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experiences with her husband after mar
riage. One is net quite sure what these
may have been, but they are certain 20
be interesting because she Is. Even
should she settle down .nto the tamest
of matrons, that would be interesting.
because throwing further light upon her
character. 1t will be seen by this that
Mr.. Hardy has achieved an unusual sue
cess in his heroine.
The scene OF the story is laid for the
most part in a country house near New
York. Paul Graham, Mrs. Kensett' 3
cousin; Margaret Frazer. his nancee.
and Margaret's stepmother. Laurirda
Frazer. make I'd the rest OF the On e.
with few minos characters. Among
the latter. Mr.. Pearson, a neighboring
farmer. Is cspltally drawn. Mr.. Hardy
is one OF the rare writer's who are
equally successful whatever they touch.
like Midas His farmers talk like far
mers, and hts business men like busi-
ness men; rarest, perhaps, of all. the
women in his stories are as natural as
the men. The atmosphere. moreover, is
so perfectly preserved that one has the
feeling Of living and moving in the en-
vironment which he describes. There
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are few who have read THE Wind OF
Destiny who viii ever forget Dinant,
or the little country village with its two
or three fine houses. where Gladys life
came to it's tragic end; few readers OF
But Yet a Woman" who can disso-
ciate from the story the little salon in
Paris. In like manner the names OF
Mabel Temple, Reginald Head, Mar
garet Warrener, Dolly Kensett, Paul
Graham, Jack Temple. will bring to
mind the sparkle OF winter air and the
energetic comfort of a well-orderea
country house. This has been adver-
tised as a New York novel. but there is
very little OF New York In it save in
the characters OF Jack Temple and his
daughter. What there is. however, is
pictured with the same unerring touch.
This is>a book which is a JOY 20 read
simply because OF the perfection OF Its
style: and II is one which can be read
more than once. The art OF IL Is OF
that kind which is so perfect as 10 seem
no art. Arthur Sherburne Hardy is one
of our masters ot the American Ian
guage, and they are few enough for the
title to be something of a distinction.
Boston: Houghton, Mifnin Coz
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STORY OF FRENCH CANADA
Il Pleasing Nayratos Concerning Priest and HIS Sister.

the broad shoulders in the cassock. the
big, Drowned hand on the open pages OF
the book; the rOugh-cut features. the
eyes looking from under heavy brows,
keen and direct She would remember
him. too. as he had stood before the
altar OF the church he himself had built,
as he had listened with the patience OF
strength TO the garrulous plants OF old
men and women: as he had won the con-
fidence OF children. as he had entered
with real sympathy into the pleasures
and sorrows of all the pleasures
and sorrows which had never held great
interest for her. There would be so
much TO remember He had been her
sturdy protector in the time OF her
troublous childhood when there had
been only two considerations which
would withhold her from all the sins
of infancy-that she had consented to
be put upon her honor or that she would
be hurting Jean"
Altogether. the author has done a re-
maTkably good piece Of work By a Gu
rious coincidence. il might we'll have
received the name OF her former novel.
The Heritage of Unrest" for a heri-
tage OF unrest IS surely the possession
Of both brother and sister. and of the
Englishman who comes TO bring them
perplexity and trouble. II is the test OF
a good novel. as or good acting. that
certain words and passages stand out
in the memory when the story is I'm
ished. The salient passage in this book
is that at the end OF Anne's confession
Of her love. and of her decision to fol-
low its leading. when she declares her
self unfit for bis home. and better in
some other place. To this the young
cure only says:
Anne. you have said a great many
things that have hurt me today. but
none so much as this"
1t is the key to the mans character.
that speech. with its simple hearted
loyalty and love. Jean Carmel is a hero
worth having. priest though Se may be.
New York: The Macmillan Company.D
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Good Stories of Life in tie Emerald Isle BY George Moore

TN The Untitled Field" George Moore
has written a collection Of stories
which are tust about what one
might expect from the author OF Evelyn
Innes." dealing with Irish bog-land.
