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wrote Amos Judd which 9 great many
people have read; and he has also written,
recently, ''Giorit Victio," which Will not
disappoint any preconceived ideals D his
interesting htory teller. The first chapter
introduces crook robbing, by a skillful
device, the widow of ballet master. Her
daughter, Filippa, and the rascal's son.
Stephen are, respectively, the heroine and
the hero Of the story. Stephen is rather
the more in the foreground. and in him is
found an absorbing study in the criminology
OF youth Misdeeds. the struggle of she
better nature toward the surface, aud u
sympathetic love interest are the salient
features of a feadabe story. tNew York:
Chas. Scribner's Sons. Washington: AL
Booksellers. $1.26l
About year ago Paul Kester, the
dranatist and author of gypsy lore and
stories, announced that he had coinpi pieted
for u well-known star play called The
Lady of the Violets.' Did this suggest
to Frank West Rollins the title of his
nevel, or is IL another coincidence that
the tit es are identical? In this novel he
gets oveI Il good deal of land and water.
His heroines-there are two of them
eme,ge from upper New York obscurity,
pass through the fusillade of Wall street.
are interested in q filibustering expedi-
tiof t. Cuba, and return happily mated,
with sterDer partners, to their birthplace.
where they have been good angels with
Their wealth. Mr.. Rollins is an adept
at story telling and his present effort is
quite as satisfying as anything that has
preceded it.. tBoston: Lee & Hhep9ri
Washington All Booksellers. $1.l
FraGiein Heimburg has written many a T.
| tractive novels which transia tors ha We given
| us from her native German, and another
was aGded to the long list recently in
the pcblics tion Of Defiant Hearts" Miss
Helm burg's readers VIII find this in her
best style, story OF German life, a
| theatei in which she understands all the
1 characters. Her Illustrator has lapsed
! int. a ralpahie error In the frontispiese.
i iaAenne is represented gu her knees to
The times., 1897-12-19
"IdIe Hours i'm n Iibraryn

William Henry Hudson's Idle Hours I'm
a Library" comprises four papers. three of
which he has delivered as popular lectures.
In one he writes of life in London in
Shakespeale's time; in another he COIN
ments entertajningly on "Pepys and his
Diary a third restores to US two of the
FOL gotten nov velists Of the English Restora-
tion, aud the last is a glimpse of Bohemia.
He writes modest, frank pref ace which
disarms criticism, and at once puts author
and reader on congenial terms. He says
that he wrote the contents of the volume
as holidey tasks. 1t Is the result Of many
hours of quiet but rather ainiiess browsing
among books, and not Of special investfga
tions. undertaken with a view to definite
scholastic ends.
In describing London life as shakespeare's
cor tsinporaries saw it. he covers the same
field as did Charles Dudley Warner, IN a
recent took OF significant name, but Mr.
Hudson is none the less informing. The two
ncyelists the Restorationon whom he com
rueHts are Mrs. M3nley and Mrs. Behn, who
stand out among the least attractive
products of an age Of low ideals and
scsndalous living The Bohemia Of which
VIC arc given q glimpse is not that iniani
cocntr Y of Europe w hich Greene and Shakes
pcare so generously endowed with d sea
coast Bohemia, according to The painter
Marcel, il bounded on the north by hope,
work and gayety; on the south 10y necessity
an1 courage: on the west and east ly
calumny and the hospital To the author
nrn gives US this glimpse sit is tn. Land of
liters tue and the arts, where pililo .aa,iy
and hee', music and debt, painting and
hunger, criticism and toha Geo. smoke, aom-
blnc tt luake life picturesque aud inspiring
a land the denizens of W hich either die Of
penury in the streets or the hospital, un-
cared for, unknu WI, or, living, at la st ia xe
their rightfulpiac the froutrank among
the painters, composers, and writers Of
their time
The book Is one which has 1ot only bean
tnspIled by idle hours in u library but is
lest adapted for Willing away the leisure
Of the bookishly-inclined who find snug
corner In the room uf books their snug1est
The times., 1897-12-19
Genius ana ,iatrinnnr

