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The times., 1898-10-02
One More Book of Etiouette.

''The WelI-Bred Girl IN Society,"" by
Mrs. Burton Harrison, is a small book,
which produces, first and foremost, the
impression that so clever a woman as
Mrs Harrison should have known better
than to write it The well-bred girl in
society knows how to behave herself
properly without coming books of eti-
quette. The girl who has not been ac-
customed to fashionable society may find
something in this book which will help
her, and she may not, but the probabili-
ties are in favor of the latter.
There are, broadly speaking two types
of girl in American life-the girl to
whom dressing for dinner" finger bowls,
dinners in several courses, and so on are
things familiar and to be expected, and
the other type of girl who has read of
those matters IN novels and in the eti-
quette columns of the newspapers, but
who has never in her life eaten a dinner
of more than two, or, at most, three
courses, or dipped her fingers in finger
bowl, or gone to the theater with q chape-
ron. The latter type of girl is probably
the intended victim of this book. The
trouble with the book, and others like it,
is that they do not help the class at
which they are aimed. The wife of a
country doctor is not very likely to need
to know just what is the proper method
of leaving cards at the homes of Cabinet
officers nor is the sweet-faced maiden
who makes her own gowns and hats, and
the cakes and pies for the family, likely
to be benefited by the knowledge that she
must not keep her gloves on at a dinner.
In the first place, she may never in her
life go to dinner at which gloves could
be worn, and if she should, her own
good sense would suggest that she re-
move them on taking her place at the
table. AS for the girl who is struggling to
get into good society without the tact,
good sense and experience needed for
such achievement, no books of etiquette
are likely to help her. In short, this
whole business of preparing books of eti-
Quette reminds one of the Irishman' S
roof. which could not be patched when 1t
rained and did not need patching when
the sun shone. A person inclined TO COM
nit gaucheries will do so in spite of all
the books in the world; and a naturally
graceful, intelligent and tactful person,
with real dignity and gentleness of heart
will take on the outward polish of good
society from observation and experience
in less time than 1t would take to read a
book of etiquette. Mrs Harrison's novels
are usually delightful. but she is not at
her best when she endeavors to extra CT
from them the subtle daintiness and grace
of the well-bred girl and pack 1t UP in
little pills of essays on etiquette" She
should take warning from this expert
ment and never do so again. New
York: Doubleday & Mcclure Company.
Washington: Woodward & Lothrop)
The times., 1898-10-02
The Two Singers.

His fingers smote the trembling harpstrings,
whence
Burst forth sound to ravish soul and sense
Alas! to ears that owned their impotence.
His melody transcended mortal things,
He sang as the aspiring sAylark sings.
A psalm replete with angels whisperings.
He sang of souls by suffering purified.
And how the lowliest creature is allied
To the great Soul that works in wind and tide.
The people murmured '.what is this he saith?
Wild is his music as north winds breath,
Uncomprehended things ne uttereth."
Then as he made him ready to depart.
A second singer came, whose simple art
Fashioned the songs which reach peoples heart.
His numbers pleased the foolish and the wise.
He sang the simple charms Of woods and skies,
The dancing lovelight in the maiden's eyes!
His song the people heard, raptuyed throng,
Nor dreamed they wrought his brother singer
wrong
Their hearts were unattuned to heavenly song.
Martin Fletcher, in London Literary World.
The times., 1898-10-02
. Mistake in the Bird Market.

A Persian in the market place
Longed for, and 50 took home wren
Yes his was but a common case;
Such always are the ways Of men!
Once his, the brown bird pleased him not;
Almost he wished it might take wing.
He loosed the cage-doOr, and forgot
The dark, unsinging, lonely thing.
Night came, and touched with wind and dew
(Alone there in the dim moOnshine)
rose that at the window grew
And oh, that sudden song divine!
His children started from their sleep.
Their Orient eyes with rapture lit
Their pale young mother hid TO weep;
Their father did not care whit
He onlv heard the inpassioned wall
From that small pris5 overhead.
''Aiy wren is but a nightingale.
I'll wiring its noisy throatl' he said
Sarah Piatt in the October Century.
The times., 1898-10-02
Barrack-Room ballads.

