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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-04

1.-THE Kings Mirror" by Anthony Hope,
is a romance of type slightly different
from that Of the authors former works.
Its most striking characteristic is that IL
is thoroughly artistic and consistent por-
trait OF an individual, and that individual
a king. Royal personages have figured in
many tales, from nursery folklore TO the
latest work of Mr.. Richard Harding Davis,
but it is rare TO find a novelist who has
the temerity TO attempt to portray the In
ner life of a monarch-to tell the king
story from his own point of view. This
seems 10 be Mr.. Hopes main purpose in
the present narrative, and he has cert"inly
succeeded most brilliantly.
He has drawn for us man, quite human
and without more than a reasonable share
OF vanity. brought up from babyhood to be
and TO feel unlike others; he traces with
the most delicate skill the processes of
thought by which this man discovers his
powers and his limitations; there is a
subtle vein of humor running through it
all, and yet more subtle and far deeper
element OF pathos. The king finds early
that his title involves more responsibilities
and 4uties than amusement: he is perilous-
ly near the conclusion, in later life that
all natural, simple, human pleasures are
TO be denied him by the mere fact of his
kingship. All this is indicated by touches
so light that one sees only the finished pic
ture, not the process. It is a psychology
cal photograph, and, taken as a whole a
rlost remarkable piece of work
While the character drawing is the
strongest feature OF the book, there is
plot enough TO keep the reader interested,
and seldom, indeed, is 1t possible to
prophesy the outcome of any given situa-
ton. The denouements are generally as
unexpected as that of the first chapter
was to the eight-year-old king, who; on
making a trial of kingly power by refusing
TO go 10 bed when told in the evening of
his coronation day, was summarily chas
tised to teach him that kings must obey
orders, just like ordinary small boys. The
situation as Mr.. Hope describes it is a
quaint mingling of the comic and the pa
thetic.
This combination is found here and
there all through the book. We find the
king fighting a duel with nobleman OF
the court. with the Encouragement, to
prevent scandal, that II either is killed
witnesses shall testify that it was an ac-
cident. We find him giving up this, that
and the other wish of his heart. for state
reasons. through a stubborn. half-unrea-
soning notion OF the sacredness of his
duty. Sometimes he is not very sure what
his duty as king may be-this boy of
INVENT lone or two-and seems TO be guild
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-04

Time and space and Number flow
Ever onward; none shall know
Whence they come or where they go.
None shall know; they will not bend
Their majestic course; nor blend,
Infinite, with things that end.
None shall know; the mind may sound
Dreaming voids. and find no bound
To the wall-leSs prison round.
Winding-sheet Of woven shade,
None shall e'er thy word evade;
None shall know! II is thou hast said.
None; unless man, too. may climb
Clear of bounds, till Thought sublime
Conquer Number, Space. aad Time.
Curtis Hidden Page.
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More Railroad Stories.

Fer at least forty years after railway
romance began in real life there were nc
railroad stories except those told in the
caboose and the round house This is be-
cause one must know 4 great deal about
the life in order to write this sort Of litera-
ture; and those who do, care little about
mere writing, as rule. They prefer action
TO word-juggling.
Nevertheless, IL was as certain as any
thing can be that the innumerable tales
tragic. heroic, humorous, pathetic, which
have to do with the road would be written
some day. and it looks Just now as If the
day had come. More books of this tyne
have been issued in the last five years than
in the whole history OF American fiction
previous to that time. Some OF them were
written by photographers or engineers, little
used to scribbling; others by men with
training for literary work. Warman and
Hamblen have already made regulations in
this line, and a good third is Frank H.
Spearman, whose book, THE Nerve of
Foley. and Other Railroad Stories,' ha=
just come Off the press. In fact, one is
tempted to consider Mr. Spearmans book
the best yet in some respects. There are
ten stories in il, and not one is the least
bit dull or uninteresting The individuality
of every man is sharply accented, there is
no cheap sentiment or tawdry rhetoric, and
there is plenty OF the peculiar, grim, kind
ly hnmor which is particularly evident in
the American railroad man. In some ways
this type of man is the most characteris-
tically American we have. He is cosmo-
pciitan, he is quick witted, lie is resource
full. he Is daring. and above all he is mag
nifcent and incurahiy plucky. His nerve
is like wrought steel and his heart is apt
to be warm ard generous.
Such is the railroad man as Mr.. Spear
man pcrtrays him. and this unpretentious
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The Bnmboo Flute.

