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The Washington times., 1901-12-01
THE TINES WASHINGTON, SUNDAY. DECEMBER /, 1901.

that each OF the stories is written by a
well-known American author whose name
is not given and the reader is asked to
guess the authorship. There is coupon
in the book, with blanks for names to be
filled out, and there is prize for the sue
cessful gGesser. Among the authors IN
vited TO contribute to this odd collection
we're Thomas Nelson Page, Bertha Run
kle, Frank R. Stockton, John kendricH
Bangs. joel Chandler Harris and severa'
others. There are only dozen of the
stories. and the names of the invited
number a score or more, so that there is
considerable latitude for the Imagination.
II was an interesting experiment to try.
tBoston: Small, Maynard & Co. $.50)
The Washington times., 1901-12-01
An East Anglian Novelist.

Una L. Silberrad, whose new novel, "Prin-
cess Puck" just published by Doubleday,
Page & Co, promises to be even more
widely read than her much discussed THE
Lady of Dreams." is the daughter of an
English merchant living in East Anglia,
she being the only member of her family
VINO is literary. Speaking of herself, she
says Il am not an interesting person;
can make clothes. and l can write tales;
that is about all, l am afraid" She makes
most of her own dresses and helps her
sister, who is not so handy with the
needle. The sister. in turn, criticises the
manuscripts and correets the spelling,
which is more than peculiar Princess
Puck was written mostly out of doors,
in the orchard or in Epping Forest, which
ls near her fathers home. The scenery
is East Anglican. but none OF the towns in
which the story is worked out are really
existing places.
The Washington times., 1901-12-01
"TaIes from shnkespeare.,,

new edition of Lambs Tales from
Shakespeare" has appeared. in two vol
umes, with introductions and additions by
F. J. Furnivall, and many fine iIlustra-
tioEs, including portraits of Charles and
Mary Lamb. 1t is somewhat delicate
task to attempt emendations to this class
ie OF juvenile literature, and here and
there Mr.. FurnivalIs attitude verges too
near on the patronizing to be exactly
pleasing, for TO popularize Shakespeare is
something like trying TO pat the Nelson
statue on the head. The illustrations,
which inciu3e ideal portraits of most OF
Shakcspeare's heroines. are exquisite.
They are the work of Harold Coping.
Nondon: Raphael Tuck & Sons.)
The Washington times., 1901-12-01
A Hunt for a Title.

THE Fortune of Christina McNab," by
S. MacNaughtan, is clever little story
OF Scotch heiress and her experiences in
London. The young lady is wee bit
over canny and eireumspec ectious in her
love affairs, but hoot, moni what can you
expect of mixture Of the kailyard and
Piccadilly. James NJ Barrie and Ellen
Thorneycroft Fowler? However the
writer may certainly claim originality of
conception and skill of execution. (New
York D. Appleton & Co. 81
The Washington times., 1901-12-01
BOOK REVIEWS.
TriIby's Country.

"The Real Latin Quarte'," by F. Berke-
ley Smith, is a book descriptive of the
streets. the buildings. and the life made
famous by Du Maurier. Long years ago
one James L. Ford let loose the walls of
his wrath and spattered certain article
written for the old "Scribner's" in the
seventies. describing in a mildly condem-
natory way the Latin Quarter of Paris
from the point of view of Mr.. Wana-
makers Sunday school. Mr.. Ford dec4ar-
cd that there were dozens of really clever
young men in New York who could have
described that picturesque Bohemia as it
really was II appears from a careful
perusal OF this book that cLe of them has
now done it, but the work had to wait a
generation.
The book gains interest from the fact
that the author is the son Of +. Hopkinson
Smith. that syndicate of five different
kinds of genius, and there is a preface by
the father which is clever, as all OF his
work as. A part of it is as follows:
Nowadays when a man would write OF
the siege of PeSing or the relief OF some
South African town with the unpron0unCe-
able name. his habit is TO rent a room on
an uptown avenue, move in an inkstand
and pad, and collection CT illustrated
papers and encyclopedias. This writer on
the Rue Falguire chose a different plan.
He would come back year after year, and
study his subject and compile his i'm
pressons of the Quarter in the very
atmosphere of the place itself; within a
stones throw of the Luxembourg Gar
dens and the Pantheon; near the cafes
and the Butler; next door, if you please,
to the public laundry where his washer
woman pays a few sous for the privilege
Of pounding his clothes into holes
II is only necessary to add that Mr..
Berkeley Smiths book is of a character
to add lustre TO the name of Smith. (New
York Funk & Wagnalls Co. SL20)
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Mixed English.

