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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-14

Have I loved? Have l liYed2 An thou askest,
dear
To live is TO love. / say;
| have lived and loved for many year.
And / live and love today.
And some of my love TO the living ! give,
And some 20 but lifeless clay.
For some Of my loves yet love and live,
And some have been borne away.
Eut hither and thither to rae is one
once to love is To love for aye;
Aud | kneeI to love in the churchyard yon
A. ! kneei to thee, love, today.
Now the shadows of evening above me bend.
The sky in the west is grey;
But still l must love 20 the very end,
For l know no other way
And though Of fools. all Others above,
There is none like an old, they say,
II il be folly 10 live and love-
1t me be a fool Away
-Char,cs Henry Webb in the Smart Set.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-14
CURRENT VERSE.


Spring. you say. is for the far
Footing where the hilf-paths are,s
For the raptured listening
To the nesting tawny-wing: 81
For the sentient ecstasy
Permeating sod and treef
Marry, lad, il mas be SOL
If not then for what you cry;
Springtime is for Love, ! trow.
just for Lovei say l.
Summer. say you. is for dreams
Where the lakes blue ripple CLEANS;
Is for reveling at will
In the scents the roses spill:
IS FOR sloughing care and stress;
Is for honeyed idieness,
Faith. my lad, it may be sol
II not, then for what? YOU cry;
Summer is for Love. | troW.
just for Love, say l.
Autumn. say you, is for all
Nature holding carnival:
Fruit grown mellow to the core
On the upland. by the shore;
Brimming bin and bursting sheaf
And rich livery for the Ieafl
Sooth. my lad, it may be 50,
II not, then for what? you cry;
Autumn is for Love. l trowl
Just for Love! say ].
Winter. say you. IS for books
Read in log-warmed ingle-nooks;
For the wonders Of the air
Where the great auroras fare;
For the merry rites that rule
Till the waning tide of Yulel
Marry. lad. it may be sol
II not. then for WHAT you cry;
Winter is for Love. ] trowl
just for Lowell say l.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-14
The South wind.

Wind that sings Of the dreamy South
When the pale first blossoms woo the bee,
Wind that filings from a golden mouth
Tender spray OF the summer sea,
Wind that keeps for us light and bloom.
That cradles the bird in the tree-top nest,
Wind that sleeps in the hlac's plume,
OF the winds Of heaven we love thee best.
Over the springing wheat-fields pass,
And over the small home gardens fare,
Evermore bringing TO grain and grass
And the flowers thy breath Of blessing rare.
Give us the cup Of thy wine to taste.
o wind Of the South, so strong and fleet.
Never drop Of its JOY to waste,
In the days Of the springtime coy and sweet
Margaret z. Sangster.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-14
LITERARY NOTES.

Charles Scribner's Sons send out the
following advance notice: This may
sound like a very large name for a very
small book But while the book is small
it is the beginning of a very long and
Measurable Journey, and so the authors
have called it First Steps With Good
Writer'S Miss Mary Z. Burt knows what
the very youngest children take to natu-
rally. She has found that they learn the
letters and the more easily when they love
the little stories of which they are a part.
So. too Miss Mildred Howells, who illus
trates it, has the very happy art which
makes pictures appeal 10 little children.
They have combined their ideas and in
harmony have prepared something which
impartial Judges predict Will be very
winning book 1t fs much IKE the best
primers of recent publication in most
WAYS but starts the child at once upon
the road to literature by making IL natu-
raj and easy for the teacher TO give with
each lesson a brief and simple rendering
of such little classics as The Story of
Tom Thumb 'Brer Rabbit and the Hon
ely, The Shut-Eye Train, My Shadow,
and 'Raggylug the Rabbit With such as
these children soon form friendship and
the progress toward easy and rapid read
ing becomes uninterrupted
General De Wet, the most elusive and
romantic of the Boer generals, is de-
scribed in the May "Scribner's" by
mately in the field.
Mrs Fannie Hardy Eckstorn speaks
thus of her early childhood in Maine,
where she was born some thirty-five
years ago: 1T is the first period of my
life that accounts for my tastes As
recall it. 1t seems to me that few could
have enioyed a childhood so nearly ideal
If was ali fairyland and romance, y 3
ont of school hours. Her fathers bust
ness brought "A great diversity of woods
life TO their doors, for he and his father
before him had dealt in all the products
of the woods; had hunted, hsh6d. and
framed All over the Maine forests and
knew most Intimately everything that
lived in the woods. With sixty years of
such life be hind her il was impossible for
the daughter not to appreciate all the fine
points of a bearskin, a moose hide,
snow shoe or canoe Such knowledge
was her inheritance. She WAS taught as
well the tricks of woodcraft which all
hunters use. 70 know how 10 tell who
caught a lot of fur by the way the skins
were stretched and handled: aad some
thing of the differences, almost incon-
ceiyabIv fine, by which her father could
ten with al but magical correctness the
very section of country where Il given
mink or sable skin was taken The In
dams came constantly, often score a
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-14
From "A Fire of Apple Wood.