hear from the shade OF the fir trees
The fishers flute again
His importunate lamentations,
His passion and his pain.
Proud lords and lovely ladies
Met there ir nights gone by,
While the summer neon was sailing
Like pleasure boat on high.
The lords sang amorous ditties,
The ladies touched the Int,
Where emulous and envious,
The nightingale was mute.
They stole apart in the daTkness,
And plighted hearts and hands,
Or, sitting songs with laughter,
Danced on the yellow sands.
There is more in the fishers mIsic,
OF passion and Of pain.
Than he knows. And here at midnight
1t comes to me again.
Comes back with a silent sorrow,
The weight Of tears unshe1,
The longing Tor vanished voices,
The loved, the lost-the dead.
Richard Henry Stoddard, in the Century.
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The Coming of the Dreams.

Would you look on Paradise,
1t must be with closed eyes.
On beyond the meadow flowers,
On beyond the forest bowers,
On beyond, beyond, it lies,
Close, oh, close your eyesi
One by one, the dreams come on,
Glimmer, glisten. and are gone.
See them while You may;
None viii come another day.
Would you hear the singing spheres,
Lie and list with closed ears.
Meath the wind-hsrps in the bowers,
Meath the feet Of happy hours.
Sweet as thought on other years
Shut, oh, shut your ears,
One by one, the dreams come On;
A breath, whisper-they are gone.
Hear them while you may;
None will come another day.
John Vance Cheney, in the Atlantic.
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her husband in name but refuses to tell
him her history, or TO grant him the slight
est favor due to a lover. Having fallen
. in love with the lady at first sight, Master
Ralph Percy-a hero in truth-waits till it
shall be her pleasure 10 reveal herself. he
subsequently discovers that she is n ward
OF the King, Lady Jocelyn Leigh, who
in moment of desperation. has donned the
clothing of her maid and fed over seas 10
avoid marriage with a fsyorite OF His
Majesty. The latter comes seeking her be-
fore many months have passed, and numer-
Gus complications ensue, in which the
ladys husband is naturally involved. There
is plenty of fighting in course of the mar
ratiye, and several hair-breadth escapes.
One of the most picturesque and ably nan
died episodes is that of the taking of the
pirate galleon. Captain Percy, cast with
Mistress Jocelyn and two other compan-
ions upon a desolate island, meets there
some members of pirate crew who have
stopped to bury their captain. He passes
himself off for Kirby. I notorious free
booter OF the day. and silences all doubts
at the point of the rapier. He then takes
command OF the vessel and by sheer force
OF personality and quick wit, holds his can
against the daredevil crew until he comes
10 grief through his refusal TO fire rpOn
an English ship. The conception is an
original and daring one, and carried out
most cleverly.
Perhaps the strongest points OF the book
are its plot and the graphic descriptions
which seem to carry one back into the
very midst of colonial days. The local
color is wonderfully vivid, and the his
torical details are correct. But the char
acter drawing is also worthy of notice.
and Jocelyn Leigh. subsequently, Mistress
Percy, is as captivating a heroine as can
be found among the rnaidpns of this sea-
sons romances- Captain Percy is a heroic
figure, but not too heroic to be reel. and
has some saving touches of human upper
lection which will endear him TO the aver
age reader. Miss Johnston is 10 be con-
graduated on having written one CT the
best historical novels of the day. Dos
ton: Houghtcn, Miffiin & Co. S150)
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The little cloud curled on the hill,
Nights filmy dream-shape, lingering still;
Some CLINT from out the shining day
Which would not follow him away,
But wanders yet by wood and stream,
Betwixt a shadow and CLEAN;
The subtitle breath OF thicket bowers,
Sweet as with spirits Of the flowers;
The airy hammers OF the rain.
Tapping, then instant still again;
The timid whispered minstrelsy
OF winds beginning in tine tree
Could | repeat what I is these say TO me,
Then would Re high priest of wizardry.
John Vance Cheney, in the ATLANTIC
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-04

