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ines. Waveney and Mollie both lovable
/ and both deserving Of their happy fate.
On the whole, this latest book of hers Is
one of her best. philadelphia: ]. B.
Lippincott Company
''The Battle of the Strong" by Gilbert
Parker. is a. story of the Isle of Jersey
little more than hundred years ago.
Mr.. Parker says that the book has no
claim to be called a historical novel. and
that the life of the hero. Philip d'Av-
rancho. is in no wise modelled upon that
OF another famous Jerseyman. Philip
d'Auvergne. In spite of that, the book
is really a historical novel in the best
sense of the word; for it reproduces the
atmosphere of the place and the t me
and makes 1t real to the reader. When
that Is done. 1t is easy to read between
the lines of a history and make the real
historical characters live and Breathe.
One imagines them walking through the
scenes peopled by the characters of ro-
nance, and the rest is easy. This ta'e
deals with the history of heroine.
Guida Landresse de Landresse. who has
love affair with Philip and is bad y
treated by him. but comes TO her own at
the end Of the book by the love of an
other and. nobler man. The plot is origi-
nally conceived and brilliantly wrought
out and the book cannot fall to BE- in
teresting to the lover OF eighteenth CEN
tury romance. (Boston: Houghton, Milf
fin & COP
THE Adventures" by H. B. Marriott
Watson, Is one of those books of adven-
ture which may be classified as the. mig hit
mare type. Everyone knows the sensation
of that kind of dream. in which one goes
through all kinds of thrilling and horrible
scenes, confronts one peril after another,
Is conscious that there are more yet to
come. but knows that one Is somehow or
other coming out safe from 1t ALL That
Is the way with Mr.. Watson's hero. one
Ned Greatorex. This gentleman, who be-
longs rightly to the nineteenth century.
is. by clever twist of the plot, shifted
into the sixteenth. so far as his circum-
stances go, planted in the midst of a bar
onial castle with some secret passages, a
moat. a drawbridge and 4 treasure cham
ber, and forced TO defend that castle very
much In the mediaeval manner, with two
companions, country young gentleman
named Montgomery and a London friend
called Sheppard. who is rather more in
teresting than the hero, These complica-
tions give the book a certain piquancy.
The villain Is a smooth, dark and extreme
ly unpleasant ex-valet by the name of
Hood, and there is sub-villain in the
shape of a degenerate ex-ofiicer of the
British army. named Sercombe. The hero
and his friend Sheppard finally escape
with their lives. but Gas in the nightmare e)
bring out no treasure. The book is well
constructed and cieverly finished. (New
York: Harper & Bros.)
p -s,tr
roe is a story of u prehistoric mine on
Lake Superior. The hero, Richard Pey-
eril, is college man, who has a series OF
more or less thrilling adventures in tbs
mines of England and Michigan. The
| story is in Mr.. Munroe's usual vein, anc
| is as good as anything he has ever done
! 1t is sure to interest boy readers, and
many grown folk will enjoy it. (Nev
York; Harper & Bros)
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Peter. the Orthodox.

''Pote, you're a common laughingstock,
You are the village butt.
Your hair is so outrageous long
Why don't you get il cutY'
''BeLase dere amt no barber. sab,
OATS coed ernuf foh me:
Dere amt no barber in dis town
OATS up 10 my idee."
'why, there is 'Rastus Graham. Pete.
A barber up 10 plr."
Ia, yes; but den kain't hev him,
Fob he's Baptis', sah.
No iow-down Bsptis' heEetie
Sc biegotty ez he
Shall neves cut de ha'r upon
4 Meferdls' like me-"
"But Prstt's barber Just as good
As any on the list;
A splendid barber. and besides
An earnest Me;hodist.''
''He am a Merferdis', know
But | kain't train wiy Pratt
Bekase | am Publican
An he's Dimmerkrat."
but there is Bangs. a Methodist,
very righteous man,
Methodist in high repute,
A good Republican
''But he's komerpsff, the wretch,
Ez bad ez he can De,
An he kain't cut the wool on sich
An allopaf ez me.
Il strn's .oh righteousness, | does.
= Fob troof an muffin less;
No Baptis' trash an homerpafs
Can suit my piousnes-
Wen some good barber comes to town.
MefeTdis' fair an squar',
An allopaff an Publican.
Wy he can s< my ha'r."
Sam. Walter Foss
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Minor Fiction.

