The herald., 1898-10-16
(Edlted. by Enoch Knight.)
A Beautiful LYRIC

honor Of the new queen, which must be
pronounced fine and strong:
Queen Of the lowlands by the Northern sea,
Where finists hang cold and water-wastes
make moan,
with steadfast eyes uplifted to thy throne.
We. thine own people, every heart thine
own,
Sovereign, we claim the right of loyalty!
Child Of the lowIands by the Northern sen.
Blood Of our blood, and one with US, as We
are one In thee,
Through all the splendid changes Of our
story.
Still one with us in heritage of glory.
Queen because we are free,
AS we are free because thy fathers taught
us.
Trusting in God. though pope or prince
distraught us.
To live and die for liberty!
Queen Of these lowlands by the Northern
Queen Ger the sun-filled islands OF the
East,
We cali to thine imperial feast
Thy subJect-lords. our conquest-we, the
least
or numbered nations, but the greater we
For that our weakness held the world In
From Christ, our Prince and Priest.
Queen. unto whom the conquerors of the
sea.
With brow unhumbled bend a faithful
Thine is the might!
Thine be our service, that the world may
And glory In the sight, that we
Are lords and servants like to thee,
BY right Of doing right!
O o o
A New Story Of Tolstoi
It was Turgeneff who first made
Tolstoi's writings known in the west,
but the younger man was offended by
some overfrank criticism Of one Of
Turgeneff's books, and they became
estranged A mutual friend shenshin,
undertook to bring about a reconcila-
ton, ands with some trouble, induced
the two authors TO meet at his house.
All went we'll until at breakfast Tur-
geneff began to give his hostess glow
ing account Of his daughters English
governess. who, among other novel and
liberal-minded things, had initiated her
young charge into some OF the mysteries
Of Summing. They went about and
gathered UP the ragged clothing of the
poor and the young lady nended 1t.
"And you consider that to be good?"
asked Tolstoi.
"Of course. 1t brings the charitable
person closer to the poor" replied Tur-
geneff.
"And 1 think" said Tolstoi, that a
well-dressed girl who takes the dirty
rags in her lap acts an insincere and
theatrical part"
Turgueneff requested retraction.
which Tolstoi refused to make. There
upon Turgenen arose with a threat.
which. however, he did not carry out,
but left the room In passion: and the
host ordered separate carriages for the
irate authors. Tolstoi wrote to Tur-
geneff demanding an apology, and as
his letter was not at once answered, fol-
lowed 1t up with challenge. But before
that could have been received by Tur-
guenef the apology came to hand. the
challenge was withdrawn, and, after a
time, the old friendship was resumed.
By the way, the verdict upon Tolstois
Views Of art, as expressed In his new
book. does not appear to be very favor
able. His measure Of the purposes OF
art is not likely to be agreed to by many
persons. and SO he must continue to
stand very nearly alone In his gloomy
greatness.
Punch, brothers, punch with care.
Punch In the presence of the passenjaire!
These odd lines, whose musical Jingle
has fixed them in so many minds, were
not production of Mark Twain, to
whom the credit has been given. but
were written by the late Isaac Bromley
of New York, and were first published
in the Tribune.
THE FATE OF A SOLDIER. BY
Henry Sienkiewicz, author of "Quo
vadis," etc. Translated from the
original Polish by J. Christian Day.
j. s. Ogilvie Publishing company.
This is most striking story, In the
6unnyside series, and deserves to be
praised. 1t is handy and inexpensive
volume, and ought to have large and
ready sale. No one makes a mistake
who buys and reads such story as this,
which tells Of famous struggle between
Prussia and France.
THE CONTROL OF THE TROPICS.
BY Benjamin Kidd, author of so
cial Evolution" etc. The Macmillan
company.
Here is one of the most interesting
books of the year. and one of the sound
est ones. The time has come for the
struggle over the control of the tropics,
and our new experiences are in the line
of the strife. Can we acquire and hold
the possessions that must fail to some of
the great nations? Yes. If only we are
wise and make a policy that shall de-
serve to win and hold the people whom
we would help. This means dealing hon
orably ard in all ways doing better for
them than they can do for themselves.
The flag and good government go where
trade goes.
Said Golden, nearly forty years ago:
Il believed free trade would have the
tendency to unite mankind in the bonds
Of peace, and 1t was that, more than any
pecuniary consideration, which sus-
tained and actuated me, as my friends
know. In that struggle. And 1t is be-
cause I want to see free trade, In its
noblest and most humane aspect, have
1ull scope In this world, that l wish to
absolve myself from all responsibility
for the miseries caused by violence and
aggression, and too often perpetrated
under the plea of beneflting trade. I
might say, when hear those who advo-
cate warlike establishments or large
armaments for the purpose of encour-
aging our trade in distant parts of the