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terest OF $500 az SIX per cent. When
one takes into consideration the fact
that on most farms the actual capital
invested in poultry is very small. tn.
profit from the hens IL usually quite
large.
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At Home Allnnr

why weepest thou. woman?"
My lord will be buried this day"
My wife was buried yesterday. To-
morrow must get me another"
Whereupon the widow shook the
ashes from her shining hair, dried her
eyes, and, looking into the face of the
widower, smiled.
Il will be at home tomorrow all
day." she said.-Smart Set.
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Norfolk and Western r. r.
Sept. 2sth, 1909.
LEAVE RICHMOND DAELO, BYRD
STREET STATION.

900 A. NJ NORFOLK LIMITED. Arrives at
Norfolk II 20 A. n. Stops only at Pet
ersburg, Waverly and Suffolk. Stops
at Wakefield only to let of passengers
holding tickets from Richmond and
Petersburg.
e:06 A. M. TIFF CHICAGO EXPRESS, for
Lynchburg, Roanoke, Columbus and
Chicago. Buffet Psrlor Car Petersburg
= to Roanoke. Pullman Sleeper Roanoke
to Columbus also, for Bristol Knox
vile, and Chattanooga. Pullman Sleep
ct Roanoke to Knoxville.
lS-eO D. m. Roanoke Express for Farmville,
Lynchburg, Roanoke and intermediate
stations.
s 90 p. M Ocean Shore Limited. Arrives Nor
folk 8: 20 p. NJ. Stops only at Petersburg
Waverly and Suffolk. Connects at Nor
folk with Steamers TO Boston, Provi-
dence, New York. Baltimore and Wash
T:A p. IA, for Suffolk, Norfolk and informed
late stations Arrives at Norfolk 10 40
|, p. n.
meets at Lynchburg with Washington
and Chattanooga Limited. Pullman
E,eepers Lynchburg TO Memphis and
New Orleans, Cafe, Parlor and OBSERVE
tion Cars Radford to Alfalfa, Ala Pull
man Sleeper between Richmond and
Lgn nc Stsg sert a,.1 resSy for Oce,upsn-
Petersburg and Roanoke.
Trains arrive Richmond from I4ynchburg and
the West daily :35 A. M 2 90 %. M and
S:66 p. M; from Norfolk and the East
at IL 10 A. M II ~ A. M, aud go r
once sss Main St.
JOHN e. WAGNER.
City Passenger and Ticket A9t.
O. H BOSLEY,
District Passenger Agent.
W. b. BEvILL,
General Psssenger Agent.
GensrsA OHoe; Roanoke Va.
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A Good Linten.r

Mr.. Jumper-You seem to lik. 10
talk to Whilks.
Mr.. Jimps-Yes; he never read. th.
papers, and everything you tell him 4,
news.-Detroit Free Pree.
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Pa CAN. the rur..

little Willie-Say. pa, what's .
double chimp
Pa--A double chin, my son, Il an
exchange of words between your ma
and grandma.-Philadelphia Inquirer.
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Quits True.

Hewitt-It Ia worry. not work. that
kills.
Jewett--ThAt's so; especially when
. fellow worries to death because he
cannot get work Brooklyn Life.
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SEABOARD
AIR LINE RAILWAY

