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The Washington times., 1902-10-12
A CHARMING FAIRY BOOK.

punishment for her audacity the Sun,
King decreed that the lovely region O,
fairyland should for one hundred wears
be haunted by the presence of man. and
the elves be turned into birds and ami
mails to inhabit the woods along the
Golden River. A Sair example of the
authors style is the concluding para
graph:
THE fairies. with star-tipped wands
and dresses OF gossamer web. steal
out Of the forest, followed by the
elves and the brownies. Then begins
a gay dance and merry frolic In the
moonlight which no mortal pen could
describe. For three hours they dance
and sing and feast without inte.rup
tion. But as the first streak of dawn
appears in the east the fairy prince
sadly takes up her squirrel skin. her
little brownie lover tenderly bids her
good-by and stretches forth his wings.
In moment the place is silent ard de-
serted. Chicago: A C. McClurg & Co.
The Washington times., 1902-10-12
Marie Corelli's Latest Book.

The latest work of Marie Corelli is
entitled "a Christmas Greeting" and is
made up of verse and fiction in sand
wiches. The most surprising thing in
il is song. the music of which is by
Miss Corelli and the words by King
Henry VIII. There are some comoina-
tions which are beyond Imagination, but
occasionally happen all the same.
The best of the stories is the savage
satire entitled THE Laurels of the
Brave" in which the pseudo patriotic
performances of several British danes
of doubtful reputation at the time of
the South African war are severely
caricatured. There is a parody on 1.-The
Absent Minded Beggar' which is really
clever, and while the humor is of the
sort which seems to nit one in the head
with club, 1t is good of its kind
There is nothing else in the book which
affords even the shadow of an excuse for
spending any time on it. New York:
Dodd, Mead G. Coz
The Washington times., 1902-10-12
Parkman's Histories.

"The Struggle for Continent" is a
book made up of selections from the
writings of Francis Parkman. edited by
Pelham Edgar. 1t is intended TO give in
brief the history of the struggle be-
tween various European countries for
| the possession of the New World. While
the wisdom of taking Parkman by
piecemeal is questionable, If the thing
must be done, it is we'll to have 1t done
as skillfully as in this work of Mr..
Edgar's.
The work of Francis Parkman is
among the most remarkable achieve
ments in our literary history, not only
from its unique intrinsic value, but be-
cause of the difficulties under which IL
was accomplished. The author was sell
dom able to write for more than an hour
at a time, on account of i'll health; ard
his journeys TO the Pacific Coast. un-
dertaken in the pursuit of material for
his unequaled series of histories were
accomplished in the face of obstacles
almost insurmountable. The eXtraor-
dinary condensation and precision OF his
style, ip which not word is misplaced
or wasted. is undoubtedly due to tine
necessity of making the most OF every
minute which he was able to give TO the
work of writing. If this volume serves
to introduce Parkman to those who have
hitherto been unfamiliar with his books,
it will be valuable for that reason alone
Boston: Little, Brown & Coz
The Washington times., 1902-10-12

was man of infinite-resource-an -and-sa
gacity, found himself truly inside the
Whales warm. dark inside cupDoards
he stumDed and he jumped. and nc
thumped and he bumped, and he prancec
and he danced, and he banged ana ne
changed, and he hit and he bit. and he
leaped and he creeped, and he prowled
and he howled, and he hoppeu and he
dropped, and he cried and he sighed
and he crawled and he bawied. and he
stepped and he lepped, and he danced
hornpipes where he shouldn't, and the
Whale felt most unhappy indeed. (Have
you forgotten the suspendersO
80 he said to the 'stute Fish; This
man is very ntibbly. and besides he is
making me hiccough. What shall do?'
"'Tell him to come out said the
Stute Fish.
|. So the Whale called down his own
throat to the shipwrecked Mariner:
Come out and behave yourself. I've got
the hiccoughs' /.
Nay, nay!' said the Mariner. Not
so, but far otherwise. Take me to my
natal shore and the white cliffs-of
Albion. and I'll think about it. And he
began to dahce more than ever
You had better take him home,
said the 'Stute Fish to the Whale. I
ought to have warned you that he is a
man Of infinite-resource- and sagacity.'
So the Whale swan and swan and
swan. with both flippers and his tail,
as hard as he could for the hiccoughs;
and at last he saw the Mariners natal
shore and the white-cliffs- of Albion,
and he rushed halfway UP the beach
and opened his mouth wide and wide
and wide, and said, Change here for
Winchester, Ashuelot, Nashua, Keene,
and stations on the Fitchburg Road
and just as he said Fitch the Mariner
walked cut of his mouth. But while the
whale had been swimming the Mariner,
who was indeed person Of infinite-re-
source agacity, had taken his jack
knife and cut up the raft into little
square grating all running criss-cross
and he had tied 1t firm with his sus-
penders (now you know why you were
not to forget the suspendersD, and he
dragged that grating good and tight into
the Whales throat, and there it stuck!
Then he recited the following Sloka,
The Washington times., 1902-10-12
A Life of Roosevelt.

