The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-01-04
LITERARY NOTES.


Five articles In the January North
| American Review are devoted to the
| South African war. G.. 1.cveson Cover.
| formerly comptroller of her majesty's
| household. recounts the opinions on the
condition of ''Tho British Army" eX
pressed In recent cony ersation by His
| Royal 1lighness the Duke of Cambridge,
the cousin of the queen. and for many
years commander-in-chiefo of the forces
| of Great Britain. Dr. w. j. l.eyds. the
| European agent of the South African
| republic, answers II number of questions
relating to the "Origin, Duration and
| Outcome of the War" giving n clear idea
| OF the theories and expectations of the
| Beers themselves on these points. The
Rt. Hon. Earl Grey, who was for some
time high commissioner of Rhodasia, dis
| cCsscs the relations between England
| and the Transvaal from the British point
| of view. Professor Hans Delbruck. of
| the Berlin university. examines the at
| titude which the great powers of Europe
| are likely to assume toward Great Bri-
| tain ut the present crisis. Vladimir
| Holmstrcm and Prince Ookhtomsky, in
Great Britain on the War Path" voice
| the belief Of certain classes of intell-
| gent Russians that Britains war
against the Transvaal is the first step
| In n gigantic military scheme whose OBJ
| ject Is to secure for England the mastery
| of the Mediterranean and Of the Indian
| ocean as a means Of securing her posi-
ton in Ipdias George Lacy. who spent
| many years in business pursuits in the
| Dutch Republics In South Africa. con-
| tributes paper entitled "Somc BOcr
| characteristics" In which he draws
graphic picture of the observation-disclosures
| of the Transvaal showing how they live
| ana what manner of people they are. One
| article which Is somewhat obsolete is
fr r.f ,,..lty fn1N Nt,,t fnr
| mcrly prime minister in Aguinaldo's cab
| met. but recently captured by the Ameri-
can troops. 1t sets forth the grounds on
which the insurgent F'ilipinos believe
| themselves to be entitled to the recogni-
| tion of the United States as an indo-
pendent republic. Needless to say. this
| article was written prior to Mabinls
| capture.
Street & Smith. New York, publish. in
''Out of the Past" by Eleanor II. Cor
| yell. a striking study of the evils, immc-
diate and remote of illegitimacy. A
Sister of Charity discovers the dead
mother and newly-born child. with moth
| ing to show their Identity or history.
The story itself begins some twenty
years later when the child has become
| Il man of great talent but ovcrshado~ed
| by the cloud which envelopes his origin.
| The heroine, an Ane rican girl, has come
| to Paris for violin study. believing her
self the daughter of devoted and refined
parents. In protesting against he.
fathers second marriage she brings upon
| herself the shock and horror of the dis
covcry that she Is no legitimate daugh-
ter, but waif adopted from the un
known past. The story goes on to It's
climax, showing how the curse of lille
gtmacy leaves unhealed wounds and
| falls in unfore seen places upon the most
| innocent And yet the story is neither
heavy nor sombre, but has both light
ness and charm and the delight of UNI
eXpcctedness
The announcement of publication of a
number Of biographies of d. l.. Moody
has forced the family to deny that any
| such will have their authorization or CO.
operation. Although Mr.. Moody was
steadfastly opposed to any biographical
notices during his life. he knew 1t could
not be avoided after his death, and a
few years ago expressed the wish that
his elder son, w. II. Moody, should un-
dertakc ii, in order that many false
statements now current might be cor
rected. The family have a large num-
Der of private letters, as well as photo
graphs, and other material. which will
be reserved for the only authorized bio
graphy. The request Is made to friends
all over the world who can contribute
authentic material. to send 1t to w. r.
Moody, Fast Northfed. Mass. Mean
while, brief biographical sketch will
be compiled by his son and issued in the
| Moody Colportage library with all possi-
BILE despatch.
Laird & Lee, of Chicago, have just
added to their admirable collection of
reference books n valuable pocket COM
pendulum, entitled 1.-The Twentieth Cen
tury Handy Cyclopcdia Britannica" COM
piled by Alfred Il. Chambers, Phi. ID. 1t
is a 5l2X3a4 inch volume, of $50 compact
columns, containing a wealth of alpha
betically arranged information. The |
subjects include history and dates down |
to the present year. geography and bio
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facts. theories and discoveries in medi- |
cine, chemistry, physics, botany, zoology, |
astronomy, meteorooSy, etc, etc. Moth |
ing of interest to the present generation |
has been neglected. and even law and |
business have received their share Of the |
authors attention. |
The richest woman in the world has
taken up her pen to contribute to the |
Womans Home Companion In the Feb |
ruary number of that magazine Mrs. |
Hetty Green will discuss 1.-The Benefits |
OF a Business Training for Women"
writing from her own wide experience as |
a woman of affairs and successful |
financier.