All the world loves a lover. aud in zach
OF US there is an atom OF delight fu per
sonal gossip, two reasons why E. j.
Hardy's new huol1, The Love Affairs ut
Some Famous Men" is attractive even
In the title. But what is very much more
satisfactory is that the interest does rot
ws9e as one presses into the book. The
author is SO much in the spirit Of his
subjec' and displays such an astonishing
feoundily OF facts relative To il, that there
is c-escent admiration for the study-tn
labor involved In the accumula ton of
the rare and diversified data. He aas
gone into all the professions and arts for
his heroes; letters painting, the stag :,
music, the pulpit, law, medicine, arms
science, politics and wherever 81 .e lie
found famous man with a romance
Some OF the interesting romances re-
called, without which no hook of this
character would have been complete, are
Dante and T;eatrice, Petrarch and Laura
Milton and his many wives, Byron and his
"bcs.e gers Heine and '.Nonotte,'' Moore
and BeSSy, Dr. Johns N nd his ma nv la dies
Daudet and his helpma te, Tintoretto and
Faustino, Rusifn and Charlotte githers.
Millais ard Mrs. Ruskin Mozart and faith
ful Constance, Weber and Gretchen. Ros-
sint and Nine. Colbraw, David Garrick.
and Ieg Wellington Kean and Mrs. Cox.
Iuthe and Catherine, Wolfe and Miss Low
son. and many, many others.
One of the chapters which inay be read
with esaeriai interest is that on the re.
mances of authors andthe effects of matri-
mony on genius. Great writers have been
notably irfelicitous In their domestic se-
lations Perhaps they are at home too
much TO appreciate IL. Genius works ly
fits ard starts, and in these temp astuous
moments OF cerebral excitement the home
life must be hustled into a fearful, sil ace,
lest inspiration should be disturbed Wi IN
Mrs Byros Fn0cked at her husbands study
door and asked: do L distarb you?" the
noble poet would reply IN one word, s.Darn.
nably." Sterne wrote eNQuisitely to Maria
whom hehad never seen; tu his Wife, whom
he saw every day, he was the literal en-
bodiment of hikname. In ttiiscomection We
cannot forget poor Charles Dickens
But there il another side 30 this eoatro.
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made and properly illustrated. New YORK:
Harper S Bros. Washington: Woodward
& Lotnrop. $500
"Following the Equator"

Mark Twain's Following the Equator
appeared last week. 1t was reviewer
some tiIne ago from advance pages fur
nished by the publishers and the appear
auce Of the volume complete gives occasion
to ado, little. II i S book which admirersof
the gifted American humorist and lovers of
agreer hle bcoks of travel WI delight tn
have by item. The Illustrators are al
most as extensive III area q s the space
and reflect happily the spirit 1f the
author.
One Of the features OF Following the
Equator" which will appeal to everyone
ard give the book an immediate denia ID,
is the new ''Pudd 'nhead Calendar OF
Maxims.' In i predatory note the author
refers to this amusing couceit for the first
time: These VISIONS are for the luring
of youth toward high moralaltitudes. The
author did not gather them from practice
but from observation. To be good is
noble; but to show Others how To be good
is nob!er, aad no trouble"
Some of these maxims which are bound
to be quoted and become current, because
OF their fresh humor and satire, are:
A man may have no bad habits, and
have worse.
When In doubt, tell the truth.
Truth is the most valuable thing we
have: let us econOmiZe ii.
1t could probably be shown by facts
and figures that there is no distinctly
native American criminal class except Con-
greSs.
IL is by the goodness of God that in cur
Country we have those three unspea ka BIZ
precious things: Freedom of speech, free
dom OF conscience, and the prudence never
To practice either OF them.
Man VIII do many things to get himself
loved: he viii do all things TO get himself
envied.
Man is the only animal that bushes
or needs to.
The man with a new idea is a crank
until the idea succeeds.
Few OF US can stand prosperity. Another
mans, mean.
Each person is born to one poss essiOn
which outvalues all his Others his last
breath.
Grief can take care OF itself: but TO
get full value of a joy you must have
somebody to divide it With.
Wrinkles should merely indicate where
smiles have been.
There are two times in a, mars life
when he should not speculate: when he
can't afford il and when he can.
In the first place, God made IDIOTS. That
was for practice. Then He made scliuol
boards.
The principal difference between cat
and lie is that cat has only nine lives.
Hartford: American Publishing Company.
Washington: X. A. Dinsmore, 621 Seventh
street. By subscription only. So .5o.l
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Two Poems by Lew Wallace.

