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Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-06-29
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New-York tribune., 1900-04-28

found in Omar. He has not however. improved
it with equal success in the translation which the
Harpers publish for him. 1t Is he says, using
some curiously prosaic figures, "a sort of in
tellectual pillaw; a literary curry; a kabab or
versatile genius. where grave and gay. humor
and wisdom. laughter and tears are threaded
together on the skewer of wit, and spiced by
a soft worldliness and gentle stoicism that
makes the dish irresistible, however jaded may
be the mental appetite" This description whets
appetite for the dish. but the latter is not
irresistible. This. suspect. is not Sa'dfs
fault. but Sir Edwins. The mere facts in the
book attractive. There are picturesque
little incidents. shrewd hits at human nature,
vivid glimpses of Oriental wisdom. But there is
poetry; the translatOrs rhymes haven't the
least distinction or beauty. and this being the
case, we do not that the world is any better
off for Sir Edward Arnold's transactions with
good old Sa'di"
New-York tribune., 1900-04-28
THE WIDE WORLD.


THE INTERNATIoNAL GEOGRAPHY. BY Sew
snty A AUTHORS. With m ass Illustrations. Edited
ID. Appleton & Co.
For your true geographer there is nothing
like a map, and. while he always enjoys the
latest one, ne enjoys enormously studying one
OF ancient date. Many of the remotest corners
OF the earth have vic ,ded up their mysteries yet
there is nothing more fascinating than to study
those maps on which far regions still in
dicated in only a tentative manner Studying
such maps, however. is peculiarly the geograph-
er's pleasure. In his entirely studious moments
he cherishes above all things facts and accuracy.
He must value therefore, very highly a work
like the international Geography" II should
be precious alike TO the specialist and TO the
beginner. To the latter because 1t is planned on
such a practical system and its Introductory
chapters helpful
Mr.. Mill gives you a list of the best books of
reference, including aliases. Then the principles
OF geography are outlined. High authorities dis
course on the growth Of geography, the plan of
the earth, the nature and origin of land forms
the oceans atmosphere and climate, the dis
tribution Of mankind and political geography
The bulk Of the book is made up Of dissertations
On the continents and countries The student Of
Russia, for example may read here of the en-
pire and it's people. the confguration Of the
country, the character Of its plains, mountains
and its rivers. He Will find data on the climate
the fora and the fauna, on vegetables, min
erals and industries and trades. There are
notes on the administration of justice and
on the army and navy The principal towns are
traversed, and statistics are given touching
population, means of transport, the shipping
trade of the chief ports and on. Small but
adequate maps constantly introduced and
there is finally. a splendid index 1t may be
added that the writer's contributing TO this work
are throughout men Of eminence IL is a noble
work of reference, and, though necessarily con-
densed, IL viii take its place a standard in
its field, welcome equally in the schoolroom and
in the priYafe library.
New-York tribune., 1900-04-28
KIPLING IN TERUONT.
SOME PAGES FROM HIS WINTER NOTE
BOOK"