This Is not saying that they are not
clever, for they are: nor that they are
not artistic. for they are that, too, IN a
way. But Mr. Moore is much better TT
ted. as a novelist. for London streets
moreover. in this particular book he
appears as a man possessed OF an icea.
aud the results are uniovely His idea
is that the Catholic church is crushing
the heart and soul out of the irish peas
antry; and though he does not suggest
any substitute for the church. he states
in unqualified terms again and again
that the influence OF the priest viii he
the death OF the Irish race.
|, One does not exactly see the logic Of
this. since by the novelist's own account
the Irish arc getting away from the
conditions which he describes by emil
grating 10 America, where the race is
certainly not dying out. and where II is
certainly about as religious as Is in any
way necessary. Two things may account
for Mr.. Moore's somewhat melancholy
view OF Ireland-One, that he il rot by
nature fitted to sec much that is inter
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posed Of ladies who had announced their
Intention, somewhat late, of taking part
in the campaign; and that address
tIckled the hearts of a good many tho1-
sands of men who would have liked to
say the same thing themselves on occa-
sions. It is a fact that women. OF the
kind whom he addressed, have no bust
ness In politics, and that women in gen
eral, unless they are to have the suffrage
and take the matter seriously. DO more
harm than good, precisely because they
are women. Their presence introduces
a complex and irresponsible influence.
which cannot be counted upon or con
trolled. The introduction of universal
suffrage would really be less miscellaneous
than the irresponsible working of women
only half-educated in politics, for ends
which they only half understand. MIR.
Jerome saw the situation as sensible
man naturally would, and he was brave.
He told them the honest truth. Many
people will remember reading It with
mingled emotions at the time.
Keep Above Fourteenth Street.
The first thing to do in a matter Of
this kind" he said, as 10 get rid OF a
lot Of nonsense. A very good friend OF
mine came to me the other day to tell
me that there is a proposition on foot
TO organize the women of the city 70
work for the Fusion ticket They are to
90 into the iaborers' homes. to do can
vassing, to distribute literature, to prove
themselves in general a great force IN
this campaign. I told him in the name
of God to keep those women above Four
teenth Street; and ! tell you the same
thing now. The people below Fourteenth
Street have a pride to the full as great
as your own; they are not asking for
as for instruction, they are more com
petent 10 give 1t you than you are 10
give it them. The women below Four
teenth Street have forgotten more about
politics than in all likelihood you will
ever learn. To them politics is not an
abstraction, 1t is not a thing that they
read about in books and in an editorial
in the Evening POST II is a part of the
gossip and business OF their day.
Talk to an East Side audience. and
you don't need to explain a political sit
uation with diagrams. You can't 20
down into their homes TO work: you can't
go down In rustic of fine clothes and
say TO a woman who works or TO the wife
OF man who works: Won't Won pIease
get your sweetheart or your husband to
vote for Mr.. Low? l know he is the best
man. and here is a pamphlet that tells
all about 1t. / have not read all of the
pamphlet, and am not sure what a good
deal that have read means, but I know
that II is true. But please have your
sweetheart Or husband vote for Mr.. Low
anyhow You would lose more votes in
ten minutes In big tenement house
than we can gain in a week Your in
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A FIGHT FOR THE CITY" by

- A FIGHT FOR THE CITY" by
a Alfred Holder. is concise.
graphic. and picturesque ac-
count OF the New York election I'm which
William Travers Jerome played lead
ing part: in which. indeed. from Mr..
Holders statement. he occupied the cen
ter Of the stage all the time. Adherents
of Mr.. Jerome will pronounce this a
rafting good book his opponents will
be quite as hearty in their objection to
1t. for it comes near being a campaign
document for the use of that energetic
champion o. reform. However. 1t IS an
interesting piece Of work from any point
of view
Certainly No Fake"
Mr.. Holder knows his material per-
sonaIly. having been closely assOciat' d
with the reform leaders throughout that
memorable period of reconstruction. and
whatever criticism may be made on his
took. it certainly cannot be admitted
that he has faxed" anything he has
quoted his leader literally. as be was
quoted in the newspapers at the time,
and heard by thousands OF people in New
York itself. and whatever deductions hc
draws from these speeches may be ac-
cepted or rejected as the reader chooses.
