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with the Green Shutters" we may remark in
passing. is emphaticalIy meat for mature men
and women. But from such judges Mr. Douglas
must expect candid treatment, and it will be
plain to any discerning reader that when put to
the full test of, say "Pere Gorot'' this volume
cannot escape unsCathed
In the first place John Gourlay is analy4ed
with rigor that wants the balance the au-
thority and the uniform persuasiveness which
come from Il strictly impersonaI attitude toward
the matter in hand Mr.. Douglas does not lack
sympathy, and, indeed as the story goes on
whether from clear intention or because Gour-
lays character took itself a little out of his
hands, we are allowed to feel something like
compassion for the i'll fated mans sufferings
But we cannot help feeling that Mr. Douglas
mas been TOO often moved by that spirit which
lhchhes novelist to hate or to love too actively
the types he has elected to portray AT times
he almost causes us to feel as though he were
cheering the pack at Gourlay's heels
Furthermore, the book suffers gravely from the
authors disposition. which he shares with so
many writers who deal nowadays in what is
grim and forbidding. to forget that life is never
all shadow. 1t is on this point that the examnIa
of "Pere Goriot' is eloquent and crushing. The
fate of the old man in that book is annauiro
but the pathos which wraps him round serves
to keep the balance true. "Pare Coriot" =; O
masterpiece Of artistic proportion. the work of
a man of wonderful vision and grasp: as in
Lear" the imagination is purged by the exclta
ton of pity and terror. but we are left at the
end, not simply shaken, but strengthened
through contact with the great realities of life
in their most spiritual significance THE Housa
with the Green Shutters" as a work of art is
unsymmetrical. and as an Interpretation of hu
manity it is deficient in tenderness and nbi
losophy. Nevertheless THE House with the
Green Shutters is a remarkable book. which no
serious reader OF contemporary fiction can afford
to neglect
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bare the grinding process by which his hero Is
worn down. speak in terms of the most
cordial praice. The book is extraordinarily vivid
a mastery piece of realism if nothing else; yet
with of that SNUG photography which
passes often for realistic art The minute
handling from beneath which the portraits of
the GOuTays and OF the bodies of Barbie
emerge is never in excess, and almost never
does it smack of the Self-conSCiOuS draughtS-
man. on the contrary Mr.. Douglas employs a
style which. as rule, has an effOrtlesS pre-
cisiOn; he puts the right word in the right place,
and-a sure testimony to the breadth of his art
while we are constantly Interested by some
phrase or passage, We are most interested in the
book a whole The conversations of the scan
dalmonGers which go around his central
motive as though spoken by the chorus in
Greek tragedy. abound in picturesqueness. in the
salt of sheer human nature made strikingly
ifest; yet if refrain from the quotations TO
which We are strongly tempted. il is because in
justice would be done to the book by anything
short of close peTusal of it from beginning to
enc. We leave it after such a reading with the
general impression OF strength and Of narrative
skill which has been indicated above. We
member its pictorial value: the sharp thrusts
into human nature which we have met on every
page; the hard CLEANS OF hUmor hard as though
struck from Scotch granite All this inclines us
TO adhere to the notion that there is a streak OF
Bazac in Mr.. Douglas, and that if he goes on
as he has begun he will produce works beside
which all the writings Of the "kayard" school
will seem but as milk for babes. The House
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ANOTHER LITERARY PORTRAIT.
MR. RHEADS ETCHING OF THE AUTHOR
WILD ANIMALS 7 HAVE KNOWN"