SOME PAGES FROM HIS WINTER NOTE
BOOK"
Mr. Kipling's sojourn In Brattleboro VT bore
fruit in his fiction-notably in the story of THE
Walking Delegate" but the paper which he con-
tributes to the May Harper" under the title
of From Winter Note Book" throws new
light on his appreciation of his American home
Evidently he very happy in Bratteboro
enjoying the march of the seasons studying
with zest and with his wonderful powers of OBJ
servation the thousand and natural phe-
nomena of his neighbrohood The impressions
he records in 'Harper's Magazine" are those
of man in love with his surroundings though
1t is plain also that the humorist and critic In
Mr.. Kipling were constantly awake. II is in
teresting to how the student Of human nat
ure comes to the surface in these jottings He
describes the weather with lively sympathy until
he comes to example of human activity when
he at once seizes the opportunity. as this pass
age shows:
The white wooden farmhouses were banked
round two feet deep with dried leaves or earth
and the choppers went out to get ready next
years stores OF wood Now. chopping is an art
and the chopper In all respects an artist He
makes his own axe helve. and for each man
there is but one perfect piece of wood In all the
world. This he never finds. but the likest sub
stitute is trimmed and balanced and poised to
that ideal One man that / know has evolved
very nearly the weapon or UmSlOpOgadS. 1t is
almost straight, Tapped at the butt with leather
amazingly springy, and carries a two-edged
blade for splitting and chOpping. II his Demon
be with 'him-and what artist can answer for
all his moods?-he will cause tree to fall upon
any stick or stone that you choose uphill or
down. TO the right TO the left Artistlike
however he explains that that is nothing Any
fool can play with tree in the open but II
needs the craftsman to bring a tree down in
thick timber and do no harm. To see an eighty
foot maple. four feet in the butt. dropped deftlv
as fly Is cast. in the only place where II will
not outrage the feelings and SWipe off the TONS
of nifty juniors, is revelation.
Mr.. kipling pauses upon the transition of the
Vermonters from the ways of their forefathers
to the ways OF to-day. Not more than a gem
eration ago" he remarks. these farmers made
their own clothes. soap, and candles killed their
own meat thrice year beef veal and pig and
sat stil between times. Now they buy shop
made clothes, patent soaps and kerosene; and II
is among their tents that the huge red and gilt
Biographies OF the Presidents. and the TWENTY
pound family Bibles. with illuminated marriage
registers. mourning cards baptismal certificates
and hundreds of genuine steel engravings sell
best" Observations like these last are old
friends We have met them again and again
among those "glimpses Of the obvious with
which jejune philosophers are wont to regals u.
New-York tribune., 1900-04-28

But there Is something better worth while IN
Mr.. Kipling's reflections on the Vermont win
ter. He says
Now, in the big silence of the snow is born
perhaps. not little of the New-England con-
science which her children write about There
is much time to think and thinking is higniy
dangerous business Conscience, fear, undigeSt
ed reading and il may be- not too we'll cooked
food, have full swing. man, and more par
ticularly a woman. easily hear strange
notes.-the Word of the Lord rolling betweea
dead hills: may visions and dream dreams.
get revelations and OutpOuring of the spirit
and end (suCh things have been) lamentaos
enough in those big houses by the COnnecteu,
River which have been tenderly reChristeueN
The Retreat. Hate breeds we'll religion
the deep. instriking hate between neighoors
that is born OF hundred little things adars
up. brooded over. and Matched by the stow
when two or three talk together in the Ion,
evenings II would be very interesting 70 =,
the statistics OF revivals and murders, ana h,
how many of them have been committed IN tn'
spring
This is a grim enough conclusion. but MT NY
ling hastens 10 protest that in Vermont i'
undistracted people. winter Is one long deisA
of the eye" and he closes his notebook Oh
comical illustration Of the VermOnters curios's
and fondness for gossip. These pages are y"
particularly brilliant. but they are never'hs,
attractive In their fresh. sympathetic treA'n'
OF q pleasant theme.
New-York tribune., 1900-04-28

ish enough, but this Manual he wrote in his
most conservative mood. The judgments it
bodies are sound and the scheme OF the book is
convenient. The translation has been well
made there is good index, and there are some
excellent illustrations in the shape of portraits of
Famous French writer's. The same publishers
send US translation by Mary De Forest of
Rene Doumics Contemporary French Novel
lists" NJ Doumc is one of the clever critics of
the day in France, and, while cannot take
his opinions as final, they have certain individ-
ual1ty, they are deftly expressed, and his book
is worth reading as showing what one young
modern thinks Of some others and OF some of his
seniors.
New-York tribune., 1900-04-28