The glcries falter on the mountain crown.
The smooth blue heavens let their quiet down:
And up the wood path. wandering in and in,
Now dusk and dream their ministry begin.
know
They never may that slumbrous Journey go:
The little wandering lights no longer leap.
And leaf on leaf the cool trees droop in sleep
Silence, al silence. save the far-off sound
Haunting Tor aye the darkened forest ground;
Memory of sweetest win and bird that sing
Lives on, lives on. mixed in the murmuring
John Vance Cheney, in the Atlantic.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-04

Oh. thou northland boblink,
Looking over summers brink
Up to winter, Worn and dim,
Peering down from mountain rim,
Something takes re in thy note.
Quivering wing and bubbling throat;
Something moves me in thy ways
Bird rejoicing in thy days,
In thy upward-hovcring flight.
In thy suit OF black and white,
Chestnut cape and circled crown,
In thy mate Of specklei brown;
Surely | may pause and think
OF my boyhood's boboiink.
Soaring over meadows wild
(Greener pastures never smiled:
Raining music from above,
Full of rapture. full OF love;
Frolic. gay and debonGir,
Yet not all exempt from care.
For thy nest is in the grass,
And thou worriest as ! pass;
But nor hand nor foot Of mine
Shall DO harm 20 thee or thine;
|. musing. only pause to think
OF my boyhood's bobolink.
But no L1bolink OF mine
Ever sang Ger mead so fine,
Starred with flowers OF every hue,
Gold and purple, white ana DIue,
Paintcd-cIp. anemoUe,
jacobs ladder, fieur de lis.
Orchid. harebell, feur-de-lis.
Crane s-bill, lupinr. seen aiar.
Primrose, poppy, saSiirage,
Pictured type on Natures page
These and others here unnamed,
. In northiand gardens vet untamed.
Deck the fields where thou dost sing,
Mounting M on trembling wing;
While in wistful mood ! think
OF my boyhood's bcbolink.
On Unal2ska's emerald lea.
On lonely isles in Behring Sea,
On far Siberia's barren shore,
On uortn Alaska's tundra floor.
At morn, at noon, in pallid night,
We heard thy song and saw thy fight,
While !, signing. could but think
OF NY boyhoods bobolink
John Eurropvhs in .hg Cnnt1iry
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Poverty.

Fair my estate at morn to see
l had at the selfsame store;
Yet fate that day had beggaTed me,
Since hope could ! count mine more.
-A-lo Bates.
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ed thereto mainly by the conviction that
1t must be right because il is so dis
agreeable. Last come the arranged mar
riage between him and pretty, dainty
Elsa, distant relative, and the royal
bridegroom communings with himself as
to the possibility of being loathed by his
bride. The real humility Of the man is
shown in his sincere endeavors to put
himself into the place of others. He sees
an opera singer a beautiful and talented
woman, marry. for commercial reasons,
rich, gross, and vulgar old impresario; and
in talking with the husband discovers that
this man, almost comic figure In the
eyes OF others. is enduring agonies OF
doubt and despair because he has come TO
understand his beautiful wife's real feel
ings toward him. After this conversa-
ton the king Is moved 10 meditation on
the possible parallel between himself, re-
garded as bridegroom by winsone, at
tractive Elsa, and Madame Coralie with
her unpleasant old husband. 1t is a COM
bination of ideas, full OF satirical humor
and cynical tragedy.
Altogether. The Kings Mirror =
which, be it understood. is simply the mir
ror of his inner life reflected in the story
told by himself-must be accounted one of
the best things Mr.. Hope has written.
(New York: d. Appleton & Co. Sl.25.)
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CURRENT VERSE.


