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duct Of the Isle of Man would reach pos
terfty. The greater control tina. The Lon
don publishers have over the various me-
dia Of advertising and puffery has placed
the repute of The Christian In the pub
lie mind far beyond that of any other nov
el published in English In the last twelve
months" Then follows a very creditable
review of tho seasons OUTPUT. conclud-
Ing with. but the memorable things OF
1887 are few. The fictlons born this year
that viii live ten years are not easily dis
cernibie shah not attempt prophecy:
recording is enough"
The holiday magazines are all out, and
their decorative covers make varied and
artistic display. Scribner's have resorted
10 hthography; Harper's have employed
Kenyon Cox 20 remodel. as II were, their
customary cover. This is not the first
WORK for the publishers that Mr. Cox has
zone. IL has frequently been noted that
me oetter-known decorators and mural
painters are employed by the publishers
10 execute some Of their book covers
posters etc. VIII Low has done n
cover Tor The Book Buyer EHhu yedder
designed the cover OF the Century. Mr.
Bashford has also done a good deal ~
mis- sort OF work. and 1t Is an open secret
mat the customary cover Of Srrfhner,s
was designed by Stanford White the we'll
known architect. The Bookman which
mas generally resorted TO Louis Rhssa for
Us special covers. now comes out in ia
becefnoer number. with a cover by Fred
eric crowuinshieid. the mural nainter ard
decorator. II Is quiet in color and az
tFe'ney decorative In effect While n ia
not strongly suggestive Of Christmas n Is
N exceedingly good taete, and Isl nerhans
as pleasing cover as we have seen
English authors are not "a pood-ra,uras
- Ours Sel6on n eF4- .Icos an y-e-ica >,
author rise in hls wrath and attack his
cFit1eS- Perhaps ih.E NAV IN. SGT down
20 the national failiiix-in.iiffererce. = :
perhaps II their looks sell 1nr autt,~.
30 not care what is said about them rb,s
= not the case IT, Easitu1" eavs sc
L01nger in the Critic. Few novels sell
- the extent Ct those written bv Ma
Marie Coreih and yet that laa- ts arser
h@r critics with e hJt pen every time shc,
publishes book. Now Nine So
Granu, whom | had thought a NOR, ss.Is
contained woman, Is out with a furic,,s
1ehanciauo1 of tie cTltic who re,,Iex., -.
ne Retn HOOK n the Daily 1reiagrs,h
She says 10 him: That Won are -,
ancient lineage am willing 10 adj
4'-ss' SINCE your putting IN NY
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not be to prove to us that we are descend
ed from monkeys. but rather to remind us
OF our affinity with the angles. Its mis-
sion is not to lead us through the fogs OF
doubt In . the fogs Of despair. bat rather
10 point. even in the twilight OF a waning
century. % tae greater light beyond" The
above is by II. Beerbohm Tree ana IL the
introduction 10 an article in the December
Humanitarian. entitled Ethics and the
Stage. an Interview with II. Il. Tree"
Reginald dc Koven discusses in the
January Scribner's Some Tendencies of
Modern Opera" aad asks the following
pertinent questions: Are not the operate
composers of the day imitators almost 10
the extent OF plagiarism? Are we not, in
deed. getting 'Wagnerism,' Wagner at
second hand usque ad nauseam? Are
there not two perIIs, siagnation and reac-
ton, which lie in wait for Us? And does
IL not appear more than probable that be-
tween the two opera Ia likely to come TO a
considerable amount 81 grief?''
A perusai Of the December number of
Self Culture. a magazine OF knowledge.
strictly so. places that periodical high in
the estimation. Glance at ne contents
and see the variety 81 the subjects and
their tirneilaess. This months number has
worthy criticism on Hall Gaines
Christian by the dean % Canterbury.