The latest volume of the Lark Classics
is tiny, new, blue-eovered edition of
Kipling's 'Barrack-Room Ballads" 4"
About half of the book is made up of the
ballads familiar to all readers of Kipling.
Danny Deever," "Gunga Din." "Oonts," !"
"Snarleyow, ''Mandalay' and the rest.
Then comes miscellaneous collection of
lyrics. some of which have appeared in
other editions of the Ballads" while
others have not. "Tomlinson," that CO.
lossal satire on the book-educated SIM
pleton. is to be found here, and will be
new TO many readers, although published
in one of the Macmillan editions of the
Ballads" 1t is one of the most daring
and magnificent pieces of grotesquerie in
the language. The picture of the small
souled Tomlinson wandering helplessIy
through space, barred out of both heaven
and hell, is one not TO be forgotten. His
case is succinctly summed up by the au-
thor himself as follows:
They would not let him into heaven or hell
when he died, because he had original virtues
and no original vices, and so they sent him back
TO London.
There are phrases all through this bal
lad which resound like the note of some
The times., 1898-10-02
Autumn Memories.

Harkl 'Tis the catbird's call on the hill,
Hear YOU it not? 'Tis surely the trill
OF the mimicking rogue. l hear it stint
All. no. The rolIicking bird has flown
To SUMMER climes, and the yOunglings, grown,
Swing mid sweet blossoms zephyr blown.
'Tis the memory song thou seemest 10 hear,
An echo voice that brings 10 thy ear
The JOYOUS strain of Summer days;
The Autumn brings not her melodious lays
H.
But tits surely the rose in the garden old,
Whose fragrance catch with joy untold,
Telling of beauty about to unfold
'Tis but the flower that lives in thy heart
The June days bequeathed, though they mus
depart
The birds from afar call back to thee.
Their songs thou mayst keep in thy memory,
And the rose that whispers OF days gone by
Mayst bloom in thy heart eteTnally.
Karl Burleigh, in Hartford Times.
The times., 1898-10-02
Fall Time in Georgia.

It's comm long, good people-the happier time
of fall,
When you'll balance TO your partners an swing
your sweethearts all
When well have the candy pullin's an the cider
will be sweet,
An the fiddle will make music fer a feller 5
wilIin' feetl
It's comm long, good people-the happier time
OF fall,
When the doves are on a picnic an you hear the
partridge call;
When we have the old cane grindin's, where the
juice is drippin' sweet,
feeti
COMM long. good people, with the rabbits on
the run
The dogs that bay the possum, an the sharp
crack OF the gun,
Summer time is lovely, an spring is allus prime,
But when fall comes we're ready fer halleIuJah
time
New York Herald.
The times., 1898-10-02
Combine.

As evening settles down along the land,
And lamps Blink and the wind is lulled asleep,
Then through the spirit moves a knowledge
deep
The day denies US; then a living hand
Nestles from Nature into ours, as sand
Slides in the glass; We dream and half we leap
The barriers that the dumb Recorders keep,
A ray streams through, and half We understand.
For twilight Is the spirits dwelling place,
Where mystery melts the slow dissolying world
And ghosts Of order step from accident.
Faith that still hovers where the dew IS pearied
Steals forth and beckdns, and from banlsh-
ment
Our dearer selves we summon face to face
Harrison 5 Norris in HsrPeT's Magazine
The times., 1898-10-02
CURRENT VERSE.
The Sum.

little dreaming by the way,
A little toiling day by day,
little pain, little strife,
A little ioy-and that is life.
short-lyed, feeting summers morn
When happiness seems newly born,
When one days sky is blue above,
And one bird sings-and that is love.
A little wearying Of the years,
The tribute OF few hot tears,
Two folded hands, the fainting breath,
and peace at iast-and that is death.
just dreaming, loving, dying, so
The actors in the drama go;
A fitting picture en- wall,
Love, death, the themesi But is it all7
Paul Laurence Dunbar.
The times., 1898-10-02
Care.

