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given trouble to photographers. and pleasure to
mothers are brought forth. and each guest
comes with authenticated one OF herself al
an early age OF existence. The photographs
are ranged on a table in hap-haZard order. the
adult originals are about in the room. ana the
collection may be studied and compared. Who
eyer makes the record of right guessing wins
the prize Then there is another variety of the
same entertainment. Ladies 90 as advertise
ments-as Pears Soap. as Cutlery, as baking
Powder. as Bicycles, as Plain Cooks, and as
Razor Strops. And, again, the difficulty IS to
guess right
But there is yet more serious form of the
nalady to record. This consists of teas at
which literary and theatrical conundrums are
propounded. Questions and answers have each
TO consist OF the name of some more or less
known author. actor or actress. AS. Tor IN
stance Why did Anthony Hope? Because Mrs.
Campbell Praed. What did Anthony Hope?
To Kiss Aunty CQuisante). And other horrors
of the kind. This form of the book tea" is gen
erally recognized as a very desperate stage #
the malady When influenza first appeared 1t
was merely cold in the head and pain i'm the
Joints The remedy was To go to bed for two
davs and eat abundantly oI simple food. The
hook tea at an early stage might have been
cured by little occupation; but both diseases
have now made way. In the case of flu, we
have. the doctor to help us, but whom can We
look to if further complications supervene on
the book tea"2
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authors well known tenderness for animal.
shines like good deed in naughty world. it
Is disconcerting TO meet a nonsensicaI attack
on the humane side of war. "A more robust
and more honest temper did not evade the truth
that the least brutal war is the one most i'm
mediately and cOnclusivey destructive; the
slaughter of wounded men was more truly
mercifu than the modern system of surgery
and nursing which saves shattered constitu-
tions and ruined health to drag out miserable
and artifciaily prolonged existence" In pas
sages like this Ouida allows her crotchets TO
run away with her. But we cannot enlphi-
size too strongly the honesty of her aims nor
the attractive manner in which she presents
them AT least she thinks for herself and that
is something for which to be grateful Ex-
perience as well reading have gone to the
making of her essays. We may take leave of her
book so personal so wayward so genuine and
so well worth reading, with the citation of a
fragment from luminous study she has written
on Mr.. Crawford's Italian novels:
He says Italians have no imasina-
tloh- rms is out partially true; / am not
sure that IT is true at all. Their modern poetry
Is be eautiful, more beautiful than that of any
other nation Their popular songs poetic
and impaSsiOned those of no other nation
are and one may hear among their peasantry
expressions of singular beauty of sentiment
and phrase. woman of middle age cOnta-
dina. said to me once, so long ones mother
lives, ones youth is never quite gone. for there
is always somebody for whom one is young"
rough. rude man. day laborer, who knew
not a letter and spent all his life bent over his
spade or plough. said to me once. one lovely
night in spring. as he looked up at the full
moon How beautiful she is, But she has
heart She sees tOng and groaning and
suffering down here, and she is always fair and
calm. and never weepsr Another said once,
when a tree was hard to fell. He is sorry TO
come away, it has been his field long" And
when flock of sO!an geese flew over our lands,
ha hes IN he
their homeward way. and descended to rest,
the peasants did not touch them: They
tired poor souls, said enc of the women; zone
must not grudge them the soil for their lOdS
ing" Surely. such ideas as these in people
wholly uneducated indicate imagination in the
Speakers
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EDWARD :IBRON.

D'Annunzio. she is as candid about his faults
as could be wished. but. on the other hand she
exaggerates the value of his purely artistic
bears the taint of moral rottenncss. II is to be
regretted that this essay has the place Of honor
in the book. However, il is less for her specific
judgments on one writer or another that Ouida
is To be read on this occasion than for the gem
eral tone Of her criticism This is independent
vigorous, and, despite the msconception of the
critics duty which IS shown in the essay on
DAnnunzio. very bracing She worships sin
ccrity and fights valiantly in its honor. If Il
causes her 10 Ove""stiIaate the productions cf
Mr.. Wlfrd Scawen Blunt and to take Dan
nunzio more seriously than he deserves. it also
helps her 10 render Justice where justice is due.
Secret du Pracerteur" above Paul Bourget or
Jules Lemaitre thDush maay q latter-day dat-
ster might be inclined To poke fun at her choice.
She H. altogether captivating when she IS writ
ing of "Unwritten Literary Laws" and casti-
gates the purveyors OF cheap gossip the plagiar-
ist, and the haWkrrs of dead mems letters.
The Ugliness of Modern I.Ife" inspires her to
protests in which Indignation spicEdidly burns,
and in an essay on the degradation of beauty
which follows in the train of the moderniZa tion
of Italian cities her arguments lose nothing az
sionatc feeling.
1t may be admitted that the passion some
times obscures the critics Judgment. In the
midst of interesting and persuasive essay on
The Quality Of Mercy" through which the
New-York tribune., 1901-01-27