The author is known as a clever novelist
on his own account. but better known rs
the co-author with Josiah F1ynt Of
Powers That Prey" a brilliant study
O. Eph
two years ago. and he gives account OF
his own somewhat curious experience in
connection with this election, when he
underwent a change Of convictions on
the subject of practical politics. He
SAYS:
1T happened that 1 had written In my
academic days book directed against
both skeptIcIsm and so-ca1led idealism
in philosophy. In the interest OF the
realism OF the man of science. and OF
the plain man; a book which was essen
TALLY a plea for loyalty. even in meta
physics. and even. for reasons strictly
metaphysical. 20 truth and fact. The
principles of that book 1 was intending
to illustrate further with references to
literary criticism. and with refer cnce to
politics in the United States. The volume
on politics had been planned already; II
was 70 have begun with defense, al
though a qualified defense. of Isn,rlany;
it was 20 have continued with an at
tack upon so-called reformers. and to
have concluded with the exposition Of a
system Of reform quite differ mt from
theirs-a system OF loyalty TO truth and
fact 4 living man fc Of mora M
than any system. and an experiment
than any theory I found myself record
ing a campaign Instead OF celebrating
the book | had projected. or even plying
my more immediate trade of novelist -
Perhaps as good pen portrait of Mr.
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RI A NNE CARMEL" by Gwendolen
"a Overton. is a story OF French
Canadian life nossessing

~ NNE CARMEL by Gwendolen
"A overton. is a story Of French
Canadian life. possessing
somewhat unusual merit. 1t is practical
" a story of two people. priest and
his beautiful and hayward sister The
scene is laid in a little French Canadian
village, and all the characters except
three are drawn from the life OF this
village. The exceptions are Harnett,
Anne's English lover, and the two
Thornes. brother and sister. who disturb
the peace of mind OF the young priest
But the latter, in spite of their import
ant relation TO the development OF the
plot. scarcely count so far as interest il
concerned. The attention of the reader
is taken up with Jean Carmel and the
sister whom he fondly calls La P'tite
Chose"
These two people are wildly human.
alive and lovable from first to last, and
in the young cure we have notable ad-
dition TO the company OF French Cana
dian priests OF noble spirit who have
been drawn by one novelist and another.
Jean Carmel Is Of the same stuff as Pere
Michaux. OF Miss Woolson's creation.
Pere EtIenne. the gentle village priest OF
Mr.. Howells Quality Of Mercy" Mary
Hartwen Catherwoods Dollier de Cas-
son, and Conan Doyle's Father Jogues-
different characters enough, but all pos
sessing the sweet-spirited humanity
quick intuition. and answering devotion
to duty, which seem TO mark the joining
OF Catholic asceticism with French
Canadian impulsiveness and vigor. II is
a curious fact that in not one>hovel OF
French Canada does the village priest
appear as anything but an extremely
likeable character. 1t may be, as the
author OF the novel intimates, that the
spirit Of Laval, OF Jogues. OF BreboeuE
of the fiery spirited Jesuits who bv
scores sought martyrdom at the hands OF
the Iroquois. has remained 10 brood over
the country they loved. and. softened
with the passing of the centuries, has
given 10 the modern French Canadian
priest their love OF sacrifice and help
fulness, without their love OF power. At
any rate. that is the way they are paint
ed in current fiction, and Jean Carmel is
one of the finest OF the company.
Anne herself Is one of those women
who have changed the history of king
doms, and her troubles mostly arise
from the fact that she is IN the wrong
place-a thoroughbred among mOngrels-
The relation of the brother and sister.
while a singular theme for a novel. Is
really the central idea of this fascinat-
ing story. and it's charm. as here treated.
is undeniable- Typical OF the style of
the book is this passage. in which the
priest is described as Anne sees him.
on the verge OF leaving her old life
for one which she dimly sees TO be full
OF misery and restlessness.
she would remember him as he was
now in the years TO come. In the dark
future which was surely ahead for her
she would see the circle OF lamplight,
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terest in city politics. and that of So
called decent people generally. has come
too late; you do not know what you are
talking about; you are perfect children
about what is happening in this city.