Atintervals Gen Lew Wallace has shown
the divine unrest, the ambition for diff
ferentiatco achievement, Which is the index
as well as the accompaniment of genius.
It's tame soul that sits in cuntentment.
We continually find the comic actor signing
for the buskn, the tragcdian for the merry
sock, and the prosist trying his wings
In poeticsl flights. Il is seldom charitably
credited to a desire for relaxation. This
is, however, a natural apology, when
apology is needed. Gen. Wallace probably
asks none, and 1t cannot be said that his
poetry needs any. His verse is dignified,
temperately fancifrl, pleasing in its grace
ful flow, inspiring often. tedious never, ad-
mirable always.
Nearly ten years ago his first ambi-
tious verse was published in Harper.s
Magazine. II was play. "CouIm1dus,"
celebrating a conflict between an outlaw
and Roman Emperor. 1t was discreetly
praised, hut many of the warluest al
uircrS Of the author Of Ben Hur,r after
reading The play with pleasure, have
doubtless forgotten it's name, or that it
was ever written This is not quite jus
tice. This work is now republished as
the second half of handsome volume
OF which tie first portion is devoted To
new pGeticai effort by the same author.
The Wooing of Malkteon.' which ap.
peared in Harper's Magazine for thus month
This is straightforward, blank-verse
narrative freefronrhapsody, sinple aln,os,
to the poin. of prose in diction. yet not w with-
out disti:,ction and flavor in its style, \
color borrowed from its subject, and IN
Imagination OF a lively and delicate order
The times., 1897-12-19

sustainedly excellent piece of patriotic
poetry. He evidently has hls inspired
moments as his brilliant Iiues, but they
are not crowt1el. His reputation VII lie
burdened by az rt,uch of his writing a. will
raise it, Let 1t he counted by this book
that he il All earnest and admirable but
not great singer. New York: John Lane.
$2.)
''Poetieai Sermons" by William T.
Davenport, is collection of poems ON re-
ligious and Kindred topics, and includes
1.-The Ballad of Plymouth Church." which
is this writer's most important work th.s
far. New York; G. p. Putnam's Sons.)
Another polemical volume of poetry is
The Cclloq6y,'' being conversations about
the order of things and final good, held
in the Chapel of the Blessed st. John.
summarized in verse by Josiah Augustus
seitz. New York: 6. P. Putnam's SousJ
Sam Walter FOEs adds Volume TO the
poetical prodlctiveness of the month i'll his
Dreams ia HomeSpun.'' 1t is collect :on
of haracteristic verse, graceful, facile
and engaging. Mr.. Foss has many of the
Distinguishing marks of our native and
domestic poets, such as Eugene Field, VIII
Carleton and James Whitcomb Riley. He
employs homely methods, but his sincerity
is uniinpeachable, and he comes close IT,
the springs of humor or rathos at every
stroke. Boston: Lee & Shepard. 81 80
William DoNey presents another brochure
of poems ny the author of Seen and Tn
seen,' who is Yone Noguchi, the Japanese
find of the Late Lark. The present boo k con
tainsseven of the strangely impressive poems
of this unique light in our literature.
Charles Warren StOddard contributes an
introduction. and the frontispiece is by
william Keith. tsan Francisco: William
Doxey. 20 cents.l
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haven. (san Francisco: william Doxey
Washington: All Booksellers. 81 .25.)
"nn Blue Waters"

