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know IN at he and he alone had invented and
uttered hem Unfortunately-and this is the
last, most deplorable flaw "Herod"-the po-
etical lines, though MI Phillips has turned them
with so much care, are '4Ot, after all, poetica!
in the trutst sense. What disappointed US about
his ''PaolC, and Francesca" said at the
time il appeared was the lack Of verbal felicity,
Of poetic ciction Of music Of charm, OF style.
''Herod" is as innocent of these things as if it
were not the work OF professed poet at ALL but
came from the pen Of some ordinarily clever
craftsman with taste for rhetorical exercises
The examples We have cited should be in them
selves sufficient 10 confirm this Judgment, but
we may select another passage, somewhat longer
than any Of those given above We choose the
speech Of Marianne. in the full tide Of her ex-
ultant love for Herod:
And most for this love you and have loved,
That when you wooed, behind you cities crashed:
Those eyes that dimmed for me hamed In the
breach,
And you were scorched and SCARED and dressed
in spoils,
Magnificent in livery Of ruin.
You swept denial off and all delay,
You rushed me like fire. and a wind drove
Thou who didst never fear. Herod. my Herod,
Now clasp me close as thou oidst clasp me then
When like a hundred lightning brands up
In the'night sudden. Then did you laugh out
And whirled like god through the dark
away
-Four lines from Antony and Cleopatra" cause
this 10 shrivel up into nothingness-
o. thou day o. the world,
Chain mine arm'd neck. leap thou, attire and
all,
Through proof OF harness 70 my heart, and there
Ride on the pants triumphing.
-Four lines from Shakespeare will shrivel any
thing up into nothingness, TO be sure But We
do not apologize for putting Mr.. Philips 10 this
test; IN fact We have no patience with the
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about Those eyes that bring upon us endless
thoughts" But when he proceeds 10 talk about
That face that seems il had come to pass
Like a thing prophesied.
We know that Herod has Withdrawn and that
hr. Phillips has taken his place. spelling a pas
sage that, il kept within the bounds Of sim
pliciiy, might have had some pathos. Musing,
earlier in the play. on Mariamne's beauty. Herod
says:
one could not get by heart that sweetness, not
From noon-foam OF the Mediterranean
Nor long and leafy Lebanonan sigh
TO lone Abanah under Syrian stars.
Together the royal lovers watch the heavens.
Herod. That star is languorous with divine
excess
Mar. o world OF wearied passion dimly
bright!
So might Mr Phillips weave graceful lines by
the hundred, and put them in the mouths Of a
hundred different characters; We would still
New-York tribune., 1900-12-30

that If he had made IL a rule early in life TO
answer only those letters that came TO him from
friends and relatives his contributions to criti-
csm and poetry would have been augmented by
the addition Of at least three more books con-
tanning some of his best work. MIR. Kernahan
added that persons who wrote for literary advice
to Swinburne, 10 Andrew Lang. to Kipling,
did so, Of course, because of their intense ad-
miration for those distinguished authors; but
those who wrote to the average literary adviser
did so because of their intense admiration for
their work, and that was much less graft
flying. One poor woman wrote to him. for in
stance, to say that her threatened with
softening of the brain, and begging him TO get
a book Of his accepted, as thereby his health
would be benefited, as he would have something
to interest what was left of his mind" Again,
he had had a letter from entire stranger, be-
ginning Il understand you a Christian man,
and 1 am truly thankful to learn it. When you
learn my story you won't have the heart TO
refuse my Ms. Two weeks ago to-day my wife
ran away from me. and l haven't heard of her
since" He did not even trouble to express sym
pathy with the writer's domestic affiictOn, for
lie happened TO know that others had been writ
ten TO in similar terms. and that in the matter
Of runaway wives the man, if judged by his let
tiers. must have been veritable Buebeard.
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concerned, have unmistakabe reality. The sin
lister flavor of some OF the beliefs of the planta
tion darkey is forcibly presented, but ii is never
cultivated too ObtTusiyely for its own sake; IL
is handled as an element in the familiar. human
spectacle which the author has evidently studied
at first hand. We can pay the book better
tribute than by saying that despite the dialect
it is pleasant 10 read.
Mr. AIDE also triumphs his dialect-sOr
we suppose that word may fairly be applied TO
the slang which he uses. The humor Of his
More Fables is crudely effective. \ little of
it goes a great way, and to read this book
through at a sitting is TO become weary of Mr.