HoughtOn, Miff1in & Co. have rendered q de-
served service to the memory of the late Ed
ward Rowland Sill by printing, little by little
ms posthumous writings. His poetry has, we
relieve all been given to the world We are
glad to have now, in an attractively made little
volume, The Prose of Edward Rowland Sill -
with an Introduction comprising some familiar
letters. The ideas in this book do not alwavs
commend themselves TO the exacting critic In
chapter on the principles of criticism we find
the statement that decorative art is "onIy
pretty because "it touches but the surface of
the mind" thing fell short of beauty in
Silrs opinion, when it failed to awaken any Of
the higher activities of our inner nature This
can be and often is extremely beautiful But If
this instance indicates certain limitation of
the writer's, it suggests also the gravity and
ideality of Sills work He was a thoughtful
poet, and this book proves him to have been
also thoughtful prose writer, interested often
in light motives, when he discourses in anus
ing vein on the Charms of Simtude" and
quotes with tacit approval and enjoyment the
remark of somebody who expressed himself as
being dry a covered bridge" But while
nature and books were his friends and uplifted
his heart in joy, these fragments are nearly all
in serious. contemplative key. He was not
as we have indicated profound thinker but
neither was he shallow. and there is a certain
personal charm about his writings which makes
him readable when he is dealing with birds and
chickens, with Shakespeare and Bazac with
psychology and ethics. with education and life.
New-York tribune., 1900-04-28

Doubleday. Page & Co. publish in a small vol
ume what they call The Players Edition OF
the Tanning of the Shrew," with an tntroduc-
ton by Miss Rehan. The form of the edition is
attractive and it is illustrated with photographs
of Miss Rehan. Mr.. Drew and Mrs. Gilbert in
character with views Of the play as presented
by the late Augustn Daily. From Miss Rehans
introduction take this fragment:
Katharine's own words point out her fine in
telligence which places her far beyond the com
mon acceptation of the word "Shrew.' l look
upon her as a grand creature-a very noble nat
ure-of high breeding, spoiled, wiful child
who had always had her own way with every
one High strung and nervous, though at the
same time strong and healthy, she could not
bear a shadow of contradiction. | like when
playing. to remember General Sherman's eX-
preston one evening, after having seen her that
Katharine always reminded him "of soldier
who had had victories all along the line until
she had at last met her master" No one knew
this better than she did She braced herself for
her last grand fight, and fought 1t with Vlgor
Being defeated, like true soldier, her subnlS-
sion was absolute, and she acknowledged her
conuueror frankly she had defed him.
Playing Katharine brought me much
satisfaction but a very bad reputation for tenn
per | have often been amused at seeing the
effect that first performance of the 'ShreW
in a strange place produced on the employees OF
the stage. They Stunned something act
ually TO be feared. During my very long run, L
have often heard it said that l hated my Pc
truchio and that our stage life only repro
duced our private intercourse. / looked upon
this as the greatest compliment that could be
paid
New-York tribune., 1900-04-28
NEW BOOKS AND NEW EDITIONS.

Mr. Howells brought out Their Silver Wed
ding Journey for the first time in book form
last Christmas IT appeared then in two beau
tiful holiday volumes. Harper Brothers now
publish this amusing book in popular edition.
New-York tribune., 1900-04-28
The COurtOt Memoirs,
12no. $500
The Harp of Life.

Musical Novel. BY ELIZABETH GODFREY,
author of Poor Human Nature" 12mo, S1.50
Ouook:-''There several characters Of interest
the somewhat unusual they placed
are handled a clever and novel manner"
New-York tribune., 1900-04-28

The publishing house of j. NJ. Dent & CO. in
London, has pursued most judicious course
FIRST attracting attention to itself by the artistic
quality of its presswork, it has won wider ap-
probation by the thorough usefulness of MANY
of its publications. Probably no reprints of
modern times have met with greater popular
ity than that which has been accorded to the
various Temple reprints of Shakespeare and
other classics issued by this house Its latest
venture. circulated in this country by the Mac
milan Company, commands unstinted praise We
refer to the series launched under the title of
The Temple CyclOpedc Primers" This series
aims to provide, in a convenient and accessible
form, information for which ordinarily we are
Obliged to go to large and costly publications 1t
also intended to give the reader what he wants
without the mass of superfuous material which
he is sometimes compelled to buy when his par
ticular subject is only of great many 9TH
ers treated in single volume. The series is one
OF small pocket volumes, running now to more
than two hundred pages, and again to not more
than hundred and fifty. Paper and press
work are. good and when, now and then il
lustratons are used. these also are adequate to
the purpose Each subject is treated by an au-
thority. We have received the first six volumes
Roman History is by Dr. Julius Koch, The
Civilization of India is by Romesh c. Dutt
"A History of the English Church" is by the
Dean Of Gloucester, 'Ethnology' is treated by
DR.. Michael Haberlandt, Lionel T. Barnett
writes the Primer on the Greek Drama" and
Edmund G. Gardner provides the Primer on
Dante" We may take the Roman History
for example. Its chapters are brief. but not
bald. The author has condensed naturally but
he has not forgotten to be interesting. He car
rtes his record down to the fall of the Western
Empire. At the end of his book there is a brief
but excellent photography. The merits of this
volume are repeated in its companions We
may add that the cost OF them is slight
New-York tribune., 1900-04-28
" Worthy of ranking qvih
the Century Die ionary. -