Through wind-swept sheets OF driven rain
The ancient orchard shows forlOrn,
Like brave old sOldiery half slain,
With gaps to tell the losses borne.
And fragments Of the fallen trees
Burn on the hearth before me bright;
The fire their captive spirit frees
Musing, ] watch it take its fight.
How swift the flames of gold and blue
Up from the glowing logs aspire.
There yellowbird and biue-bird few,
And oriole, each with wings OF fire.
Now in the hearth-light-on the trees
Stirs something they and have heard:
All. is it not the summer breeze,
Come back TO US with sun and bird?
Poor summers. born agaiu-to die!
Quickly as they have come. they go.
See. where the ashes smoldcring lie,
The orchard floor is white with snow.
M. 4. DeWolfe Howe. in the Atlantic
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-14
The sepuIcbre in the Garden.

grew
OF rarest perfume and Of fairest hue.
That morn when Magdalene FASTENED through
Its fragrant, silent paths?
She caught no scent Of budding almond-tree;
Her eyes, tear-blinded still from Calvary,
Saw neither lily aneruone-
Naught the SepulchTe.
But when the Master whispered MARY 10!
The Tomb was hid the Garden all ALLOW;
And burst in bloom the Rose Of Jericho
From that day ''Mary's Flower"
John Finley, in Harper's Magazine.
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The Enen v.

Unschooled in Letters and in Arts IMMERSED;
Ignorant of Empire; bounded in their view
BY the lone biilowing yeidt where they upgrew
Amid great silences; people nursed
Apart. the far-s0wn seed OF them that erst
Not Alva's sword could tame; now blindly hurled
Against the march of the majestic world,
They fight and die with dauntless bosoms curs5.
Crazed, if you will; demented not to yield
Ere all IS reftl Yet mad tho these may be.
They have striyen as nobIest EHgishmen did use
To strive for freedom; and no Briton he
Who to such vaIor in a desperate field
A knigitly salutation can refuse
William Watson, in the London Daily News.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-14

becoming a Mohawk medicine man and
iur-trader, in paint and scalp-lock, in or
Ter to save his SCALP which was bald.
senuine soldier of fortune. he deserves a
l.che besides "Mulvaney' and the Three
husketeers, far better than the becurled
heroes of some othsr hist orical romances.
Who never dared the caprice of fortune
tor her own sake but for that of some
other lady, not half SO interesting Rory
he piper is thoroughly enamored of the
ickle goddess herself, placing her second
o no woman, and, perhaps. that is why
she treats him so well, on the whole.
There is a youthful and heroic figure in
the book, though he, too, bears at the
first an unheroic aspect. being but a
Jagged lad and going by the unromantic
lame Of Touzletap. Moreover, though he
devotes himself to his bonnie wee led
dy,' Mistress Elspeth Maclean, in good
Inight-errant fashion, it seems for long
time dubious whether he will ever be re-
warded. The real charm of the story
though TouZletap is a lovable young
scapegrace-is in it's realism, its gay OAR
ing. its dry humor and it's freedom from
conventional and worn-out tricks of plot
there is a great deal of history in it, but
he facts are not lugged in by the ears;
there is fascinating description, but not
in set terms like stage properties: there
S some character-study, but of an in
formal kind. Anyone who wants thor
1ughly delightful adventure-story will do
well to secure this and read it. Not the
least of its delightfulness is the way in
which ii is permeated from cover to cover
with the spirit of the Scot 1t is evident
in every line that the author is fun of
The fire and pride and loyalty of the true
Scot-the Gael-who is as full of poetry
and romance as can be, and contributes
to the humdrum British Empire an ele-
nent of picturesqueness and ideality of
which it is sadly in need. Boston: Hough-
ton, Miffiin & Co. 81
Unto the Heights of Simplicity by Jo-
hannes Reimers, is story by a Nor
wesian author now living in California,
md the scene changes from the Old World
20 the New. In some ways the tale is
rather Ibsenish; it embodies the revolt
against meaningless conventions and
iron-bound traditions which seems to be
characteristic of the Scandinavian of this
age, but there is a good deal of poetry in
il, here and there. and poetry is a thing
which one never finds in Ibsen. The au-
5hor handles his English we'll so long as
he stays in Norway, but his American
heroine scarcely talks like an American.
(Boston l. G. Page a. Coz
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-14
To April.

