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TWO SUMNER NOVELS.

structed on familiar lines. There is
the usual poor and proud lover, and the
usual heiress. who in this case is
troubled with somewhat flexible char
acter There is also another heroine,
sister of the hero. who becomes en-
tangled with the rich fance OF the heir
ess. and the result of the double mix
ture' is a very prettily complicated plot.
which Is. of course, eventually unsnarled
TO the qualification OF all concerned.
New York: F. NJ Buckles & Coz
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The Siege Of Delhi.

Sir Henry Norman has just edited
the most vivid and in many ways inter
esting account of the many which have
been written about the famous siege
of the Indian Mutiny and the J. B. Lip
pinoott Company publish it in this coun-
try under the title. Delhi nS5D" The
material of the book was drawn from
the diary and letters, public and private
of Colonel Keith Young, and is hand
somely illustrated with colored plates
collotypes, etc.
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Keats.

Henry C. Shelley has drawn a picture
of the poet Keats in Keats and His
Circle" which G. p. Putnam's Sons are
to publish. The object has been to
present the poet as a man. aside from
his literary career. But several points
of doubt in Keats life that have lit
erary interest have been investigated,
and new material has been used
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"separa ton" by Margaret Lee. is a
study of the relations between hus
band and wife who have amioably agreed
to separate with a view to ultimate di-
vorce. 1t is incidentally a temperate
expression of the authors ideas on di
yorce; but the human interest is
throughout greater than that of the
theory. (New York: f. NJ. Buckles &
Coz
"A Womans' No." by Mrs. II, Lovett
Cameron. is a story of English life, con-
The Washington times., 1902-08-24
A New Historical Novel.

George Douglas Browne, whose House
with the Green Shutters" cast far
reaching shadow and shook ones faith
in Thrums and Drumtochty. has come
under the spell of the historical novel.
His next book is TO have the Cromwell
ian period for setting. and the chances
are that the author will forsake Scottish
realism permanently.
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LAFCADIO HEARN ON MARTINIQUE.

Lafcadio Hearn. author of that re-
markable volume of tropical travel
Two Years in the French West Indies, ="
will publish in England in the autumn
his translation OF "One of Cleopatra's
Nights" by Theophile Gautier. The
widespread interest in Martinique,
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caused by The disaster to Mont Pelee
induced the Harpers to issue Immediate
ly after that event new edition of
Hearn's Two Years in the French West
Indies,' and this edition is already
rly exhausted. The book describes
with graphic and poetic truth the beau
ties of the Island of Martinique.
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What Kipfirg is Doing.

volume OF poems by Kiplins is TO be
published during the coming winter ahd
a Kipling play. whose subject has not
yeJ been divulged. is promised for this
season.
a Beer Briton story. called Private
Cipper," has been finished by him for the
o;tober "Eyerybody's Magazine.
The Washington times., 1902-08-24
The former is entitled:

What hurrying human tides or day or night?
What passions, winnings. losses, ar,lors. swim
thu: .=aters2
What whirs of evil, bliss and sorrow stem
What curious questioning glances-glnts of
love.
Leer. envy. scorn, contempt, hope, aspiration,
Thou portal-;hou arena-thou of the myriad
long drawn lines and groups,
Gould but thy flaestones. ctirbs. facades tell
their inimtable tales;
Thy windows. rich. and huge hotels. thy side
walks vide;
Thou Of the endless sliding. mncing, shuffing
feet
Thou like the parti-colored world itseif-like
Infinite, teemng, mocking life.
Thou visored, vast unspeakable show and les
SOM
There are pithy comments here and
there on the men who have helped make
American history. and European history
as well, some of .hem Mr.. Young's own
whimsical or penetrating thought some
the flotsam and jetsam of the time. OF
the latter is the remark about Roscoe
Conkling. quoted from an Ohio corre-
spondent.
THAT New York member of yours
walks down the aisles as il he were
not sure that he had made God AL
mighty or that God Almighty had made
him.
Mr.. Young was in and about the press
gallery at the time of the quarrel be-
tween Blaine and Conkling, and was one
of those who undertook to bring about
a reconciliation between the two, a
task which, so far as approaching Conk-
ling was concerned. he describes by say
ing that ITO approach the rugged Rus
sian bear, the armed rhinoceros. or the
Hyrcan tiger would have been a morn
ing stroll among the daisies compared
with it,
Memories Of Grant.
The "reminiscences of Grant are by all
odds the most interesting. as they are
the most complete. in the book The
long and intimate acquaintance of Mr..
Young with the general afforded him
full opportunities for understanding and
appreciation. and both are clearly shown
in the chapters OF the second volume
given TO this subject. Here are a few
paragraphs taken at random:
Grant had rare gifts. shroIded in
that mist of shyness inseparabIe from
his character. His memory was a mar
vel. He never forgot a name or a
face. Grant. | think as Sherman once
said to the writer, knew every Tin can
in my army 1t was an infiexible, steel
like memory. slow reader. going over
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Mrs. Stuart's New Book.

