The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-07
BOOKS AND AUTHORS;
COMMENT AND GOSSIP

General De Vets book on the Boer
war is at last announced for American
publication The ScribnerS tell US they
will have Il ready December 9Th! that it
will bear the tide Three Yeas War
and will appear in one substantial
volume; that it will be illustrated with
a photogravure frontispece by John s.
Sargent. r. A. together with plans
drawn by the author, a map, etc. and
is a book which Tor its own intrinsic
power, as we'll as for its historic value,
is sure to make a deep impression.
1T is the plain. bluff, unrarnislled
story" says the publishers prospectus
"of General De Vets experiences and
doinss in the great struggle which took
place between the Beer and the Br:ton
The simplicity Of the narrative its sin
certify its so,diei'lv fairness and its IN
conscious eloquence. VIII make the book
appeal to al men who enjoy a story Of
action; while the light it throws upon
military operations and battles hitherto
known only from the English viewpoint
gives it 2 genuine historical value"
Hamlin Garlands novel The Captain
Of the GraEHorse Troop. since its pub
l:cation in London. has struck the fancy
OF the English critics. They seem to he
more alive to the significance of the IN
dian portion of the story than the Amerf-
can reviewers, and they refer especially
10 the book correct moral attitude to-
wards the little peoples OF the earth.
One Of them went SO far as to say. in
the birmingham Gazette: I'VE read OF
the annexation OF fresh territories to tho
British crown, and congratul ourselves
unon our power to civilize the world
Such stories as Mr. Garland's suggest an
other view OF civilizations march" This
is surely significant as a British view of
SO thoroughly American novel as this
one.
There will shortly be issued from the
press OF the John Murphy Company
Baltimore. a book entitled The Lords
Baltimore and the Maryland Palatinate'
being six lectures on Maryland colonial
history. delivered before tic Johns Hop
kins University during February and
March, 1902, by Clayton c. Hail. ESQ
Of Baltimore.
AS the title implies the lectures give
not only some personal accounts OF the
several Barons OF Baltimore, proprieta-
ries Of the Maryland Province, but also
a review OF the history of the province
Itself. and the relations between it and
the proprietares. BY reason of the pa
latinate character Of its government, the
colonial history OF Maryland presents
many features of special interest to the
student of political institutions in this
country.
The study OF MaryIand's colonial his
tory has been greatly stimulated and
facilitated in recent years by the admit
rahle publication of the early MS. ar
chves, by the Maryland Historical So
ciety, under the auspices of the State of
Maryland, which has been in progress
since 1882
There is a pretty tall dog story going
around on Mr.. Robert W Chambers,
author of Cardigan and The NIa!d-at-
Arms. He returned home the other day
from a hunting trip and began pulling
the burrs from the tail Of his Blue Bel
ton setter. AS he removed the burrs
and incidentally coneid zrahle hair from
IL" settlers tail he drowned the lunches
into the waste-paper h>sket The last
tine he missed the basket and droD0ad
tie hurrs on the 1oor. TO his an,usc-
1nent and astonishment the setter nicknd
NJ tho h,1~rs in his mouth and hi~'~n'f
dropped tha-n into The basket In falling
the story Mr.. Cta MIXERS eaid be did not
cxrect to be believed. but that never
theless this is true incident and no
moro rnmar,ahla than others he has oh
served in his long association with hunt
ing dogs.
Many people talk of political Wire pull
ing, but how few have the remotest idea
how it is done. and how hard it is to
distinguish a legitimate influence from
Il betrayal Of principles.
In The lenchman MI. Mark Lee
Luther has drawn a very sh-ewd pic
ture of a group of politicians and the
local influence by which they rise. AS
may be surmsed, women play distinct
rart, though not in the way that Is usn-
ally ascribed to them. One of the char
,acters is said to be a rather thinly dis
guised portrait of a very famous Re-
publican boss. and another OF Demo-
Graf tic Governor.
Any one who knows the mo"e exclu-
sve social circles at Albany will recog-
ni-e also one or two of the other cllarac-
tiers in the book.
The list Of notable artohiosranh'eS ana
au.ol,o"ranhical "reminiscences which IS
a distinguishing feature OF the present
sen son. receives sig7tal addition this
week in the Rev Edward Everett: Ha'e'S