In The opening sentence be says: when
IN Britain. and probably many more in
the United States. IN the course OF a few
weeks, and when tt has been received by
some with bitterness and fierce denuncta-
ton. while others have avartes, IN 3. tire
most glowing eui1gtes, ali viii be ready ~
adYis that the boQk cannot be an 0rdl-
nary one
Town Topics. that representative r,art
odicai o social doings. Genes out with a
holiday number Of seyenty-tyvo rareq
ii.ed with vast amount Of reading mat
ter from weh-known writer's ana ygftn a
rev feature OF several fuil-page illt,s1ra-
| tons BY artists q not. In The Yaar Is,
Fiction" hy the ''RingmasterH e-nong
many things. II says. Il find THAI tns
popular book Is always the book .ha, 40
going 10 be forgotten In tire case ~
such hoax as Mr.. Han Ca{ue.s arhe
CHRISTIAN. howeTeT which. vxassf All -
| sad anG done. has had more ink shsa
over TX than any other move! OF ire &aax.-
suspicion q the folly Of following tha
popular lead Is mote than 3ustlne1 a
large public undoubtedly thinks The hool
great one. bs: l SHOULD hnsltare lorg
before predicting tia; this particular prr,.
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that the great folio volumes. fun of pic
lures uron which they used 30 spend thou-
sands of dollars are bought with less anu
less avidity Some astute publishers ~il
rot handle the cumbrcus prodncti't'S AZ
ALI They prefer 10 substitute edifioas DC
luxe of classical modern authors me
s,hs.itt,.tog. IS 4 wise one and in the long
run the public will be deEoHtiy tEahh1 -, ~
that for purely commercial reasons the
publishers stepped In and saved them
from themselves"
-rra rocsnt marriage Of Sir Edwin Ar
mold 10 = Japanese lady has attFacted
nnhl7r attention anew 20 the poets WORK
We wonder how many Of our readers are
familiar with his beautiful prose essay.
death Afterward," containing In 81 nut
she'll the whole argument for and against
the perpetuat1on Of identity IL inc new
NE. Tht, book Is new IN its fifteenth eGi-
ton ard IS 10 he found on the hsR OF me
New Amsterdam Book Company
Queen Eliza beth wrote often 20 Cath
crime de Medicis and her sons. Eliza
heth's signature was always ma3eSuc'
ard so To sneak IN full dress But when
she was on some crooked scheme intent
.ha hodv If ne letter was the merest
shorthand l. must have been trying 70
ra4A her letters They had n be read 70
be answered But they generally beat
about the bush. ard were involved, unless
sha vas In a passion. Then she went
Straight and swift 70 the point and the
handwriting was as clear as her words
Peach & Co. pirates" is the title a Il
book written ~ Hector Fuller. member
o. ire editorial staff 81 ihs Indianapolis
News. ard published by the Eowen-A"r-
rff COMPANY Roach & Co" Is az sc-
count OF the loss and recovery Of the
steamer EiIka MIA. which had On hoard
8 esG 90 in roia. There are other stories
n this interesting litt'e Volume ard Mr..
Fan hzs newspaper mans swing ahoit
his descriptions and style t5at TIE lover
Of fiction IS bound 20 enjoy
50 lang as rnen are nlen and women
arr wNrrea so long w'ilI they took 70 art
To hold So 20 them that fatterin~ mir
roy IN which they can ser themselves ideal
txes9 Ard thIs uarnel~ss yearn1Hg stiG
survives IN us In an aga when faith is
slnged with phllosophio Doubt. wheT love
IS regarded A. bat a spssna q tse nervous
system and I.fe Itself bat ~ the refrain
ef = music ball song. I believe that Il Is
stisi tne flGctlcn e. art TO give Us Tight
Father than Darkness lis teachings ss4oul!
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quality of rhyme and meter. so pleasing
II, the ear. when they desire TO express in
more direct and natural way ideas
which are In themselves poetic For the
most part, however. the thoughts ex-
pressed in these poems can badly spare
the charm ard grace Of rhythm. II one
of the elements Of poetry he "eSthetfc
idea" how shall we classify the following
lines IN the poem entitled Madonna?
Dreaming and nursing the mother:
TIE eyes Of the babe hall shut In blgssful
endeavor:
The moist white breast. blue-veined. in
generous giving:
The tiny palm hungriiy pressing its
bounty,
And the warm. rad mouth and the drink
ing,
Agaln-this IN "Inspiration":
The mares I'm the field.
Cool. quiet. unashamed.
Before the passing patter OF the world.
Proclaiming the high and holy beauty OF
their calling:
With curved sides pushing against the
days:
With massive backs
And hips submerged
And lost in the siow-creeping tide OF
motherhood.
