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The times., 1899-12-31
ChiIdiess.

All. barren. 10 go barren to the grave!
Have ! not in my thought trained little feet
70 venture, and taught little lips 10 move
Until they shaped the wonder OF q word?
i ana long pTacticed. Oh those children mine,
Mine, douby mine, and vet ] cannot touch.
Hear. see themi Does great God expect that
Shall clasp his air and kiss Ls wind foreyer2
And the eternal budding ccIuCth on.
The hurgeoning. the cruel Goweringi
At night the quickeuing splash Of rain. st dawn
The call of the Young bird, finds ont my heart
And any babe tossed up before my eyes
With ripples q wild laughter pie-ces me.
Still !. amid these sights and sounds. starve on.
Barren. TO go down barren TO the grave.
Omitted by the casual dew. Still J.
] with much to give. perish Of thrift
Spectator Of lies feast a iOdker-oni
They saw. those other women in my ear-
''Aluch you spared. for cruel are the Young:
The streaming lace. the sob with pillow choked.
The burning blushCs, the unanswered PRAYERS;
To none is God so deaf as unto mothers"
Spared TO be spared what ! was born TO hzvei
am woman, and this very flesh
Demands it3 natural Paugs. its rightful thTo6s.
And implore with yehemeucc these pains.
! know that children wound US and surprise
Even 10 utter death; that tHey can wear
Tie silent nerve beneath the sun away
Until walk the garden with white head.
Turn from the human face 20 quiet flowers
Have not heard and known But this my heart
Was ready for these woes and had forseeu.
Oh, but l grudge the mother her last look
Upon the coiined dead-that pang is Ticu-
Envy that shiyering cry where gravel falls
Aud now these MANNED thoughts and foiled desire,
Eternal vcaruing answered by the wind.
Have dried in me belief and love and fear:
Ny thw9rted woman hopes have inward turned,
And the vain milk like acid in me eats
/ am become a danger and q menace.
4 wandering blight, a disappointed force.
More cruel from "a love that might have been.
Oh, Il IS such souls as mine that 90 10 swell
The childieSs CaveTH-CTy 90 Inc barren SEA.
OR make that human ending @ night wind
Al, baueH, 10 go barren 10 t.e grave,
Stephen Phillips, in tie Century.
The times., 1899-12-31
chucun "A SON Ron Cont.

4 pretty girl dressed al IN white,
Is natures finest achievement quite;
But the same may also be truthfully said
OF a pretty girl in dress Of red.
You may search the length Of year and day
For prettier thing than dress Of gray
of any conceivable shade. provided
It have a beautiful girl inside it
But then again it is certainly true
That pretty girl in a dress Of blue
Is simply surprising; still, one must add
That nothing can equal girl IN plaid.
But, Of all charmers that ever have been
The very most tempting one dressed iu green;
And il may be conjectured in this connection
She picked out her fig leaves TO suit her COM
plexion.
Though more than all others do protest
I love the girl in yellow the best.
Yet, Oh where 10 the hand and the pen, and the
ink
To describe her, transceudeut! tfe girl in pink
Still nothing can rival in country or town
A pretty girl in dress OF brown;
Yet most cnticing. with nothing TO lack
Is charming girl IN a dress o. black.
You may run the whole gamut q color and shade,
pretty girl-however you dress her
Is the prette,t thing that ever was made.
And The last one is always the prCtriest bless
her!
-Edward Moves Westcott CAuthor of David Ha-
ruIn), in Harpers Magazine.
The times., 1899-12-31
Snnrtnn Mnfhers.

