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example of it, as well as a passage inter
ton of Moro wedding:
I'VE were shown into a large, poorly
lighted room. which had a good floor
of hewn timber. The well-to-do Moros
of the whole region around were as
sembled. Such gaudy costumes we
had never seen. They were OF SILK
for the most part, and the pinks, pur-
pies scarets, blues, and greens were
simply gorgeous.
AT one side of the room was an or
chestra' The chief musical instru-
ment consisted of a wooden frame
over which were strung cords that sup
ported nine small kettledrums, tuned
to the notes of the scale. y woman,
kneeling before this affair. beat out
rude airs on 4 with pair of sticks.
Larger kettledrums were suspended
from the ceiling and on the floor
We're several double-ended wooden
drums with heads of python skin.
THE kettledrums were made OF bell
metal and the combination of sounds
produced by the various instruments
was by no means unpleasant at first,
though the monotony Wearied one IN
time.
was strewn with mattresses and cuSh-
ions. among which lounged the pros
pective bridegroom, surrounded py
friends The centre of the floor was
was going on when we entered inc
performers came out one at time,
and their movements were critically
watched and freely commented on by
the spectators. Moro dancing cons StS
chiefly of contortions of the body
above the waist, and movements OF
the arms, wrists, and hands. The
feet are used comparatively little.
Some of the attitudes assumed by
the dancers Were very graceful; oth-
ers were decidedly grotesque, and in
teresting only as they showed into
what remarkable shapes human forms
could be twisted. Tiny children exc
cuted timid steps, and an old, old wo-
man. white-haired, toothless, and bent
nearly double, took her turn with the
rest winning great applause.
The bride meanwhile was in a small
side room, making her toilet. We in
ferred from the sounds we heard that
she had plenty of help. The bride
groom donned his costume in pubic,
putting it on over the handsome Moro
suit that he already wore. First came
a pair of gauze trousers, several
material quite too small; next ms
companions produced a skirt of rich
silk, into which he climbed with great
difficulty He evidently was not ac-
custcmed to skirts. Finally they
brought out two long ribbons, one en-
broidered with gold and one with sill
YER These were so arranged That
they crossed on his back and breast,
while both encircled his waist. The
costume was apparently public prop
erty, intended for use on such oc-
caSionS.
The book is an interesting addition to
the rapidly accommodating literature on
the Philippines (The Macmillan Com
pany. $500
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-10

Dear. we do not meet as strangers.
Many thousand years,
Frausht with pleasures and with dangers,
Hopes and smiles and tears,
Draw US to a sweet communion,
Bear US bliss untold,
Whisper Of a mystic union.
Ere the world was old.
As 4 rude yet wondrous being,
In the Age of Stone
First | saw yOu-with the seeing
Lived for you alone.
Death denied US. Other races
Overspread the land
Newborn mid the alien faces
Stiu l sought your hand.
Now behold a fresh creation
As OF old, you seem
Like the longed-for consummltion
OF a tender dream.
But wen surely have to fix up
Some more certain plan,
For here's quite an awkward mix-up
With another man!
Edwin l.. Sabin.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-10
The Mansion.

! thought it chill and lonesome,
And too far from the road
For an ideal dwelling,
When here | first abode.
But yesterday d lodger
Smiled as she passed my door,
With mien of gay contentment
That lured me to explore
Unerringly she leads me,
Compassionate and wise,
Soul of immortal beauty
Wearing the mortal guise.
She knows from sill to attic
The great house through and through,
Its treasures of the ages,
Surprises ever new.
From room to room follow,
Entranced by each in turn,
Enchanted by each wonder
She bids my look discern
She names them: Here is First Love,
A chamber by the sea-
Here. in a food of MONDAY,
Great, roomy Charity.
Here is a cell. Devotion;
And lonely Courage here,
Whose child-deserted windows
Look on the Northern year.
Friendship, and Faith, and Gladness,
Fragrant of air and bloom,
Where one might spend a lifetime
Secure from fear Of gloom.
And often. as we wander,
/ fancy We have neared
The Master Of the Mansion,
Who has not yet appeared.
Bliss Carman, in The Smart Set.
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The Song of Buddhist Lover.