From The Lond Morning Post
a comparison between the figures for the end
of the century and for those of its earlier years
gives some interesting results. According to the
old London Catalogue" there We're less than
six hundred new books published annually dur
ing the first twenty y-seven years of the century.
but if turn 10 the admirable and indispensa-
bic English Catalogue" published by Messrs.
Sampson Low & Co. we shall find that there
has been an average yearly issue of about five
thousand new books during the Queens reign.
The English Catalogue" contains the entries
of more than three hundred thousand volumes
published in English during the last sixty five
years.
The British Museum Catalogue is. of course.
the - attest help If ali. and the most wonderful
performance of is kind in the world. But there
are six hundred volumes Of it. and the sets OF il
in circulation are few and highly prized-not,
by any means. too hiI ally for their worth, but
for the pockets of book buyers. even II there
are people who would care 10 buy IL catalogue
in six hundred huge folio Volumes, in which
forty thousand new entries must be made every
year. As uos' of our readers are aware, the
compilation Of a subject index is TO be the next
great undertaking at tho library Of the British
Museum If il 10 taken in hand shortly. the
public of the year 1919, cr thereabouts, Will see
its completion.
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NEV'YORK TRIBUNE

candies this own Words is transformed into a
thiek volume 10 which no reader paying due at
'ehtion to notes and appendix, could do Justice
IN less than three or four long evenings. There
is interesting Information packed into DR.. Hills
commentary. of course; hut the greater part OF
IL Is not needed The autobiography can be ap-
preelated without the aid of all this machinery.
WHICH, hdeed' obstructs more than it facilitates
perusal OF the work. He has commentators. g"
said Noltalre OF Dante. (which is one reason
Mhy ne Is not understood" The series in which
this edition is printed is inexpensive. and is in
tended for popular circulation. 1t is to be hoped
that the succeeding volumes will be edited bv
scholars whose zeal. unlike Dr. Hills will be
tempered with discretion
New-York tribune., 1901-01-27
ESSAYS BY OUIDA.
THE GOOD FRUITS OF A NOVELISTS S
EXCURSIONS IN CRITICISM.

CRITICAL STUDIES. by Ouda. Octave, PIP. vii,
3li. Cassell * Co, Limited.
The typical essayst of these days is nothing
if not bookish. Life as it is lived outside libra
ries seems to frighten him; he fears that par
ticpation in its excitements might disturb the
equilibrium of his critical feelings Ouda has
such misgivings. and her Critical Studies
is the better for the lively emotion which she
permits to have its way through her pages. IT
is the fashion to patronize this writer. Her too
beautiful guardsmen have set the teeth of her
critics edge. But Ouda can afford to smile
at their sneers. She may be fiamboyant in her
fiction. but she has made a penetrating study of
mankind and has a fashion of putting her finger
on the truth. This is fact which her defects
should not cause to forget
The first of the criticisms in this book. for
example, has qualities which almost mme-
diately provoke dissent. Writing of Gabrielle
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FELICITOUS QUOTATION.
From The London Academy.

