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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-06-28
AN ASSISTED LOVE Story

of navy. not TO say navy plug. about
the tale, and also some interesting in
formation about Madeira Mr. Churchill
Is not one Of those writer's 10 whom a
scene is much the same whether the
action takes place in the Sandwich
Islands, South Africa, or New York. ne
makes clever use OF the characteristic
slipperiness Of Madeira streets. and Of
the method Of locomotion peculiar 20 the
place. His minor characters are drawn
as carefully as the principal people. and.
in brief. the story is well told AMI
original. and good reading for a summer
day. II reminds one Of those light
comedies which are as acceptable. in The
summer season. as a glass OF iced soft
drink, and as iDnocuous. No one will get
intoxicated on this kind Of fiction. and
nobody wants 10 become excited over
storybook in July. New York: The
Macmillan Company
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-06-28
TWO YOUNG AUTHORS.

Kenneth Brown and II. b. Boone, CO
authors of THE ReddeIds Succession"
and "Eastover Court House" stories OF
Virginia. seem 20 have managed the diff
ncuIt business OF collaboration with es-
peciaI success. This may be due 10 the
fact that their methods are different. so
that perhaps each supplements the other.
Mr. Boone plans his work out. writes
day and night on it while the fl lasts.
and then deserts his desk for weeks IT
months. Mr. Brown. on the other hand,
writes a certain number Of words a day
"a thousand. either written or copied,
being his task, though he oftens exceeds
this. He used 10 do his newspaper
work so carefully that a city editor
often said to him, Brown, don't take
so much pains with your work; you
aren't writing book"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-06-28
ONE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
C1ey Studies of tr,7fug claaeas in Novel almost Good

fish and charming woman. as Harold is
the perfectly selfish and lovable man;
the springs of character are precisely
the same in the two. Lorraine. in anus
ing herself with her sisters lover. has
no motive whatever beyond the impulse
to get what she wants, to make those
about her minister to her convenience.
The thing which she wants must be hers
because she wants Il. and she has no
more scruple in dropping Dick for an
other man than IN taking Dick from Ma
talie. The pathos OF the situation lies
partly in Natalie's understanding Of this.
and her absolute uncertainty OF the out
come. A deliberate person one can cir
cumvent. but not one of these creatures
of irresponsible charm.
Gilbert Horne IS a little too perfect
10 be natural. Natalie Is perhaps the
more attractive for being somewhat in
definite. Elinor Is more like a walking
collection Of maxims than anything else
The book might have been better II these
two exemplary people had been left out
OF made less prominent. One accepts
the duenna when one must; but II re-
tsrds the progress of the courtship.
Too Many Mannerisms.
There are numerous little mannerisms
in the book. The house in the woods re-
ours a little too frequently. One is NOV
cd TO inquire why the characters, one
and all. hurry off 10 Gilbert's bachelor
cabin. when anything exciting is about
to take place The overstrained con-
sciences OF the women are too much in
the same mold. Natalie, Elinor, Kath-
erine-they are all bothered with I'M
necessary scruples. We hear too much
about Levlnsk for man who does not
appear It would have strengthened the
book had he been brought in. Phrases
are repeated. and situations seem 10 re-
cur indefinitely.
Yet a little consolidation is all that
the book needs to make II remarkable
Madam Walsingham is capitally drawn
So are Brice and his father. II just
misses being thoroughly good. (Bostoa:
Houghton. Mifflin & COZ
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-06-28
An English Story.

Mine Points OF the Law, by Wilfrid
s. Jackson. is a novel of English life.
in which one Mr.. WayzgoOse plays the
leading part. It's style and plot are
alike incOmprehensible and hardly in
teresting even TO the omnivorous reader
of novels. TO whom all fiction is more
or less acceptable. There is Just one
touch Of comprehensive realism in one
OF the early chapters. We are told
Mr.. wayzgoose. being a poor clerk with
caste to maintain, has really less COM
fort In life than the Office boy who can
buy sausage and mashed potato At q
street stand. while Mr.. Wayzgoose must
patronize the less substantial tea-shop.
(New York: John Lane: The Bodley
Head.)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-06-28
SUMMER POETRY.

