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The Washington times., 1902-12-06
Norris Tulogy.

II would be an unkindness to dwell
upon the brilliant promise Of this triI-
ogy. and the undisguisod disappointment
felt by those who had The most conf
dence In Norris. when The Octopus"
appeared. II 70 were not for the fact that
what he failed TO do then ne has done
and done brilliantly. in his second vol
ume. The PIT" In It Mr.. Norris has
remained true to his scheme: wheat. the
central symbol, chief source Of the ma
lions growth and wealth. Is visible on
every page. but subordlnated and in the
background. The interest OF the story
Is concentrated not upon symbols. but
on the central Observation-Disclosures
blood characters such as Mr.. Norris new
er before succeeded in drawing In all his
earlier books there is something unplcas-
antly primordlal. Titantic, monstrous
about his heroes and heroines. In "The
PITT he gives evidence that somehow
and somewhere he had lately been gain
ing truer insight into the hearts OF
his fellowmen. and especially his fell
lowwomen. And this insight he has
used in his new book without ia any
way detracting from the central plot
a gigantic attempt to corner the worlds
supply Of wheat. to force It up, up. up.
and hold the price through April and
May and June, until finally the new crop
comes pouring in and the daring specu-
lator is overwhelmed under the RISING
tide, "a human Insect. impOtentIy striv-
ing to hold back with his puny hands the
output of the whole worlds granaries."
There can be little question that, as a
drama OF mad speculation. The Pit"
Is the nearest approach to ZoIa's ar
gent that has yet been made in Eng
ish.-From Frank Norris" by Frederic
Tabor Cooper. in the December Book
man.
The Washington times., 1902-12-06
Thunder ana Blood.

The Lothrop Publishing Company. of
Boston. crstwhile famous as publishers
/ Of Sunday school books. appears 20 have
/ |branched out In a different field. This IS
an extract from one Of their recent books.
/ The Whirlwind." by Rupert Hughes:
III / were choosing my dying words to
my country. I should remember that she
has given to me. her lowliest- born. her
unworthiest and least perfect son. the
sky, the air. and the great highway OF
freedom and Of equality; and / should
thank with my last theaEht the builders
Of this republic. and leave as my final
behest-" Lucy. with a sudden dread
reached out 70 catch John by the arm,
but be was TOO ferccly absorbed In his
theme to feel her hand on hts sleeve.
as my final behCst. I should leave a
prayer that America should never, never,
never eGace from its keystone those first
words that gave il being. and. while they
gleam aloft, viii give it justice and glory
eternal:
"'An men are reated free and
equal"
A shot. woman's cry, a swaying form
panic.
The hundreds Of eyes sealed on the
senator's tall. gauut figure. and his hand
flung aloft like flame, were Of a sudden
astounded to see his wife leap TO her feet
and throw her arms about him. Then the
shot snapped the silence. Following il,
like ghUstly echo, came the shriH
scream OF horror. Between Lucy's very
fingers, a bullet cut Just beneath Johns
heart.
The Senator's high-reaching right hand
dropped. His left hand clutched his side.
He collapsed like a tower OF cards; twist
ing against the railing he would have
pitched over headlong into the crowd
had Lucy not clung % him.
Even as she held him fast, her eyes
looked down upon Mark Lane. who lev
eled his smoking revolver again at John,
and laughed as he shot The bullet
thudded to its goal. but Lucy seemed 10
feel the agony in her own heart. Just
as hand from the palsied crowd grasped
his arm. the maniac fired again. The
bullet passed through Luey's hair. The
next bullet splintered into the wood OF
the platform. and Mark Lane went down,
trampled beaten. and choked.
But John. cased 20 the floor Of the
platform, lay writhiDe with more bitter
pain. To Lucy's frantic appeals he made
no answer at all. He did not know what
bosom pillowed his heal, what white
hands, striving 20 check the flow Of his
blood. were once more bedabbled with
its crimson
The Washington times., 1902-12-06
Tolstoy and the Doukhobors.