There has been some curiosity ON the
part OF DC Anlicis' friends as to what re-
mote destination would claim the famous
Italian litterateur's next wandering. He
has already led US through Constantinople,
Holland Spain Morocco, Italy, and Paris.
But for diversity's sake lie now shakes the
dust from his boots and gltdes peacefully
"Sull' Oeeano." The translator gives us
the English OF he book uGder the Compre-
hensiye title ''On Blue Waters In this
narrative we find him on a journey from
Gei. OF to Brazil, his resources Of interest
coufined exclusively to the types AMI
characters one finds on an emigrant ship.
Rather circumscribed opportunity one
may truly believe, yet De Amieis' gift of
analysis, depletion, differentiation, and
description is so continuously and CON
spicuously i'll evidence that we are I,Dt
merelr rapt i'll admiration for the writer's
pli asing narrative, but wonder at his
skill at oharacterization. His obserrant
eye, aidedsby Il lively ina gination and
The times., 1897-12-19

The most distinguished achievement OF fhe
author is the complete annibilation IT preju
iceand the TRANSMISSION OF personality. The
poem is love epic Of lsiamism, written
with the heart and soul, conviction aud
prejudice, of q son OF Moha,nned. Had The
author chosen he might easily have duPed
the most erudite int,, belief In the Arabic
original of the work, posing merely as The
discoverer and translator, license IN
fiction 20 often playfully affected. In this
case 1t would have beep difficult to sa why
"The Wooiig OF Malkatoon" had not found
its inception and inspiration in the heart
and lraii OF follower OF the Prophet.
He gives us a graphic new figure for heat
IN tie llnc, "a sky thrice plated with the
molten brass OF noon," and there is deli
cate fancy in the picture Of the running
brooks which
Ibid often pause in open pools to mock
The skies above with bluer skies below"
There are many passa ees or length TO be
praised more for their excellence In extern
Sion than fer the scintilating beauty of
single lines. Two such are the pursuit Of
the Christian lord and the vision of 9th
man. The latter is the most bea utiful por-
tion of the poem. The book is handsomely V
The times., 1897-12-19

The Academy tells story Of MI. XII
ling when he was lad. He went ON :;
sea voyage with his fathAr, Mr.. Lock
WOOD kipling. the artist. Soon after tic
vessel was under way MI. Lock wood XII
ling went below, leaving the boy on deci;
Presently there was a great commUtit
overhead. and one CT tie ships officer
rushed down and banged at Mr.. Kiplfng' IS
docT. Mr. Kipiinr," ne cried, 'yCur
boy has era wled out Jh the yardaruf.
and If he lets. go he'll dTown.'' Yes.
said Mr. Kirling, glad tu know that nCti
ing serious was the matter; but .
won't let CO.
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l1[!ij+ll|[24lt|[.tla-l ~ ) t|[.tl- !

