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A New Crawford Novel.

The latest novel Of F. Marion Craw-
ford. like some Of the best Of his for
mer work. has in it a touch Of the occult.
but Cecilia" is in no way reminiscent Of
anything else that he has written The
scene is laid I'm Rome. and the heroine
IS Roman girl Of distinct and delicate
individuality. not quite like any other
character 10 modern fiction. She is "a
person. not q type" and the reader
feels. az the end OF tine book. that he
has literally made her acquaintance. ana
that ne Is not likely to find her proto-
type in real life. This, however, is noN
because she Is not true 90 life. but be
cause her personality is unusual, the
product Of peculiar circumstance. acting
upon a nature idealjstic. dreamy and
sensitive. with certain strong predisposi-
tiOns OF its own.
The hero. while not less strong in
character. is OF less uncommon char
acteristics. being simply strong. brave
and loval man. OF rugged masculiuity
and simple but rather lofty ideals. One
Of these ideals IS that Of being true to- q
friend. and another demands that he re-
spect the wishes Of his lady. The plot
compels him TO choose between his
hearts desire and truth toward his
friend while IL lays much the same
problem before Cecilia. It is a simple
plot. but. with its new accessories and
developments, wonderfully effective. lu
fact. the simplicity OF this novel makes
IL one or the most fascinating OF Mr.
Crawford's stories % italian life. Tie has
not introduced too many people. The
canvas Is not large. but every detail is
perfect
The occult element enters in the form
Of teiepathy. with a hint at The theory
Of reincarnatiou. that strangely attrac-
tiYc notion with which many modern
Loyclists have played. Cecilia has from
childhood dreamed OF time when She
was a Roman vestal. The last OF her or
der. woocd by a stranger. sort of NiE-
ing-man. nasterluI but yot of "a child
like simplicity. She half believes that
IN some former life she has actually
been such q vostal aus lived such ro-
nance. Then the hero Of her romance
appears IN person. and the action OF enc
story begins. It is a picturesque theme
and The author has treated it with rare
dciicacy and power
one OF The most attractive OF the
heroine characteristics is her youth
which contrasts with her somewhat
complex originality OF character in a
way which is almost uncanny- Yet shl
Is not oue OF those prcccclous enfants
territlcs with whom some modern book.
are plagued She has wlnsouonoss
which comes Of her essential truthful
ness and loyalty Of nature.
She Is a woman who might have been
a yestai but am the same she is "a
woman therefore 20 be won" Lam
bert's instinct regarding her De- a true
one Among the finest touches IN the
book is the scene in which be follows
this instinct. believing IA her against all
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was so badly wounde, shat he was
-caIly cxcusabIc for tLr'5iug it could
not hurt him. he had 20 take his
thrsshing all the same. Many deeds
of daring are included In this record;
indeed. DO sounds like one of the old
fashioned adventure stories of South
Africa. but ,h.y are told in q matter
'0f-faet way which IS exceedingly pic
urcsquc. considering the material We
are informed that Kruger shot five lions
e hen out hunting by himself and he
docs not rcmgmhmor how many be shot
when IN hunting parties. that D. should
.hiuk' he bad killed scme thirty or
forty elephants. and THAT ON ono oc-
rasfan D.. introduced himself into cave
suI of hostile Ka@-s. and as the cave
was dark. made them think. by talking
TO sham u their own language. that
ne was one of themselves. SO JHat they
looked Tor the white man everywhere
except in the crowd. where he was.
When ne had returned 20 his own camp
he was soundly scolded by his captain
+ for recklcssncss in taking unnecessary
risks
Hunting was. for the Boer Of those
days. not an amusement. but part OF
Che days work. and Kruger tells us
chat hunting parties often took along
Two or three wagon loads OF poor people
30 that they might have the game After
AN apprenticeship Of this sort. Kruger
took his part as soldier. captain. and
.commandant in the native wars, and
cives account OF several OF his talks
With the native chiefs. A little later
he enters politics and diplomacy at
about the same time and the conflict
with British interest begins. From this
point the autobiography is favored with
bitterness. The writer shows absolute
distrust Of the English. and there is no
qualification in his sarcasms whenever
be touches upon things British. An ex-
ample Of this indeed the summing mp
OF his attitude toward England. is found
in the chapter on The InterreEnum. %
I'm which he says:
England always remains true TO her
self. she makes assertions and as soon
as she is given the opportunity Of con-
vincing herself of their inaccuraCy re-
sorts 10 cowarIly and insipid evasions,
but az the same time repeats her assCr-
tions until she herself and sometimes
the world with her. begins TO believe iu
/ their truth"
One Of the keenest Of his sarcasms on
/ the subject is q speech which be made at
the time Of Sir BartIe Frerc's meeting
a deputation Of Transvaalcrs az Cape
/ Town. Il is this.
