davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-08
ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION

In your article OF today's date on
Changes in the Pronunciation of Eng
lish, you seem TO take exception 10 NJ.
Eastlake's inference that because Alex
andeT Pope makes obey rhyme With
tea, obey vas at that date pro-
nounced -o6ee. You point out that il
Devonshire and in other parts Of Eng
land and Ireland people stiII talk OF a
dish Of tay. Your view would seem to
receive support from the following quo
tation from Dryden's rhymfng rransIa-
ton OF the 'Aeneid."
Within long recess there lies bay;
An island shades It from the rolling sea
And forms port secure for ships % ride;
Broke BY the iutting land on either lde-
Now. sir. it IS quite certain that
bay was never pronounced bee il IS
also we'll known that sea" was at one
time, and is now in some places, pro-
nounced say" Dryden, who wrote he
fore Pope. was not less careful about his
rhymes and although the rhyming OF
bay" and sea" may here be a case Of
poetic license. Mr.. EastIake's inference
seems TO be egatiyed.-London stand
ard
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-08
THE WANDERER.

Upon mountain height. far from the
sea,
I found a she'll.
And to my listening ear this lonely thing
Ever a song of ocean seem'd 10 sing
Ever d tale Of ocean seem'd to tell.
How came the shell upon the mountain
height?
An. who can say
Whether there dropped by some too
careless hand
Whether there cast when oceans swept
the land,
Ere the Eternal had ordained the day?
Strange, was it not? Far from It's native
deep
One song It sang;
Sang Of the awful mysteries Of the tide,
Sang Of the restless sea, profound and
wide
Ever with echoes Of the ocean rang.
And as the she'll upon the mountain
height
Sang Of the sea.
So do I ever, leagues and leagues away
So do I ever wandering where I may.
Sing. 0 my home, sing, o my home!
OF thee.
Eugene Field.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-08
Our Fossils.

4 NORTH AMERICA !.
new work On Drshiktoria
fauna. By Frederic A. Lucas. author os
Animals OF the Past. a similar work.
which appeared about p year ago. In this.
Mr.. Lucas takes up more carefully tia
early life Of this continent, and though
fossils may seem dry subject. the book
is written in style which Is anything
but uninteresting to those who enjoy
the study Of science. It IS only abous
half as large as the formers work. bus
not less interesting. The illustrations
are numerous. and the frontispieee is a
of a painting by Charles r.
knight Of the great horned triceratops.
which is something OF a triumph. o. tia
imagination. since the only model at
by the artist vas Of course
the staple sAeletbh1 Or >tiiift.! tsirAg5nliks
creature. (New York D. Appleton &
Coz
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-08

a wonderfully sympathetic comprehen-
sion Of what scientific observation agrees
to call the babv's point OF view. The
language. however, IS nowhere reminis-
cent of Goldsmith's age or country. fer
instance, we doubt if the real little Nou
ever heard Of pants" Mr.. White calls
himself q realist. but an idealist he win
always be. and it is as an ideaIist and
beauty lover that the world likes to hear
him speak
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-08
CraufordDS Home,

II MARION CRAWFORD's work on
r Rome. entitled Ave Roma I'M
I mortalis" which appeared some
four years ago, has been repub-
Itshed In a new and attractive edition
with numerous illustrations. It is in one
volume. the work 50 originally issued be-
ing in tao, and this is an advantage. To
those who are familiar with Crawford
work, and nearly everyone IS, the book
viii need no recommendation. Rome is
and has been for many years the city OF
his love. and in It the scenes Of his most
delightful novels are laid Here one may
find the material, in the rough. OF that
charming idyl. "A Roman Singer" and
for the cameo-like perfection Of his latest
romance, Cecilia" The illustrations
number nearly hundred (New York:
The Macmillan Companyl
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-08
Of a
Rejected Manuscript

A MS in the publishers hand Is worth
two in the authors.
An editor Is known by the MSS. he
keeps-and the stamps
Desperate authors require desperate
remedies.
A poet and his poem are soon parted.
IN submitting Ms he who hesitates
is a wonder.
All is not gold that sIitters d"
on book covers.
Faint purse ne'er won fair publisher
A true friend is ore who laughs at our
jokes.
It Is a wise author who knows his
own Ms. after It has been blue
penciIed-
An authors royalties are often far
from royal.
No satIrist is hero to his own cpl
Many Happy Returns of the Day
applies to the unsuccessful writer all the
year around.JThe Bookman.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-08
z ERVEY WHITE must have sur
RI prised himself when he wrote