Mrs. Ruth McEnery Stuart, whose
Sonny" is one of the most popular
books on the Century company's list.
will soon issue new story of Southern
life, Napoleon Jackson"
The Washington times., 1902-08-24
Parker as Historian.

Mr.. Gilbert Parker has completed his
History of Quebec" which will be pub
lished in the autumn by Messrs Mac
milan & Co. The work will be in two
volumes and will be fully illustrated.
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Landor's Travels.

Messrs. Macmillan & Co. are publish
ing in the autumn Mr.. Walter Savage
Landor's new book, "A Journey Through
Persian Baluchistan and Afghauistan"
1t will contain 150 illustrations by the
author
The Washington times., 1902-08-24
Hagqard on the Crusaders.

The new novel, upon the writing OF
which Mr.. Rider Haggard is at present
engaged is. we hear, to be a story of
The Crusaders.
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confess. and as rejecting the feelings
of the elders about me. was a distrust Of
Lincoln. 1t comes back as an evidence
OF :he strength of the man. / take it
that great genius is always solitary--that
We attain the Alpine altitude when We
ascend. Lincoln measured the men
The Washington times., 1902-08-24
A Novel by Bullen.

F. T. Bullen has just finished his first
actual novel, a Whaleman's Wife" 1t
deals with the South Sea whale fishery
OF New England.
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about him at their value. He knew their
worth, their fidelity. and in no sense dis
trusted them. But it was evc:y one to
his duty. To have descended a:.cng
them would have brought his ain.n's-
tration to the level of that If Andrew
Johnson, where every punv whi.'are- uf
a political adventurer or parasite could
flout and jeer and strike him on the
cheek. With the Union ever fore liiu.
and its salvation his one 6u'y, one also
can see excuses for what o, ;he naft OF
Mr.. Lincoln seemed an abuse o. patron
age. He was racing for his life with
the wolves afoot, and the vol Ccs Iaust be
fed Only upon the theory thar all in
terests. however despicable, must be
considered and cOnciIiated can we un-
derstand many of the military AMI snIre
of the judicial appointments =: Mr.. Lin
coin. The wolves were afoot and the
wolves must be fed, For the very life
of the Union they must be fal Throw
out a judgeship, a brigadier: commits
sion-they must be fed, There was a
humorous story of the President IN
vogue In those days which seems to in
dicate that his clear mind vas not in
sensible to these hard conditions. ~
brigadier general has been surprised and
captured. Yes said Mr.. 4ia Din, tut
what became ef the horse?' We don't
know. The general has been taken 10
Richmond oh. don't trouble me a0oat
! the general. It's about the hors, that |
am worrying. l can make q l:tss.iier
any day, but a horse costs inon.y 10 the
Treasury
Whitman's Poetry.
There is one chapter mostly devoted
to Walt Whitman. whom Mr.. Young de-
scribes as an outlaw. apart from the
laws and conditions of men, and living
by his own cross-bow. 1t is most in
teresting in its glimpse of the poets
character. and in its somewhat con-
servative estimates of his work. There
are in this chapter two bits of verse,
one written for the Herald" and the
other sent to Mr.. Young by Whitman
with the warning .'personal-don't
print" The latter is as follows:
A FONT OF TYPE.
| o latent nnei q unlaunched voices!
| Passionate powers all eligible.
| Wrath argument. praise, or comic leer, or
| PRAYER devout or loves caress.
| Not nOnpariel, BREWER. bourgeois, long primer
merey)
| Shores oceans, reused to fury and to death.
| Or soothed to ease and sheeny sun. and sleep,
| Within these pallid slyers, waiting.
Wal. Whitman.
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Hail Gaines New Book.