These scraps of correspondence appear
in a Letter Box conducted by Chicago
paper:
A Chicago and Alton official sends us
the following:
To the Editor: Kindly advise us if the
following sentence is graminatically cor
rect: There are many applicants for the
position, one of whom | am which.
Well, hardly. The sentence should read:
For the position there are many appli-
cants, one of whom 1 am which.
From a member of the Duluth Board of
Trade comes the following:
Dear Editor: Is there anything the mat
ter with this sentence? and, If so, what
changes should be made? ''If / should
only thing subsequent to the act l would
find the result different than my most
sanguine expectations will have pre-
saged."
Anything the matter with e? Shades OF
Brander Ayres! No use trying to tinker
that sentence. Write a new one.
The Washington times., 1901-12-01
Calf Love ana some other Kinds

When Love is Young" by Ray Rolfe
ellison, is the latest volume in the Har-
pers' American Novel series. 1t describes
the various loves of very ardent young
gentleman, sort Of American Sentimental
Tommy. II begins with his babyhood and
ends with his marriage. After that event
1t is TO be supposed that his affections
ceased TO resemble a circus and took on
the form OF continuous performance
The book is a sweet and wholesome
series of sketches, at any rate, and full
OF humor; for the hero never takes him
self too seriously to be amusing The
best bit Of character drawing, perhaps,
Is In the portraits OF the people in New
York boarding house, notably Miss Lor-
eli Vane, who is all that the name i'm
plies. tNew York: Harper & Bros. s1.50)
The Washington times., 1901-12-01
GCOpicnd-

The name which Mr. Gelett Burgess in
vented for some of the creations OF his
fancy was "Gooos," and it fits them ex-
tremely we'll If any reader does not
know or cannot imagine what a COOP is
like. he had better read The Burgess
Nonsense Book" just published, and ind
out In this will be found the story of
the ogress who was all of a vicious vio-
let and very villainous Of temper. and of
the chewing gum man, and the purple COW.
and the people who lived in a house with
out any floCr and found Il so inconyeui-
ent, and very many other curious crea-
tures- Mr.. Burgess himself describes his
book better than anybody else could for
1t really needs a new annex to the Eng
hsh language, which only he is qualified
TO make he chaTacterizes it as "a COM
plete collection of the humorous master
pieces Of Gelett Burgess. esq, sometime
editor of the Lark. lie Petit Journal
oes refuses, and 'Enfant Terrible. In
Guiding the Purple Cow with fcrty-odd
nonsense quatrains, the Chewing Gum
Man epics. the 'Gerrish' ghost stories,
poems Of Patagonia, curious cartoons,
autobiographies Of famous goops, and
myriad impcssibilities, adorned with less
than a million heart-rending illustrations
by the author.
The whole forming a book Of blissful
bosh for the blase; an amusing antidoce
10 modern neurasthemia; a stimulating
spur to thoughtlessness. and restful
recreation for the super-ciYilized, the
over-educated, and the Unprecedented.
Carefully expurgated of all reason, pur-
pose, and verisimilltude by a corps of
irresponsible idiots
An extrageneous tome OF twaddle. and
rf haTl
rocious fancies and inconsequential va
garies."
Those who wish their children to read
these things. or desire to read them for
themselves, are hereby advised to buy the
book, and all others will please keep at a
distance OF al least one mile. (New YORK:
Frederick A. Stokes & Coz
The Washington times., 1901-12-01
"Oud Bob"

The new illustrated edition of Bob,
Son OF Battle" is a success Of artistic pho
Biography. but it IS not generally known
to what straits the publishers and the
artist-photographer were put to secure
the pictures. AS will be remembered, the
theme OF Bob is largely built upon the
famous shepherd-dog cup trials of the
North of England, which occur only in
the lake region near the Scottish border
Mr.. Dugmore crossed the ocean in 1860 to
secure the pictures. but cloudy weather
during the whole of his two weeks stay
made it Impossible TO get any result Last
summer he visited the scenes of Bob"
again during the cup trials for this sole
purpose, and his success is amply shown
in the new edition just published by Dou-
bleday Page & Co
The Washington times., 1901-12-01
A Scientific Fairy Tale.