Dear April. you're like some eoquette,
Some little hirt, / ween;
For half the time your face IS bright,
And then, all unforeseen,
You droop your head, and pout, and shed
Tears that you do not mean.
Yes. April, you're winsome lass,
A little fiirt | know;
You do bewitch this heart OF mine
And bid me whisper low.
''YOu are true coquette because
You make me love you sO!'
C II. Towne.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-14
New Rocks Received.

THE SILVER SKULL. A Romance. BY 5. Il.
Crockett Illustrated by c. Grenyiie Mant0n.
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company.
Sl.JO.
FROM \ SWEDISH HOMESTEAD. BY Selma
Iagerlof. Translated by Jessie Brochncr.
New York: Mcclure Phillips n Co.
\ LANDMARK HISTORY OF NEW YORK. Also
the Origin OF Street Names and a Bibo-
glaphy. BY Albert Ulmann. New York: D..
Appleton a Co. $3.50.
PRINCE RUPERT. THE BUCCANEER By Cut
cHffe Hyne. New York: Frederick \. stokes
Company. SI.5o
THE FdI RTH ESTATE authorized translation
from the original OF a. Paiacio Faldes. BY
Rachel Chailiep. New AorS: Breutano'S 81. 10
MABEL GORDOS \ novel. BY r. X D. New
Yora: J. $ OgiNic Publishing Company
20 cent
SIR CHRISTOPHER. \ Romance of Mars land
Manor in 1914 BY Maud Wilder Goodwin
Illustrated by Howard Pyle. and other ar
fists Boston: Little Brown Co
THE ILLU STRATED AMERICAN STAGE \ Pie
torial Review. New YORK: II. Ii. Russell
Co,
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Defeated.

1 fought a battle for my friend,
Adroitly, skillfully.
Love lent me Wit to thrust. defend
Herself mine enemy.
This way and that the battle went
Al. we were wary foesl
Against my force OF argument
Her stubborn viii uprose.
Her very weakness lent her strength,
Yet strove | valiantly
I conquered for my friend at length
Herself the victory.
God knows a bloodless battlefield,
Yet marvel at the end,
/ lost what most | grieved TO yield,
For whom / fought-my friend.
-Theodosia Garrison. in the Cosmopolitan
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-14
Miscellaneous hooks.