ERVEY WHITE must have sur
prtsed himself when he wrote
"Non and the Fairies
It has all his original. whimsi-
cal, realistic fdeaIfsm Of style and
trsatmept- but its subject is as foreign
20 the morbid questtonfngs OF heredity
aud temperament in .'Quicksand" and
When Eve Was Not Created" as to
thu biased study Of modern social con
ditions in Differences --NoH and the
Fairies" pretend5 to be a tale for chill
dren. but It is well worth the while Of
grown-up searchers after wholesome en-
5oyment- It IS an exquisite, naive. heal
thy study Of a baby's mind, the mind OF
a poet in its sweetIy human infancy
The baby is little Oliver Goldsmith.
and good and bad fairies strive over him
il MS cradle. but these points are i'm
material really The most poetic and
faudfuI portions Of the book would be
poetic and faneifaI If they lacked en-
tirely the uame OF Goldsmith and the
dehnite. suggestion Of fairy folk
The episode Of the baby discovering
his feet and the study % embryo man
illness IN his first assumption Of trousers
are correct s'ehiId-BsychoIogy" as the
learned professors try 10 teach It, but
hey zs=ezput zinto. so individual and hu-
man form that they hit home as no
learned discussion ever does.
You are never made 70 feel that you
ere investigating 'ths child''-that mon
Etrous. pitfuI observation-disclosures are
simply deIighting yourself with the
dramatized emotions Of baby Noll- He
endears himself TO you, as a single. sep
arate person. in the very first page. and
he holds you his charmed slave 70 the
end. when the youugster decides not 10
40 with aunt Conrad and be a utIe
gentleman, % but 70 stay at home and play
godfather 10 Pats wee son. TO be sure.
EoIrs biowapber mods at times no man
aDparentIy-nor woman, either, though
women really ought to know better-can
consistently resist the temptation Of i'm
putting palpably grown up reflections TO
babies.
Mr. White. seeFs a. tbe mother for as
ssrtiag. that -Nou-aged q few weeks
was ~bIusbfng Tor shame" when nurse
Iest him Tor moment with no clothes on +
But is il any more sWeRtly reasonable
that the tiny infant was hurt by the
thought that his dear mother had told an
unuuth?" The verses. which assume to
be meufcaI medItatons Of The baby poet. /
are open to she same reproach Of insult /
ability. besides not being especially good +
In. taeuseIves- neither common sense nor
uncommon nonsense.
In general. however, Mr.. White shows
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-08

Winston Churchill-"Tracing the
genealogy of the Carvel family"
Marion Crawford-'For many years
NY only recreation has been novel
writing. Turning out one book a day
have found a delightful exercise, mild
yet stimulating. and one that does not
interfere With The more serious affairs
Of life"
Peter Finley Dunno philosopher Doc
Iey)-'Reading German
George Reading the essays OF
Joseph Addison"
Bertha RunkIe-'DolIs."
Mary Johnaton-'My DIeasantest rec
Teation is wandering through field and
forest. on the banks Of suaveIy flowing
rivers, thus discovering how inferior
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-08

nature is compared with my -descrfp-
lions Of her"
Cyrus Townsend Brady-'I pass my
leisure minutes rra4icing penmanship
with my feet so that I can ultimately
double my literary output
Hobart Chatfeld- ChatfeId-etc.- Tay-
IOr-'"Trying to find another name to
add 10 mine"
F. Hopkfnson smith-"To a man Of my
versatility and breadth or genius there
IS no such word as recreation.
Richard Harding Having my
photograph taken in striking attitudes
and posing for Dana Gibson"
Dr. &. notwithstanding acticing
medicine is NY recreation
Hamlin Carland-'Devising schemes
to reform the world"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-08
AN uNLOOkED-FOP SUCCESS
Miss Wigs of the Cabbage Patch" Is Story of Domes
tic Tragedy, Simply Told in Readable Language.

