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The times., 1898-07-31

sentences are involved, his rhetoric bad,
and his dicticn often slipshod. When.
Tor example, he says in the beginning of
chapter that Columbus was "a type
of the Spanish navigator of the fifteenth
and sixteenth centuries he gives the
impression that Columbus was a Span
lard, for most people will not see how
a man can be typical Spanish navigat-
or If he is an Italian On the page be-
fore this we have the expression the
taint of peffidy tossed to and fro in that
age, which inclineS one to wonder just
what sort of thing Prof Harrison sup
poses taint to be. There are multi
lures Of metaphors as badly mixed as
this, and many other expressions which
are not absolutely incorrect, but are not
good English when employed in serious
work. Most people are more or less
careless about their language at best,
but it really seems as if college profess
or writing a history of so ambitious
nature as this, might refrain from speak
of "a calling satire which rang like
clarion" and depicted something or
other and saying palaces, paint
ings and poems came flowing in rich
stream from the fingers Of somebody
or other. Possibly Prof. Harrison has
been studying Spanish literature till he
has caught its peculiar tone. 1t is more
likely that he has gone at his task with
out proper appreciation of the fact that
the writing of history is serious busi-
ness, and demands something more than
a notebook, a typewriter and the use OF
a library. A history ought to be litera-
ture. and it ought TO be instructive; and
this history of Spain is neither the one
nor the other.
1t is well, however, to observe that
none of these objections applies to Mr..
Adams work in the introduction and
the concluding chapters. His introduc-
ton is a clear, comprehensive and we'll
written study of the kingdom of Spain,
and his part of the history is concise
and accurate statement of facts. tThe
Werner Company, Akron, Ohio)
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CURRENT VERSE.
Crusaders.


"God so wills it, God SO wills itl'' twice four
hundred years ago.
Rang the cry when men heroic sprang 10 arms
against the foe.
Tackled the crosses to their shoulders, journeyed
into distant lands
Christ's beloved tomb delivered from polluting
Pagan hands.
"God so wills it, God so wills itP' call to
battle swelling high,
Came today the sacred summons here beneath
an alien sky;
Sumomns to US new Crusaders, we have heard
and obey:
Go from living tomb to rescue bleeding free
dom where she lay,
Through the mouth of our swift cannon, blaz-
ing shell and bursting bomb,
In a voice OF fiery thunder He shall speak who
bade US come;
Like a tempest like whirlwind, shall His
breath from land and sea
Sweep the realm of blood and teTror-His aveng-
ing arm are We!
flaming sword
Trusted thus to bear before Him, He the SOW
ereign King and Lordi
God of battles, God of freedom, Judge of ma
tions and of laws.
Choosing us among the peoples champions Of
Thy holy cause
Grant we keep that cause untainted, in our
triumph's glorious hour,
By one baser thought Of conquest, greed OF gain
or pride of power!
Grant our streaming banners ever embIems OF
eternal right.
Richer than the tints Of morning, fairer than
the stars OF night
Still proclaim, we followed followed, pressing
on from height TO height,
But the path Thy hand has traced us, in I'M
mortal lines OF light!
Stuart Sterne in Springfield Republican.
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..rhe Hundred. and other stories. !,

