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ssssFhe Ambassadors. by Henry James.
Is one Of those books Of which the de-
spairing ordinary reader can only say.
In the words Of Mr. lincoln: IF peo-
pie like that sort OF thing. II must be
Gist the sort OF thing they like The
devotion which disciples of this author
profess for his style and subjects can
only be compared 10 that which was
ehown for another James OF royal blood.
also expatriate because he failed 10
harmonize with his environment. also
given 10 spinning a tangle OF fine words
about nothing. Confirmed JacObites.
therefore. will treat the judgment OF
common sense with scorn and con-
tUmely.
This story concerns. in brief a young
man, not so very young, who is sup
posed TO be leading perfectly dreadful
hfe IN Paris. and whose anxious mother
sends over various emissaries 10 WOO
Sim from his evil course and persuade
him 10 come home. go into business.
and marry one Mamie PocOck. The
idea Of the tale is really funny-could
have been deliciously funny II handled
by. somebody who had the art Of the
short story-but one discovers the motif
n the third chapter. and the rest Of
The Washington times., 1903-12-26
Law and Love.

''rhe Web" by Frederick Trevor Hill,
is novel with most of the Characters
tics Of the authors previous book, The
Minority" 1t shows the same conscien-
tiOus purpose. the same attention 10 de-
tail, and the same skin in character
drawing. and II viii have its interest for
those readers who are too fastidious 10
enjoy fiction not thoroughly well-writ-
ten. In these days of shp-shOd work
this is really a good deal 10 say for any
book
Dave Maddox. the hero. is what some
old-fashioned folk believe an impossible
ity-an honest lawyer. He is entirely
true TO life. for all that. and so are
Ainslee Lorimer. his friend, and Har-
mony Prayer. his lady-love. Even more
realistic is the disreputable little shys-
ter. Rat Ricketts,. The plot goes twist
ing In and out of legal subtleties from
beginning to end, and the book proves,
If IT proves anything. that IL II is not alb
solutely impossible for a lawyer to be
honest. II IS at least exceedingly diff
cult.
Mr. Hill has written good novel
and an interesting novel, and one can
not fail TO respect and like his charac-
ters. New York: Doubleday, Page, &
Coz
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want a home, but don't want IT with
a capital H" The general method of
treatment used by the author is Illus
trated fairly well in one anecdote.
THAT which is forbidden is apt to
have a peculiar fascination. 1 try not
to forbid any more than is necessary.
About a week ago Stanley said: Gosh!
in my presence in q way which showed
that he was experimenting on me-
said nothing. Soon he tried it again
in the same way. I kept STILL When
he was undressing for bed that night
he asked me II Gosh were bad word.
I considered deeply and said 1t was not
sweGr-Word. or a really wicked
word. but that 1 thought IL exceedingly
silly. and that & was a word which the
best and most careful people would not
use. He told me that the Seymour boys
said 1t. / replied that this was no rea-
son why he should
''He sat there half undressed, with
one stocking in his hand. You would
rather that L did not say it, he re-
marked. but you do net say that
must not?'
Il nodded. He stood suddenly up
right. waved the stocking round his
head. and shouted. % Gosh! Gosltl Gosh!
The Washington times., 1903-12-26
MARVELS OF SCIENCE

came within it's fsfiuence. People might
go up and even handle the wkite pow
der without at the moment feeling any
III effects, but in a week or two the
mysterious and dreadful radium in1iu-
ence would begin TO take effect Slowly
the victims skin would peel or. his
body would become one great sore. he
would fan blind. and finally die OF pa
ralysis and congestion Of the spinal
cord. Even the small quantities now on
hand have severely burned the expert
mentors. Prof Curie himself has
number OF bad scars on his hands and
arms, due 70 ulcers caused by handling
radium. And Prof. Becquerel, in jour
neying to London. carried in his waist
coat pocket a small tube OF radium to
be used in a lecture there. Nothing hap
pened at the time. but about two weeks
later Prof. Becquerel observed that the
skin under his pocket was beginning to
redden and fall away, and finally a deep
and painful sore formed there and re
NAMED for weeks before healing"
Among the numerous illustrations are
portraits OF famous inventors. pictures
OF the reflector by which the sun is
''harnessed," lighthouses OF different
types, and other interesting things.
QSew York: Mcclure. Phillips & Co
The Washington times., 1903-12-26
GOLD FOR ALL MEMBERS
OF THE INDIAN TRIBE

