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always blame the woman in such cases.
and to my mind, it does not matter in
the least whether she were sixteen or
sixty There is a good deal of silk-pet-
ticoat and cynicism in the story and sew
eral rather unindividual lovers move list
lessly through its pages. Like the most
of the rest of the book, it lacks continuity
and force The whole volume would be
more entertaining if all the bright
sketches of character and sayings of wit
~ men and women, usually cynics could
be taken out of it and either published
by themselves or combined with the work
of some one who really understood the
making of plots. As it is. the book is
one of those in which it is difficult to keep
ones place.
(New York: Frederick A. Stokes
Company. Washington: Morrison. $1.509
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A Difficult Question for Lent.

l am so good the whole year round 1 don't know
When Lent begins and people gay swear of
I'm never gay; I'm never bad; my LIES saeri-
fee
I always do my duty and find it rather nice.
love to give up comfort, aye, at any time Of
In order that some other soul may find bit Of
And someone said not long ago-he said it unto
Ny goodness was as vicious as vicious thing
could be-
I stay away from theaters to read books to the
Instead Of riding on a bike mind the Maynard
OF women poor who have to work 50 hard the long
That for their little babies they can find no time
TO do.
In summer in the sweltering heat, amid the city's
l do not seek the seashore, but l roam about the
Tombs
And try to make the sorry lives of criminals down
there
Seem easier and happier, despite the lack OF air
Ny dress is of the simplest; some have called it
And one observed twas novel since twas 50
unuicturesQue.
It's been the same for many 4 year, because
can't afford
To dress exactly as like and still to serve the
Lord.
And 50 today am perplexed to know what l
When Lent is here and people gay swear of a
But. on the whole, think that shall buy 4
gaudy dress
As penance, and in other ways go in for selfish
-Harper's Bazaar.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-13
"Bo.ton Neighbours"

Among the Spring publications appears
Boston Neighbours IN Town and Out, ="
by Agnes Blake Poor. The cover presents
a sober and dainty design, apparently the
roof Of one Of those half-ancient, half
modern homes which are TO be found near
the Hub-homes with all the traditions Of
the Mayfiower and all the conveniences
Of modern invcstion. The russell and pale
blue Quaintness Of this cover is a good
index TO the book itself. The stories and
all Of Boston and its suburbs, Of happen
ings in that circle where, as its apostle.
Howells says, EsseXes have married Suf-
folks for 200 years. The first Of the ser
les. "Our Tolstoi Club" viii be remem-
bered as one OF the whimsical merry con-
ceits OF a certain year Of the Century
Magazine. The scene is laid in A suburb
VI Boston called by the irreverent BABY
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-13

1.-The Wild Flowers of California by
Mary Elizabeth Parsons, is a work which
will be of considerable use to sojourners
in the Land of Sunshine" 1t is illustrat-
ed very sllllfully by Margaret Warmer
Buck. Both text and illustrations are
evidently the work of enthusiastic lovers
of wild flowers. especially of Californian
wild flowers, and though the arrange
ment of the book is rather unscientitic,
the flowers being grouped according to
color and succession in the seasons, in
stead of by families, that will not trouble
the unscientific botanist who will find the
descriptions most interesting There is
no key to the book, and some arrange
ment had to be made; therefore this was
adopted.
The language of the book does not pre-
tend to be altogether scientific, either, the
flowers being described in terms remark
ably free from technical polysyllables.
There is a short technical description at
the head of the page, followed by pic
turesque and dainty description of the
home, habits and general appearance Of
the plant Here and there traditions
superstitions and bits of history con-
nected with the flower are briefly given
as in the description of the grease
wood" the gum of which is said to be
used by the Indian as q cement. Var
row. which is one of our common weeds
here as well as in California, is said to
be used in Sweden as a substitute for
hops in brewing beer, and also-save the
mark!-as a most potent love-charm.
| The colloquial names and medicinal uses
| of common herbs are also given, and it
would be a good thing for any botanist
| interested in the history and traditions
OF plants to own this book, even If not
| contemplating a California trip, because
so many common flowers are found on
| both sides the continent.
! (San Francisco: William DoXey; At the
| Sign of the Lark. Washington: Bren-
| tano. So
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CURRENT VERSE.
Song of an Angel.

