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humor and his command OF unexpected
incident as is presented in Kate Bon
net" The daughter of an aspiring anna
teur. who burns to become professional
pirate, the charming Kate, beset WIN
lovers as well as perils, struggles to lead
her father out. of darkness and to rescue
him frsm the wrath to come. Captain
Bonnet and the aggravatingly loyal Scotch
Presbyterian who officiously strives to
save his soul, are creations of peculiarly
distinctive individuality. The thrilling
happenings of the romance, which includes
in its scenes Barbados and other West
Indian points and our Southern seaboard,
are accompanied by unexpected turns and
the delightfully."- humorous situations
which Mr.. stockton alone can develop.
The Washington times., 1902-01-05

'The Assassination of Abraham Lin
coin" by Osborn H. oldroyd, is book
which should be Of quite unusual interest
10 the people Of Washington. 1t contains
not only a full account OF the assassina-
tion and the capture and punishment of
the conspirators, but pictures Of almost
every person and scene connected with
the event and portraits of Lincoln Some
of the illustrations are reproductions of
pictures in the oldroyd collection, which
Alls the house where Lincoln died, oppo-
site Ford's Theatre, and some are from
photographs. The book is full of interest
ing features and worth the attention OF
anybody.
There is bastard title page" which
has an odd and quaint design of especial
Significance. Mr.. Oldroyd's own descrip-
tion OF IL is as good as could be made:
THE ancient Egyptian symbol of the
Scarab. With wings extended. supporting
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IincOln's Assassination.

the SUM- signifies to be, to become
This floats, apparently, among the
clouds of life'-an ancient symbol of
death and Immortality. Below is the
eternal sea- from which moisture as
cends, and TO which the rain descends.
The little realism is the picture Of Booth
and Herold starting TO cross the Potomac
in the boat The portrait of Lincoln, espe
cially selected, is placed in one of the
coils, or clouds life The border is
a mourning one, and the lower panel con-
tains the title
While some Of the statements made may
strike the reader as partisan, much of
the material is gathered from old records
and papers and from interviews with per-
SONS concerned IN the events described.
As historical narrative, therefore, II can
not fail to be of interest. Too much can
not be said i'm praise Of the binding and
illustrations. washington: John ii. Old
royd.)
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= OMERoDY Tr..te to Mr.. r. ". Cham
bers, author or Cardigan. sug-
gesting that Mr. Chambers had
painted in too dark coloTs the character
of Walter Butler, who, as every 2ne
knows, IS an historical figure picturesque
l. introduced into Cardigan" The au-
thor claims, on the contrary, that his pic
ture of the man is scarcely severe enough,
and that Butler was yeritable scourge.
1t Will be remembered by readers of Car
digan" that Butler first appears in the
story as a schoolnaster, and that Car
digan and Silver Heels were his pupils;
that he fell in love with the charming
Silver Heels, and that the Jealous Cardi
gan forthwith loathed him. The real But
Ter was the sen Of Col. John Butler, of
Buffers Rangers, an intimate friend of
Sir William Johnston, and figured il
many CT the thrilling incidents CT ante
Revolutionary days.
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The Beauty of Simplicity.