her Boston Experiences, Dy margaret
Allston, is a book mostly felton, spiced
with some reflections on Boston society.
The reflections are very spicy and very
frank, and the writer is evidently possess
ed with some such mixture of amusement
and irritation and pique as possessed
Kitty Ellison, when she fell half in love
with the correct Mr. Miles Arbuthnot. 1t
is bright, mischievous little work, deal
ing simply with the experiences of a
young Western girl visiting a Boston
aunt. (Boston: L. C. Page & Coz
Our Fate: The Zodiac, by Margaret
Mayo, is quaint little volume which will
do very Wen as a gift-book for fun-lovinS
young people. 1t is divided into twelve
chapters. each dealing with one of the
signs OF the zodiac and describing the ma
ture of the person born under that sign.
The ordinary rules of the science OF
astrology are followed in the main, but
the book gives no inkling of the science
itself There is a blank page or two at
the end of each chapter for autographs.
and the flower and iewel sacred to each
month are given. There is much quoting
of poetry and good deal of rhetoric
generally The book is daintily bound and
would be likely to create much merriment
present could record their names and
study their fortunes by means of it. 1t
is not seriously scientific, even from the
point OF view of those who believe in
astroIogy, but so far as ii goes it is cor
rect CNew York: Brentano)
THE Illustrated American Stage" is a
large fiat picture-book for grown people,
with Maude Adams sweet shy face on
the cover and innumerable delightful
things inside 1t contains pictures of all
the actors and actresses at present
starring under Mr. Frohman's manage
ment together. with scenes from all of
the eminently successful plays in which
they are now appearing. The first chap
ter so to speak, is a series of views
showing Maude Adams in every particu
larly striking scene of "LAiglon," both
alone and with other members Of the
company Then comes a similar chapter
devoted to Mary Mannering as Janice
Meredith Other actors and plays re-
ceiving special attention of this sort are
John Drew and Richard Carvel,' VIII
liam Gillette and Sherlock Holmes" An
ME Russell and "A Royal Family" and
several lesser lights. After all this is a
miscellaneous collection of pictures of
actors and actresses Of the present and of
the past, in their most famous roles.
New York: r. II. Russell & Coz
The acting version of Hamlet" pre-
pared by E. II. Sothern has appeared.
The cover is most artistic and there are
two good pictures OF Mr.. Sothern, but,
unfortunately. the other Illustrations are
of scenes, in which the entire company
seems to be represented, and in so small
a book as this necessarily is, this entails
a reduction which destroys the effect. (New
York: Mcclure Phillips & Coz
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-14
The DELIGHT of Living.

Prove that my mind dies when my body dies,
That | do not possess an immortal soul
Save in desire; prove that the utmost goal
For kings or beggars Is the grave; and, lies
OF cunning priests or poets fantasies,
The future liie and the divine control;
Spare not one kind delusion to console.
For failing senses and fast-dmming eyes
Nav even like old Crusoe bid me spend
NV little hour. at the worlds farthest end,
Mute as my fellow-brutes in that sad place
And then twcre sweet to live. so weak a thing,
To breathe if nothing more, the fire OF spring,
Or feel the winter beat against my facet
-LIovd Mckim Garrison.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-14
An Easter DmMn.

Low in the west the waning moon
4 silver crescent shone,
High overhead a single star
Kept patient watch alone.
The earth was cold with frosty dews,
But all the east was pink,
As If a bed OF roses blOOu1ed
On mornings misty brink.
The sapphire field Of night above
Took on a paler hue
Perhaps the tread OF angel feet
Had worn away the blue;
And through the flcecy clouds appeared
A broad and brilliant ray,
A golden herald bringing light,
The dawn of Easter day!
-Minna Irving.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-14
Eecunditc.

You meet Lie upon your way.
And kick Il over; DO not wonder
Ii YOU should find exposed to day.
brood OF others hiding under.
4 single Lies a wonder rare indeed;
But one is barren where thousand breed.
Dorothy Dcrr, in the Smart Set.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-14
NOTES AND QUERIES.

Is there any premium on the Columbian bali
dollars Of 1887 MI
. We think not.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-14

Is there any tariff on coffee imported from
Mexico? WITS
No; coffee is on the free list
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-14

Did women vote in the last Presidential cleo
| tion in any State? 3 Who was the frst Minister
from the United States to Ensandg +. c.
ies; in Colorado. Idaho. Utah, and
Wyoming. 2 John Adams
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-14

Are any safes absolutely proof against the heat
that results rom Ere say that destroys a large
building. p II not. is there any way OF affording
protection for ones safer j. W
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-14

No though The best safes win Withstand
tremendous heat. 2 The best available
protection comes from embedding the safe
in brickwork
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-14

THE First Interpreters OF Jesus" by
George Holley Gilbert, d. D.. will be
companion volume to The Revelation Of
Jesus" published by the Macmillan Com
pany in 1899. AS in that so in this the aim
is purely historical The author seeks, in
THE First interpreters of Jesus to show
from their writings how Jesus appeared
TO them; how they understood and applied
his message; and what aspects of it were
emphasized by this writer and what by
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-14