San Bernardino was treated to q sin
guIar sisht today. over fifty Indians
OF all ages and conditions, swarmed
into town from the Manuel reservation
above Highland. each 10 receive a s.
gold piece, which the Arrowhead Reser-
voir Company had agreed 10 pay for a
pipeline right of way across the cor
ner OF the reservation. This agreement
was reached Tuesday at a powwow held
between the Indians and the Govern
rnent agent The tribe was at first
suspicious, but when the representative
OF the company made the promise that
IL the right OF way were granted he
would place a gold piece In the palm
OF every Indian. from the youngest. in
FAINT TO the oldest sQuaw, they con-
sented to sign the right Of way
True 10 their promise, the Indians
hled into the Office OF the company, some
hobbling on clutches. others supported
by their fellow-brayes. many mothers
with babes in arms, and each In turn
received a bright gold piece The In
dams were so delighted that some or
them have offered TO assist in digging
the trench for the compapy's pipe line
Correspondence San Francisco Chron-
icle.
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many years later when Mr.. Kl,s;n en-
tertained at dinner at his fat in White
hall Court, a somewhat distinguished
company. Paderewski, the guest Of
honor, was invited TO meet Sir Arthur
Sullivan. Sir Alexander Mackenzie, Sir
Joseph Barnby. Manuel Garcia, and the
veteran 'cellist, Alfredo Patti. Some
officious person in Paderewskis entour-
age sent the. host a note asking MIN not
to request the famous pianist TO play
the latter being fatigued after his tour
The pote was superfuous, as Mr.. Klein
never asked any artist to play at his
house who had not come there with
the expressed intention. Paderewski,
however, happened to be in the mood
TO play, and insisted on accompanying
Piattis playing of the RubinsteIn Sonata
in d, after which ne played one piece
after another until the party broke up.
somewhere near dam.
These are only two OF the many
charming episodes which the veteran
critic has witnessed, let quorum pars
magma fuit." Imagine amusing one's
self by caricaturing the recitative of
Wagner with the assistance of Edouard
de Reszkel Imagine helping to arrange
one impromptu dramatic performance
with Nine Patti at her home in Craig
y-Nosi Imagine talking with Sir Ar
thur Sullivan, Augustus Harris. List.
Gounod. Dvorak. Wagner! All this in
one brief lifetime
In fact the authors chief difficulty
seems to lie in this very wealth of ma
all his experience into the limits of
half a thousand pages. or, on the other
hand. 10 omit the mention OF artists
who. great in their day, really helped
| in the development OF opera in Eng
land and in this country There are
chapters which are little more than
catalogues of names, and brief reports
OF memorable performances now inter
esting only TO those who attended them.
1 Yet even these chapters contain some
thing of the interest which old pro-
/ grams. old magazines, old newspaper
/ files, have for the person of normal
/ imagination. Perhaps we shall some
day evolve beyond the point Of feeling
| interest in anything not up TO date, .
/ to use a wretched little upstart phrase;
but until we do, the recollections OF
those who have known great men Will
continue to be delightful. CNew York;
] The Century Company
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:: :. STORIES OF A CHILD !: :.

Goshi Goshi Goshl GOSH Then he went
on undressing. have not heard him
say 1t since, and l have been listening.
Our friend, Dr. barrow. says that he
thinks the gosh is thoroughly elimi-
mated from his system
There IS more or less Of what may
seem to be theory here. but great deal
Of the record is made up Of failures as
well as su6ces ses. and of theories sug-
gested as slroved by actual expert eace.
One paragraph is amusing as limiting
at the attitude of the author toward GER
tain critics. The fear Of outside cstti-
cisrn and interference undoubtedly deters
many sensitive women from assuming
the care of children. The author says:
There is another class Of people
whose comments amuse me exceeding
". These are elderly women whose
usual remark IS: Wen, you will find II
win make a great difference in your dfe.
You can't be free TO come and go as you
used to. It's all light now. because IL
IS new. but you wait and see.' One of
two things is certain. either they think
me very fond of my own ease. or else
when they We're younger they begrudgee
the sacrifices Incident to rearing child
rem" CNew York: Z. p. Dutton &
Col
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:. :. :. "OLD QUEBEC"
Blu Gilbert Parker and Claude 6. Bryan.