Here, however. he says some things
worth remembering:
"Assuredly there can be no quarrel
with the taste for grace and elegance OF
speech. 1 am of opinion that one cannot
say too well what he has to say. But II
does not follow that the things best said
and best written are most studied. words
should serve the fact, and not substitute
themselves for it and make 1t forgotten
in its establishment. The greatest things
are those which gain the most by being
said most simply, since thus they show
themselves for what they are; you do not
throw over them the veil, however trans
parent, OF beautiful discourse, nor that
shadow so fatal to truth, called the
writer's vanity. Nothing so strong. moth
ing SO persuasive, as simplicity" (New
York: Mcclure, Phillips Col
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in the famous campaign which defeated
Braddock. Captain Mahan says:
Hawke carried Nelson's maxim into eff
feet. Upon the signal for battle he took
his own ship into close action with the
antagonist allotted to him by order of
The feet but after beating him out of the
line lie looked reund for more work to do.
Seeing then that several of the British
vessels had not come within pointblank,
but, through professional timidity or over
cautious reverence for the line Of battle,
were engaging at long range single
Spaniard. he quilted his own position,
brought her also to close quarters, and
after an obstinate contest, creditable to
both parties. forced her to surrender. She
was the only snip to haul down her flag
that day and her captain refused to sur
render his sword to anyone but Hawke,
whom alone he accepted as his vanquisher.
"a generation or two later Hawkes.
conduct in this matter would have drawn
little attention: it would not have been
exceptional in the days Of st. Vincent
and Nelson, nor even in that Of Howe
At the time of its occurrence, it was not
cnly in sharp contrast with much that
happened on the same field of battle, but
il was somewhat contrary to rule. 1t
possessed SO far the merit of originality,
and that en- the right side-that of fight
ing. As in all active life. SO in war. a
man is more readily pardoned for effect
ing too much than too little.'
ThS anecdotes in these biographies are
likely to prove not the least entertaining
feature to he average reader. In the
life of Admiral Ieryis, Captain Mahan
tells how, one day, i;s took it into his
head that the younger ohicers were get
ting too fat and lazy. and for shwith or
dered that the entering port should be
blocked UP. except for admirals and cap
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PERSONAL MENTION.

he wrote for historians rather than for
ordinary readers. So / decided TO write
the city's history, and in the telling TO
touch particularly on the subjects that
are usually sighted; tell it to read like a
story and still instruct the reader; tell
af buccaneers, CT spies, of Revolutionary
herces, of strange relics Of the past; tell
such dsiails as why barrel Of flour ap-
pears on the seal of the city; to write a
complete histof-. and one that it would
not be exhausting 70 master. So l wrote
The Story of Manhattan.
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DIRRILL ON HISTORIANS.
"Thcir Name is PcrGdy."

Augustine Birrell, in his "Misccllanies, ="
says that he does not value overmuch the
opinions OF mans near relations con-
cerning his character And as an instance
of such an opinion he cites that astound
ing remark Of Joseph Bonaparte concern
ing his brother, Napoleon: He was"
so said this saDient though not hereditary
monarch, mot SO much what should call
a great as 4 coed man" Mr.. Birrell also
lacks faith in the average historian. He
exclaims: Historians, Their name is
pcrfidy. Unless they have good styles they
are so hard to read and if they have good
styles they are so apt to lie" While ad-
mitting the general accuracy and clever
ness of this remark, it must be conceded
that there are exceptions, like Lord Rose
bery's Napoleon; the Last Phase" for
instance, where the truth is told, and in
a most clear and fascinating style.
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lITTPEs of Naval Officers" by Capt.
A. T. Mahan, is a collection of

4 N1FES oil Naval OHcSrS, pS tdpt.
A. T. Mahan. is a collection of
L memoirs OF six British admirals,
Lords Hawke, Rodney, De Saumarez, and
Exmouth, ana Earl St. Vincent. 1t is, in
short the history O. the making OF the
British navy, V hich means the inception of
the naval power OF the world. for with the
British navy originated much of the sys-
TEN of discipline, the peculiar standard
of honor and the high sense of duty which
now mark the naval officer not only in
the British but in other navies. 1t will
be a valuable addition to the library Of
anyone who is interested either in the
navy or in the history OF warfare. or. for
that matter, in the general history OF
England.
AS in all of Captain Mahan's books,
there is an immense amount of interest
ing material TO be found here, and the
reader will probably come to the con-
clusion that history can be as fascinat-
ing as fietiou if it is handled right.
The biograph OF Admiral Hawke brings
Tut point which is important at the
preset time. when people are thinking
morc abor> the navy and the naval Off
GERS standards :-t conduct than they ever
have before in this country. In HAWKE
day the behavior expected OF command
ing officer did not include MUS, initiative.
He was not supposed tc do any mos than
his duty. If his admiral failed to p.in
a battle well ii WIS not for the subor-
dinate to try to help him out of his pre-
dicamert. 1t was, in short, about the
situation which Washington and his Nir
ginians confronted when they fought un-
der Braddock, and in one particular bat
tie, that between the British feet under
Mathews and twelve Spanish shifs of the
line, Hawke. then in command of the Ber
wick, acted very much as Washington did
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"The Simple Life by Charles Wagner,
is an artistically written plea for SIM
plici,y in life, in language. and in art
Such plea is considerably needed in
these days. and Mr.. Wagner has made it
very earnestly. If one were inclined to
crticise, it might be suggested that he
could have used simpler words in his
plea for simple life. For example, here
is a sentence truly Johnsonian in its
phraseology.
mo more perversion of sense, circum-
locution. reticence, and tergiversation.
These things serve only to complicate and
bewilder."
Considering that possibly about one person
in hundred could give glimmering idea
of what ''tergiversation' means without
looking 1t up, it seems as If there We're
a quirk somewhere in the authors sense
of fitness.
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ENGLISH PETIFN CE.
Serial Publication of Biography of
the King and Queen.