Do applicants for passports have 70 give a de-
scripti0n % their personal appearance. 50,
| in what particulars? p How long does a pass
port LAST Aft.
Yes; age. height. color OF eyes. com
plexion, and hair. and characteristics Of
forehead. nose. mouth. chin. and face are
the specifications required. 2 II expires
In two years.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-14

Was the County Connaught in Ireland once
kingdom? ,. Is pure Rickle attracted by mag
metz 8. Who first discovered the metal. and
when? PAIR.
Yes. . Yes, and it can be rendered mag
netic as iron can, but not in so high de-
gree 3 In 1894 Hiarni described one OF
the chief ores Of the metal. giving it the
name kupfer nickle. or false copper. Then
in 1854. CrOnstadt announced that he had
discovered a sentimental to which he
proposed to give the name nickle. II was
not until 1779 that it was proved TO be a
new metal, this by Torbern OlOf Berg
mann, a Swedish chemist.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-14

The May Atlantic" will open with the
first instalIment of Audrey" Miss Mary
Johnston's new romance. Like Prisoners
of Hope and ITO Have and To Hold. >"
it is a Virginan story, but it is laid in
the eighteenth instead Of the seventeenth
century.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-14

The causes of many are not known, but
some are due to explosions of steam Gre
ated by the internal fires OF volcanoes.
Others are traced 70 the bursting OF vol
canic rock by the melted lava within, and
are preludes to eruptiOnS. A third sort is
credited TO changes in the earths crust
where il hardened in sections of unequal
strength. or in such way that portions
We're subjected to breaking strain.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-14

The obituaries of William NJ Evarts
make but slight mention of one distinction
of which he had a right to be proud,
namely, that he was one of the founders
of the Yale Literary Magazine" chair
man of the first editorial board This
was in 1897. and from that time to this to
mako the lit has been the chief literary
honor at Yale.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-14

The New Basis of Geography" by JAG
ques w. Redway, F. r. G. s.. which the
Macmillan Company have in press, Is de
signed to point out the salient features
that constitute the new of geography
After presenting the gradual development
Of human knowledge concerning the form
and size of the earth, the author shows
the marvellous results of discovery that
followed the blockading of the trade
routes between Europe and Cathay-
namely. the discovery of the New World
the finding of an all-water route to India
by way of the Cape OF Good Hope, the
gradual decline of the commercial power
OF Genoa and Venice, and the long battle
between the factory and the feudal sys-
TEN that established the great centres of
commerce in western Europe and in the
New World.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-14

General De Wet, the most elusive and
romantic of the Boer generals, is de-
scribed in the May "Scrbner's" by
Thomas r Willard as he saw him init
matelE in the field.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-14

1t is interesting to note that Mr. Jerome
K. Jerome, although seldom taken Sc
riously at home, has been taken au pied
de la lettre in Germany. His Three Men
on Wheels" an apparently fiippant
enough book, has been adopted in Ger
man schools as a text book for higher
classes in English. Germans take their
pleasures seriously.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-14

Reconstruction in Mississippi is the
title of work to be published immediate
ly by the Macmillan Company. The au-
thor. Mr.. James MILFORD Garner, Phi NJ,
is fellow in political science in Column
bia University and member of the Mis-
sissippi Historical Society. The primary
purpose of this book is to give detailed
and critical study of the actual working
out in its different phases, political, eco
nOmic. social and legal. of the so-called
Presidential and Congressional policies of
reconstruction in Mississippi
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-14

Under existing land laws soldiers OF the Uni
ted States in the civil may ile declsratory
statements for land entry by an agent. Does the
law require the agent to be lawyer? v. n
No: but the agent must have power
of attorney or other instrument creating
the agency This paper the agent must
file. and besides must take oath that he
has no interest. either present or prOspec-
tive, direct or Indirect, in the claim
and that no arrangement has been made
whereby said agent has been empowered
at any future time 20 sell or relinquish
such claim"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-14

What is the composition Of hard rubber, and
what IS the process Of its manufacture? ID.
10 Is made of rubber and sulphur in
about two parts OF the former TO one OF
the latter, a little htharge being added
for the black product. verrniliOn for the
red. When made into the desired shapes,
il is heated TO about 800 degrees Fahren-
heit for an hour or two. II a polished
surface is desired, the articles are COW
cred before heating with tin foil. which
afterward is stripped off.