r.
A new book Of short stories by Ger
trude Hail is THE Hundred, and Other
Stories" Two Of the tales are really
clever, but the others seem to have 10
particular excuse for being. The one
which gives its name TO the book. The
Hundred" is a charming little sketch of
rich, fashionable and impulsive woman,
an uncouth but thoughtful kitchen maid.
poor little child, and a hundred dolls.
The last story in the collection, "Chloe.
Chloris and Cytherea," is also clever,
though the reader is tempted to wonder
whether ii would not have been more eff
feetive if the characters had had ordina-
ry everyday names instead of the Addi-
sonian ones with which they are adorned
The idea is an original one, and well
worked out, and the authors intention in
bestowing classical names upon her
characters was doubtless TO make the
situation appear typical rather than real
istic. The telling of the story has a
whimsical. half-pathetic grace of its own.
and there is a lesson in it which will ap-
peal TO more than one maiden of the
hammock-and-tennis age Brief
ly, it is this: Chloris, a girl with only a
fair amount of good looks, has always
regarded one Damon, whom she has
known from childhood, as her peculiar
property. Just as things seem to be on
the verge of a climax, there comes upon
the scene one Cytherea, a beauty, with a
wonderful grace and charm in her ways
and her clothes, and Chloris is attacked
by that horrible disease, jealousy.
Fleeing from the scene of her misery.
she arrives at the mountain home of her
friend, Fidele, where, in course of
time, she finds that she is superseding
one Chloe in the affections of one Deme1-
rius. The humor and the pathos of the
situation strike her all at once, and she
returns home quite prepared to be philo-
sophical In the meantime, Cytherea has
departed, leaving Damon a miserable
man, and he naturally returns to his old
love for consolation. We are led to infer
that exactly the same thing happens in
the forsaken hamlet in the mountains
Chloris has a vision of a long line of
Chloes, on the one hand. and Cythereas,
on the other; every Chloe a Cytherea TO
the girl next beneath. And there is
where the moral comes in and the story
ends It is a good wholesome moral,
what there is of it. (New York: Harper
& Bros.)
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nobody but chivalrous man can possi-
bly, have the sense or the goodness to in
quire into the true history of this pre-
dicament or believe it when Vt is told.
In the course of the development of the
plot every woman on board treats Miner
va as a pariah. and a rather eccentric
Kansas man who is represented as only
too chivalrous for his own good, chai-
lenges Ralstone to a duel. Altogether
the situation is rather strained. and
there seems to be no way TO bring the
story to a comfortable conclusion ex-
cept 10y the marriage of the young couple,
which is accordingly arranged. 1t is diff
ficult to know what would have become
of them if they had not CONSIDERABLY
fallen in love with each other (New
York: Harper & Bros.)
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Compensation.

Between New Gross and London Bridge
peered from a thil dclass SMOKER
Over the grimy waste of roofs
Into the yellow ochre.
eve were all of us bound on the daily round
OF dreary money-making,
We were all OF US doomed to desk mart
Till the evening star was wakiDg.1
When 10! from the midst of the chimney-pots
Uprose brave three-master
With brand-new canvas ON every spar,
AS fair as aabaster.
And gazing that gallant sight
In moments space or sooner,
The smoke gave place to a southern breeze
The train to bounding schooner.
Again the vessel stood to sea,
Majestic, snowy -breastcd;
Again great ships rode nobly by
On purple waves, foam crested:
Again we passed mysterious coasts;
Again soft nights enwound us;
Again the rising revealed
Strange fishing craft around US;
The spray was salt. the cordage creaked :
When-bump--we reached the station.
What did care though the fog there,
With this-for compensation?
London Spectator.
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The crowded way.
Lights Out.

How often in our little boat
On summer evenings We would foat
Careless of time OF east and west.
Ceasing from idle talk and Jest,
AS o'er the waters restless flow,
Drifted in cadence sweet and low,
That plaintive bugle-call-
Lights out!
How through the old fort it would ring,
Strange echoes from the casemates bring.
While we would wait, our oars at rest
Upon the rivers peaceful breast,
And watch the yellow lampgleams die
At the silvery warning sigh
OF that plaintive bugle-cali--
Lights outi
From far-off camp, from land of fears,
Ger wastes of distance, parting, tears,
Comes the familiar sound of old
Our life in darkness to enfold
Alone, upon life's troubled sea,
The fatefUl message comes To me.
OF that plaintive bugle-call-
Lights out,
Gertrude F. Lynch, in the Chap-Book.
The times., 1898-07-31
The Bumble Bee,s Song.