Hall Caine is writing novel woven
'ound the problems OF Nonconformity.
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time to do something else Indubita3ly
true, as told me by one who was pres
ent. Lincoln always seemed
very much of a man. have never read
a description of him that recalls him
quite as knew him. Something always
bevnnd and beyond. What /
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Az w g z SIEETS

ming the cheeks, would be to a steam
yacht trip what the latter is to canal
boat.
The General View.
The general view that is granted tho
those which see the city from distances,
and al the same time from height. Out
at Arlington, where the dead of the la
mented Maine are buried. is a point
where the camera was planted when the
photograph was made from which the en-
craving was taken which appears on the
back OF the 81 silver certificates.
1t is the only high point from which
a panoramic view of the entire city may
be had, and the time required for trip
there is well employed by those of artistic
tastes. The hill seems really higher than
It is, and the eye gathers in first the de-
cline toward the river, then across the
latter to the Monument and on toward
the Capitol.
Group of Miniature Houses
Anaccstia to the right is group of
miniature houses on the heights, the va
rious bridges seem &c have been the work
of spiders, and the buildings of Lilipu-
tian architects. The city seems more thar
half parking, the first impression being
that the only buildings are the great
white ones that loom clear and cameo like
from the billowy green.
Letting the eye sweep around the circle
toward the left, the whole scheme as
originated by LEnfant and George
Washington is seen in all its beauty of
conception and development. The ave-
nues radiating from many points appear
to be canals in the emerald sea, the mar
rover streets being scarcely recognizable
from that distance. A first impression is
that more than half the area covered by
Washington is parked, and one feels that
he can almost hear the twitter of the
thousands of birds that inhabit the met
ropolitan forest.
CULVER never saw Liljput as one may
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ington, its cordial people and how de-
lightful she found the visiting. especially
in the official set, there were SO many
distinguished personages to be met, etc,
etc. She left a shower of visiting cards
and departed with many expressions of
satisfaction in meeting her hostess. Hoped
she would call upon her soon, her day
was Wednesday, etc, etc, again.
Somewhere in the reighborhood CT :
o'clock, when the official hostess was say
ing gOod-by to the most lingering of her
guests, in came once more the woman
new to Washington. She was full of apol-
ogies for calling so late. but had heard
so much about her hostess that she did
not want this particular Thursday to so
by without paying her respects.
She was so much in love with Washing
ton, its charming people. especially the
official circle with its distinguished per-
sonnet. The visiting was SO fascinating
too, she herself had made so many calls
that afternoor-certainly twenty-that
she felt quite demoralizcd. Well, she must
really hurry home as she was expecting
guests at dinner. ETC., etc.
There was a second shower OF visit
ing cards and hurried exit. Really, you
know" concluded my Informant, IA worl-
an who is SO absent-mnded; q woman
who-well, you understand, my dear Eut
of Course and here speech gave place
to the meaningful smile that had form
erly been tantalizing. | forgave the smile
for what it expressed; but | could not
help thinking there was much to be said
In extenuation of an error of that sort
on the part OF woman new to Washing
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ton who had paid twenty calls in one at
ternoon at the height of the season and
survived to get anywhere, even home.
with a particle of gray matter inside her
head.
If any enc harbors the impression that
the Chinese Minister is always astrlde
his pet hobby of Chinese diplomacy. that
person should sit down TO game of six
handed euchre with his excellency and
observe how the subjects of Chinese in
demnity, the Chinese exclusion act. and
kinded affairs pertaining to the nowery
Orient, are sidetracked in favor of 4 con-
Stunning interest in the great American
game of society.
Minister WI never declines an invita-
ticn to a card party. He is hard loser
and never fails to point out an erroneous
play on the part of partner AID has been
known to shake a reproving finger at The
beauty of the evening and tell her she was
responsible for his failure to capture Z
prize. He is the centre of attraction at
card parties, and is treated by the ma
iority of women as q precccious child of
bS 'AtabCu. ne
at, and to, at an astonishing rate, and is
rarely addressed or referred to as MIR.
Minister, the capitalized personal pronoun
