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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-03

own. AS public entertainer he is deserYedly
popular and this book should increase his repu-
tatiOn.
There are four hundred and forty-hye pages
in Mrs. Burnetts novel, I'm Connection with the
De Willoughby Claim" 1t is only when we have
arrived at the two hundred and eleventh page
that to use Stevenson's words in one of the re-
Gently published letters. find ourselves be
ginning to commence to prepare to make irs'
start at trying to understand" what the book 5
all about, what the "De Willoughby Claim may
be This is lamentabe enough. but it IS per-
haps the least Of the defects of the book. The
Southerners whose domestic affairs provide what
ever is significant at all In the story are con
trasted with various men and women Of the
North but what the contrast is for it is beyond
US to say. The whole business of Latmer and
John Baird. and the women to whom both are
linked i'm the narrative is as irrelevant as it Is
lcEg drawn out and wearsome To he sure,
the daughter Of Baird marres a De Will0ughby
having been brought ap, deserted founding,
by one Of that name. but this has scarcely any
bearing upon the plot. In short, Mrs Burnett
only succeeds in this novel In making us remem-
Der wistfully THAT Lass O. Lowres," Through
one Administration" and "Haworth's" The
present novel s in no way worthy of the author
Of those books 1t is incoherent in design, it
contains no good drawing ST character the SEN
timcnt is mawkish. y duller book we have not
encountered in some time.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-03

Eudena his hero and heroine OF the stone Age
are in their anactionate companionsmp the rep
rosr ntatiyes Of modern lovers, and at the same
time that the author suggests in their expert
ments and adventures the probable manner III
which man first slowly emerged from darkness
to the light Of later civilization, he contrVeS ~
teen This strand in the story subordinate ana
holds our attention also by the force of universal
emotions, by the force OF human loFe ana ic".''
So also in "A Story Of the Days 10 Coiiie nC
succeeds where other writer's IN the sdilo "''
have failed. by keeping true the balance between
the human interest and his daring prop"cCie' "
future social conditions OF the details OF those
narratives we say nothing. The reauer mus
come TO them TO The Crystal Egg Inc otar
and THE Man Who Could Work Miracles WIN
his curiosity undiminished. He VIII be inter-
ested and delighted. we venture to say IN I'M
usual measure.
In his latest book Mr. Pemberton returns 10
tho idea which he has put to good use before
the idea Of a powerful, Ubiquitous and more or
loss mysterious personality around whom figures
more or less picturesque sinister and gallant
pIav out one little drama after another lhls
time the author finds his opportunity in the
Venice of the seventeenth and eighteenth cen
turios and he has improved 1t to the full. The
tales are well found, well constructed ana
briskIy told Conspirators brayi, clowns priests
and gondoers are cleverly touched off, and so
Is the Venetian environment in which they
move. We suppose Mr.. Pemberton must be
classified with the conventional romancers;
work like his has often been done before; but
he has a pleasant way with him that Is his
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-03