This song of the bumbe-bee
He sings for you and me-
As he buzzes about the vine
Where the morning glories shine
80, good my little gentlemen, the world is all
a-irmhle
With pretty maids and pleasant glades and
blossoms IN the sun!
O, good. my little ladies', there is no cause to
grumbe,
The weather's fine the hours mine, the morn
ings well begun,''
Thus singeth Sir Bumble
With many a stumble.
As he buZzes about the vine!
But he blunders along
And sings his low song,
As he. sips the nectar fine.
Annie Willis Mccullough, in st. Nicholas.
The times., 1898-07-31
SOIlg.

wind is astir in my garden
Who spills the rose to death,
/ will not, viii not hesrken
The bitter thing he saith.
A sinister strange intruder,
He chills my heart with fear;
Wrecked dreams and ruined visions
At his approach draw near.
BY the dial's menacing finger
The sweet hours wither and fall,
And the shadows leer and whisper
Along my garden wall.
For they know the viewless stranger,
With colder eyes than dawn,
The rustic OF whose footstep
Tells me that youth is gone
William Carman Roberts.
The times., 1898-07-31

The Critic announces that the balloting
of its readers for a subject for M. Bru-
netiere's promised essay on some branch
of contemporaneous French literature has
resulted in a verdict for the drama. M.
Brunetiere expects TO revisit America be-
fore long, and is especially desircus of
seeing something of the great West.
The times., 1898-07-31
81 Love You, Dear

There is no phrase so worn and old
In all the world, nor one so sweet
To lovers lips or maiden's ear
As this refrain. 81 love you, dear"
81 love you, DEAR
There is no change as time goes on:
No new words seem 10 mean so much
As when L y're uttered fondly near,
In trembling tones: 81 love you, DEAR"
az love you, DEAR
No night so dark, no day so long,
But hope brings comfort to the heart,
II only "some one" standeth near
To murmur low, 'I love you. dear"
-Rehoboth Sunday Herald
The times., 1898-07-31

The late Sir Henry Havelock-Allan, son
of Gen. Havelock. the hero of the Indian
mutiny, left an immense mass of man
uscript, which is to be used in writing a
new and exhaustive biography of the
great general.
The times., 1898-07-31


The Bookman for August is an unusu-
ally good number, full of spicy obser-
vations and interesting news. One of the
best things in it is bunch of parodies
by A. T. Quiller-Couch pronounced
Cooch, if you please}. AS a rule, the
parody is one of the inexcusable forms of
art and the only suitable reward for the
parodist is death; but this is the excep-
tion that proves the rule. These particu-
lar specimens were written for the Ok
ford Magazine, while the author was in
college, and deal mostly with college mat
ters. In the half dozen so quoted by
the Bookman are parodies on Poe, Cow
per. Tennyson, Bret Harte, Walt Whit
man, Swinburne and Browning. They are
very good verses. They show the touch
of the master hand. Particularly delecta-
BILE are "Caliban upon Rudiments," by
r. B-g, and Behold, / Am Not One
that Goes ito Lectures" by w. W-n.
But they must be read to be appreciated.
Another original feature of this num-
ber is a Literary Map of the United
States" by Paul Wilstach, formerly lit
erary editor of The Times, and now on
the staff efiThe Bookman. Although it is
explicitly stated that the names of sew
eral American authors have been omit
ted because they have failed 10 identify
themselves with any one State" one feels
moved to ask why Maine should have
been labeled unclaimed" when Noah
Brooks Sarah Orne Jewett and Mrs
Stowe have each devoted from one to
four books to ITS people; whether Harry
Stllwell Edwards and Richard Malcolm
Johnston have not fair claim TO Geor-
gia and whether East Angels" Horace
Chase and Jupiter Lights" have not
staked out the Florida coast for Con-
stance Fenimore Woolson? The New Or
leans stories of Grace King are also
worth a place beside Cables; and if Mrs
Stowe captures a part OF Kentucky by
virtue of "Uucle Toms Cabin" why
should she not have a small corner Of
North ChTolina by virtue of "Dred,"
nearly every scene of which is located in
that State?
As a matter of fact. however, Mrs.
Stowe really belongs in New England.
and particularly in Maine. ''Oldtown
Folks "The Pearl or Orr's Island
Sam Lawson and THE Minister'S Woo
ing" are all stories of that locality, and
the book which made her fame world
wide deals more with Louisiana than
with any other State. Another question
which arises at sight of this map is why
Connecticut should be associated with
Kate Douglas Wiggin and Mary E. WIKI
ins. If Mrs. Wiggin belongs anywhere
II Is in California. Miss Wilkins. also is
a Massachusetts woman, and most of her
New England tales have a decided Bay
State flavor. New Hampshire is a sort of
literary hunting-ground where mum
Der of story teilers have gone cunning for
material, but Celia Thaxter and her
isles of Shoals" and Annie Trumbull
Slosson with Seven Dreamers," belong
entirely TO the Granite State. The idea
Is an interesting one. however. and it
would be a good thing for the various lit
erary societies in this land to provide
themselves with a blank map and spend
an evening pleasantly and profitably fill
ing II out.
The times., 1898-07-31

