New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-10

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SIDERABLE stepping stone in their careers. After
graduation from Harvard. Adams tsuybt scboo,
at worcester. had several renowned generals
out three feet high and several deem projecting
pohucians In petticoats," and imnlored his
friends TO write him letters In later aa,s he
ADVISED every young man to keen school as
4e Oest method or acquiring patience self
command and a knowledge OF character"
AT freyourg. Me-. fifty years later Webster
was making sensation by opening school every
oay with extemporaneous prayer was nrass,ne-
ms correspondents. TO one of whom no com
pialheo that he was not In love- and was making
ready for the study OF the law. The or,o,,aiS
10 this interesting little book contains co-,o,a
addresses and poems.
oHIasch OF the Guard" Henry Seton Merri
man s book, which has been running seriaIlv IN
England, is being brought out here bv Mcclure
tN4IIips q Co. This novel, like The Sewers"
= "a RUSSIA 1t tells a story OF adventure and
.oNe ih the time Of Napoleons retreat from
Moso0w- Barlasch is gruf, camp bred honest
ness. ~ A'4AA VA
Al 'ie introduction to the reissue Of The Par
ents Assistant" which the Macmillan Connanv
Is making. Mrs Thackeray Richie writes of her
own early acquaintance with the volume in this
manner:
once when the present writer was a very lit
az, -e e-Ii sne suffered for a short time from some
IAatlon OF the eyes. which prevented her
from reading or amusing herself in anv wav
t1eF rather, who had just then returned from
S,,1 t.@st IN order to help her pass the weary
hours began telling her the story of the Forty
Thieves" and when he had finished and had
poLeo down the wicked thieves in OIL and when
she asked him TO tell IL all over again he said
that he would try to find something else to
aIn1se her, and, looking about the room. he
look up volume OF The Parents Assistant"
winch was lying on the table, and began to read
aloud the story Of the Little Merchants" The
sloTy lasted two mornings and an odd. confused
impression still remains in the listeners mind
TO this day Of Naples Vesuvius pink and white
sugar plums-of a darkened room, Of a lonely
country house in Belgium, of a sloping garden
iuIl OF flowers outside the shutters, of the back
OF big sofa covered with yellow velvet and Of
her fathers voice reading on and on. When
she VISITED naples In after days she found her
seIf looking about unconsciously for her early
playfellows.
The House OF the White Shadows is the title
chosen by B. L. Farjeon for his new novel which
the New-Amsterdam Book Company has just
brought out. A famous lawyer visits Geneva
for rest trial is approaching there of
man accused Of murder circumstantial evil
oence. All the town Is agog with talk TO
his guilt or innocence. The lawyer conceives a
great contempt for the accused mans person
atty, but his professional interest is aroused.
he defends him trial The public is violently
prejudiced the jury correspondngly so. Yet
the great visiting lawyer comes out triumphant
with verdict of mot guilty Then the fun
begins; the incidents are described enthrall-
ing. the interest dramatic and in the
woods in heavy storm as worthy OF Wilkie
Collins. However this may be. the tale winds
up with terrific Alpine tempest and flood.
The ". 3. Conkey Company has recently
purchased the book plates with the exception
Of duplicates, formerly controlled by the United
States Book Company of New-York, the Pub
fishers Plate Renting Company and Coryell &
Co. This amounts in all to nearly hundred
thousand plates. The list OF the company's
nouncements for fall publication is at a cor
responding figure.
It is being pointed out that the theme Of
James Lane Aliens novel. 1.-The Mettle Of the
Pasture"-the obtruson upon the heroines hap
piness OF a distressful fact IN the hero's past
life and its effect upon their relationship-has
a place though q lesser one, IN Miss Alice
Browns story Judgment" In Mr.. Aliens tale
Isabel surprised with the knowledge. VIII
have nothing Of the old love In Miss Browns
tale Rosamond will have nothing of the
knowledge. To her lovers sister she says:
Whatever they say, they prove nothing. Moth
ing TO me. Bess. There is something wrong. l
have known il since yesterday. Your mother
knows it. But refuse it II he wished to tell
me himself I should refuse it That's all Not
& word about Kent, not word!
Apparently acting on the assumption that
Isabel and Rosamond must be two names for
the same thing. some people are invidiousy re
marking that the creator OF Isabel is man and
that OF Rosamond a
sYRIANs RUSHING TO NETWORK