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The times., 1897-11-21
Americnn NnhiIitr

The international marriage is the subject
of A mcrican Nobility This novel,
which appeared originally in French in
the Paris Temps, and is now translated
Is from the pen of Pierre de Goulevatn
Whoever the writer may be, nan or
woman, who masquerades under this IL a.ne
he knows his topic well He hes studied
merican women thoroughly. and from
his point CT view has graSped her nature
and environments securely, but, uufor0n-
nately, Is is his point of view, and that is
French. IN the story an American girl
marIies the impoverished nair ot al ;nc4
French family lie is not of the file Of
advcnturers and fortune hunters, but on
the contrary, loves his wive deyotedlv md
purely. The seas are smooth Until one
cf his own oountrywomen arouses in .im
stronger passion than his wife inspires,
and then their love and happiness is
shipwiecked.
The author sinferential conclusion is that
people of different nationalities should not
intermarry. There is so much On each
side that the other cannot understand hat
such unions are lmpracticable; but we IAN
only believe that there are bad men of
all races and nations, though the Mar1uis
q 'AnQulon is trifle more impossible than
most within the radius of our experience
As literary achievement, the work .alls
below its admira BILE comprehensiyeness as
study OF people and conditions. The
matter, and not the manner, is the chain
oft. In general way there are cril(fiJies
which must have been suggested by the
original text, but the translator has shown
o freedom which almost defeats belief
III its claim to being a translation. The
diction is viyidly and automatically Ameri-
can in many places. In an introduction
disclosing an incisive Judgment on many
topics relative to American social condi-
tions the author says of our women:
While the men Were conuuering ter
ritories or building towns, the Women
were setting up the domestic hearth
Freed from the conventions that had
crushed her, the timid spouse became a
valiant companion, often an heroic one;
the outoast creature purified herself
through work and devotion; and In the
new Society woman created for herself a
wider aud nobler sphere. Man begrudged
The times., 1897-11-21
Mr.. Blackmore,s Novel.

1t has been three years since X. d.
Blackmore gave his readers "Perleycross,
and the author of Lorna Doone" broke
the silence OF the interval with nothing
more pretentious than a few sketches and
some fugitive verse. However, his time
has been engaged, as we may believe at
sight or his recent y-issged novel, Darrell" ;"
He calls it "a romance OF Surrey" but
the action is transferred TO the Caucasus,
and il is, i'll large part, story OF that
remote territory. Naturally, the standard
in any comparative consideration OF Mr.
Biackulore's writing in his great master
piece, Lorna Doone.''
He probably never expects 10 duplicate
IL, and IL is unfair to expect his genius to
wing such rare flights, but, all considered,
there is no occasion for his warmestadmirers
to feel disappointment in so attractive
romance as Darrell" 1t is fill of sur
prise all satisfaction, action and repase.
monocromc and contrast. George Gran
leigh, ike John Ridd, is a zen of the soil
and he also tells bis own story. SO long
as Mr.. Blackmore remains IN Surrey he
writes with lie PASTORAL humanity OF the
author of Lorna. Doone;" but when he
crosses the sea am! aseontinent each mile
OF space takes him farther from his gen
orally accepted tumor, and in the Cauca 'ls
he becomes bold, rugged, venturesomei be
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with the wives of men In power" re-
marks the politician. 1T is less cir
cuitous to have a wife who flirts with the
men in power replies the widow. Mr.
Tay himself observes: ut Is q dangerous
moment in an American girls life when
she discovers the provincialism of her
nearest relatives and friends To dan
geroUs worldling, the smart widow gives
this thrust: u think a girl should heware OF
you; a married woman afraid OF you; and
widow ,I match for you--not in the
matrimonial sense
But this frothy cleverness, though
it defeats mediocrity, preciudes greatness.
Mr.. Chatfield Taylor entertainment is
good, his picture is truthful, though colored
a bit To obyiate tedum' his understanding
of smart life is better than ninety per
cent OF trGants who wander into drawing
rooms, but one reading viii be sufficient.
Perhaps no iuster idea could be given OF
the gauge of his novel than to say that
Charles Dana Gibson should have illus
trated it. The writer has put into cnnver
sational story what, and with equal skill,
the artist draws into his pictures. The pub
fishers have made n beautiful book Of the
novel. tChicago: II. S. Stone & Co. Wash
ington Woodward & LothrDp. $500
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her neither liberty nor honors, and vowed
To her respect and admiration unique
In ITS kind, and chivalrous sentiment
which has been perpetuated and which
mothers have fnculcated in their sons, 10
that today 1t is one of the finest traits
or American Character. Whether 10 DE the
mixtures of races, liberty and national edu-
cation have produced distinct variety
In the fe minnie genus, or that the AmeTl
can woman has not yet reached her ruli
development, which is probable, her ma
ture is simple and entirely objecuYei at
present she possesses only the visual brain.
No other being in creation enjoys life
more, or gets out of it more satisfaction
and pleasure. Her Judgment is troubled
neither by excess or sentiment nor
excess of sensuality, her vision is very
clear and exact. Possessed OF extraordi-
nary activity, she knows neither repose nor
rcyerie. She consiuers it her duty 70
make herself acquainted With all that is
beautiful in the world. She must do
sone1 e1fling; she must feel thae SiIe Is olive:
she thirsts to learn and TO see what Is
new.
Women and girls should read this book.
1t has many passages which reflect them
with mirror-like accuracy, and the gen.
eral tenor OF the story ought to bring home
lesson valuable To American woman.
hood. (New York: Chas. Scrihner's Sons.
Washington: Woodward & Lothrop. 81 .5o.)
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Other Rnnks Recairah

