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there was a stone bottle OF beer, which
each consulted in turn; and when in the
end the rabbits meat had disappeared.
and Clara had enveloped the head and
framework. Squire TordoT, who lived
on porridge most of his days. felt that
ne had seldom dined so satisfactorily"
In fact, this story, which is, as the
reader will observe, dated some half
a century ago. proves more than any
thing else that mans food has a great
deal TO do with what he is. and that
the reason why Tom rose head and
shoulders above his more respectable
and less attractive fellow peasants was
that he had more to eat. and OF better
quality. than they did. II may suggest
10 the thoughtful that one reason for
the abundant enterprise and push OF the
native American Is, not that ne lives in
a land OF liberty. but that his forefath-
ers and himself have been In the habit
Of eating meat three times a day il they
want it. and plenty OF other food as
well, whereas the English laborer. dur
ing the days in which the American Re
public was a-building, fed mostly on
Porrldge. Tom. as poacher, made up
in constitution what he lacked in piety,
and came out ahead in the Scramble
for living.
The reader is conscious OF keen sympa-
thy with his poaehing expeditions, both
for this reason and because OF the
love OF nature which is revealed in
the vivid descriptions OF English wood
land and moors. 1t is a rafting good
story. and boys will enjoy II, espe-
tally the first part of it. for it's adven-
ture and hint OF lawIessness, while
women will Ike it for the clean-cut
purity Of it's sentiment. Mary Norreys
is an attractive young woman. with no
nonsense about her, and IL she is a
little too good to be true. that is not
an uncommon quality in the herofnes
OF fiction. CNew York: The Macmil-
Ian Company
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STOCKTON'S List. BOOK


terested heather and Christian alike;
for an English friend told Mr.. Stockton
that in India he had heard a number
Of Hindu men graveR debating the
problem.
We are also told that Mrs. Leeks and
Mrs. Aleshine were drawn from two de-
lightful old ladies OF Mr.. Stockton's &C
quaintance who were invariably prepared
for an emergency, no matter what 1t
might be
The picture which Mrs. Stockton gives
or the discussion OF the lady and the
tiger story recalls Kiplings speech TO
the author on the subject. The two
story-tellers met at dinner, and Mr.
Kipling said:
Stockton, when you come to India I
shall inveigle you out tiger-shOoting.
with elephants. and I shall bribe
native TO have you placed on your back
in the jungle. with an elephants fore
foot poised above your head, and when
1t is all nicely arranged shall say
kindly but firmly. Come now. Stockton,
which was It. the lady or the tiger .
II may also be remembered that he
clever "Droch" in his Overheard in
Already" sketches suggests that the tiger
might have eaten up the lady. Mr..
Stockton's own refusal 20 tell the end
ing was explained by him as follows:
When you have found out which 4
was, the lady or the tiger, you know
what sort CT person you are yourself"
AS to the novel now published. it was
written before Kate Bonnet" but was
not published at that time, because Mr..
Stockton did not wish the two books 10
conflict. II IS story Of the time OF
The Late Mrs Null and other society
comedies by him; there is plenty OF
humor, plenty of the somewhat eccen-
trio and conspicuous love making which
was the delight Of the author; and. in
fact, it is thoroughly Stocktonese.
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The CAPTAINS TOLL-GATE. +"
by Frank r. Stockton. will be

GITHE CAPTAINS ToLL-GATE, -
by Frank R. Stockton. will be
a pleasant surprise to those
who have supposed that the work of the
genial story teller is all published
Curiously enough. this makes the ff-
tieth of his published works It is ac-
companied by a short memoir by Mrs.
Stockton. which contains some interest
Ing information about the circum-
stances In which "Rudder Grange" and
the authors other books were written
We are here told that Pomona was a
real person, and that her habit Of read
ing aloud from blood-curdling tales Of
adventure and intrigue was described
from life. She was about fourteen when
she came to the Stockton family. and
they lost sight OF her while she was
yet young girl. so that the later stories
OF Pomona are purely imaginary. An
other interesting paragraph concerns
THE Lady OF the Tiger" Of which Mrs
Stockton says:
The most famous of Mr. Stockton
SUI res ne Lazy the llSeE- was
written to be read before a literary So
ciety OF which he was a member II
caused such an interesting discussion in
the Society that he published it In the
Century Magazine II had no especial
announcement there, nor was IT heralded
in any way. but IT took the public by
storm. and surprised both the editor
and the author. All the world must
love a puzzle. for in an amazingly short
time the little story had made the cir
cult of the world Debating societies
everywhere seized upon it as a topic;
II was translated into nearly all Ian
guages; society people discussed 1T at
their dinners; palmer people argued II
at their firesides: numerous letters were
sent to nearly every periodical in the
country. and public readers were ex-
pounding il to their audiences 1t In
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HOMPSON'S PROGRESS. by
c. J. Cutcliffe Hyne, is far and