bulky volume by Murat Halstead
| bears on its back THE Life of Theodore
Roosevelt" and it is far the best life of
Roosevelt which has yet appeared. II
gives detailed accounts of all the varied
episodes in the Presidents career, and
treats him. in Mr.. Halstead's own words.
as 1.-The personification OF the great and
greater Americanism." Those who know
the biographer's work as journalist and
as author will need no further recon-
mendation for the book. 1t may also be
stated, however, that it contains nearly
four hundred pages, and is of the size
of volume Of an encyclopedia. and that
there are over fifty pictures of the Pres
ident, his family his homes. and scenes
with which he has been connected.
(Akron. Ohio: The Saalfield Publishing
COmpanyl
The Washington times., 1902-10-12
A Japanese Novel.

"The Wooing of Wistaria." by Onoto
Watanna. is a novel Of Japanese life,
written in English, and has the unique
quality of being the work of an author
of Japanese blood. For some reason or
other it does not ring true, like the
work of Hearn, and even of one or two
other authors less talented and SYM
pathetic. 1t may be because the authors
English does not adequately express the
spirit of Japanese life, as would her
native tongue, and it is fact that the
work of foreigner writing English
sometimes seems less true to fact. even
wien he describes his own country. than
that of an English or American author
who describes the same country in
sympathetic spirit, with freer command
Of the linguistic medium. However that
may be. the book does not sound real;
it does not convince; 1t has the same
apparent artificiality as the picture OF
the author which forms the frontispiece.
If the reader were not told that Miss
Watanna is Japanese the picture would
certainly be taken for that of an Ameri-
can woman masquerading In Japanese
garb, and not doing 1t very well at that.
The heroine of the story is the daugh-
ter of a nObleman who has married
woman of nariah caste, and the plot
deals with the feud between the hero
ines family and that of Prince Keiki.
who becomes her lover. 1t Is sort OF
Japanese Romeo and Juliet. There Is
great deal of Japanese life in it. and the
reader will gain much information as to
the customs. character and traditions OF
the japanese. The devotion Of the sam
urai. the custom OF hara-kiri, the up
bringing of Japanese girls, and many
other things are touched upon in course
of the narrative. New York: Harper
& Bros.)
The Washington times., 1902-10-12
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which, as you have not heard 1t, will
now proceed to relate
BY means OF a grating
have stopped your ating.
For the Mariner he was also an Hi-ber nj an.
And he stepped out on the shingle, and
went hcme to his mother, who had given
him leave to trail his toes in the water !;
and he married and lived happily ever
afterward. So Gid the Whale"
And that. as the author explains
further on, is the reason why whales
NOWADAYS never repeat the Jonah per-
formancs
Each of the tales has an after-piece
of poetry. and the verse will be to many
readers the best of the book. Some Of
1t affords fascinating glimpses Of the
home life of the Kipling family. For
instance, without a certain kind Of ex-
perience, no man could have written this
tail-piece to the story Of how Baviaan,
the Baboon. the wisest animal in all
South Africa, taught the Ethiopian and
the Leopard TO assimilate themselves to
their environment:
AM the Most Wise Baviaan, SAYING in most
wise tones,
Let US melt into the landscape, just us two,
by our loncs.
People nave coine-n cairiage-calling. But
Mummy Is there
Yes l can go il you take me-Nurse says she
don't care.
Let us go up to the pig-sties and sit on the
farsnyard iails,
Let's say things to the bunnies, and watch
EN- skitter their tails!
Let's-oh, anything daddy, SO long as It's you
and me,
And going truly exploring. and not beire in
till tea!
Here's your boots Give brought 'cm) and here's
your cap and stick.
And here's your pipe and tobacco. Oh, come
along out Of it-quick!
Nobody but Kipling could have thought
of adapting archaeology to .hild's un-
derstanding, but in the two stories Of
How the First Letter Was Written"
and How the Alphabet Was Made" he
has certainly done it. The last illustra-
tion to the second story is very GU
rious. string of ancient relics, which
symbolic the sounds Of the alphabet as
prehistoric man understood them. The
little poem of exquisite melody and
imagery which follows 1t is plainly
tribute to the child to whom the first Of
the tales was told.
One of the nonsense poems which has
Just enough of moral to be flayorsome
The Washington times., 1902-10-12