Wander from star to star, but when thy roaming
Hath wcaried thee,
Come heayy-winged and earth-drawn in thy hon.
ing,
To love and me.
Scale heaven on heaven, higher zone attaining
At each rebirth
Ny lonely soul shall follow thee, its planning
Draw thee to earth.
Seek not Nirvana where. all passion ended
Sweet lOnEings cease;
Better a world where loving souls arc blended,
And joy, than peace.
Charlotte Elizabeth Wells, in Harper's.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-10
In an Egyptian Garden.

Can it he winter otherwhere?
Forsooth. il seems. not so!
The moonlight - the garden square
Must be the only snow,
For all about me, fragrant fair,
The blooms Of summer blow.
Wine-lipped and beautiful and bland,
The rose displays it, dover;
Tie heavy-scented citron and
The stainless lily tower;
And winter than a houii's hand,
Fl Full, the Arab flower.
In purple silhouette a palm
Lifts from vine-wreathed plinth
Against a sky whose cloudless calm
Is hucd like hyacinth;
And echoes with bulbufs psalm
The jasmine labyrinth!
In life's tumultuous ocean swell
Here is a charmed isle;
| hear a late muezzin tell
His holy tale the while,
And like the faint note OF bell
The boat songs of old Nile.
Across my spirit thrills no theme
That is not marvel-bright;
l see, within the lotus, CLEAN
The nectar OF delight,
And tasting it, drift and dream
Adown the glamoured night!
Clinton Stollard, in the Smart Set.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-10
The Cities OF the World.

The cities of the world one after one,
Like camp fires Of night. III ashes grey
Crumble and TALL; the wind blows them away.
karrak and Naucratis and Babylon
Where now are their kings palaces OF stone?
As the card houses children build in play,
Tempest and fame and ruin and decay
Have wasted them, and all their lights are gone.
Thus, even thus Manhattan London. Rome.
Like unsubstantial fgments shall depart.
Their treasure boards of learning and OF art,
Which war and toll have won. ruthless hand
Will scatter wide, as jewels the wild foam
Gathers and wastes and buries in the sand
William Prescott Foster in Atlantic Monthly.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-10

THE TURN OF THE ROAD. BY Eugenia Brooks
rockingham. Boston: Houghton, Mhlin q
Co $50
A PILLAR OF SALT. BY Jennctte Lee. Boston:
Iloushton. Mifflin Il Co. Sl.2j.
JOHN VITAL: \ Tale OF the Lost Colony. BY
William Farquhar Payson. New York: Har-
per Il Bros. Sl.20
LIVES OF THE ENGLISH POETS; Gay, Thorn
son. Young, Gray, etc. by Samuel John
son LII. u. Casselrs National Library, new
series New York: Cassell & Co.
SELECTIONS FROM THE SOUTHERN POETS:
Selected and edited by William Lander Weber.
New York: The Macmillan Company.
STAEBOARD LIGHTS BY 4. b. Hawscr, Master.
New York: Quail & Warner. 81.
RALPH MARLOWE; \ Novel. By James Ball
Naylor Akron, Ohio: The Saalield Pub
fishing Company.
THE PHILIPPINES ISLANDS AND THEIR PEG
PIE. BY Dean C. Worcester. New York:
The Macmillan Company. $3.50
THE INTERNATIONAL MONTHLY: A Magazine
of Contemporary Thought. Volume |, Janu-
ary-June. 1900 Volume IL, July-December,
1900. New York: The Macmillan Company.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-10

Strike me now a changing chord,
Till from out the whirring strings,
Like an angel Of the Lord,
Armed for battle, Freedom springs;
Freedom, dearer far than life.
Where is FreedOm?-Te Us, STRIFE.
Bugle cries and clash Of brands.
Crash Of axe on foeman's shield,
Rallying shout OF patriot bands,
Hemmed upon the bloody field.
Yielding Freedom with their breath.
Where is Freedom2-TelI US, Death.
Comes a cry from out the waste.
Women weeping DER the slaini
Death hath vet no bitter taste,
'Scapfng from n tyTant's chain;
Death and Freedom kissed today.
Where is Freedom Justice say.
Bertrand Shadwell, in Chicago Record.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-10
LITERARY NOTES.

