The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-12-12

DIR. O'Meara, author of the famous vol
tunes Napoleon at st. Helena" left q
journal of his daily intercourse with Ma
poleon In exile, less than half of which
was drawn upon in his published work
The original journal, containing upwards
OF 5000 words, was bequeathed by Dr.
y Meara to friend, by whose heirs it has
been placed in the hands of the Editors of
The Century. 1t abounds In passages of
the greatest interest, as bearing on the
character and opinions of Napoleon, mat
ter which was suppressed by DR.. O'Meara
at the time of the publication of his book
! in 1922 This journal, which is distinct
from the book manuscript, though the
latter is in large measure founded upon it,
is in fuller and more intimate STYLE. and
details the life and conversation at Long
wood without reserve. The Century MoQ-
Gstne will soon begin to publish copious
extracts from this journal.
The offer has been made to seventeen of
the leading universities of the country of
the sum of two thousand dollars either in
gold medals or checks, as the recipients
may prefer, for the ablest presentation of
/ the subject of Modern Education: Does
1t Educate in the Broadcast and Most Lib
eral Sense of the Term2" To this discus
sion many of the leading educators of the
country, including President Gilman of
Johns Hopkins, President Dwight of Yale,
President Hadley of Yale, President Har-
per Of Chicago University, President An
drews of Brown, have already contributed
In the pages of The C0snaopolitan The
debate is now transferred to the province
of the student. A gold medal or check of
one hundred dollars will be placed at the
disposal of the students of each of the fol-
loving universities: Yale, Harvard, Johns
Hopkins, Michigan, University of Wis
consln, Princeton, Brown. Pennsylvania,
Chicago, Cornell, Columbia, California,
Leland Stanford, Jr., Notre Dame, George
town and University of Virginia. After
these have been awarded, the successful
contestants will be invited to meet at Har-
ward University before board of Judges
of national reputation, and an award of
three hundred dollars will be made to the
student who shall present the ablest final
discussion.
Mr.. Dooley's" neighbor, molly Dona-
hue, makes her debut in the Christmas
Ladies Home Journal. She is ambitious
to reign as social queen of Archey Road,
and is quite as interesting and witty as
Mr.. Dooley," the philosopher of her au-
thor's creation. Rev. Cyrus T. Brady
draws on his experiences as missionary to
write of What Christmas Means in the
Far West, giving pictures of rare pathos
and If irresistible humor The letters
that passed between Gail Hamilton and
Whittier are published for the first time.
They give some delightful glimpses of the
social side of s'the Quaker Poet" Ian
Maclaren writes on "Shall the Old Clergy
man be Shotr and Albert w. Smith (the
American Lewis CARROLL contributes more
of his wonderfully funny nonsense verses.
Dan Beard interests the boys with a
Christmas novelty, and an exquisite carol
by George W. Cable is timely for Christ
mas rendering. There are two notable
page pictorial features, 1.-THE Nativity, :"
from the brush of w. L. Taylor, and
Coming Home for Christmas" by A. B.
Frost The holidays are considered in all
their phases, and the wants of the home
and home makers are anticipated. By
The Curtis Publishing Company, Phila-
delphia. One dollar year; ten cents a
copy.