CHlLDREN'S WAYS: Being Selections
from the Author Studies in Chfldhood.
WITH Some Additional Matter. BvJames
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\ Co. Washington: Woodward & La
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AT THE FRONT. BY Oliver Optic. Bos-
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THE HAPPY SIX. By Penn Shirley. Bos-
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qua RIDING THE BORDER. BY Everett T.
Tomlinson. Poston: Lee & Shepard.
Washington: Brentano. S1.50.
WILL SHAKESPEARE'S LITTLE LAD.
By Imogen Clark. New York: Charles
Scribner's Sons. Washington: William
Ballantyne & Sons. S1.50
JUPITER JINGLES; Or, A Trip To Mvs-
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HER PLACE IN THE WORLD. A Novel
By Amanda NJ. Douglas. Boston: Lee
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The times., 1897-11-21
A NeM Mnslington NoveI.


Hobart Chatfeid-Taylor furnishes the
latest novel OF Washington life. Capital
society. with its political intrigues ana
diplomatic smaItness, has always been an
inviting temptation TO a writer seeking
a background to a love story. Mr.. Chat
fieId-Ta ylor's book is called The Vice OF
Fools, which vice, according to Pope, is
pride. His principal fool is d young girl
from Illinois, whose father has been given
a portfolio. She had Travelled some
enough 10 fret under the restraint Of pro-
vincial SpringfieId-and the allurtng Of
ficiaI life unseated every fiber of her am
bilious nature.
She is Il young woman OF character
determination, integrity and cleverness, but
she is blind to the writing on her own
heart She is an enigma to herself.
young army officer affected by none OF
the fIippancies of fashion, has grown up
with her, and their paths appeared to DC
converging toward the gate of matri-
mony Bot the plunge into the social
whirlpool overcomes the girl. Sic is
possessed 10y her ambitions and becomes
d slave to the elements about her, per
mtting the only real man in her life to go
out CT 1t.
IHlOQEH many NltlSSUuObS OF HedTt SIZE
gathers bitter experience and finally finds
that her own leading has drawn her into
a dangerous compact. She has prumisedto to
barter herself for favor, and her pride
will not permit her to withdraw. She mar
ries man old enough to be her father
and in no way worthy OF her, but poetic
justice is satisfied in the end, by implica-
tion if not assertion. There are other
fools, but their vice is not pride ex-
clusively. They are merely the moths we
see about US, continually fitting through
the flame of the social candle. The prin-
cipal characters beside the Secretary,s
daughter the lieutenant and the Politician
are an office hunting young diplomat,
Senator's daughter in search Of distnc-
tion, and a pair Of steel -edged cynics,
one a Magyar minister and the other
Gotham widow.
The story is told almost continuously
in dialogue. and the surprise of the book
is that people who talk so mucil can say
So much. In this the author betrays scin-
tlliatDg clcvemess. He is incisiveiy, if
not always phiosophically, epigrammatic
"A sincere woman loves love-" says the
sophisticated widow, "a tickle woman loves
TO love, and a selfish woman loves TO be
loved.h a gain: An ambitious man should
be bachelor; then he can rise by flirting
The times., 1897-11-21
Mr. Anstex,s New Book.