Through the Looking Glass" has Just
appeared in a new edition illustrated by
Peter Newell. companion to "Alice in
Wonderland" which appeared last year.
The work of Mr.. Newell is already so
we'll known that there is no need of de-
scribing or recommending it. His whim-
sical genius seems to have been made
for the express purpose Of Illuminating
with its CLEAN the unique work Of Lewis
Carroll Last years volume contained
portrait of Mr.: Dodgson; this years has
for It's frontispiece portrait OF Mr..
Newell.
There are forty illustrations in all, he
sides the quaint marginal designs. and
they are all SO good that there is little
choice between them. Perhaps the pic
lures in which Alice herself appears
will appeal most directly to the "hil-
dren, and they are sure to be delighted
with the one in which Alice is shown
clasping the soft neck Of the fawn. An
other conceit which is fine is the picture
of the Jabberwock as 1t came whiting
through the tulgey wood. and burbling
as 1t camel" The artist has understood
The Washington times., 1902-10-12

Prince Silver Wings" by Edith Ogden
Harrison. is a daintily written and il
Illustrated volume of fairy tales for
children from seven to ten years old.
The illustrations are particularly
charming. being full-page pictures Ia
colors. and full of the airy, evanescent
grace which all fairy pictures should
have, and most, especially in American
made picture books, do not. The coloring
is as delicate as a dragon fly's wing anu
as perfect as a spring violet The
sketches are the work of Lucy Perkins
There are seven stories in all, prince
Silver Wings" THE Yelled Lady, THE
Sick Princess THE Ice Queen 8
Palace. "7he Golden River" THE City
of the Sea King" and 'The Cloud
Maidens." They are quantity imagina-
tive, and while not strikingly original.
are full OF pretty conreits and descrip.
tions. The Golden River" is the Story
OF foolish little fairy princess who
legged her lover to steal the sun. In
The Washington times., 1902-10-12
OTHER REVIEWS OF THE WEEK.
Child Verse.

when the Heart Is Young" by Will
| liam Wallace Whitelock, is a book ol
rhymes about and for children. Some
of them will appeal more directly 10
the understanding of grown folk. hut
| most of them are good juvenile reading
also. The children are real children
without any frills, and the style is not
overburdened with either mannerisms
| or manner. Here is specimen OF 1t:
She's funny little creature, and she chat
tiers like a daw
In language meant for English, disregarding
c.ery law.
Ana it makes her, oh, angry, when l say,
Now Susan, please
Try to speak the English languaee-you are
speaking Susanese"
"The Eyes That Follow You,' with
its accompanying reproduction OF an
old d-fashioned oil painting, will start a
reminiscence in the mind of most peo
pie. and so will the half pathetic little
poem, THE Man Who Loved the ChN-
dren." There is one bit of doggerel
which is most shrewd comment on
Christian Science, and runs in part as
follows:
But while | squiirmed and rolled about,
Why, Mrs Jones came in.
Ant. when / told her l was sick,
She said such talk sin;
She stuck me down, only thought
That | was sick-but | ".
Know better, for | guess
She didn't eat that pie!
There are half a dozen fantastic
poems about things called Lodtops and
Whoos. and there are several pieces Of
sage advice, one of which is entitled
picking on Kids" The concluding
stanza of this is as follows:
You see, you neverFknow wat boys
Has got a brother, or
A cousin stayin' over night
You never seen before
And SO | think it's mean to pick
On kids ats weak and small.
And can't defend themselves like men,
But just run home and sqiall.
Altogether this will be an appropriate
gift book for many people who like
children and homely things and homely
poetry. The illustrations, some Of
which are very good, are by Harper
Pennington. New York: E. P. Dutton
& Coz
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preface to How the Whale Got His
published, was so characteristic and so
charming that it is pity that II was
not reprinted in the present book. The
stories, their creator explains, were
made for the purpose of putting his
little daughter to sleep, and as they
came to be told over and over they grew
to be like charms, the whale tale, the
camel tale and the rhinoceros tale.
They had to be told just SO, or the wee
one would wake up and put in the miss
too. that Mr.. KiDling hinted at certain
wonderful fictions which he has not
thus far given to the public-the tale
of the Blue Skallalatoot, and of Orvin
Sylvester Woodsey, the New England
fairy who did not think it well-seen to
fly, and used patent labor saving de-
vices instead of charms. But that is
the reason of the title of the "Just-So
Stories They must not be sketched,
or spun out, or altered even by word,
anu WueH yOu Coiue W Tedu tHSIH you
will see why.
There are twelve of them n all. and
no two alike, though several deal with
the problems which beset childhood and
concern the origin of the elephants,
trunk, the camel's hump. and the spots
on the leopard. They forestall The
everlasting Why" which is always on
the lips of inquiring youth, and there
is no bad taste in the shape Of a raoral.
The strongest characteristic Of the
stories, il one could analyze their
charm. would perhaps prove 20 be what
one might call the inevitable quality.
They seem to have been written as they
grew in the authors mind, and one
feels that it would not have been pos
sible, for them to be other than they
are. They are as logical as the multi
plication table. and as unexpected as sin.
Here, for example, is an original va
Ration of the story of Jonah, who is
represented as a mariner of inflnite-re-
source -and-sagacity, sitting on raft
in the middle of the sea. The Mariner
has been rechristened Mr.. Henry AL
bert Bivvens. A. B.. but 1t is the Jonah
story all the same, and this is what
happened when the whale swallowed
Jonah:
But as soon as the Mariner. who
The Washington times., 1902-10-12