M. Constantine Balmont, Russian
writer, makes the singular statement that
Edgar Allan Poe has in Russia many
more admirers and friends than can be
claimed for him in America.
The times., 1898-07-31

A book that is eagerly awaited is Geh.
F'itzhugh Lees personal observations of
Spanish rule in Cuba. published under
the title, "Cubas Struggle Against
Spain, by the International Society.
The times., 1898-07-31
NOTES AND QUERIES.

Has the United States a naval officer with the
rank OF admiral? un ~ sAe
The United States has no admiral in
Hs navy There have been two adni-
rails: Farragut and Porter. Since the Isr
ter's death, we have had only rear-admi-
rails.
The times., 1898-07-31

An interesting book ON the modern his
tory of Formosa is being printed in To-
kio, Japan, by Messrs. Kelly and Walsh.
The author is Mr.. James w. Davidson,
United States consular agent on that ISL
and He has been a newspaper corre-
spondent in the Far East for three years,
was with Tie Chinese army during the re-
bellion for three months, and with the
Japanese army of occupation for SIX
months. He had the delight of making
unlimited scoops" being the only news
paper correspondent on the island His
book Will be an extra octave OF some
four hundred pages, with numerous Illus
trations.
The times., 1898-07-31
The EOOtfall.

There was merry step within the garden,
When | WAS little and the world was new;
! never dreamed that it Time, the warden,
And that it was for him the roses grew,
And pansies blue
Now, on the common road, with tramp OF thun.
de..
foot hear that does not turn or STAY
And after it. the tumult and the wonder
OF hurrying folk that throng by night and
day.
The crowded way.
Soon l shall reach an ample inn and olden,
And lie at ease upon quiet bed;
No foot shall echo in the court withhoden,
And Time shall steal away with soundless tread,
When l am dead
Margaret Armour. in New York Tribune.
The times., 1898-07-31

"Andree.s Balloon Expedition" by
Henri Lachambre and Alexis Machuron,
is a book lately published by Frederick A.
Stokes Company. The authors are the ex-
perts in aerostatics who accompanied An
dree to Spitzbergen and saw him ascend.
The times., 1898-07-31

Which ranked the higher at the time of the
destruction Of the Maine, schley or sampson?
G., TWO SIDES
Schley; ne was number ten on the list
OF eommodores, while Sampson was num-
Der TWO on the list Of captains
The times., 1898-07-31

The Bookman inquiries with innocent
gravity whether Capt. Robley ID. Evans
evey says anything without swearing.
The Bookman has been reading the yell
low correspondence of yellow journals.
The times., 1898-07-31

tio't what constitutes blockade that foreign na-
O. .NP'Sti j. J. NJ.
one that another nation must respect
y one that we can compel them to re-
sPeSt. 40 maintain blockade that neu-
fective: that is, the chances of $780,
1ui blockade running must be kept down
10 minimum
The times., 1898-07-31
The book is published simultaneously in
four languages.