Ihere Is one word for this kind of
writing-it Is detestable We are inclined
10 think that the author in her enthusi-
asm for "a more intense and exquisite
ideal Of motherhood" has embodied In
verse more and less than the real poetry
OF maternity.
Damask Roses.
On the east side of the small hav .ba,
Forms the headwaters Of Puget sound,
about two miles from what Is now the city
OF Olympia. in Isi5 was established 81.
Joseph's mission. and although the mis-
sion no longer stands. ii has been made the
subject Of very pretty romantic little
story by Mrs. Judge Reed, of Olympia.
The story has been published in a dainty
white and gold volume, for which Miss
Ella Bush, Seattle's talented artist, has
drawn very beautiful cover design. and
for the title page has sketched Priests
Point, Olympia, the site of the old ST.
Joseph's mission.
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Christmas Books.

1t would be impossible TO give a list
of all the books or literary pro-
auctions which would be appropri
ate for Christmas gift. and the
been time when so many books Of all
following IS a list of some of the best as
they come to mind. Some of the finest art
books of the season are: Drawings Of
Frederic Remington" being historical as
well as artistic: People Of Dickens" a
portfolio containing six large photograv-
ures and copper etchings of the best Of
Dickens characters: Picturesque Bits of
New York and Other Studles:" phil
Mays Sketch Book" two books by Will
lam Nicholson, "An Alphabet and An
Almanac of Twelve Sports for 1885, and
THE Art of the World" edited by Ripley
Hitchcock.
Some of the historical and fiction works
are: "A History of Dancing ''Uncle
Remus. His Songs and His Sayings"
1.-THE Beth Book "The Christian:" I'm
Joyful Russia" Insect Life book for
lovers OF nature: New Letters Of Napo
leon T." The Rise and Growth of the
English Nation" by w. H. S. Aubrey;
1.-THE Story OF the Cowboy 1.-THE Ex-
ploits OF Miles S,andish;" True to His
Home" a tale of the boyhood of Franklin;
Equality" prisoner of Zenda;" Dan
ties Divine Comedy" THE Life of Michael
Angelo Romance of the Irish Stage"
"Gondola Days." "The Critical Days of
American History the holiday edition
OF John Fiskes work: 'Irving's Astoria:
or. Anecdotes of an Enterprise Beyond the
Rocky Mountains Christ and His
Mother in Italian Art" and many, many
more that space forbids mentioning With
| these books. which are by well~known
| Eastern authors, 1t must not be overlooked
| that on the Coast we have some writers
| who have furnished appropriate books for
| this time of the year, as well as serving as
| souvenirs of the city and state.
| They are: Ella Higginsons Flowers
| That Grew in the Sand and other stories.
| and "The Snow Pearls" Mrs. Calverts
..Sealth," and 1.-The Damask Roses. by
1 Mary Reed of Olympia
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mouth words and sentiments MOI
shows you are infected with tne
Ananias. That you should take ~
TO be q serious Judge OF art ID u'
which IL Is painful to think you 81
day settle between you ana your -
that you should write yourseH uoss !
admirer Of mine Is the ugfiest ~.
art has dealt me. and ! take tas
tunity TO publicly apologize !" !,
l do not know what the Dauy !.
graph reviewer said. but l 90 - -
anything can excuse the violence
Grand's onslaught. II certainly ~
much more than Ii hurts him. -.
probably disappointed In the recep-|
her book, but because she wro'o =
the fuilness of her heart she IL
expect everyone TO take IL WIZ v"
riousness.
There are certain books which -
success OF the moment In Fsrs,
scarcely heard of In New foTA
eaten the fancy Of the ParlslsA
from the very cause that feno..
unintelligible or uninterestins
Such a book is sale Juif. Dy
Dolliyet. which proves, by tne go.
distinctly on the side OF the Heu /
much SO that IL Is now insinnal =,
Dollivet is a nom de guerre, cos -
Jewish personality. But New imn
particularly alive TO the Jewish W
As a rule. however. Partisan pooHs .ss
moment. or al any rate OF the 10
read In New York. The book OF NV
in Paris is Brada's Letters o w
ehse." which has just been pu nas z,
book form after having mao
success" as a serial In La Revue -
and which has attained instant -
ity in New York. Under TINS 49,
title Brada has given Us the - e
passion, Of ramour moderne. - 49,
exaitations. written by a Pr Par.
today. II does not require Ice
lie to understand this sort OF u In &
it is TO be hoped that no one -
late 81. Brada into English. rsrp
been done with the "Lettfes OK
Of Marcel Provost.