George Ade. But. of course, it is not always
an imperative duty to read it through at
sitting Like Mr.. Dooey. this author is an
amusing companion for odd moments.
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latter day notion that poet or prose writer
may be lauded to the skies, but must never,
under any circumstances. be subjected to 'un-
fair" comparisons with his betters. Matthew
Arnold long ago pointed out the effective daily
use which may be made in the consideration of
literary productions by the application TO them
OF touchstones borrowed from Shakespeare and
other immortals. What impresses US most about
'Herod,' reading it with memories of those i'm
morta!s in our mind, is the infinite distance by
which ii is separated from great poetry. II is
ingenious. polished clever; but it is no contra
dction to say that it is also essentially common
place. work lacking in inspiration, in poetic
fire, where the theme demands both in generous
measure.
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There is TO be an absolutely correct reproduc-
ton of the First Folio of Shakespeare for ;he
benefit of students. The oxford University
Press will the conotype process in printing
a facsimile from the Chatsworth copy of the
First Folio. loaned for the purpose by the Duke
OF Devonshire. Mr. Sidney Lee will contribute
a brief introduction and will furnish list of
all known copies of the Folio. with bibliograph-
ical detailA
New-York tribune., 1900-12-30

Every rybody-here and in England-is reading
Lord Rcsebery's Napoleon just now, and is,
moreover talking about its author sir John
Mowbray gives pleasant little glimpse of Rose
berry when as Premier and winner of the Derby.
he arrived in oxford a visit al the Deanery.
His first question in the drawing room was,
Where are the children? So they were sent
for and he began to romp with them, and they
made such a row running about the gallery
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ON THE WING OF OCCASIONS. Being the Au:
the Late Civil War; Including the Hitherto Sup
dent Lincoln. Iy Joel Chandler Harris. Illus
trated- limo, pp. 80 Doubleday. Page & Co.
DEVIL TALES. BY Virginia Frazer BoyIe, Illus
trated by A. B. Frost 12n'o' pp. I'll Harper q
hroS-
Clyde J. Newman. 12mO. pp 21s Herbert ;.
Strange company IS encountered in The Couf-
tesy Dame" and. as IL the oddities of the living
were not enough Mr., Glchrist throws across his
book the shadow Of some unedifying transac-
tions of the past. Yet IL is interesting. Tho
Courtesy Dame hersaf a country hoyden with
good heart and great beauty to atone for her
temper. is in sad trouble when she first appears.
Her rescue by Lord Bostern is not altogether
happy one; she jumps almost from the fryina
pan into the fire. But the worst never happens.
and IL the close of the tale has a tragic impca-
ton ii is also significant of the happiness which
true love sometimes wins. Anne Witchett can
not marry the she loves, but she can die
with him. The narrative Of her fantastic
perience is filed out with effective sketches Of
half dozen other individuals, most of them
queer and all of them colored by rather
healthy tints. Nevertheless 1.-The Courtesy
Dame" is not without beguiling qualities that
though we hope that the morbid streak in the
authors imagination may IN time give place 60
something worthier OF his gifts.
Mr.. Harris has collected five very cleverly con-
trved stories in his latest volume We appreci-
ate in all Of them his deftness and sprightltness
but the account of Lincolns dealings with two
Confederates who came to kidnap him is the
best thing in the book by virtue of its humor
and its skilful pOrtraiture % the President.
Stanton, too, is well hit off in this performance.
It suffers, of course, from the air of extreme
improbability that hangs about it-Mr Harri?
has not the art of making the incredible seem
natural and convincing the reader against mis-
will-but there is enough left. when all dedCc-
tions are made. to justify cordial approval Of
the work.
Though new book generously sPrinkled with
dialect is not exactly a boon, it must be con-
fessed that Miss Boyle does much to keep the
reader of her Devil Tales" in a good humOr.
The incidents of Southern life she treats. the
negro types and superstitions with which she Is
New-York tribune., 1900-12-30
WOES OF A LITERARY ADVISER.

Mr.. c. Kernahan. making. in London the other
evening. the Confessions of a Literary Ad-
viser," quoted Mr.. Swinburne as once telling him
New-York tribune., 1900-12-30
FICTION.
AN UNPLEASANT BUT INTERESTING
STORY.