the King and Queen.
Suppose some American publisher
should announce new illustrated siogra-
ply of President and Mrs Roosevelt ''in
fortnightly parts, at a popular Price.
Fancy the American public taking so
many bites of cherry as that. But this
is what the English people like, and a
London publisher now announces such
life OF King Edward and the Queen. ihe
Duke of Argylls biography OF Queen Vic
toria c-VictoIia X. l.: Her Life and En-
pre- Harpers) was issued by this serial
method in England, but when it reached
the United States it wss Immediately set
up for book form and put between covers
and very handsome crimson covers they
are The Duke OF Argyll has done some
excellent work in this authoritative his
tory, which is meeting with pronounced
success
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BRET HARTE'S PARoDIES.
A Kew Series of Condensed Novel,

A Kew Series of Condensed Novels.
Bret Harte has prepared another series
of "Condensed Novels" in which he has
parodied Kipling. Hope, Conan Doyle, Mrs.
Humphry Ward, Quillcr Couch, Welman,
Crockett, James and other novelists OF
today.
The first series of Condensed Novels,
which did much to establish Harte's repu-
tation, appeared in 1866 in THE Califor-
MAN" of which he was editor.
In 1867 the parodies We're collected and
published in New York with comic illus
traticns by Frenk Bellew. This edition
is now scarce. the Boston edition oil lsi
with drawings by Sol Eytinge, being usu-
ally seen. -
The Washington times., 1902-01-05
KIPLING MS.
Original Manuscript of "The Light
Tint Fai1ed.o

number of manuscripts of Kipling' s
works are owned by New York collectors,
among them being THE Legend of the
Cedar Swamp poem written when
the novelist was nine years old, and never
printed in any of his works. -
More interesting in every way and in
fnitely greater as a literary possession is
The original manuscript of Kipling S
Light That Failed his first novel, which
may be seen at No. 225 Fifth Avenue,
New York, where Doubleday, Page & Co.
are exhibiting their books and magazines,
together with many original drawings
which first appeared in their publications.
The manuscript, which Kipling present
ed to his friend, Frank II. Doubleday, in
April, 1899. is closely written on ninety
folio pages. ....-... .-~-..-.
1t gives the story of "The Light That
Failed as it was originally conceived by
the author of Kim
The Washington times., 1902-01-05
A CHILD's SUGGESTION.
How n Single Question Resulted in
the writing of a Book.

Charles Hemstreet's successful history
of New York for young folks, THE Story
of Manhattan" was suggested to him By
q child's question.
Il should like 10 know something Of the
life of Captain Kidd" said the child. "Can
you tell ne?"
Now my knowledge of Kidd" said Mr.
Hemstreet. telling the story the other day.
was confined quite closely to the iact
that he was a pirate; the details OF his
life were not sufficiently well known TO
me TO recount.
so that set me thinking. The hlsto-
rian. TO my fancy, was too prone to pass
over what he considered familiar topics
The Washington times., 1902-01-05
A Leigh Hunt hook.