And shall it ever be sgain-the iov
That greeted the fond bard when books were few,
And title-pages opened into Heaveng
How swelled the isles OF Greece when Homer sung
How SCARED the tulip night with loftier bloom,
And poured serener dreams Maro's layl
Zen thou sad Harold, Of the lonesome string,
Shall yrist thrill the world again as thou.
The young, the beautiful beautiful and broken,
As for the bread OF Lite, Oiay the white hands
of seraphs win thee to the Fatherhouse,
And soothe the sohbing Jocks, so heavy-heayy
From these Judean hill>9
Oh. where was Fame
In that red morning when vas, like the.
Soit-eyed and OPEN uecked 10 the wild wind
Forgot the harefoo; feel Of the clay world?
NY days lay open to the universe
Ana all night long the clsng of their musical
Retold the echoes of Apollo's harp.
And Mars his CORY shield.-I wooed in vain
,oove my weedy and untitled moors
Inc Inc mantle of blooded Moon swept on,
win oid resalia strange to me. Twas
lacked the builders skill. the delivers faith:
,acked tne neither eompass-naybe more
lacked the central fire, the reckless poise
VI the born-drunkard and the autotrat
That breathe the courage of the SOULS farewells
But manhood came, yet her trumpet
And Disillusion Knocked the arts OF Ar.
saw the One Of all things-branchins trees
That fork the bird-nests, as tn. branching rivers
That fork the nests Of men-and saw beyond
The field transcend the One, where tangent spirits
Would leave to slaves all Spheric harmonies-
Till knowledge fells the last as the first
How long Redemption waits!-For they
gone
The rosebloem of my youth. the tireless limbs,
The velvet-rointed lips that beauty wooed
With long, mute kisses in the hooded night,
Or on the spongy mead when sodden June
Gushed milk in the rank sprouting grass. and
blood
Hot. itful. fateful, through the yearning arms,
And to the throbbng heart.-Could forgeti
Throw of this sorry wisdom, and inch deep
Besmear my wrinkles--youns by torehlight yet.
Then leap to the arena.-who should know
The smiling athlete had a a~ewsome cheek,
Until the lamps were loweringf-Late oh, late
The westerins pathos glooms the fervent hours.
Again my gray gull lifts against the nightfall.
And takes the damp leagues with shoreless eye
Benjamin Paul Blood, in seribner's Magazine.
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In what waters is the Isle Of Man and al what
distance is ii from the coast of Englandg
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-04

1t is in the Irish Sea. twenty-seyen
miles distant from the nearest points OF
England and ireland. and sixteen miles
from the coast of Scotland.
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To Great Britain. Joseph II. Choate; to
Germany, Andrew ID. White; to France,
Horace Porter.
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Has Missouri suffered greatly irom tornadoes
during the past deeadeH Y.
These storms have caused SIS. 000. 900
less in the State mentioned since 1890
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On December Is. 1890. in his camp near
Grand River. y. d.
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How long has the City of Mexico had a na-
nicipsi council2 s B..
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Who was the first Popef TN.M.
St. Peter.
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When did the Jameson raid occur and how
many raiders thereY " Y.
Preparations began early in the fall of
1895. and the raid began December %,
1895. The first interchange of shots took
place on December 81, and the raiders sur
rendered on February 9. There were be-
tween 500 and 500 of them at the start
They were armed with Lee Metford rifles,
and took along eight Maxim guns.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-04

Were John RusIins literary efforts productive
Of 2 to-tuneg BE.
He is said to have had an income OF $780,
coo year
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-04

How much will the Transvaal Government save
oy ITS reduction OF the wages OF natives employed
in the mines? G. O.
Seventy-fve million dollars year. 1t is
said.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-04

Did the atto-,>- Cor the defence in the MoH-
neux trial call any handwriting experts to tho
stand7 SUBSCRIBER.
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When did Dion Boucicanlt die? 3 What was
his greatest play? 3. How is his pronounc-
edf T. L. A.
In 1890 .. London Assurance. D. Boo
In
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-04

No; Molineux's counsel introduced no
testimony OF any kind
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Why is the sirlnin Of beef so called? | have
heard that of the msrrie kings OF England
knighted it because Of his great fondness Tor that
particular cut. \.
James I was the monarch in the story,
which makers of recent dictionaries do not
accept, though they admit it was at me
time widely believed They trace the word
to the French surlonge. and state that the
present spelling was originally corrup-
ton of surloin.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-04

When and where was Stating Bull kineaa
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What is the process Of making malt?