MR. RHEADS ETCHING OF THE AUTHOR OF
WILD ANIMALS HAVE KNOWN"
Mr.. Louis Rhead has added to the series of
portraits in which recently had occasion to
notice his three-QUaTter length of Bishop Pot
ter. an etching of Mr.. Ernest Thompson Seton
the author and illustrator of wild Animals
Have Known" Lives Of the Hunted and
other deservedly popular writings This plate,
OF which we publish = reproduction today has
the high qualities of pOrtraiJure and Of tech
nlque which the author has accustomed US to
expect 1t has the added interest OF Illustrating
Z more strictly linear method than was OBJ
served IN the portrait of Bishop Potter. Except
about the hair. indeed, and in some OF the
shadows of the sittcr's coat. the treatment IS
StrikinGly open and light The bac aground has
been SO little worked over that the figure IS
thrown forward in remarkably clear relief The
etching shows that Mr.. Rhead's line has gained
in heXibility as well as in strength. The needle
has followed the bidding of his hand with
marked ease and precision We may note that
the skull shown lying on the table n the pOr-
trait is that of q wolf which was one OF the
famous pack cOmmemOrated in the story OF
'LobO.'
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N4POLEON'S LAST YEIRS.
AN APPEAL FOR THE TRUTH

From Notes and Queries.
Napoleon died in 1921. of cancer Of the stOun-
ach So much the general public have been
permitted by the medical faculty to know.
80 lar back as the Leipsic campaign IN
1918 we hear of illness. and during the
crisis which ended at Waterloo this supreme
military genius is stated To have shown signs
OF diminished energy: after LiEuy 10 have
wasted hours when, as no one knew better thah
ne, rapidIty of action was all important so tha1
MS generals on the morning of June ID were
long delayed. and unable to get access to ther
Coi'iin'noer Tor orders. and GrVucAy ON WhoSe %
successful pursuit of the PruSsians everything
turned, was not sent of tIu p m ON lhese
unfortunate incidents and their consequences
Lord WOlSeley commented With surprise IN MS
interesting little book published some two of
three years ago, but he put forward no expaha-
ton; rather he left the matter IN the Salns
mysterious position as before. When we set
next To st. Helena We have To listen 10 the stOiy
OF trumpery squabbles. the blame for when w ~ ~
IS endeaVOred-not wholly unSUCCeSStuIS- ~
throw entirely Sir Hudson Lowe
Now. should like to ask whether any readTnS readers
can refer me TO an authoritative report oS 49, 80
petent medical men the true state OF NaS 20
Icons health from Leipsic to his death: anu - =
no such report by physicians who know MT ,
truth has yet been made public SusSess stion
the time has arrived when the lnIoIHIIS ono
might with advantage be supplied. tOr -
disposed To think that what is now unexpiAod
might thereby be accounted for ana q S9vs,s
deal of the blame put upon Sir Hudson ~. hs
shoulders OOr whom l hold no brief niSHI u. nss
got rid of / am not medical man, Dut -
long seemed to me that Napoleon even a. onId
sic was suffering from the pain when ,car-
be Caused-especially before mealS-oy an Il Itar
ated condition of the stomach that w. .St 20
To terminate fatally in cancer. ana @ tnH 81
relieve this torment his medical auNlsel eve
ministered some strong narcotics heIoSarce
attacks of illness, the SleepineSS the lhio5 ~
which historians say marked the last peIJe 20
his life. Hence the inability of his gehsIa n
get their orders till late in the day OF Su 1i. al
and hence the constant state of irritaS n2 20 the
St Helena which did so much mlschie' -
reputation of Sir Hudson Lowe.
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NOCTURNE.

j. Il. Gillespy. in The Bookman-
Speak softly. sweet. and bid the lutes play 0"'
Let the low laughter live but in your eyes
Dusk be the air and dim where. SplrltWlse'
Move we in nOiseless passage TO and no
One lies asleep beside the fountains HOW,
Lulled by the murmurOuS waters nan anu A-'
Him may not awake TO other SuiSe .,
Than this still shape that doth not near ''
know.
Fair on the borders of a dream he lies.
LOath to let slip the ways by which ne CANT. Tn
Stilling each sense that seeks the world OF ihe =,
Hush. sweet-nO whisper,-nay, no speeon -
eyes
Lest reused at last by mention of his name
Love shall awake that will not sleep again
New-York tribune., 1902-01-12

"The COnqueror'' is the title OF Mrs. Gertrude
Atherton'S forthcoming novel; and the subtitle
thus: Being the True and Romantic Story
of the Birth, Life and Death of Alexander Ham
iton, Statesman Orator and Soldier Including
Many Passages in His Career Never Before
ReCOunted." 1t is not yet known how much
new detail concerning this brilliant mans life
Mrs. AthertOn discovered in the course Of her
West Indian exploration. but il is certain that
what she learned is vividly interesting
New-York tribune., 1902-01-12
LITERARY NOTES.

