order
of Odd Fellows or this State, who has de-
voted much of his life to the study of astron-
omy, though not claiming to be an astron-
omer. His book is instructive, contains a
number of novel ideas and furnishes food
for reflection TO those who are interested In
the study of the movements of the planets and
stars. Published by the author, Odd Fellows
Hall this City
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made from this production. the cost being really
enormous. Just look at Sir Edward Burne-Jones'
Illustrations People would gladly pay a high
price for engraving after this master, but In
our Chaucer they have eighty-six, which are prac-
ticelly proofs, as the number is limited and the
last copy good the first. The ordinary copies
are issued in haf-ho land, but specially designed
binding has been executed in white pigskiD which
costs f13. Inside the skin are oak boards, and
the whole design is stamped by hand. work
which occupies man six days. Formerly many
books were bound in this material, which is more
durable than morocco or calf.
BY permission of Mr. William Morris the
Chronicle publishes one-of the drawings by
Burne-Jones, the subject being "The Blasts of
Eolus," as set forth in Chaucer's "House of
Fame" Book III, of which the following is an
extract:
God werkes sh all VOW noght availe
To have of me good fame as now.
But wife We what? graunte VOW
That ye shall have shrewed fame
And wicked ioos and worse name,
Though we good loos have wei deserved.
Now go your wey, for ye be served;
And thou, dan Eous, let see!
TAX forth thy trumpe anon quod she,
That is ycleped Scalunder light,
And blow hir ZOOS, that every wight
Speke of hem harm and shrewednesse
In stede of good and worthnesse.
For thou shalt trumpe all the contraire
OF that they had don wei or faire.
The entire edition having been taken in
England and copies being already at pre-
MUM above the original 800 price, it is not
likely that any of these volumes, in some
ways the richest ever issued from any press,
will be seen in America for great many
years.
Evenings on the Highway of Worlds" is
the title of book containing two lectures
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Evenings on the Highway of Worlds is
the title of book containing two lectures
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-10
CLUB NOTES.

CLUE NOTES.
Tho near approach of the whist congr ess Is
making things lively among the local players
In the way Of practice matches. Ii is the gen,
eral opinion of the experts that the "Brook-
Ign, Congress- Team" Taylor, Rowe. Herring,
and Newman, Is about the strongest four that
has been brought together In this part of tho
world. They are thoroughly familiar with
the happy medium between the extremes ~
the long and the short suit games. 1~aylOr's
play being especially noticeable for the sound
Judgment, displayed In lending supporting
cards Inc victory OF this team over the New
week they added To their laurels by defeating
the first four OF the Staten Island Club.
O'Brien. Rich, Faber, and Jansen, by tho
score OF 10 "a q.
The Orange team. Herring, Wallis, Rodman,
New Jersey from the North End Club OF New
ark, with "A score OF IL To 10.
Thu knirkerhocknr Field club team, briggs,
j, L.. Taylor, HodGman, and 1'remuine, gave
Ter. and Leslie, the worst beating they have
ever received, gaining II tricks Ia "a hands.
The long-rNpCCtcd match between the North
Ends and the New York whist club came OF
last Thursday might, llaw kins, Hem lques,
Iurlnton, and Kelly played for New York
Eagles, Smith, Reynolds, and Cameron for
III" NOrth Ends. Ii was short suits against
long from the starr, aud resulted N a.. over
whelning victory for thc system advocated by
the Sunday SIS, Tho score being 2a TO ., which
Is "a record breaker.
Only eight teams took part In the brooklyn
practice tourney last week, Major Steven
sons team again made the top score, ~ above
the, average, the Union Leagues being second
with IL. In the compass whist match on
Monday Bailey and Barrow made the top
score, II plus. The Individual tcOTes To date
sTei Baker, 1895 Taylor. l0li Rowe, %, and
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BETTING SYSTEMS IN '96.
POINTS ron THOSE VINO THINK
THET CAN WIN ON 7HE RACES.

Erect OF Morris Parks Early O~penIng-Sys.
ter,s for the Occasional runtrr-B ettinu
on the Tipstcrs' observation-disclosures Of
the FavOrIte Bnckrrs fntenrni bets.
For the first time In its history tho New York
Jockey Club at Morris i1aIk will have this year
the honor OF opening the ba in the senson OF
Eastern racing. To the plpycr OF systems this
r. rather IN important matter. as 1t Is ditfirult
20 estimate what will be the effect on the per.
centage of winning favorites OF the season
starting with comparatively green horses Mt
this up and down hill track, with its magniii-
cent distances. instead of Mt the circular track
at Gravesend. In other words. will the aver
ages Of 40 per cent. AZ per cent, and 40 per
cent uf the New York Jockey Club give way TO
the averages of AZ per cent. 90 rcr cent. and
81 Dor cent. Of Gravesend for the last three sea.
sons Of spring meetings, or will the average
change nj nil. and. II 80. what Will tho chhrRc
be? IL must he rememb ered that there was no
spripg meeting ut this fine track In 1895.
This arrangement, VII! make II essential that
shose who plny the percentage system advo-
Gated last year In these articles should bet with
very great cnre until tho meeting gets fairly
under way, taking advantage OF the day-by'
DAY fluctuations which have in the past ranged
IN 1902 from Al to 40 per cent. In 1903, from
~ to 4s per cent; In 1894. from 3T16 to 40 per
cent. Tho average percentage at the spring
meeting ut this track Is A., md here Is the
table Of percentages for 1894, which was the
last spring meeting held there:
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Trick 3. II Is a long-suit player. and opens
his club suit, he loses three tricks by killing his
partners king, and leaving the club queen with
A to bring in the spades ut the end.
There Is no doubt that the lead OF the single
ton, n u. inviting the run, and the lead of tho
supporting diamond 10 on the everyday, gains
kieley's good play.
The mere fact that the original leader indi-
Gates that his hand Ia better suited for the ruf-
fng game than any other does not prevent the
partner developing his own game; but the doing
away with the possibility OF any misunder-
standing as to the nature of the lead is r great
and distinct gain. and at once annihilates all
the objections to the singleton lead.
OUR PROBLEMS.
The problem OF April 70 is solved by n lead
Ing the = and q Of trumps, : discarding the dia-
mOnd o on the second trick. y then leads club
king, won by 5. II 4 has discarded two spades,
; leads spade o. II w covers, y trumps and
puts s. in again with n diamond. II has dis
cardcd three spades. : leads the spade 3. II
and w discard diamonds. f one or two, and w
three, : leads the jack, and y makes a trump
and diamond.
Hearts trumps. \ to lead, and y and 8 to-
take all five tricks.