There are only two helpful things you
ladies can do. 1t is too late for you to
do any real work in politics in this cam
paign; it IS too late for you to learn
how; but it is not too late for YOU
to raise money. There are a great many
men on the East Side and elsewhere who
know what you do not, and who would be
glad 20 work for a decent city. and who
cannot, because they have families TO
support and are dependent on their daily
work for their daily bread. Help us to
get the money to pay those men to 20
out and work for US in the homes Of PEG
pie they know. OF people whose lives
they share. and whose language they
speak, and you win be doing the only
thing in your power OF service to us at
the moment After the campaign, and
for the rest of your lives, there Is one
thing more that you can do. and that is
to clean your own homes, and 10 keep
them clean, before you undertake 10
clean the homes of the people below
Fourteenth Street. I know, and you
know. what society in the brownstone
districts and in Newport is; there IS
abundant missionary work cit out for
you right there in conditions that you
are familiar with and understand
Look to Your Own Doorstep.
Before you women set out to clean
other peoples homes, clean your own
homes; before yeu talk of coming below
Fourteenth Street to make the men there
vote right. make your own men vote
right: in the meantime leave the district
below Fourteenth Street TO the manage
ment of the people living below Four
teenth Street; they are quite able to take
care OF themselves.
This may seem rough talk. and some
have argued from the way in which the
audience took IT, that women like to be
bullied. This is not exactly correct
When they are in earnest. they like to
be told the truth, and they are too often
put off with pretty lies.
When Mr. Holder leaves Mr. jerome.
however, and seeks 10 analyze the An
glo-Saxon character. he gets himself
somewhat tangled up. He begins by
denouncing what he calls the adminls-
trative lie, meaning by this the state
ment Of certain ideals IN the form OF
law, when It is impossible for the law
10 be enforced. The plea which he
makes Is for the recognition OF the ac-
tual state OF affairs, and the framing OF
laws which can be enforced: and he
seems TO think IT is hypOcritical for the
Auglo-Saxon to try to pull the com
munity up to an ideal which II cannot
reach. Along with the administrative
lie he places such catchwords as ha se
led men to battle; for instance, liberty,
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n Ne7V Bird B00k.
II Discussion Of tie FSakhered
Irz6e'S Relation 10 Man.

GDRDs IN THEIR RELATION TO
n MAN IS new book about
birds, by Clarence NJ Weed.
professor of zoology and entomology in
the New Hampshire College Of Agrlcul-
ture. and Ned Dearborn. of the Field Co.
lumbar Museum. Chicago. II Is a book
of nearly 400 pages. copiously illustrated
and Is intended TO be a manual OF eco
nomic ornithology for the United states
and Canada.
The book ought 10 interest farmers
and agricuIturists. as we'll as students
Of birds. for it discusses particularly
those relations in which birds may serve
as the assistants OF the farmer, as ex-
torminators OF insects. 1t should also
prove attractive to the humane socie-
ties. who would do good service by
placing IL in village libraries and rec
ommending It's perusal by young people
all over the country.
One Of the points upon which the
authors lay especial stress is the need
of distinguishing harmless birds from
the few which are really nuisances. Sap
suckers, for example. are responsible
for the slaughter OF their innocent rela-
tives. who do not girdle trees. and there
are various kinds of hawks, shriSes. and
owls, some OF which feed upon chickens
ard some which do not.