Mr.. Swinburne is working steadily the col
lected edition OF his poems. but no man knoweth
when the work will be done Why should he
ever stop that blissfu labor by the quiet hearth.
where the flames of remembered fires re-
quicken?
New-York tribune., 1902-01-12
FICTION
THE PROMISE OF A SCOTCH BALzAc.

THE HOUSE WITH THE GREEN SHUTTERS.
BY George Douglas. 12mo, pp 32s. Mcclure.
Phillips & Co.
, In nine cases out of ten the young writer who
begins by calling to mind an old one is, to that
extent, Handicapped on the road TO fame. When
New-York tribune., 1902-01-12

Temperaments, John Oliver Hobbes's new
DOOR, is coming out here in the spring. 1t Is to
contain short play and three stories
New-York tribune., 1902-01-12

Mr. George Meredith is at work upon his auto
biography, and the book will appear next year.
Ihe author OF Diana of the CrOSSWayS' has
given one particularly interesting cha pter to a
description of his journalistic career John Nor
ley. who is one of his oldest friends is TO revise
the proofs of the work.
New-York tribune., 1902-01-12

was often his companion on his country walkz
and he was accustomed TO discuss his worE
with her Miss Weld lives in Oxford where She
is very popular hostess to ali the interestn~
people of the old university town.
New-York tribune., 1902-01-12

When did Mr. Barrie decide to "go in for
literature? On that day, it is recorded when
he observed old Professor MassOn with f3OO in
notes bulging out of his pockets, rummaging
over a second hand boOkStali
New-York tribune., 1902-01-12

Mrs. Edith Wharton's novel The yauev of
Decision is coming out next month II is
double the length of her ''TOuchstone" II does
not enter the field of Mr.. Hewletts Italian tic-
ton The scene is not medieval; her characters
play out their parts in a little ducal court of
the latter half of the eighteenth century.
New-York tribune., 1902-01-12

The prices of Mr.. Stephen Phillps's books
Poems" "Herod' and "Paolo and Francesca :"
have been lowered in this city. This has been
done. told, with a view TO acquiring uni
fOrmity
New-York tribune., 1902-01-12

Mr.. H. c. Wells who is now the rvau 60 A.
occupant OF an artistic home built for him by
one or the cleverest of young English architeets
mas Iouhu literature comfortable friend He
began life a draper's assistant-tbat ts 70
say IN Amerlcanese, drygoods clerk-and he
9iten talks entertainingly about this episode In
exceedingly successful novelist
MISS Agnes Weld. the favorite niece of Tenny-
son. Is Wrluns a new memoir of the poet She
New-York tribune., 1902-01-12

Professor Barrett Wendell is at work upon .
set of essays dealing with the American life oi
to-day, political, sociological and literary They
are TO appear in The Atlantic" during This
year.
New-York tribune., 1902-01-12

Inc VerSlter best known Mary Robinson Is
utulcatlnS the edition of her collected poems to
the memory of her first husband NJ Darmes-
Itter er She Is now married TO NJ. Duclaux. the
director of the PaSteur Institute in Paris The
new volume is to contain portrait of the au-
thor.
New-York tribune., 1902-01-12

Mr. Owen Wisters first long novel is on ths
press He calls it The Virginian: A Tale In
Sundry Adventures" Let us hope that II viii
nave the spontaneity and hUmOr Of that "un-
considered trifie" OF his. the delightful Dragon
of Wantley.''
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has gathered together for the purposes of this
high value.
New-York tribune., 1902-01-12