might be dawning for the author. though he
was afraid he rather sceptcal. When
they looked at the rank and file or their
profession he believed they saw great i'm
provement as compared with those who preceded
them At the present day there was far more
courtesy and more willingness to recognize
that even their opponent was generally in the
right and there was throughout more friendly
feeling between all members of the community
"Beatrx" is said to be the title of the new
play which Maurice Maeterlinck is about TO
publish. The work is founded upon thirteenth
century legend
on the question Of perpetual copyright in Eng
land The Academy" SAYS: at may be noted
that in France copyright lasts through the
authors life and for fifty years afterward. In
Italy and Spain copyright in book survives
its author by eighty years. In these countries
therefore, n good copyright remains a source Of
income to mans children and grandchildren.
What, then is the true the just period during
which copyright should be upheld? or should
there be a period at all? Copyright in per
petuity may seem a startling proposition, but
why should a book not be regarded as a piece
Of property as real, and as inalienable from an
authors heirs. as n house, mine. a
fishery? That hardship results from the pres
ent speedy termination Of copyrights can hardly
be disputed. 1t IL easy, indeed to name cases
In which the extinction Of copyright has been
an injustice, or at least matter for regret
Some forty years ago the grandson OF Daniel
Defoe was found 10 be an inmate Of Kenning-
ton Union, ami public subscription, initiated
by Walter Savage Lander was raised on his
behalf Surely the grandson Of the author of
Robinson Crusoe' had moral claim to the
benefits Of his grandfathers success"
THE Heart Of the Ancient Wood" is the title
Of the romance Of Canada which Mr.. Charles
G. ID. Roberts has lately completed.
letter written by Lamb in which he falls
into a bitterness not common to his kindly soul.
is about TO be sold in London He says therein
to l.. G.. Patmore: Mature never wrote knaye
upon a face more legibly than upon that fell
lows. Coal burn him in Beelzebub's deepest
pit" etc.
The just published "reminiscences OF the late
Mrs. Lynn Linton comprise the chapters on
Thackeray, Dickens and other authors which
have already seen the light in the pages OF an
English periodical. The Tribune made quota
tons from their more interesting passages when
they first appeared 1t will be remembered that
her sketch of George Henry Lewes was remark
able for Its franknesS. She quoted from Lewes
among other things this description OF the diff
ferent manners In which Dickens and Thackeray
would serve friend Dickens would not give
you farthing OF money, but he would take no
end OF trouble for you . . , and would snare
himself neither time fatigue Thackeray
would take Two hours grumbling indecision and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-03
Mr.. LANG on AN AUTHORS GRIEVANCE.
From Lonsman'5 Magazine.

one grievance. II no more, authors labor under
the running out of copyright by efuX Of time.
Think how Scott, his debts paid would have
provided for his family had copyright lasted
longer The heirs Of Keats and COlerdge men
neglected by purchasers in their day, would have
Dccn bequeathed competence. Most of Dick
cnSS works are now out OF copyright-a real
hardship while an authors sons and daughters
are in the land. Surely copyright might be pro-
tectod. FOR two lives" at least. The authors lit
orally created the property which, in their
lifetime. many Of them did not enjoy II we are
to have property at all. the authors property
ought to be the most not the least. sacred. The
present law does not inJure many noveliSts; their
books rarely survive their lives; in this world
they have good things The law Injuries men
who in this life like Coleridge and Keats have
not good things but who might, if permitted
provide for their descendants. If anything IS
unjust. this part Of the law Of copyright Is I'M
just
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-03