''The Master Key" by L. Frank Baum,
is sort Of modern scientific imitation of
the ARABIAN Nights" intended for boys
with mechanical turn of mind The hero
is a youngster with liking for electrical
toys, and when the genius of electricity
appears and proffers him various gifts, he
is naturally oyerjoyed. The gifts. how
ever, prove more or less embarrassing as
he goes on, and some of the predicaments
into which he tumbles are most amusing.
The idea of the book is bright one and
II is well worked out. indianapolis: The
Bowen Merrill Company)
The Washington times., 1901-12-01
Jew and saxon.

pride Of Race" by F. L. Fargeon, is a
story of strong dramatic interest worked
out on very unusual lines. The central
figure is an old Hebrew, Moses Mendoza,
who is bent On raising his only son to a
higher position in life than he himself
occupies. and uses every means to that
end The younger Mendoza marries the
daughter OF an English earl, and the
complications. social and otherwise, which
involve the three are interesting in the
extreme. philadelphia; George W. ia
cobs G. Coz
The Washington times., 1901-12-01
A View petectiye story.

"one of My Sons" is the title of the
latest detective story of Anna Katherine
Green. 1t does not lose by comparison
with most of the authors former works.
although there is not so much of the
gruesome detail Of crime in Il as there
ls In some Of them. The plot hinges upon
the poisoning Of an old man and the at
Tempt TO discover which of his sons did
the deed The denouement is totally un-
expected, though the means by which it
is brought about are simple enough to
make one wonder why the conclusion was
not anticipated. tNew York: G. p. Put
nam's Sons)
The Washington times., 1901-12-01
A pnimist,s Prediction.

Some years ago Chciro, the celebrated
palmist. took an impression Of and read
Mrs. Mary Hnrtwell Catherwood's hand
AT that time she had Just published her
first novel. The Romance of Dollard. ''
After congratulating her On the suecesi
of her story. which had a consid, rabIe
vogue, and astounding her with "A nun
ber OF more or less important reveia-
tions. he said to her:
Madam, this peculiarly developed
Mount of Mercury, which denotes power
OF expression, proclaims for you a. won
derful success in literature but In the
years to come. You viii write 4 ro-
The Washington times., 1901-12-01
Romance of Madison Square.

The Last of the Knickerbockers' is II
romance Of New York by Herman Knick-
erbocker Viele, author of The Inn OF the
Silver Noon" Il is one OF those light,
not to say frothy. products of the novel
lists art which are not meant to be taken
very seriously and fill about the same
place in literature that weii-nade char
lotte russo does in a luncheon One would
not want too much of either, bu; little
is very enjoyable tChicago: Herbert S.
Stone & Col
The Washington times., 1901-12-01
The Late President.

1.-THE LifeWork of William Mckinley"
is the title of handsomely bound book
by Edward T. Roe, the subtitle of which
Is THE Brilliant Career of a Typical
American" 1t is picturesqueIy written
and fully illustrated. and contains a sort
OF resume of the newspaper articles which
were thick upon the land during the time
OF the late Presidents Illness and after
MS death. 1t is likely to prove popular
wherever introduced. Chicago: Laird G.
The Washington times., 1901-12-01
Bachelor and Carnegie.

MIR. Irving Bacheller spent portion
of last summer with Andrew Carnegie at
skibo Castle in the Highlands. The canny
Scotchman is a great friend OF the men
who gave US "Ebcn Holden" Mr.. Bach
eIler is proud of his old home town. Can
ton. ~ Y, and today the public library
there is richer by $4,000 than it war be-
fore Mr. Bacheller's visit TO the gceat
philanthropist
The Washington times., 1901-12-01
a Cat story.

Pussy Meow" by S. Louise Patteson,
is a story intended to do for the cat what
BLACK Beauty" and Beautiful Joe" were
intended to do for the horse and dog. 1t
is a book which win be interesting to
most children and scme older people.
lPhiladelphia: George ". Jacobs & Col
The Washington times., 1901-12-01
scrooGe No. z.

In THE Man Who Knew Better Mr.
Tom Gallon would have dore clever
piece of work had he not fallen into the
temptation of using a theme which
Dictsr lad used UP. merely because it
was good His Mr. Judkin is simply old
Scrooge over again, and the land of Dick
ems is forbidden to the profane foot (New
York: d. Appleton G. Coz
The Washington times., 1901-12-01
Little Love Comedies.