Short line to Principal Cities OF the South
and Southwest. Florida, Cuba, Texas. Califor-
ma, and Mexico, reaching the Capitals OF Six
SCHEDULE IN EFFECT APRIL is, 1909
TRAINS LEAVE RIOl MoND-MAIN ST.
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STATION-DAILY.
No.N No. 81,
Els NJ iGs P IN sty. P slsa%SaS
lo:25 Pm. 700 A. AR. Hamies.
lO;s0 p. NJ. 1;20 A. NV. Hamlet.
1884 NJ, 8:5S p. M.--Ar. Atlanta.
2 A. NJ. 10: A, Mar. Columbia.
I0SAM s;OA. MY. Colum iSS.n 1'rnS''
1855 NJ. eloP M-Ar. Savannah si' A''i'e' ,
~ SJ 30 An. M.IAr' j. Jacksonville
5:l5P.M. e:45 A. MIR. TAMPA.
iS S:soR fM ASP p NJ 49, H aslSSto
200 A. NJ. l0:85A. NAT. Columbia
eastern Time.)
loSA.M. sAoA. NV. Columbia.
4;55 A. NJ. 2iO p. M.-Ar. Savannah. '''
el5 Al NJ. 200 A. M,-Ar. Jacksonville.
10 ESQ A. M.-Ar. ST. Augustine.
5;45 p. NJ. 6;45 A. mar. Tampa
10 - p. NJ. 1903 A. M.-Ar. Charlotte.
;a5 A. NJ. 1922 A. MY. Chester
6;is A. 2:5O p. MY. Athens
1850 A. M. 9;5S p. MAJ. Atlanta.
$40 p. M.-Ar. Augusta
II 30 A. NJ. 40 p. M-Ar. Macon.
6:2o p. NJ. $50 p. NAT. Montgomery.
2:55 A. M.-Ar. Mobile
z 2o A. M.-Ar. New Orleans
e:55 P. NJ. 40 A. M.-Ar. Nashville
o;O A. NJ. $40 A. NAT. Memphis.
Train No. IS leaves Richmond 9:I0 A. NJ daily
for Petersburg. Noralina, n. c., and all inter
train arriving Henderson 2:l0 p. NJ. and Raj
eigh $3.50 p. NJ. daily, and Durham p. NJ daily
except Sunday.
Trains leave Richmond for Washington. and
New York and tho East daily-No "a at 6:45 A .
NJ and No. 60 at 3 O5 p. NJ.
Connections at Jacksonville and Tampa for
All Florida East coast points and Cuba, and
Porto Rica; at New Orleans for all points in
Texas. Mexico and California.
TRAINS ARRIVE AT RICHMoND-DAu.Y.
SIS A. NJ, No q From all points South
30 p. NJ, No SO and Southwest.
5:45 p. M. No. SO, Noralina, N. c., Petersburg
and local points.
SLEE ING-CAR SERVICE.
Nos. 81 and 34--FIorida & Metropolitan Linn
tied, Pullman Drawing Room, and MeepinO
Cars between New York and Tampa. Vesti,
buled Coaches between New York and Rich
mond, and between Richmond and Jackson
VILE Pullman Sleeping Cars daily between
JackSonville and Tampa. Also through Draw
ing Room Sleeping Cars between New York
and Atlanta, and Cafe Cars between Hansjet
and Atlanta and Hamlet and Savannah
Nos. q and 66-Seaboard Fast Mail Phil
man Drawing Room Buffet Sleeping Cars be
tween New York and Jacksonville, Connecting
at Hamlet with Sleeping-Car to and from At
lanta, in connection with which through Pull
man tickets are sold Pullman Parior-Cars
between Jacksonville and Tampa. Finest Day
Coaches.
w. J. MAY, City Ticket Agent.
z. p. SMITH,
District Passenger Agent,
-, lOO6 East Main Street.
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No Danger.

"Do you have trouble with you,
cooks boiling the coffee too long?"
''ooodnsss, mol They don't stay Ions
enough for that."-Psck.
ssoANA@sas4s -.
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YORK RIVER LINE, VIA
WEST POINT.
THE FAvORITE ROUTE NORTH

LEAVE RICHMOND.
4 80 p. NJ, No. 10, Baltimore Limited daily or
cept Sunday for West Point connect.
ing at West Point with steamer for
baltimore and York-river landings
2 lis p. IN. No.l0 daily except SUNDAYS locsj
express FOR West Point, and interrnedi
ate stations, Connects with stage nj
0estor Manor for Walkerton and Tap
pahannock.
600 A. NJ, No. "a, local mixed. Leaves daily
except Sunday for West Point and inter
medlate stations, connecting with stage
81 Lester Manor for Walkerton and
Tappahannocl.
TRAINS ARRIVE RICHMOND.
9:15 A. NJ, No 10 daily from West Point. with
connection from Baltimore, except
Monday.
lo:45 A. NJ, Noe, daily except Sundays and
Mondays
80 p. NJ, daily except Sundays. from West
Point and intermediate stations
Nos. 10 and 10 will make no stop between
Richmond and Quinton.
Steamers sail from West Point 30 d. m.
daily except Sundays. Steamers call at Glou,
cester Point and Clay bank, Mondays wednes-
days ana Fridays, and Yorktown and Almonds
tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
y w. WESTBURY, ID. p. A,
900 e. Main St., Richmond, Va.
s. II. HARDWICK, G.. p. A,
o. II. ACKERT,
General Manager. Washington, d. O.
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WANPED-s ISDUsTRIoUs CoroRKD MEN
and women in each locality 80 10 sao naS
week can be made working for us, and much
good done Tor the race. This announcement IL
OF special interest to men and women Of fla
race who desire TO work themselves mp Full
only. Address,
UNITED MFa Pun CoarpANY.
lle7 b HOO e Main St..
Richmond. Va
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XmRorhnnt