From The London Academy.
The Daily Chronicles Chronicle Office Para
graphs will in future have an interesting
birthday feature. worked novel lines. Under
the daily heading This Is My birthday
(Shakespeare) will appear the name of a re-
markable man born on the day in question. to-
gether with quotations from poets and great
writer's which To describe his qualities
with unconscious felicity. Thus on January i
Shakespeare and Pope drawn upon for
testimonies To Burke in the following manner:
This Is My Birthday"-( Shakespeare.
EDMUND BURKE. January 1. 1t:;0
very handsome man.
He speaks well.-(Shakespeare
His voice was propertied all the tuned
spheres shakespeare.
Lover Of peace and friend of human kind.
Pope
Formed TO delight at and lash the age
With native humor tempering virtuous rage.
-Q'ope.
Statesman. yet Friend to Truth, OF soul sincere!
In action faithful. and in honor clear,
Who broke promise. served no private end.
Who gained no title. and who lost no friend;
Ennobled by himself. by all approval
-(Pope.
IL will be- seen that the success of this plan de-
pends entirely upon the skilful and penetrating
choice of quotations. We understand that the
scheme has been worked out by young lady.
who may be ConSrat Jlatcd her originality
and thus far success. Particularly happy
the following lines from Dryden applied on
"Wednesday 10 General Wolfe:
And vet Dominion was not his design;
We that blessing not to him but Heaven;
Which to fair acts unsought rewards d join.
Rewards that less To him than us Were given.
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THE BOOK TEA, ETC.
London Chronicle.

From The London Chronicle
The Book Tea epidemic is not only not diving
out, but, like the influenza itself seems to be
developing in new directions. A magazine and
newspaper tea is such a slight variant on its
precursor that II may almost be disregarded. but
ingenuity has given the most unexpected direc-
ton 10 this occupation for a leisure hour Old
Photographic albums have been ransacked and
portraits discovered, taken at the unnteresting
baby stage of life. These things which had
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~rHE MN ~ THE STREET"

From The London Chronicle
who originated that familiar phrase. ""Fhs
man i'm the street? Was it Mr.. John Morley!
The account of The Fortnghtly." which ap-
pears III this months issue. shows that he used
il as far back as October, lSS2- 1t appears IN
his vaedictory Editor of THE FortniShtly.
They have" he said OF IL and like reviews
brought abstract discussion from the library
down the parlur ana from the serious student
down to the first in the street." The point
has its interest
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HE COULDN'T FIND THE LINE.
From Mr.. Kernahan's Lecture.

From Mr.. Kernahan's Lecture.
One gentleman wrote to firm of publishers to
saw that he had made deep study of Mrs.
Rrowning's poems and was going to give lect-
pra ON the great woman poet, but he could not
find the poem that had in it the line. "A thing of
heauty is a Joy forever" Every body who knows
Mrs browning" he said, knows she wrote It,
but they cannot tell me where 1t is to be found"
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GIBBON.
NEW EDITION OF HIS AuToRIoG-
RApHY

ihls ~, MEMolRS OF THE LIFE OF EDWARD
olbtSON. With Various Observations and rx
cursons by Himself. Edited by George I2rH E
@ becS f1in, ID. {. L., III. ID. Putnams Library
OF standard Literature) Octave pp xxix S3
q. 4. Putnam's Sons ~ ' '
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CRITICAL STUDIES by Ouila Octave pp vii
3li. CasSell * Co, Limited.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-09-20
ROUNDED WITH A SLEEP"

The mortal remains of William Nc
Kinley were yesterday committed to their
last resting place in Canton-the little
Ohio town in which he has spent most
of his life and from which he was sum
moned to the head of the nation.
Peace to his ashes.
He lived the life of Christian; he
served his country we'll; he died the death
of martyr His sixty years of service
are rounded with a sleep
His funeral was one of the most i'm
pressiye the world has ever known, for at
his tomb world has wept, and on 1t no
nobler epitaph could be inscribed than
these concluding words of his last speech
to his countrymen-spoken just before
the assassins bullet was fired:
sOur earnest prayer is that God will
graciously vouehsafe prosperity. happi-
ness and peace to all our neighbors, and
like blessings to all the people and pow
ers of earth"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-09-20
With Tar Heel Editors,
THE RIGHT SORT OF TALK.

lHE RIGHT SORT OF TALK.
Charity and Children.
What is the matter with the book
question anyhow? Why are men so vio-
ientiy assailed by the different factions
Who, all their lives, have enjoyed the
confidence and esteem of their fellow
men? is book company Il nk poison?
we are not going to prefer charges
against anybody, for we have none to
prefer. we are simply calling attention
to fact which must have been observed
by all who have kept their eyes and ears
open Ior the past few months If one
believes all the charges, many of those
we thought the best men among us must
De set down as rascals. We make
motion to lay the whole matter on the
table and wipe off the slate. What is
the use OF wrangling like a lot of dogs
over few dollars profit 1t is scandal
Gus, men and brethren and for our part
we have about decided not to believe
another word we hear about text book,
or the methods pursued to get it adopted.
The whole business is disgrace to the
State, and we are going to believe in
the honesty and integrity of every men,
Der OF the commission from the Gov
eminent down, no matter what the for
eign publishing houses say about them
They are our folks, and those who bring
the charges are not.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-09-20
THE AsSAssIN's TRIAL.