cone more embrace! then DER the main
And nobly play tie soldiers part
Thus speaks amid Tie martial strain.
The spartan mothers aching heart.
She hides her woe,
She bids him go,
And tread the path his fathers trod
who fights iog England, fights for God"
Helpless to help she waits. she veeps,
And listens for the iar-of fray.
Re SCOUTS the gorge, he scales the sleeps,
ScatteTs the ioe-awly. away.
feiEned Is their flight
Smite. again smte.
How feet their siccds! now mmhly shodl
She, kneeis, she pTays: Protect him, God!'
The sisters sigh. the maiden's tear,
The wife's, the widows stided vail,
These nerve the hand, these brace the spear,
And speed them over yeldt and vale.
What is % him
or life or limb
Who rends the chain, and breaks the rod.
Who falls for freedom, falls for God.
And should il be his happy fate
Hale to return 90 home and rest,
She viii be standing at the gate.
To fold him 90 her trembling breast.
Or should he fall.
By ridge or wall,
And lie meath some green southern sod
'-Who dies for country, sleeps with God"
Alfred Austin. in the independent.
The times., 1899-12-31
New Books Received.

SIDE LIGHTS on SOUTH AFRICA BY Roy
Deycreux New York: Charles scribuer's
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Richard b. Hubbard. Richmond: b. f.
.Iohnson Publishing Company $500
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Janvier. New York. D. Appleton & Co.
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Nc pen.nnt Grn,..

4 little peasant tutt Of grassor,
And darest show thyscli hesid"
The whole CouservatOry's pride
The rose uo other rose surpgssCs.
Thy lowly fgingez half envrcaihe her,
So woudrously thou thrjyest there,
Nor couidst thou dream it, vuuid-t thoa Jare
That tnou must always grow beneath ben.
So from the sunbeam and 'he water
Thou dr5wcsJ an thv life may need,
UnhesiJatiug-'t is thy need;
Equally art thou Natures daughter.
Uuenyiors of the bloom above thee.
Asserting but thy right 20 live.
To give what only grass can give
Ab. aluru-, as the rose / love .He-.
Alone. through dauutlcss courage Keeping
one spot with constant vrFdure dressed.
B15 uuiHyitCd. welcome guest.
TAou'st Won smile from eyes long weou.rg.
Wfnde5au from Worldwide ujjd,rur-sos.
The weed oi iiic spvines near the rose
And Who but the God Gardener knows
Tie share each iu his love possesses.
Lulu w. Mitchell.
The times., 1899-12-31
ninah kmeading Dongh.

l have seen fall MANY q si-hr
Born of day or drawn by night;
Sunlight on a silver stream,
Golden lilies an s-drclm.
Lofty mountains. bold and proud
Yelled beneath the lacciike rlo-G.
But 10 lovely sight I know
Equals Dinah bHeIdiug dough
Brown arms buried eIbow-deep
Their domestic Ihytgm keep.
As with steady sweep they 80
Through the gently Welding dough
Maids may vaHJ their finer charms
NaUgbt 10 me like piugh's arms.
Girls may draw, Or paint OF sew
] love Diuah kHeadiug dough.
Eyes Of jet and teeth % pearl
Hair, some say, too tight a-gu.,
But the dainty maid I deem
Very near perieCtou'S dream.
Swift she works and only 6iugS
Me glauce-the least oi things.
And / wonder. does she know
That my heart iz i'm the dough
Paul Laurence Dunbar, In the Century.
The times., 1899-12-31
CURRENT VERSE.
Nerr Yenr. 1nnn

One greeting more % one q noble fame.
pur comTade since our birth: oar fathers too;
INTO whose spungtime hopes our gIsndsjfes came
whose promises 70 them. Tor Us came tvuc.
What struggles and what gains have hlled his
dayl
What peerless triumpls oi a mind SET free!
What stubborn shrinking. oitentimes, 20 pay
Tie woiul birtnpnce ol the is-to-be.
Hoary. sublime. deathless yet doomed TO die.
No other New Years daUning his shall be.
Nouchssfed him, Time such end that men shall
"Grsnd was thy passing. Nineteenth Century,
E ;. Martin, IN Harpeys Magazine.
The times., 1899-12-31
In Ear
A Sonnct of IYnrL.