The latest addition to the long list of
Austin Dobson's publications appears this
week in London in finely illustrated and
very limited edition.
This is Leigh Hunts charming Ken
sington book, long out OF print. The Old
Court Suburb which Mr.. Dobson has
newly edited.
The Washington times., 1902-01-05
AUDUBON AND Els WORK.
HczekIah Butterworth's Picture of
the Naturalist.

Miss Harriet E. Richards. Secretary of
the Massachusetts Audubon Society, ex-
presses her strong admiration for Mr..
Hezekiah Butterworths new book, In the
Days of Audubon, in the following letter:
'-One of the most satisfactory books
for boys that has been laid on my table
recently is In the Days Of Audubon by
Hezekiah Butterworth. The author vivid
ly pictures the generous home life of our
noble Audubon, his devoted wife, and
faithful son. The chapter on Webster
and Audubon is an inspiration. The book
is full of incidents in the life of a heroic,
hig,l- minded man who loved the birds, the
woods, and his home"
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ilizatisp. Many characters crowd the
story.
The author is herself saturated with
the history and culture which she repre-
sents, and the book glows with Italian
local color, at the same time that the
passions and incidents 1T describes have
the universal interest of a work OF fiction
of the highest order.
The Washington times., 1902-01-05
SToCKToN's NEW NOVEL.

A Mixture of Love and Adventure.
The publishers say of Frank R. Stock
toms new book:
Kate Bonnet" is novel of love. Incl
dent, adventure, and humor, and it has
been called by those who have seen ad-
vance sheets the most delightful book
which Mr.. Stockton has given us. A new
story by this author il an event in itself,
and the event becomes peculiarly signifi-
cant when We find in the new novel such
a joyous mingling of Mr.. Stocktons quaint
The Washington times., 1902-01-05

paper On a subject not too familiar to the
public. is Telegraph Talk and Takers,
by L. C. Hall. I'm and Around the Great
Pyramid" by Cleveland Moffett, and
David Crockett" by Cyrus Townsend
Brady are two other features of the num-
ber, and there is an article by George W.
Smalley on English Statesmen and
Rulers" "a Deputation TO the King is
another bit of romance out of the history
of Scotland, by Robert Barr. Edgar the
Choir Boy is the latest of Josephine
Dodge Daskanl's sketches of child life, and
Henry Wallace Phillips contributes one
of his racy Western tales. under the title
"The Demon in the Canon" There is also
poem by Paul Kester.
The leading article in "Ainslee's Maga-
zine" for January is jerome: the Poll
tician Militant" by Walter l.. Hawley,
which is illustrated by photographs by
w. NJ. Wander Weyde. 1t will be of wide
genera! interest. Training Wild Ami
mails" by Harvey Sutherland. is another
article likely to interest the public.
Lord Strathcona' is a biography OF that
ruling spirit of the Hudson Bay Company,
by Duncan Campbell Scott. "Keesh. the
Son of Keesh." is a strong story of Alas
kan life. by Jack London. Other stories
are by Olivier Henry. Joseph c. Lincoln,
Marie Manning, and Eugene Wood.
1.-The National Magazine" for January
contains as its leading feature an article
on William Mckinley as ! Knew Him."
by Senator Hanna. A paper. which will
be OF particular interest to Washington
people is "Oflcial Society. Past and Pres
ent," by Catherine Frances Cavanaugh.
( There are some particularly spicy com
ments on current literature and many
other features of interest in the number.
Outing" for January begins with an
article entitled One Wagon Train Boss
of Texas" by William NJ. Edgar, with il
Illustrations by Remington. Athletics at
the United States Military academy" is
contribution from Capt. Richmond p.
Davis. Capt. +. l.. King writes of ath
letics among the enlisted men of the army,
and Lieut.. Martin Z. Trench deals with
athletics in the navy. In short. this
is an issue which will be particularly in
teresting fer its army and navy atmos-
phere. a..,-
The Cosmopolitan" for January con-
tains remarkably clever story by Fran
ccs Courtenay Maylor, entitled "Cupids
Practical Joke II is one of the clcv
crest things in this months magazines.
Another article which will be of interest
to many people is John Barrymore's
Work" with Illustrations showing the
pictures painted by this member OF the
! famous Drew Barrymore family. Addl-
tional Importance is lent the article by the
fact that the author is Hjalmar Hjorth
! Boyesen. who has not been writing much
! of late. Her Fathers Wife is story
! of English life by Maarten Martens, and
I "Fan-Fan." by Grace Frances Bird, is a
Jauanese love story. Other features OF
his number are an article on Elbert Hub
lard, by himself; The Last of the Red
/ Race" by William Draper; Putting on
Grand Opera." by Gustav Kobbe. and
Free School Books" b. Elisha Benja-
| min Andrews.
1.-The Bookman" fer January contains
| ,ho ususl fascinating mixture of miscel-
! ,apv anecdote, comment, pictures Of au-
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Three New Novels.