At noon shower had fallen, and the cline
Breathed sweetly, and upon a cloud theFt 'AS
One more sublime in beauty than the Das,
Or all the Sons Of Time;
\ gold harp had he. and was singing there
Songs that | yearn'd 10 hear; glory Si9he
OF rosy twilightS on his CheekS-a zone
OF amaranth on his hair
He sang of joys to which the earthly heart
Hath never beat: he sang Of deafness Youth
And by the throne OF Love, Beauty and truth
Meeting, no more to part;
lie sang lost Hope, faint Faith, and vain De-
Crown'd there; great works, that on the earth
Accomplished; towers impresnable to man
Scaled with the speed OF fire;
OF Power. and Life and winged Victory
He sang of bridges strown twiNt star ana star
And hosts all armd in light for bloodless war
Pass, and repass on high;
Io! in the pauSes Of his jubilIut voice
lie leans to listen; answers from the spheres,
And mighty paeanS laundering he hears
Down the empirical skies;
Then suddenly nc cCasod-an seem'd to rest
His godly- fashion'd arm upon slope
OF that fair cloud. and with soft eyes OF nope
He pointed toward the West;
And shed on me a smile of beams, that told
OF Il bright world beyond the th1nder-piles-
With blessed fields, and hills, and happy isles,
Literature.
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f. F. Benson's New Book.

"The Vintage" a story of the Greek
war of independence, is by +, +. Benson
the author of "Dodo," who is to be con-
graduated on marked Improvement
since that work appeared This Greek
story is not tremendous novel, but IL IS
a good clean, wholesome, Interesting
tale, with people in ii who are alive ana
have no affectations nor time to develop
any. The hero, first of all engages one
sympathy. He is Mitsos, youth OF
eighteen or nineteen called by his frltIuS
Little Mitsos." despite his six feet OF
height, because he has a certain innocent
and delightful boyishness about him in all
his adventures. He is one of those youths
described by BromfieId Corey as an An
cestor-a simple, hearty, wholeSouled ana
ambitious youngster, with an idea OF duty
and some emotions. and a good, shrewd
mother wit Of his own. There Is no pose
about him, and if he is an Ancestor, ne
does not know it. which is one OF the
prime qualifications for that place THIS
boy appears in the first chapter chasing
a cat, being still a thorough boy His
evolution into lover is described in a
humorous and sympathetic way. and as
at the same time he is being made into
a fighting man. the process is an interest
ing one to watch.
Another interesting character in the
tale is Nitsos' uncle Nicholas an attn
letic hero who is the demigod of his
young nephew, and still another for
few pages here and there, is Suleima,
the Greek girl kept in Turkish harem,
with whom, in stolen moments, Mitsos
falls in love. There are no prettier nei-
dents in the story than those which deal
with their meeting, their half-uncon-
scious wooing, as simple and direct as If
they were 4 faun and a nymph on old
Mount Ida. and their hasty parting The
book is rather weak in its plot, if il has
one, being merely a series Of incidents,
but that does not greatly matter.
(New York: Harper & Bros. Washing
ton: All booksellers.)
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thoroughly clear that disapprovcd what you as
cribed to me. You will realize the discomfort ms
will cause YOU beg, then, that you Will neither
speak OF me, nor of France. thank you
for the interest you take in my health. should
not think ii very sincere. if | were to seek ITS
proof in your speeches in which you strive TO
tarnish my glorI-if that were possible TO man
like you, who has done nothing at all.
And so on and so on. one sees III
many of these Iet&ss. what it was that
made Napoleon great He knew exact
ly what he wanted, an how to get It,
These qualities, are rarely combined
New York: .. Appleton & co. Wash
ingtun: All bodksellers.)
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To CIeopatra's Mummy.

