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y Protest Against Dialect.

To compare Bret HaIte and Buffalo Bill
with each other may at first seen. entirely
out of order. so strong is the contrast in
most particulars, and yet they are alike IN
uhis-tiIat both, without intending TO do So
have injured the far West by greatly exag-
gerating the rpCuiarites OF life in this part
OF the URion, if they have not actually pre-
sented that which never did exist in TACT
Buffalo Rillbas doneit with his wild West
shows anG III consequenceth Uusands Of men
ana women III Europe and the eastern part
Of the United states think that the typical
far WesteTnerisa cowboy and that travel by
stage Is fTaught with danger q t every step.
Bret Harte has done something of the same
sort by representing the principal charac-
ters of far western towns as rough ana
Hitter ate, thought may be honest men who
use form of speech which one would have
10 20 far to hear in any part Of the world.
One is reminded OF this by criticism
which recently appeared in the Chica 90
Tribune upon Judge Frances little collec
tion of short stories called Pine Valley -
Tie critic accuses the author OF misTepre
senting life III Colorado mining camps hy
ca using characters to employ what he calls
''parlor' English 7 he author of that criti-
cism took for granted that the mluers are
ignorant of good English and he probably
also thinks that they use a dialect peculiar
to mining camps. or it may be far Western
towns in general
While every now and then one encounters
prCspectoTs or miners, whO having lived
isolated lives for many years, have &C
quired peculiarlties of speech, these are,
as a matter of fact, exceptions. AS a rule
timers belong to the class composedin the
| East of intelligent mechanics, farmers and
wcll-tG-do residents of towns and villages
| They have the command of English which
| is possessed by the average person edu-
| Gated in a public school, and great ma
| iority of them We're born east of the Mis-
! souri, River if not east OF the Mississippi
| But in addition there are thousands oil men
| living in mining camps and wearing habitu-
| ally miners clothes who are well educated
| aud speak as pure and grammatical En- gliSh
| as one can hear in the offices of lawyers
| doctors. aid civil engineers in any part
| of the union An author would not bt
| criticised for putting ''parlor" English
| in the mouths of men of this class in the
east, and the criticism is no less un iust
| if the scene of the story is laid in the faI
| West. AS for a true dialect, the far West
| is not old enough for the development n1
4 anything of that kind. One may hear il
| in the mountains of Tennessee doubtless
| or in rural commm mities in the East But for
! anything like this thefar West is as yet toe
| young and its population is mixture OF
| people drawn from too many different
| parts Of, not the United States, but tht
whole English-speaking world. -Denvel
| Republican.
The times., 1897-07-04

forms or it In fiction are Sins, not merely
against the ten comman dments but against
the writer economic law that tie reader
shall be preserved for bread and buffers
sake.
Thus debauchee is an impossible hero.
no matter how skillful the writer, how
truthful as Il work OF art is the setting
OF the hero's story. Julian Croskey's story,
MAY" makes excellent reading for
eighty seven pages Max was an am
bilious young enthusiast who gave hts
fortune and his arms TO the liberation
of the Chinese, trifle altruistic and
egotiStic of the young man, but such
snGle-hapded bravery is rare enough TO
be forgiven for its own sake in forget
fUlness of its rashness. He is cast into
prison and deported to England
Mr.. Croskey is a subtle analyst, and he
describes the prison hours of the hopeless
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counting-room to assume charge or de-
partment OF the Government, he is in dam
ger Of acquiring distorted and exagger-
ated view OF things, especially during the
period when his position and responsibilities
are new to him. Senator Elkins the other
day went in to see member Of ftheCabinet,
who was still feeling somewhat ths nov
city of his surroundings. The Senator rec
commended bright young lawyer for a
position that was about to be filled. The
Secretary asked a lot of questions about
age and experience, wrinBled his brow,
Thought awhile, and said the candidate
wasn't hie enough for the place
"But you can't expect to get Joe Choajes
for $3, 500 a year. argued the Senator
"No,'' SAID the Secretary, ''that is true.
This, however, is a very important posi-
ton
He went on to describe ideal qualifica-
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Rowdy w.. Gentleman.

