The age-herald., 1901-06-30
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e<->-&-%-S-S-~-<-4<&4-& book that was 80 severely slated by MT. Andrew Lang that It is said, every edi- tor in London thought the punishment too great for the crime. At present he contrs- butes clever weekly ''CauseriesH to vart- ous papers. These are written in cockney dialect and some enc tells that an ornni- bus driver was once asked what he thought of them. He knows bloomin' lot about 'osses,". replied the omnibus driver but be can't spell'' The latest news apropos of love letters is that we are to have those of Baizac. In his letter from London. Mr Alden rather jocularly remarks, T wonder. now, that we have had Bismarck's and von Moltke's and Victor Hugo's love letters. why some one does not collect the love letters of John Calvin, er John Knox, or some eminent mathematician" I think an equal ex- tremity is found in the recent publication of the platonic love letters of Charles Dickens.
 In the July Scribner, Senator Hoar, in his estimate of great orators that he has heard, places Edward Everett at the head of all American orators. In the same numD2r, Professor Rufus B. Richardson, Director of the American School at Athens. describes the beauty of Sicily in the light of ancient history and modern excavation. The article is beautifully H. lustrated.
 The answers made by school children to questions pfopounded by their superior officers are apt always to be interesting. A column fin a recent New York paper, however, gives4a number of most extra ordinary ones and proves that these same children posses very unique opinions and af kk.A Hn.- A
 now find themselves in Westminster Ab-
 bey or our own Hall of Fame. It seems
 that brief biographical notes are oftasg
 called for in examinations. and k.is
 what one boy wrote ahSat-Darulln: T. Philosopher.
 ?. Says we a.s all descended from mon keys.
 3. Can't find missing link
 | f. Crank
 An American literature paper is author | ltyfor the statement that " The Autocrat
 of the Breakfast Table was written by | R. W. Amerson, and its general plan is to produce perfect etiquette at the table"
 Some stray bits of history give the fol-
 lowing: "The only means of communica- | ton the Colonists had was by horseback, l and in this way It took quite long time | for letter to get to Europe" '~rhe Ha- beas Corpus act was an act compelling the relatives Of a dead person to produce | this corpse in court should a dispute arise The examiner concludes with this
 remarkable bit of philosophy: 'Imagina- l tion is the foundation of religion. How could we form an idea of the rewards and 1 punishments of the wicked without it?" The heat of the past week has convinced every one that summer at its prime is upon us, and many are turning aside from the heated city to inviting shady fields and leafy oaks with the old-time thought "Oh, for book and a shady nook!" I do not believe that ever before in the spring season have we had such long list of books to select from to suit the taste and fancy of the reader for the
 shady nook and the alluring hammock
 Among the books that you will not re- gret having taken with you into the coun- try, are the following: They That Took the Sword" by Nathaniel Stephenson a l striking story of the American Civil War; | ''The Cardinals Snuff Box" by Henry | Harland, one of the best love stories of l the year; "A Carolina Cavalier" by
 George Cary Eggleston, saId to bc the
 best selling book in Boston. "Mononia, . ! by Justin Mccarthy, delightful new love
 story by the well-known English writer; | ''The Visitor of Elizabeth" by Elinor
 Glyn, the adorable maiden that has
 been received with exclamation by the en- | tire press Monsieur Beaucaire," by | Booth Tarkington, without which the summer could not be complete; "The House of de Mailly," by Margaret Hor- | ton Potter. a dainty love story and a true | picture of the Court of Louis XIV and of Colonial Maryland; Tn search of Made | moiselle,'' by George Gibbs, considered
 gem among recent romances; The Ob-
 servations of Henry" by Jerome K. Jer-
 ome, author of Three Men In a Boat.
 Etc" With such books one will doubt
 less forget even that the thermometers
 registers higher than we would wish it to do. PAUL PRY.