The record-union., 1898-02-27

Bacchylides and His Country" Profess
sor j. Irving Manatt describes sympa-
thetically and picturesquefy the present
appearance of the Isle of Keos, and re-
views its early condition and history,
in connection with the recent discovery
of a portion of the long lost poems Of
Bacchylides. The plot Of the Battle
of the Strong" develops still farther
this month, with added strength and in
terest. F. Hopkinson Smiths brilliant
novel, Caleb West" and Mrs. Wig
gins lively 'Penelope's Progress" are
concluded. Short stories and sketches
are contributed by Miss Willimina L..
Armstrong Mrs. Madeleine Yale Wynne
and others.
The House of the Prodigal Sons is
the very attractive title of story by
Harold Martin in this months ''ffal-
per's Round Table (New York;. But
the idea itself is even more attractive
whether We may take it. to have basis
of fact OF must class it with "El Dora
do" the Man of Gold" who was once
supposed to have his splendid dwelling
in portion of the same country. For
this ''Hcuse of the Prodigal Sons" Mr.
Martin tells us, is situated a mile to
the east of La Vela in Venezuela, and
is maintained by two Americans who
now in the days of their success re-
Numbering the days of their adversely,
provide bed and board for a month to
wanderers of any nation who may be
in want, asking nothing in return but
decorous behavior"
An account of the Clara de Hirsch
Home for Working Girls appeared in
"Harper's Bazaar" of February 18th Its
primary object is TO train for employ
ment young Hebrew girls who wou;d
otherwise have no recourse but the
sweat shops; but neither Protestants
nor Roman Catholics are excluded In
the same number was a story by La
vinia II. Egan entitled The Old Fash
Toned Valentine; the usual depart
ments; Il tribute to the author of alice
in Wonderland" and an illustrated sur
very of fashions.
'One of my earliest dinners 1 remem-
Der at Oxford was to meet ThacEaray
Thackaray was then writing 'Esmon5
and a Mr.. Stoddard-a fellow of ST.
Johns College-asked me to meet him
at dinner. We were only four. and we
were all very much awed by Thack-
eray's presence, particularly I, not be-
ing able as yet to express myself freely
In English. We sat silent for some
time, no one ventured to make the frs.
remark the soup was over, and there
was a fine John Dore on the table wait
ing to be splayed. We were hoping for
ZONE brilliant sally from Thackeray
but nothing came. AT last Thackerav
suddenly turned his large speetacied
eyes on me and said; Are you gong
TO eat your own ancestor?' / stara1
everybody else stared AT last we gave
1t up. and Thackeray. looking very
grave and learned. said Surely you
are the son of the Dorian Muller-rha
Muller who wrote that awfully learned
book on the Dorians; and was not John
Dore the ancestor Of all the Dorians
There was general oh. OH but the
ice was broken, and no one after this
horrible pun was afraid of saving any,
thing. = Professor Max Muller's Aud
Lang Syre" in Charles Scribner's Sens.
The March number OF THE Century,
New York; opens with a paper on
The Mammoth Cave of Kentucky" by
John r. Proctor. formerly State Geol-
ogist of Kentucky, and accompanied by
many striking illustrations. John
Sidney Webb describes THE River Trip
to the Klondike." His Investigations
included not only the famed Klondike,
but the other creeks and streams trib-