Wheret0 our labor and our bitter s1Cat2
The seed we sow we tranple IN the dark
The fame we strike-oIr own tears QueElh the
spark
The white that we you'd purify we set
Our grimy print upon. And wc forget
Tiny ways aud thoughts are nos as ours. and hsrk
Toward what we take to le some heavenly mark,
And find we serve the devil % abet.
Then do Thou blind US, that se may not see
The message Of orr own iUtiuty.
Lest, seeing. should cease 10 work. and die.
Or give us sight, that We mgy know thereby
How through our labor, whatso end IL meet
We reach toward Thee who knOwest no defeat.
The Atlantic.
The times., 1899-12-31
NnnneI.

.saglt stand haueeioEaard in my shadow:'
Thou,
Take back the Thought. Though thou with
heldst thy hand.
10 Thought or act Of mine for ave. or now.
Shall ron thee of one raw. would not stand
In heavens own sunshine so it vauncd thoc Iut
The fair page OF thy life shall take Eo blot.
Nor soil nor wrinkle from me. ] sW b1uu'd,
As one who. kneeiing, worshp- and makes VOW
With bowed head. dovucasJ, hetoro a Satinc).
'GainsJ any douhtiug or prv>uWPtuous thought
Rebellious 10 the perfect right divine
To give, withhold. 10 smile or tIONu, do lugh,
Who rightly worshlps may not Zen repiuC
On any fate though he were lett with nsUGht
edward Noyes MeScott, in H2rPess Magazine.
The times., 1899-12-31
The creed Of the Future.

Life Beyond Death" by Rev Minot J.
EaTaee. viii be interesting 70 anyone who
bas taken up the Investigation q psychicaI
ssws. il is Hell known that during the
last ten or fifteen years. Dr. Savage has
made extensive researches in spIritualism.
claigyoyaAce. and other occult subjects.
The times., 1899-12-31

The death of Mr.. John Goldman Ropes,
whose History of the Civil War" is but
half fnished, viii cause no little delay in
bringing out the work While the future
author viii have all possible material at
his disposal for the remaining volumes, he
viii find 1t no small task either to assume
just the position taken by the deceased
or TO pursue the same line of investiga-
ton
The times., 1899-12-31
Literary Nnfcs.

A new edition of Kenneth Grahames
The Golden Age with picturesque illus
trations by Mr.. Maxfeld Parrish, has just
been issued by Mr.. John Lane. The illus
trations are said TO be some Of the best
work Mr. Parrish has ever done
The times., 1899-12-31

Messrs. Harper & Bros, with the assist
ance Of the Helman- Taylor Art Company.
VIII issue a series of black and white prints
which will include many reproductions OF
the old masters. Van Dyke, Rembrandt,
Murillo, and others.
The times., 1899-12-31

What venemela's national games b.
Chess and checkers are said 20 divide the
honors for popularity il that country.
The times., 1899-12-31

'The Little Heroes Of Matanzas" is a
book for children, and, as the reader may
infer from the title, it deals with the Cuban
war The author, Mary p. Garret, writes
from personal knowledge of Cuba and its
people, and the story concerns the sacrifices
of the Cubans previous 20 American inter
yention. The profits from the book viii 90
to Cuban children made orphans in the
war. (Boston: James II. West & Co. 80
cents)
The times., 1899-12-31

Messrs. Small Maynard & Co. have issued
a brief biography Of Aaron Burr, by Mr..
Henry Childs Merwin, whose articles on
Tammany Hall appeared in the atlantic"
some time ago. Mr.. Merwin has under
taken to solve the riddle in Burrs life that
many other writers before him have at
tempted with varying success.
The times., 1899-12-31

Near the Throne" a novel of romance
and adventure by w. J. Thorold, without
striking originality in plot or theme, con-
tains somewhat new feature in its illus
tratious For the forty-odd pictures, prom
inent actors and actresses (of whom James
K. Hackett Theodore Babcock, Corona Ric-
cardo. and Mary Mannering are the most
Important have posed specially TO illus
trate the entire plot.
The times., 1899-12-31