nrnauents and apparatus, TO appoint cohstd-
HES ianitors and jailers to the Castle, pro'iueu
always that the King shall have free lhBreS9
and egress TO and from the Castle. ms Wouu
seorn TO have been a transaction to carry out III
the clear light of day, but William had MS
perplexites and could not make up MS MN"
as to just where to put up his walls II o'''',I
about that he was warned in dream to put an
the treasure that he purposed to eHIcnu Oh '''0
enterprise in a Golfer, to bind 1t on an Ass anu
build his Castle wherever the ass should stop
"This says tradition, he did, and the ass pass
ing by two hawthorn trees, stopped al the
ahird on the edge of the burn and there lay
down With his burden. and around this tree the
Thane Quilt this castle. To this day there Is IN
the lowest vault of the tower the trunk OF
hawthorn tree firm and sound, though much
chippcd hy collectors of relics growing out OF
the rock and reaching to the top of the vault
and belou it lies the old treasure chest silent
Witnessed to the truth OF the story; the other
two treea have now disappeared the last one
as lately rs the year 1896" 1t was at Cawdor
that Simon Lord Lovat, sought conccament III
the time CT the rebellion. and a garnet still bears
the nam0 of LOyats Hole For good deal
more than a century Cawdor was practically
deserted but it has been lived in by the family
for many years Nothing has been changed
and Cawdor remains. according 10 Viscount
Emlyn "a perfect specimen of an old High
land Castle"
When the Duke OF Cleveland then Lord Harry
Yane. was thinking of buying Battle Abbey IN
the late ffties, it in a sad condition me
Duchess tells how she went to see the place on
one of the public days, and met there Dean Mil
man. They went over the house together. and
the Duchess well remembers the emphasis with
which her companion exclaimed, What mis-
cradle habtationl" There used to be, she was
told at that time, stuffed horse over the ilre-
place. which was shown to guileess visitors as
william the COnQueror's horse!" The Abbey
mad to be deliberately restored. but from the
illustrations IL is seen that this was done with
notable taste and discretion In fact, one OF the
striking things in this volume is its testimony
TO the loving care and true wisdom with which
the ancient houses described have been kept up
by those who now live in them. in pictures
showing living rooms we have looked for mod
eru touches. but If there are any In the furni-
ture or decorations they are tactfully hidden
The very names Of these noble houses suggest
history and romance and the pictures show
that the old traditions still fling their glamour
over hoary facade and stately hall. The book
embraces chapters on Belvor, Blenheim. Hard
wick Hall C'more glass than walPD, Charecote
Holland House, Cawdor Castle, Battle Abbey
Chatsworth, Lyme, Penshurst, Warwick Castle
and Alnwick. The work is entertaining from
beginning to end and leaves the reader with
lively desire for another volume which will. in
the same worthy fashion, celebrate twelve more
of Fnglands beautiful homes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-03

IL
l2mo. d. 1853. Doubleday Mcclure Company
THE sIGNORs OF THE NIGHT. The story Of
Fra Giovanni, the Soldier Monk OF NShcei anu
OF Others in the silent city by Max rem
Mead & t CO. ''''' '-'''' ''' "
CLAIM. BY Frances HcdgsOn Burnett Emo,
pp AS Charles Scribners Sons.
Mr.. H. C. Wells is conquering for himself
unique position among the younger writer's Of
fiction. other story tcllcrs share his taste for
science and some of them are fairly successful
in the exploitation of it. But since Du Maurers
death there has been no one who could approach
the author Of the Tales Of Space and Time in
lending versimilitude to conceptions drawn
from reaches Of the imagination far beyond The
limits of our common experience, yet endowed
by scientific and psychic speculation, with amaZ-
ing plausibiIity Mr.. Wells now gives his reader
q surprise The stories Of the future were eX-
pected. in fact they had previously been pub
lished in a magazine. But the five chapters IN
cuded in this book under the general title II
"a Story OF the stone Age are not only new
but they sh)W that the author has peercd even
further into the past than into the future
Moreover he deals as brilliantly with motives
pushed back fifty thousand years as with fh'se
which he surmisos Will be Characteristic OF the
year POO.
The secret Of an art like that OF MT webs
perhaps lies in restraint rather than IN the
imaginative audacity which IS It's most obvious
quality. That is to say, the invention of such
extraordinary situations as those with which he
deals is part Of the triumph but the right effect
is only to be gained 10y just such a quiet literal
method as these pages Illustrate. We have seen
I'm Mr. Bran Stokers "Dracua" what such
method can do to give kind Of reality to an
utterly incredible idea. Mr.. Wells has the ad-
vantage Of a certain inherent probability IN his
material. Startling as his propositions are. they
all hint of a reasonable basis somewhere In the
dim past or the probable future. He strengthens
his advantage by never getting excited about
his themes. How can we cast doubt upon them
when he himself writes as though it were fool
ish to believe f. anything else? Then too, the
human interest Ia never absent Ugh-lomi and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-03

Mr.. Leslie stephen said in a speech addressed
TO the London Authors Club the other evening
that sometimes ne was even inclined to thlhH
that the career of letters was the only one quite
suitable for the honest man. because at leaSt
ne could say what he thought and had to de-
pend upon his own qualities. They had 70 rely
upon their brains, and they had the satisfaction
Of thinking that in literature man succeeaeu
nv virtue of his own qualities. whatever they
might be- and not by any adventurous or eX-
ceptional assistance. 1t was hard game. out
on the whole it was one Of fair play. That was
to say, they deserved everything that they got.
but he could not invert the proposition, and say
they got everything they deserved. He hoped
with the help OF Sir Walter Besant, better days
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-03

