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A NEW SCOTT ANEcDoTE.

A NEW anecdote of Scott comes
n from the London Morning Post"
1t was first told by a scotchman. now
long dead.
When a boy he was one day watch
ing some brilliant operations. probably
near Abbotsford, when a lame man,
bareheaded and with a pen behind his
ear. came up. Taking hold OF pail.
the lame man turned it over quickly
and asked the workmen what he was
doing with It, ''whamblin il over - one
OF them replied. Thank you. thank
you. my man; that's the very word I've
been trying 10 get all the morning."
cried Sir Walter. gratefully. and
straightway returned to his desk. ut
was the teller OF this story" says the
London Morning Post" who. when
some years younger. saw in a shop win
dow as he was going 10 school the new
romance of 'WaverIy' lying open at the
first page. The schoolboy stopped to
read it through the glass. and his eager
absorption so took the fancy of the
bookseller that each day as he passed
the pages we're turned for him in the
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of familiar knowledge in the Offices of
the wicked, mereiless daily papers.
which. as is we'll known. spare nobody.
and are much condemned by virtuous
magazine editors who have no tempta-
tion to tell the truth. But they have
never published this tale. although il
is a good story. apart from its local
interest Now comes Mrs Katharine
Binghams The Philadelphians." re-
printed from magazine making pro-
fessiOn of blameless gentleness and ten
derness. and 10. the tale is told N
truth the afianced girl. whom a series
Of accidents had compelled to pass tia
night quite alone in her fathers coun-
try house. awoke al early dawn TO see
her lover standing by her dressing table
lingering the Jewels which she had worn
the previous evening He and a party
Of her friends had escorted her home
from dance and searched the house for
possible burglars; she had locked the
door behind them and lain down without
a fear. He. having left a window bolt
unfastened. had sought his own home,
swiftly slipped into morning clothes.
mounted his bicycle and returned for
the booty with which he intended 10 Day
certain heavy debts. Her father and
brother waited upon him the next morn
ms. the jewels were recovered, and the
engagement broken In The Philadel-
phians" the lady is married. and uses
her knowledge OF the mans crime TO
end his Irritation with her married sis
ter-in-law. but the source OF the story
seems indubItabIe.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-03-01
CHILD BOOKS.

Q ONE vigorous language. entirely
y JUSTIFIED. Is used by the Outlook
on the subject OF modern Juvenile fiction.
1t is this:
In nearly 200 chiIdren's books Of the
present season we have not found
enough giants and COLLINS 70 furnish
two really bouncing tales. There is an
abundance OF stories OF the Bocr War.
stories Of garishly modern boys and
girls schools. stories with an avowedly
accurate historical basis. and OF books
in which contemporary actualiues are
50 described or satirized as 20 drag the
little reader premsturely out Of fairy
land into the sophisticated life which he
is bound 10 enter on all too soon. But
while such works as these could hardly
be reckoncd on a centi2ede's toes. the
out and out fairy books can be counted
on the fingers Of one band
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AN EFFECTIVE CURE.