IS WINNER So4'GS IN dizziness
by Katherine H. Mcdonald
Jackson. is a collection Of
poems Of which by far the best are the
lyrics. Some Of the slumber songs are
both dainty and musical. This is one of
them
THE WISIIINC-BTRD.
The wishing bird lives IN a garden iair,
Where the sun shines all day long.
And when once away from the land Of day,
You can hear his beautiful song.
His voice Is the swcctes, you ever have known,
And his feathers are all Of gold.
You can see them shine in the lofty pine.
Where he swings in the garden old.
He has been there for hundreds and hundreds
Of years.
And every single night,
When the clock strikes eight, through the gar
den gate
Troop little cGes all in white.
They have come To see the wonderful bird,
And search for his feathers % gold.
Meath tho tain pine tree where he swings in
In the beautiful garden old. Il
For if feather you chance TO find
You mny wish for whatever YOU please,
And 9s soon a. you DO il Will all come true,
And the only conditions are these
You NAV play in the garden all night long
With the treasures Of that bright land.
But the feather Of gold You must tightly hold
In the clasp Of your dimpled hand.
50 n YOU would 70 10 that garden fair,
Aud search for this wonderful prize,
When daylight has sped, you mU~t ncs1le in bed
And softly close your eyes
And soon yuu viii hear the beautiful song
OF the bird with the shining wings,
From his home 50 free IN the rail pine tree,
. Where he gaiiy sits and swings
Boston: Richard G. Badger)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-06-28
}OOK RETZEWY AND NOTES OF RECENT PLBLICA7ZONS
Il Skebf1cS Lo0e affair.
tIT RUTH AND A WOMAN" by
Anna Robson Brown, is

tIT RUTH AND A WOMAN" by
Anna Robson Brown, is a
love story of somewhat orig
inal theme. The plot hangs on the con-
fict of ideas and temp eraments in
scientific skeptic and his ladylove,
who is an Episcopalian OF sorts. The
author has rather daringly made the
skeptic the absolutely truthful being.
while the woman is presented as a
creature of conventions. emotions and
whims, TO whom absolute truth is
next to an impossibility.
had the heroine been more genuinely
religious. but It would not have been
as fascinating. nor, perhaps. as nat
ural. Mary Langland is one of those
women who adhere to the established
forms of religion. not so much because
of any real conviction as because
skepticism is bad form and utterly
hopeless as a pose. Such a woman
would necessarily be fatal in her in
fuence over the life of a man who
demanded truth in every relation. and
the only reason why more marriages
are not wrecked by such combination
is that there are few Arthur Geraints
in the world.
The hero Of this story IS bad enough
TO expect physical charm. utter truth
fitness, intellect and heart to be COM
bined in the same woman, and that
woman for him; which is about the
same as saying that he wants the
whole earth OF course there are
women here and there in real life
who might approach his ideal, but the
creature is a raTa avis.
The book is exceedingly well writ
ten, however. and the idea Is a good
one. No thoughtful person can read
it without admitting that there is
much truth and conscience outside the
limits of the conventional religious
life. and that when il comes TO genu-
Inc charcter, the Geraints are far
more important elements in life than
the Langlands. (Chicago: Herbert ).
Stone & Coz
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-06-28
THE IRISH POET.

W b. Yeats, whose exquisite poetic
dramas have made him known TO lovers
OF good literature on this side OF the
water, is likely TO become more gener-
ally appreciated. Three books by him
have recently been issued, one called
The Celtic Twilight" being perhaps
most interesting Where There as
Nothing" is a play; and the third book
is collection of essays entitled Ideas
OF Good and Evil" Two plays by him,
"The Pot. OF Broth" and "Cathleen- nj
Hooiihan." are to be given by the Irish
Literary Society of New York. II will
be remembered that when Otis skinner
two years ago had the temerity 10
give Browning's I'm a Balcony" and do
It well. the prelude acted by his COM
pany was a little Irish play. "In the
Land OF Hearts Desire" which was a
fascinating and unique revelation OF
the possibilities of Celtic drama. This
play was by Mr.. Yeats. The Countess
Kathleen" is another of the same sort.
The plays Of this author have the curl
Gus merit of beng both poetic and dra-
matte. which is true of few productions
of the kind since Shakespeare gave up
writing.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-06-28

TN "Mr. Keegan's Elopement," short
story now republished in the Lit
tie Novels series, Winston Chur-
chill first demonstrated his ability 20
tell good story. and do it well. The
little sketch appeared some years ago,
but is clever enough to be worth he
reprinting. especially as most people
will not have seen It. The little book.
like the others Of the series, contains
a portrait Of the author as frontispiece,
and is otherwise illustrated.
The scene is laid in Madeira, virgin
soil for the writer of Action, and the
dramatists personnae are Mr.. Keegan,
Mr.. Keegan's friend. Jimmy Legs. Mr..
Pennington. naval officer; Miss Ingle-
field. typical English maiden, and her
stern parent There is a strong flavor
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-06-28
1HE JUNE STUDIO.