OF all Zola's $ books, La Debacle' has
had the largest sale in France.
The times., 1898-07-31

The Century Company will publish in
the autumn book of adventure on sea
and land entitled The World Rough
Hand" by II. Phelps Whitmarsh. Mr.
Whitmarsh has been a foremast sailor.
beach comber." a pearl diver and an
Australian .-sun downer." He has thus
had the opportunity to gather much in
teresting material, and he knows how 10
handle it,
The times., 1898-07-31

New York Nocturnes, by Charles G.
d. ROBBERS, is announced for publication
by Lamson, Wolfe & Co.
The times., 1898-07-31

''By the Aurelian Wall, and Other Ele-
gfes," by Bliss Carman, is announced
among the forthcoming publications OF
Lamson, Wolfe & Co 1t is said 10 be a
book of greater merit than anything Mr..
Carman has yet published, and that Is
high praise.
The times., 1898-07-31

What is the oficiaI flag Of the Hawaiian -
Puole READER
The Hawaiian flag is the same now
mat 1t was when the kingdom was in
existence. It's field is divided into nine
horizontal stripes of white red and blue
alternately; the union shows the Eng
lish union flag on it's blue ground. The
flag is not pretty. and is incorrect her.
aldicy.
The times., 1898-07-31

Are gold and silver ever found in erystals7
r. L. 8.
e,6 Gold is found frequently in crystals.
aiiVer is also found in crystals.
The times., 1898-07-31

The late Sir Richard Burton is said to
have left behind him some twenty manu-
scripts, large and small. 1t was his Gus
tom to work at four or five different
books al a time Among the manuscripts
are the Lyrics of Camoens." transla-
ton from the Hindostxnee of Pilpay's fa-
bles, after the manner of the Arabian
Nights, an chronological study of the Ak
kas, the pygmy rlce of. Central Africa,
and some West African and Syrian trav-
els
The times., 1898-07-31

In case the squadrons now commanded by Rear
Admiral Dewey and Acting Rear Admiral samp-
son were 20 be concentrated who would be the
ranking officer and have commando j. RC
Unless special orders were issued d.
recting Otherwise Admiral Dewey. be-
ing ranking officer, would take command
Of the united fleets.
The times., 1898-07-31

The news comes from Chicago that The
Dial has swallowed the ChapBook. both
of that city The Chap-Book was chiefly
remarkable for the number of its mi-
tators. Within six months after its ap-
pearance a hundred and fifty or more
small and Decent magazines of bizarre
appearance sprang up in different parts
of the country, and most of them died
natural death within year.
The times., 1898-07-31

John Oliver Hobbies IS writing two
comedies. one for Ellen Terry and one
for Charles Wyndham.
The times., 1898-07-31

Not every one knows that an English
edition of the Bigelow Papers, illustrated
by Cruikshank was published i'm 1883 by
John Camden Hotten, of Piccadilly. One
of the illustrations has a particular in1
terest in view of reports from Cuba. 1t
accompanies one of the many lines about
the "alarmin kinds of varmin" which
are to be found in Mexico, and pictured
a crab about the size of a horse, walk
ing up to group of terrified natives.
The times., 1898-07-31

',rhe Eye of Istar: A Romance of the
Land of No Return by William LIE
Queux, is announced among the publ
cations of Frederick A. Stokes Company.
Mr. LIE Queux is the author of "Zoraida," :"
a story of the harem and the Great Sa-
hara, and the present story deals with
like fascinating themes.
The times., 1898-07-31

What has become of the monitors Terror and
AmphItritef Have heard nothing from them
since the bombardment Of Porto Rico
ALBANY
The Terror is attached to the North
Atlantic fleet and is commanded by
Capt Nicol Ludlow. She is supposed
10 be on the blockade of Havana The
Amphitrite, commanded by Capt Charles
j. Barclay. is attached 70 the same feet,
and IS believed to be doing much the
same service.
The times., 1898-07-31