.'Moliie's Prince" by Rosa Nouchette
Carey, is one of those dainty and charm
ing tales for girls In which Miss Carey
excels. When her name appears upon
the cover Of book there is never any
doubt of what will be found inside The
maidens are always sweet, attractive
and well-bred. there is always fairy
godmother with some thousands OF
pounds for magic. and the fairy prince
always comes to Hight at precisely the
right time. In the present book Miss
Carey has treated herself to two hero
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Biddy.

When Biddy goes, what rapture fills
My beings core! New luster glows
From hearth and wall and window sill;
These things get busted, suppose,
When Biddy goes.
When Biddy goes the sseak is rare;
My morning cup her absence shows;
The kettle laughs, the range fire glows:
The omelet's served without compare;
| kiss the dear cook meath the rose,
When Biddy goes.
When Biddy goes, my soul's my own
My house my castle; plenty flows;
l gain in actual adipose.
My wife's queen upon her throne,
Dispensing comfort. JOY, repose.
When Biddy goes.
When I,iddy goes, the sweet old ways
Come back TO mock this day Of shows
The mutual service that love pays,
The thrift, the cheer, the Jest, the praise,
The nominees ones walls inclose-
When Biddy goes.
But this rejection makes me sad;
Our bliss may end in no one knows
? What dolor; for our urgent adj
Vertisement dogs her flying toes,
When Biddy goes
The Century.
The times., 1898-12-11

Morris Resented, whose volume of po-
ems In Yiddish has been making some
thing of a literary sensation. is the de-
scendant of generations of fishermen. He
was born in Suwalf. Poland. and during
fishing expeditions with his father and
grandfather his Imagination was excited
by their weird stories and songs.
The times., 1898-12-11
A Martial Elegy for Some Lead Sol
dicrs.

For certain soldiers lately dead
Our reyerent dirge shall here be said
Them, when their martial leader called,
No dread preparative appalled,;
But leaden-hesrted, leaden-heeled,
! marked them stesdiast in the field
Death grimly sided with the foe,
And smote each leaden hero low
Proudly they persisted. one by one:
The dread Pea-cannon's work was done,
o not for them the tears we shed.
Consigned TO their congenial lead;
But while unmoyed their sleep they take,
We mourn for their dear Captains sake,
For their dear Captain. who shall smart
Both in his pocket and his heart,
Who saw his heroes shed their gore
And lacked shilling to buy more
Robert Louis Stevenson.
The times., 1898-12-11

What does the standing army of Russia amount
to? RAILROAD.
On a peace footing the Russian army
consists of $4,000 men: on a war basis.
this is increased to 100000 men. The
various reserves amount to about 100000
more.
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did not need rest after all. In telling Of
the occurrence he adds philosophicaliy:
What else can you expect from fanatics who
deliberately strangle the common sense with
which Mother Nature thought fit to endow thems
The second volume is full of reproduc-
tions of Inscriptions and photographs of
implements. relics and other articles char
ecterstic of Mongolia. To Orientalists
this volume will be especially interesting.
(New York: Harper & Bros. SOD
The times., 1898-12-11
LITERARY NOTES.

Mrs John Richard Green has history
of England in preparation which is said
TO be particularly well suited to use in
the public schools She was of no little
assistance to her husband in the prepara-
ton of his short History of the English
People
The times., 1898-12-11

'Dwellers in Gotham; Romance of
New York." by Amman Dale. is announced
for publication by Messrs. Eaton & Mains.
The times., 1898-12-11

: Chapman & Hall. of London, published
almost Immediately after the Soudan
campaign "Sirdar and Khalifa: or, the
Reconquest Of the Soudan." which con-
tains portraits Illustrations. maps and a
plan Of the battle which settled the cam
paign. 1t is said to be very good book
OF reference. despite the swiftness of Its
production.
The times., 1898-12-11