Czolgosz is to be tried next Monday.
This is we'll. He has had two of the
ablest lawyers in Buffalo assigned to his
defense, which is also proper. Now let
him have fair but prompt trial, give
him all his legal rights, but let there
be no pettifoggng or hair-splittings to
delay justice or advertise the partici-
pants in the trial. 1t should be judi
cial scene impressive in it's simplicity
and solemnity, and therein it will be in
marked contrast to the Guiteau scandal.
That it will be SO, the energy displayed
by the court thus far gives warrant. 1t
was two months after Garfield's death
before Guiteau was tried. Ten days
after McKinleys death his assassin will
be tried
Such promptness on the part Of the
court is in accordance with public ex-
pectation, and might very proftably be
extended to other trials for grave and
outrageous crimes.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-09-20
OHIO'S PRESIDENTS.
Springfield Republican.

Springfield Republican.
The Presidents that Ohio has given to
the nation have been pursued by curl
Gus and most lamentable fatality. OF
the four only President Hayes failed TO
die in office. Garfield and Mckinley
were assassinated, and William Henry
Harrison served but one month of his
term Ohio men have been elected TO
five terms in office, but succeeded in
serving only nine years and one month
of the 20 years.-Harrison one month,
Garfield six months, Hayes four years,
and Mckinley four years and six months.
1t is further interesting to note that
none of the first eight Presidents, be-
tween 1889 and 1884, died in office, aver
aging 61a years Of service, while from
1871 to 1901, period of 60 years, there
have been II Presidents, with an aver
age service of 31a years.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-09-20
COMPULSORY EDUCATION.
Cleveland Star.

Cleveland Star.
There is growing sentiment in the
State for mild compulsory education
law The good TO result from the proper
enforcement of such a law would be
inestimable and unless the parents
utilize the opportunities already provid-
ed for the education OF their children,
then the State, as a last resort, would
be forced to adopt some measures to Sc
cure a better attendance on the part of
the children in the public schools of the
State. However, we feel that the pa
rents are going to send their children to
school and that such a law will be en-
tirely unnecessary.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-09-20
LODGE AND ROOSEVELT.
Boston Record.

Mr.. Lodge is the bosom friend and po-
litical mentor of Colonel Roosevelt.
They are inseparable, and will continue
to be. The former is the strongest will
mower. He has been the dominating
partner" and will continue to be. The
two are welded on disaYowing the Clay
ton Bulwer treaty so as to leave us
free control of the Panama canal situa-
ton. They will disavow it, That means
that John Hay, who has been much
under British influence, will have to
leave the Cabinet. But it does not
necessarily mean that Mr.. Lodge will
succeed him.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-09-20

The Schley court of inquiry will re-
convene today, and the investigation
asked by this gallant officer will be
regularly entered into and carried to a
conclusion. Admiral Howison having
been removed and Admiral Ramsay sub
stituted, it is understood that the per-
sonnet of the court is satisfactory to
the applicant, and that the taking OF
evidence will begin at once.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-09-20
Spirit of the Press.
MR.. McKINLEY'S DOCTORS lJILLS.

MR.. McKINLEY'S DOCTORS ljILLS.
Richmond Dispatch.
Following the precedent set in the
Garfield case, Congress will no doubt
assume all the charges incident TO the
medical and surgical attendance upon
President Mckinley, the removal of his
remains from Buffalo to Washington, and
thence to Canton, payment of under
takers bills, etc.
Congress cut down the bills presented
by Garfield's doctors, and they acquiesced.
Not so the undertaken to whose bill
Congress sought to apply a like rule.
He spurned tho offer made him and suf-
fered the loss.
1t is likely, too, that Congress will
vote Mrs. Mckinley a sum equal to a
years salary of the President-$50, 900
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-09-20
CHANGE IN JURY SYSTEM,