being reserved for his exclusive use 1t
must be amusing to Minister W. he be-
ing as Keen as any diplomat that ever
resided in Washington. | have heard it
whispered that the Minister goes TO bed
with pack Of cards tucked up his ample
sleeve, so industriously does he study
he cards. but you can't believe all you
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THOUGHT to have perpetrated a neat
little conundrum when l asked the
i women of a Saturday afternoon box
party who was the one man imper-
vious 10 colds in Washington society But,
bless you. everybody guessed and the rid
die was pronounced dead easy. There
is but one man of fashion who can tear of
miles on horseback every day with his
head barred to the elements, and that man
is Hugh Legare. There isn't better all
round sportsman going than Legare. His
mounts are the neatest and tidiest bits Of
horsefiesh in town, and when / catch sight
hang the bride path through the White
Lot tremble for his scalp.
The man seems to have an Unsuitable
desire for fresh air. II may be a recent
ly discovered headache cure. or fad, or
ozone treatment to stave off badness. but
certain 1t is that Mr.. Legare has affect
ed an uncovered head all winter when
riding. and only looks happy when he
has escaped from the peopled streets OF
the town, pocketed his riding cap. and
abandoned himself TO a swift run in the
open.
Pretty soon all the budding youths of
the Metropolitan and Chevy Chase Clubs
will be taking to the new fashion, for
whatever Mr.. Legare does is considered
worthy of emulation. whether it is the
choosing and wearing of a coat, the
grace and nerve with which he takes
ditch or fence, or comes a cropper"
m oil nf ha oh wi
he follows the hounds, or his genius in
ordering a supper. All these things are
splendid. but Mr.. Legare's unique ac-
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distraction. No one seems to have sus-
tanned the social interest in the asylum
that Mrs Bell made fashionable a couple
CT seasons ago i used TO wonder just
what was the attraction at st. Elizabeth's
that all the younger set used to maneuvre
so industriously to obtain an invitation
from Mrs. Bell to go there under her chap
eronage.
To be sure there were Dr.. Simpson and
DR.. Latimer, two immensely popular So
ciety men, but as they were entirely will
ing to come to Washington, there was no
crying need that Washington should go
to them. However, seats in the carryall
that conveyed Mrs. Bells parties to st.
Elizabeth's were at premium, and what
the girls really loved was the apprecia
tive audiences before which they acted
their little society plays and French
farces.
A great deal has been written and spok-
en- about Nine. de Wollants histrionic
talent, but | never knew how much of
that talent was shared by her sisters I'M
til saw them in French drama of high
class at St. Elizabeth's. Elsie Bell also
developed stage talent in her frequent
appearance before the st. Elizabeth audi
ences and the last time ! saw her act
was in a French farce, when she and
Edine Tisdel brought down the house with
the daintiest bit OF humorous stage play
l ever witnessed outside the profession
We had a spirited dance after the play
and both girls were so much admired they
eirU of ut
tention. ! had an interesting partner
myself. l remember. man with charm
ing manners. who danced the two-step
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see Washington from this point for that
interesting myth walked on the ground,
while the observer cannot suppress
feeling that he is above the earth and
its confinement and has taken wings for
the nonce and become one of the deni-
zens of the azure sky. Over in Maryland
are the hills that girdle the city on the
east, north, and west, the residences on
the heights in the latter two directions
looking like toy houses in toy city.
The whole thing may be taken in the
palm of the hand, it seems. so compact
is the plan.
Of on the edges OF the city proper are
the pretty suburbs. a part of, yet sepa-
rate from, the city. Conspicuous among
these exclusive residential quarters are
Brightwood, Columbia Heights. Fort Myer
Heights. Chevy Chase, Anacostia, and
others. Once out of the District the real
beauty of the country begins, and from
the heights at which the feathered crea-
lures see these they also let their eyes
roam over the National Geological Park,
the Naval Observatory. and the more dis
tant sights.
Suburban Car Lines.
They see the suburban car lines bur-
dened with their freight of human beings
intent on day or an evening away from
familiar scenes, the pleasure craft on the
broad river, and the dashing automobiles
as they dart hither and thither along the
highways. 1t is not surprising that the
electric lines are SO well patronized. for,
until we get the airship, they are the
nearest approach to ideal touring, save by
the automobile, which latter vehicle is as
