The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-29
LITERARY NOTES.

| LII i IL Ll\Hl\ wv Los
| powerful chapter from one Of ihe most
| remarkable Of recorded human experiences ar'
| pears in Mcthlrc'S Magazine for May--Captain
! Nlirod prcyfus' own story Of his arrest. dcgra.
cation and transportation TO Devil Isle. To this
| story IL added a portion OF the diary kept bH
Breyfus Oh the island. for his wife, and referred
| 20 often aad 50 n,stcriotislv in the Rcnnes
| tiial. but never made public. \ more intense
| ana convincing expression Of human agony thai,
| that found in thrsee fragments is inteneciyahlc.
| From first 10 last ii is evident that the sutietor
! is bcwldcrcd and ma,ldcncd by what has be.
| .nllcn, and that all which keeps him from III.
| sanity or death is his determination to prove
| chat his prosecutors are powerl,ss to over.
| throw what he calls the Sovereignty Of the
SOUL These dramatic passages make IL clear.
| too that Drcyfus was compelled TO undergo OIL
| Devils Isle every igrominy and hardship his
| jailers could devise, even 10 close confinement
in hut enclosed by palisades and shut out
| from air and light, with double irons upon his
| legs throughout the night.
| In Success for May Henry. Loomis Nelson be.
! gins what promises to bc notable series oi pi.
pcrs on "The Building Of the American Nation,
choosing Frankln's mission to Paris as the open.
| ing story. Mrs. Cornelia Cole Fairbanks. the
newly chosen presdent.general of the Daughters
| OF the American Revolution, contributes an ill.,
| teresting plea for the marking of neglected his.
toric spots, this being her first literary venture.
| \ strong symposium along characteristic Success
| lines is one on "The Kind of Young Men I'm.
| rloyers Are Looking For. by Henry Clews Dan.
| iel G. Reid, Cyrus Edison, william r. Stewart,
! Chaunccy W. Dercw. and others Alfred Harms.
| worth writes his impressions of Andrew Car.
| nesie'S philanthropy, and Mrs. Burton Harrison
is the chief fcticn writer in issue which leaves
r most agreeable impression upon The lmind of
| the reader.
The yarns of sailor arc always interesting,
| but in the case OF Rear Admiral Robley d. Ev.
ans, United States navy, better known as "Fight-
ing Bob Evans, n name he detests, it is not nee
| cssary to fall back on fiction in order to make
out an interesting autobiography. In "a Sailor :
Log being his recollections OF forty years
| of naval life handsomely printed by d. Apple
| ton IL Coz Admiral Evans gives peculiarly III.
innate, vivid and personal story OF most notable
and varied career. His range of experiences a
sailor has covered two actual wars and one sheet
lightning one; an exciting campaign against
piratical scalcrs in Alaskan waters, and adven-
| tures in every quarter OF the globe. The style
OF the log is candid and unconventional and
the result is book that for pcturesqueness and
rich human interest beats the ivc!iest novel.
One Of the happy ideas of Lord Roberts for
mitigating the seventies Of the South African
to suggest to the correspondents
| at Boemfontein that they print newspaper for
the army. 1t done. One of the makers Of
this naner The Friend was the well.known
American correspondent, Julian Ralph. In
..War,s Rr;oltar side ;, SLIGHTLY volume inst
issued hv the Appleton's the story of this iour.
| nalistic exploit is told with Mr.. Ralph's inimt-
able breczincss of style and charm OF manner; and
in addition there are contributions from Conan
l. Doyle and Rudvard Kiplinp.
The A. Vessels company have in active prep.
aration new life of Sir Walter Scott by Pro.
lessor Hudson, of Stanford university Despil,,
the fact that in Locll,art's Life 81 Sir Walter
| il is not altogether to he wondered at that new
elves" should lie attempted more fitted to the
taste OF a h,lrrying generation. Professor IIuC-
son, within the limit of a volume Of 800 pages,
tells anew the story of scotts lie and gives
some fresh and interesting criticisms of Scott s
wor, beth as a puet and a novelist
Volume four and last Of "rhe Great Republic
hy the Master Historians is devoted entirely
to the war with Spain and its consequences TO.
and prospectus Of American achievement in the
various fields of human activity, Murat Hal.
stead, Henry Wutterson, Admiral SAMPSON, Gen.
eIal Sha!ter General Wheeler and Senator Dc
pew are among the writers quoted. This volume
is especially valuable tor the Official information
concerning Spanish war matters which it con
tains
The writings OF Garrett p. Seryiss upon themes
Nv reason OF his exceptional ability to combine
accuracy of knowledge with literary interest. In
"plcaslres of the Tclcscopen lust published by
d. Appleton g. Co., in a sichtlv volume with
appropriate stellar maps and plates, Mr.. Seryiss
has rescued from periodical back numbers some
OF his most interesting papers and revised them
into volume which is sure to please all who
are watchiuI of the worlds above