c. J. Cutcliffe Hyne, is far and
away the best story which
this author has yet written. Captain
Kettle" was a mere sketch to it. 1t is
the story of poacher's son. a young
scapegrace with more character than
the average ne'er-do- well, who gradu-
ally evolves into a business man of
power and wealth, and. incidentally,
from Tom, Toms son, becomes T.
Thompson. 1t is original. vigorous, and
happy and it will appeal to a good
many people who do not care for or
binary novels. because of the manliness
and strength of its spirit.
The central figure and practically the
only one is Thompson himself. and next
in interest is Clara, his dog, who has
more than the individuality of some
people. With Clara he peaches his way
into the enjoyment OF an income, and
with her. or with Clara's Clara, he
peaches his way out of his business
difficulties and into his grand love af-
fair. There is humor running like a
spicy fragrance through the whole
story, and in almost every chapter is
the smell of the moorland. II is a Gu
rious combination Of business. piracy.
lawless love of nature. and honesty of
heart Even the strictest moralist can
not help liking Tom.
Chapters to remember are those
which describe Tom at his various bar
becues, with and without the sanction
of the law. 1t is odd, but true, that a
novelist who knows how to describe
good eating can usually write a good
book. He may not be a genius. but
there is enough good red blood in him
TO make him understand human nature.
The first of these suppers in which Tom
is described TO Us is the one TO which
he invited Squire TordOff. the drunken
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The Artistic Temperament.
LIyE THAT MANNER OF MAN"
wv by Edna KeHton. is the

llV Il THAT MANNER OF MAN"
wv by Edna Kenton, is the
story OF an artist who
was. as some artists are and some are
not, cursed with the artistic tempera-
ment. This is very different from sn
artistic temperament. which is no curse
az all. but Joy forever. The difference
is about the same as that between the
love OF healing and the love OF pure
science. The born physician loves
knowledge for the sake OF its effects:
there is a type of pure scientist who
would dissect his own mothers body, or
viyisect his favorite dog IL he thought
he could learn anything by il. This
story is the story OF an artist who com
mitted vivisectiOn On the soul Of his
wife from artistic motives, and most
artistically he did it; but the story IS
not particularly pleasant reading.
However. it is well told. and sklIful
in construction from first to last. The
writer has an unusually vivid magma
ton, and the story would be less pain
fully tragic II she had not the art Of
making 1t real. The reader feels like
quoting the words OF the wife about the
painting TO which she was sacrificed-the
painting OF the martyTdom Of a Chris
tian maiden OF the time OF Nero. that
at seems dreadful to paint out things
that hurt body so TO look at"
Yet one does not feel that the tragedy
lies in the ending. After the experience
which The Rohan's daughter underwent
al the remorseless hands Of her husband
happiness would, one is convinced. have
been impossible to them. II is not GER
tain whether the authors intention il TO
suggest that idea. but the Irresistible
conviction OF the reader is that no man
whose soul was not smirched could have
conceived the Idea OF painting precisely
the scene which he selected for the dis
play Of his genius. Kirk Thayer is per-
hRps a genius. but he Is a smutty genius.
with a touch Of the satyr This quality
is not due to the fact OF his being an ar
tist. II is in the way OF his genius
rather than contributing to it, Various
writer's OF fiction have been at pains 20
explain the fact. which the Phllistine
does not always understand. that love of
beauty means good many things which
are not conventional, but are natural.
indianapolis: The Bobbs- Merrill Com
pany.l
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Two Lovers.