1t is in one volume, uniform with the authors
other novels.
New-York tribune., 1900-04-28

Houghton. Mftin & Co. publish for the Amer
lean Folk Lore Society Animal and Plant Lore:
Collected from the Oral Tradition of English
Speaking Folk" The work is edited and anno-
tated by Annie D. Bergen and has introduc-
ton by Joseph H Bergen. 1t contains about
fourteen hundred different sayings relating to
amulets and charms omens. weather signs, in
carnations and formula, the folk names of ami
mails folk medicine and miscellaneous topics,
gathered from all parts Of the country. From
Newfoundland comes the belief that a good
think to wear for cramps is bone from the
head of a cod. On the South Carolina coast the
negroes sometimes drive stake through new
grave to keep the spirit from haunting. The
Virginia negroes believe that if you change the
position of the doorinobs after a death in the
house the ghost will not be able to find its
way in. The Chestertown negroes keep the
ghost away by reading the Bible backwards In
Alabama il is believed the withces may be killed
by drawing their pictures and shooting them
with silver bullets In the same State a buzz
zard flying over the house at - o'clock portends
that a member of the family will die at f. In
Central New-York death in the family is fore
shadowed if white rooster comes and crows
on the doorstep Ipswich, Mass. yields one of
the most extraordinary omens recorded in this
book. namely, that If skunk come round II is
a sign of a courtshp Some negroes be-
lieve that to find a toad In the water foretells
marriage. The long list is amplfed by numer-
notes. There is a catalogue of authorities
quoted. and there is full index Folk loreists
will rejoice In this publication.
Nj. Ferdinand Brunetiere has never done any-
thing better than his Manual OF the History of
French Literature which Thomas Y. Crowell &
Co. publish in authorized translation by
Ralnh chef RrupptiAra
duct has lately shown. can be, ii he likes, freak
New-York tribune., 1900-04-28
His lOrdship's Leopard.
A Truthful Narration of Some Impossible
Facts. limo, SI.5o.

From The Nations Her Iadyships Elephant.
He is probably funny because he cannot help il ..
a benefactOr of his kind.
New-York tribune., 1900-04-28

The second and fourth volumes in the series
of The Worlds Orators" edited by G. Carleton
Lee of Johns Hopkins. with the collaboration
OF Joseph Culley Aver. have been issued by the
Putnams. The publication Of the third volume
has been delayed in order to include some i'm
portant additional translations, but 1t will be
brought out at early moment. The second
volume is devoted to the orators Of Rome, the
fourth to the orators of the Reformation era.
We have already testified to the sterling quail
tiles of this work, which presents judicous
selection is admirably edited and is printed in
beautiful form with artistic illustrations. On
its completion the set of ten volumes will form
one of the best classical anthologies published
at this end of the century.
New-York tribune., 1900-04-28

even when the things he has to say not of
very great moment.
New-York tribune., 1900-04-28

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The second impression was exhausted bescr.
publication Of a story by DAVID DWIGHT
WELLS, author of HER LADYSHIPS ELEPHANT
New-York tribune., 1900-04-28
SOCIOLOGY.
A STUDY OF ITS PRACTICAL ASPECTS

OUTLINE OF PRACTICAL SOCIOLOGY. With
Special Reference TO American Conditions; By
Carroll d. Wright, Ii. d. United States Com
missioner of Labor american Citizen series
Edited by Albert Bushnell Hart Ph ID o9-
nm IOngmanS, Green * co.
New-York tribune., 1900-04-28

Sir Edwin Arnold had in Sadis "Gulistan'' an
opportunity kindred to that Which FitzGerald
The Norfolk weekly news., 1900-10-25
UNCLE CONSIDERS ADVICE.
silver That Nobody Wants piled Up
In the Treasury Vaults While
Gold Is In Use.