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tested: but not so a genuins - - -
over and over again II nAs .s.ds -
that Ayers sarsaparila -, -,
among medicines as the n -
tonic Alternative in pharmscs
alone at the Worlds Fair.
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2tfTH ER-SCtI- Bv Laura II Smith
tt1veeF1 For sale oy Ieowmsa & Han
fcri.
"Mataef-soal'' u the title ~ a nnt9~e
h:-le heokle;, ire cover Ct which In tan
co'ered &s3 made os material rnsn4t.s-s-
slr~d in Japan from the ero-.s shaxtng~ G.
'he hsscki tree IN writing gha i~e4-ns
contained n gsfs utti4 book ghe au1aor has
rag allowed herself u he harnpare,s b tee
i5Tnits - conventional verse. II y not as
gnss-al tf.l1g !og poScs TO DISREGARD ia
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TIN LITTLE COMEDIES Py xSerf-,tsa
Snsi;h. fAltIe. Brown e Co
Tee al0@ Esrls-Ana what's 3 ereat rrs7y
-A@ve teesr trc4ni.s- tus In tjIne their
tears 'ur0 'ato smiles. aat ;ee.r a3ven-
'urFs have ben written hy Gertrude
Smith IN vo.a.ne entitled Ten Llstle
Comedies" III book Pas saany !.laSIra-
tiGns.
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N NFN0IIAM Ev Alfred wennysor.
For3s Howard & Haseeyt. Nax Yo-S
publishers
A. elaborate new edition e In Memo
risma' sar CHRISTMAS Is f9s: ost Aad g4,.s
IN naturally snt ,ire%}y wtsA the Me
rsosrs'' az tae poet. The preface IS written
~ 6r HanYy Saa Dyke. s0tA0r e. tse ex-
says on five Poetry 81 Tennyseu IT.
Van DYKE IS i thercueA TeenYsoalaa. 81.
seems - -se unlaesrtaas ~ SAYS.
''that = We eXceG> N!gscn tAsra Is ~ rn9-
lssh writing ts,gi SINCE Shakespeare waCsa
poetry AZ IS hcs, 3 ioftser. usa-er - mora
WHAT 'aSa tie poetry e Te1as SCR. There
h 70 Engllsh Haet since Shakespeare u ssse
WRITINGS have exercised - dafect ard deep
N inference or IA awa race xnd aTe in
s0E.aad ard America as Tesayson"
cpsa;c3 4este 81 var snce wtsh Mattaeg Ar
no33's criticism taat ''tAe zeal t~s,:a Is :hae
Tenays1n W},h an as tempe raeneut ana
artists sk.si. - descent 81 fngelleetaa,
poweg. sn& I'd u7odvgu roe; can make very
mach - BIS oassass~ aEJess ne IS Y-e-e.r-i-
nsntV s,r0ag sa tais-~ NJ T4A Dyke
ssses aa accoauS - t,se friendship between.
tbs sil,e3 Ar.aus A4.laa ana Teuuy son.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-03-24
The BIoodhound's Keen Scent.

A remarkable exhibition of the keenness
of scent OF the bloodhound was given at
theIittle town OF Bronson in Allen county
the other day The town recently ap'
propriated 500 out of the city treasury
for the purchase Of one OF these animals
the purpose being the detection and cap
ture of thieves who were operating in the
peighhorhood, and a test of the hound
was considered desirable. A noon three
men started out on foot, and walked
four miles into the country. Then they
mounted horses, and by a circuitous route
returned to the town. Six hours later the
hound was permitted to smell glove
which had been worn by one OF the men,
and the next instant with deep howl
he caught up the trail and followed ii on
the run At one point the men had
walked for thirty yards on fence, and
when the hound came TO this point he
carried his nose along the rail with
hardly any reduction OF speed. Coming
to the place where the men had mounted,
he took up the trail of the horses, and
followed it into town, where, in crowd
of more than 100 men, he picked out the
one whose glove had been given him to
smelI.-Kansas City Journal.