Opening with an article on the Art
OF the Late Giovanni Costa" by olivia
Rcsetti Agresti. giving an account of the
great Italian artists work. and showing
what IS lost to the field OF modern
italian art through hts death. the In
ternational Studio" for June continues
with discussion Of the architectural
designs and exhibits of the Arts and
Crafts Exhibition. The latter subject Is
illustrated with many half tones. from
which readers viii find a host of sug-
gestions for the arrangement and fur
nishing of summer residences.
It Is probably little known by the pub
lie at large that as early as the seven
teenth century three-color printing was
in process. the master of the art being
Jacob G. LeBlon. a German, whose
pioneer work in this field is equal to
much of the best work done today The
article shows colored reproduction of
his famous ''Narcissus." together with a
number of black -and-whites of other
famous plates by the same artist.
This is followed by an article on the
work of Mr.. and Mrs. J. Young Hunter.
by A. l.. Baldry. and, further, by a
beautiful illustrated monograph by NJ. H
Baillie Scott. on some experiments in
embroidery. The number closes with the
usual studio Talk. From All Over the
Art World" The June Studio" is par
ticulariy rich in full-page color plates.
Of which there arc five, together with
one mczZo-tint
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-06-28
HITS TO GOLFERS.

Hits TO Golfers" which has just been
issued by the Baker & Taylor Company.
was written and published privately by
"NibIicE." OF Boston. The book at
tractcd very wide attention and the re-
sponsibility for its authorship was laid
upon practically every professional and
amateur golfer OF note In the country
Niblick's identity has been one OF he
puzzles OF the golf year. His book. how
ever, has rapidly gained the reputation
OF the standard Harry Vardon calls il
zone OF the best on the market" and
Walter J. Trails writes: Undoubtedly
the best which has yet appeared or viii
appear for many a day" II is most at
tractively illustrated and printed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-06-28

the bottom rail placed on top: OF be-
holding strength made unnaturally sub
servient TO weakness. If the wife be
the inferior. the husband has many in
terests which may make up In some de-
gree for the want of perfect understand
ing at home; but II the situation is re-
versed it is difficult. Some marriages of
this sort are, 1t is true, made tolerable
and even beautiful by the self -effaciug
love Of the stronger nature. but It may
as well be frankly admitted that such
love is natural, and not the RESULT of
a sense of duty. In Katherine Manner
ing we have woman who could have
borne the faults of strong man. OF had
compassion on a weak one who was not
absolutely contemplate; who would
have looked on Brice Mannering with
kindly tolerance had he not been her
husband, but who. as it is, finds him abb
hcrrent One may hate a snake or fear
a tiger. but one loathes a toad. What
is woman to do who finds herself
loathing her husband?
Without an Opinion.
The author expresses no opinion, and
it cannot be said that the novel teach
es any definite lesson on the subject; the
situation is presented. and the reader
is left TO draw conclusions. The book is
a most clever study of the relations be-
tween men and women who have been,
are, or are to be, lovers.
or the characters who are not Man
nerIngs. Lorraine is perhaps the best
A curious literary phenomenon is the APP
parent spiritual kinship which some
times seems 70 exist between the ere
ations of two utterly different writer's.
Miss Browns Lorraine is the feminine
counterpart of Constance Fenimore
Woolsom's Lansing Harold. whom read
ers of East Angels" may remember as
the handsome. brilliant human animal.
who quite innocently spoilt the life OF
the girl whom he married. Yet the sug-
gestion is undoubtedly unconscious, so
far as the author is concerned. II Is
only that Lorraine is the perfectly sell
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-06-28
n BOOK ON OLD CHINA.

