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In Book World, FOR May, Is especially IN.
teresting because or the opinions held hy
tho noted Eneiishman regarding the results
OF the civil war In this connection Mr.
Bright declared that mt one Of the Soutn.
ern leaders should ever have been lmpris
oned. and that death was an imposslhle
penalty because these men represented
eight millions 81 people conjoihed in com
mon cause. lie thought deportation the
proper measure. II would seem that TINS
is the accepted English view, MS lllustrated
in her treatment ~ the Roers
~
AZ the congress ~ mothers IN ohio iast
week there were several addresses by mcre
men. one of those. by Prof. Davis Of me
University of Indiana was ON '"rhc rrenc
81 the Teens" lint alas. the prdatreaacr
decided V should he "The trend OF IN,
Twins" and duly so recorded IT, whIcp
was appropriate to the occasion bnt
msht as regarded the theme ana the
speaker, the professor being bachelor.
49,
Mr. Alden says that English publishers
would Ike. merely Tor ihe sake 81 va
rlety 70 have an American nlstorica
rovc which does not contain counterpart
Of George Washington or 30 Sllusion 10
the revolution. In this connection q WOULD
be safe to offer tho distinguished literary
authority Il prize Tor every letter. written
by himself In the course N the past two
years, which dnes not contain paragraph
dedicated 70 Mr. kiplinE In that time re
have had Mr. kiplinG golng and coming.
In sickness and In health, for richer for
poorer, rs man aud suthor citizen ana PAT
emit untl we are driven 20 cry, Hoid
Enough Even " we haYe tn pay the pea
atty invoked by Macbeth
-
The reports from the publishers indicate
that interest In Captain Drcyfus auto
Biographical chapter Of horrors is as gen
uiue and general as when the protest o.
the civilized world huaIy wrung from ms
countrymen reluctant Justice. The record
he offers Of the daily aud hourly tortures
endured on Devils Island. makes no claim
70 literary merit. II is simply rccilal
~ mans lnhumanity 10 mana rclteratlop
40 pcrmeatod with mental anguish, 50 riIed
with physical suffering, that II is palrtul
10 resd Il. and We realize that nothing can
ever make adequate restitution 10 tnts I'm
fortunate victim ~ the scuseless anu
wicked racial prejudice and persecution
which has survived In Europe through the
veneer Of civilization. aud In spite ~ the
teachings Of Christianity. FOR more IMAM
1000 years.
The refusal by a NUMBER Of the New
York clergy n meet Dr. George %. Her
ron is creditahle alike 20 their cinth ana
themselves as individuals. Or. Hllis 81
Plymouth church hiss briefly and forcihg
justified his own attitude in the mat 81
MS follows This man marries rotaa
woman, and Ia the father OF four chitirrr.
almost hahles; forms friendship for
Young unmarried woman from whom he
accepts money 10 buy his clothes, 1atS,
shoes aud travelling expenses; against MS
wlfes protest goes abroad with this woman
friend aud her mother for a year, returns
| 10 tell his wife that he has ceased 10 love
her, but loves another, and persistenuy
urges his wife Ia obtnin n divorce When
the wife is asked by the Judge II there
Is any obstacle to their living tcgethet
she replies; No except In my husbands
| mind This mans spokesman and bosom
friend in New Haven justices the fathers
desertion Of the four children by saying
the woman friend gave the wife slUu,DOl
20 give her husband 10 20 her" Here IS
oil the material necessary for "a novel
! with purpose" A record or the lives
and works Of man aHd woman 'un
afraid" No doubt Mrs, olive Shrelner, or
| Miss Atherton. or some other Of their calt
viii be quick 10 perceive the literary pos
sibnties in this situation sud viii serve
II up to an appteelatiye audience at the
earliest practicable moment.
~
The recent interviews with Miss Harra
den regarding her literary work, past sne
present, recalls the fact that Davos mas
become possibly the most famous health
resort In Europe. Thousands Of patients
go there every year 10 take the Pressing
out cure' for consumption. A private let
ter recently received from a guest at cae
81 the great ssnItarlnms OF the Swiss Alps
gives some very interesting details OF The
life there az well as Of the successful
ngbt which science is making against RMS
scourge Of mankind The writer says; 81
spend six hours daily 10 the open air; |
walk for two, and the other hour lie Ga
long chair inside fur lined sscque, some.
thing ike an Arctic sleeping bag, on an
open balcony, where often the snow drirts
in on US. The thermometer has been ~
low MS 20 degrees below zero. but ! never
fail 10 spend my six hours in the air. Tne
other part OF the cure consists In eating
eating all the time and as much as you
can. There are huge sanlfsriums and many
dependencies, called villas, AZ various
points, and an are nlled now, for winter
is considered the best season for healing
One is obliged 70 get irterested 10 che
people here. for the life Is 50 monctoncus.
We are more than 5000 feet above the
nea, ana the snow lies al about us metre
and half deep. TohoSgahIps, skiing ano
siaighlnn are the amusements The skh
parties climb to tae top OF the mountain
and e. rushing down TO Davos Piatr. i0N
feet below"
Az every one knows IL was at Dawes
that Miss Harraden wrote "shps that Pass
In the Nightv Although the book ran
into twenty editions, she cnly received fof
ID fi25. having unfortunately sofa tne foy.
atty. The Aniefcan editions 81 fhe pcok
have been Wlth enc exception. pirRte9
and the hall dozen TRANSACTIONS Into a.
| many languages likewise. But Miss haf-
raden gracefiiil says II has made Gef 20
rich il friendships and placed her 80 ~
! tonch with her Kind 10 nrany lands. rat
she feels the returns have eeen neyene
her deserts. ". y. Soi'e'u'
Cold Confort.