The new (and fourth edition of President
koosevelt's strenuous Life" contains six essays
or addresses delivered since the material for ths
hrst edition was collected two years ago.
New-York tribune., 1902-01-12

How much is in a name only novelists know
IN IN thlS case the title has great deal to do with
the perfume of the rose. How much of rno.ri,
would nave been lost by George E,liot's famous;
story III instead of The Mill on the Floss she
nad called 1t by her alternative selection The
fuillvers; Or Life on the Floss! This book
by the way, goes out of copyright next spring
New-York tribune., 1902-01-12

The human traits in birds are many as most
sympathetic naturalists have testified Mr..
burroughs has told us that there jealousies
and rivalres among the little winged folk. and
that the peace Of families is often disturbed by
outside fiirts and lady killers. Quoting this
statement in The Dial" another observer gives
lis TO understand that the errant bird husband
is duly punished. Il have myself" he says,
seen English hen sparrow holding a cock
by the topknot and dangle him clear off his
feet. while her friends punished him with vio-
lent peckings'
New-York tribune., 1902-01-12

DR.. Sven Hedin has been writing during his
ASlatic journey various letters to King Oscar
ana other friends. which show that he has been
passing through some remarkable adventures
He Will return 10 Europe early in the spring
ana VIII presently find himself hard at work
upon his new book
New-York tribune., 1902-01-12

Medieval Italy is the scene Of Mr. Clinton
Scolard'S forthcoming novel. The Clustering
Of Ursula" The story is more or less exciting.
New-York tribune., 1902-01-12

The sequel which Mrs Frances TIodgson Bur-
nett has written for her pleasant story, The
Making of a MarChioness.'' is to be brought out
mere by stokes 1t is 10 be called The Methods
OF Lady Walderhurst," and it will make a book
three times as long as was the early history Of
the sweet and engaging Emily Fox-SetOn
New-York tribune., 1902-01-12

4 forthcoming English publication will be of
tantalizing interest To the true lovers Of poetry
1t is an illustrated edition of Professor Arber'S
British AntholOgies, whose new title will be
Selections from the British Poets" The editor
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TEARING Up BROOKLYN.

The people Of Brooklyn may we'll regard with
CONSERVATION the outlook for tunnel construc-
ton In that borough. Beyond doubt the tunnel
will be of incalcuIable benefit to them; but
also beyond doubt the construction of it accord
ing to present plans viii be n calamitous
hardship. For il is intimated that there is to be
open subway construction along Fulton-st from
the Borough Hal, 10 Flatbush-ave so that per-
haps for a year or two that street will be in
much the same condition that Fourth-ave. and
FOrty-second-st., Manhattan, have been in. In
deed. fits condition Will be worse, because il is
a narrower street, and win therefore have to be
torn up and transformed into a chasm from
curb to curb
What that viii mean is partly to be appre.
ciated when we remember that that particular
part Of Fulton-st is in peculiar sense the one
street of Brooklyn. It is by far the greatest
thoroughfare OF travel and business In the
whole borough. 1t is in point of traffic one Of
the most congested avenues in the world. The
prospect OF having it blockaded for a year or
two is the more appalling because there is no
parallel street Immediately available for d.
version Of traffic. The next street to it, Liv-
ingston, is narrow and III paved and without
car lines. and could not possibly accommodate
the traffic which now crowds Fulton-st and to
divert traffic still further, TO Schermerhorn and
State SITS. and Atlantic-ave.. would be to lead it
far from the business centre of the borough
IL il is desirable or necessary to run the tun-
mel under Fulton-st, instead OF Livingston-st
which latter would afford the more direct
route to the Long Island Railroad terminus-it
really ought TO be possible TO construct it with
out breaking the surface Of the street If en-
gineers can burrow under the East River and
Brooklyn Heights they should certainly be able
to continue the process a little further under
Fulton-st That might add to the immediate
cost of tunnel construction but there would be
a great net saving to the city. Here in Manhat-
tan the loss 10 business and 10 the public in
various ways, through the tearing up and
blockadlng of streets has probably been far
greater than would have been the extra cost OF
constructing the subway In the civilized and
enlightened manner employed in Boston and
In London.
But IL the barbarism OF Manhattan must be
extended to Brooklyn, and il Fulton-st must
De transformed into such horror as various
streets Of this borough have been and are. it
removes the authorities of Brooklyn 10 make
The fullest possible preparations for the miti-
satlon OF the evil. II would be well II Living.
ston-st could be doubled in width and properly
paved and car tracks be laid in H. at least tenn
poraraly, so that il might for the time replace
huitolFsL as the great artery OF that mart Of the
city. To blockade Fulton-st- and IN nrovi6e no
sdeauats substitute for IT IS thnrouehfsr
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made any statements rejecting upon Mr. Gro
"ker." Mr.. Croker can well afford 10 accept
that-apology. The politician who first virtually
boards the boss and then surrenders to him is
the safest Of tools. There is nothing left for
him but continued obedience. Mr.. Golfer may
be primarily David b. Hills man, but that will
not prevent him from being Richard Croker $
man for all local purposes Mr. Hill wants to
be President. and he will require Tammany 5
help in furthering that ambition. The young
man who never reflected on Mr.. Croker-"eX-
cepting in humor''-wOuld find no difficulty IN
serving both the State boss and the city boss,
and helping put the metropolis once more under
Mr.. Croker as a preliminary TO sending Mr.. Hill
to the next Democratic National Convention
with the prestige of re-established Democratic
supremacy IN both city and State. If MI
Croker is not supporting Mr.. Coler he must IN
deed have retired from politics forever
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PERSONAL NOTES