VINO wrote the play Of Pizarro2
Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
The times., 1899-12-31

Drives and Puts" is book of golf
stories, by Walter Camp and Lillian
Brooks, and unlike one or two other works
Of fiction along this line, it is thoroughly
interesting from beginning to end. The
language is not so technical as TO discour-
age the non golfing reader. and there is
plenty OF romance and human nature in
the tales. which Will afford amusement to
tbse who are not familiar with the game.
Moreover, where a technical term is used,
the authors have shown the happy faculty
Of explaining II by the contest There are
eleven Of the stories, of nearly equal merit.
The Great Professional is perhaps the
most humorous, being the story OF a golf
club which looked with awe and admira-
ton upon the one member OF their society
who could really be considered an authori-
" on the game. The process OF their Bit
ter disillusion is the story in question, and
il is a good one. "A Southern Gentleman
is a clever study OF human nature, and the
golf is merely an accident Of local color
but brilliantly handled for all that. The
Conversion of St Ours" also has consider
able humor in it; and in fact. none OF the
stories is quite destitute Of this delight
ful quality. The binding is artistic and
dainty. and it viii make a charming gift
book. Boston: L. c. Page & Co.: $l.50)
The times., 1899-12-31

"The Family of the Sun" is a book in
tended for children, by Edward S. Holden.
10 is a series of easy lessons in astronomy,
in the form Of conversations and is Illus
trated with pictures of the various planets,
and with diagrams. (New York: D. Apple
ton q Co. S125.)
The times., 1899-12-31
miscellaneous Hooks.

Trooper $685." by Lionel Decle, is
book which is Of interest in connection
with the Dreyfus case, as showing the
actual experiences undergone by the French
soldier The author holds that Dreyfus
was the victim not so much Of the malice
OF individuals as of a faulty system-the
upholding Of a judgment, without recog-
milton Of the right Of appeal. He does not
wish to have his book regarded as an at
tack upon all French officers, but offers it
merely as a faithful account Of the hard
ships endured By him when he served his
time In the ranks. One Of his experiences
may serve as an index TO the rest. While
walking one afternoon with two ladies' of
his acquaintance. Trooper Decle encoun-
tered an old man who trod on the foot
Of one Of the ladies. The trooper showed
some resentment, and on his return to
barracks found, to his establishment, that
the old man was a newly returned officer
Of his regiment-his major. in fact The
major abused Decle in the most unquall-
fed and offensive terms, spoke insultingly
of the ladies', and finished the whole per-
formance by ordering the trooper pun
ishcd. From this punishment there was
no appeal And that kind of system does
not create loyal admiration for one su-
perior officer. (New York: Charles Scrib-
ner's Sons. $125.)
Historic Side Lights" by Howard Pay
son Arnold, is a collection Of gossip, per
sonal anecdotes. and historical lore from
all sorts Of out-cf-the- way sources.
Franklin and his contemporaries in Ame--
lea and in Europe, are the central igu es.
and the book as a whole gives one a vivid
picture of certain phases Of the society OF
that day The style however. is rather
rambling aud discuTsiye, and some speci-
mems Of eighteenth century literaaure make
the reader inclined to be thankful that
standards have changed. (New York:
Harper &, Bros. S2.J0)
Child Verse is a square volume by
John b. Tabb. containing Poems Grave
! and Cay" apparently intended for chill
dren The lack OF Illustrations viii prob
ably be detrimental to it in the mind OF the
! child and some OF the fun is rather to-
| elaborate to be appreciated by anyone
I but adult readers. Boston: Small May
nard & Coz
Economic Aspects of the Liquor Prob
| lem" by John Koren IS the product OF ar
! investigation made for the Committee o.
Fifty, under the direction Of Henry W
The times., 1899-12-31