THE COURTESY DAME. A Novel BY r. MN
ray Gilchrist. 12mo up. 262 Dodd, Mead & c.
ON THE WING OF OCCASIONS. Being the Au-
thoriZed NersiOn of Certain Curious EpisOdeT of
the Late Civil War Including the Hitherto Sup
pressed Narrative of the kidnapping of Presi-
dent Lincoln. lty Joel Chandler Harris Illus
trated limo, pp. 80 Doubleday, Page & Co.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-30

DEVIL TALES. BY Virginia Frazer Boyle Illus
trated by A B. Frost 12n'o. PIP. I'll. Harper a
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saved my sons life, as doubtless did the
shot that killed the leader of the party al
lacking YOU 1t is strange, indeed, that
he should have met with two such adven-
lures in the course of week. Possibly,
Juan, the one was a sequence to the other,
and those engaged in it may have been
the comrades of the men who attacked
you at San Diego, and who thus assaulted
you to obtain revenge for their mishap
there"
THAT was so, father. Both attacks
were the work of one man, who. / am
happy to say, will trouble me no more,
as he was the leader of the second at
tack-the man whom Senior Harland shot.
but who is the man, and what could
have been his motive for thus attacking
your"
II only suspected the first time, father,
and until looked at the man Harland had
shot l was not sure of 1t. Happily none
of the men who acted for him are likely
to open their lips on the matter, and no
one else will have suspicion. Had IL
been otherwise we might have had good
deal of trouble over il, for the man was
Capt. Pedro Diego"
Sarasta looked grave.
"As you say, that would lead to serious
trouble were it known, although, clearly,
you were not TO blame in the matter, but
what was the reason of his enmity against
your"
Guzman's hand, father"
| "Ah, ah, that explains it. Well, we will
think no more of 1t at present; but what
did you do with his body?"
1--WE piled rocks over it, there Is no fear
of his being discovered, and as he certain
! Nv would not have mentioned to any Sne
his intentions of numbering me on my way
home, no search is likely to be made in
that direction"
THAT is we'll OF course 1 received your
letter, Juan. and sent off messenger
f. at once to Senior Guzman, giving my and
your mothers hearty consent to the
match, which indeed pleased us much"
1.-TWO or three minutes later they ar
rived at the hacienda, in front of which
a number of servants and poems employed
/ in the gardens and stables had gathered
to welcome their young master back af-
ter his nine months absence. AS they
d:smounted Donna Sarasta appeared at
the door. Juan ran up the steps and ten
derby embraced her; Senior Sarasta then
led VIII up.
your first welcome, my dear. should
have been given to this gentleman. SEN
or william Harland for had 1t not been
for him you would not have Juan by
your side now. He has twice saved his
| life"
''Twce saved his life?" Donna sarasta
exclaimed, incredulously. rs 1t possible,
Philip"
"rt Is quite true" her husband said
gravely. HAD 1t not been for him Juan
would never have returned to us. Do
not be alarmed; the danger is over, for
the author CT these attacks has fallen by
Don williams rifle"
The lady held out both hands to win.
The tears were streaming down her
che eks. n
"Senorr she said, 81 cannot thank you
now Remember that It is our only sons
life that you have saved Think of what
we should have felt had he not returned,
and our men had brought us news of his
Death. May the blessed virgin reward you
aud bless you. Give me. your arm, Phil
ip / am faint" s-
Her husband and son supported her into
the house and placed her on couch,
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er said embracing him In Spanish fash
lon while the girl kissed him with warm
affection.
80 1 hear from Antonio that you have
had trouble on the way and have lost
some blood"
"'Tis only a flesh wound, sir, but just
at present IL is smartng q good deal.
Riding over those mountains is not the
best thing in the world, even for trif-
ling wound. Now, I wish to introduce
you TO my friend, Don William Harland,
an American gentleman. who has done
me vital service, as 1 will presently re-
late to you."
VIII had also dismounted, and was
standing by his horse, some fifteen yards
away Juans father walked across to
him, and lifting his somberor, said:
AS the friend of my son, senior. well
come you most warmly, the more 50
since he tells me that you have rendered
him signal service, though of what
nature ] am not aware, but in any case,
as his friend you are mine, and I beg
you TO consider my house as your own.