y NE OF the unlocked for successes
/ of last year-a year that pro-
duced but few good sellers. -
as popular novels are termed in the
book trade-was Mrs Wigs OF the
Cabbage Patch" This little story OF
about 10000 words-one-afth the length
of an ordinary modern novels a simple
and wel1-told tale, by Miss Alice Cold
we'll Hogan. a writer previously IN
known to the reading public. It treats
of an unfortunate but sunny tempered
woman, the widow of a drunkard. the
mother OF several small children, and q
sufferer from poverty in its worst form.
who nevertheless takes a cheerful view
Of life and finds d silver lining TO every
cloud that darkens her horizon.
Il is rather late In the day to speak
critically Of thu book. which first ap-
peared nearly a year ago. but It's sue
cess is worth noting as indicative Of q
certain trend in the public taste which
might be followed to advantage By other
writer's. The reason Of its popularity
probably lies in that genial desire 70 be
charitable which It provokes in even
the hardest hearth which respect It
may be Hkened to Dickens Christmas
CgroJ
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-08

The only way IN which # is possible
to appeal to the man who maltreats his
horse is. as a rule, through his pocket.
II he can be shown that it is exceeding
~ Improbable for him 10 run his stable
on lnhuman principles it viii have more
effect than all the tracts which can be
printed. and this Nj Ware can do He
p7ints4aut the INJURY done the horse by
wrong driving. by careless training, by
improper feeding, and, in fact, by any
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-08
A FUTILE REFORM.

The Strongest Master" by Helen
Choate Prince, is written carefully and
conscientiousIy. as are all the books OF
this author; but it must be confessed
that her style IS not exactly suited to
a problem novel. The story deals with
the attempt OF a young man to improve
society by running his head against a
stone wall, neither society the wall. nor
his head being perceptibly Improved by
the experiment. (Boston: Houghton.
Mifiin & Coz
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-08

II HOMAs NELSON PAGE is in
every respect, a typical South
ernar. with all the fine qualities
of nature that this implies. Through
out the last fifteen years, since
abandoning the legal profession, he has
been identified IN fctionai realms as ons
o. the best interpreters Of Southern life
and conditions after the war, that in.
teIperlod OF result which could only be
vitality grasped by a participant OF
those times. He has fnterspersed this
line OF work with the dainty Juvenile
productions for which he IS SO justly
appreciated.
In Mr.. Pages presence one feels that
he is q true inherItant OF his father, Of
whom he speaks, in the dedication OF
one of these latter works. as being cot
all men the one who has exemDIifed
truly the virtue of pen-bandedness.
The exterior OF his dwelling is not
a eharaeterIess congregation OF strange
forms and devices. but impresses one
with strong sense OF right conditions
Of life within; and, as the interior re-
veals itself. glance proves none Of
the pretentious aud misguided luxury.
but rather a feeling Of relation. sub
ordination, and harmony Mr. Page has
gathered about him old pictures, rare
art editions. and notably. an interest
ing collection OF old weapons.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-08

IA hind II, Is "A Daughter or the
1 = Shows" by Jack London. At
the same time It is a monde
script book, by an author who, despite
his viriIty and dramatic power. does
not as yet know how to construct a
novel But In the face Of its deplorable
technIc Of construction. OF It's hopeless
less in it's several passages Of social
persinage. OF its violation OF the die
tionary, the book has to be accepted as
4 notable production T. writer Of
potentiality and promise.
The author knows a great deal about
the gold fields Of the Yukon and the
raw human nature that fourishes there.
more than he knows OF drawing rooms.
He comprehends the strange and mysti-
cal romance Of the Arctic atmosphere,
and ne Is convincing in the accuracy Of
his reproduction; he IS SO convincing
as to an extraordinary truth-telling
Of ice-loods. and migrations, and the
routine and riot of life. and the ex-
hfIaration in the air, and the rugged
honesty Of all things, including vice, so
genuine in the entire background Of the
story. that his faultfness and crudity In
The development Of certain leading char
acters are easily tolerated.
The novel has several passages of ex-
quisite dramatic power. One OF these
is a veritable cIassic-wheFe the right
hearted old Irishman goes TO the shack
OF his daughters accepted but unworthy
lover. warns him on pain of his life not
10 lay holy hands or otherwise" on the
girl. and when the fellow levels his re-
volver at him. the Irishman's superb
contempt utterly Unnerves his purpose.
This scene could SO easily have Iapsed
into the melodramatic that the mainte-
nance OF its exaItation IS nothing short
of mastery OF another kind, yet not
inferior. is the memorable scene OF the
struggle or the canoe with the titanic
breakup of the ice on the Yukon; few
descriptions equal it in uuconsciousIy
vivid style
Such passages OF great power through
Of phrase indicate what is in
the man. He moves you Ike Klpling;
you think OF Kipling, indeed. a good
many times. The worst Of 1t is-and
here Is another Of the contrasts in the
Dook-you fancy that sometimes the au-
thor himself Is thinking of KipIing, That
Is when his style goes booming along in
1nceasing, uncontrolled brilIIauey You
wish he was less conscious OF himself
You reflect that the characters and
scenes in literature that live forever have
not come in gorgeous Language. they live
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-08