! never 20 10 sleep at night
hut this thought gives me paine
Now can the old world get aIon1
Until wake asain7
Cincinnati Commerc!al-Tribun
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TRAINS ARRIYE RICHMOND,

4;l2 Nj, Daily. From Jacksonville, Savan-
nah, Charleston, Atlanta, Macon, Au-
gusta and all points South,
80 A. n. Daily, From Petersburg Lynch
burg, and the West.
8; 4s A. M. Daily, except Sunday. Petersburg
nIO A M. Daily, From Goldsboro
and intermediate stations Nor
folk and Suffolk
II ;42 A: M. Daily. From Norfolk, Suffolk and
Petersburg.
l 80 p. n. Daily From Petersburg Roanoke
and intermediate points,
30 p. NJ. Daily From Petersburg and
intermediate points
6:5OP. Nj. Daily. From Norfolk, Suffolk and
Petersburg
7:45P NJ. Daily From Miami, Port Tampa.
Jacksonville, Savannah, Charleston
Wilmington, Goldsboro, and all points
South.
$50 P. NJ. Daily From Petersburg. Lynch.
burg and West.
7. M. EMERSON.
Traffic Manager.
II. NJ. IMMERSION,
Assistant Traffic Manager.
w. J. CRAIG,
General Passenger Agent.
O.. 8. CAMPBELL,
Division Passenger Agt.,
SSS Eastkain st.
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Phone 405.
New Outing and Picnic Park at Jones.
bOrO.

bOr0.
There is New Outing and Picnic
Park, Jonesboro, at Fort Lee on the Eas-
tern Branch of the o. 6 o. r. r. con.
venient for Picnics by wagon or rail.
There is large pavilion that will ac
commodate 500 persons and other at.
fractions such as swings, base ball etc.
Excellent water on the grounds You
cannot find a more desirable resort for
church, Sunday School, society or pri-
vate pic-nics or one that will afford a
more perfect day of rest, recreation or
pleasure. For particulars as to dates
and rates apply at once to
JNo. III. BRAYToN,
10 w. jackson st.
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ALPHEUS SCOTT,
CHURCH HILL
EIJNERAI nIDECrOn

FUNERAL DIRECTOR
-. AND E1BALMER,
90 Open Day and Night. Office and
Ware rooms 5000 p ST., Church Hui
Orders BY Telegraph and Telephone
promptly attended to. An business cor
hdentisl Old Phone No. 3fS3,
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ATLANTIC COASTLINE.
Schedule In Effect June. s, 1909.
TRAINS LEAVE RICHNOND-BYRD
STREET STATION.