This is my daughter, Donna Clara"
WIN removed his sombrero and bowed
oeeply while the girl made a ceremonious
salute
sNow' let US mount and ride on" Senior
oatasta said. Your mother will be an.
xlously expecting you Juan. We have
veeh ioking for you for the last two days.
OUT now that I see your friend is riding
your second horse. ] understand that you
nave been longer than usual on the Jour-
,ity' Where are your other two men ard
now Is 1t that Francisco is leading their
l am sorry to say. father. that they
are both killed" Juan replied.
4, Killed. the haciendero repeated, while
"e SRI uttered an exclamation of horror.
-, Why Antonio only spoke of the attack
upon YOU as a trife."
told him to do so, sir did not wish
80 you or my mother to be alarmed. She
m.snt Wei have imagined that the wound
20 huch more serious than he reported
put 1t was a serious affair. We were am
Uushed by party of nine men in the
SSi,per part Of the pass in the hills beyord
@lo,tVerey. The two men were killed by
s nelr hrst fire. We took TO the rocks. MY
~, Iiend here shot their leader and one OF
e men. l shot another but should not
.e Deen much further use, for enc of
a.s Hred almost at the same instant ]
o or ana his bullet cut my arm from the
roo" 70 the shoulder. II is not at all a
a'.tous wound but IL disabled the arm for
,ihe. However, the fall of their leade,
ien the affair. The other six men, find
1uat they could not get away without
l5rldlnty of being shot, surrendered,
that - SiiS ~ olle anu thToWlnB uoWn
S neH weapons in the road and then going
IN tn ire pass singly. i was obliged to let
In 60 Tor they were still superior 10
IN number, and we could no mora
"oM ourselves out of shelter than they
oulu' Some at least Of us might have fal-
81 ma nad the fight gone on"
ell, let us mount" the don said. You
Idst tell me ell about II later on. The frs I
mug TO do is to have your wound seen
w.. fadre Didalgo Is a famous hand at
uch matters"
Wen, senor," he went on to Will as
cantered along, II can quite under
sn9 now that the service that you rem
Su 70 my son Is a valuable one, for
you not shot the leader OF these las
~ 70 say nothing OF some OF the others.
rently."
~ Ihat Is certainly So" Juan said. but
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Look after your mother Clara" the
Mexican said as two female attendants
came in.
Sancho, go and Gall FIR Hidalgo down
from his study. Doubtless he is unaware
that my son has returned. Tell him that
he is to bring bandages and salves, for
there is wound to be dressed. He will
find my son in the dining room. Do one
of you fetch basins of hot water and
onges thera. NV, Senior Harland, will
lead you to your room. Doubtless a bath
will be agreeab'e to you after your jour
ney."
Will was glad to be out of the way dur
ing this family meeting. and willingly
followed his host, who took him to a
large chamber on the first floor. A bath
stood ready filled, with towels and all
convenienccs.
II told them to put a suit of Juan's
clothes in readiness. 1 did not know
whether they would fit, but l have no
doubt they will do so. They .will save
you the trouble of opening your bag till
evening And now if you will excuse
me- I will go down and look at the boy
wound
well, luck has favored me- indeed"
Win said TO himself as he looked round
"A fortnight ago there was /, a runaway
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that was not the service to which 1 al
/ luded. Don William and I made our
first acquaintance in the streets of San
Diego after nightfau ] was returning
through the quarter by the port when
was attacked suddenly by four cut
threats. was defending myself as well
as 1 could, but should certainly have been
killed had not this gentleman, who was
an entire stranger to me, ran. up and
leveled one of my assailants to the grounl
with blow from a stick he carried. and
broke the wrist of another. The third,
turning to defend himself, 1 disposed of,
and the other ran away"
"By the saints, you seem to have had
hot time of it, Juan, and, indeed, we
have all good reason TO be most grateful
to your preserver. Senior Harland, my
obligations to you are infinite, such as l
can never repay"
Really, senior. you are making more
of the matter than it is worth" Will said
earnestly. Il was going quietly along
when 1 heard shouts and explanations
and felt that some one was being attack
ed. / ran forward and seeing four men
attacking one, had no difficulty in decid-
ing who were the aggressors, and with
out hesitation Joined in. AS I took them
by surprise, and, in fact. disposed of two
of them before they could attack me-
while almost at the same moment Juan
killed another, the affair was over almost
before 1t began. 1t was not a quarter
of a minute from the time came up TO