The Lippincotts have lately published
THE War With SPAIN" a book by
Charles Morris.
The times., 1898-12-11

Edmund James Carpenter, author of "a
Woman of Shawmut." is now reading the
proof of his book on Hawaii
The times., 1898-12-11

Stephen Crane is in Havana completing
a novel dealing with the war
The times., 1898-12-11

The centenary of the great humanita-
rian poet" as the London papers de-
scribe Thomas Hood, has recently been
celebrated in England. His tomb was
erected in 1851, in Kensai Green Cemetery.
where it was placed by public subscrip-
ton
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NOTES AND QUERIES.

When did the Cars peace proposal appear,
C. A. Z.
1t was sent to the foreign ambassadors
on Wednesday, August "a; the Official
Gazette, of st. Petersburg, published IL
on Saturday. August q, and the Europe
an and American papers on Monday, Au-
gust 90
The times., 1898-12-11

A new life of Marie Bashkirtseff is to
be published in England.
The times., 1898-12-11

The Boston Public Library has accepted
from Miss Lillian Whiting a large collec-
ton of autograph letters written to the
late Kate Field by the Brownings. Walter
Savage Landor, George Eliot, Dickens.
Anthony Troiiope. f. C. Stedman. Helen
Hunt. Madame Ristori, DR.. Schliemann
and other notable people. With the col
lection there is to be placed a reproduc-
tion of the portrait of Kate Field by We'd
der, signed by him. the original of which
Is in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.
The times., 1898-12-11

The Critic for December reproduces two
amusing sketches of Mr.. and Mrs. r. H
Stoddard. by their son. Lorimer Stod-
dard made "a Ia Beardsley.'' to show
that the Beardsley manner is not so very
difficult after all.
The times., 1898-12-11

The literary editor Of Chicago paper
discovered the other day that several
of Boston's most select literary shops look
down on the Granary Burying Ground
Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Small, Maynard
& Co., Lamson, Wolfe & Co., the Athe-
naeum Library and the new Congrega-
tional building, all gather round this
"city of the dead 1t was good of the
Chicago editor not to make any insin-
uations about it. After all, it is much
better to build ones most aristocratic
office structures round a graveyard than
to go without light and air entirely. or
to uproot the dead people and cart them
off to some grand new cemetery.
The times., 1898-12-11

Maurice Thompson. in an article on
James Whitcomb Riley, loftily remarks
that 1t is not everything which catches
the herd that is permanently valuable
even to hinds"-and he seems to have
some doubt of the permanency of Riley's
dialect poems just because they are writ
ten in dialect. He says that they .'are
not representative of the civilization at
present controlling Indiana" but nobody
supposes that they are. He says that
verse that is permanent is '.set in the
forms of high literature" and then he
cites the ''warbling'' of Burns to prove
one of his points. The reminder is most
unfortunate for Mr. Thompson. Who
knows anything about Burns poems set
in the forms of high literature at the
present time? And who would willingly
forget Tam o. Shanter." or the odes to
the field-mouse and the daisy, or Ca the
yowes to the knowes?' These lyrics
have their charm in spite of the fact that
not one person in ten who delights in
them understands them word by word.
and that glossary arthe end of pop
ular edition of Burns is an absolute ne
cessity. 1t will be a long time before any
glossary is needed for Mr.. Riley's works
He has written n considerable amount of
rubbish. but some of his lyrics have the
ring of true poetry: and they are mainly
those written in dialect verse.
The times., 1898-12-11

Are there any publications in the United States
devoted to the subject OF womsn's rightsg
Tn. II.
Yes; the following are some: THE
Woman's Tribune" bi-weekly, Washing
ton; "The Friend of Home" monthly,
Effingham, ILL.,; Club Life monthly.
Quincy, ILL.,: 1.-The Woman's Column
and the ''Woman's Journal" weeklies.
published in Boston: ''Woman's Weekly
Omaha, Neb., and the wisconsin Citi-
zen," monthly, Brodhead, Wis.
The times., 1898-12-11