Before writing word on the sill
yer question l went to my Uncle Con-
slider for good advice.
Uncle" ! said do we really need
free silver-free coinage?"
"Need it,-need free coinage!" ex-
claimed the old man. "Why, we've got
it. This government has right to
coin all the silver II wants to, hasn't
it?"
"Yes. but suppose we need more?"
I suggested
Need MORE" he repeated, slowly,
"why, how much silver have we
coined?"
well, l see by the mint reports that
we've coined $625, 300 600 worth"
"And how much gold2"
"Six hundred and twenty-six million
six hundred thousand dollars WORTH"
l said.
"And where is that silver now?"
"Well, said, II see by the last mint
report that $56, ,443. 900 is in circulation.
The people have it, but $5Os, ,OOO, 900 is
lying idle in the treasury"
"Five hundred million silver dollars
piled up in the treasury, you say?"
"Those are the figures, uncle"
"And how much gold is there in the
treasury"
about $50 ,OOo, 900, and most. of his
we have just rented from the English
at four per cent, and we've got to pay
IL back"
"What, no real gold at alp" said
Uncle Consider, thoughtfully. "Hiring
gold from the English, you say, just
to keep up appearances?" and my
uncle got up and walked the floor.
After a few minutes he stood up
wrung his hands and said, slowly:
"l've been a bimetallist all my life
Eli, and it seems as if everybody y
else has been that way. too, for we've
coined $625, 900 900 worth of silver that
nobody wants. The people won't take
but $56,OOO,oOo of it, while they take
$500, ,OOO, 900 of gold. We can't sell il
to England for gold. It's only worth
so cents to the dollar. anyway; and jus,
to think, with all this silver rusting in
the treasury, lot of miners and popu.
lists are yelling for more silver, and
they want the government to pay a
double price for it, too. No, Eli. I'm q
bimetallist, but know when I've haG
enough. 1t is my deliberative opinion
that we'd better go little slow or
silver for awhile and let gold catch
up. If the people want silver very
badly, let them go to Mr.. Carlisle ant
get some out of that $500. 900 600 pile
in the treasury. The old highway
man used to blow a mans brains ou,
and get his money, but these free coin
ers, Eli, seem TO want to blow oul
brains and get our brains"
Then UNCLE laid down his Bible ant
went on reading Mr.. Preston's mint re
port.
The Norfolk weekly news., 1900-10-25
POLITICAL TRICKSTERS.
1t Seems They Are the Kind OF Peo-
PIE That Bryan Prefers to
Side With.

In recent struggles within local
sections of the democratic party be-
tween the "better element" and the
disreputable element, Bryan has
chosen every time to side with the
disreputable element.
Bryan personally took the stump
for Goebel in Kentucky, despite The
advice and warnings of the best
democrats of the state, who had put
up Brown for governor, as a protest
against the crimes against free gov
ernment and political decency that
Goebelism notoriously meant.
Bryan has given official recognition
to the Doodle Clark wing Of the de-
mocracy in Montana. An "entang-
ling alliance" with the man who cor
rupted the Mantana legislature and
some state judges in order to get
seat in the senate, does not seem to
worry his conscience one whit, so
long as the alliance means 100000
contribution to his own campaign
fund.
In New York the official recogni-
ton given by Bryan to Croker, as
against Hill, was the chief means
whereby that notorious Tammany
Hall boss, who lives in England on
New York political plunder, defeated
Coler for the nomination for gov
ernor-though Coler was the man
whom the best democrats of New
York wanted nominated. Croker op-
posed Coler because he opposed Tam
many's attempts to secure plunder
and pelf from taxpayers. This vic
tory for Croker, won by brutal i'm
perialism, aided by the recognition
from Bryan, the New York Even
ing Post Qnd.) has described as
the victory of cash over principles,
of matter over mind" The decent
democratic press Of New York has
since been bitterly complaining of
the fact that Bryan is the first dem
ocratic presidential candidate who
AAs ever so personally humiiatsA
himself as to give recognition -