In private letter Bishop Charles H. Brent tbs
Protestant Episcopal Bishop of the Philippines. IT,
ports that he is studying Spanish and Tagalog has
jOUrneyed far as Dagupan intends TO travel
around LuZOn for three months after Christmas.
wants missionary 10 move about among ms
Americans and EngliShmen scattered through tn5
islands. and has decided to establish hts church
settlement in the TOndo (native) district OF Manila
Tho ''FSleine ZeItung'' has made the interesting
discovery that although the late Emile Zola - nos
likely TO be reckoned among the saints. his family
could boast OF a canonizsd member. st Zoa' was
a native OF Brescla in which town there is still
living at the present day eminent lawyer Of the
same surname who practiSeS in the Court OF APP
peal John-Baptist lola was born between $50 ami
1880 and in the year 1900 entered into the Jesul1
Order He sent out a missionary TO PortI-
guese india. and made hiS~vay thence 70 Japaht
where he died a martyr on the sCaIold IN lo-S
The late Pope Plus TX canonized this Saint johns
Baptist lola" in 1850
Rear Admiral Feaster. retired formerly on duty
at CharIestown as head OF the Department OF Con-
struction and Repair has been ordered to actiy9
service inspector of cellUlose at the factories
Ia Peoria. ILL.,; Linden. Ind. and OWensooro. n.y.
Mime. Media is to have an unusual honor IN her
native city. Her name is to be associated WIN .
wing OF the Melbourne Hospital She has an
nounced her intention of giving a special concers
for the benefit of this institution and has nerssl
subscribed for three boxes at $500 each one e
them she has presented to her father, DaVI StlSSl
ell. the second 10 her manager. George NussE0's
and the third to unnamed friend
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CROKER AND CnLER-