versy. Alphonse Dl.udet had determined
20 remain a bachelor unttl he met Jniie
AllarG. She was TO him all that
an i.scal wife might be Once, it Is re-
lated, he mai a sentimental and dramatic
scene with his wife, concerning which be
reuiarkec: "This seems, my dear, like
chapter that has slipped oft of Il novel"
lit is more likely, Alphonse," was the
reply. 'to form chapter that will Jip
into cnc.'' We owe all Cooper's works
TO his wife. She challenged him une
night when he threw aside q hook, say
ing: believe could Write a better book
myself LET ine see You Go it," said
the WIFE with q smile. In j few ia IS he
had written several chapters of 'Precill-
ton THIS novel attracted little at
tention. hut IL gave Cooper an linking OF
his capacity for story " riting, and his
next story. The Spy. was great sue
cess
The inifvcnce of their love affairs came
very pTofitably into the lives of many
other men of genius. Hawthorne was in
duced TO write the scarlet Letter" by
remark of his wife, and he acknowledged
that but for the domestic environment which
she supplied he could not have produced
his cuntiihut ions 10 : -smerioan classics. II
could not he that foty-eisht years of
welded conteItmenu should have been
without its impress on the writings OF
Oliver Wendell Holmes Mrs. Rider Ha x
gard and Mrs. Thomas Hardy give much
literary help TO their husbands. The latter
urged Gr. Hardy 10 foTsake architecture
for literature as a profession. When he
had written his first novel, desperate
Remedies" his wife copied ont the entire
work from his manuscript, and sent it to
the publisher. AS part OF her work
she keeps herself well posted in thc
literature OF the day, and her husband
constantly draws upon her KIN owledge.
The works of Max o'Rell We're written
first in French aEd then translated into
English 10y his wife. who is an English
woman. In recalling The story Of his life
George Augustus Sala relates how mar
riage helped to wean him from he idle ami
unprofitable wa VS. of his early Bohemian
ism, and Mr.. James pa yn has said, Il have
known a great many bret aren of the zen,
both married and single, and my ey-
perience is that there is no class which
derives so much henefit from the wedded-
state as they do"
Readers will feel an obligation to Mr.
Hardy for running 10 earth and locating
the origin of piece Of witticisiL
which has been current for years
In many forms. He says it was
a famous author, resident in Virginia
who inscribed upon the grayeStone of his
wife, The light is gone from my Ife.''
Time net only modified his distress, but
suggested 4 renewal OF conjugal bliss. A
neighoor had the bad taste TO banter him
on his engagement, and To express surprise
that he had SO soon forgotten his words
OF lanentatiun. 80 far from forgetting
them, he replied, Il remember and repeat
them now, as originating and confirming
theintention that you are 80 plea sad 30 crit
else. l declared that the light was gone
from nv life, and it is for this reason that
/ propose To strike another match tNew
York: Frederick Stokes Company. Wash
ington: Wm. Ballantyne q Son. 81 80. }
The times., 1897-12-19

faciit pen, has singled ont, characterized
and described at least twenty different
groups and characters taken from both
ends Of the vessel Each is clear and dis
tinct. ard 1t is accomplished without tue
use OF a single name.
Another obligation the reader ives De
Aniicis is tie opportunity his text gi'ss
the illustrator. Every page suggests a
pictnre. and the suggestions OF but few
pages have been ignored. The book is
crowde,t with illustrations, which, with
the handsome paper, the readable type and
the beautiful cover. mark ION Blue Waters
as one of the most attractive gift books
OF this season Of gifts. New York: 9 P.
Putnams Sniis. Washington: BrentaDo.
50 25}
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Pne,rr of the Month.

The past month has presented nothing
iii pOetical output 70 important as the
collection OF Theodore Watts Duncan
verses, which are published under title
borrowed from the first poem in the book
The Coming or Love- THIS Is one OF the
publications. the late William Morris had
planned IN make. Mr. Watts Duncan male
a Stir with his jubilee Greeting at Spit
head hut the verse OF his later volume
is not all up 20 the finer quality Of that
The times., 1897-12-19

The book upon which Henry George
spent the last six years OF his life as now
passing through the press of Doubleday
& Mcclure Company. and will be issued iTn-
mediately after the holidays. 1t viii make
a large octave volume and contain about
as much matter as Progress and Poverty,
the Surprising popularity of which Is at
tested by the fact that over 5000 copies
have been sold during the past month
Tn. nc.s b.r1I will be entitled The scien, g
Of Political Economy
The times., 1897-12-19

when Matthew Arno!I's collected works
wese published, his beautiful - Church Of
Rrau' was omitted. Mr.. Oscar Browning ;
explains why Arnold left it out: Arnold
once told me himself that the reason why
he omitted the poem from his collected
works Was because Ire fouhf that he had T.
scrihed tIe church wrongly. Hehad spoken
Of it as &. church among the mountains
whereas he found il TO be situated in a flat
plain. 1t is pretty certain. therefore, that
he had net seen the church when he wrote
the pnem.''
The times., 1897-12-19

a recent letter from Paris says that
Zola ''Debecle'' is finding worthy rival
in - La DesaStre,' by Niue. Paul and Vic
tor Marguerite. romance Of the Net
campaign. TIE American rights Of this
story have been secured by d. Appleton x
Co. wht viii publish the book Immediately
under the title CT The Disaster"
The times., 1897-12-19
Unavoidable Delay.