J. ~. BIauztock. literary representa-
tive Of Count Tolstog at Paris. writes of
him in the independents
-ToIstoy was not satisfied merely to
conceive and write about admirable thoo-
r.as. Le put his ideas INTO practice in his
own life. For example. he did not recog-
nizo property. and. consequently. literary
property. So he publicly renounced all
pocuniary remuneration for his writings.
which. as soon as they appeared. be-
Ionged 90 the public. He made but one
exception in favor Of his last great novel.
Resurrection. which was sold Tor con-
siderable sums in varioIs countries. This
money was destined to pay the expense
Co., The removal TO Canada Of the Douk-
Hobors. expelled from Russia and whom
ToIstoy had defended. This is what he
wrote concerning the sale Of Resurrec-
.ion,' on November 2, 1888, to his rela-
tive and representative. V. Tchertkon, at
Christ Church:
Since an enormous sum Of money is
plainly stiil lacking for the Doukhobors
this is what / think Of doing. have
some unfinished stories. Resurrection"
and a few others. with which I am Just
at present very busy I should Ike TO
sell them CT the most advantageous
terms possible 20 an English or Ameri-
can paper. and use the money for the
emigration OF the Doukhobors. These
lthat IS to say, like War and Peace. 20
anna Karcnina," and othersD. which /
DO not approve Of now. II 1 corrected
them until / was satisfied should never
finish them. II 1 agree to send them 70
an editor 1 shall be Obliged 20 let them
appear just as they are. / did this once
before. with my novel The Cossacks.
I could not finish It, but l lost, at that
time a large sum OF money at play. and
10 pay my debt I gave that novel TO the
editor Of a paper. The excuse at present
is much nobler. and II the novels do
not satisfy my present standard Of art.
that Is 20 say. If they are not within
the reach, in form. OF everyone at least
they are not harmful In their contents
and may even be useful to mankind.
That is why think had better have
them printed at once and give the pro-
ceeds to the committee for the emigra-
ticn Of the Doukhobors.'
''The friends Of Tolstoy wrote at this
time that they never remembered hav-
ing seen him work with such ardor and
case. Tolstoy himself wrote to Tchert-
kon.
I do not know whether Il is good or
bad, but / am wholly absorbed in 'Resur-
rection." j seems 10 me sometimes that
It viii be a good and useful work and
sometimes that am giving way to my
passion"
The Washington times., 1902-12-06
Book

See the publishers announcements o. the books
Story books.
Gory books.
Books Tor high and mighty ladies, books Cor
cooks:
Books Tor IadIies and for lass;es.
Books intended for the masses.
Books designed 90 please the classes
Books ln yellow paper wrappers,
Books concerning scouts and trppers.
Books 0f war and books oi rhyme:
Books az which the reader marvels
Books that have some later Carvels
Dancing through them al the timcl
Historical romances by the score,
Books the like Of which v ere never wit be-
fore
Books tor incoming. spooninr lovers.
Books in gay and sober covers,
Books galore
An avalanche Of bOoksi
Oh. the world Is being buried under books
Under Hima.ayau ranges Of new books.
Books, books, books, books, books, books,
books!
See the lists the papers publish Of the books
that they receive.
Fairy books.
Airy books
Books that somehow wiz achieve
The success for which their hungry authors
Books that perished on that day
That the presses gave them birth!
Books of mirth
Books concerning flr-of corners Of the earth.
Books nrmful 0f dash and go.
Books % woe
Unintenti0nally So
Books by Rulyari and by Winston and the res.
of them YOU kouw
Piled IN windows and on counters everywhere,
Stacked in pyramids that tower In the air
Oh, the millions and the billions oi the books
For the coming holidays.
How their numbers DO amaze!
Tho world is grolning under all the books
Chicago Bec0ri-Herald.
The Washington times., 1902-12-06
A Cat and Dog Story.

One OF the brightest Of Richard Hard
ing Davis later short stories has just
been amusingly paralleled IN real life"
over here. says a London letter TO the
Louisville Courier Journal" The
American authors story was about a
dog and the hero OF the true romance is
only a kitten. but the rather striking
similarity OF the yeracIous % the imagi-
nary story as well as the Importance cf
at least one Of the people concerned I'm
the former make the little tale worth
telling. In the Davis story. called The
Bar Sinister" a stray bulldog having.
quite by accident, fallen into the hands
of a wealthy dog fanc!cr turns out to bo
a blooded animal and finally wins the
blue ribbon az the New York dog show
The black kitten named Charcoal. %
which Is now enjoying a uine-days CO.
iebrlty by reason or having won a FIRST
al the National Cat show last week.
originally was found starving by Lord
Decies. When sDied by the eye Of the
wealthy baron, Charcoal was walking
deiectedly along the gutter in front o.
Lord Decies' house. His lordship pick
ed up the wayfarer and carrying him In
side commended HIM 10 the attention OF
his wife Lady Decies. who is a cat
lover. showered attentions upon poor
little CHARCOAL" who throve under
them so amazingly that his aristocratic
mistress determined n enter him al the
show, where besides his frst prize he
won much admiration.
The Washington times., 1902-12-06
The Concord School.