The KrShiz tell further. that on the top Of
Mns-tagh-ata there exists an ancient city named
.Ianaidar. which built in the days when
universal happiness and universal peace regned
throughout the world. But since that time there
has been intercourse between the people of
Janaidar and the inhabitants of the earth. Con-
sequently the former still enjoy an existence Of
unbleinished happiness In the city of bliss there
fruit trees which bear magnificent fruit all
the year round, flowers which never wither, wo-
men who never grow old and never lose their
beauty. The choicest pleasures of life are as
common there as bread; death, cold. and dark
ness are banished from its confines forever.
In word. Mus-taghata resembles Mount De-
mavend in Northern Persia, and ether strikingly
conspicuous mountains. in being invested with
halo OF mystery and made the-c center of tis-
sue OF fantastic legends and stories. The half
wild kirghiz look upon it as a holy mountain,
and regard il with profound reverence and fear.
DR.. Hedin went to Chinese dinner par
The times., 1898-12-11

What are ten OF the greatest events in church
and state history of this year. 1887 ]. 7. B.
There have been no important events in
church history this year; the church in
the various countries has gone on the
even tenor of its way, sometimes having
an unusual ceremony tsuch as the Epis-
copal convention in Washington, but un-
dergoing no especial strain or stress from
any unusual circumstance In State his
tory these events are notable: The reviy-
al of the Dreyfus agitation in France
which may yet end in the overthrow OF
the present republic: the great Italian
bread riots in April and May. during which
more persons were killed than were killed
in our war: our war with Spain. with de-
tails of the defeat Of the Spaniards at
Manila. the annexation of Hawaii and the
defeat of Spain at Santiago; the Canadian
conference at Quebec, just renewed in
Washington. the British reconquest of
the Soudan; the murder of the Empress
of Austria; the Cars peace proclamation.
and the visit of the Emperor of Germany
to the East We have laughed at the
theatrical surroundings OF this visit. but
it has been Of great Importance to Ger
many and will be Of Importance to the
world.
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the SOl up tHlll-
self and later quotes n letter to the
president of Yale College, in which
Franklin at the age of eighty-four gave
his creed
II was that there was one God. who governed
the world. who should be worshiped, to whom
the most acceptable service was doing good to
man, and who would deal justly with the i'm
mortal souls OF men.
'sAs 10 Jesus Of Nazareth, my opinion of whom
you particularly desire, ] think his system of
morals and his religion, as he left them to us,
the best the world ever saw, or is like to see !;
but / apprehend it has received various corrupt
ing changes, and have. with most of the pres
ent dissenters in England, some doubts as to his
Divinity; though it is question do not dogma
tize upon. having never studied it, and think it
needless to. busy myself with it now, when | ex-
pect an opportunity OF knowing the truth
with less trouble. ] see no harm, however, in
its being believed, if that belief has the good
consequence, as probably it has, Of making his
doctrines more respected and more observed; es-
pecially as | do not perceive that the Supreme
Being takes it amiss. by distinguishing the un-
believers in the government of the world with
any peculiar marks of his displeasure.
II shall only add, respecting myself, having ex-
perienced the goodness of that Being In con-
Quoting me prosperously through long life
have no doubt Of its continuance in the next,
though without the smallest conceit OF meriting
such goodness.
'P s. confde that you will not expose me to
criticisms and censures by publishing any part
OF this communication to yor. | have ever let
others enjoy their religious sentiments without
rejecting them for those that appeared to me
unsupportable or even absurd. Ali sects here
and we have great variety, have experienced my
good will in assisting them with subscription.
for building their new places Of worship; and
as have never opposed any OF their doctrines j
hope to go out Of the world at peace with then
| all"
There is a SNUG. self-complacent salts
faction about this attitude which is not
very beautiful, but was decidedly charac-
teststic of Franklin. But, after all, per-
haps 1t is not worse than the religious
sentiments expressed by other people OF
the period. Franklin was an eighteenth.
/ century man, and there was great dea
The times., 1898-12-11