Beauty deceitful and favor vaini
Can it bc for this twisted sack OF bones
Legends OF passion were writ in pain,
And luStful monarchs forgot their thrones2
Be these the mangled wages OF sin:
Did the tiger crouch in this shrunkeu frame?
Could her silken sails and cohorts win
No laughter fate for 4 storied name?
Do dreams recall her those poisoned slaves,
Whose torment instructed her sultry charms
To walk seductive the way Of graves
From Antony's pillow to Deaths grim arms!
Stolid she turns but cruTnblng ear
She who was more than Pagan heaven!
Egypt as Ichabod moiders here go
'.Number six thousand eight hundred and seven!
March Atlantic.
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Journey Fellows.

wondered who 3d..
Kept pace with me as I wandered through
The mountain gOrges blue.
said to the aspen leaves.
The timorous garrulOus tribe OF the forest folk,
who people the wilderness,
When the wind is away,
And sparTows and jay
Keep silence Of noon on Summer day:
And the leaves replied,
You must question our brother, the rain Of the
mountain side.
Then | said to the rain,
The fleeing siIvery multitudes OF the rain,
Who people the wilderness,
When the noon Is still,
And valley and hill
Feel their pulses slow to the Summers wilI?'
And the rain replied,
You must ask brother the fog on the out
ward tide
Then ! said to the fog,
The ancient taciturn companies of the sea mist,
''Who people the loneliness,
When your hordCS emerge
On the gray verge.
And the wind begins his wailing dirgc:"
And the fog replied:
Inquire Of that inquisitor at your side
Then asked myself But be knew,
If report of sense be true,
No more than you.
Bliss Carman.
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I.utetfa, 1856.

Often in visions of the night l seem
To pace thy avenues with enchanted feet;
Walk thy broad bouleyards from the midday
heat
Till myriad gas Jets through the calm dusk CLEAN;
See moonlight crown NapoleOns tower supreme
Watch in the Latin Quarters darkest street
From reveling in some CavernOUs retreat.
Strange studentshapes into the cool night stream
Young hungry gods Of genius-Or where beam
Lights OF Lampsasian gardens; where IS blown
White hot the fire of folly, to turn again
Yet ever flies the spirit OF my dream
To that high garnet, where, sick, blind, alone,
Lies Heine on his pallet-prison Of pain.
March Scribner's-
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-13

The heralds cried Long live the KinsH
In clamorous shouts the throng replied;
The little children came to sing,
The gladness rippled far and wide
But underneath the jeweled crown
The King nor lifted eye nor hand;
His brow was furrowed with fTown.
His sadness blurred the smiling land.
For To- upon the ringing edge
OF that vast crowd, the King dlscerned
One, fast who held his broken pledge,
One whose hot scOrn his sin had earned.
A crimes wan ghost returned once more;
lie faced shadowy judgment seat,
And all the path grew dark before
The monaFch's shamed, victorious feet
Margaret T. Sangster.
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"Drink Hael.o

She pledged the Roman in costly draught-
That fierce Egyptian queen-and yet she threw
Only pearl into the cup she quaffed--
A pale. cold. tasteless pearl When pledge you
IN cast the love bear you in the wine
Drink haeI'' I'll say ''in this poor cup Of mine!
Drink hazel, dear lOvel Would that / could pour
My soul into the cup for you to drink,
And with that wine your fainting heart restore!
Drank hael dear loye-drink hazel! The cup,
think
Though all 100 poor, holds something else than
wine;
So drink, dear love, from this poor cup Of mine"'
-Argosy.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-13

"A Literary History of India" by r.
w. Frazer. author Of Silent Gods and
Suu-Steeped Lands" and British India
is the first of series of five works on
racial and national literature. The other
four which are in preparation. will he
on the literary history Of France. by
Marcel Schwob: that of Ireland, by Dou-
glas Hyde; that of the Jews. by Israel
Abrahams. and that of the United States,
by Barrett Wendell. Of Harvard Uniyer-
sity. The intellectual and artistic
achievement of a nation is something
apart from her politics, and deserves, il
is considered, a chronicle by itself. The
present volume bears a motto from
Goethe:
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The ADVERTISER.