A memorial volume to Daniel Ricket-
son and His Friends" edited by Anna
and Walton Ricketson. derives much OF
its interest from the letters Of Thoreau
Alcott. and William Ellery Charming.
Ricketson was a Quaker Of New Bed
ford. Mass, who lived to a venerable age
and numbered among his friends many
distinguished men. The illusions to
these lend additional interest TO the ex-
tracts from Ricketson's journals which
are Of themselves interesting for the
events and movements they describe.
The book also contains extracts from
the journals Of ThOTeau, who was one Of
RicketsOn's most intimate friends. The
volume opens with a brief sketch Of
RicketsOn by Frank 3. Sanborn and con
tains also a sketch Of Thoreau and a
number Of poems by Ricketson. Il IS
embellished with several fine photograv-
ure portraits, and with views and fac
smile manuscript letters Of Thoreau and
his sister.
The Washington times., 1902-12-06
Interesting "reminiscences.

Dorothea, Princess Lievcn. the EgoTia
OF Guizors old age. was from 1sl2-1834.
as wife Of the Russian ambassador at
ST. James. a kind Of emissary OF Rus
sian interests. That her activities we're
on the whole peruicious English his
torians agree. Her letters 10 her broth
er Alexander. which Mr.. Lionel G.. Rob
inson has translated and edited. give a
very complete account Of English poll
tics during the twenty years preceding
the reform parliament. Her interests
were pretty exclusively political. but
personal touches are not wanting. as
the following anecdote Of Wellington
after his defeat Of November. 1880. will
show; she writes under date Of Novem-
Der %. 1880:
The day before yesterday I dined with
Mr. Peel. The Duke OF Wellington (who
had just lost TO Lord Greyj was there
He came up 10 me az once with "WeII2''
4 found nothing better 20 TotOrt than
"Wellf" He replied bad business.
devilish bad business" "But duke"
said /, why did you let it come ABOUT
unless you wished &c TO end thus ?' The
devil take me. no." ne replied: Il was
absolutely surprised when they came
and told me we were beaten. will tell
you all about II. I had FIVE parties
against me in the lower house-the
Jacobins, the wings. the Tories. the Can
niugitcs. and nay own"
The Washington times., 1902-12-06
General De Vets Book.

With these characteristic words Gen
cral De Wet prcfaces his Three Years
War. now ready for publication:
by way Of introduction to my work. I
@ish, dear reader. to say only this short
word: am no book writer. But ! feel
that the story OF this struggle. in which
q few people fought for liberty and right.
is rightly said throughout the civilized
world to be unknown. and that it. was
my duty to record my personal expert
ences in this war, for the present and
for the future generations. not only for
the Afrikander people, but for the whole
world.
Not only do I consider this my duty.
but I was encouraged TO write boy the
Grgiugs Of prominent men among my
people Of men Of various nauonalities
and even Of several British officers.
well, dear reader. I hope that you
will not feel disappointed In reading
these experiences as il is not I'm me, as
is perhaps sometimes the case with
historical authors. to conjure up thrill
ing picJures-imaginary things-and put
them together merely to make up a book
or 20 make q name for themselves. That
be far from mel In publishing my book
(although it is written in simple style) I
had one object only, viz. TO give TO the
world q story which. although it does not
contain the whole Of the truth, as re-
CARDS this wondrous war. yet contains
nothing but the truth"
The Washington times., 1902-12-06
Another Book By Stoddard.

