The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-11-29
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r The world has never known a more
dramatic situation than that presented
by the foreign community within the
walls of Picking while cut off from com
munication with their countrymen.
During these long, doubtful weeks, the
most interesting figure in this lnterna
tional tradgedy was Sir Robert Hart
who for more than twenty-five years mas
been as far as European might the
statesman ending the affairs OF the
Chinese Empire Those familiar In any
degree with Eastern conditions hoped,
after the relief of Picking, that Sir Rob
ert would break his long rule of silence
and give to the world his story of the
the events which lead to the closing of
the gates of the British Legation, and
his views as to the policies which should
prevail in the settlement of the difficult
questions which had arisen. On the
18th of October, the following cable
message from Sir Roberts London rep
resentative to the Editor of The Cosmo-
politan was received: ''Sir Robert Hart
has sent for November number Fort
nightly, London, and Cosmopolitan
New York, an important article on siege
Of Picking, about fifteen thousand
words, which / will post you to-mor-
row. The MS arrived in time to be il
Guided in the December issue.
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The curious charm of the East holds
every imaginative mind that from afar
dreams of its mysteries. The like charm
interpreted in part by experience, yet
only the more subtly persistent, dom:-
mates those that have dwelt long in the
Orient In MCCLURE'S MAGAZINE for
December appears the first installment
of kim" the latest and most import
ant novel from Kipling's pen. From
the beginning it reveals itself as "A mas
ter piece, worthy alike Of its theme and
of its author.
But kim" is not the sole feature OF
prime literary importance in MCCLURE
MAGAZINE. Anthony Hope there be-
gins a series that will be welcomed ly
every wise reader.
An article of permanent value in this
issue is the first of two in which are re-
lated The Last Days of the Confederate
Government" This was written by tha
late Stephen R. Mallory, Secretary Of
the Navy in the Confederate Gov rn-
ment.
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The Christmas number of the New
Lippincott" Magazine publishes com
plete Amelia E. Bars latest and best
novel, entitled Souls of Passage
Miss Agnes Repplier con tributes one
of her charming essays, calling it, AS
Advertised"
Readers of "A Monk from the Ghetto,
which appeared in the July number of
the New Lippincott, are eager to see
another story by Martha Wolfenstein,
aid they may now have the opportunity.
An 1dyl of the 'Gass,
AS Others See Us by George Hib-
bard, is a bright little one-act drama.
The Blufflng of Johnny Crapaud,
by Patrick Vaux. is a vigorous and
unique sea story Of an incident that may
happen some Christmas night in the
twentieth century of Englands history
of the sea.
Evelyn Sharp, whose fairy tales ale
popular with old and young, contributes
an example called The Little Queen
and the Gardener, which is delicate
fascinating, and unforgettable.
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From the thirteen articles that make
up the December issue of The Forum
one may, without invidiousness, choose
that Of Mr. Henry L. West as likely to at
tract most attention Mr. West re
views The Programme for congress,
and his forecast is luminous and con
vincing. The Secretary of the Repub
lican National Committee, Hon. Perry
S. Heath, enumerateS the Lessons o.
the Campaign" and John Ball Osborn,
recounts The Work of the Reciprocity
Commission" In distant relation to tn,
latter stands an article by John p
Young, the managing editor of the Sal
Francisco Chronicle entitled THE Econ
omic Basis of Protection" In answe
to Eugene T. Chamberlain, the Unite'
States Commissioner of Navigation, i
an article entitled, The Development
of British Shipping, by Benjamin Tay
lor.
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