All in the leafy darkness, when sleep had passed
me by,
knew the surging Of the
Though never wave were nigh.
All in the leafy darkness unbroken by a star,
While vet the day was afar.
All in the leafy darkness woven with bushes deep.
/ heard the yulture wings Of Fear
Above me tireless sweep;
The sea of doubt, the dread of day, upon me
surged and swept
All in the leafy darkness.
And while the whole woSd slept.
Virginia Woodward Cloud in the October Cen
tury
The times., 1898-10-02
A Scientific Grandpa.

''See, grandpapa, my fower" she cried;
81 found it in the grasses!'
And with a kindly smile. the Sage
Surveyed it through his glasses.
"Ah, yes" he said. "involuerate,
And all the forets ligulate.
Corolla gamopetalous-
ompositae-exogenous-
4 pretty specimen il is,
Tarasaeum dens-leonis!''
She took the blossom back again,
His face her wistful eye
81 thought" she said, with quivering lip,
1t was q dandelion!"
Margaret johnson.
The times., 1898-10-02

How long has the State Of New Yort been
building its new capitol? II. j.
The legislature passed the first bill ap-
propriating money for it in 1863. The
building was begun shortly after that,
though the corner stone was not laid un-
til 1S71 II has been thirty-four years
under construction, and it is not finished
yet.
The times., 1898-10-02

new book to be issued by D. Apple
ton d Co, Is David Harum,' the work
of Mr.. Edward Noyes Westcott, who is
now dead. Some of the sayings of the
dry old country banker who is the CEN
trai Inquire are amusing. Two of his prov
erbs are follows
"A reasonable amount OF heas is good for dog
| they keep him I'm brocdn on ben dog" and
DO unto the other feller the way he'd like TO
do unto you-an do it fust"
The times., 1898-10-02

Scribner's for October is an unusually
good number, packed from cover 10 cover
with fascinating things. There are four
war articles, each of uncommon interest,
two poems of more than average merit,
and two particularly good stories, be-
sides the three serial features, Thomas
Nelson Pages Red Rock" Henry Cabot
Lodges STORY of the Revolution" and
Walter A Wyckoff's paper on The
Workers" The leader among the war ar
ticles is 1.-The Battle of San Juan" by
Richard Harding Davis, who takes this
opportunity to criticise Gen. Shafter
rather sharply. The second is ''The Reg
ulars at FL Caney." by Capt. Arthur Lee,
British military attache. Third comes
1.-THE Day OF the Surrender of Santiago"
by James +. J. Archibald, and at the
very end of the table OF contents appears
a paper by John r. Spears, entitled
"Afloat for News in War Times" Oc-
tave Thanet's story on the labor question
for this month is called "Johnny's Job," !"
and is in no way inferior TO its predeces-
sors. Harrison Robertson contributes a
story called "Drummed Out" One of
Charles G. D. Roberts New York Noe
turnes" is fittingly illustrated by Henry
McCarter, and there is a poem by Grace
Ellery Charming, called who Go Down
to the Sea In Ships" Another set of
drawings of "A New York Day." done
by c. D. Gibson, will be found in this
number
The times., 1898-10-02

what is meant by "marine horizon7, p A
The sea horizon" which is probably
the same as the marine horizon is the
small circle that bounds the view Of the
spectator in the open sea.
The times., 1898-10-02
LITERARY NOTES

The Macmillans are preparing to publish
volume containing three stories by the
late Mrs. Oliphant One of these tales,
Dr. Barrere, turns upon mysterious
murder.
The times., 1898-10-02