When was there total eclipse Of the sun visi-
bic in this country7 TELEPHONE
There was a total eclipse of the sun
visible only in Alaska, so far as the
United States was concerned, on August
SO. 1886; but this really is not what you
are after. The last total eclipse of the
sun visible in America was on January
l, 1889: the totality lasted about two hours
at most Even this eclipse was not yisi-
BILE east OF a line drawn from Hudson
Bay to New York city.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-27

arrangement. The cartridges are
thrown into a hopper and the action of
the gun when fired thrusts them into
the barrel. Two men can keep the gun
going as long as the ammunition holds
out, one man firing, the other loading
the magazine. 1t is phase of modern
war that has never been tried in ac-
ton, and, like good many more Of
the new ideas in fighting, may prove
when tried in earnest to have many
drawbacks that have been overlooked
1t is not thought, however, that these
can offset the numerous advantages
that the cyclist soldier will have over
the cavalryman. If the latters horse
is killed he runs the risk of capture.
If the cycle soldiers wheel is smashed
he runs the same risk, but the bicycle
stands less chance Of being disabled
than the horse, for it presents a very
small mark for bullet, and, laid fiat
on the ground, is almost safe from be-
ing hit
The cyclist can make better time on
a good road than a horse, and can
country when the wheel could not
travel the horse would again have the
advantage.
The bicycle needs no provender and
is not likely to collapse when roughly
used so as to be beyond hope of re-
pair. The bicycle Is almost noiseless.
Through the dark roads a squad of
wheelmen can steal like phantoms and
perform duties that a noisy cavalry
troop could never attempt.
1t seems probable, therefore, that the
bicycle contingent will play a most i'm
portant part in a future war, and the
offers of the patriotic wheelmen of the
country to enroll themselves into COM
panies has naturally been received with
satisfaction by the war department.
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versal admiration for Senator Proctor's
recent description of his experiences
and observations in Cuba. The delivery
Of that speech seems destined to mark
an epoch; It's words to become classic,
at least in general remembrance. Rare
ly, if ever, has there been so forcible
an example of the power Of naked
truth, Of the strength Of simplicity, and
Of the conviction which candor car
ries. Henceforward, for all who be-
neve that right not expediency should
be the national conscience, there will
be q gospel according to Proctor to
sustain and forttfy their faith.
The Pension Rolls.
In regard to publishing the pension
rolls. Mr.. Stevens is prepared to vote
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-27

in the negative Admittfhgfthat there
have been frauds. he thinks that these
can best be cured by the employment
of special agents. He feels that the
conduct of the pension bureau has been
honest and that the greater part of
the evil is due to the reckless way in
which private bills have been passed
by congress. He is opposed to publica-
ton; first, because Of the vast expense
incident to it, which he estimates at
half million; and then because it
would be boon to pension agents,
who are far from his ideal of proper
recipients of any gratuity.
Mr.. Stevens believes in civil service
reform, in SO much as the phrase i'm
plies a merit system; but for the pres
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-27

emit methods of administration he has
naught but words of censure. He de-
nounces them as extravaganza and alb
surdly extended; as Humbug in short,
with a capital H and a vast aggrega-
ton Of insects. Tenure of office, he
favors, but not life tenure Why, he
asks. should there's not be the same
enforced retirement asoprevails in the
army and navy? Why should one-half
Of the governments clerks do all the
work in order to keepsnp a perpetual,
patriarchal exposition2I Why examine
porters and scrub women, as If there
We're grammar of theupail and a rule
Of three Of the brMont? AS for con-
fidential positions-well, how would
you like to dictate your correspond
ence to the stenoRrapher Of your polit-
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their wives relatives in the Cuban
cause pronounced "Cubean' bv some)
he was ready then to vote for liberal
appropriations so as to make the coun-
try as strong as it is eXtensive--to
free it from the shame of becoming a
second China in International affairs
Now, when the period of bathos has
been succeeded by one of honest in
dlgnation, he is even more settled in
his views on behalf Of comprehensive
system of national defense. He advo-
Gates no half measures with regard to
Cuba. When the proper time comes,
and he feels that Mckinley is the
proper time-keeper, he is for an in
tervention, armed If necessary, which
shall bring Spanish misrule to an end
Mr.. Stevens shares in the almost uni