The man who has retired from politics,
hut used to feed pretty steadily at the
public orIb. told this once while IN a
reminiscent mood,
When 1 first ran for Congress The dis
trict covered five times as much territory
a. it does now, and there was d pretty
rough lot Of voters in the northern part
where they were Iust reaping a rich har-
vest of pine My opponent was sending
some mighty fine speakers through that
section Of the country, and among them
his son from college, who was SCHOLARLY
looking and wore speCtacies l conceived
the idea that some roush-and-tunlbIe feI-
low, who could tell stories drink whisky
aud affiliate with the woOdsmen might 20
rny cause lots Of good onong them
Il found my man in biS. Noisy petit
fogPing lawyer, who was glad to make a
It;le money and nOtoriety on such en eN-
petition. 1 heard from him Oecs SionaJy
as going about like q roaring lion, and
Iaud.ng tny alleged qualities IN a way that
would have left me without the vote OF a
COrpOral'S guard 10 Christ anized portions of
Tic district Flushed by sEcccss aud mere
intense exhilarauts. my champion decided
on a grand climax. crowBsng triumph
TO his campaign He challenged the col
lege youth to Joint debate. 10 be had
before mass meeting of the Ted-sash
brigade Such 8 def was not 10 be ignored,
and the event came off NJ advocate
thundereG. abused and Gid everything huJ
talk sense. The boy took the other tack
trea'ed the audience as he would a ouI-
tured ior Of gentleman, and appealed 10 an
intelligencethat was dalghted at the TeeOs-
nttlon My lawyer was knocked clear ca.
Of the brx, and when be made the mistake
OF tryiag To regain the support Of the
crowd by whipping the young man, lie was
knocked clear off the platform by a deft
gymnasium swing Ny defeat that fall was
the first ever suffered. but deserved it %
Detroit Free Press.
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iii Wordsworth came, but we had learned
his lesson ~ well that the beauty of the
plain slept for Us all the longer, ill. with
Tennyson and Millet. it awakened at last
the beauty of deSolate levels, solitary
m1nrlands and the rich melancholy OF the
fens -
Continuing this charming essay, which
he inodcStiy styles "a prose fancy Mr..
lie Ganieuue concludes: "a nd yet il has
not been the modern world alone that has
awakened that beauty independent of, and
perhaps greater Than, tne LeauUy of
form and color; Tather it may be said to
have awakened it by study of certain
subtle old masters OF the Renaissance;
and tile great beauties who have made
the tragedies and love-stories of the
world, so far as their faces have been
preserved to Us, Were seldom beautiful,
as the popUlaoe would understand beauty.
For perhaps the highest beauty is visible
only To genius, or to that great love w hich,
we have SAID, is ii form of genius. It
was only, it will be remembered at the
kiss OF prince that Sleeping Beauty might
open her wonderful eyes" (New York:
JoEn Lane. Washington: Woodward *
LothropI
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and hapless hero in minute terms He lays
bare the lnnermost workings of his mind
to the consuming interest OF his reader
One is about to nestle down in the chair
and prepare for uninterrupted reading OF
the long rest. 1t looks worth while The
proposition is ii silillful writer, and. ap-
parently, an uncommonly fine hero Then
comes the crash
Having brought Max back to England
the author feels it opportme, and, in
fact. necessary to his narration, TO tel
something ct his hero's past A nd ue has
d past The hare, self-sacrifICing hero OF
eighty-seven pages steps down from the
heroic pedestal on the eighty eighth, and
is disclosed conuuonplaCc modern IL
ceutiate, carual to a degree, the sort Of
man who is too numerous in the world,
who may, under circumstances, induce
sympathy, hut never admiration The reci-
tation of MaX's sins on page eiehty-eight
removes him from the circle Of heroes. AS
for the rest, what matters the end OF such
beginnings?
And why are such books written?
There must be a reason?
1Ae writer's thereof are not mere px-
perimenters. Mr.. Croskev is a thoughtful
writer, he has gifts Of style and originality
of expression, huy his hopeless nisconCcivc,l
devotion to a disgusting realism is an
ineffable blot on hs present story New
York: John Lane Washington. Woodward
and Lothcp
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After TIE yellow book, the green The
green book is a mere trifle in size. but
has an appetizing title, and its table OF
contents hegets rayishing appetite.
New Saladsi" That's the name OF the
green book The maker is Mrs. s. L.
Rorer, to whom culinary literature is in
dehted for more volumes than one.
The proper way to arrive at the value Of
this little tome would be to send it 10 the
COCK, With instructions TO make every one
OF the fifty-odd salads, and send them up
one a day or, better still, and 1t would
bring Mrs. Rorer not only reader but more
anpreCiativc words from her critics, why
does the auIiable lady not send the salads
iaStead Of the book? Anyliterary man can
tell more about a salad made than salad
making, and If IL : as good as il looks IN
type, perhaps he would be trappedinlO that
most unprofessional of sins, he might buy
the book that describes the making. Then
he wonld praise both the salad and the bopk
The book contains Il great variety Of
recipes for salads and other dainties TOR
dinners, lmcBoons, suppers, aEd receptions.
| In her preface the author, spea king TX
cathedra, in apron and over her 10 Wis and
pans no dOuh, says: "A salad ma de from
a succulent green vegetable and French
! dressing shoulC he seen on the dinner table
IN every well regulated house 365 times
a year. These green vegeta bes contain
the salts necessary to the Well being of
Der blood, the oil is an easily dgeSted form
pf fatty matter. the lemon Juice gives us
sufficient acid. Therefore, simple salads are
exceedingly wholesome. We 90 not refer
! here to the highly seasoned mixtures #
meats and vCEeta hles with heavy ma yCn-
nai>e dressing. There aIe rather objection
aide However, If one omts the mustard,
seasoning the materials lightly anG sensibly,
ana serves sHch salads for d IunCh or for
an evening collation., tEey aIe much more
wholesome than tEe average Tried dish.
upon which many depend for then fatty
ic.d." ThiiaHt'aBia. Arnold & Co. Wash
iugtOn: RTentanol
The times., 1897-07-04
Three Great Hopes