"The Century" is preparing to print some IN,
teresting extracts from the manuscript JouIIla
tont NV Dr O'Meara during his residence at st.
Helena 1t is a record of his daily intercourse
with Napoleon and less than hall OF IL was
used in the preparation Of his book, Napoleoh
at ST. Helena some or the IhosI sulAiHs P""
sages being suppressed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-03

Mr. Owen Wister is writing brief biography
of General Grant. Ii is not unreasOnapie "
consider this in some sort waste OF tfHs' MI,
Wister having unusual gifts as a creator OF goou
fiction. Why does he so rarely use tnat par
ticular gift Of quaint and playful humor eA-
hibited in his dragon Of WantleyI
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-03

complete library edition Of the WORKS mo, on
Paul Bourget Is just coming out In Paris me
first volume contains all NJ. BourgeI hITIh
ntsavs Including seventeen therein published
for the first time.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-03
LITERARY NOTES.

Mr. Egerton Castles new novel. the Bath
Comedy" is coming out as a serial in FRANK
Icslic's Popular Monthly" 1t is a picturesque
story OF the eighteenth century.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-03

hesitation in writing n two-line tcstimoni,,
he would put his hand I'm his pocket ara o
you handful OF gold and bank notes - %
wanted them"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-03

1.-The Heart Of the Ancient Wood" is the title
of the romance Of Canada which Mr. Charles
G. ID. Roberts has lately completed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-03

Olive Schreiner's story Of an African Fs,.
seems to hold the reading public pessimst,c
it is. There have been many editions at yarv,
prices in the last sixteen years, and a new !.
is now announced.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-03
FICTION.
THE RECONsTRUCTIONS AND PRoPHE-
CIES OF MR.. II. g. WELLS.

TALES OF SPACE AND TIME. BY II. G. Wells
l2mo Do SjS. Doubleday & Mcclure Company
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-03

IN CONNECTION WITH THE DE WILLouGIiBY
CLAIM BY Frances Hcdgson Burnett Emo,
IN ii6 Charles ScTbncr's Sons.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-03

Eleanor" Mrs. Humphry Wards new NJ,
will begin in the January number. II ls ssI
portray the never ending conflict between
old and the new THE Mantle OF Elijah"
IangwlPs new novel. is another notable g.
announced by the magazine.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-10-07
Not the Best Resort.

Eastern consumptives need not wor-
ry because the California board of
health c~ontemplates establishing a
quarantine and having a physician with
a lung tester and a shotgun meet all
trains east of the state line. California
Is neither the only health resort nor the
best. There is not one intelligent, read
ing, educated physician in a thousand
in the United States who would not
recommend New Mexico in preference
to California for persons suffering from
tuberculosis, or predisposed toward that
disease. And in this dry aseptic atmos-
phere the people are not afraid of any
general contagion. There is a good deal
of humbug, anyway, about the danger
OF contagion in this malady. In the re-
gions where consumption prevails most
millions Of people are constantly in con-
tebt with persons suffering from the
disease, waiting upon and nursing them,
eleepfnE with them and sharing their
daily life, and vet not suffering any evil
results. II has ever been thus. and all
WHY'S Will be SO.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-10-07


Atkinson of Boston found yester.
day that his missionary work had ac-
complished nothing in the grand old
state, whose people have had nothing to
be ashamed Of since the time when they
showed England a trick or two in Bos-
ton bay. Yesterday the Republicans of
the state, which is to say pretty nearly
all the people who are not of foreign
descent, had a state convention, and
with great unanimity upheld the presi-
dent in his curse regarding the sup
preston of the war in the Philippine is
lands. Since Massachusetts has repu-
dated the agitator and his ~foolishness,
there remains no section where disloy-
atty can be considered as Endorsed by
the people.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-10-07
Elections That Are SIGNIFICANT,