There is now pending before the Vir
ginia Constitutional Convention propo-
sition for change in the jury system in
that State. 1t is pointed out that hung
iuries are great evils, that they are
costly and often defeat the ends of jus
tice; that jury hanging is one OF the
pet devices of the criminal lawyer to
gain time, tire the prosecution, spoil the
evidence and clear the criminal To pre-
vent this it is proposed to incorporate
In the new constitution section allow
ing a majority of the jury to bring in
a verdict.
This, however, would seem to be a
swinging Of the pendulum to the other
extreme, and the danger of it was well
pointed out in the convention by Mr..
Barbour, Of Culpepper, who said:
when the sentiment of the jury is SO
nearly evenly divided that it can be de-
cided merely by a majority, it might be
safe not to have any judgment at all
rendered on such a verdict.
my objection to the jury system, Mr..
Chairman, does not grow out of verdicts
in which the jury are SO equally divided
as that. My objection to the system
grows out of my observation that in the
great bulk Of hung juries the juries are
hung by one or two men. 1t is what you
might designate as the crank element
on jures. We all know them.
II know of instances in which the judge
has had to direct the sheriff not to put
certain man on the jury for the reason
that he always hangs them. He always
opposes every one else. That is the ele-
ment want to get rid of upon the jury.
They are everywhere. In every county in
this Commonwealth you will find such
men, who will not agree with any one on
any proposition at all.
There is no way that know of to ex-
clude them and their influence from
juries except by the adoption of such a
rule as this, providing that when it is
apparent that the vast majority, three
fourths, three to one, of the jury are in
favor of one proposition that the shall,
after giving the other members of
the jury a fair opportunity to declare and
ito express and to discuss their views,
be permitted to bring in verdict.
II change is to be made in the jury
system at ALI it would hardly be safe
to go further than the three-fourths
rule proposed by Mr.. Barbour
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-09-20

The cold wave has brought frosts to
the great corn belt of this country, in
iuring the late crop and adding to the
disaster wrought in that section by
drouth during the summer. 1t is de-
voutly to be hoped that the cotton croE
in the South may be spared yet awhile.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-09-20

The average lawmaker is powerfully
afraid of the dog question when he gets
TO Raleigh.-North Carolina Baptist.
But the Supreme court is Drawer. 1t
tackled the dog question this week and
came out with an opinion in which it
holds that the uncorroborated evidence
of even a blood hound is insufficient to
convict a man in court. Whatever the
dog may think of this, the evil-doer will
hail the decision with exceeding great
joy, as he had begun to view with
alarm" the growing custom in this State
of keeping blood hounds to track GRIM
inals.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-09-20
IN MEMoR1AM.

He sleeps-the Nations Chief
And on his brow, where once
The lines Of thoughtfulness
Were craven deep;
Death, the great sculptor, swift
Has drawn his chisel, white;
And calmness sits enthroned.
He sleeps-the spoil of one
Who, with look of love
And friendship on his face.
Yet carried, hid,
The weapon, evil-starred,
Destined to fell to earth
The hand he sought to take.
He sleeps-the wife's strong stay
On whose protecting arm
She, in her weakness leaned
For comforts sake;
Now, all unheeding her,
The one most dearly loved,
In silence cold he lies.
RE SleepS-Cnc ludItyIcu ucdu,
And STILL the old gray world
Moves in it's silent course
Adown the years.
The stars throw twinkling lights
AS il some tear-drOps dimmed
The brightness Of their CLEANS.
w.
He sleeps-life is so short
We should not fill the span
OF years allotted us,
With discords harsh.
For in that far off land,
Where Heavenly music sounds,
We might, cen there regret.
W.
He sleeps-the Nation mourns-
Great God, look down in love
And tender pity show.
Speak peace be still
Till DER our fevered pulse
And yearning restlessness,
Descends thy perfect rest
SALLIE H. JEFFRIES.
Durham, N. c., September 18th, 1901.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-09-20
THE NEW REVENUE ACT.

Davidson Dispatch.
AS time goes on, The wisdom of the
Revenue and Machinery Act becomes
more apparent. The kick against this
act has dwindled into almost nothing. A
few slight notifications will make the
last Revenue Act about as near the right
thing as we ever had, if not nearer.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-09-20

No war has ever occurred in this coun-
try without making the popular hero OF
it President. Here is the list: Wash
ington (Revolution), Harrison Qndian
Vars, Jackson (War Of 1922, Taylor
mexican War;, Grant Civil War;,
Roosevelt Spanish American War;.