Messrs. Doubleday, Page & Co. an
nounce change of title on the new nov
Ell by Eden Philpott. now being pub
lished by that house. THE Good Red
Earth is the new title cabled by the au-
thor. The old one. first announced, was
Johnnie Fortnight" taken from the
lay preacher, and hypocrite. with Peck
snitftan virtue and an Irresistible flow OF
words, less Familiarity called Alpheus
Newt.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-10

"a Royal Exchange" is a novel of Eng
lish life by j. MacLaren Cobban. The
hero is a German princeling, and the
heroine the daghter of Scottish colonel,
and the scene is laid in the Highlands.
When one has stated these facts one has
enumerated all the distinguishing features
of the book. (New York: D. Appleton &
CO. S1.Q0O
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-10

debts of Honor" by Maurus Jokai, is
a story of adventure in Hungary, full Of
incident, excitement and thrilling interest.
The hero belongs to a family which lies
under a mysterious doom of the kind in
which Poe would have delighted and the
mystery is kept well in hand throughout
One of the most fascinating characters in
the tale is a gypsy girl named Czipr9
and the scene is partly laid in one of those
lonely feudal castles which are favor!te
haunts of Jokai (New York: Doubleday
& Mcclure Company. SL25.)
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-10

Was Walt Whitman at one time engaged in
newspaper writing9 2. And was he a hospital
nurse during the civil war; f. A.
He was. at several times. 2. Yes; 1t
was in such work that he impaired his
health seriously.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-10

1.-THE Turn of the Road" by Eugenia
Brooks rockingham. is 4 novel whose
worst fault is that it seems to be an at
tempt to rewrite Kiplings Light that
Failed on American ground, and make
it end differently. This may not be- but
the plots of the two stories certainly
have certain resemblance. The author
has done fairly well with her material
though there is girlsh sentimentality
about the style which makes it somewhat
crude in effect. Boston: Houghton, Mif-
fin & Co. Sl.50)
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-10

What is the meaning OF "Gone where the
woodbine twineth7'' Z. v.
1t has no meaning.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-10

What is the population of New Orleans. At
lanta, Birmingham, and San Antonio? W. s. NJ
New Orleans. 2s7. 1O4; Atlanta. ss.s72; Bir-
mingham, IS. AS, and San Antonio, 5s,2zl.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-10
NOTES AND QUERIES.

What day Of the week was December 2, 1850,
o. l. @.
Friday.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-10

1.-The Day of WRATH by Maurus Jokai,
deals with the grewsome topic of a heads
mans family and its adventures. This
Hungarian novelist is perhaps fonder of
the grewsome than of any other element
in fiction, and he manages it with extreme
skill. There is something bizarre and hor-
rible about his tragedy, and his pathos
and humor are alike grim. CNew York:
Mcclure, Phillips & Co. sL25)
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-10

Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Treas
urer, and Attorney General
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-10

Admirers of George Eliot will be inter-
ested to know of new edition of her
works, containing matter of great per-
sonal interest. 1t is called the Personal
Edition. and will be published by Dou-
bleday, Page 81 Co. The new matter, in
Guiding not only hitherto unpublished por-
traits of George Eliot and her father, but
many photographs of scenes familiar to
introductions to each separate worh, by
Mrs. Esther Wood the Wellknown stu
dent of Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Mrs: Wood
has had unusual opportunities for becom-
ing acquainted with the life of George
Eliot, having lived for years among the
scenes in the midst of which the author S
life was spent. The originals of many or
the characters have been identified and
numberless scenes located. Especial en-
phasis is laid on the personal side of
George Eliot's life and her personal traits
are brought out in clear relief
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-10

Houghton. Mifiin & Co announce for
immediate publication school edition of
John Burroughs Squirrels and Other
Fur Bearers"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-10

"Mabers Mishap," by Amy E. Blanch-
ard, is a story for children dealing with
the ordinary haps and mishaps of a lit
tie girls life, and the characters are not
only real children, but charming and
weIl-bred children, which not all the little
folks in juvenile fiction are. The book,
like "Dimple Dallas" and other tales by
this writer. is daintily illustrated by Ida
Waugh. philadelphia: George w. Jacobs
& Coz
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-10

What State officers are to be chosen in thu
election to be held next November in ohio2
u
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-10

"Dimple Dallas" by Amy E. Blanchard,
is a story of small girls. and is as fasci-
mating to the childish mind as the name
would indicate. 1t is charmingly written
and illustrated. and the spirit of it is
delightful in its kindiness and refine
ment. No child can read it without hav
ing at least a little clearer idea Of what
true courtesy is. philadelphia: George
W. Jacobs q Coz
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-10