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Distant Thunder and Heat Lightning


The ways OF diplomacy are almost as
mysterious as those of Providence Great
Britain will refrain from active partici-
patton in the blockade of Crete, while
conserving to it. The expected commercial
growl concerning the measure as far AS
it may affect British commerce has n:a-
terialized, and must exert some influence
on the cabinet Two British vessels, al
ready loaded in a Cretan port. have been
forbidden to leave III this does not raise
a noise about the premierial cars Of
Lord Salisbury il will be strange
To all appearance the practical with
drawal OF England from the concert pro-
gram, leaves that power in a position to
take independent action, and publicly
disrupts the organization OF the six gov
ernments. There are notable indications
that her majesty's ministers will he driven
by home sentiment to do something st
once in the matter of the Cretan Christians,
who are being starved by the foreign
admirals IL is believed in London that
the circumstances will compel Lord Sails
bury to send a squadron to their relief,
and that if the effort to provision them
should he resisted, the honor OF the
British flag and nation will demand a
fight.
Whether or not il can be said to be
due To Russian intrigue in that direc-
ton. aideG by the accident OF public
opinion in England, it is plain that Great
Britain appears today in an isolated po-
sition. This may be more apparent than
real, since both France and Italy are dis
PLAYING restiveness under the leadership
of the three emperors in the Eastern mat
ter, and there may be an understanding
between the Western powers, looking to
common action. Should that prove to be
the case, the Salisbury solution OF the
Cretan question might have to be &C
cepted by Russia and her allies, as the
alternative to general war. But it would
governorship Of Cretein the hands of Prince
George, and Greek force OF troops Or
gendarmes 70 keep the peace, the East
ern empires would feel that Great Britain
had gained control Of the island to all
intents and purposes.
II seems to be evident that this is the
object of British policy and movement at
the nresent time. and a rather ominous an
swer to the manifestation is conveyed by
the marching of a Russian army corps to
Odessa and the concentration of the Rus
sian Black Sea fleet near the Bosphorus.
So. tits reasonably clear that all within
is not peace, and nature does not seem to
smile.
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MISS GLADYS ONE OF .Us..
Young Daughter of Cornelius Van
derhiIt Editor of a Paper.


Spring Blossoms is the title OF paper
just issued i n Washington by the youngest
editor In the world-Miss Gladys Wander
bilt, the ten year-old daughter OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt OF New York.
Assisted By her cousins, the little daugh-
tiers of Rev. Mackay Smith, Miss Wander
bilt has taken this clever little method OF
adding to the Easter offering of st. Johns
Sunday school, and the method has proved
a success.
In the first number Gladys wrote: II like
Washington better than do New York.
can ride my pony and my wheel in the
streets Of Washington, because they are
so smooth. In New York 1 cannot ride
them"
Virginia Smith tells a story about the
Cleveland children in this way when the
little daughters OF Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland
had their bonnets on to go away from the
White House Mr. Cleveland, who was then
President, asked: where are you going,
children?'
1--WE are going to Princeton they re-
piled. -
why are you going to Princeton? Mr.
Cleveland asked, and little Marion spoke up
and said: 'McTinley's tonin; McTinley's
tomin.' -
The youthful writer adds: II suppose this
story will go down to posterity." Spring
Blossoms is a successful paper. Already
it's youthful editors have realized $40 to-
ward their Easter offering.
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done when this mechanical perfection is
reached. StenographeTs assert that their
notes, when they are thinking about some
thing else, are absolutely correct: whereas,
If the attention is called to the speaker.
there is apt to be a hesitancy, If not a
mistake, III forming the characters.
There are all sorts OF curious things
about this branch of psychological study,
which is, of course, only an outgrowth of
recent years. One of the facts which
may be CLEANED from it is this: that
however close attention il may be neces-
sary TO pay TO any occupation at first.
sooner or later it becomes a habit in
which the mind and body require no watch
ing. Then the owner OF the mind can
go on TO something else, and if he doesn't
he stagnates One of the objections urged
to the great factories is that the constant
repetition of one mechanical action turns
a man into a machine; but, after all, he
can and must think, and the machine
cannot; and if he does not think about his
work, he is likely to have ideas. Per
haps all this has something to do with
the labor problem. At any rate, il proves
that man is thinking creature in a
machine-like organism, and the combi-
nation is both complicated and in teresting