= HARLES EDWARD RICH. author
- OF The New Boy at Dale" Just
published. and dedicated. by the way.
to Henri Pene Da Bots. has theories on
the training Of boys One at least is
based on experience, At the age of six
teen he had violent attack OF sea-fever.
and his father astutely sent him to sea-
MI Rich's account OF It is this;
We sailed GU; OF port IN the teeth
Of roaring gale. and We did not lose
il during the entire forty-three days that
il took the rather antiQuated bark
had been shipped on TO beat her way
across the Western ocean. The captain
was young man with a record for car
rying sail. He lived up to his record
Every old san on the tub was carried
away during the first week. and new
canvas was bent in the face or the howl
ing gale. When he reached Belfast, Ire
land. our port OF destination. was con-
valescent; but when. some time later, I
set my foot on my native shore. I felt
the dry land was quite sufficient for all
NV future DurOOses- And it has BEEN
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in Devonshire. who allowed him the run
Of a library full of literature an
cient and modern. including quaint old
editions of forgotten poets. This is
doubtless the reason OF the erudite
flavor Of much of his work, which con-
tains illusions to things OF which the
average reader has not heard Some
thing OF the same element appears in
the verses of the women OF the Kip
ling household They appear to have
been a reading family.
An Inevitable Comparison.
It is inevitable. Of course. that these
verses should be compared with those
OF the son and brother whose name is
known all over the world; but though
they share some OF the qualities which
mark his work. they are individual
enough to have won recognition on their
own merits. The work Of mother and of
daughter is alike simple, straightfor-
ward. dainty There is nothing which
suggests a striving for effect. The sim
plicity OF this little lyric. among the
poems OF the daughter, is nothing less
than exquisite:
The Flower of Pain
Where Mary set her bonny foot
Throughout the North Countree
No English roses e'er took root,
No foreign feur-de-lys.
&c Round palace tower and prison wall
CTis vain to cut them DOWN
The Scottish thistIes cluster tall.
The thorns of Marys crown.
'where'er she lived Scotch thistle
grows.
Her Flower OF Pain is seen.
More loyal than the Southern rose,
Its purple mourns the Queen"
Renaissance.
Loves DereHct" is curiously remi-
niscent OF that poem in 1.-The Seven
Seas" entitled The Dereliet." and sug
gosts that they may have been written
at the same time. But where the latter
roem is stern. bitter, despairing. this is
! merely pathetic. 1t Is as follows:
Il. who was once full freighted for the
| sea.
Strong tirbered. with my ivory can
vas cleaning,
Now drift a battered hulk, all aim
| lessly.
| -shriveled waveworn, useless
| tackle streaming
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ing and interesting OF his life. Rus
kin's great work he says, was to
teach people to see. He had an eye for
and stones. hills and
flowers. all interested him in the same
intense way. And what he saw and felt
he communicated in inimitable and in
evitable eloquence TO others. ! seem
to hear him now breaking forth into a
rhapsody OF delight as we came unex-
pectedly. on a walk up the Brezon. upon
a sIoping bank OF the star gentian. He
was full, too. Of sympathy with the
life of the people. I can see him now
kneeling down, as he knelt on Easter
Sunday. 1868. and praying with a peas
ant woman at a wayside chapel. when
first reach the Alps" he said 20 me
once. Il always pray" Mr.. Ruskin's
printed passages OF alteration in pres
ence OF the sublimity of nature were
the expression OF his Utmost feelings
and in accord with hi sown practice.
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ANCIENT GAMES

\ recent magazine article Stewart
L Culin. Of the University of PcpnsyI-
vania, points out many striking re-
resemblance between the games Of
chance PLAYED by early American In
dams and those now in use in India
Korea, and China Among these lhe
Hindu game OF "Pachisi" is almost
identical with ''Patoli." as played by the
Aztecs in Old Mexico. Incidentally. the
game Of parchisi, with which all Amerf-
can children are familiar. is a develop
ment from the Pachisi which Mr. CuIin
and others regard as one OF the i'm
portant links IN the evidence Identifying
Eastern with Western civilization.
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THE STORY OF A STORY.

He lynK-eyed newspaper man has
L often been accused Of having no
regard for the personal feelings OF the
public. or the right OF privacy. but 1t
appears from revelations in connection
with recently published novel that TIE
novelist has rushed in, ut least once
tread. This is the story Of that story
For FIVE years the story OF a certain
broken engagement has been whispered
in Boston society and has been matter
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-03-01
MRS. HUMPHREY WARD.

A LONDON writer has been giving
y the public a pen picture OF Mrs
Humphry Ward. which is in part as
follows:
"a tall. graceful figure. steady. smiling
eyes. dark hair touched with gray
waving down each side of an intellectual
attractive face-and yet there is some
thing austere about Mary Ward"
The writer adds that she is OF The
type Of womanhood which accepts the re
probabilities OF life. which sees both the
nobility Of motherhood md The nobility
OF knowledge"
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SOME WAR TIME EXPERIENCES.
Lively Yet Simple Stoy of the Real Life of Confederate
Officers Wife in the Civil War.