What is the process of making malt? J. W.
There are four successive operations.
First, barley is soaked in cold water in
wooden cisterns for two or three days.
Then it is heaped upon floor. where it
heats spontaneously and begins to sprout.
Next the sprouted grain is gradually
spread out thin to reduce the heat and
check the termination. Finally the grain
is dried in a kiln to crisp, and the dry
product is malt.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-04

Nearly four hundred years.
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Has the Prince of Wales any official position in
the British Army? g What Is the greatest gold
producing country in the world? 3. Is Queen
Victoria at the head Of the Episcopal Church in
America? C. V. d.
He is a field marshal 2. Africa. under
normal conditions; the Boer war reduces
the output somewhat. s. No; the general
convention. composed of bishops, clergy
men, and laymen, is the governing body in
this country.
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Who are our ambassadors to England, Germany,
and France? c. H.
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How is theatrical stock company organized7
The players are hired by a manager who
has entire charge of the enterprise. The
general rule is that the actor furnishes
costumes for modern society plays. the
manager supplying those for costume plays
and spectacles.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-04

The initial volumes of a series of Brief
Memoirs of Eminent Englishmen," TO be
called the Westminster Biographies, will
shortly be issued in this country and in
England the first to appear being De
Foe" by Wilfred Written; Wesley,
by Frank Banfeld, and Browning" by
Arthur Waugh.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-04

What are the population, race descent, prevail
ing religion. and language OF the leland OF Santo
Domingo! Would it be wise for J of small
means TO settle there? KINGSTON.
The population is 1.211. s25. the mass OF
which is of mixed blood, in which the
African predominates. The prevailing reli-
gion is Roman Catholic, and Spanish and
French are the languages Of trade. It Is
not an inviting place for settlers under its
present government
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-04

What were our imports and exports in 1900? 2.
How many bales Of cotton were exported Last YEAR,
g. How many inhabitants and how many square
miles Of colonies does Germany possess? IL. Ii.
Our exports for the fiscal year ended
June 3d. 1899 were 81 ,2OS, 931, 222; the i'm
ports were s697 Jas 4S9. 2. During that
time there were exported to Europe T.
146 cog bales of cotton. g. The population
of the German Empire is 52,2I9. sol; her
colonies include S22 900 square miles.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-04

by the Marshes of Minas' is collec
ton of magazine stories by Charles G. d.
Roberts. the scene of all of them being
laid in old Acadia, when the French and
English were struggling for the mastery
Of North America and the English were
pushing the French out of Nova Scotia.
The notorious Father lie Carne, the BLACK
Able" with his band of savage Micmacs,
figure in nearly all the stories.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-04

The author of knights in Fustian," a
story of "Copperhead" plotting in Indiana
during the war for the Union, is young
woman, native TO the scenes of which she
writes. Caroline Brown is one of the
names frequently seen in the lists OF con-
tributors TO periodical literature. but
knights in Fustian" is her first large es-
say n fiction.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-04

Trusts and the Public" is the tile of
NJ. George Gunton's important new book,
which is to be published Immediately By
d. Appleton & Co.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-04

The "Conversationings" of Diedrich Din
kelspiei are to be published in book form.
They will be issued, most appropriately, by
the New Amsterdam Book Company. OF
the Libraries OF Best Literature, now so
common, Mr.. Dinkelspiel says: Lidera-
ture und milk dey vas a resemblance to
each odder desc days. because skience has
discofered how to condensation them
both"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-04

1.-THE Secret of Kyriels." by E. Nesbit,
is an English novel in which there is
a country house with a mystery. villainous
plotting, crimes of various kinds, misery
and suffering and in the end everything
cleared up and happiness coming when
ruin and more misery impended.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-04

That the verse of Edward Rowland Sill
has taken a foremost and permanent place
in American poetry now seems certain.
Every anthology of American metrical
composition includes specimens of his
verses, the Fools Prayer" being notably
favorite for this use. Since the poets
death in 1887 the volumes of his verse have
had sale which constitutes disproof of
the frequently heard assertion, that inter
est in poetry is declining. 1t is probably
more correct to say that taste in verse is
rising. and that the .'boudoir poet is no
longer in favor, while the yirile singer is
in demand. Houghton. Mifilin & Co. will
soon publish volume of the dead singers
prose and letters.