the seventies of Lent Huge caldrons
of sap hung on poles over the roaring
fires. and the children gathered round
TO taste the syrup and salute with songs
of welcome the coming Of jocund spring.
May Day soon followed-the maddest.
merriest day in all the calendar. In
the early morning the habitant repaired
to the seigneury to assist in erecting
the Maypole. Almost everyone he knew
man. woman. or child-was there with
similar intent. Presently the tall tr
tree, stripped of it's bark. was firmly
planted in the farmyard. and depu-
tation waited upon the Seigneur to beg
his acceptance of this homage. A fusil-
lade of blank musket shots was now
kept up until the Maypole was thor
oughly blackened. This done. the doors
OF The manor house were thrown wide
open in welcome, and the rest OF the
day was one long banquet. The Seig-
neurs' tables groaned beneath burdens
OF roasted veal, mutton, and pork: huge
bowls OF stew, pies, and cakes, t. which
was added white whisky and tobacco.
Songs, stories. and homely wit sped he
day. until the banqueters were weak III
flesh and spirit, Baptisms, betrothls,
and weddings also were occAssions of
feasting. and the long-sufferirg Seigneur
hardly escaped standing godfather TO
every child born within seven leagues of
the manor"
The lover OF Canadian fiction will ind
scattered through the book many names
already familiar in the writings OF
HowelIs, Parker. Mrs. Catherwoodr
Conan Doyle, and the numerous his
torical novelists who have rnoSe re-
Gently dealt with this fascinating re-
gion. They will find here the history OF
the Convent OF the Ursulines, about
which Kitty Ellison wove her innocent
ronnances. and Of the Saguenay. Of which
she said that it would never tell a Sc
cret. The story of that Father Jogues
whom the Huguenot refugees met In
the forest is written here. and there is
mention Of Charles de la Noue and
Greysolon du Lhut- The marriage mar
ket which Mrs. Catherwood 50 wildly
pictures in that finest Of American
historical novels, The Romance Of Dol
lard" and the story of Dollard himself
are written here. Everywhere one finds
the progenitors of the French folk OF
Sir Gilbert Parker's Canadian stories
1t is a good book to take along in ones
Journeys into storyland. (New York
| The Macmillan Company0
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: :. MUSIC AND MUSICIANS :: =

delight at the prospect of meeting his
Did friend knew no bounds. He had not
seen him for quite thirty years. Gu
seppe and I were Ike brothers We ate.
drank, and worked together the whole
OF the time. His harmony exercises al
ways had more mistakes than mine. and
he could never master the art Of writ
ing a really good fugue. wonder wheth-
er he has dared to put one into his
'Requiemg We shall see. for 1 am go
ing to write and ask him for a ticket TO
hear it, In due course tickets arrived
for the rehearsal and the concert. and
Deliguoro showed them to me with the
utmost pride.
Most OF the distinguished musical
folk in London were present at the
grand rehearsal; and yet the vast audi
forum, capable of holding 10000 per
sons comfortably. looked comparatively
deserted 1 sat with Deliguoro not far
from the orchestra He was so excited
that 1 had the utmost difficulty in re-
straining him from climbing over the
barrier and taking Verdi in his arms
there and then. Nor were my own feel
ings altogether calm as 1 gazed for the
arst time upon the man who had com
posed La Traviata,' 'Rigoletto,' and
Aida He was then sixty three years
Of age, and his closely cut beard was
fast turning gray: but he was as active
and robust as a youth. his eyes were
keen and bright. and his clear, pene-
trating voice when he addressed the
choir in French or Italian q forget
which,, could be heard all over the
hall.
AT the end of the fugal chorus,
Sancti Dominus, which my neighbos
declared to be more scholarly than any
thing he had anticipated Verdi came
around 20 speak to his friends among
the select audience. and ere long
could see that he was staring in an
uncertain way at Deliguoro. Then all
of a sudden he appeared to make up
mis- mind, and took bee line over
the stall chairs to the spot where we
were standing. 'ru sci DeliguorO, non
e verE' exclaimed the maestro, Isl, 81
son DeliguorO. replied his old friend
his eyes trimming over with tears. And
/ then followed a close embrace that
| thought would never end II would be
| hard to say which of the Two former
classmates evinced the fuller measure
OF Joy"
Another fascinating experience came
The Washington times., 1903-12-26
MATERNAL ANXIETIES

although she knew no more French
than / did. which was next TO nothing
Why. then. did Edith slave eight hours
day at her books and the piano? ]
could not see.
Ina did not care for our children. nor
for our training of them. She said
nothing, but shifted contemptuously
over Benedicta and Gerald and their
deeds. She remarked that modern chill
dren were very different from old-fash-
Toned children. and that size preferred
old-fashioned children. In reply we
passed structures on old-Sashioned par
ents. We said that often they were
brutal In their sternness. What we
aimed at in our own family was perfect
confidence and equality, unity of pur-
pose, and sharing of pleasure between
parent and child. We waxed very elo-
quent on our pet subject Ina shifted,
and said that Edith was an obedient
child who knew her place. A child
place was at her mothers knee. Beatrice
said. and not at a table Uttered with
books. There was very nearly a quar-
rel, but somehow or other ii was
avoided.
But peace could not reign long in a
house where two mothers with healthy
tempers despised each other.
g Poor Edith gets on my nerves,
Beatrice said to me. I lie awake,
thinking about her at night
And perhaps Ina lay awake think
ing about the wickedness of Benedicta
and Gerald
Most people can remember episodes in
their own lives very much like the first
half of this story. The other half is
unique.
| The book really should have had Illus
trations. and it is to be hoped that when
the next edition comes out some artistic
genius viii see it's possibilities. But il
| is n delightful holiday book. just as II
is. CIew York: John Lane The BodleS
| Head)
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A COWBOY STORY