600 a. M, NORFOLK LIMITED, Daily. Ar
riyes Petersburg esl 4. M Norfolk.
wayerly. and sSffoiR R'' ~ Fe'0rS0us &
eos a. m DAILY; Arrive5 Petersburg, s;4s -
NJ Weldon LEO =. Nj, Elporta
P M. Charieston IL is ,. H M, savannah
$500 A. M, Jacksonville 80 a. M,
tSnnscts at Wilson r With ISN% oPas S:2T Rm
2: n; Pullman sleeper New York to.
ndo a m. Daily Arrives Petersburg
HIS 49, q m h,v sSsSps az M Mar
ITO p. N. Daily, arriving Petersburg 80
Western railroad for Roanoke and inter
Blur, CentraIia and Chester
s;oop. m. OCEAN SHORE LIMITED. Daily
Arrives at Petersburg $50 P. NJ, Nor
Waverly, anO Suffolk.
I:9o p. m. Daily, except Sunday. Arrives Pet
ersbnrg, 6:ls p ma Weldon 7;s5 p. m.
mediate stops.
o:oo NJ: Daily. Arrives Petersburg Up. m,
Makes all stops.
7:26 p NJ. FLORIDA & WEST INDIAN LIN
TIED. Daily Arrives Petersburg sea
p. NJ, Connects with Norfolk & Western
for Norfolk and intermediate points;
lantic and Danville for stations between
Eamporia and Lawrenceville;l Weldon
e:4S y. NJ, Fayetteville / :l5 A. M, Char
lesion A. M, Savannah $40 A. NJ,
Jacksonville i25O p. NJ, Tampa 10 90
p. NJ. Port Tampa 80 p M.
NEW LINE TO MIDDLE GEORGIA
PoINTs--.Arriytng Augusta s; 10 A. NJ.
Macon II 20 A. M, Atlanta l2:45 p. NJ.
Pullman Sleeper New York TO Whining
ton, Charleston, Port Tampa, Jackson
vile, Augusta and Macon.
9:A5 P. M. Daily. Arrives Petersburg 10 ;25 p.
Connects at Petersburg with Norfolk
q Western railway, arriving at Lynch
burg 80 A. NJ, Roanoke A. NJ. Bristol
TO- A. M. Pullman Sleeper Richmond
to LyEchburg.
IL 80 p. N. Daily. Arrives Petersburg 1910
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-11-23
WROTE A BOOK WHILE WAITING
FOR HIS WIFE.

Madame de Genlis. in work on
""Time," tells us that the famous Chan
cellor D'Aguesseau, observing that his
wife always delayed ten or twelve min
utes before she came down to dinner,
and, reluctant to lose so much time daily,
began the composition of a work which
he prosecuted only while thus kept wait
ing. At the end of fifteen years, book in
three uuarto volumes was completed,
which ran through three editions, and
was held in high repute. Madame de
Genlis profited by this example. Having
to wait at the dinner hour in the Palais
ROYAL for Madame de Chartres, who was
always fifteen or twenty minutes late,
she utilized the time by copying a Sc
lection of poems from eminent authors.
1t is told of a German critic that he
could repeat the entire "Iliad" of Homer
with scarcely an error. How many years
think you, did he spend in depositing the
immortal epic in his brain? Years he
had not to spare. or months. or weeks,
or even entire days, for he was a physi
clan in the full tide of practice; but he
contrived to store in his memory the
twenty four books of the old beard of
"Scios rocky isle" in the brief, dis
connected snatches of time while hur-
rying from one patient to another DR..
Mason Good a celebrated English ply
stefan, performed a similar feat, hav-
ing contrived to translate the whole of
Lucretius during his long walks in Lon
don to visit his patients.-William
Matthews, in December Success"
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CAUTION.

This is not a gentle word-but when
you think how liable you are not to pur-
chase for 75c. the only remedy universal
ly known and remedy that has had the
largest sale of any medicine in the world
since 1868 for the cure and treatment of
Consumption and Throat and Lung trOu-
bles without losing its great popularity
all these years, you will be thankful we
called your attention to Boschee's Ger
man Syrup. There are so many ordinary
cough remedies made by druggists and
others that are cheap and good for light
colds, perhaps, but for severe Coughs,
Bronchitis, Croup-and especially for
Consumption, where there is difficult ex-
pectoration and coughing during the
nights and MORNINGS, there is nothing like
German Syrup Sold by all druggists in
the civilized world.
G. c. GREEN, Woodbury., N. j.
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O0n G[h@ [l6G@papy W@0o0d]o

"Esmond," and Mrs. Gaskell's Gran
ford"
Mr.. Christie Murray say5 he has spent
his happiest reading hours with Charles
Readss Closter and the HEARTH" but
in very close rivalry he places David
Copperfield' and "Ivanhoe," while he
pleads guilty to an affection for Tom
Jones'" Mr.. George Gissing's favorite
authors are Charlotte Bronte. Meredith
and Thomas Hardy, in the order named;
and of all their works he loves best "Vil-
lette,'' Richard Feverel," and ''The Re-
turn of the Native; and the late Mr.. r.
l. Stevenson, whose taste in fiction was
as indisputable as his gift of writing it,,
placed Scott at the head of his favorite
novelists, with "Guy Mannering," Red
Gauntlet" and Rob Roy" as his; best
stories, and of later works of fiction he
had the highest opinion of Thackeray's
"Esmond' and George Meredith's "Rich-
ard Feverel'
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-11-23
THE DECEMBER SMART SET.