A new novel by Clark Russell. entitled
1.-The Romance of a Midshipman'' is to
appear in the autumn.
The times., 1898-07-31

A new book by Paul Leicester Ford
called "Tattle Tales of Cupid is to be
published in the autumn. 1t will con-
tain. besides several short stories, two
plays for the benefit of amateurs, entitled
1.-The Best Laid Plans,' and Man Pro-
The times., 1898-07-31

Prof Knight, of st. Andrews has CIV
en- to Dove Cottage. the old home of
Wordsworth, now the property of the
British nation, a valuable collection of
his own. 1t includes a number of edi-
tions of Wordsworth's poems. some por-
traits, sketches and engravings, original
manuscript, letters of the poet. and more
than 1000 letters from men of note con-
cerning Wordsworth and his work.
The times., 1898-07-31

A volume of stories by Henry Harland
(Sidney Luska) has been published by
John Lane. The title is Comedies and
Errors" For the last few years Mr..
Harland has been editor of The Yellow
Book.
The times., 1898-07-31

Are persons going from the United States 10
foreign ports. or coming from foreign ports into
the United States. required 10 have passport,
and why? c. c. :
The United States has not required
passports since a short time after the
end Of the civil war Great Britain does
not require them, either; but all cOun-
tries Of Continental Europe require them.
Passports are simply means Of identi-
flying persons, and show that the bearer
is in good standing with his government.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-11-05
ALDERMEN MEET.

An adjourned meeting of the Board Ct
Aldermen was held last night. The
contract for heating and plumbing on
the new City Building came up for
further consideration and it was finally
voted to make some changes in the
specification, the most important being
the use of two boilers instead of one.
A resolution was passed to pay Mason
Il Co. $4,000 on account, and two sewer
permits were granted.
An inquiry was made as to how much
money raised by the special tax on dogs
was now available for the purchase OF
library books and the City Clerk report
ed about $3.50.
The city dump question was brought
up and it seemed to be tho general
opinion that the Superintendent of
Streets should see that rubbish is dump
Ell where it ought to be. Alderman Dur
kee thought the dump disgrace to the
city at its best, but in its present condi-
lion, with rubbish dumped promiscously
all along Farewell street, ii ought not to
be tolerated. He suggested that the re-
fuse be raked together at the foot of the
bank and burned, and the other mem
bers of the board agreed wi ii him.
After some more discussion the board
adjourned.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-11-05
SHOES AWARDED.

The shoes that we promised inc i'e" D
bows selling the most papers o"rlnT onl w.,
popular clerk voting contest Will 10
awarded tonight. g.. .;uo =,
Sandy Morris wins the first ird ,ne pl'Ie, most
s3 90 pairof shoes, having s"l" IN 'ne '',on' hn,h
napers from Sept. 10 to Oct 81 po'n
dates inclusive. ,,;o -
Peter LaDue wins the second pliAe' - -
mir ofs s1 80 shoes having SOLD next 'lio''
n,ners in the same time. ,o
We wish to state that none ol .,';, ,no
news agency boys were ln'ln"eI pahhins III '
contest from the fact that Mr' i'ooJ',,r ,,nr
kcpt no accurate record OF me hu,''Don vhon
of OFF, TELEcRAMs each boy sold. Mnen hos.a
y. ~ started the contest the agency boys
war. yivcn a chance to compete ior l'l ,
'hoos and several of them eXpress,v,o s,,
,ha;, intention of entering the race WV WV
exnccted that they were stll' 'ry.hs. ' .a'
we t asked Mr.. Robbins for the l's' ol pa.
mers mu sold and then he told us the agency &c:
bovs had dropped out OF 'hclr oM ,;o,s II "a sr
ooTd. oOs We make these explanations :. =,
tT,ti tnat the general public will Thoroughly
."'', .',Ior.tond about this matter.