ness of construction, artificiality, and
false sentiment.
Butternut is not one of those epigram
horrors, but a few of his sayings are
terse enough to stick in the memory
He says Of the poor ranchman fight
ing a railroad. that the law may give
them justice when they are all dead,
And speaking OF his uncle. the college
professor, he says, illustrating the diff
ference between the pedant and the lover
of books:
My uncle could pick his bard like q
crow, feather by feather. He could
count the bones. could tell where tbs
sinews ran. the sockets fitted. and tn,
flesh padded in properly--but he had lost
his Milton
The story is a capital one, and there
is not a boresome line in it. The fight
between Spartacus and the goat is ar
episode funny enough to be worth the
price Of admission all by itself. (Nev
York: D. Appleton & Coz
The Washington times., 1903-12-26

tL%HE BOYS SECOND BOOK OF
INVENTIONS" like it's pre-
decessor, is given to lucid and
graphic descriptions Of the
scientific wonders of the age. The
author, Ray stannard Baker. has chosen
subjects Interesting not only to boys
but TO most older people, and his style
is suited TO readers Of almost any age.
The titles of the various chapters are.
The Miracle of Radium." Flying
Machines 1.-THE Earthquake Meas
urer." Electrical Furnaces Harness
ing the Sun" THE Inventor and the
Food P-oblem," "Marconi and His Great
Achievements" Lighthouse Builders, ="
and THE Newest Electric Light"
The look reads like one of II. G.
Wells scientific fairy tales for only wher
the marvellous achievements of science
are collected in this fashion does one
realize the half uncanny power which
Il las become within the last hundred
years. For instance. take this descriD-
ton Of radium:
Perhaps II Is just as well at first not
to have too much radium, for besides
being wonderful, it is also dangerous
If a pound or two could be gathered in
"a mass IT would kill everyone who
The Washington times., 1903-12-26

~ UTTERNUT JONES' is the IT.
x tie of a new cowboy tale by q
l. new author. Tilden Tnford. It
bears an attractive cover de-
sign compounded of a heart, lariat,
and the head OF a long-horn.
The story is full of incident and hui
NOR and a certain reserved strength of
which the reader becomes more con-
ecious as the last chapter approaches
Mr.. Tilford does not weaken at the end
and that is a thing which cannot be
said Of more than one novelist in five.
Butternut Jones. alias the Lambkin.
alias Charles Jones, is an educated
Westerner who Is a cowboy from choice,
and Catherine Cloud, otherwise Cap
tain Kitty" is a spirited, lovable girl
from Missouri In the relations OF these
two characters the interest centers. The
book might be called another Virgin
lam without 1.-THE Virginian's" loose
The Washington times., 1903-12-26
~ HIRTY YEARS OF MUSICAL
1 LIFE IN LONDON" by Her

4 4
LIFE IN LONDON" by Her
i mann Klein. is the autobiog-
raphy of a London musical
critical least the story OF that part OF
his life which had to do with musicians.
As Mr.. Klein's profession brought him
into more or less intimate relations with
every composer. singer, impresario, OF
other musician worth knowing, who
CHANGED to visit London, his recollec-
tons are varied and interesting The
style of the book Is simple. and there Is
very little Of the author and a great
deal about other people In the book. 1t
is illustrated with innumerable portraits.
A fair specimen of the anecdotes and
character sketches in which the autobio-
graphy abounds is the following episode
Of VerdPs visit 10 London in 1A76, when
ne conducted his Manzoai Requiem at
the Royal Albert Hall:
AT the period Of the 'Reqrtem' visit
there happened to be RESTING in Lon
don an elderly Italian musician named
DeIiguoro, upon whom fortune mad not
i
smiled very kindly, anG who frequently
enjoyed the hospitality of my parents
house. An admirable contrapuntist,
stuffed fun of musical learning, he had
the technique Of composition at his
fingers ends; but of individual or fresh
ideas his brain was utterly devoid. Like
most disappointed geniuses, he was un-
4 able TO perceive him own lack Of origi-
nallty. once he played me a melody in
mazurka rhythm - a commonplace
/ enough Neapolitan tune-which he fond
| ~ regarded as an Inspiration; and
shall never forget the old gentleman
horror when. day or two afterward
he caught me stunning his piece by
| ear upon the piano. / had 10 swear
| by all his own particular saints thai
would never even hum his tune again
! Some one would be sure TO steal IT,
He was utterly oblivious TO the fac
that he had virtually stolen it him
/ self
/ THE announcement of Verdis coming
was a great event for Deliguoro, mas
| much as the master and he had beer
! fellow-students together at Milan, dndel
! Layigna QS31-33). This was just aftel
4 the preDosterous refusal Of the authorl
/ ties at the Milan Conservative TO admi
Verdi as a pupil at that institution be
cause they thought he did not displa,
sufficient promise Of talent. Deliguoro'i
The Washington times., 1903-12-26
ROMANCE OF A BOSS

