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laugh, we feel that the author is laughing with
us. for all that his fnimitable spokesman can
be so dernure. The subjects in this volume are,
as usual, the subjects of the hour in American
life The satirist wakes eloquent the visit
Of Prince Henry and politics, Sherlock
Holmes and on the art patron. on Cuba and on
Newport. We take this passage from one of the
best chapters in the book:
'<Ye don't catch Higbie changin iv amy fy
his dividends domestic finished art He
Jumps on a boat an goes straight aCrost to tn
centhral deepo The first thing he gets is a
porthrait iv hmsilf be wan iV tn great
nodhren masthcrs, Sargent be This here
Sargent Hogan tells me, used to live in this
counthry an faith if he'd stayed here ye might
see him to-day stagn. But he had a mind
in his head an he tore off fr Europe tn way
Il duck hunter goes fr a rice swamp. Afther a
while, Higbe shows up. an says he: I'm Higbie
iv tn Non-AdheSive Consolidated Glue Com
pany' he says. Can ye do me" an
Will says Sargent. IN do ye good. How
much have ye got? he says. Get more
an come around he says. An Higbie puts on
his Prince Albert coat an laves it open so that
ye can see his watch charm-th' crown Po-
land with tn KOhinoor in tn top av tan me
frind Sargent does him brown an red. He don't
give him tn picther coorse. If ye have yer
porthrait painted be great panther It's yeer
porthrait, but it's his picther. an he keeps IT
till ye don't look that way amy moro So H1s-
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n patrtcfan family is pictured. and IN Whch cier-
ical society with its strange 1ntrlgueS' ID als0
introduced. The heroine. whose name gives 'he
book its title is the ward Of a cardinal a oedu
Nful girl with a considerable heritage She i7
lestined by her guardian for convent, ana the
story turns upon the disturbance brought llllo
her life and the schemes of divers klrsnneh' ny
the coming to Rome of an EnSliShman VINO mas
been of service her brother The study Oh
her temperament, wrought upon by expert
ences and circumstances with which she is III
qualified TO cope. is delicate and interesting
The action of the plot borders here and there Oh
The nlelodramatic. but Mr.. Bagot is Skliful III
aro,,sing the readers curiosity and in Keeping
him entertained. Cardinal Savelli is a plctur-
esCue and. withal, very human figure. Though
we have an uneasy feeling that invention rather
than observation is the source of the author
effects where he deals with what we suppose
he would call the seamy side Of Roman life,
worldly and spiritual. cannot deny that he
has written a plausible novel
"A Song of a Single Note Is pretty tale
of love and anxiety in the New York of Revo-
lutionary days. The heroine begins In a simple
enough American environment She ends In q
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place very different, how different the reader
would not thank us for explaining. Mrs. Barr
puts sufficient incident into her novel She puts
more of a sentiment, which, II little too
Gugary and then. is. In the main. whole
ZONE. Hers is a reposeful, conventional kind
Of romance, a little tepid. according to latter
day standards. yet in its quiet way. not with
out certain agreeable quality.
Mr- Roche's extravaganza is a good piece of
fooling. spontaneous in its drollery and in
senious in its construct.on-if light fabric
may be said to have been constructed 1t is to
tell the truth, more of a funny improvisation
than anything else, It's gayety Is innocent and
clever. and glad to have the book in its
present attractive form. Mr Herford has
tered fully into the spirit Of the text, and his
Illustrations both in black and white and in
color, are Enthusiastically mirth provoking.
The sIara in Mr.. AIDES book The Girl Prop
osition.' is mixture. take it. of what one
might easily hear in Chicago's streets, and what,
quite often, might expect to hear in the
company of the author himself. when the fit of
inspiration was upon him. 1t is frequently
amusing, and the fables of which the book is
composed not seldom have n satirical point, in
Itself persuasive. Yet confess that whole
book of this sort of thing is rather wearisome,
exposing the commonness and crudity which
might overlook in n single article encOun-
tered on the funny page of a Western newspaper.
The writings of Mr.. Dunno, like those of Mr.
Ade are enjoyed more when one dips into them
than when sits down to pages on pages of
them. Yet observations by Mr.. Dooley' con-
tains 50 many good things that could
find the heart seriously criticise it. If a
passage. on occasion, seems a trifle forced, the
bulk of this talk has surprising freshness
How does Mr.. Dunno keep it up? He has we
suppose. the mysterious vitality of the humorist
who is born. not made. He owes much, too. we
naginp. to his hearty enjoyment of his work.
There is a gusto in these pages When we
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jects by Sir T. G. Gibson Carmichael. Baronet
illustrated. Folio, PIP. xiv 204- The Macmillan
Company.
In the Glasgow International Exhibition OF
1901 the Loan collection OF pictures and other
works of art included an extraordinarily rich
assemblaGe of works by masters of the nine
teenth century. SO important this collec-
ton, indeed, that the preparation of a fitting
memorial Of it in book form Imperative.
The writing of such a volume was intrusted to
Mr.. D. S. MacColl. the art critic of The Satur-
his field in England. 1t appears in n handsome
folio of two hundred pages, profusely illus
trated, with photographers and half tones, ali
full page plates. from photographs OF paintings,
drawings and etchings. with a small section at
the back devoted to the art objects shown and
A very useful volume it is
Mr MacColl gives in his first pages some
brilliantly suggestive remarks on the broad re
lations of nineteenth century art, and then
grouping mis- men. briefly but eloquently ana
Ives their qualities. Thus, in a chapter on
THE Olympians' he treats of David and Ingres;
Goya Blake Gericault, DelacroiX and Daumer
His exemplars of landscape are CrOme and Cot
man Turner and Constable, Corot and Rous-
seau In his next group the salient figures are
Milet Puvis de Chavannes. Rodin and Meryon
When he comes to the later Englishmen he is
refreshingly outspoken, knowing when to blame
as well to praise, and never allowing patriot
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I, ,u >, ar.ct his Judgment courbet, Manet.