During our stay at Cape Town a
member Of the upper house came TO
/ Joubcrt and me TO invite us TO pay "a
visit 20 Sir Bartle Frere. We refused:
but. when the invitation was repeated
and it was added that Sir Bartle wished
to speak 20 us privately, said.
L viii come II you can tell me which
Sir Bartle Frere it is that wishes 20 sec
me. for I know four Of them. The first
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4
It was a torerone conclusion that one
OF the most interesting and valuabl,
books Of the year would be "Tho Me-
moirs OF Paul Kruger" written 10y him
self. not only because his has been al
extraordinary life. FUN Of rcmarka1Ia
literary material but because coutcmpo-
rory literature of the Bocr war. for
the benefit or future historians. should
be made by the men who we're on the
spot President Kruger was not only
the head of the Transvaal Republic. ne
practically was the republic; more Than
that he is the incarnation of the Dutch
South African race. and what De does
not bnov of it's life i.s ideals. and .ts
history is not known to- the men of hIz
people There is, OF course. another
view OF the South African question. and
IL Cecil Rhodes had lived we should per
haps have had 81 I'm his Autobiography.
But the man who bred cities in place
of speech" died silent. as he lived. and
left his lieutenants 20 speak for him
Kruge~ speaks for himself.
To many people the earlier chapters
OF the book viii be most interesting. Ir
them the old Dutchman tells Of his pi-
oneer life as a boy in the wilderness. of
the making Of the republic and Of wars
with the native tribes These take uU
about a third OF the book. Then comes
the struggle with the British Empire
which brought the Boer into the blaze of
a worldwide publicity. and made the is-
sue not colonial or local. but interua-
tional
There is no padding and 10 wasting
OF words i'm this book. The story IS a
simple one. simply told and 30 must br
confessed that If Paul Krugcr's view OF
things is narrow. So is straight RE is
like the man Of whom his wife said
You may not see far. Jack: but you dc
see the end OF your nose distinctly
Shrcwd wise. cautious. and sagacious
according to his lights is this old B0er
and there Is no confusion, graudilo-
quence. or frivolity about his ideas. II
horse-sense could settle great issues he
would have been master Of the si'ua-
tion: but. unfortunately. intornationa
questions are sometimes a mass Of com
piicatious requiring slow and patient
and often tortuous. methods foI
their Acknowledgement Kruger has dealt
not only with crooked men on his own
ice and on the other, but with events
those crookedness dcfied logic.
In the earlier chapters little glimpscS
are given Of the wilderness school in
which he was reared. He relates an in-
sident Of a hunting trip in which he and
lis companion agreed that If either
should needlessly expose himself "a
Danger. or allow a wounded animal Il
escape through cowardice the other
should give him q sound thrashing
Kruger came nea. being killed by 2
wounded rhinoceros. and though he pro-
tested against the accusation Of rcck-
lessness. claiming that the animal
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north Of the republic. here 20 reorean-
izc and recoumcnce the struggle. Butt
had no choice I mus, either submit 20
the decision or allow myself To De taken
prisoner. My ago prevented me from
ridinE and it was. therefore. impossible
for me 20 accompany Che commandos
further On the other hand. it was a
consolation 90 leave the governments in
the hands OF such true men as Schalk
Burger Eeitz. Louis Botha, and de Ia
Roy. and knew the loyal support which
they would receive from the noble Pres
idcnt Steyn. On The evening of the 10th
OF SCuJembcr we took leave of one an
ether at Nelspruit. ANA I was left alone
with the escort which the executive Rad
had given me Tor my protection.
ION The next day. after spending the
night at Crocodile Poort, I began my
long pilgrimage to Europe. a journey tho
result of wH3=a neither had nor could
have been anticipated. From Crocodile
Fo0rt ! Travelled i'm the private railway
carriage Of the manager Of the Neither
lands South African Railway Company.
At HcctorsDruit waited a few hours for
President steyn and a few other friends.
who had come there TO take leave Nf NE.