The Smart Set for December opens
with winning Him Back" by Anita
vivanti Charters. in which the author
has achieved that most difficult of liter
arv tasks, a story in which true humor
&c sustained from the first page to the
last. without any interval of dulness
The plot is as simple as it is ingenious
and distinctive, while the characters are
sketched with consummate skill, so that
their every word and action are con-
vincingly human. The rare merit of this
story deserves highest praise.
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THE HISTORICAL NOVELIST.

Writing to the editor of Les1ie's
Monthly apropos of story for that ma
gazine, Emerson Hough pays his COM
pliments to the historical novelist. Its
a phrase l resent" he says. land the
much abused term was unknown when
l began THE Mississippi Bubble, Besides
my book is history, not the jingle jangle
of twenty-four hours sword play, the
history of an epoch which passes UP the
great valley of Truth, as do the iron
threads today along the valley of the
great Father of Waters. | began the
book really when, as child, | came on a
copy of Henry Howe's once famoifs
work Historical Collections of the
Great West and before l had finished
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COMFORTING WORDS FOR SOR-
ROWING MOTHERS. comniled BY

COMFORTING WORDS FOR SOR-
ROWING MOTHERS, compiled by
Gertrude Benedict Curtis. Price VI
cents. Publishers: Fleming H. Revell
Company, Chicago.
The compiler of this little book is we'll
remembered in Raleigh She is the
daughter law of Rev. A. w. Curtis,
and with her husband spent last winter
in this city. She lost both her children
in Japan, her own health was shattered,
and she had to return to America to re-
gain her health. She prepared the book,
out of her own need of comfort, for sor-
rowing mothers. Some of the poems are
her own, others are poems and extracts
from hearts that have passed through
the furnace of trial and bereavement and
are thus made able to comfort those who
are in any affliction." One of the best
poems is by Mrs. Curtis. 1t is:
"I entered once a school-room filled with
noise,
Of thrice a score of happy girls and
boys:
One face so passing lovely seemed to me
1t stamped itself upon my memory.
But when | went again it was not there,
Instead, l saw a little empty chair.
The teacher in my face the question read
promoted to room above she said
within my home there stands an
empty chair,
The child it held is now no longer there;
The dimpled hands and face L used to
kiss,
Tho oil ornnc., tho fond nu1brapa T
miss.
No voice hear, from morn till night in
play,
No little footsteps in my home all day.
The child l love is gone-but oh, not
dead
Promoted to the room above" instead.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-11-23

with it / simply read that volume off the
face of the earth. for our old homestead
NOW contains no trace of it,
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-11-23

BAYOU TRISTE-A STORY OF
LOUISIANA-by Josephine Hamilton
Nichols. Illustrated. Price, 1.50.
Publishers, A. S. Barnes & Co., New
York. For sale in Raleigh by Alfred
Williams & Co.
Miss Nichols has written charming
Southern story in which is portrayed the
pleasant relations that subsist in many
homes in the South between the negroes
and the white people. AS the years pass,
while there is no abatement of amicable
relations between the races in the South,
there is less and less of that knowledge
and peculiar good feeling that exis. ed
in slavery or upon the great plantations.
Miss Nichols has portrayed the old tiihe
relationship with the fidelity possible
only to one who has been in touch with
life on the Louisiana plantation. She I'M
derstands the negro dialect and renders
it perfectly. The book, charming and
delightful, as picture of>the South, has
a deep interest in the well told love story
for which the picture Of old conditions
is an admirable setting.
Eminent critics have said that the re-
viewer who gives the plot or the end of
a love story ought not to be tolerated.
Therefore we leave to the reader the
pleasure of reading, each for himself or
herself, the unfolding of the charming
story which Miss Nichols has written. 1t
will entertain and delight all who are
so fortunate as to follow it through the
skilful telling.
Bayou Triste will have more than or
binary interest to the readers of this
paper from the fact that its author is a
sister of Mrs. ]. r. Young, wife of State
Insurance Commissioner Young, OF I,.ll-
eigh.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-11-23
The Literary Outlook.
(BY HERBERT BREWSTER. }