planter. The atmosphere of the story is
decidedly what would have been called
"aboiuonist' in ante bellum days, though
ii cannot be called anti-Southern in senti-
ment. The idea of the author seems to be
that the people of that time were swept
onward by a tide of circumstance and feel
ing for which they were not wholly re-
sponsible, and she shows a clear compre-
hension of the situation, and Of the char
aeters introduced. Her pictures of the
plantation negroes are vivid and graphic,
and her portrait of Turner especially
striking-probabIy the best thing OF its
kind since the story of Bras Coupe was
written. (Boston: Small, Maynard & Com
pany. $125)
The Loom of Destiny" by Arthur J
Stringer is a small book Of stories about
children, intended for the reading of grown
people. Some of the children are very nat
uraI and some are rather precocious. 'Life's
Loaded Dice is the story of one Sharkey,
born to be pugilist because of his name.
not because of any inward desire for a
Fl stic career. He was a tensment-house
baby, and grew into a sharp eyed, lean,
hungry small boy, and, by virtue of his
fathers training, into something OF
fighter. The story Of Shanghai Sharkey $
downfall is rather pathetic and extremely
well written "The Essentials Of ATistoc-
racy' shows an intimate knowledge Of boy
life, as does Thicker Than Water The
stories are evenly divided between high and
low life, and American and English chill
dren; and there is a stanza OF Cockney dia-
lect at the beginning of each tale. tBos-
ton: Small. Maynard & Co. Sl.250
Patience: A Daughter of the May
flower is a story by Elizabeth W. Champ
ney, author Of the Witch Winnie" stories.
The scene is laid at first in England and
finally in the American colonies, and Guy
Fawkes Sir Walter Raleigh, and William
Brewster are among the characters. The
heroine, Patience Dudley, is wholly ticti-
tious parsonage. but a very likable one.
(New York: Dodd. Mead Co. I.5O)
"Old Father Gander," by Walter Scott
Howard. is an eIaborately illustrated book
of jingles, some of them rather bright and
others perilously near the line Of Stiffness.
AS everyone knows. there is bright ncn-
sense-which is refreshing-and silly nom
sense-which is irritating; aud it is not
everyone who knows which is which.
The pictures in this book are all that could
be desired They represent impossible
geese matched and raised" as the author
of the book says. by himself Some OF the
drawings are in color and some in plain
black and white, but they are likely to
be a delight to children's eyes in either
style. In addition to this, Mr.. Howard
has introduced new sort of rhyme, which
might be made extremely entertaining and
possibly instructive. He has written some
eight or ten Of his jingles in genuine baby
talk-the early English spoken by children
Of three or four years-and in some OF
these he has reproduced the child's views
with much accuracy. (Boston L. c. Page
& Col
The times., 1899-12-31

100000 bales.
The times., 1899-12-31

nov many bales q cotton ere expected Co be
'elsea IN tie United States this years
The times., 1899-12-31

ITO London Town, by Arthur Morrison
is story OF a little family which. being
left In needy circumstances, migrated to
London where the mother set up a small
shop and the daughter assisted her, while
the young son was set to work in an en-
gine factory The Cockney characters are
faithfully drawn, and the interest of the
story does not flag Il sustains the reputa-
tion which the author made by his Tales
OF Mean Streets" which were everywhere
recognized as accurate sketches of life in
East London Though not as striking as
"A Child OF the Jago" It is quite as artis-
tic in its way. (Chicago: Herbert S.
Stone & Co. $3.50.
The times., 1899-12-31

What is ;he retail liquor tax in wasE,agfeu1
q. r..
-Four hundred dollars a year.
The times., 1899-12-31

system of astronomy, or the laws of gravi
tation He believes that this viii, in time,
be done, and the last half of this book is
devoted to a discussion Of this marvellous
possibility and arguments in favor of its
fulhlment.
The book. as a whole. is a sane, whole
some, sunny view of human nature and re-
ligious thought, and whether man is
very religious or not he will enjoy reading
it. if he is a thinking man. II is a book
which viii help great many people and
cannot possibly do any harm and it ought
to have a wide sale. CNew York: G. P.
Putnam's Sons)
The times., 1899-12-31