This is the off Year in politics, but any
one is off who thinks the elections to be
held this fall are not important. The
most significant are those of Ohio, Ken
lucky Iowa and Nebraska. The result
in the 9y2sident's state will be taken as
indicating approval or disappro' II of
the executive. In Iowa the platform
was dictated by Bryan, and in NeOras-
ka fusion has again stalked forth with
a challenge to the Republicans. Ken
lucky will demonstrate whether the
Democrats of that state will submit to
corrupt bossism. Massachusetts has be-
come a target because she has a coterie
of Republicans who are opposed to the
Philippine policy of the president, but
their party spoke in a state convention
yesterday in a n that indicates
the Hoar element will be no important
factor in the campaign. And as the
Democrats of the state have declared
for free silver and the Republicans for
gold. Massachusetts, which thinks
much of the dollar. will be apt to give
little comfort to the silver champion.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-10-07
The Place TO Get Trade.

Statistics are being published by
Democratic papers to show that there
is nothing to be made by seeking trade
with the Philippine islands, as the goods
sold from the United States to the Phil
ippines have brought but five mills per
capita annually, while from the people
of England $13' per capita has been re-
ceived. from British North America $1S,
and so on down to 50 from Mexico, 6
cents from China, and one and a half
cents from British West Indies. To any
body but a Democratic editor it would
appear that the place to secure the most
additional trade would be in the region
where this country now sells the least.
American manufacturers have worked
the markets where the average sales
per capita run so high for all there is in
them. The other side of the Pacific is
practically a virgin field, so far as the
of this country is concerned,
but the war has opened the way for
business in the lands that have fallen
into the possession of the United States.
There was a time when the argument
might have been made by the Demo-
cratic editors that because this country
exported nothing much to England it
would be Improbable to seek the Brit
iSh market,
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-10-07
New Mexico's Leading Product.

The statement that $1,000 lambs viii
be shipped this IA from the n sta
ton of Espanola, Santa Fe county, by
feeders from Colorado who have pur-
chased them. is significant. 1t means
the payment of from $50, 900 to $780, 900 tt
the sheep growers who are accessible
from that shipping point. This, too, aft
err they have already realized we'll or
their wool clips for the year. Truly
Governor Otero was correct in the state
merlt made in a speech the other day
that from the sheep the territory re-
ceives a greater income than from all
other sources combined. At least, the
assertion is true this year, when wool
brings a good price, thanks to the tariff
shutting out the wool grown in foreign
lands, and when prosperity has made a
demand for both wool and mutton. The
sale of wool this year has already given
several millions of dollars into the
hands of the people who own the flocks
of New Mexico, and the men who do the
labor needed in the industry. And as
much more money is now coming from
the sale of lambs for the market.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-10-07
Fusion a Failure.

And now the middle of the road Pop
ulists of Nebraska are not happy. They
held a state convention this week, and
declared that while they considered 1t
useless to nominate a state ticket they
did not approve of the fusion effected
between the silver Republicans, Demo-
Gratis and the majority of the Populists.
They therefore pledged themselves not
to vote for the fusion ticket, but of
course did not declare for the Republic
an ticket, Fusion has always been un-
satisfactory to one side or the other to
the bargains. AS a general thing, it has
resulted in boosting Democrats who
could not win on their merits into office.
In some cases it has given fusion legis-
latures, but even the parties to such
combinations would find it difficult to
point to any good results therefrom. In
such instances the community of inter-
ests has continued only long enough to
win an election. and then the various
elements, each with it's wv purposes to
conserve, have begun pulling and haul
ing to accomplish them Independently,
Needed legislation has been neglected
and some very poor laws enacted
through lack of combined opposition, OIL
from want of a party with a clear ma
jority to interfere.