Three novels by writer's well known in
the world of fiction are announced for
early publication by Dodd, Mead & Co.
Max Pemberton has written a romance of
considerable length, which is as yet un-
named. The other novels are yellow
Fiend," by Mrs. Alexander. and Fuel of
Fire" by Ellen T. Fowler.
The Washington times., 1902-01-05
A Curious Sobriauet.

'An athlete tied to a desk is a sobri-
quet that Albert Payson Terhune. son of
Marion Harland and author of Syria
From the Saddle" may merit, but not.re-
sent; he is an athlete in the fullest sense;
his coed work on the Evening Worlds"
staff has promoted him from reporter
and tied him to a desk as subeditor
The Washington times., 1902-01-05
HER FIRST LONG NOVEL.
Edith Whnrton's ''The Valley of De
cision" To Appear in February.

cis;cn- TO Appear in February.
Edith Wharton's long-expected novel
is Mt last in hand and may be looked for
in February. 1t is entitled The valley
Of Decision" and will run to more than
600 pages, fact of much interest, since
il more than doubles her next longest
story, "The Touchstcne."
The novel brilliantly justifies her choice
of larger canvas and more populous pic
ttirc. Il is in every sense large per-
formance of sustained flight and multi
farious interest. The scene is laid in the
Italy of the latter half of the eighteenth
century, mainly at one of the little courts
which were such cpitomes Of life and civ
The Washington times., 1902-01-05
Madison Cnwein.

Zone Day and Another" and Weeds
by the Wall are two volumes OF verse
representing as many years work. by
Madison Cawein. Weeds by the Wall''
is the mature fruit of thoughts sown by
Emerson in the expression II am God
in nature; | am weed by the wall"
The Washington times., 1902-01-05
"ArnOId TOynbee.o

A new edition OF Arnold Toynbee," by
Lord Miner, will be published in Janu-
airy by Longmans, Green G Co. 1t has
been out OF print for a number of years,
and a new edition has been much in de-
maEd.
The Washington times., 1902-01-05
A New Poet.

The first of the new years publications,
coming from the Bowen Merrill Company,
is Charles E. Russell's beautiful volume Of
poetry. Such Stuff as Dreams" These
graceful and tuneful poems will be wide
ly welcomed by Mr.. Russell's many ad-
mirers. He has long been contributor
of verse to the magazines and daily pa
pers, and his poems are watched for with
eagerness by discerning readers.
The Washington times., 1902-01-05
A ROOSEVELT STORY.
His Compliments to the Standard
Dictionary.

Dictionary.
Funk & Wagnalls Company relate the
following story of President Roosevelt:
During one Of his frequent hunting
trips in the far West, the future President
of the United States happened upon three
anglicized Indian words which he thought
should be embraced in our language. He
forthwith sent them to the publishers of
the Standard Dictionary for insertion in
that work. When Informed that the
words were already in the vocabulary of
the dictionary, he wrote back, saying tina t
he Should have taken 1t for granted that
that dictionary omitted no word that
should be in p" 0s-s