that in which the fourth man was run
! ing off a the top of his speed | have
already benefited, very largely by the
affair, having gained thereby the friend
ship of syour son, the hospitality of his
| friend, Senior Guzman and the opportu-
nifty of making this journey and paying
you q visit. AS to the affair in the noun
| tains. 1 was defending my own life also
and our success was as important to me
as to him"
at is well for you to make light of 1t,
| sir, but whether the first affair lasted
quarter of a minute or quarter of an
! hour the result was the same. Your
quickness and courage in thus plunging
! into street fray on behalf of a stranger
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leisurely, he went down stairs again,
feeling pleased that Juan's clothes fitted
him so well, and that 1t was not necessary
for him to get out his own for, although
new they would certainly not look so
well after their journey in the kit bag as
did the spotless white garments that had
been provided for him. He found Clara
alone in the patio. This hacienda, like
most of it's kind was a large square build
ing with a courtyard In its CENTER In
this case the patio had been transformed
into a shady little garden with orange
trees, bananas and other tropical pro-
auctions. Grape vines climbed round the
light pillars that supported the veranda
that surrounded 1t and covered its roof
with mass of foliage dotted with great
purple punches OF grapes. Two of three
little fountains were half hidden among
the trees, and the air was heavy with
the scent of the orange and citron how-
ers.
my father and mother will be down
directly, senor." she said, "the bell will
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NAMES OF WHITE HOUSE LADIES
Two Marthas, Two Eiixas and Two
AbigaiIs and But a Single Mary.

Washington, June Lit is an interest
ing study in nomenclature to run over the
names of our Presidents wives. or Marys
there has been but one-Mary Todd Lin
coin. There were two Marthas-Martha
cambridge Washington and Martha
Wayles jefferson; two Abigails-Ahigail
Powers Fillmore and Abigail Smith Adams
Another maiden, possessed of the COM
monplace name of Smith, became the wife
of President-Margaret Smith, who mar
ried Zachary Taylor. There were also two
Elizas-Eliza Wainwright Monroe and
Eliza McCardie johnson.
There was second Todd-Dolly Todd
Madison. After Dolly, which was perhaps
the most fanciful name, savoring more of
a nickname, there were the two rather
high-soundlng names, Letitia and Lucre-
tia--Letitia Christian Tyler and Lucretia
Rudolph Garfield. Julia Dent Grant, Lucy
Webb Hayes and Louisa Catherine Adams
had Christian names more modern and less
sedate than Jane Appleton Pierce, Hannah
Hoes Van Buren,, Rachel Donelson jack
son. Sarah Childress Polk and Anne Sym
mes Harrison.
Frances Folsom Cleveland, Caroline
Scott Harrison and Ida Saxton Mckinley
are trinity of thoroughly womanly
names
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lad without plans, in a strange country
with nothing but my kit bag and some
ninety pounds to rely upon. Now I am
in clover, with good friend, a welcome
assured as long as l choose to stay here
and an amount of gratitude that seems
to me almost ridiculous, considering that
1t is all the result of my interfering in
a street row, just as l might have done
in any other port. At any rate, l shall
have some new experiences 10 tell about
when I get home. / shall certainly like
the senior; he has been so long out here
that he has shaken off the indolent air
and the formal constraint that almost all
these Spanish people have and is much
more like an American than an English
man. The mere fact of his having set
tied in this out-of-the-way valley is a
proof that he has a lot of go and pluck.
'Of course, l can't tell much about his
wife yet; she is naturally upset at the
thought of Juan's danger AS to his
sister, she is ever so much prettier than
his sweetheart though certainly Christina
Guzinan is pretty, too. She hardly said
a word after her first welcome TO ,him-I
suppose she was too upset to talk and
will brighten IN when she finds that
Juan's wounds are really trihing Well,
] expect shall have a jolly lime of it
here and get some shooting and hunting.
II will be great fun among all these
herds of cattle. The first thing to do will
he TO learn 90 ride properly should
not like to have all these Mexican fell
lows laughing at me. At any rate, 1
have learned something on our way here
I will gel Juan to go out alone with me
for bit till can be sure of sticking on
Frora what he was saying, some of their
horses must be brutes to sic, especially
those who jump straight up into the air
and keep on doing it until they get rid
of their riders"
Having taken a bath and dressed very