! am an advertiser great!
In letters bold and big and round
The praises OF my wares | sound
Prosperity is my estate.
The people come,
The people go,
In one continuous,
Surging flow
They buy my goods and come again,
And I'm the happicst of men;
And this the reason ! relate
] am an advertiser great!
There is a shop across the way.
Where ne'er is heard human tread
Where trade is paralyzed and dead
With ne er 4 customer = day.
The people come.
The people go,
But never there
They do not know.
There's such shop beneath the skies,
Because he does not advertise;
While | with pleasure contemplate
That I'm an advertiser great
The secret of my fortune lies
In one small fact, which ! may state,
Too many tradeSmen learn too late
II have goods, | advertise.
Then people come,
And people go
In constant streams,
For people know
That he who has good wares to sell
Win surely advertise them well;
And profoundly | reiterate,
am an advertiser great!
Eugene Fielt
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-13
LITERARY NOTES.

/. zangwiI has written an article for
the Sunday School Times. This an
nouncement may be slightly startling TO
those who are acquainted with that pub
LEGATION and with Mr.. Zangwill, but the
subject on which he writes is the sec
ond Moses-M Moses Maimonides. There
is an old Hebrew proverb concerning this
parsonage which runs: From Moses to
Moses, there was none like Moses
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-13

fresh contribution to the literature Of
Napoleon has appeared in the shape of
New Letters From Napoleon" edited by
NJ. Leon LeceStTe, which will doubtless
prove interesting to students. As may be
supposed, most of the important letters
of the great man are already included in
the published collections; the present vol
ume is a sort of collection of sweepngs.
Some OF them relate TO the EmperOr's
quarrelS with his family and with the
Pope, and were suppressed wholesale.
One, for example, contains some lively
remarks about the marriage of Luclen
Bonaparte, and others have TO do with
more or less intimate details of political
plans. The letters are unedited and give
one a picture of Napoleon as he was in
his most secret moods. with his family,
his friends and his confidential advisers
The volume must be regarded as essen
TALLY supplementary. for ii could not well
he understood without a tolerably thor
ough knowledge of Napoleon's career,
political and private, and his relations
with other public men.
The picture revealed in these letters is
an interesting one, however and may be
compared TO a series of fdSh-light pho
tographs. Napoleon IS found Cajoling,
menacing threatening, coaXing, denounc-
ing, with the utmost frankness or the
utmost fincsse as occasion demands. We
find, for instance. this, written to the
Minister of Police:
The Gazette de France seems TO me to be doing
very badly. do not know why II reports that fool
sh story OF the marriage OF the Prince Eugene with
the Queen OF Etruria. IT has many other i'm
proper items. Advise the editor TO be more sen
siblc.
And here IS another, to Louis Napoleon
King of Holland:
What can l say TO you? That which ] have
told YOU a hundred times already. You are ne
king, and you do not know how TO be a king
mention me in your public speeches; that is
mere hypocrisy, for you very well know that
everything you do is opposed to my opinion anc
! that l have often told you | foresaw the change
! ablencss and folly Of your action would ruin YOU
! kingdom. Do not, therefore, give anyone the i'm
/ preston that apli0ve Of your measures. have
/ been tempted several times to afx notes afte
in h. Ia
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-13

The April number of Scribner's Mag
azine contains the beginning of Richard
Harding Davis new serial, The King ;
Jackal." The scene is laid in Tangier;
there is a banished king, an American
girl, a prince and a newspaper cor
respondent-possibly Mr.. Davis sat for
his own portrait when it came to that
last character.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-13

Was not Speaker Crisp Of Georgia the son Of an
actor? ,. Was not Mrs. Crisp buried in Texas?
B. Please give the pronunciation OF the name
''Hayti?' r. @. W.
He was; his brother. Harry Crisp. was
also an actor. 2. We do not find any men
ton of Mrs Crisp's burial place 3. As il
spelled "High-tee.'
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NOTES AND QUERIES.