and then continued my journey TO 10
renzo Marques over KomaH Poort. the
last station in the republic. past the
frontier station. Besano Garsea. where
the director Of the Portuguese railway
. took cusrEe OF the train on the next
day, The Portuguese governor arrived
and said that he had been instructed to
take me 10 his own house as the guest
Of the Portuguese government When I
showed some hesitation. the governor
declared that I must accompany him at
+ once and that. II I refused he must en-
ploy force. This action on the part OF
/ the Portuguese government must un-
. d0ubJediy be ascribed TO the pressure
brought TO bear upon it by the British
. government, fer The Portuguese governor
governed only In name, the real gov
ornor was the British consul at DelaEoa
. Bay. Governor Machado. who was prob
ably fulfIirg a disagrceaBle task much
against his own wish. treated me with
great Eju1nass. but would not allow me
TO move without accompanying me. This
situation lasted some weeks. during the
/ whole of which time I was practically
a prisoner ia the governors house and
. 80 was there that I kept my seventy-afth
birthday. I was not allowed to receive
+ the CONCENTRATIONS Of the burghers vho
'thrcnged the town and who were rsfuetd
20 shouting good luck 20 me from the
street outside
The frst ray OF light that broke
through this night Of affection was The
Queen Of Hollands offer TO carry me 70
Europe on a mau-Of-war. an act which
was appreciated in the highest degree
'by the whole Boer nation
The book contains an excellent por-
.traft OF President Kruger az rfoais ssiHJs.
and a aap Of South Africa. iNeW York;
/ Tie Century Company
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address. fin which thousands OF school
boys iu philadelphia. the children OF q
city which was The FIRST TO declare jts
Independence OF Great Britain. sent q
message Of sympathy TO- the leader OF
the people which was now engaged ia
defending it's independence against Che
same nation. lie also handed me O.
T-cusvaaI Gag which had been embroid-
cred III America I thanked Che boy and
The American gentleman who had accom-
panied him. and. one hour later when
iJ was already dark. ] drove with few
faithful friends TO Eerste Fabriekeu. the
FIRST station Oh the eastern line From
there J went by railway. over Niddol-
burg. 90 Iachadod0rp. where the seat o.
government was Professionally establish
cd J lived in ,ne railway carriage. 90
which a telegraph apparatus had been
fitted. my work was no less arduous
shan 40 Pretoria and I was constantly
sending kilograms to encourage the
aurphers in lhe fight
The Grst days OF June are among the
darkest Of my life. On the 5th of June
Lord Roberts occupied Pretoria. and
many Of the burghers. discouraged by re-
cent events. listening TO the tempting
. proclamations by which that general
sought TO sCduce them from their allie
glance and their duty to the land and
people. laid down their arms and took
the oath Of neutrality. warned and adj
monishcd them, for my faith I'm the fu-
turc was sJilI mistaken.
..On the Ith OF June I sent the follow
.ug telegram 20 all the officers:
Tell the burghers that it viii avail
them nothing 90 lay down their arms. as
Lord Roberts has issued a proclamation
that in future ne viii release TO more
burghcrs on their oaths. since ne has
found chat the burghers continue 20 fight
in spite of their oaths. lie has. more
over. decided to take all male persons
above twelve years Of age prisoners.
whether they De armed or not. II they
are taken prisoners, they VIII be sent 90
St. Helena. Ckildren also are therefore
no LONGER safe. We have resolved 10 fight
TO The end. BE faithful and night in the
name Of the Lord for they who fee and
leave their positions OF run away from
commando are fleeing straight TO ST.
Helena
He continues the story Of his flight as
follows:
"u my departure from Pretoria was a
bitter blow 10 me. my departure. under
sush soroWful circumstance, from the
land o which had devoted my Ule was
d0ubly bitter / saw it swarming with
tho enemy, who. in his arrogance. was aI-
ready declaring that the war was over
and that oaly guerrilla bands now infast-
cd the country ] had 90 bid sood-by 20
the men who had stood beside me for so
many years and 20 leave my country. my
friends and the little band Of lion heart
cd Fighters who, surrounded as they were
or every side. had now TO make their way
through an uu.nkabited district to the
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slept baB che Tim, ia .hc saddle lie has
made himself hoa-sc singing 'San Bass
and Tho Dying Ranger To keep the cat
'c qg.a. and s,avc of s-lUur-cs ls has
ridden ton ponies 60 eha'ows iu his tweu-
ty dayt os driving wherefore and nlur-
ally Your cowboy lcels IKE rs.aziug.
once the herd is Of his hands and his
mind tho coutcv uabucEles suj rer0-es
himself from bis laLors. He becomes
deeply and nmolsly drunk. Huugerins
for excitement of play hc collldea auia-
bly, with faro and monte and what other
deadfals are rife Of the place. Never
docs he uiu. for the games aren't ar
ranged that way. But be enjoys himself.
and hia losses 90 not prey upon him..