~ Y wireless teIegraphy The Sunday
x Times is able to give its readers
the following recreations, as re
ported by number of contemporary
celebTiues-
Mark Twain Making light Of every
thing except my own books and making
fun Of everybody except myself"
William Dean HoWelIs-'AIy only rec
reation is reading romantic novels.
Lew Trying to devise an
other scene as effective as the chariot
race in 'Ben-Hur-'
Thomas Bailey AIdrich-" Composing
'Lmerjcks-'
Booth Tarkington-''NakIng dough
nuts
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-08
"FR6T-HAND BITS OF STABLE LORE" =

disregard Of the animals comfort and
health.
He believes that all horse-ow1ers
should strive, as far as possible. to pro
cure absolute perfection IN the train
ing and temper Of the horse, and TO
this end he discourazes anything even
approaching cruelty II probably was
60 IeCu 4vql luq tEoOq sIUI 5unIIA uF
not his intention 10 do missionary work
the result OF It, all the same. CBoston:
Little, Brown & CO..
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-08
CROSSING THE BAR.

Sunset and evening star,
And one clear call for me,
And may there be no moaning OF the bar
When put out to sea.
But such tide as moving seems asleep,
Too full for sound or foam,
When that which drew from out the
boundIess deep
Turns again home
Twilight and evening bell,
And after that the dark
And may there be no sadness Of farewell,
When embark:
For though from out our bourne Of Time
and Place
The food may bear me far.
1 hope to see ny Pilot face 20 face
When I have crossed the bar.
Alfred Tennyson.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-08
The Greatest Reporter.

TX TITH the death Of the Paris cor
w respondent Of the Times
the journalistic world loses
its most distinguished. OF, at least,
its best known, member. NJ. de Blowitz,
q Hebrew Of the Hebrews in race and
appearance. was born in Bohemia. close
to Pnser. the great home Of lager beer.
lie went early 10 France, apparently
adopted the honoriae particle on his own
and became a language
teacher in the south. He shouIdered
musEet IN the Franco~Prussiau war.
and rendered good service to the gov
eminent during the red days of the com
mune,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-08
%GOSSIP AND COMMENT OF THE LITERARY WORLD%@
And round and round and round and
round

And round and round and round and
round
He moves, in circles slow Unfurled
From where his journey first began
Like dust upon the desert whirIed-
The silent Oriental man.
Round, round. and round, my eyes grow
dim.
His whirIing figure seems to change.
The very earth goes round with him
Forsoothl but this Is passing strange:
A broken glimpse Of twisting heels
And ornaments of beaten brass
I catch, as round the dervish reels
While one by one the minutes pass.
So are We ali from Gods right hand
Sent spinning into boundless space.
And when upright we cannot stand
Death comes. and thus We lose our
place.
Spin, spin, re mortals, I can smile
Remembering this primevaI plan.
Watching With steady gaze meanwhile
The silent Oriental man.
Ernest McGaffey.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-08

should erect a statue In his honor. as
q type Of the old Jovian school Of jour
nalists. whose personal view and per-
sonaI word had weight in the destiny OF
nations No figure has doomed so large
in Paris during the last thirY rearE.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-08


L dian Nations" by CadWalla-
der Golden. has recently appeared
It IS uniform in binding with
alackeazie's Voyages" and other work.
in the same series, and the volumes are
Of convenient size for the pocket.
while the print is excellent This his
tory Of the Iroquois will be a good booA
for the reference library as supplement
tary to the works Of Parlman and others
who have dealt with the history Of Cana
da and the Northern States Of our own
country. This combination Of tribes, one
o. tie most remarkable coalitions Of its
kind in history. was about the middle
Of the eighteenth century made q subject
OF diIIgeut study by Governor Cadwaila-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-08

in the style Of reticence and simplicity.
If Mr.. London will not disdain to learn
from his failures. he win eventually 90
really great work
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-08
The SPINNING DERvISH.