s'Gawge has pwomised to send me
spliDtah from a spectatah's stand diwectly
opposite the lord mayors weSidence, don t
you know
''And Edgah said he would gathah for
me u little dust from the woadway aftah
her majesty's carriage passed"
''And Clarence told me he would do his
best to find toothpick for me that the
pwrce had cast aside ''-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The times., 1897-07-04

The fact hat-the Commercial Advertiser
OF New York is one of Gotham's journals.
which has not lpst its head in the vortex
OF delirium which seems to have struck
Park Row Isl not entire apology for
drawing it into this department II has
always maintained its editorial expression,
whether on matters artistic, musical,
literary, dramatic, or in the broader
miscellaneous field, at a high plane or
thought and expression One Of its latest
contributions to the good literature which
it is the portion Of good journals to furnish,
Is an editorial on essays.
Speaking of the renaissance Of the popu-
larity OF this form Of literary expression,
it says that it is a sign not only OF maturity
among the writers themselves, but also
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tions for the appointment Senator Elkins
heard him to tile end, and then blurted out
iu his hearty way.
Man alive! You can't expect to get a
person like that for place ike this. Why,
such man wouldn't touch your own job
lie wouldn't have a seat III the Cabinet
He can do better. Washington Correspond
eucc IL st Louis Giobe-DeIuocrat
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New books from our old friend, Edward
Everett Eaic, are infreqGeut enough to lie
cventful upon arrival And he has such
a stimulating way Of not disap ppointing no
matter to what point OF the cornpa s. ne
points lis pen. H. is one of ihcee in whom
we may Away have confidence.
There 5 nothing Of the new" literature
in Or. Hale's writing. He is very old
fashioned, with comfort and freshness
Sometimes he is moral, Which is a rare
tonic for readers nowadays; often he is con
ventional, with fidelity to old standards,
which imbues his pages with actual orig
iRality, While all the new" writers are
trying to be different" and only sue
ceed in being very like each other. and
very depressing, and tedious in varying de
grees.
DR.. Hale's new book is a collection of
short stories, 'Susan's Escort, aud Others, {"
in lavender, purple and silver-which re-
fers to the Colors OF the cover. ofthe seven
teen stories which are included in the ''and
others,' fifteen have heretoforeappeare in
periodicals. in Harper's the independent,
New England Magazine, the ChautauQuan,
Once Week and in other agencies for
disseminating good reading. Collectively,
tits DR.. Hale's first volume OF short stories
lie celebrates the occasion with pref
ace which is interesting. He tells of bis
troubles in finding q suitable title for his
new hook, and subjoins few remarks in
apology, or rather defense, of short stories
in general.
Says he: For four thousand years, be
the same more or less, short stories have
been In the world It may be guessed,
| then, that they have come to stay / find
none better than those of the Indian sage,
| Eidpai, and do not know when he wrote
| them, nor does anyone else But Mr Kip
ling's are as good when he deScrihes the
| loves and the hates of the descendants Of
| Bidpai's heroes. If one may judge who
has read thousands with delight, and has
with equal delight written his share, the
| days of the short story will not lie ended
willie we have Miss Jewett, and Mrs
| Slosson and Mr.. Wister and Mr.. Davis and
| Mr.. Barrie and Mr.. Kipling.'
| The stories ushered in by Susan and her
strange escort are all attractive in vary
ing degrees. They are of the good sort
which warm the heart while they stfmu-
| late the interest. In point 5f literary value
| they display Dr.. Hale at his best, reflect
| ing the genius of the writer coupled to
| the heart and soul Of wise InHn and a
The times., 1897-07-04

