Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-05-08
Current Comment 7ol liS Want afoqi 20 kneS Msers

Prof. +. w. Mey lert, will not be
out of order.
Prof. Meylert has held the Office
of superintendent nine years con-
tinuously, and has filled that very
responsible position with wisdom.
!. lie has at all tim' injected new life /
and enthusiasm i'm the school work, |
and has been power that has |
achieved remarkable degre of !
advancement in the schools of our
| county. He has not only taught our
instructors of the public schools how
/ to teach effectively, but he has taught
to all the useful lesson that fidelity
of ii public. man to conscience is re-
warded with the sincerest popular
love and confidence. Several years
ago he was registered as student at
! law with Hon. +. NJ. Dunham, and
has devoted all his leisure time to
/ study of that Profession. After COM
/ pleting the course of study Hs pre-
! scribcd blythe rules of court he will
apply for admission and engage in
F., the practice of law in this county.
May his shadow never grow less.
The Abbey Press, III Fifth Ave-.
4 New York, announce, the immedi-
ate publication Of a novel by Ellery
fP. Ingham, entitled "At the Point
] of the sword, A romance of the
Netherlands, UP mo-, 100 pages, price
sl.5O, concerning which the Phia.
Times says:
CELERY bingham, former United States
:. District Attorney, has written historical
Aromance. entitled "At the Point Of the
Sword" which will be issued during the
summer. The story deals with the relg
ious and political times in the reign OF
Philip l.. of Spain in the Netherlands.
and the religious oppression which pro
l.voke ed III 500 revolt Of that and seven
other northern dependencies. The heroine
is Protestant, who, under prctense OF
love. espouses the Roman Catholic faith.
and then becomes attached to the Spanish
court. Intrigue and the tagrant corup-
ton of court and state are depicted with
the accuracy OF history. The author is a
defendant OF family OF Judges and liter
ary men. His father was presiding Judge
! of sullivan county, this State, aud Mr.
, Ingham since his connection with the
, District Attorneys office has compiled
several law books IN addition to his re-
, cent excursion into the field of fiction.
The above notice was the first in
J timation that the people of Iaporte
had that our friend and neighbor
Ellery + Ingham was the author of
] a novel, and as he had kept the fact
!, in the back ground the News Item
) approached him for such information
! as could be obtained about the new
hook Mr.. lngham said:
"If YOU think it will be of any in
terest to your readers | shall he glad
to give YOU any Information you de-
: sire about my story. 1t was written
for my own amusement. Some
2 friends who read the manuscript in
duced me to submit it to the pub
fishers who accepted it and the book
i'm now i'm press. 1t is Il romance of
the Netherlands the period selected
being that Of the Regency of the
Duke of Peruna. The chief value Of
the story, if it has any, lies in the
fact that the historical portion Of the
tale is accurately presented. The
wonderful struggle for liberty which
the Dutch made against the Spanish
$ is one of the most Truthful and in
] tcrcstihg periods of history, yet it is
, little, known, comparatively to Eng
lish readers. In II short story. only II
glimpse of this fifty years struggle
: could be given, but have tried to
t make this glimpse Il true one. OF
!. course there is Il love story, the in
, tcrest turning on n Protestant rebel
: hero and Catholic lady of high
degree who is loyal to the King.
e They have troubles, of their own,
e with adventures by flood and field. y
Il The appearance of the book will
4 be watched for with interest by Il
e large number of people in this see
i ton of the State, where it will no
doubt meet with large sale. In
l. due timc VIC hope to print a more
/. extended criticism of the book.