ID. Appleton & Co. have ready the first
volume of The Scientific Memoirs Of
THOMAS Henry Huxley edited by Prof
Michael Foster and 4. Ray Lancaster,
and of which there are to be four vol
umes in all, with thirty-two plates and
a portrait.
The times., 1898-10-02

Some of the advance sheets of Mr.. Cy
Warman's Story of the Railroad" in
press by D. Appleton & Co., give prom
little romance.
The times., 1898-10-02

the work a poem without any artificial
aid "The Dawn Of the Russian Novel;
by Melville Joyce, is another of the in
teresting articles in this number.
The times., 1898-10-02

What is the origin Of the expression: 'eBe sure
you're right, then 90 ahead?'' C.JA
This is always quoted as the saying OF
Col David Crockett.
The times., 1898-10-02

Mr.. George Moore has revised his last
novel, Evelyn Innes," and a second edi-
ton is on the press, the first having been
exhausted
The times., 1898-10-02

'Sagesse ct Destinee'' is the title of a
new volume of essays by NJ. Maurice
Maeterlinck, which is to appear this Au-
tumn.
The times., 1898-10-02
NOTES AND QUERIES.

What is the pronunciation of the names Of
Ponce and San Juan2 READER
As if Pon-thay and San Won.
The times., 1898-10-02

The German Imperial Postal Museum in
Berlin has recently come into possession
of three interesting relics which were un-
earthed in the tombs of Thebes. The old
est of them dates from the eighteenth
or nineteenth dynasty, or about 1900 B. c.
1t is writing palette made of wood. On
the upper end are two receptacles, still
retained, for the two kinds of ink. red
and black, ordinarily used. The lower
part of the palette has a kind of drawer
attached, in which the writing instru-
ments were preserved; of these, three re-
main. The second find was probably a
writing tablet for a child. II is plain
wooden affair, but with four receptacles
for ink. 1t dates from about 400 B. c.
The third find is from the Greek-Alexan-
drian period, and IS also a wooden writing
slate for children. The Greek alphabet
is written permanently along the edge as
a model for the pupil. 1t is a work OF
the second century a. d.
The times., 1898-10-02

A fund is being raised to rebuild Lower
BriXham CEng.) Church in memory of the
Rev. Henry Francis Lyte, the author of
the hymn abide With Me" 1t was first
sung by the Brixham fishermen.
The times., 1898-10-02

One f. s. Martin, in Harpers Weekly,
divides our British visitors into two class
es-those who have edifying information
to impart, and those who have long hair
| This may be hit at lie Gallienne, and it
may be preliminary TO a BARRIERS adver-
! tisement. We decline to say positively
which it is.
The times., 1898-10-02

The October number of the Bookman
whether from the inspiration of a wealth
of Autumn publications or from some
other cause, is unusually good One of
its feature articles is THE American Lii
brary and the Drama, by Paul Wilstach,
formerly literary and dramatic editor of
The Times Mr.. Wilstach reviews briefly
the influence of American books on the
drama and gives list of American nov
els which have been dramatized. Uncle
Toms Cabin seems to have been the
most successful of all these, notwith-
standing the fact that it own mother
probably could not recognize the present
version of 1t If she were to use a micro
scope An exquisite little metrical fancy
by Paul Kester is The Requiem of the
Sea- Mr.. Kester's poetry does not take
the usual form of lyrics; it has a meter
of its own and no rhyme at all; but the
thought is sufficiently poetieal to make
The times., 1898-10-02

Rand, McNally & Co.'S announcements
include Along the Bosphorus," by Mrs.
Susan E. Wallace, wife of Gen. Lew Wal
lace; "ArmagedOn," new story by Stan
ley Waterloo, and a novel by Laura Day
ton Fessenden, entitled Bonnie Mackir-
by"
The times., 1898-10-02

Mrs. E. F. Peattie, new Western
story teller, has written volume of
short stories soon TO be published under
the title, The Shape of Fear, an other
Ghostly Stories"
The times., 1898-10-02