without the counsel or guidance Of those
on board"
A great part OF the interest OF the
book consists in the glimpses which ara
given Of daily life during the war south
OF Mason and Dixon's line A little in
stance OF the bombardment OF Peters
burg illustrates the ludicrous. half
pathetic Predieameat OF women who had
never known what work was until thus
thrown upon their own resources Seven
ladies. wives ana relatives Of the Con-
federate officers. lad taken refuge in a
house a little outside the town. and this
was one OF their experiences:
We had but few clothes with us.
and when these got sosled there was no
vashwOman 10 be had. so when Sue Will
lisms sail she was going to wash her
clothes herself We all got up our wash
Tags. and went down into the back yard
with her. We found some tubs and drew
our water and made up some fire under
a rot, as we had seen the negroes do.
can see Sue low. drawing water and lift
ing buckets back and forth from the
we'll We tied some clothes up In a
sheet and put them into the pot to boil:
then We pus some other clothes in a tub
and began to wash; meanwhile we had to
keep UP The fire under the pot It was
dinner hoIr by the time we got thus far.
The weather was very hot. and we were
dresdfuIiy tired. and We hadn't got any
clothes on the line yet.
The Beleaguered City.
I'VE stopped to swallow our dinner
and went ar it again. The sun was go
ing down when we had a pile OF clothes
washed. rinsed. and wrung ready for tha
lie. We didn't know what to do about
#. There didn't, seem to be any prece-
dent that We had ever known for hang
inr clothes out at shutdown On the
other hand. X we didn't spread them out
they would mildew-we had heard OF
such things II they had 10 be spread
out. certainly there was no better place
TO spread them than on the line. So at
sunset We hung out our clothes TO Try.
There were handkerchiefs on the line
and a petticcat apiece. The rest OF the
clothes were in the pot and the tub. and
they are there now for aught I know 10
the contrary"
Sumo of the stories of the siege Of
Richmond contain an equally remarkable
mixture - the pathetic and the laugh
able The explosion which blew a whole
regiment into the air outside PETERSBURG,
and left thar hole in the earth called the
crater. he taking of Richmond. and a
are among the tragic incidents descri5-
20 in the book II will be of interest re
North and south alike. New York: ID.
Appleton & Col
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POEMS OF THE KIPLING FAMILY
Volume of Verses by the Mother and Sister of Rudyad Kpng
Dainty and Exquisite in Their Simplicity.

- he water washes, like dull sobs in
dreaming.
Across soaked planks that were the
deck Of me;
I keep no course. who steered so
faithfully.
And bear 10 cargo. who had riches
teeming.
Loves Dcrelict am 1, Loves DereIict.
Wrecked by his hand, by him flung
to disaster;
Drifting alone through merciIess edict.
Alone. cast out, forgotten of my mas
ter.
strong prows of purpose. pity as ye
IEs5.
Loves Derel!ct-Love's Deremct. alas!''
Dainty and Ethereal.
One of the dainuest and most ethereal
OF Mrs. KipIirgs poems is this:
WIND MUSIC AND THE CHILD.
"A tune that keeps no earthly time or
measure,
Rising and falling at the winds wild
pleasure:
Now quick in haste. now slow in languid
leisure.
But always very unsteady sweet
And always sad. No little childish feet
To It's soft cadence dance along the
street:
NO little childish voice breaks into
singing
BY a glad impulse. like a wild bird
hinging
An echo TO the sound the wind is bring
ing.
Rather the child, although scarce
knowing why,
Hearing this music. passes slowly by.
And breathes its fear and wonder in a
sigh"
Among the poems by the daughter are
a number OF eight-line stanzas which
she calls Pieces OF Eight" This is one
Of them:
A PASSING THOUGHT.
Just that man in the street
With his commonplace face;
Bat could one woman meet
Just that man in the street.
All her life would grow sweet,
Full OF glory and grace
Just that man in the street.
With his commonplace face
The reader will be likely 20 conclude.
after perusing this book, that there is a
way TO account for the genius OF Kip
ling. New York: Doubleday, Page &
Coz
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Books That Readers Are Buying.

We could hear the dead wagon as II
approached. We knew II by the doIorous
cry OF the driver. II drew nearer and
nearer 20 our home. 1t all seemed so
terrible. and yet I could not understand
1t. I heard the wagon stop under our
window. Now the scene all comes back
10 me. and it recalls the rumble and rat
tie OF those tumbrils OF the French
Reign OF Terror; only il was the fever.
instead OF the guillotine. that demanded
its victims. The driver would not enter
the pest-stricken houses. He remained
in his cart, and shouted out in a heart
tearing cry. to the inmates to bring
their dead TO him. AS he drove I'D to
our window he placed his hands around
his mouth, as hunter does in making
a halloo. and cried: Bring out-bring
out your dead.'"
The long walled doIorous cry filed the
streets. empty Of their frequenters.
Bring out-bring out your dead"
Again at our home the cry was heard;
and ! saw my father and others lift up
the coarse pine box. with the body OF
my little sister shut inside. carry it to
the window and toss il into the dead
wagon" And then the wagon ratified
away down the street and again. as 81
stopped under the window OF the next
house. over the doomed city rang
the weird cry: Bring out-bring out
your dead"
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"REMINISCENCES OF RUSKIN.