ism to affect his Judgment Courbet, Mane'
Whistler and Degas have chapter 10 theih-
selves, under the head of Realism and 1e"
pages on Monet, supplemented by some valuaDie
notes of a technical character complete MS sur
vev A more readable volume than this we nave
not encountered in long time MT. MacCoN
through his grasp Of his SUBJECT MS souhu
Judgment his fertility in suggestion anu ii' s
orons stvIe gives lasting vitality to what in the
bo,as of an ordinary writer, would have de-
oarerotad into mere fugitive impressions. Not
onIv for those who visited the Glasgow exhlol-
tion hut for all lovers of art in the nineteenth
centrrv this should prove. with it's abundance
of fine Illustrations, a more than welcome pup
licatiOn
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bie's porthrait is hung up in a gallery an Tn
doctors brings people to see it that ARE suf-
ferin' firm narvous dyspepsia to cheer thin up
Th' pa-apers says It's fine"
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LITERARY NOTES.

Among many treasures associated with liter
ature which are owned by DR.. Horace Howard
Furness is the original manuscript Of Charles
Lambs essay on Roast Pig. 1t bears the sigma
ture Ella"
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was the owner of this book plate only two or
three copies of which are known TO exist In
the intervals Of his labors as lord keeper OF the
great seal Sir Nicholas occupied himself with
serious study. 1t not, however, altogether
from his father that the philosopher drew ms ms
tastes: Lady Bacon, his mother, was one OF the
most accomplished and learned women of her
time
There is good taste and there Is good In
what Mr.. Aldrich says of bookplates in the
current "Atlantic:'
the collectors are after it The fool and his
bookplate are soon parted To distribute ones
ex libris is namely to destroy the only signih-
canoe it has that Of indicating the past or pres
ent ownership OF the volume in which 1t Is
placed"
not Of course new in idea but it is well put
and worth quoting in these days OF big
sellers
keeps, To live continually with noble books,
with high erected thoughts seated in the heart
of courtesy teaches the soul good manners
1t is stated that Mr. Austin Dobson adheres
to the TrolIopian literary theory-that is to say,
he writes regularly every day at n certain time
whether he feels like il or not. Possibly when
he was younger and wrote verse he was less
businessiike. Now he turns out carefully pol
ished prose in which there is no trace OF the
fire of genius-and the method of Tronope is
quite In order.
1t is said that when Robert Browning was an
infant his father would send him to sleep by
humming odes of AnacreOn. and that he taught
the boy the words he wished him to remember
by Joining them to a GroteSque rhyme. Per
hans this last mental exercise had something to
do with the poets eXasperatng style. Miss
Corkran records thus her first childish impress
sions of Browning: Il had pictured to myself
poets as ethereal beings. 1t gave me shock
to see Mr. Browning eat with avdty much
bread and butter and big slices of cake. He
never uttered a word that in any way suggested
a poetiCal thought. His coat. trousers and
gloves were according to the fashion of the time.
Ill .aIIi
brushed. Altogether, in my opinion. ne looked
q prosperous of business" Elsewhere Miss
Corkran records Browning's comment upon the
charge that he was too fond of society He
admitted frankly: "I do like to be with refined
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1t Is interesting to imagine the sensations Of
the fanatical RroWningites who were forced to
listen to Sir Edward CIarkes recent address on
English literature Robert Browning. he de-
clared, was the Carlyle of poetry, and he could
only hope that two-thirds of what he wrote
might be forgotten. Carlyle tried to debase
English as much he could possibly do; yet his
lives of Schiller and Sterling were written in
as pure and beautiful English as could be
found. But Frederick the Great was a calamity
to English literature. In the same way Robert
Browning wrote those delightful pieces, Christ
mas Eve Easter and Men and Women;
but how he persuaded himself 10 write
THE Red Cotton Nightcap Country was
mystery. His poetry would be enjoyed for
generations to come-but in volumes of extracts,
not by those who attempted to read the volume
of his works.
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people who appreciate mo: Il b . pleasure
wealthy people have leisure to read, and then
houses are pleasant I am not ashamed TO con-
fess that / do enjoy being with cultured ioA
Besides, find that mixing with others ana u
friction Of ideas are necessary to a writer
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A COPY of the first known English book plate
Is n very rare thing, but this rare thing did ap-
pear in a London auction room the other day
Sir Nicholas Bacon, father OF the great Francis
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We are reminded by paper in THE Book
man" that the MS of Poe's poem. The Bells.
is owned by Mr. w Nelson. Of Paterson, ~ J.
Mr. Nelson also possesses several first editions
of Poe. together with sets Of ''The Southern
Literary Messenger and 'GrahaUl's Magazine,
which the poet edited.
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MODERN ART.
A SOUVENIR OF A BRILLIANT EXHIBI-
TON