A new book by F. Anstey is called
''Baboo Hurry Bungsh Jabberjee, B. A.
and has upon tie cover. which is violently
led, portrait of brown gentleman in a
white choker, with preternaturally SOL
emn expression Of counteuance. This So
lemnity OF the brown gentleman continues
throughout the book, In spite of several
hearbreaEingly funny situations Mr.. Jab
berjee is semi-cducated Hindu, who Wis
its London aud perambulates through Lon
don society, with the supreme conviction
that he Knows 1t all A Baboo's English
is fearful and wonderful thing, and there
is good deal Of it in this book in fact,
English is the sole thing upon which the
interest of the book ma y be said to center
AS a funny thing, it is quite funny for a
couple OF chapters, but as an excuse for the
being Of 270-page work it is hardly ade-
The times., 1897-11-21
"rhe District school"

One ~ The earliest characi eristics Of
American life 10 become distinct was the
educational The district school system
was one or tie first concrete orsaniZa-
tons IL Colonial times. 1t grew ana eX
landed throughout New England and al
jgcenC territory and survives, one of the
quaint aud picturesque features oftEe boy
hood OF or cider and Oldest Inhabitants
IN 1888 WAS published little book, not
httle tr Insignificant then in the poverty
ofpulieatIonS called The District School
by Warren Rurton Several times since
new editions have been made IN this
country ami in England and it has been
considered the brightest ana most graphic
description OF school days ii New Eng
land ~ the first quarter OF this century. In
his omniyerous researches through the
northeast for material which would lend
itself 10 has illustrative and editorial tat
entS, Clifton johnson happily thought to
give a new edition OF The District
ScnA0l.' There is reason for thanks IL
this littIc courtesy he has done his read
ers, for whioh we can but feel what he
expresses in the introduction which he has
written 10 he new edition:
Tie New England schools Of the early
part OF the century had primitive pic
tuTeSquenesS that makes them seem of q
niuCh more remote past than they really
are. The woOdpile ia the yard, the open
fireplace, tie backless benches. on wuch
the smaller scholars sat, and the two
teums-One in winter under Il master, and
0nG IN summer, ruled by mistreSS-haye
the flavor Df pioneer days. In this seem
ing TemUteneSs, coupled with its actual
nearueSs, lies the chief reason FOR the
charm which this period has for US. The
intervening seventy or eighty years have
destroyed every vestige OF the Old school
sights and customs
We have only fraE EmentaTy "reminiscences
left But the more the facts fade, the
more they allure us. We arc bringing
the old furniture down from the gaTreus
aud setting IL forth in the places OF honor
In our best rooms; and the same love that
prompts this love for an ancient chair or
"CIesu Of drawers ma kes US prize the
"reminiscences OF bygone times as age
gives them an increasing rarity.
The UeAJ uI tise present etitIOns Mr. John
sen vonches, is practically what IT vas ia
the original. Nothing is changed and the
editing consists in q slight condensation.
effected by cutting out unnecessary asides
and digressions. With the exception Of a
few special drawings the illustrations are
cuts from old spoilers and ether books If
the period. Boston Lee& Shepard. Wash
iugton: Woodward & Lothrop. 81 .253
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party thereto rubbed out Gf the register
with pnmice stone, the memoranda sup
posed Ia Centain the record Of Miles birth
and Christening. lie was the rightful heir
To Standish Hall, one OF the most valuable
and ma gnificent of English estates, but he
early wesricd of the trouble some AMI eX-
pensive iitieations and IL IL his descendants
To contest the rights he AWAY asserted but
had ceased to press. Then lie went TO Lon
don, ahd eventually ne came to America.
Lanca shires loss was our gain, for in the
brave Standisil cameOne of the most admir-
able heroic figures of our early history.
The incidents or his life in America were
not 81 scarce nor so hard to authenticate,
Tor it Is a PORTION of the history of the
Puritan colony ana he figures sconspicuously
in Governor Bradfords account of the
Mayflow er voyage and OF the early days
Of the plymouth Plantation. The = s in
London, must, however, have bcehaI4
important period ia the young mans ne.
He uhcht have remained at home andli
leisurely On thc income his father offered
hIm, hat the youth was father u the man
and already the heaven OF unea Siness and
love OF action WIS at work in tis veins,
and he went to the metropolis in sel.ch of
qualification of Ills nervous desires. A.!
mos: FROM the first he folloTcd the arts
of war.
For us who are SO familiar with "The
Courtship OF Miles Standish' it is in
forming ana interesting To be tcld that
the affair with Priscilla was not his first.
Among the cont cs;e1 estates We're lanus IN
the Isle of Man, ana in he days before he
wearied OF his strife for his possessions he
Travelled thither ON business relating to
his landed rights and there developed
his first romance and courtship.
In Mainland there wa Sa beautifulmaiden
called Rose. No one know heTOuher name.
Niles saw, and loved, and finally com
quered. at tndt time he was too young
10 marry, ana, moreover, with his knightly
spirit, H. felt bound To win name for
himself before claiming his bride. So
ne ''leIt the girl behind MIN" W hen he
went off sOluiering-a gallant, hot-tem-
percd little lieutenant with two hundred
Cut-purses unuer his charge.
lie went back and married the fair
girl aud she accompanied him TO the new
world to become an early martyr 30 the
mexorable rigors of the trimiii' New Eng
land winter New York. II. Appleton 4
Co. Washin gton: Woodw ard & 10th
rop. SI.50
The times., 1897-11-21
Recent Fiction.