THE Sentimentalists," by Arthur Stan
wood Pier is the second in the series of
novels of American life announced by the
Harpers, of which "Eastover Court
House" was the first. The present novel
has an immense amount of good stuff in
it, of one kind or another, and there are
one or two characters which are certain
" additionSrto American literature. Mrs
Kent the mother Of the rather unheroic
hero is person of a type wholly new in
American fiction. and the picture of her
unusual and slightly problematic person
ality is worked out very skillfully.
For the rest, the plot is the weakest
part of the book. The reader becomes
wearied with the innumerable petty de-
tails incident to its development. and so
much is made of the mysterious disad-
vantages surrounding the family of Kent
that one is rather irritated at discovering
that the mystery was not founded on any
very deep disgrace after all The whole
book is more or less Il succession of
episodes of the tempest in a teapot type.
II 1t could be cut about one-third. and a
little backbone could be put into the
hero and the heroine could be made more
definite, and few other minor matters
could be set to rights, the book would
possibly be a fascinating one, but that is
a considerable reformation to make in
any novel. On the whole, 1t seems as If
the best plan would be to write another
book and avoid weakening it as this one
has been weakened New York: Harper
a. Brothers $l-50)
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-10

"Daunays Tower" by Adeline Ser
geant, is a story of English life, involv-
ing the adventures Of beautiful girl
brought up in ignorance of her parentage
Though the plct is rather melodramatlc,
the tone of the story is wholesome and
sweet and the misunderstanding is well
done. (New York: J. NJ. Buckles * Coz
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-10

How long was T. C. Plat United States sena-
tor at the time Roscoe Conkling vas his associated
2. Was a justiceship in the United States Su-
preme Court afterward offered to Mr.. Conklingf
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-10

Mcclure Phillips & Co will publish
shortly Edward H. Sothern's Prompt
Book on Hamlet"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-10

From March to May II. 1881. 3 Ye
but he declined the appointments.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-10

The Macmillan Company are soon to
introduce to the public new writer of
fiction, Mr. owen Johnson, of New York,
whose first novel, Arrows of the Al
mighty" is to appear under the au-
spices of that house in April, being pub
lished simultaneously in New York and
London.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-10

In answer to the criticism that 1.-The
Penitentes," one of Bowen-Merrill's new
publications, is overdrawn, and that the
attempted crucifxion, as described in the
story, never did and never could occur in
free America, 1.-THE Evangelical Herald
of Cleveland says, in a recent review:
The Penitentes' live in the san LUIS
valley in the State of Colorado. and have
attempted the practice of their peculiar
religious rites in the last fewyears. One
nearly related to the writer of this review
was witness to their practice as late as
1882"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-10

THE Octopus" the new novel by
Frank Norris. published by Doubleday,
Page & Co, is to be the beginning of a
remarkable undertaking Though novel
complete in itself, this will be the first
of q trilogy of the epic of wheat
or three related novels, the first dealing
with the production of wheat, the second
with it's distribution, and the third with
tho consumption of American wheat In
Europe. altogether forming the, story of
a wheat crop from the time of it's SOW
ing in California, through the stock eX-
change gambling based on ii in Chicago,
to it's use as the relief of a European
famine This new novel, dealing with
the fight of the railroad octopus and
the wheat growers, is said to raise the
standard of this authors work and may
go further to make Mr.. Norris. dealing
with modern California wheat, what Bret
Harte was to the early gold country.
THE Handy Man Afioat and Ashore
is the title of a book just published by
Small, Maynard & Co, which deals with
the life of the professional sailor-not his
heroic actions and doings when in stress
of duty, but with the everyday life his
habits, manners. customs songs diver
sions, and all the thousand and one
things of which the public knows so lit
tie. but which is really the interesting
part of a sailors life.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-10

japanese Plays and Playfellows" is the
title of u little book by Osman Edwards
which will be published Immediately by
the Macmillan Company. 1t will contain
twelve colored plates by Japanese artists.
To quote the authors own words in the
preface. he has burned a good deal of
incense in honor of the Musume" who, rs
he SAYS still summarizes in her dainty
little person much of her country's magic,
its picturesqueness, its kindness, its TO-
likeness" There are chapters on religious
plays popular plays, the geisha and cher
ry blossom. vulgar songs, taking the wa
tiers. playing with fire. afternoon calls,
and the scarlet lady. The latter chapter
is treated in an extremely interesting way.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-10