A book of timely interest IS Vacation
Days in Hawaii and Japan" by Charles
NJ Taylor, Jr., which George W. Jacobs
& Co. have in press Mr.. Taylor is
Philadelphia business man who spent be-
tween three and four months on a trip
through Hawaii and Japan. and whose
terse but interesting descriptions of all
he saw betoken that his observing facul-
ties have been fully developed.
The times., 1898-10-02

The majority of those who read
Looking Backward" do not know Ed
ward Bellamy as a writer of short stories,
but a volume of fifteen stories by him Is
to be brought out within a short time.
Some of the tales will be remembered by
people who used to read 'Scribners" when
IL had an odd purple cover and had not
yet become THE Century Magazine The
titles are: The Blindman's World;' IAN
Echo of Antietam;" THE Old Folks
Party" THE Cold Snap" Two Days
Solitary Imprisonment" "A Summer Eve
ning's Dream;" Potts Painless Cure
"A Love Story Reversed" ''Deserted;"
Hooking WatermeIQns;" "A Positive Ro-
nance" Lost" with Eyes Shut" ITO
Whom This May Gomez "At Pinney's
Ranch There is no attempt to point
socialstc moral in these bits of romance.
but they show, nevertheless, a quaint
originality which marked them out at the
time of their first production. Potts
Painless Cure" is the story of a young
man who became convinced that the
! flame of his college days was not the wo-
man ne ought to marry, and followed the
plan of a wiseacre felow-student for
curing her of her attachment Unfor-
tunately, in the interest of the expert
ment, he forgot TO cure himself of low
ing her, and the result was rather unex-
pected and painful. THE Old Folks
Party is a slight sketch of village life.
but marked by an airy fancy and subtlety
of sentiment which is BeIlamy's own 1t
describes the feStivity gotten up by six
young people who conceived the idea of
costume party at which they should i'm
personals themselves as they might be
fifty years later. The way in which this
theme is worked out is as dainty as any
thing in Hawthorne.
The times., 1898-10-02

Mr.. H. Phelps Whitmarsh, a Boston
business man who has been roaming over
the earth, has written a book about the
antipodes, which will be called The
! Worlds Rough Hand" and will be pub
Hshed by the Century Company.
The times., 1898-10-02

Miss Eliza Orne White, author Of 1.-The
Coming of Theodore" ''Winterborough." "
and "A Browning Courtship," has written
a new novel which is coming out under
the title of "A Lover Of Truth"
The times., 1898-10-02

Israel Zangwill says that the only Jew
in American fiction thus far is to be
found in the work of Abraham Cahan,
the clever young Hebrew, who has de-
scribed the Ghetto of New York in
stories
The times., 1898-10-02

Is there such thing as the Irish language7
2. Can anyone under twenty-one years Of age JON
the regular army Of the United Statesz
SUBSCRIBER
Yes. II is a branch Of the Gaelic. and is
spoken exclusively in the Arran Islands.
of the west coast of ireland. and by some
old persons on the mainland. . With the
consent Of MS parents or guardians, a per
son under twenty-One may enlist in the
army. With the same consent, a person
under eighteen may enlist as musician,
not as a bandsman, but as drummer or
trumpeter.
The times., 1898-10-02

Were the soldiers captured at Trenton BY Wash
lngton Englishmen? How were they passing, the
memorable night, and in what condition we're
they when captured? CHIMP
The British outpost at Trenton was
composed of Hessians German trooDs
hired By the British from the Landgrave
OF Hesse-Darmstadt. They were com
manded by Col. Rail. They were having
a good time celebrating Christmas, and
most Of them were more or less drunk.
The times., 1898-10-02