The statement OF 1.-THE New-York Evening
Post" founded, 1t says, on news from an
authentic source member Of the Tammany
law committee"-that Richard Croker is d.
recung the Tammany campaign by cable, is
entirely credible. Nobody really believes that
Mr.. Croker has retired permanently from the
control of Tammany Hall. Mr.. Lewis Nixon
found that be had not. and frankly declined to
he his hgurehead Then Sport Joke" and
Two Spot were substituted for the too self
respecting Nixon, and now Sport poses as
the head OF the organization, though it is per-
fectly evident that he has not the brains to be
p real leader. When Tammany is in adversely
Mr.. Croker finds IL convenient TO escape the
cares OF leadership. He retired To England
when Mayor Strong was IN Office. and came
hack IN time TO reap the fruits Of Tammany's
return 10 power. There is every reason to
believe that he is prepared 10 repeat that per-
Torrance. and is interested to make his return
worth while, and therefore he would naturally
he concerned 10 secure the election of Mr..
Coler.
Democratic Governor would be OF great
assistance TO Mr.. Croker in next years cam
paign FOR the Mayoralty. Governor Odell has
stood Loyalty behind the fusion administration.
depressed all disposition OF spoilsmen in the
Republican ranks to ALLEVIATE the organization
from Mayor Low, refused assent to bills which
would have embarrassed the city administra-
ton, and by his influence secured the massage
of laws desired by the Mayor and Controller
to facilitate their work. Mr.. Coler in the Gov.
ernor's chair would be in sympathy with Tam
many Hall, which be supported last year. and
disinelined to do anything TO make the Low
administration successful. Tammany Is sun
porting him for the Office he wants. and he
could do nothing less than help il in turn 20
recover its old domination of the CITY And he
could do great deal Therefore Mr. Croker
Is wise 20 take an interest in the campaign.
and, though absent IN body. 10 give all possible
aid and advice 10 his lieutenant on the ground
Some Of Mr.. COleI's partisans strive 20 create
the impression that he is Mr.. CrOker's enemy:
hut that ls not true. Mr.. COler himself is au.
thority FOR this denial. He did. indeed. once
allow TO be published as his production a maya.
zine article on "Commercialism In Politics. I"
which was interpreted as rejecting unfayorabIy
On Mr. Croker, snd Mr. Coler gained some
credit thereby. When he found however that
virtue was its Own reward. since Il did not get
any other IN The shape of a fusion nomination
he prosrated himself az the feet Of the Tam
ua1y BOSS and explained in signed public
address: 'Fgoepffng In hunlor, 7 have never
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Amusrmrurs.

ACADEMY OF MUsIc-2-S-The Ninety ana Nine.
AMERICAN NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Enemy
BfeLASCO THEATRE-2-e-Du Barry.
BIOL THEATRB-2-s:io-An American Invasion
BROADWAY THEATRE-2-S-Ihe Silver slipper.
CASISO-2; lB-s:lS-A Chinese Honey moon.
CRITERION III ATRE-2-s-lris.
DALT'S THEATRE-2-s:JO-A Country Cir
I-DEN MUsEE-2-S-The World N Wax
EMPIRE THEArRE-e;l5--S. 20-The Mummy and the
FoURTEEYTH STREET THEATRE-c-s-old Linz
'IARRIcK THEATRE-2l stubbornness OF
Geraldine.
GARDEN THEATRE-2-s.l6-The Joy Of Living
HARLEM OPERA HOUSE, i5-s-l5--Soldiers OF
FoTinns-
HERALD SQUARE THEATRE-2.I5-s:l5-chn Of
IRvING PLACE THEATRES :2O-AIt Heidelberg.
ElbLcKERBOcRER THEATRE p $40 - sherlock
MADISON SQUARE THEATRE. i5-s:3o-The Two
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN-lo a m. to 1890 p. NJ
Exhibition OF Flowers and sculpture.
MRS OSBORNES PLAHH 2;3o-S ab-TofnTny
MURRAY HILL TTHEATRE-2-s-Fun on the Bristol.
NEW SAVOY THEATRE-2:l5-s:i5-A Country Mouse.
NEW Works.: l5-HagenbecE's Trained Animals
NEW WEST END TH2ATRF5-2:l5- :l5-Mrs. Jack.
bIOR'S--Con inuous Performance
PRINCESS THEATRE ;SO-S:3 o-The Night OF the
Party.
PROCTOR s-Contnuous Performance.
II NICHOLAS GARDEN-2:30- S:3e-Bostocks Great
Animal Arena
NIcToRIA-sl5-D SO Giooon6s.
wAIisAcK's THEATRE ele-s e0-The Sword q the
King