7 Z wears a turban round his head,
And on his feet are pointed
shoes,
While from his waist skirt outspread,
Such as the tawny Arabs use.
Describes d circle from his hips
And rUstles like a lady's fan;
His teeth CLEAN Whitley 'twixt his lips
The silent Oriental man.
Then slow he turns from left TO right
His arm outstretched, long lean and
Drowned ss8
By suns that on Sahara smite;
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-08
O0OOTT TNT "
THE GREAT CITY LONDON
Mrs. Esther Singleton Has Produced Book of Brlance
But it Has Several Noticeable Faults.
ONION As DESCRIBED 81

kkT ONION AS DESCRIBED BY
GREAT WRITERS" is book
Of considerable size, made up.
as the utIe indicates. Of extracts from
the works OF. writer's who have dealt with
the city Of fog and brIIiaHee, of wealth
an5. poverty, Of genius and yzquaIor. of
innume-abie histories and duUest com
monplaee- It is edited by Esther Single
ton. who compiled a similar collection OF
descriptive work about a year ago On the
subject Of famous paintings.
Among the contributions. numbering
some fifty in all, which are here ar
ranged. many. Of course. are from the
writings of Hare. and Besant and two or
three from Dickens. but no less than
seven are from the pen of G. W. Stew
ems. that brilliant war correspondent
whose work is not as well known in this
country as ii should be.
The Fog's Apologist.
Among the others are Philip Gilbert
Hamerton, TheopbiIe Gautfer. Austin
Dobson. and Percy Fitzgerald, while
even London fog fnds its apoIogtst in q
gentleman Of the uupronounceabIe name
OF Dziewicbi- There are numerous illus
trati6ns, and people Who would like 10
travel but cannot crafty their desires
may md this volume a pleasant way Of
seeing London without stirring from
their own dresfdes.
It may be that the born Londoner
finds no such picturesque elements in a
London fog as does this writer with the
Museovitish name. but the view OF an
outsider is sometimes worth having. He
says;
It's Phantom Drapery-
Say what you viii against it. ] stiU
maintain that no one can truthfuIIy deny.
the picturesque. beauty obtained by the
agent that. ipstead OF letting you snlt
your eyes from the dazzling sunbeams.
brings the great gfver Of light himself
into the landscape, and contrasts His
living. burning globe Of fame with the
cold, angular outlines of the gray
shrouded houses and the dead. Ieafess
boughs Of the desolate trees. Is not
this contrast beautiful Yet nobody no
tees. it. because It is 81 our doors
IN the weird indistin5tness that
it sheds upon everything in this world
OF London-elothingt the houses Of par
lament with phantom drapery. efacine
the hands on the dial Of the clock low
er, and annihtIarfnE 10 the eye the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-08

mighty dome Of St Paul's. while leav-
ing its foundation and walls intact-the
fog throws the glamour OF mystery over
all. and thus gives a touch of poetry
to a wilderness Of buildings that would
by themselves be too prosafcaI. too mat
ter Of fact
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-08
IET IRST-HA&n BITS OF STABLE
LORE" by Francis n. Ware,
IS a practical little volume by

the manager OF the American Horse
Exchange. New York. and contains
much useful information on the breed
ing, training. and care OF the horse.
Americans as a people are horse-Iovers,
but thew do not all know the horse, and
those Who do not may pTohtably read.
ponder and obey.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-08
Copyright by H5ughton, Miflin & Co.
A HYMN.

BY the rude bridge that arched the food,
Their flag to ApTtI's breeze unfurled,
Here once the embattIed farmers stood,
And fred the shot heard round the
world.
The foe long since in silence slept;
Alike the conqueror silent sleeps;
And Time the ruined bridge has swept
Down the dark stream which seward
ereeps.
On this green bank. by this soft stream,
We set today a votive stone;
That memory may their deed redeem.
When, like our sires. our sons are gone
Spirit, that made those heroes dare
To die, or leave their children free,
Bid Time and Nature gently spare
The shaft we raise to them and thee.
Ralph Waldo Emerson.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-08
PETER COOPER.

Give honor aud love for evermore
To this great man gone to rest:
Peace on the dim Plutonisn shore,
Rest in the land Of the blest.
I reckon him greater than any man
That ever drew sword in war;
I reckon him nobIer than king or khan.
Drawer and better by far.
And wisest he N this whole wide land
OF boarding till bent and gray;
For all you can hold in your cold dead
hand
Is what you have given away.
So whether to wander the stars or 20
rest
Forever husned and dumb.
He gave with zest and he gave his
best
Give him the best to come
joaquin Miller.