The manuscript of a part of General
De Vets history of the Boer war, reach
ed this country only the other day, and
it is now being considered for publica-
ton in book form here. 1t is understood
that Archibald Constable & Co. have Sc
cured the entire rights for England and
America, and the arrangements which are
new being entered into in this country
are, of course, being made with them.
Those who have had a look at the manu-
script speak very highly of it. However,
the sale of the book in this country will
necessarily be much more limited than
in England DR.. Doyles most excellent
history of the Boer war did not nave a
very.large sale here, though it must be
admitted that DR.. Doyle's attitude fav-
ored the English, and probably the ma
iority of American readers would in
cline rather to the version of the Boer
side. such as that of General De Vets.
Krueger's memoirs will be published
not only in this country and England,
but in almost every country in Europe.
Contracts were made only few days ago
for Norwegian and Danish TRANSACTIONS
of his work. No recent work of any kind
has attracted so much attention as these
recollections, and they probably deserve
all that has been given them. The edi-
tions in all countries will be out in two
weeks.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-11-23

Among the congratulatory letters
President Wilson received on his inaug
uration as president of Princeton uni
versity was one from Laurence Hutton,
the well-known author of Literary
Landmarks" addressed to Professor
Woodrow Wilson, Library Place-with
better place in Prospect" The street
in which President Wilson lives is called
Library Place, some distance from the
official residence of the university
presidents, an ancient stone mansion
situated in the university grounds,
known as Prospect"
S. Weir Mitchell, in spite of his 70
years, is still actively at work along
many lines. A new essay. 'Heroism in
Everyday Life" will appear next
month.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-11-23
FAvoR1TE NOVELS OF NovELIsTs
(From Tit-Bits.)

(From Tit-Bits.)
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is generous and
candid enough to declare that he finds al
most as much pleasure in reading good
novel as in writing one; and his taste
lies chiefly in the direction of fiction of
past generations, IF you ask me to
name the novel which in my opinion is
without a rival he says, l should
without hesitation say The Cloister and
the Hearth, a story which, long as it is,
has genius on every page of it, The
second page l should award to Scott, his
Ivanhoe for choice; and among, recent
works of fiction Barrie's books have
given me most pleasure"
OF the last generation of story writers
there was perhaps no better critic than
James Payn, who divided his allegiance
equally between Scott, Dickens, and
Thackeray. ITO my mind lvannoe, he
once said, SIS the greatest novel in our
language and the one-t that will live the
longest: but 1t has a formidable rival in
Vanity Fair and perhaps in David
Coppcrfield,' and Martin Chuzzlewit.' ;"
The late Sir Walter Besant always
found a fresh charm in Lorna Doone,"
of his time. He had also great admir-
alton for Hardy's 'Tess of the D'Urber-
villes' and Meredith's Richard Fever
ell; indeed, with the single exception of
Lorna Doone," Sir Walter, like so many
excellent judges held that Meredith is
head and shoulders greater than any 9TH
er recent writer of fiction.
Mr. Meredith, however, while admiring
Sir Walter Besant's books, awards the
palm among his rivals to Thomas
Hardy, many Of whose books, such as
Far from the Madding Crowd" and
Under the Greenwood Tree" he finds
unfailingly delightful OF the giants
who are gone he holds Scott, Thackeray
and Dickens unapproachable.
Mr. G.. A. Henty, the author of so
many charming stories for young and
old, admits that among all the books of
modern writers that have given him
pleasure he is most indebted to Lorna
Doone." Mr.. Rider Haggard, among liv-
ing writer's, admires' none more than
Mr.. Stanley Weyman, whose Gentle
sman of France" he considers a master
piece of fiction. He is also a great ad-
mirer of Conan Doyle, and considers that
that clever and popular teller has
never written anything to equal 1.-THE
White Company" a verdict which Sir
Arthur himself Endorses.
Miss Marie Corelli confesses liking
for Marion Crawford's Italian stories.
She places the author of Doctor Clau-
dius" at the head of present-day story
tellers; but her. real heroes in fiction are
Georoo Flint and CharlOtta RrOnte Scott
and Dickens.
Edna Lyall has similar affection for
Dickens, whose rDavid Copperfield" she
knows from cover to cover. SCOTS novels
she loves, especially Rob Roy; and
among the other books which hold high
place in her regard are "Silas Mariner"