There may be people who will not
enjoy this book. but II so it must be
constitutional disability. There may
also be adults who will refuse to believe
that Its contents are within child's
power Of comprehension. But certain it
is that any normal child will enjoy the
tales. whether 1t understands all the
words or not. for there Is nothing chill
dren like better than literature just a
little over their heads. For those who
insist that it is not Instructive" there
are no words fit for publication Any
body who wants to deprive child of
healthy amount of nonsense ought to be
taken to pieces and reconstructed on a
new plan. New York: Doubleday. Page
& Co. s1.2O.)
The Washington times., 1902-10-12
is the one on the camel's hump. which

is the one on the camel's hump. which
runs, in part, as follows:
The Camel's hump Is an ugly hump.
Which we'll you may zee at the Zoo;
But uglier yet Is the hump we get
From having too ,.ttle to do.
Riddles and grown-ups too-oo-oo,
II VIC haven't enough to do-oo-oo,
We get the hump
Cameclious hump
The hump that Is black and blue!
We climb out OF bed with frouzly head
And a snarly-yarly voice.
We ehiver and scowl and we grrnt and we
growl
At our bath and cur boots and our toys
And there ought to be corner for me
(And I know there Is one for you)
WheI we get the hump
Camee!i3us lump
The hump that is black and bluei
The Washington times., 1902-10-12
Pickaninny Sketches.

Pore Lii Nose" is the title of a
nonsense book of colored pictures and
rhymes. by r. F. OutcauIt The CEN
trail figure is a very black and mis-
chievous pickaninny, with four INSOFAR
able companions, monkey, a bear, a
dog, and cat. The sketches have ap-
peared in the coiored supplement of one
OF the New York papers. and have at
tracted ggeat deal of attention. This
ought to define them sufficiently. New
York: World Building.)
The Washington times., 1902-10-12
An Irgleside Book.