Nasques Of Cupid. by EYangeline VII
bour Blashfeld with Illustrations by Ed
win Rowland Biashfeld, is a collection of
Tour merry comedies, in which the inter
est is partly romantic, and partly humor-
Gus. The best Is perhaps "A Surprise
Party" and the daintiest .eThe Tesser
EVIL" The others are ''The Honor of the
Crequy," and In Cleon's Garden" CNew
York: Charles Scribner's Sons. s3.501
The Washington times., 1901-12-01
t1Ejl;zltQ(1l j ~ J |I.|) i

young housekeepers Later they Will dis
cover that they cannot cook anchovy eggs
and ragoutant, and fllets Of turkey with
forcemeat Dreaded, as easily as 1t locked
as if they could, aud as for teaching the
average cook to do it, they would better
try giving her music lessons In short,
this is just like several other books OF
its kind: il contains many valuable hints,
and great number OF Others which Will
cost more than they are worth. Phila-
dclphia: George w. Jacobs & Co 40
The Washington times., 1901-12-01
4 western IdyI.

That Girl Montana" by Marah Ellis
Ryan. is a novel of Western life, the
scene being laid in Idaho, and the heroine,
Montana. a little waif of that region
The character of the girl is an original
bit OF work, and SO is the plot. The end
ing is likely to be a decided surprise to
the reader Chicago: Rand, McNaliy G
CnA
The Washington times., 1901-12-01
One OF THOSE Cook rools..

1865 Breakfast Dishes is the title of a
tiny book containing a great many recipes
for rechauffes. minces, and whatever are
the other genteel names for warned-oyer
things, besides many directions for cook
Ing fresh dishes. 1t Is an enticing little
volume and will be fascinating TO many
The Washington times., 1901-12-01
LITERARY NOTES.

Mr. Andrew Lang contributes TO the De-
cember number of the Critic one of his
most chara;ter1stic-p papers. 1t is called
"old lBlackgisrd Stating The subject
describes the contents of the paper. a
new and life-lille portraits of Mr.. Lang
fills page Of the Critic"
The Washington times., 1901-12-01

The College Student and His Prob
lens" is the title Of volume by James
II. Garfield LII. D., librarian of Columbia
University, which will be published by the
Macmillan Company.
The Washington times., 1901-12-01
A Liternry Enigma.

"A House Party" is the title of col
lection of stories edited by Paul Leicester
Ford, the unique distinction of which is
The Washington times., 1901-12-01

A second edition of "The Garden of a
Commuters Wife" is just issued by the
Macmillan Company
The Washington times., 1901-12-01

mance-a romance so great the most
merciless viviseetor can find no flaws in
it nor in your hero"
The Washington times., 1901-12-01
"Tha World,s Work" Saws:

The WOrId NoTA, says.
Il have no doubt" said a distinguished
Southern Democrat. that even Mr.. Roose-
ycit viii appoint some men to Office in
the Southern States who ought to be
hanged, but this is certain-he will not
appoint them If he knows them"
The Washington times., 1901-12-01

Frederick A. Stokes Company announces
for publication in the spring of 1902 new
fiction by the following well-known au-
thors: Frances Hodgson Burnett Samuel
H Church, Alfred Henry Lewis. John
Oliver Hobbies (Mrs Craigie), Max Penn
berton. Charles G. D. Roberts. Theodore
Burt Sayre, and Charles R. Sherlock.
The Washington times., 1901-12-01

What was the popular vote Mr. Bryan received
in 1895, and in 1900? A c.
In 1886, 6.5o2. .s25. in 1900, 6,s5s.7S9.
The Washington times., 1901-12-01

win you state the present address and the age
OF Madison Juliu, Caweini I. j. NJ
No. 1926 West Market Street, Louis
vile, Kentucky. He was born March %,
The Washington times., 1901-12-01
Almost 90 per cent.

Who were the players known as the big
Four of the Detroit Baseball Club some time an
the SOS? LEM
Second Baseman Richardson, First Base
man Dan" BroutheTs, Right Fielder
Thompson and Fielder and Catcher ''Dea-
con- White.
The Washington times., 1901-12-01

Through what process is phosphate rock carried
in the manufacture Of commercial fertilizer? t.
Ordinarily it is grounded to powder, sub
iected TO sulphuric acid to render it solu-
BILE in water and mixed with other feru
lizing AGENCIES.
The Washington times., 1901-12-01

What per cent of the cotton grown in the
United States was consumed in the United States
fiom the year 1880 to 1897, both inclusive1
j. W S
The Washington times., 1901-12-01

What is the meaning OF rounded period in
speech or writingg QUESTION MARK.
A sentence with completion of its sense
deferred till its close, and filled out
smoothly.
The Washington times., 1901-12-01