ICTTHEL." by ]. J. Bell. author
= Of Wee Macgreegor.~ is
series Of conversations on the
style Of the Dolly Dialogues" bit
trem are two middIe-eIass Scotch young
people. but there is no dialect in thu
tory. The two are engaged, ana the
tall is just such happy. inOonsequen,tal.
rambling conversation as Elost people
indulge in during the days of their en-
gugement. when a man and girl can
be chums with that touch of sent msnt
and lovers with that touch OF security
and coziness only possible in that par
tierlar condition Of life.
The chapter ION Taste is perhaps as
eood as most OF them. Ethel has sent
for samples from which 20 choose new
gown. and Hugh, as BELTS her future
lord and master. is asked 10 decide on
the most becoming. or course. his taste
and hers Go not agree, and equally OF
course. there is a discussion on The sub
iect. and she proceeds to do as she sees
fit
The discussion over the chos.n sample
is after this manner:
But. Hugh that's the sashinu-the
style. you know. OF the latest tweeds
Those hairs don't come OF
That's unfortunate. Still. perhaps the
BARRIERS will benefit"
What do you mean. Hugh"
'Oh. nothing-nothing I've often Won
dered what was done with al the cid
hair that
And finally Hugh meakly offers 10
shave her costume for her after IL Is
made. II she really objects 10 The ile's
CT human hair. New York: Harper q
Bros)
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A Little Seaside Comedy.
IN FRS. PENDLETON'S FOUR
N INLAND" by Gertrude


Atherton. is short story
which is reprinted in dainty fashion in
book form. with a portrait Of the author
and two other Illustrations 1t is a
capital little skit. and would make a
good curtain-raiser II properly drama
tized.
The heroine Of the story is a young
widow. beautiful. of course. who has
been something of a hirt during her mar
ried life. and who. just six months after
the death OF her husband. received pro
posals by letter from four men. all
good friends with one another. with
whom she has fiirted. Taking this to be
a form Of practical joke, she determines
TO show her opinion of 1t. and get her
revenge by accepting all four OF the suit
ors The complications which ensue may
be imagined and Mrs. Anterior makes
the most OF this very amusing situation.
The scene of the story is at Newport,
and the characters all move in the best
society; this is made rather obvious.
One might query. without unreason, why
Mrs Pendleton's hair. otherwise very
pretty, should be so invariably compared
10 the snaky locks Of Medusa; the COM
parison of her eyes and the summer sea
also approaches a mannerism. But the
four men are capitally drawn. and the
story is well told. II is the kind OF
book to take in ones pocket for a short
Journey, or to read aloud after supper,
for IL can easily be finished in an hour
or two. New York: The Macmillan
Company
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BOOK RETZEWy AND NOTES OF RECENT PUBLICATIONS
The Anglo American Feud
ME DOWAGER COUNTESS
AND THE AMERICAN GIRL"

AND THE AMERICAN GIRL"
by Lillian Bell is a good
story spoiled Those who read "Sir
John and the American Girl" will re-
member that lovable old Irish baronet
and an American damseI of great per-
sonal charm there became firm allies,
and that the alliance resulted fin the
marriage of the girl to an English
younger son, against the wishes of the
laaters family. This book is the fur
Their adventures of the bride with the
mother Of her husband.
In Edith, Sir John, the phlegmatic
Archibald. and the violent dowager.
Miss Bell had an excellent comedy stu
alton with that hint of seriousness
which assures the human interest The
first two or three chapters of this book
are capital. Then the author spells the
whole thing by going into an historical
burst of emotion over the ill-treatment
OF Edith, and making the, case a little
too bad TO be true. She also shows ex-
ceedingly bad taste by introducing a
discussion of the race question in it's
more disgusting aspects at a dinner
table. 1t may be. as she says. that
nothing is too bad to discuss at dinner
in England, but when she is writing
for an American public 1t might be
worth while to reflect on the fact that
we have not quite reached that point
here II it was necessary for Edith to
assert the superiority of American
ideals over those of England. 1t really
seems as If she might have found some
way to do it, II Miss Bells state
ments are true. good society in this
country is considerably in advance OF
the British aristocracy in it's morals,
and Edith might have defended her
native land from that point of view in
stead of holding up burning at the
stake as one OF its characteristic insti-
buttons. Light comedy is not the place
for just that kind of sociological dis
cussion Taken as a light comedy, Miss
Bells situation would be admirable,
and IL little risque. not much the
worse for that; IL might have been
made purely funny and remained a
capital situation; but as It is. the best
that can be said Of the book is that the
author ought TO have known better.
CNew York: Harper & BTos.)
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LITERARY NOTES.
Emerson and Muir.