''In the Morning Glow" by Roy Rolfe
ellison, is, the type of book happily be-
coming rather common in American fic-
tion, of which one instinctively feels
that it ought to be read at home. and
| If possible, read aloud 1t is home
book, full of childrens voices and fire.
! light and the lullaby of mother with
genius for making little folk COM
Portable. The author has taken a jour
ney back into his own childhood. and
created a world in which the principal
people are about three feet high and
very much interested in life.
The mere titles are alluring-"Grand
father" Grandmother" Little Sis
ter Our Yard" "The Toy Grenadier. .
There is a paragraph in the story of
Grandfather" which. like many others
in the little book, has significance that
is beyond the child's fancy, yet dimly
felt, II not understood:
Grandfather wore the blue. and on
his breast were the star and flag of the
Grand Army. Every May he straight
ened his bent shoulders, and marched
TO the music of fife and drum to the
cemetery on the hill. So once a year
there were tears in Grandfather's eyes
All the rest of that solemn May day ne
marched in the garden with his hands
L.
eyes, and once in while his steps
quickened as he hummed to himself:
Tramp, tramp, tramp, the boys are marching
And if it SO happened that he told
you the story of Johnny Reb that day,
he would always have new ending:
Then we went into battle. The
Rebs were on tarnal big hill. and as
we charged up the side, Boys" says tile
colonel-"boys; give EN- hell" says he
And. sir, we Just did, tell you
oh, Father, Father. don't!-sucl
language before the child!' Mother
would cry. and that would be the en-!
OF the new end of Grandfather's story"
And another scrap Of it runs in this
fashion:
Father
"Silence.
'Father. little louder.
Then a sleepy Yes
We want to get up
1t isn't time yet. You children go
to sleep.
''You waited Then
Father, is 1t time YETI?
No. You children lie STILL
so you and Lizbeth, wide awake,
whispered together; and then, to while
away the time while father slept, you
played Indian, which required two lit
tie yelis from you to begin with (when
the Indian You arrived in your war
paint and two big yells from Lizbeth
to end with (when the Paleface She was
being scalped).
Then father said it was mo use,' and
mother took a hand. You were quiet
after that, but 1t was yawny lying there
with the sun so high. You listened.
Not a sound came from father and
room. You rose cautiously,
you and Lizbeth. in your little bare feet.
You stole softly across the floor. The
door was crack open. SO you peeked
in, your face even with the knob and
Lizbeth's just below. And then, at one
and the same instant, you both said
'Boo!' and grinned; and the harder you
grinned the harder father tried not to
laugh, which was sign that you could
scramble into bed with him, you on one
side and Lizbeth on the other, cuddling
down close while mother went to see
about breakfast
And that is the sort of literature it
Is. (New York: Harper & Bros.)
The Washington times., 1902-10-12
THE NEW WONDERLAND.

the meaning of the word ''burb,ing' to
be blowing bubbles" and has accord
ingly drawn bubbles issuing from the
creatures mouth. which may or may not
be an improvement on Tenniel's idea of
Jabberwocks. Perhaps it is just rs well
to leave something to the Imagination.
But the chess people are delightful.
squabby. grotesque, and unconventional
in the extreme, just such persons as one
might dream about and wake up laugh
ing. The book cannot fail to prove a
charming gift book for any child Of
proper instincts. New York: Harper
& Bros. $1,000
The Washington times., 1902-10-12

been, from the time he wrote that visit
full, pathetic little song, The Gift of
the Sea-" and the equally touching "Mu-
hammad Din," when a boy of nineteen,
till now. as man Of thirtyseven. he
gives US the most quantity delightful
book of nonsense tales for little chill
dren since Alice in Wonderland" AS
most people know, he has illustrated it
himself. and the pictures are as whim-
sically fascinating as the text and of no
small merit in themselves; but with
these We have at present no concern.
The original Introduction to the
"Just-So Stories," which appeared as
The Washington times., 1902-10-12
Silhouettes.

Songs and Scissors lis collection
OF Juvenile songs very cleverly illus
trated with siltouettes, and suitable for
kindergarten work or anything in which
children are concerned which requires
simple and pretty music. The words of
the songs are b. Lora l.. Holmes, the
music by Jessie L. Gaynor, and the
Illustrations by Ethel Elaine Barr.
Some OF the titles are "Black-Eyed
Susan 'Pussy Willow The Honey
Bee." and "The Cucumber Dolly" (Chi-
cago: Clayton F. Sunny & Col
The Washington times., 1902-10-12

TN the "Just-So Stories for Little
Children, which came from the
L press few days ago, Rudyard Kip
ling appears for the first time as
a genuine children's author. Inc
Jungle Books fascinating as lhey
are. contain much that is inter-
essing rather to grown folk than
to children; and the Wee Willie Win
kie'' collection was not for children,
but about them; moreover. the young
sters therein depicted were. like Adam
in THE Son OF His Father some
what painfully wise and precocious. A
lover of children Kipling has always
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-01-16
NO PLATINUM
AsSayer Says it is not in the
 KlOndike.

Reports eminating from Montreal and Vancouver q at the miners of the KlOndIke are daily throwing away platinum nuggets Co the value Of thousands of dollars are not credited here bv the people ln the best position Co know. The assaver for the Canadian Bank of Commerce of Dawson was asked recently if he knew such to be the flct, and his answer was in the nega- tive. He slid he had watched for plati nun ever since he has been asSayer for the bank. and he has never sssn any evidence Of lt.
 He was plrti;ullr positive that no plaii- nun nuggets have ever besn seen in this country and has watched more or less closely for platinum in any form. He says he does not believe there is any here, and fl there is it must bc in the form Of an al- loy with gold.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-01-16

The time to advertise IS all the time.