The Chasm," by Reginald Wright
Kaufman and Edward Childs Carpen-
ter, is a story of a girl and a boss. The
boss IS a lovable, quick-witted, loyal
Irishmar Larry O-Brien by name. and
the girl IS a niece of one OF those men
whom Tammany henchmen call silk
stocking reformers.
The book is rather unusual in its keen
insight into certain phases Of American
life. The relations between O'Brien and
his dilettante, effeminate son are en-
urely true to life. more is the pity. The
attitude Of the authors toward existing
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kfN Id QUEBEC" by Gilbert
Parker and Claude G.
~ Bryan, is a bulky and fas-
cinating history. abundant
Iy illustrated, and well worth a place
in any library. The object of the
authors is not to supply new informa-
ton on the subject-indeed. it is doubt
full whether new discoveries could be
made in a field so thoroughly searched
as this has been-but to select from the
abundance of material at their disposal
Such incidents as will prove most at
tractive to the general public. Francis
Parkman. Sir James lie Moline and others
have written voluminously on the his
tory of New France, and not been half
as much read as they deserve TO be
1t is to be hoped that this condensation
of such parts of their work as refer
to Quebec will receive the general at
tention which It merits.
The numerous illustrations of the
book, including portraits of all those
who have figured prominently in the
history of Quebec, and reproductions Of
many old maps and prints make the
book most attractive. The selections
from Parkman and other writers are
well chosen, and the history is written
in a terse, vigorous and picturesque
style.
The difference between the French
and English colonies of America is
clearly brought out in this history, and
is one of the important points to be
noted in any study Of the development
of American civilization. Certain fea-
lures of this difference are thus de-
scribed In an early chapter:
1T was not by accident but by de-
sign that an aristocratic class was Gre
ate3 in French Canada The perpetual
contrast between the English and the
/ French systems of colonization was but
the difference between natural evolu-
| ton and artificial construction The
Canadian aristocracy was a consistent
detail of the latter and in keeping with
Louis ambitious scheme Of persona
| government The caste system grated
upon the stem of the colonial plant wa
a picturesque adornment to the life o.
Quebec, but a doubtful experiment from
any other point Of view. as time proved
For the most part. the Canadian no
blemen were either officers of the dis
The Washington times., 1903-12-26

methods of reform In politics IS dis
tinctly sarcastic, and their view Is TO
some extent justified; which Is also q
pity.
The valuable kernel in the book, how
ever, is the suggestion offered as to
the true method Of reform. The au-
thors hint that instead Of compromis-
ing and trying to fight the devil With
fire, and 50 on, il would be better to
present an unyielding front and walt
for principle TO win the fight This may
be true, but it would take long tins
and Americans are in a hurry CNew
York: D. Appleton & Coz
The Washington times., 1903-12-26
Some Good Fiction.

Lovers Of Wee Macgreegor Will be de-
a new story Of the Glasgow youngster.
and the Illustrations by c. d. Edwards
are admirably adapted TO the spirit Of
j. J. Bells work Jack London's new
serial, The Sea-Wolf,'' begins in this
number. and promises to be Of great in
terest- A capital bit OF fiction is Miss
Dodd on the School Board" by L. r.
Elder. and another is The Unexpected
Strike" by Elliott Flower Madame
Curie contributes an article on radiurn.
and Othon Guerlac one on The Storm
Center Of French Politics" There is an
essay on Our Friend, the Dog" by
Maurice Maeterlinck. Two papers on
the immigration question are by Henry
Cabot Lodge and Frank p. Sargent.