The Pail Mall Magazine for October
has for a frontispece a reproduction of
an etching by Schumacher, which is one
of the finest bits of magazine iIlustra-
ton that has been seen for some time.
X represents workman with long
pipe and mug of beer, enjoying his
monday rest, and is called The Smok-
err In fact, this number is particularly
rich in pictures. The illustrations
throughout are good The pictures in
Cousin Flora" a piquant little story,
by Edwin Pugh. are sketched for the
story; those in W. A. Baillie-Grohman's
paper, How the Dukes of Coburg Hunt
ed Three Hundred Years Ago" are re-
productions from old prints; those in
Holland House." by the Hon. Caroline
Roche, are from special photographs, and
the British Army Type for this num-
berthe lieutenant colonel of the Royal
Irish FusilierS-waS drawn from life by
Wilfred Draycott. Perhaps the most
unique series of pictures among the mag
azines of the current MONTH however
is the set of diagrams illustrating "The
Six Forces by Mark Warren. These
diagrams, from drawings by the author,
show the relative size of the English and
Confidential armies and navies in time
of war and peace, the armies being rep
resented by soldiers of various heights,
and the navies by ships. Most people will
be surprised to find that Tommy At
kins'' is the smallest soldier of all. while
the Russian Ivan is the hugest. When
1t comes to ships, however, all the other
nations are far outclassed by England
Another article of particular interest is
Sir Walter Besant's paper on South
London in the Eighteenth Century" which
describes, among other things the debt
ors' prisons of London.
G. P~Putnams Sons Will have ready in
the course of few months the first vol
ume of the series of international Hand
books to the New Testament" which has
for some years been in preparation The
| series is edited by the Rev. Orello Cone,
| d. ID.
Prof Goodwin Smith has just celebrated
his seventy-fifth birthday. The score or
more of books on English, Irish and
| American historical subjects to the cred
| it of this Canadian scholar have attract
ed attention from scholars throughout
| the world.
A correspondent of Notes and Queries
says: I'm the review of Alfred, Lord
Tennyson: A Memoir by his son. in the
st. James Gazette, October 6, 1897. it is
stated that the following poem written
in 1857 has never been published:
Bold Havelock marchd
Many a mile went he;
Every mile battle,
Every battle a victory.
Bold Havelock marchd
Charged with his gallant few;
Ten men fought thousand,
Slew them and overthrew.
Bold Havelock march'd
Wrought with his hand and his head;
March'd, and thought, and fought,
March'd, and fought himself dead.
Bold Havelock died,
Tender, and great, and good,
And every man in Britain
Says 81 am OF Havelock's bioed-'
The times., 1898-10-02

Modern Germany is not very well
known to Americans except through
books of travel, and "Ghmpses of Mod
ern German Culture" by Prof Kuno
Francke, of Harvard. should prove dou-
bly, interesting from it's novelty.
The times., 1898-10-02

Messrs. NJ F. Mansfield & Co, of New
York, announce reprint from the Eng
lish edition of Mr.. Kipling's Depart
mental Ditties," now Withdrawn from the
trade.
The times., 1898-10-02

What became cf the British emigrant ship Great
Britain? saws she is stiII in service. that 81,
was oondcmaed m Port Stanley, Faul llrd Islands.
in 1855. SUBSCRIBER
The Great Britain. built as a steamer
and first loated in 1S43, was made into
sailing ship about 1S71, and in 1856 was
stranded on the Falkland Islands She
is now hulk at Port Stanley, used for
storing coal
The times., 1898-10-02

How many regiments are there IN the United
States army? ?. Would alfalfa injure a six-year-
old orchard Of pecans if planted between the trees
leaving siX-ioOt space around each tree3 When
Is the best time to plant, and hOw2 J. " NJ
There are ten regiments Of cavalry,
seven of artillery and twenty-five Of in
fantry, total of fOrty-two regiments 2
Not at first; at all events. not for years.
Plant il in the spring. when you plant
other grass Plant in drills and keep il
well cultivated.
The times., 1898-10-02

A book of the near future, with fas-
cinating title. is Col Thomas Wentworth
Higginson's S Tales of the Enchanted
Isles of the Atlantic" dealing with the
cycle of romance which lies within the
early Irish, English, Spanish and other
traditions of the Happy Islands of the
West.