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log. II might lntersst them to hear OF IT, VI
course II Ia dramatically dif1cult TO make
any one" and 'them"lt Tho more studied
the matter the more hopeless / became en-
tangled" on page 2l5. appears to be an over
sight.
We have before us THE Lively City o. Ligg."
by Mr.. Gelett Burgess Frederick A. Stokes
Companyl 10 seems to be a fairly reasonable
adjective that 10 employed In this title. The
frontlsplece. done In several variations OF
color, suggests livelinsss amounting to aRita-
ton. Here IL train ofsnow-white cars. drawn
by yellow and black locomotive from Prince
ton University. issuing from a red tunnel In
a formidable mountain. and descending in
eo-ns-you- please manner rallless gacler or
river OF lava done in Prussian blue. OF course
cities do not usually afford mountains. or
glaciers. or rivers OF lava. or steam trains rum
ming independently OF tracks. and when
they do afford such things II is prob
ably no more than fair to say Of them
that they are lively. But tho frontispiece IL
tho nerest indication OF the peculiar facts rc-
garding the city Of L,cg. In another ilustra-
ton we see train OF cars running up church
steeple: in another. q collection OF household
furniture animated and stamredlnR through
the town In another house walking of in fit
n somnambulism and getting into the river.
The underlying idea OF the livellness that dis
tinguished the city OF Ligg Ia that It's material
parts and contents we're all animate. In an
Ingenious preface the author finds warrant for
the lively business that he brings to PASS In
this book. He inquiries very strongly why we
call q ship she" and why the Germans call
the moon he" Again. why do we speak
OF the arms OF sofa. the legs OF
chair. the hands OF watch1 Why do saws
have teeth, nails heads and needles eyes' Why
does the printer feed his press. or the clock
70 baplao In
they knew things that we have forgotten: and
81. in this story OF the city OF Lieg the original
powers OF things are restored to them, and we
are permitted to live In what may be called
comprehensive world. The stable that few I'D
and impaled itself on a church steepic was
hardly calculated to excite attention in the
lively CITY Of 1igg and plenty Of things that we
should call queer were enabled 20 happen in
ligg without calling for any especial remark.
This shows that we need to be educated. no
matter what may be our own opinion OF our
selves.
Miss Dorothy Castlemaine. whose stran &c
adventures are set forth In Tho Degeneration
Of Dorothy" n somewhat stupendous story by
Mr. Frank Kinsella 20. w. Dillingham; Com
panyl. was originally most exemplary young
woman. She visited the deserving poor. sang
harmless little dra wing room ballads OF mildly
sentimental sort and must have been consider
ably bored by the intrrminabe discussions
carried on by her father. n highly respect
able and scientific gentleman. and Prof
Cinderbox. naturalist and an ex-
trcmely rude and cynical person. Cinderbo1
was short. thickset. bull-necked chap.
who looked like Nero and Pontius PLATE and
who continually made most sarcastic remarks
about the Established Church and other insti-
tutions dear to the conservative Englishmau.
Dorothy was afflanced to worthy young civil
engineer and she was also loved by a fiery and
spectacular spanish gentleman: but dou btless
she would have tiled down to an exemplary
eNisten % with the engineer had not an un.ortu-
nate accident occurred Dorothy. while riding
on her bicycle. had a fall and broke n blood |
vessel She was brought To her home in a dying |
condition ant the eminent and worthy DR.. |
Archbel decided that there was but ono |
way 10 save her Our patient" said he, !
''is now In very dangerous condition and la
BILE TO die OF exhaustion at any moment. There
IL only one resource left to save her which |
must be done speedily. as she has suffered an |
excessive loss Of bood-and that IL the imme- |
date TRANSMISSION Of blood from a strong and |
vigorous person" Unfortunately tie englncer |
was no, available "a he was building an aaue-
duct In Alg,crs and so the Spanlard volun-
teercd to let himself be tapped. lie drew him. !
sell IN proudly. Before heaven - he said.
Il would give every drop OF blood In my veins
for her life-l would give my hearts blood to
III" last drop" Spoken ike man 7" exclaimed
DIR. Arrhbel. But you need not part with
the last drop. portion will DO" And so they
tapped the gentleman and pumped pint or
30 OF fiery Spanish blood into the veins OF the
innocent and all unconscious Dorothy And
this dlh ali the mischief. The Spaniard went
home in high delight.
lie laughed aloud in hi. giee. the echoes ringing
along tn deserted streets. She shall be- mine vet
--hanct or no cameo. Even II lie we're her husband.
he csnnot-no. he hall not-stlnd in my way and .
can play waiting game. sh, shall-aho must DO
mine tits tho invnciblc and irrcvocabie decree Of
Pate"
Two bHlatcd clrhmen, curiou.ly startled by his
muttoriuss. locke after him.
'Did you hear t.at'" said the one ut sounded
like tho rawlings of mailman"
''Nonscnse!' cried the other. simply some Drury
Lane mel"dramatr villain coming over the line,
o. a new part They both laughed and went their
way.
Mayhaps they werr justified In thcir observation.
for the place Ia London and the time the nineteenth
century. Yet truth Is Outlines stranger than
but why fall back upon hacknpyed saw when on.
Knows only too vel that fiction has never yet risen
" tn" "Nr"aGant heights OF some strange Incidents
OF tally Nfs.
without asking the reader to fall back upon
q hhckncYed saw-whch seems as though IL
''''e" Nv M h'P pIO'tSS-We may as
sure him that many strange things hap
pened To poor Dorothy after this She lost her
ta-t" '"r ballads Il the hom"ly and pathetic
sort, and took to Wagner and Bizo,. Carmen"
anu Tristan AMI Isolde" came to he her IA
Vori'e operas. and skirt dancing. champagne
supIers. and the wearing OF extremely low
cut gowns her nmGsHm"nts: and lnaly she
left the worthy engineer whom she had
married IN III" meantime. and fed to
Span with t"e spectacular person-who
III spite OF his logs. seems 10 have been
still ~ -bloodcd as any gentleman need
be. Later. in a Mt Of rcEorse she attempted
suiriie by cutting open the veins In her
wrists Luckily, the engineer appeared In
IN" very mex OF tine. Another operation was
reri"rnci--and this time. tn" cooler blood OF
the hurta.d replaced the FIERY, Spanish in
fusion, AMI Dorothy died. rcpcntunt and for
given by al is. as we have said. a some
what siun"n'ous story, anu seems to be-
to " rather hard on spain.
Mrs, schuyler CrpwninshIcld has written
se'" o short stories Of West Indian lie. and