Accompanying the picture is a bit Of
news more complimentary For this reason
it is gladly published, and 1T says: In
Jerome. a Poor Man which the Harpers
are soon to publish in look form, Miss
wilkins has again turned to the field Of
New England life, in which She has won
so many distin guished successes The
events are grouped around high spirited,
nGhle-hearted man, whose career is traced
with the fine fidelity to truth, and with
the subtle insight which makes Miss VII
kin's stories aln,sst startlingly iifelike.
The story opens dramatically, at once en-
gaging the readers attention, and each
figure as it appears is sketofed in swiftly
and wildly SO great has been Its success
as serial in Harper's Weekly, that Miss
WilkinSls thought in this noyelto hayeeyen
SURPASSED her great achievement in Penn
broke one of the strongest novels writ
ten not only by the present gensration OF
American storywriters, but In the W hole
history OF our literature as weii' This
is quoted, yon note
The times., 1897-07-04

Tie Harpers send forth in little press
snect portrait of a v:perish New Eng
land old maid and label it, MARY E. Will
kius from her latest photograph" No, no.
This is libel. The Hon. Mrs. FitzSimluons
might have posed for this picture when at
Carson City she delivered herself of those
memorable words, Punch in the wind,
Bob:'' and Mary E. Wilkins was 5000
miles away What the picture really looks
like is that all the milk of human kindness
in the sweet nature OF this kindly writer
had Just soured and curdled to the last ex
tent Take it away, Mr., Harper, ana your
brothers We want no unmounted electro
type of this libel.
The times., 1897-07-04