MacCon With a Chapter Early Art OBJ
jects by Sir r G. Carmichael. Baronet
Illustrated Folio. PIP. xiv, 2G The Macmillan
New-York tribune., 1902-12-07

Robert Waters, of West HODOken. has written,
and Charles II. Kerr & Co, of Chicago. nave
published. an account of the career and con-
versa ton of John SwintOr- 1t is warmly ap-
Pre- eciative but not blindly eulogiStlc. or the
generous and mpusive journalist VINO Degan
as managing editor under Henry ]. Raymond
and ended almost a hack-writer and a com
munist after the loss of his savings in an effort
to establish a weekly paper in the interest of
the labOring
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The whole OF the edition de luxe In seven
volumes of the works OF Edward F1tZGeraid,
which the Macmillans are bringing out IN Lon
don is already sold before publication The
edition Is limited II5 sets. 80 OF which are
for America Each volume has a frOntlSplecs
printed in japanese yellum- The edltlon Is 70 %
uniform with the corresponding editions of Ten
nyson. Lamb. Pater and kipling. all OF which
are now out of print and scarce
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The late Leader Scott, favorite writer on
Italian art and history. was in reality Mra
Lucy Baxter the daughter OF William Barnes
the Dorset poet She had lived for many years
in Florence where she heartily admired
and beloved. She was gentle witty and chitrIn-
ing. and one of the most hoSpitable OF hoStesSea
The Washington times., 1902-09-29
Reduced Majority.

Mr.. Dalzell predicts that the Fifty
eighth Congress will be Republican. but
comedies that it will be by a reduced
majority. He believes, however, that the
Republicans will have safe working ma
jority. He states that he has not yet
figured out Just what effect the in
creased representation will have upon
the control of the House. but is con-
fident that the Republicans will elect
majority. AS this year is an off year
he thinks there may be some falling off
in the Republican vote from the vote of
Presidential year. but not sufficient TO
cause the Republicans any uneasiness
There will be no tariff legislation att
the coming short session. in the opi,- !;
ion of Mr.. Dalzell, who is one Of he
leading members of the Committee on
Ways and Means, and hence in i posi-
iion to speak by the card. altiough he
declares that tariff and the trusts are
the principal issues of the PRESENT CAM
paign. What the peXt Congress may
undertake. whether Republican or DEM
ocratic. he does not atempt to predict.
The Washington times., 1902-09-29
THE PARAMOUNT
ISSUE OF PRESENT DAY
Eloquent Sermon blythe Rev.
Donald c. Macleod.