Some interesting anecdotes of John
Muir. the naturalist, appear in this
months outlook" Emerson visited
Muir in his Yosemite cottage. and the
latter called the philosopher "the Sc
uuoia Of the human race"
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VIZ B. YEATS. whose name is
NV more familiar than his

NJ NJ
work to most American
readers, may be fairly considered one
of the foremost. if not the actual leader,
OF the writer's who have been using their
best endeavors toward the preservation
of true Irish literature. and the produc
ton of modern work Of a characteris-
tically Celtic type. Three of his books
have now been published in a group by
an American house, and will, if.read to-
gether give any intelligent person a
fair idea of the author and Of his aims
The three books arc Ideas of Good
and Evil" collection of miscellaneous
essays from various magazines. in which
Mr.. Yeats sets forth his theories of life
In somewhat fragmentary and discursiye
fashion; The Celtic Twilight" made up
of Irish folklore; and Where There Is
Nothing" n prose drama of singular
originality and imaginative power. Opin-
ions may differ as to the best method of
becoming really acquainted with the au-
thor at his best. Those who like better
a mans talk about his work than the
work itself will enjoy the essays; those
who are only interested in his work
will prefer the drama above either of
the others; and to those who are most
concerned with the things of which he
writes the book of folklore Will prove
especially attractive.
A World of Imagination.
There is no question that world OF
imaginative literature OF wonderful
strangeness and charm has until lately
been neglected in the common speech
and tradition of Ireland; equally certain
it is that this world. and, indeed. the
Irish temperament, can only be ade-
quately interpreted by the Irish them
selves. and that even they find the task
often a difficult one The weird. exqui-
site, and mirage-like beauty of many
Celtic traditions seems almost 20 need
the touch of magic for its expression;
like the tabled fairy gold, it is apt to
turn to withered nothings when placed
in an unfavorable light. But so far no
one has attained the art of this express
sion so completely as Mr. Yeats He
possesses a peculiar felicity Of language
and subtlety of imagination which seems
to meet the needs of the situation.
IT would, indeed, be easy TO make much
of his work appear ridiculous Like
most idealists he takes himself seri-
ously. and that mental perspective which
is gained from understanding other peo-
pies view OF ones self and ones work
is entirely lacking in him. He has but
one point of view; his own. But If you
can only for the time being place your
self in line with him you will find his
writings a delight from beginning TO
end. In this he resembles Ruskin.
There is no use in trying to analyze
Ruskin, or Carlyle, OF Emerson; one
must read them and love them in order
to suck the sweet from their impassion-
ed mysticism.
Simply an Irish Idealist.
This is not to be taken as a stare
ment that Mr.. Yeats is a philosopher.
far from It. He is simply an Irish ideal
ist, with the power, uncommon in these
days, of losing himself in his own fan
cies. He frankly admits his longing TO
have been one OF those shanachies who in
the old days wandered from house 20
house and told stories and sang songs,
No doubt. had he been born IN an earlier
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A Poultry Book.