No one writes more entertainingly Of
New England life and character than
does Alice Brown, the author of Mead
ow Grass" and "Tiverton Tales" King S
End" her latest novel, takes its name
from a New Hampshire hamlet in which
its scenes are laid, and is concerned with
the romance of New England girl of
fine type whose religious idealism threat
ened both her own and her lovers happi-
ness. The story presents interesting
phases of New England character, and is
quite gypsylike in its treatment of out
door life.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-10

When was "The Order OF the Thistle nsti-
tuted, and what was its motor 2. How many
in 1912 $ 4.
May 90 1851; the motto Memo me i'm
pune lacessit," meaning mo one provokes
me with impunity." 2. Twenty-four
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-10

Richard lie Gallienne's new romance,
The Love Letters of the King" will
shortly be issued by Little. Brown & Co.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-10

A demand which led to the printing of
$500 copies of a series of six nature
books had induced the publishers. Dou-
bleday, Page &c Co, TO issue a work in a
comparatively little known field. Birds
butterflies, and flowers were before ad-
mirably treated with large photographs
reproduced by a color process, and now
comes this last, THE Mushroom Book, -
by Nina l.. Marshall, which is claimed to
be the only reliable guide at a reasonable
price" on the commoner species of fungi
This book has the same full-page color
photographs, in which an attempt has
been made to bring out the delicate shad-
ings of the living mushrooms.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-10

A new field in American historical fic-
ton is presented in The Curious Career
of Roderick Campbell" by Jean n. Nell
wrath, a Canadian writer, whose His
tory of Canada" has been the preparatory
work for her forthcoming volume, which
will be issued by Messrs. HoughtOn, Milf
fin & Co II is a story of the uprising
for the Pretender in Scotland and of the
struggle between the French and English
in New York and Canada for the pos
cacefoY, Of tho Ohio Valley.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-10

Apropos of the exclusion by the Com
mittee of Selection in the Boston Public
Library, of Maurice Hewlett's charming
Little Novels of Italy," the following
lines on his work are not without point.
We reprint them from the New York
Times Saturday Review" They are adj
dressed presumably to other novelists of
the day by John Ernest Mccain:
Ye write with pens: this New Man with sword;
Ye write with ink: and he with blood and tears;
Ye from the head: and he from the head and
hearth
He fronts his work like Richard, his great Lord,
Or like a god who rules starred hemispheres,
And not like greedy traders in a mart
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-10

"The Diary of a Freshman" by
| Charles Macomb Flandrau, now in the
press of Doubleday, Page & Co., will give
| lovers of college tales most entertain
| ing volume.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-10

Herbert D. Ward will publish in March,
through Houghton, Miffin & Co, story
entitled THE Light of the World" In
conception it is daring. equaling, in it's
different way, some of the ideas of Mr.. II.
c. Wells The author seizes upon some
recent scientific discoveries concerning
the nature of light and, amplifyins them
for the purpose Of his story, brings them
to bear upon the RESURRECTION.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-10

development of the West. and its infu-
ence on political life. A large portion OF
this volume is given up to an account of
the actual conditions of slavery. and CT
the abolition movement, as a background
for the details of the slavery contest
which will appear in Volume ".
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-10

AS some but not all animals have quail
ties that approach the human, SO some
people are immortal, but not all, says DE-.
Samuel D. Mcconnell in his book on THE
Immortality of the Soul" about to be
published by The Macmillan Company.
Dr McCouneIls theory is that immor-
tally is the highest step IN a long process
of evolution the final result of the sur
Vival of the fittest.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-10

THE Critic for February contains an
exceedingly interesting article on Thack-
eray's connection with the "Cornhill Mag
aZine," by Sir George Murray Smith.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-10

What are the terms and salaries of Mexican
Congressman and Senator's? 3 What IS the
length of the Congressional sessions? R. R. S.
Representatives are elected for two
years, Senators for four years. The an
nual salary of each is 5000. 2. There
are two sessions yearly; from September
16 to December Is and from April l to
May 81, and committee of both houses
sits during recesses.