Max and Maurice: Juvenile History
in Seven Tricks" is translated from the
German OF William Busch by Charles T.
Brooks The book, which is in verse, VIII
probably be a delight TO children espe-
cially when Older people explain the pic
lures by means of the story. The verses
describe the exploits and antics of two
mischieyous urchins, and there is good
deal Of German humor in the story. (Bos-
ton: Little, Brown & Coz
THE Making of zimri Bunker is q
story Of old-time Nantucket by William
j. Long. There is a wreck in it. and a
treasure. and plenty of boy-nature and
local color. The binding is charming, and
the illustrations. of which there are sew
eral. are attractive. (BOston: L. c. Page
& Co. $150.)
The times., 1899-12-31

Invisible Links" IS a book Of stories
translated from the Swedish Of Selma Lag
erlCf. The translator is Pauline Bancroft
Flach. who has also translated the au-
thor's former work. The Story of Costa
Berling." There are fourteen OF the sto-
ries, some legends, some pure fiction, and
some more character sketches than any
thing else. Boston: Little Brown & Co
81 50)
The times., 1899-12-31

How many tiHplate nils are there IN wsIes9
). ~
They number 400 and have an annual ca
Dacity OF Cos, 900 tons.
The times., 1899-12-31

Their Shadows Before" by Pauline
Darlington Bouve. is a story dealing with
the Nat Turner insurrection at Southamp
ton, 5. c., an event now almost forgotten,
though familiar enough 10 mems minds in
the early ifties. Nat Turner himself fig
ures in the narrative, and the heroine is
little girl. daughter Of a Southampton
The times., 1899-12-31

At what place 10 View Jersey is thcre IN sgri.
cultural experiment ssatiou9 81 B b
There is one at New Brunswick. another
at Asbury Park. The first s. state af-
fair; the other is the property OF an indi-
vidual
The times., 1899-12-31

"The Orange Girl" by Walter Besant,
is story of the eighteenth century and
the heroine, Jenny Wilmot, begins her life
as an orange girl In Drury Lane Theatre
She eventually becomes a popular actress
and interests herself in a victim of the
law which crowded the debtors prisons
with innocent men, women, and children.
Through her efforts the victim, who tells
the story is released, and taken out of the
power OF the outlaws who caused his in
generation. The atmosphere Of the story
Is viyidly realistic, and the book fully sus-
tains the authors reputation. (New York:
Dodd, Mead & Co. $500
The times., 1899-12-31
III z'{zz y zlzlQ]ll
lincoln. the Wan.

Abraham Lincoln: The Man of the Poo-
pie. by Norman Hapgood. is a book which
presents Lincoln in a light very different
from thar Of the conventional biography.
Like "The True George Washington" and
THE True Benjamin Franklin IT gives a
picture Of the inner life Of the man, as
shown in his letters and journals, and the
Tecellecucns Of those who knew him. The
object OF the author is well defined in q
paragraph Of the preface:
Tie biography IF zreh man can afford h1n-
Ce,t. Srue havc omitted what was NOT pletty-
Others h11e arClo2.aed iCr ir Many would like
1C improve rHr rugged and Iguely face with a
fogeb af rouge er usguezIa. Surely this is
rriFf7i. Lst us rou ty to make cur great man
lac other grga, ref. let MS allow nm 20 reach
lrEa rfr saints iI one direction, and as
high IS Hshclai> iu another Let him Doe the
prairie male as wcl ss tic sage and martyr, the
cat politician as w,l as rile generous statesman.
Paint iim as Dee is IHt uil sim be great, Eobler
than eyer. because muIc real