The Poultry Book" soon to be issued
by Doubleday, Page & Co.. viii contain
nearly three hundred drawings and
color illustrations by Harrison Weir.
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generation. he would have been such
man. As it is. there is in all his work
something OF the melancholy beauty of
anachronism.
There are some twenty of these essays.
and they deal with Shelley, William
Blake. Stratford- n-Avon, the Celtic Gle
ment in literature, magic, William Nor
ris. here called the happiest of che
poets" and many other subjects. Per
haps a more appreciative estimate of
Morris has never been written than this.
which forms a paragraph in the essay
last mentioned:
I'VE know so little of man and of the
world that we cannot be certain that
the same invisible hands that gave him
fortune gave him also health and
wealth. and the power to create beau
tiful things without labor. that he might
honor the Green Tree. It pleases me to
imagine the copper mine which brought,
as MIR Mackall has told so much I'M
foreseen wealth and in so astonishing a
way, as no less miraculous than The
three arrows In The Sundering Flood
No mighty poet in his misery dead could
have delighted enough to make us delight
in men who knew no vain desire of fool
ish fame but who thought the dance
upon the stubble field and the battle
with the earth better than the bitter
war where right and wrong are mixed
together. oh the trees. the trees" he
wrote in one of his early letters, and II
was his work to make us, who had been
taught to sympathize with the unhappy
till be had grown morbid, to sympathize
with men and women who turned every
thing into happiness because they had
in them something of the abundance Of
the beechen boughs or of the bursting
wheat-ear."
Morris, Shelley, Shakespeare.
In his discourses of Morris. Of Shelley.
of Shakespeare. of Blake. Yeats shows
something more than the felicity Of ex-
preston which is his obvious character.
istic: he proves his ability to lift the
reader to his own level OF comprehen-
sion. and. as the true critic must. reveal
heights and depths of the poets
thought which the ordinary mind does
not even see. II there were nothing in
the book ideas of Good and Evil save
these critical essays. It would De worth
careful attention. but there is much
more THAI this
In his discussion of the Celtic element
IN literature he points out the distln-
gushing mark of this element. perhaps
more clearly than anyone before him has
done Matthew Arnold called IL nat
ural magic" the sense of the mystery
rather than the beauty Of nature, and
this IS the comment of Mr.. Yeats upon
the matter:
II do not think he understood that our
natural magic is but the ancient re-
llgion of the world. the ancient worship
OF nature and that troubled ecstasy be-
fore her. the certainty of all beautiful
places being haunted. whiSn it brought
into mems minds
Mysticism of the Gael.
Nobody knows why the Irish and the
Highland Gael should have this sense
so much more clearly than the Anglo
Saxon. unless because of the wilder and
more beautiful scenery OF the ISLANDS. or
from some racial religion. now lost.
which the Saxon in his forests lid not
have; but certain II is that the mysti-
Cism OF the Gael is his uumlstaks bic
quality.
Indeed. it is not easy 20 describe the
native .sharm which the work % this
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"And yet my fancy fingers upon the
spot where it was first awakened; dwelIs
on the story of the deserted Physick
Garden, with its closed exquisitely
wrought gate, its mystery and its melan-
choly; its wilderness wherein lies no
hint OF sordidness, but rather a fascinat-
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-02-17
THE NEW CABINET OFFICE.

Practically every commercial organi.
zation In the country has lndorsed the
bill which has passed both houses OF
congress providing for new cabinet
ofice 10 be known as the department
Of commerce and In addition the meas
ure had the support Of majority OF
persons and organizations which take
an interest in public AFFAIRS. The new
department takes from the treasury
department the light house establish.
ment. the coast survey. the bureaus OF
standards. Of immigration. Of naylga-
ton, the steamboat inspection service.
and the shipping commissioners. The
Interior department loses the census
Office and the state department the
bureau OF foreign commerce. The
department OF labor and the Ash and
hsheries commission are attached to
the new department. Provision is
made for the creation Of n bureau Of
corporations. The president is EN-.
powered to transfer the department Of
commerce, statistical or scientific work
from any Of the other departments.
but he cannot transfer the Interstate
commerco com mission or the statisti.
cal work Of the department OF agricul.
turei .'|
The new department will be the FIRST
one created since the department OF
agriculture was established in 1889.
II Is simply supplied with bureaus.
the most important OF which may
prove to be the one which will deal
with corporations other than railroads
engaged In commerce with foreign ma.
tions and that carried on between the
states.
The president explained in his last
message the great need Of the new
department and urged congress to leg
islate on the subject Il has respond.
ed to his wishes. Times Herald.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-02-17
Are Lost in the Mountains.

Butte, Mon, Feb. lG.-Reports have
reached here from Placerville. Idaho.
that two Thunder mountain mail car.
rors have been lost In the mountains
and all hope Of their being alive has
been abandoned Charles Hagona
was the regular carrier and was ac.
companied by another carrier on this
trip Three carriers have arrived and
they report snow on an average OF rs
feet deep and In some places 80 feet
deep They report the death OF two
unknown prospectors caught in snow
slide The cold is intense. There has
been no news OF Hagena and hiA com.
panon for three weeks.