Prof John BascOm, W no has written an
entire library of ethical, philosophical and
theological books contributes anot her to
his lisy in his recently published Evolution
and Religion - The work is not so severely
didactic as TO he specific in the target Of
its aims. Its general adaptabity to a
large circle and the promise of its re-
ccption thereby is found in the elevating
and optimistic purpose Of his considerations
He aims TO show, and succeeds with ad-
nirable clearness that faith, which sophsm
is trying to relegate to obscurity and
obliterate utterly, is part of COM
plete cosmic system Says Prof BasCom:
The doctrine of evolution is so recent
of conception, especially in its bearing
on spiritual things, that we are able as
yet neither to define il we'll within itself
nor to see its implications when taken
in connection with our higher life. We
do two most undesirable thingS-Wc make
the notion so lnfleXible as to strangle our
intellectual powers, and we struggle with
the theory itself as something which we
would gladly escape" His object in the
present work is to bring relief, at least
some relief, TO both these points: ITO
show hat evolution is not aconception in eX-
tinction OF reason, nor yet a movement in
overthrow OF faith. Our spiritual life is
involved in it and built up by it as its
most comprehensive and consummate prod
uct."
lie treaties evolution as conception, as
giving unity to the field of knowledge and
thought, in its present spiritual phases, and
IN the proof il offers to spiritual beliefs
II is d scholarly, consoling, Strengthening
and valuable work. tNew York: G, 2. Put
nam's Sons. Washington: Brentano)
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OF sound TASTE on the part of the reading
public II as an Indication that they crave
bread, as well as cake, that they value
wen digcsted thOught The most ardent
lover Of fiction cannot undergo a pro-
loneed diet Of the modern novel without
an antiGote III the form OF the sane, quiet
ana dirnITied essay, which has no Mission
beyond discoursing in IA wcIl-hrrd, easy
and cultivated manner upon some timely
topic
Richard LIE Gallienue's book reviews,
which are in reality complete little essays,
arequitea as pleasant reading as the best short
story Alice Mcyncll's essays, in which
she handles ordinary topics with rare dis
Observation-Disclosures demand much
more Of the reader than the average novel,
but they also bestow more upon him in
return for his mental concentration Agnes
Repplfer, Hamilton Mabie, Edmund Gosse,
the late Walter PateT and many others OF
diverse gifts have also aided in Te-estab-
fishing tie prestige OF the essay.
It would be well for the Young authors
who are sprnginG up like mushrooms in the
world OF letters to put the poem and the
short story aside on occasions that they
may have the time to think which the
composition of an essay requires a char
acteriSt'c OF mach Of the present-da y
fiction Is its absence Of style and OF form,
its total lack OF thought ballast Practice
in essay writing could not, of course. supply
these deficiencies altogether, but it would
so far toward supplying them.
1t would inevitably infuse more dignity
ard more firnness into the tale of the
poem. Intensive, rather than extensive,
writing Is the great need OF the age in lit
erature. The quantity OF books is sioken-
ngly large, but the quality is often thin
and poor. There Is much cleverness, but
little thoughtfulness displayed ia the ma
jority of novels A thorough study of the
| essay in theory and in practice is the best
! remedy for the prevailing slovenliness OF
| style and thought in the average works oi
fiction -
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writer, Landon Mcvicar, in Current
Literature, writing Of the proportions be
tween author and illustrator, frames these
notices for them:
Author: Thus my people thought and
talked.
Artist: And thus theylooked and walked.
1t clever expression of this conscious
little truth, drawing the distinction clearly
and wittiIy
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A book OF gay, happy versesis John Leon
ara Merrill, jr.'s book Of love rhymes, In
Wuicn Hearts Lead" He is fluent and
tuneful, and strikes the heart notes 30
often as to establish himself as ifIesist-
ible. one Of the prettiest rhymes Of all
his is the one in which he dedicatcs the
collection to his fiancee.
IN dedicate this book to Miss -,
Her last name I'll leave out,
One IasSIe fair knows who She is
Though others are in doubt,
And - ii another | should write,
i trust l may be free,
with her permission, To indite
The book TO Nils. Me
There is a whole romance in these eight
lines The bachelor writes SO charmiugly
that it would be unsclfish TO wish him the
con summation of his desire The detiI-
cation gave out a personal interest in the
unnamed Miss, which we were eager 70
gTaufy in some succeeding poem. The
fiTSt ones all denote him an ardent lover.
inspired H. all his verses by the tender
passion Then Louise is encountered and
the poet cDnfesses his love for her Louise,
then, is tie heroine of our romance? No.
In the very next he IS dreaming Of Isabel,
and anon he IS wondering if in all the
la2d there's one so fair as MyrteIla
sach ficIleness is followed far enough.
What patience for such vacillating
rhyneSter who loves a score aud dares
confess il boldly III PRINT? Or, and prob
ably, these various names are all a mere
COMPOSITE screen Of the one lovely Dulcnea
Of the dedication New York: DeMerle
Co Washirg gton: Brentanol
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Lppincott's for July presents as its com
plete novelette, "A Mountain Moloch," by
DuffielG Osborne. It is a wild, weird
tale OF lost island and a lost remnant
Of the Phoenician nation, once reported 20
ouI Navy Department, but never followed
up, after the convenient habit of navy de
partments in fiction W c. Morrow, au-
tho- of that original little volume. The
Ape, the Idiot and Other StOnes" con
tributes story called The Haunted Bur
glar," which is both strong and deftIy han
dlet, and there is a delightful little sketch
called -'William's Spree by louise
Boynten An article of especial interest
just at present is a description OF Bombay
by F. f. Clark, president OF the Christian
EndeavoI Society 1t is entitled a
Plague-striCken City" and is an impas-
stoned portrayal of the horrors of the pres
ent condition Of Bombay and an appeal
to England for help.
The times., 1897-07-04
The Shocked Secretary .

When a man comes to Washington di
rect from his law office, his bank or his
The times., 1897-07-04

The special feature of the Cosmopolitan
is Julian Hawthorne's article on ''The
Horrors Of the Plague in India which
is plentifully Illustrated and graphically
written Mr. Hawthorne quotes the opln-
ions of some kind-hearted gentlemen
whom he met onthe steamer (whoSeactionS,
be it said, were the direct opposite Of
their opiniensl to the effect that Engiand's
policy with India was responsible for the
The times., 1897-07-04

good friend New York: Harper & Bros
Washington: Woodward & Lothrop)
The times., 1897-07-04

The dethronenent of the hero is an
unhappy sensation. If writer's would
but remember that the bread and butter
of fictiOnmongers depends upon the pres
ervation in the character of the reader
that primitive love of the ideal and sub
mission To deception for story's sake there
would be less iconocIasm IdeaIism is
always optimistic. Keaiism is merely
valuable for certain purposes Certain
The times., 1897-07-04

The July number of Current Literat ture
is a fine specimen Of the scope of that
magazine. Among the noted writer's
brought together between It's covers are
Gecr2c V Gable, editor of the magazine.
Hamilton MabiC, Richard Burton, Moses
Colt Tyler, John Hay, Henry Van Dyke. u
W. HazeItine. ". Robertson NiCOu. Lillian
and Arthur 7. QUiIler-C0uch, d. 7. Mae
Dougal, Ernest IugcISGlI, Baron Pierre de
CouhrrtH, William Winter. Ms Humphrey
Ward, John f. Tabh, Clinton Sc0Ilard AND
Gilbert Parker.