Among the many interesting things in
the book is an extract from an old
chronicle. which proves that more than
800 years ago the value of birds as
police was recognized. This Is the pas
sage in question:
About Ballontide last past 0s5D in
the marshes Of Danesey Hundred, ii the
county OF Essex. there suddenly appear
ed an infinite number OF mice, which,
overwhelming the whole earth in the
sand marshes. did shear and gnawe the
grass by the roots. spoyling and taintinS
the same with their venOmOus teeth
in such sort that the catten which graz
ed thereon were smitten with a rnur-
rain: which verrnine by policy Of man
could not be destroyed. till at last it
came to pass that there focked together
such a number Of owls as all the shire
was able TO yield, whereby the marsh
holders were shortly delivered from the
vexation of said mice. The like Of this
was also IN Kent"
Nothing but condemnation is given the
pothunters who destroy birds for MILL
merry purposes. and much has been writ
ten of their depredations. but IT is not
so well known that many OF our song
birds are slaughtered and brought 10
market under the name OF reed-birds-
Il is here stated that a consignment Of
200 robins IN one lot was received by
Washington dealer as game, in the
spring Of 1897. philadelphia J. B. Lip
pincott Company
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esting in the lives OF poor peasants;
the other. that some Of the evils which
he lays to the priesthood are probably
caused by the climate and the poverty
of the soil. other countries. not church
ruled. are sending immigrants 20 Amer
lea in great numbers, and after all II
the Irish people live and increase in
this country, keeping their pride in
their race. as they generally do. the
race is certainly not lost. There seems
on the whole no reason for him TO be
quite SO much like a banshee about IT..
One thing Is certain, the Catholic
church In Ireland will not love Mr.
Moore for his book. Again and again
he presents the Irish clergy I'm an IN
envlable light-peering ove- walls to see
that no boys and girls are lettering in
the lanes, humping en- the door to
break up dance. hopping hastily into
lane TO chase home counting lovers
arranging marriages from a merceuarv
point of view. bounding a pretty girl
into exile because she has too many
lovers and keeps The parish stirred up
and doing other things Of the same sort
II there are any Irish priests in Irclsud
ike the ones pictured by him. n is DIFF
hcult 70 see how the quick -w!rtad
warm hearted. and impulsive Irish peas
ant either produced them or submitted
10 them. philadelphia: J. b. IIppincotr
Compan=)
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equality and fraternity. this nation can
not exist half slave and half free. sand
so on This is illogical and misleading
and absurd.
1t is undoubtedly right to frame the
laws so that they shall not be dead let
tiers on the statute books. That is ~om-
mon sense But to laugh at what Mr.
Holder calls decorative phrases, while
still admitting their usefulness, is RI
dicuious. Christ said. do unto others
as ye would that they should do unto
you"
Nobody with ordinary reason supposeg
that It is possible for this command to
be perfectly obeyed. We all do things
that we DO not wish others 20 DO TO
US; and yet It remains true that this
is the only absolutely Trustworthy rule
OF conduct There is a difference be-
tween a battlecry and a law on the
statute books. The one represents an
ideal; the other policy. In some cases
tho idealist pulls the community up 20
his level.
A Change in Sentiment.
Nobody thinks now that a nation could
exist half slave and half free; We. nifty
years ago many were earnestly declar-
ing that q could. The idealist is ahead
OF his time, that is all HIS ideals may
be possible to realize, or they may not.
Mr.. Holder declares the phrase "all
men are born free and equal" to be
merely ~ecorative and thrilling; yet is
not the career OF his idol, Mr. Jeroma.
strong proof that this saying is a
good deal nearer the truth than some
proved that the plain man. as voter.
is about equal IN sense and govern
ing power to the man of the brown
stone districts7 II not. then Mr.. Hod-
ders book is all out of plumb
II is always a question, moreover,
how far bad state OF things may Be
recognized by law without the effect OF
fixed thing; IL is movable and change
able. Evil kept down and discouraged
by too strict law is at least preferabl
to evil strutting in the open, pointing
TO the protection afforded 1t by too lax
law. The limit is passed. however.
when there is general recognition of the
fact that the law was never meant 20
be kept, and that seems to have been
the case in certain parts of the metropo-
lis. In fact. this book might very well
have been called The Rottenness Of
New York" so emphatic are the state
ments OF the corruption and degraaa-
ton OF official circles In that city.
Nj IL
sions OF this book or not. IL cannot be
denied that the author hits straight from
the shoulder and Is tremendously inter-
ested in his subjective good points Tor
any book (New York: The Macmillan
Company