One of the most attractive books in
point OF letterpress, artistic binding anu
illustrations which comes among the
months crop of novels is king Wash
ington'' and the onput has been large
and the standard of decorative excellence
has been set very high. The eXternals of
this book must prove irresistible to the
saunterer ia the boOkshops- IL is To-
nance OF Revolutionary days, by Adelaide
Skeel and William II, Brearley, andinvolyes
d couple of situations in General Wash
ington's career hitherto unused in fiction.
They are, however merely incidental % a
love story which has been set out with
much grace and charm. The scenes of the
story lie along the Hudson River, and in
clude such famous landmarks as The Ell
trick House, which was Lafayette's tenn
porary residence in 1881; the Morris House
from the balcony OF which Washington
watched the battle Of Harlem Ilains, and
other historic spots along the majestic
river. philadelphia: j. b. Lippincott & Co.
Washington: Brentano. $1.25.l
The times., 1897-11-21
"The Exploits of Miles standish."


The same impulse which led Marion
HarlaDd 20 prepare her History of Colo
NAL Hcrnesteads" doubtless induced Henry
johnson (Niuirhead Robertson TO write his
recent history of The Exploits of Miles
Standish' II is true, as he points cut,
that comparatively little is known with
certainty respecting the first thirty-six
years Of the life or the Puritan captain
He has. nevertheless, made a relatively
complete account OF Staudish's early years
To do tins be has informed himself lib
orally Cf tic people, interests, manners
and haiits Of the times in which Miles
first lived and Of the places which he
il supposed to have frequented Fortf-
fled by Liiis background. be has planted
the scattered guideposts, which a meage
history has given, and sketched in a
graphic picture of just what We might
expect would happen 10 the famous pio-
neer.
This literary feat IS some what akin TO
the frequent architectural experiment OF
restoring ancient buildings which time
and neglect have suffered TO lapse into
ruins This is late day to hope to dig
up the actual facts missing from the mar
ratlve OF Miles Standishs career, but Mr.
johnson has done the next best thing in
supplying facts as accurately as contingent
circumstances suggest, and he has proved
himself sEfilful historical architect in the
delicate operation.
The veIy first date in the history Of Miles
is con5estabIe. IL is not known exactly iii
what gear he was born, in fact, no more
accuracy exists on this point than that he
first drew the breath OF life at some time
between 1855 and 1884. His haptismal
record was doubtless kept in the family
church in Lancashire, but the estate was
for lonS time i'll contest, and some one
The times., 1897-11-21

We extend our thanks % half dozen
correspondents for the text OF the poem,
Lines Written ON the Back OF "a Confed-
crate Note According 70 Mr.. Walters,
the author was Major s. A. Jonas, formerly
OF Aberdeen, Miss. The verses are as
follows:
Representing nothing on Gods earth now,
And naugHt in the waters below it;
As the pledge OF nation that's dead and
gone,
Keep 1t, dear friends, and show IT;
Show it TO those who Will lend an ear
To the tale that this trifle can tell,
OF a liberty born OF the patriots dream,
or storm-cradled nation that fell
Too poor tn possess the precious ores,
And too much OF a stranger To borrow,
We issued today our promise to ray,
And hoped TO redeem on the morrow
The days rolled by and the weeks became
years,
But our Golfers We're empty still;
Com was SO rare tbatthe TREASURED quake
III dollar should drop in the TIL.
But the faith that was in US was strong
indeed,
And our poverty wen we diseerned;
And this little check repres ented the pay
That our suffering veterans earned
We knew IL had hardly a value in gold,
\ ct as gold each soldier received il;
1t gaZed in our eyes with a promise TO pay,
And each Southern patriot believed il.
4
But our boys thought little OF price or pay.
Or or bills that We're over due;
We knew If it bought US our bread today
Twas the best our poor country could do.
Keep II; IL tells all our history over,
From the birth OF the dream 70 its IaSts
Modest, and born OF the angel Hope,
Like our hope OF success, il passed
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Wilt Whitman.