There is really no need Of recommend
ing William o. Stoddard as a writer Tor
boys, to those who read his delightful
stories In st Nicholas" twenty years
ago; but he IS still writing. and his
latest book. The Voyage Of the Charlie
magne" is published by Dana. Estes &
Co. The Criterion" says Of it:
Mr. Stoddard is one OF the most sue
cessful Of our writer's for boys. In The
Voyage Of the Charlemagne,' he enter
talns them with the exploits Of an cleo
trio ship, which does the most wonderful
things-things that We could net believe
even in dreams, were II not that we have
had TO believe already so many maETels
wrought by that mysterious power"
The Washington times., 1902-12-06

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The Washington times., 1902-12-06
When Poe Recitod aThe Raven. ,.

1T was at Mrs. Mackcnzie's that 1 FIRST
heard Poe recite, az her request. The
Raven and 'Anuabel Lee only the
family being present. From an unusual
ly lively mood he lapsed at once into a
manner. expression and tone Of voice
of gloomy and almst weird solemnity,
gazing as fl on something invisible to
others, and never changing his position
until the recitation was concluded. It
happened that he had just before re-
quested Of Mrs. Mackenzie the loan OF a
sum of money, which request she was
for a time unable TO comply with; and
she now said to him. Edgar. what do
you think Of giving a public recital OF
those poems? II would probably prove
a financial success The result was that
about a week later there appeared I'm the
city papers a notice that on a certain
evening the poet would give a recita-
tion Of hls own two favorite poems in
the exchange concert room. tickets to
be had at a certain book store. over 200
Of these were printed. the charge Of ad-
mission being so cents each.
"On the appointed evening. 7, then a
young man Of twenty four. accompanied
Mrs. Julia Mayo Cabell and another lady.
both warm personal friends Of Poe from
his childhood. to the place Of the pro-
posed recitation. We arrived some mo-
meuts after the appointed time. and, to
our surprise, found. instead Of a full au-
dience, but nine persons assembled. we.
together with the usher. making thir-
teen I'm number. Some time elapsed be-
fore Poe made his appearance. when he
took his place on the platform. bowed
and, resting his hands on the back OF
chair, recited The Raven and 'AunabcI
Lee but In a mechanical sort Of way
and with q total lack Of the weird and
gloomy expression which had given them
such effect az Mrs Mackonzic's on
concluding he again bowed and abruptly
left the platform.
THE proceeds Of this experiment was
S. in consideration of which Mr. Boy
den, proprietor Of the exchange. would
make no charge for the use OF the haIl
lights. and attendance. ."-Lpp.nc0tt's.
The Washington times., 1902-12-06
Twelve Types.

Mr. G. r. Chesterton's Twelve Types
are Charlotte Bronto, William Morris,
Byron as optimist, Pope as satirist. ST.
Francis. Rostaud. Stevenson, Tolstoy-
for a selection. This is the beaten road
Of letters. but Mr.. Chesterton trips IL
with a vivid. journalistic gait Of his own.
which is excellently illustrated in the
following answer to a critic reprehend-
ing Stevenson for bIoodthirstiness:
Few people have understood properly
the goriness Of Stevenson. Stevenson
who draws skeletons and gibbets in his
Latin grammar. Il was not that he took
pleasure in death. but that he took
pleasure in-life. in every muscular and
emphatic action Of life. even If Il were
an action that took the life OF another
Let us suppose that one gentleman
throws a knife az another gentleman and
pins him TO the wall Il is scarcely nee
essary 10 remark that there are in this
transaction two somewhat varying per
sOnaI points OF view. The point Of view
OF the man pinned is the tragic and
moral point Of view. and this Stevenson
showed clearly that he understood in
such stories as The Master Of Ballan-
trae and Weir OF Hermiston. But
b there is another view OF the matter
that in which the whole act is an abrupt
and brilliant explosion Of bodily vitali-
ty. Ike breaking a rock with a blow OF
a hammer. or Just clearing a fve-baT-
red gate. This is the standpoint Of ro-
nance. and Il IS the soul Of Treasure
Island and The Wrecker. Il was not.
indeed. that Stevenson loved men less.
but that he loved clubs and pistols more.
He had. in truth, in the devouring uni
versalism Of his soul. a positive love for
inanimate objects such as has been
known since st. Francis called the sun
brother. and the well sister. We feel
that he was actually in love with tie
wooden crutch that Silver sent hurtling
in the sunlight, with the box that Billy
Bones left at the Admiral Benbow.'
with the knife that Wicks drove through
his own hand and the table. There is
always in his work a certain cloan-cut
angularity which makes US remember
that ne was fond OF cutting wood with
an ak"
The Washington times., 1902-12-06
The Foundation of Enaland.