But one brief reference to the coal
strike was made yesterday by the Rev.
Donald c. Macleod. in his sermon on
THE Paramount Issue Of the Day and
How to Meet IT, delivered at the morn-
ing service at the First Presbyterian
Church.
In speaking Of the situation in the an
thracite coal region. he said he had read
description of it in a newspaper, and
also heard the situation related by
minister who had surveyed the field.
These two reflections of the condition
OF affairs. he said. agreed In this: That
what is lacking is more Christianity
among the labor leaders and also among
the leaders in the world Of capital. II
the spirit Of Christianity were present
he said the calamity could have been
averted. or an earlier settlement Of the
dificulty accomplished.
The paramount issue Of the day which
people have to meet and combat is sin.
the Rev. DR.. Macleod said. and the only
weapon with which 1t can successfully
be fought and conquered Is the church
and the power of Jesus Christ. His texo
was from John i:29: 'And the next day
John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and
saith. Behold the Lamb Of God. which
taketh away the sin Of the world"
In developing his text, the Rev. DR..
Macleod said people see things in this
rai,d much as they wish to see them
one may see them offering great oppor-
tunities in one way, and others possibili-
ties in another. All see things different
ly-they are imagings Of our own souls.
For instance, he said, the money
maker sees the whole world covered with
money marks.
In our daily lives we find that sin is
the great factor-is ever present-and
all calamities may be set at its door.
There is cnly one way. the speaker said.
to overcome and destroy the power OF
sin. and that is by and through the power
Of Jesus Christ. who died to save us.
We may let sin alone, but we may all
be assured that sin will not for a mo-
ment leave US alone.
We cannot cope with sin through legis-
lation. he said. 1t is not a question Of
spurious money or sound money. nor Is
1t matter OF high or low tariff. We
can only combat it with the spirit Of our
Saviour.
The Washington times., 1902-09-29
HELLO GIRLS RING UP
HYMEN'S OFFICE OFTEN
So Many Wed That Williams
port Manager Despairs.

W1LLIAMsPORT, Pa. Sept. 2s.-Boyd
A. Wilkinson, local manager OF the bell
Telephone Exchange here. offers re-
ward for some recipe that will keep
hello" girls from falling in love AMI
getting married. In the last ten months
seven of his exchange girls have quit
their jobs to get married. and now 1t is
announced that anotner is engaged AMI
has given notice to her employer to set
another girl in her place.
Mr.. Wilkinson is at his wits ends.
and declares that all new girls coming
into the exchange will have to sign a
contract to the effect that they will not
marry within three years.
Mr.. Wilkinson got the idea after
reading the report OF meeting of g
school board that passed that sort OF
an anti-marriage resolution in refer
ence to lady teachers.
May Lose a Widow, Too.
And now Manager Wilkinson has a
new source of trouble. The chief ope--
ator, worried with the duties of con-
tinuously breaking In new girls. threat
ems to resign unless this marrying
ceases. The chief operator is an a. :.
tractive young widow. and one OF the
best telephone operators in the State.
Her services in the Williamsport ex-
change-which is the central for 4
big territory filled with small towns
could hardly be dispensed with; hen,e
Manager Wilkinson Is working harder
than ever to put an end to his ex-
change girls marrying themselves off
when they become proficient at the
switchboard.
One of the girls has won favor in his
eyes, however She was engaged, AMI
the date of her wedding was fixed. Man
ager Wilkinson was racking his head
to find a girl to take her place. when
the pretty miss announced to him that
the wedding was all or" and she has
settled back to her steady routine.
The Bell Telephone Exchange here
has long been noted for its pretty ope--
ators. OF the fifteen girls employed
therein there is not one who Is not at
The Washington times., 1902-09-29
REV. ". RADCLIFFE
HOME FROM VACATION
Services at New York Ave-
nue. Presbyterian Church.