iNcw YORK. Frederick A. Stokes Com
panyD
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as his other stories of that region. The
time is the eighteenth century. and the
characters belong 90 French Canada for
The mos. part. though one is an English
man There is an Introductory letter 10
Sir WilfriI Lauier. I'm the authors
characteristic style. Tho Illustrations
are worthy o. the text 0New York
Doubleday. Page g. Coz
"The March of the White Guard. " pub
lished % year or two ago. when the
Canadian stories OF Gilbert Parker were
bciu- read by everybody and now re-
printed i'm an illustrated edition, is ono of
the most exquisite of his studies os hue
uan nature iu au eu~lroruent OF silence
and SNOW. Dc has am The idealisu aud
beauty Iris bose work, though hardly
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fortunately tho roart.r ,ru ro- ,.a-,-bt
i'm t5a rra fr- now rrv at -.e r--ir.-eI.,
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that They have burnt tBei- f,re-e in
specuIafion and now fbov want IN re-
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Bartle Frore through his answer 20 ovr
petition for the repeal OF the annexa-
uon. he then said that De had informed
the British government ,hat he had met
some five Thousand OF the best Beers az
Kleinfoutein. ana that ue recommended
their petition 20 the governments ear
nest consideration. Afteruari Z saw iu
day. a Sir Bartle Frere. obviously q
fourth. had informed The British G7y-
crnmcut that he had met only a handful
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"The Lane chat Had 40 Turning" by
Sir Gilbert Farher. has appeared in a
ROW edition. with numerous Illustrations
ay Frank 2. Echocu0ycr- This pathetic
but charming story is one OF the authors
Canadian tales. and those who have not
already read 81 VIII End it as delightful!
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p7oeiato something besides the latest
fashion In literature. If. on She con-
trary. they prefer Hall Caine to- Thccs-
cray. ana jerome 20 Dickens. tAey vill
90 wen 10 Oct the book alone. tNcw
York john Lane. The BcdIcy-Heall
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came to uz a; IlIoinf0ntoin and assured
us that De had not come with the sword
but as q messenger q peace But
later cr. I read in an English Blue Book
that on the same day a Sir Bartlc
Frerc. thc second. therefore. had written
10 the British government. III only
had had enough guns and men. I would
made the acquaintance Of the third Sir
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new JeTSey.J
tect of his own fortunes. He is
rated as millionaire and is known
throughout the country as the
founder and president of the Pru-
Dental Life Insurance company, of
Newark, N. j., but his wealth and
prominence were attained solely
through his own efforts and by dint
of extraordinary energy, persist
ence and hard work, unaided by
speculation. Born ON farm near
Pennington, Me-, August 7, 1889, his
life has been as rugged as the noun
tains of his native state. His first
essay for himself was at Yale, whith-
er he went to fit himself for the bar,
but his health gave way under close
study and he turned his attention to
life insurance, subject in which he
had become greatly interested while
at college. He began active opera
tions 27 years ago, with an Office
staff numbering only three persons
and an outfit costing not more than
5000. To-day he has under him
more than 10000 persons in all parts
of the country. Besides being a
man of rare executive ability, Mr..
Dryden is a good talker. He lives in
a modest way. and it is doubtful IL
one in ten of his Newark neighbors
knew until recently what political
party he supports.
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ton high school, where he remained
for two years. He then became prin-
cipal of the state high school at Nor
NAL, ILL.,, and remained in that posi-
tion for four years. In 1883 he was
called to the university of Pennsyl-
vapia.
1t was in the University of Penn
sylvania that Prof. James work in
economics first attracted attention.
He was made professor of public ad-
ministration, and soon he organized
the graduate school of the university.
He also was director of the Wharton
school of finance and economy-the
first school of finance and commerce
and industry in America. He was ed
itor of the Political Economy and
Public Law Studies, issued by the
university.
For 13 years Prof. James remained
Mt the head of the University of Penn
sylvania public administration de-
partment, until it became one of the
strongest of any American university.
In February, 1896, he was called to
the University of Chicago.
Prof. James is known outside of
university life for his active interest
in public affairs, as a writer and
speaker. He was one of the organ
izers of the American Economic as
sociation, and the organizer of the
American academy of political and So
cial science. He was president of the
society and editor of it's publication
for IL years.
One of Prof. James educational
hobbies has been the extension of
commercial education In American
| colleges and universities. He was
sent to Europe by the American
Bankers association in 1892 to re-
port on the education of business
| men in Europe.
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versity, Evanston, Ill, Ia
Scholar of Great Fame.

Prof. Edmund James James was
born on May 21, 1855, at Jacksonville,
Ill. He prepared for college in the
classical school connected with the
state normal school at Bloomington,
from which he graduated in 1873. He
then entered the Northwestern uni
versity, remaining only one year. In
1875 he entered Harvard and from
there went to Berlin, Leipsic and
Halle, receiving his masters and doc
tors degrees in 1877.
When he returned to America in
1878 he became principal of the Evans
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"And how is your wife, Mr.. Pursing-
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long time"
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