A new edition of Leaves of Grass" is
in ey yidence. which includes the poems with
which the public is familiar and a good
many others. Il is Gainty edition, with
three quarter length h portrait OF the
author. and is geographically as perfect
as Gre can make it. quotation which
MICS very appropriately be made At this
present moment, when things political
The times., 1897-11-21

1t is understood that the bog
raphy Of the late Charles A. lara
containing many important letters, win
be published, and probably in the autumn
of 1898, by D. Appleton & Co. The vol
ume VIII include the chapters OF war
"reminiscences which are to appear seriany
this winter in AcClure's Magazine, to-
gether with much other matter OF peculiar
interest and consequence. 4 book OF travels
by Mr. d ana which is now passing through
the press of d. Appleton & Co VIII be
published shortly under the title of a
Summer Journey" II contains accounts
Of journey through Russia and the Cau-
casus, and viii probably be issued in sty!e
uniform with MI. Dana's The Art OF
Newspaper Making which was published
by the same firm.
The times., 1897-11-21

The real builders Of nation are the
builders of character and mind. The steady
efforts of Bishop Spalding, of Peoria, in
this regard deserve high praise, and still
his good work goes on. His last produc-
ton in this line is called Thoughts and
Theories of Life and Education and is
announced by A. c. McClurg & Co, oe
Chcogc, for early publication. The hish-
ops inCisive style, broad scholarship, and
kindly humor have brought him many
readers and friends.
The times., 1897-11-21

Under what arrangement does the United
states government guarantee the delivery
OF mail matter directed To foreign Dosr-
OiilceS- now IS the cost of delivery 10
IOTelEn points pTC-TaJed and on what basis
Is settlement made? Ignorance.
In the old days al the foreign mails
Were sent 10 some country, say, England
There they Were sorted again, and all the
mail for countries reached throlgh, say HoI-
land, We're sent To Holland, where they
were resOrted, and SO passed on. In 1874
the Interb8tiOnal Postal Union was formed,
70 which every country In the world now
belongs, China being the last 10 jOin.
Under the regulations of the union, the
CLOSED pouch system was put into Op-
Grafton, that Is, mails for country are put
into sealed pouches here and sent to their
destinations without being opened. Each
country agrees TO forward the pouches
promptly and safely. and 70 guard them
The country sending the pouches is re-
spOnsible for the cost of shipment. At
Berne, in Switzerland, is the postal clear
ins-hOuse Of the union At the end Of each
fixed period the officials Of the union In
form themcmbers low much each one ives
and is owed, and what its credit or debit
balance is. The debit balance is sent 20
Berne, which sends il 10 the various cred
itOrs, and 81 the matter is settled. There
isno PrO-ratins; each country paws for hat
itseuds, the rate of payment being Uniform
all over the world.
The times., 1897-11-21

A pretty gift or holida booklet. as well as
a piece of polished literature, is SignOr Man
telline's translation of won by Woman"
which is. in tle original, one OF the most
dramatic stories from the pen OF the great
Italian novelist, EdmOndo de Amicis.
Delicate illustrations by De Matteis are
scattered through the little book. (Chi-
cago: Laird & Lee. Washington. BrentanO.
rs cents
The times., 1897-11-21

Who is considered to have been the nosa
scholarly President? 2 What is the trIs
ldea or lesson embodied ia Tenn vson'a
Locksley Rali?'' Slick.
Probably JonE Adams. lie was gradu
ated from Harvard College, ana as early
as 1765 had written on the Canon and
Feudal law. jefferson was a schoIarIyman
however, ana II may be an open qupstton
as between these two 2. Tenn yson said
of it: The whole poem represents Young
'ife-its good side, its Deficiencies and its
yedTnings-"
The times., 1897-11-21

Major Pond has just issued d detailed
program of Mr. F. Maricsn Crawford's
series OF lectures in this country during
the coming season. lie Will deal with
The Early Italian Artists italian
Home Life in the Middle ges,'' Leo
XIII in the Vatican" and The italy OF
Horace" With Crawford and Anthony
Hope reading TO US and demanding our
lionizing attentions IT is probably well
that s. r. Crockett and Han Caine de
clined to come this winter Enough is
sometimes uore than sufficient. They
will be welcome later