When was Gen. Nelson A. Miles made Com
mandng General of the United States Army? 2.
Did the law require that his nomination ap-
po:ntmeut to that position be confirmed by the
United States Senate! W. Z. II.
The Washington times., 1901-12-01

claims that deer sheds his hons every
year. B that they never shed; which IS
right? b. and L.
A: they are shed and renewed annual
The Washington times., 1901-12-01

changed into constellation. 8. The
originator of Sunday schools. He was
born in Gloucester, England, September
II, 1875. became editor and publisher OF
the Gloucester Journal and in 17S
founded a system Of Sunday schools that
before his death. in 1911, had spreat
pretty Huch all over England.
The Washington times., 1901-12-01

Where may Sir Thomas Upton be addressed7
? Mrs Leland Stanford? 3. What is the and
address OF another wealthy woman who has built
school in California; 5. +. \.
The Washington times., 1901-12-01

October 5, 1895. 2. No; he assumed COM
mand by direction of the President
The Washington times., 1901-12-01

Usage, Southgate, Aiiddlesex; City Road,
E. c., England. ,. Palo Alto, California.
g. Mrs Phoebe Hearst, la Hacienda del
Paso de Verona, san Francisco, Cali
fornia.
The Washington times., 1901-12-01

Is verplank Colvin superintendent Of some sur
vey, and il so, what survey, and what is his ad-
dresS2 J. W.
He has been Superintendent of the New
York State Land Survey since 1888. and
Of the Adirondack Survey since 1872. and
may be addressed at Albany, y. y.
The Washington times., 1901-12-01

Can paper be successfully made from rice
straw? j. F. Z.
Yes; a good quality is made from it.
What is the area of Texas? ,. And of Austria
Hungary? l. l.
1t is 26s.O11 square miles. 2. 2O1,5s1
square miles.
The Washington times., 1901-12-01

Little. Brown & Co. have just com
pleted the publication of their Valois edi-
tion of the romances of Alexandra Dumas,
in forty volumes. There are two styles,
cloth and half morocco. 1t is uniform
with the Centenary Baizac"
The Washington times., 1901-12-01

Who was Sancho Panza? 2. Who was Caevalis
de Bayard, and win you sketch his life?
The Washington times., 1901-12-01

scrihed as a pot-beilied rustic. He be-
came Governor of Barataria. and wss
famous for his proverbs. 2. The French
man known as the knight without fear
ard without reproach-" He was born in
1475, and became noted for modesty,
piety, magnanimity and many ac-
compiishments. He distinguished him.
self as a soldier in many campaigns, and
was killed in battle in 15z4 having
gained the reputation of possessing near
iy every virtue.
The Washington times., 1901-12-01

Mr.. e. f. Benson. the author Of ''Dodo, +"
was only twenty-six when that book was
written. In his earlier youth he spent
as much time in playing football as in
winning scholarships, being, indeed, cap
tain of the Marlborough team. He is a
mountaineer, a good shot, an excellent
golf player, and he is devoted to the
four-footed friends on his country es-
tate
The Washington times., 1901-12-01

mated by the title, so presented that 1t
viii be as ineligible TO the novice as to
the expert, and so arranged as to be an
infallible guide to the style and the close
ly approximate date of say given piece
OF colonial furniture. Offering definite
means for the detection OF the spurious
as well as for the determination of the
genuine
The Washington times., 1901-12-01

II one cannon ball of eight pounds weight and
another of four pounds be fred separately with
the same velocity. viii the first go farther than
the other? II so why? c. C. W.
Yes. because the lighter the proiectile,
the more range is affected by air resist
ance. These figures are illustrative:
LOCO pound proiectile fired from 12-inch
rifle with muzzle velocity of 2.100, and
angle of projection of degrees, will have
a horizontal range OF e,220 yards; a 81
ineh shot. with same velocity and angie.
viii go 1864 yards; the first projectile, II
fired in vaeuo, would go 1881 ya=a.s;
The Washington times., 1901-12-01

In what part of Africa is the RANDI 2. What
was the chief difference between the Wing and
Republican parties when the latter was first Or
ganizsd! INEL'E T.
In the Transyaal, at johannesburg In
general sense the word means high
land or highlands along river. z The
newer party's antagOnism to slavery.
The Washington times., 1901-12-01

1t is proposed to hold an international
celebration of the coming centenar. of
Hugos birth MIR. Kipling has been sug-
gested as the representative of England
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1901-12-21
CURED BY ST. JACOBS OIL.
Unable to stand For Months Because
of Sprained Ankles.
(From the Cardiff Times,

(From the Cardiff Times.)
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cobs Oil for sprains, stiffness, and soreness
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in short time was able to 60 about, and
soon after | was quite cured. l am now
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Mrs. Thomas does not enlighten us as to
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know the high opinion in which st. ia
cobs Oil is held by almost every progressive
medical man