CFrom the Detroit Free Pressl
Its three-quarters of an hour since
ordered that turtle soup" snapped the
angry guest at the restaurant.
Yes, sab said the waiter, with IN
obsequious bow, 'but de turtle done ma {
his 'scape, sab, an dey had 60 chase him
bout mile, sah.'
The times., 1897-12-19

AS frontispiece to the new Dickens
volun the publishers, New Amsterdam
Book Company Of New York, have repro
duced tho letter written by Dickens to
Charles Kent on the ia before his fieash,
appointing to meet him on the morrow
Th original OF this letter is in the British
Museum.
The times., 1897-12-19

Herman, who sits on bench. The line
reads: Herman She moaned, as She
drr ed herself toward him on her knees
The paragra ph Immediately preceding this
line or page 81, reads: AT last he got
up'M his feet and picked up his hat from
tho sI.ew'' New York X. 7. Fenno
Co. Washington: Brentanc. $1.25)
The times., 1897-12-19
LITERARY NOTES.

Aspirants for Journalistic honors viii
read with interest William Farquhar Pay
soL's new novel, THE Copy Maker,
descriptive of journalistic life In New
York, with side views Of literary Bohemia
liz the great city. 1t will appear shortly.
The times., 1897-12-19

Do you know that you can have
The Morning, Evening and Sunday
Times-the only COMPLETE liz VS.
paper published in Washington
served to you by carrier for fifty
cents month";
The times., 1897-12-19

lMargaret Forster is the title OF fost
huinous rcvel by George Augustus Sala
which Nj. Fisher Unwin will publish. Mrs
saia has written preface. in which she
tells the histurv OF the writing of tie story
The times., 1897-12-19

Louis Secke, tile author of Pacific
Tales threatens TO return TO his Ol d avoca-
ton. that Of supercargo in the South seas.
The London papers are deploring this fact
and are united in urging him to con
tinue lis literary work.
The times., 1897-12-19

John Lane, tie English publisher, VII.
has done AmeIiea the honor 20 swing tie
sign OF the Bodley Head on Fifth Avenue.
IS to marry an American woman.
The times., 1897-12-19

Which represents the largest amount OF
Capital, 3 grICuiture or manufacturtng. and
what amount UfmaHufacturing DO iron aud
steel represent? O.S
Agriculture, by two 70 one. Fam land
and buildings in I SEQ represented value
or SlS,279, 20, $40; the implements wers
nearly S6O0.00O,oOO; the ike stock. more
than $1,000 100000 The capital en-
pioyed in manufacturing was more than
S6,uVosDo0 400. In 1898 the iron ore
produced in tie United states represented
about S20,o0o,00U iii value; the pig iron
about $4,000 600: and the steel abou6
Sl20, ,OON. 0o0.
The times., 1897-12-19

Dodd- Mead & Co. announce that the :
have III press for Immediate publication a
work hitherto unpublished, from the pen
of the late Dr. Drnmfuond, the author of
Natural Law in the Spiritual World
The work bears the title, Address on Chris
tianitv." These We're the lectures, as
originally delivered, that niade 30 profoun,
an impression upon theological students
and upon the reading public, In general q ;
10 make Pfof. DruInuiond oneof the leading
theological writers OF the day. The volume
contains memorial sketches by Ian Mac
lareu aad ". Robertson Nicoll. Both Of
them Were lifelong friends or DR.. DrurI-
inond III many Of the addresses there are
touches that recall viyialy The Greatest
Thing in the World"
The times., 1897-12-19
Three Recent Novel;. .

ia. Mitchell has done other clever things
besides edit Life. He wrote That First
Affair." " hich some people have rea J; ne
The times., 1897-12-19

Fhe first volume OF SpUrgeon's "Aut0.
biography IS TO appear tbs month.