battle Of Bunker Hill. the Baltimore
almshouse and innumerable others. One
unusual piece is the draining plate OF
fish platter. showing the Capitol. The
platter itself has been lost, but the ex-
listing piece is handsome. even though
punctured by numerous holes showing its
use.
Among the quaintest. IL not the most
valuable. Of china is the printed ware.
bearing doggerel rhymes more or less
amusing. One small jug bears the
quatrain:
Prom rocks and sands and barren lands.
Good fortune set me free;
And from great guns and w0men's tongues
Good Lord deliver NE.
Another is rampantly revolutionary:
George the First was always reckoned
Vile but viler George the Second:
And what mortal ever heard
ANY good Of George the Third2
When from earth the fourth descended,
Praise the Lord, the Georges ended
A sinister suggestion that in the last
ccuDlet
A mug Of old design bears this motto,
which is worth reproducing on some
modern stein:
Call freely.
Drink merrily;
Paw honestly,
Part quietly.
Some china collectors Of the amateur
variety will feel sad on reading that the
willow pattern china is not valuable
owing to the great quantity IN which It
was produced. Nevertheless, the author
records a case Of one enthusiastic col %
hector who had at his country home no
less than three thousand pieces, and had
bad cretonnes, papers, and other hang
irgs made in the same design. New
York: Frederick A. Stokes Company
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-06-28
S"HE OLD CHINA BOOK. by n. !
Hudson Moore, is a discussion

Hudson Moore, is a discussion
at length of all the different
kinds of old china to be found in Amer
lea, including Staffordshire. wedgwood.
Lustre. Lowestoft. and other English
pottery and porcelain. No other china
is described, both the French and the
Chinese porcelains being ignored. The
old processes OF making china are de-
scribed in some detail. giving the reader
an idea OF the reasons for one OF an
other coloring or glaze. II will all De
extremely interesting to lovers of old
china.
The illustrations are. OF course. nu-
merous. book of this kind being prac-
tically useless without them. There are
one hundred and fifty in the book of two
hundred and seventy-odd pages, and
many of the pictures show two, three
or half a dozen forms, so that the total
number OF pieces illustrated must run
to between two and three hundred
feThaps the inosl interesting chapter IS
tkat in which the historical pieces are
described Most people already know
that at the time OF the Revolution, and
for at least one generation after that.
much pottery was made bearing pictures
OF prominent men. historic scenes, or
notable buildings. but few Will realize
until they come to study this book the
CF ma
GRATED. There are here pictured plates
presenting a view Of Fulton's steamboat.
the death OF Wolfe. Harvard College, the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-06-28
Miss Daskam,s Personality.

Miss Josephine Dodge Daskam, whose
name. by the way. is a corruption Of
D'Ascam, is thus described by an &C
quaintance:
"She Is tall, slender, and chic. Her
duslSy crown OF hair. her black eyes set
far apart, denoting the reflective tenn
permanent; her olive. colorless complex
ion, hint that she might have been born
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-06-28
A Painter of Portraits.

l. H. Caliga who did the colored illus
trations for Helen Milecote's novel, "A
Detached Pirate" is q native of Indiana.
was educated in Munich, and nov lives
in Boston. where he has made speciality
OF portrait painting. One Of his latest
and most successful portraits is that Of
Nathan Haskell Dole. president of the
Bibliophile Society.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-06-28
CURRENT LI7ERARI NOTES AND GOSSIP

in one OF the peninsulas iutting into the
Mediterranean. But this is only a mis-
leading, accidental resemblance. She
was born in the Nutmeg State. in the
town OF Stamford, and has lived there
all her life. She talks as she writes
crisply, often bitingly.'
To many people It viii seem that this
is Just the personality which this popu-
lar writer would naturally have.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-06-28
ETS. TENNIS AND
n SQUASH" by Eu'taoe Miles
amateur champion of I


world in these various games, is a
book which Will have its interest fo-
those who play. It is a good book to
put I'm ones trunk when departing FOX
a summer vacation, II one happens 20
play tennis or either of the other games.
for in every summer resort Is to be found
the Man Who Knows 1t All, and in Ger
tain emergencies It is handy TO have the
printed page tor his confounding.
The book is fully Illustrated. as every
such work should be, with nifty or more
reproductions Of photographs and sew
eral diagrams. II IS divided into sew
ernl parts; first we have hints on train
ing. then a comparison OF the three
games, and a discussion of the general
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-06-28
MI Aliens New Book.

