The Washington times., 1901-09-15

smooth. only they were not chewed
| deep enough There were left innumer-
able leaves still unchewcd which the
| reader must disconnect ere he could pur-
sue his narrative. Very truly yours,
The contents of the September number
of The Popular Science Monthly are:
The Greatest Biological Station in the
World" Prof. w. A. Herdman; Henry
Cavendish.' C. X. Edmunds; "A Study
of British Men of Genius" Havelock
Ellis; ''rhe Statistical Study of Biologi-
cal Problems" Prof C. B. Davenport:
THE Combating Of tuberculosis
Prof. Robert Koch; THE Discovery of the
Law of Gravitation," Prof. John T. Duff
field; Plants as Water-Carriers," Prof.
Byron D. Ilalsted: The Soluble Fer
ments or Enzymes, Prof Edwin o. Jor-
Gan Discussion and Correspondence:
Geology. and the Deluge, Again" Y. OBJ
Inventions The Progress OF science:''
The Denver Meeting of the American
Association" Growth of Science in the
West The President OF the Associa-
Silica. The Remarks Regarding the
Monthly" ''ScienIfic Items"
Mrs. Ellen Olney Kirk has written a
novel which Houghton. Nliffiin IL Co.
promise for early publication. 1t is en-
titled Our Lady Vanity and finds its
motif in the strong tendency in human
nature to dance puppet-like when the
right person pulls the strings.
Missionary reading circles are constant
ly on the lookout for good selections
Miss Belle NJ Brain has met this want in
little book just published by the Revels.
missionary Readings for Missionary
Programmes. 1t is a collection of ex-
tracts from such books Patons '.Au-
nh Ftasrt rf..rf To-
Tiger Jungle" Peery's "Gist of Japan"
Gales Korean Sketches" and many 9TH
er books, adapted for entertainment as
well as instruction.
''The Principles of Sanitary Science and
the Public Health, with Special Reference
to the Causation and Prevention of Infec-
tious Diseases" is the title of book to
be published Immediately by the Macmil-
Ian Company. Its author is William T.
Sedgwick, PHI. D.. professor of biology
and lecturer on public health and sani-
tation in the Massa chusetts Institute OF
Technology; Prof. Sedgwick was former
ly biologist to the State Board of Health
of Massachusetts.
A sequel to Brenda, Her School and
Her Club" which was so popular last
season, is announced by Little, Brown
K Co. The title of Helen Leah
Reeds new story is "Brenda's s Summer at
Rockley. The scenes are laid at the
best known points of the famous North
Shore of the Massachusetts Coast, and the
book contains great deal of instructing
and historical information. The story
will be illustrated by Jessie Wilcox
Smith
William A. White. author of the Boy
VILE stories and editor of the ''Emporia
Q<ansas) Gazette" has written for the oc-
tober "Scribners" the Iove-story which
underlies great contest for United
States Senatorship. Mr.. White will soon
publish a volume of his stories of love
Spoils.'
Mrs. Van Rensselaer's recent articles
in the North American Review relating
to the history of New York, foreshadow
an elaborate volume on the subject by
the same author. 1t has been in prepara-
tion for some time, and when completed
will be published by the Macmillan Com
pany.
The editor of n work of reference must
live laborious days, but that his task is
sometimes hghtened for him is shosTn
by a recent experience of the editor of
"Appleton's Annual Cyclopedia." In his
mornings mail he found this delightful
communication from n citizen of Frank
fort-on-Main:
I have the honor to ask you, II you do know
the address OF young and rich girls which would
like 10 go marry German noblemen. You will
have the kindness and 10 send me your answer.
Miss Sarah Orne Jewett's new novel,
"The Tory Lover" will be published
about September 20 by Houghton. Miffiin
& Co. 1t is the longest story this author
has ever written. 1t deals with the
American Revolution, and Paul Jones is
one of its conspicuous characters.
nrrI he
William Harold Neidlinger and Walter
Bobbett will be issued from the press of
ON September l.
In his "reminiscences of George Eliot"
in "Harper's" for September. Frederic
Harrison has this to say of George Eliot,
the woman. as contrasted with George
Eliot as she is known to the world:
She was the most courteous and consid- |
crate of friends delighting in lively con- |
versation and good-natured gossip. She |
was an admirable housewife. and very |
proud OF her practical accomplishments as
a sensible and kindly mistress. She inter- |
ested herself much in finding a comforta-
BILE situation for any young woman whom |
she judged to be in need of a friend. We |
have letters she addressed to my wife, |
recommending a girl as nurse. 1 have |
reason to believe, she wrote. that her |
habits of feeling and conduct are much |
ing themselves for domestic service The |
girl in question was leaving her place, as |
George Eliot suspected, owing to a cabal |
against Mary in the kitchen as the proud |
housemaid." Her undercothing was |
thought arrogantly good, and her bearing |
toward the men had a little too much dig |
nifty
Her zeal to help those who were in !
trouble was always active. i remember |
once seeing her spring to her feet, and |
stretching up her arms with that passion
eha
she said 'Yesi the day will come when 1t
will be a natural instinct to stretch out a
hand to help one who needs support, as
and irresistible as 1t is now to
use our hands to keep ourselves from a |
fall
..The Old Corner Bookstore" is de-
scribed by Lillian Whiting in the Septem-
Der Literary Era" and includes some |
gossip. She says:
The present building of THE Old Corner Book
store dates back to l7l2. but the former one on
this site was the home OF Mistress Anne Hutchin-
son. the irrepressbe. who led her townspeople |
a pretty dance and got herself banished from the |
colony for her pains. Mistress Anne force
10 be reckoned with among the influences of the
lime In England she had become devotedy at
.ached to her pastor the Rev. John Cotton. and
when he emigra,ed TO the colony she follow
ed his furtunes. Mistress Hutchinson
woman of original power and OF intense
,ioions with her religion was passionate en-
fIi-siac.n. The lifc of the seventeenth century
had little place for such woman Anne
Hutchinson. After attentively listening to tine
three sermons preached on Sunday By her idoized
pastor. Mistress Anne invited all the OF
The community TO her house on Monday, and
entertained them with resume of these dis
courses II only Mistress Anne had deferred
her soiourn in this world till the twentieth CEN
tury, what a paradise she would have found in
" omen's clubs and in the feminine international