The "Angevin Empire" is the title Of
the second part OF Sir James II. Ram
says work on The Foundations OF Eng
land" The first part took In the twelve
centuries OF British history preceding
the year 1854. This volume dealt with
Henry II. Richard I. and John. On a
much contested point he calls attention
to the facts Indicating that IN the Eng
land Of the twelfth century there was
little that could be called al all English.
Not only were all the upper classes
Of society essentially French, but their
ranks were perpetuaily being recruited
by imported foreigners from abroad
These people entered every chapter and
convent. they filed the cpiscopate. the
treasury. and the bench, and found
themselves completely at home there.
This is a point which may explain
many curious phases Of some popular
movements.
The Washington times., 1902-12-06
France a Mecca for Writers

Writers Of fiction seem TO succumb as
frequently as artists TO the charms OF
French life. S. r. Crockett. author Of
The Dark o. the Moon" IS taking a
holiday in the north OF France: Thomas
A. Janvier. whose Christmas Kalends
Of Provence" the Harpers have just pub
lished, has but recently returned from
France; Marie van Worst, author Of
Philip LOngstreth." is living in Paris.
where Basil King is living also Mr..
King. who wrote Let Not Man Put
Asunder.' a novel devoted to the d.
vorce problem, has completed n new
story for The Harpers. said TO be quite
different from the other
The Washington times., 1902-12-06
Some Discovered History.

It is now said that the man after
whom America was named was a Ger
man. and his name was Haimerich. Ital-
ianized into Amerigo. The "St. Louis
Globe-Democrat" is delighted at the dis
coYery It says: We never fancied being
discovered or named by a Latin. We al
ways imagined him sailing up and down
our shore in a banana cart. But Haime-
rich is a different proposition. We are
kindly disposed toward him. We know
that the hold OF his ship was stocked
not with spaghetti. but with pretzels and
our favOrite brew. Unconsciously we
have all along rendered homage to
Haimerich. Unknowingly we have built
monuments to him IL our breweries.
This discovery explains our seeming
prejudice against the Latins. Now we
bear them no nl-will, but they must
cease 20 taunt US with the fact that our
continent is named for them This IS
Haimericha. Nicht wahr? Then let the
maps be changed: Hoch de crosse Halrc-
rich"
The Washington times., 1902-12-06
A Genuine Book.

"The Real Diary Of a Real Boy was
actually written. IN his boyhood. over
thirty years ago. by Judge Henry A.
shute OF Exeter, y. H. That Harry
shute was a fesh-and-blood boy. and
that ne had an unusually well-developed
sense OF humOr. you may easily con-
vince yourself. He wrote in an old
copy-book for his own enjoyment. secure
IN the belief that even his father would
never ask to see what the son was writ
ing. The changes made when the diary
came to light after lying forgotten for
so many years are so few and are man
aged so shllfully that their existence
is hard to determine
The Washington times., 1902-12-06
Iacob Riis, Book.

Jacob Riis' new book, The Battle
With the Slum," is on the press for Its
second edition bearing a dedication %
President Roosevelt, who, so Mr.. Riis
tells us. has been the most valiant bat
tier with the slum.
This dedication did not appear in tho
first edition, and thereby hangs "a tale
OF consideration as unusual and typical
Of Mr. Riis AZ It's result is OF Nr,
Roosevelt
The dedication was written. but Mr.
Rils decided not 10 add his small drop
to the already overlooking business OF
the President by even giving him tho
trouble OF writing "a letter with the
customary permission % dedicate Mr..
Roosevelt. hearing OF this after the APP
pcarance Of the book expressed the ish
tISt Mr.. Riis had carried ont his origi-
aaI intention. business Notwithstanding.
50 the dedication appears In the second
edition.
The Washington times., 1902-12-06
Philpott's New Book.

Eden Ph!Ipotts' latest book. "The
River" is TO be followed By another
novel. entitled The American Prisoner. ?"
In which the author traverses new liter
ary paths. The story is said to be full
OF excitement and adventure, and takes
place during the war of 1872. Il has TO
DO with prison life at the great war
prison st Prince Town. Dartmoor, the
several esCapades OF certain American
prisoners and their adventures.