yet enjoyed by the wealthy. alone.
The time is at hand when the man will
appear with perfected airship, and then
will We see the horse and the car, the
auto and the bicycle RELOCATED to the past
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seen that the city is set in a bowl the
edges of which are hills.
The oldest scenes are those that meet
the eye when looking directly down upon
the busy streets from height above the
ordinary buildings. Then only do We get
a close range view of the canons as they
appear to the birds that see them in this
way every day and every hour. The sight
is a revelation TO those who have not be-
fore beheld it. Men and women appear
entirely out of proportion. buildings are
at wrong angles and street cars run up
steep hills where We had supposed only
level streets to be. The shadows of
buildings, people and other objects are
black and dense on the glistcning asphalt,
individuals seem TO be topping over, and
all is askew and awry.
An Unique View.
1t is difficult TO adjust this scene to the
ones to which we are accustomed from the
level of the streets, but this is the way
the birds see our beautiful Washington,
and they seem to like it, for they are
seldom on the ground except to feed.
Whore everything had been clean and neat
from the pavement. from the sky the
cleanliness is accentuated until we are
above a veritable spotless town, the
cleanest city on the face of the earth
This is the view that appeals to the
artistic senses and make one long for an
airship, and If these vehicles are ever to
come all Washington will mortgage it
self to possess them. a sail over the
city in the cool of the evening in an auto
airship would be a delight that could
never be forgotten by the fortunate ones,
and during the heat of the intensely hot
summer days. when life on the streets
is well-nigh unbearable. a swift fight
through the clear ether beneath an avn
ing which protects from the rays of the
sun. the whole panorama spread be-
meath one. the sparkling atmosphere fan
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of grip, influenza, and pneumonia, to en-
without a hat.
Once in a while you come across a
petiicoated non-so phister-the term is
not staggering when you once acquire it
even in fashionable society. She is bouEj
to afford amusement to her fellowwcmen
and IL is written in the stars that she
should suffer.
You doubtless recall a certain very
large luncheon given this winter by a
girl who has recently visited Japan. 1t
was a stunning luncheon and SO thorough
ly up-to date that the delectable nom
sophister of my tale, who is debutante
by the way. was frequently put to the
guess. After luncheon, when the guests
were all gathered in the Louis of-various-
dates drawingroom, the hostess handed
round little souvenirs of the occasion. She
remarked: Il did not put these things
with your lunch cards. girls, because it
might have offended somebody's good
taste. ! did not want to shock anyone's
ideas as to the external fitness of things
But | want you all to have one for they
are no end useful and so convenient to
carry in your pocket. laid in supply in
Japan and have quite acquired the habit
myself"
The non sophister pricked up her ears
at shat word SHOCK" and when her
hostess proceeded to distribute little
books, containing blank rice paper leaves,
what could the innocent darling suppose
but that they were cigarette papers sim
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divinely. We danced so long that We
stood a-fiutter when the music ceased. Ny
partner, who up to that time had not ex-
hibited the slightest evidence of de-
ranged intellect, enquired gravely if l
me. "Of course, not replied. why
do you ask"
"Oh. l am bit tired after dancing
he explained. You know l am poached
egg. of course?'
why, no, did not know that" I re-
piled. But what do you want with a
piece of toast?'
never suspected myself of being dense
until that man, with an expression of pa
tent tolerance, answered YEARLY: Il was
merely looking for place to sit down."
At n card party the other night some
one was eXtolling the charms of n certain
woman who has recently east her social
lot among us and pitched her luxurious
tents not FAR from Dupont Circle. Every
body agreed she was handsome and at
tractive; that is, everybody but the wife
of a prominent official and she kept quiet
and only smiled. Under circumstances of
the sort such smile is meanngful.
/ tried all the evening. but did not get
at the root and substance of that smile
until, il the dressing room, | cornered the
officials wife and got the story that was
back of the smile. 1t Is too funny to
keep. The newcomer had actually called
upon the official lady twice in one after
noon, with entire ignorance of having
done so. The first visit was made at $3.50
o'clock. when she of the luxurious tents
chatted pleasantly about charming Wash