James Lane Aliens new book is said
TO be somewhat like The Choir Invisi
BILE" Mr. Allen and his publishers have
been vibrating distractedly between
"Crypts of the Heart" and The Mettle
of the Pasture" as a name. but finally
settled On the latter.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-06-28
The government OF Colonies.

Serious students of political problems
viii be glad 10 hear that the third
book OF Paul s Reinsch. Colonial Ad-
ministration.' is coming out in the late
summer. The great question Of the
me citing of different civilizations. and Of
their mutual influence, will be the cen
ter OF The discussion.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-06-28
HE MANNERINGS." the latest
work of Alice Brown. we'll

<
work OF Alice Brown, we'll
known as a clever writer of
short stories. has attracted attention.
and would have attracted more had T.
been artistic as "Tiverton Tales" or
Meadow Grass" the authors previous
books. II is clearly her most ambitious
work thus far. and in some ways II IS
unusual.
The story might be called record of
misrepresentation. The dozen people
whose emotions and experiences furnish
the chief Interest seem to be consti-
tutionally incapable of coming to a
complete understanding, and in two
cases at least there seems 10 be no rea-
son why they should not do so without
wasting so much time.
The Old, Old Question.
Nevertheless the book is interesting.
almost painfully so at times. 1t pre-
sents in new guise the question. much
discussed of late. whether two married
folk who do not love each other should
separate or not. In the case of THE
Mannerings" we have a mating which
reminds the reader of the old nursery
rhyme.
had little husband no bigger than my
thumb
put him in pint pot. and there bid him
drum.
But what is to be done when the
ears of his wife are violently offended
by the drumming of the minute hus-
band. and when she is continually try
ing to pull him up TO her own stature7
That is the plight OF Katherine Man
nering. and it is not at all an uncom-
mon one. There is something about n
marriage in which the husband is dis
tinctly the inferior OF the wife al which
the imagination instinctively revcIts. II
is perhaps the human dislike of seeing
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-06-28
The Inherited Taste.

Anna Robson Brown. author of
Truth and Woman comes OF fam
lily of writer's. The first American novel
ist. Charles Brockden Brown. was her
great uncle. Her name in private life
is Mrs Burr.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-06-28
A New Golf Book.

A novelty in books is a sort of cine
matograph edition of How 20 Play
Coli" by J. II. Whigham. Small photo
graphs are SO printed in the margin that
a moving picture is obtained, showing
the correct positions in driving.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-06-28

new book The FiIigree Ball You ought
to read it. II might help you IN your
work"
Said the other man: Glad you're
reading that book. Keep at it and you'll
be a lawyer after a while
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-06-28
A Western Naturalist.

John Muir, the companion of President
re osevelt in the Yellowstone, has gone
TO Siberia with Charles 6. Sargent,
author OF The Flora of North America, -
foI study OF the fora and fauna of north
eastern Asia
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-06-28
The Great Middle West.

As II there were not enough authors
growing wild IN the Middle West.
Chicago firm announces its cultivation
OF a new one. Warden Curtis. OF Madi-
son, Wis. who has written story called
The Strange Adventures of MIR. Middle
ton"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-06-28
A True COWBOY Book.

K. Hough. himself a writer OF good
Western stories. says Of Andy Adams
Log OF a Cowboy" at is the real
thing, and the first time the real thing
has appeared in print"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-06-28
Lewis First Novel.

In Alfred Henry Lewis first complete
novel. Peggy O'Neal." a famous New
York Hebrew plays a leading part. lie
was Mordecai Noah. al one time sheriff
Of New York city.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-06-28
A New Jewish Writer.

volume of stories OF Jewish life in a
German town a generation ago. The
author is a new writer, Martha Wolfen-
stein.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-06-28
MI Nichnlsnn,s Novel

Those who have read The Main
Chance by Meredith Nicholson. will be
glad to know that the Clarkson OF the
story is supposed TO be Omaha.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-06-28
The Author of "Tohn PercyfeId.n

c. Hanford Henderson. the author OF
John Percyheld," is spending the sum
mer In Japan and will go from there o
Greece.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-06-28
The Real FnQlishwoman.

The real author Of IAN English
woman's Love Letters is now said %
be Ester Marion Foley. and we are also
told that the letters were genuine and
not fiction.