In which Of COopers novels is mention made u
rife shot that killed two birds in the air at the
point where their lines Of fight iRtersected? What
kind OF birds were they2 80. r. T.
In his Pathfinder in Chapter ri. near
the end of the chapter. The biris were
gulls, and the Pathfinder. or NaIty
Bumppo. was the marksman.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-13

There will be an edition de luxe. o:
the works of Francis Parkman IN TWEEN
ty volumes among this months public1~
tons. and it will be the work of lit
tie Brown 6; Co. The same firm viii
soon publish a new edition de luxe of
Alexander Dumas. in the fifty volumes,
which win be called the dArtagnan edi-
ton.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-13

How shall put eggs down in lime for winter
use2 &. ".
Get good. dry barrel place a layer OF
well-slacked lime on the bottom. then
place layer of eggs in it. small end
down Cover them with another layer OF
lime, and that with another layer of eggs.
and so on alternately until the barrel IS
full or the eggs exhausted Do not I'M
cover more than you need for use ut a
time.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-13

Louis Becke author of His Native
Wife" will soon publish a volume en-
titled wild Life in Southern Seas
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-13

Winston Churchill the author of
Celebrity" is d graduate of the Naval
Academy at Annapolis, was at one time
an editorial writer on the Army and
Navy Journal and was later managing
editor of the Cosmopolitan. He is now
living in ST. Louis.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-13

What proportion OF Cubans are white people? >.
What is john ID. ROckefeller's address, J. c.
SiXty-fve per cent of Cubas pOpUld-
ton is white-SnaniardS and CreOles
mostly. Besides the negroes, there is
considerable number Of coolies. p 2
Broadway. New York.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-13

Pierre Lott has written a play called
Jeanne Renaud." The plot concerns the
revocation of the Edict of Nantes.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-13

Can the President Of the United States declare
war without the consent Of Congress- n, e. C..
BY Article I. section s. paragraph II.
of the Constitution Congress alone can
declare war-that is, Congress must agree
to declare war But the President is a
part of Congress.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-13

There is to be Comic History of
Greece 1t is written by a Mr.. Snyder
and is to be published by Lippincott's.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-13

Hall Game is dramatizing THE Chris
tan" and some people will wonder how
he dares.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-13

A new novel by Gertrude Anterior,
american Wives and English Hus-
bands" is announced by Dodd, Mead &
Co,
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-13

Eugene Field in his Home" by Miss
Ida Comstock Below, sister of Mrs.
Field will be published this month.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-13

Please name the men who rowed the boat, also
the companies they belonged 20. when Benedict
Arnold escaped to the British Iines2 ]. c. c.
History does not give the names OF
these men. There We're six OF them Of
whom James Laryey was cOxswain- Lar
vey said afterwards that had he known
what Arnolds business was on board the
Vulture he would have been shot before
he would have rowed him there and his
reputation was such that he undoubtedly
told the truth.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-13

1t is reported that Thomas Hardy is
at work on a long novel which will not
resemble Jude the Obscure" The pub
lie is interested, but doubtful. 1t has be-
gun to think he cannot write any other
kind
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-13

Queen Victoria has been reading "a
School for Saints" By the way. has any
one thought to interview our President
on his favorite among the books of the
wear?
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-13

There are people who say that they
have found a new star in the group of
Scotch novelists. and it is named Kirk
Munro. Mr.. Munro is clever writer.
but his work has unfortunately arrived
little too late for the wave of Scotch en-
thusiaSm
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-13

A new Quinnebasset book by Sophie
May. is announced for publication by
Lee & Shepard.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-13

Something rather interesting comes to
hand with regard to Mr.. w. ]. Hender-
son, whose book, What is Good Music?"
was reviewed in these columns not long
ago. The copy for the book vas to be
delivered on February l, and at half past
nine that morning the author came in
with the manuscript. The publisher pa
theticalIy remarks that not many authors
are so punctual which gives one an in
sight into the woes of that much abused
race, publishers. But then Mr.. Hender-
son is newspaper man, and that makes
a difference. He is used to Being on
time.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-13

Peter the Great is said to be the sue
cessor of Napoleon in popular interest
The course of a fad is erratic.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-13

A book by II. A. Guerber has just been
issued. called Legends of the Rhine. ="
If anybody doubts the fact that the Ger
mans have imagination. it would be well
for him to read the Legend" of the IN
charitable Countess whom Heaven pun
ished by sending her three hundred and
sixty-fiVe children at a time.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-13

One of the illustrations in Grover
Flint's new book, Marching with Co
mez," portrays Gomez in a ''characteris-
tic attitude" and is accompanied by the
equally characteristic inscription, Il will
have the surgeon examine us and see
which is the sicker man, you or l."