The winter schedule of services at the
New York Avenue Presbyterian Church
was resumed yesterday morning and the
church opened for the first time since
early in the summer. when II was closed
in order 70 make some extensive i'm
provements. DR.. Wallace Radcliffe.
pastor OF the church. who has Just re-
turned from a summer out of town, con-
Quoted both the morning and evening
services.
In his sermon Of the morning DR.. Rad
cliffe discussed the analogy OF the taber-
nacle and the church Of today. pointing
out the fact that Moses was an ideal
architect and the people great church
builders. So earnestly did they work
and so generous were they In their Of
terings. giving sometimes the equivalen:
of million ana half dollars, that they
had to be restrained.
DR.. Radcliffe dwelt upon this gener-
osity Of the people to the holy edifices
and sketched the evolution Of the church
UP to the present time. large congre-
bdliOu was III GltcuuduCC, ulhuy VI tucul
strangers, while nearly all the parish
toner's were there to welcome their pas
tor after his vacation.
The church has been completely reno
waited and electric lights installed in
place Of gas. The principal changes
have been made in the main audience
room, the decorations being particularly
attractive. The ceiling is done in a
deep cream and white and the walls in
a pleasing shade of green. The hallE
are in old red and cream. New carpets
have been laid and the benches in the
Sunday school room have oeen removed
to give place to comfortable chairs.
Modern yentilating facilities have been
supplied and many other minor changes
made which add materially to the at
tractiveness and comfort OF the church.
The improvements have not been con-
fined to the interior, as the outside walls
OF the building have been repainted AMI
repaired, so that the old church has
teen practically converted into new
one. One of the features Of both serv-
ices yesterday was the excellent musical
program rendered by the quartet unde.
the direction OF the organist, Mr.. John
Porter Lawrence.
The Washington times., 1902-09-29
FUNERAL OF REV. DR..
R. |. N0URSE TODAY
Simple Ceremonies to Be Held in the
First Congregational Church, Falls
Church Va.

The funeral of Rev. Robert L. Nourse.
tbs lecturer. who died at his home in
Falls, Church. Va. Saturday evening.
will be held today in the Congregational
Church. that town. Rev. Franklin
Noble, of Falls Church, will officiate.
assisted by Rev. B. ". Pond. of Wash
ington.
DR.. Nourse was stricken with pa
ralysis four weeks ago, while preach
ing in the First Congregational Church
in this city. He never recovered. DR..
Nourse was sixty-two years old. He
was a native of Thetford, England, and
had been in this country twenty-seven
years. DR.. Nourse lived in Falls
Church fifteen years. He leaves four
children. Philip B. Nourse, business
man in Falls Church; Mrs. T. Talbot,
and the Misses Gertrude and Margaret
Nourse, also of Falls Church.
The Washington times., 1902-09-29

tractive. They are especially obligins
to patrons. too, and telephone men
from other cities who come here on
business say that there are fewer COM
plants concerning the service in VIII
Transport than anywhere else in the
State. This is one Of the evidences OF
the popularity of the exchange girls,
and Manager Wilkinson has no desire to
diminish the efficiency of this service
by having his old girls quit their places
to become brides.
The Washington times., 1902-09-29
CHILDREN IN RUNAWAY.

LANCASTER. Pa. Sept. 2S.-Yester-
day afternoon while two of the children
of Representative NJ. E. Olmsted, OF
Harrisburg. accompanied by two nurses,
we're going to the Lancaster railroad
station from his country residence near
Lancaster. to meet him. their team ran
away on Orange Street. Before going
far the vehicle was wrecked against a
tree. and it's occupants were thrown out,
but all escaped serious injury.
The Washington times., 1902-09-29
DECLARES ISLAND OF
GUAM is BANKRUPT
Mr.. H. H. Hiatt, Of Nebraska, a Teacher,
Returns Home After Year Spent in
the Schools.

Mr.. H. H. Hiatt says the Island OF
Guam is bankrupt. Mr.. Hiatt is teach
er from Nebraska. who is visiting Wash
ington, having Just returned from year
in the schools of Guam. He says these
have been closed because there is no
money with which to maintain them.
and that the courts will soon close for
the same reason. All public work, he
says. must be suspended.
The cause of the bankrupt condition.
says Mr.. Hiatt, is that the appropriation
Of $685. 900 for the island, originally car
ried in the naval appropriation bill, was
stricken out before that measure became
a law.
The Washington times., 1902-09-29
SECRETARY SHAW TO
MAKE MANY SPEECHES
Tour to Open at Custom House Corner
stone Laying in New York and Close
in Omaha.

Secretary Shaw has arranged to make
speeches in several cities next month.
beginning in New York October I. on
the occasion of the laying of the corner
stone of the new custom house. and end
ing In Omaha just before election. His
itinerary will be as follows:
New York. Boston. Hartford. Balti-
more, Columbus. Indianapolis, Prince
ton. Ind, Terre Haute. Ann Arbor. De-
troit. Milwaukee. Minneapolis. Sioux
Falls, Yankton. Wayne. Neb. and
Omaha