+ T. COOK writes thus aPPrecia-
l.. lively OF Ruskin in a current
magazine: "Ruskin was a good
walker. but no athlete. He and Mr..
Allen we're out one day upon the noun
tainside. They passed a group Of
men engaged in rough work with
pickaxes. How I wish said Ruskin,
I could do what those men are
doing! I was never allowed to do any
work which would have strengthened my
back. wasn't allowed to ride. for fear
Of being thrown of; nor to boat, for fear
Of being drowned; nor to box. because
IL was vulgar; l was allowed to fence.
because H. was genteel.' But Mr.. Allen
cannot remember ever seeing Ruskin
with the foils. Sometimes when he was
living with his parents at Denmark Hill
he would enjoy a surreptitious row on
the river. 1 used TO be told says Mr..
Alien. not to let his parents know
where he was gone Ruskin at this
time was in the forties."
And again he says: What a COM
mountain walks around Bonneville and
Chamounix, Mr.. Allen looks back, as
one can well understand. TO those days
among the Alps as the most stimulat-
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flood on a lighter full OF troopers and
troop horses. blockade running to Balti-
more. whence she had determined TO
fetch material for a new uniform for her
husband. and acquaintance with many
people OF note. among them General Lee.
General Stuart, and Belle Boyd. the ia
nous Confederate spy, OF whom re-
markably clear character-sketch is
given
A Spicy Paragraph.
In the description OF the crossing OF
the Pamunkey River is a spicy paragraph
which is a good example OF the style in
which the book is written The little
madam" as many Of the officers called
her. says. The thing on which we were
to cross was moored 10 the bank by a
great chain. II was a lighter crowded
with men and horses. There were SOL
diers at the ends and sides holding long
sticks which they used as poles to direct
and govern the craft. Our ambulance
and mules were driven on along with
midst Of rearing and plunging horses
that threatened every minute 10 back
on the lighter into the river and drag
US with them. while our craft was max
ing its slow way TO the opposite
bank
AS one Of the men was trying his
best TO keep the horse he was holding
from plunging and kicking itself ilto
the river, or plunging and kicking itself
on me. he caught my eye ia the middle
Of an oath. and interrupted himself &c
begin an apology. The horse took ad-
vantage Of this 70 make more vigorous
demonstra lions.
" oh. OH 1 cried. in terror, finish
finish what you we're saying 10 the
horsei He's going to jump on me. and
III have TO say II myself il you DON'T
War Time Glinpses.
Il didn't realize what was saying IN
I'll I heard a ehuckle from the men with
In hearing distance They knew that
was beside myself with terror and did
their best to smother their laughter.
But 1 was past caring for public opinion.
was in an agony of terror. There was
no other place for ne 10 stand. horses
kicking, DIangins. rearing horses-werc
crowded everywhere. 4 lighter is the
rudest excuse for a boat Ours was
made OF planks crossed and nailed to-
gether. and between their wide spaces.
Just under my feet I saw the swollen
waters, upon which we seemed 10 be
tossed, and eareened and whipped about
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and others. Among the autographs are
THE Lords Prayer in Thackeray's
handwriting on a small piece OF paper
the size Of a threepenny piece. and an
other by Person on paper the size OF a
sixpence; Miss Kate Perry's album. con-
tanning letters. drawings, etc, by Thack-
cray, with an original unpublished poem.
The Pen and the Album" a curious
letter in minute characters forming the
word JOB signed by initials "W. NJ. T. ="
etc; autograph lines sending a small
gold brooch enameled in colors with the
head of Miss Perry's skye terrier
am Miss Perry's faithful Phil.
And my picture thus ] send her. etc.
In the same sale was a copy of Charles
Lambs Beauty and the Beast" with
eight engravings and woodcut on the
wrapper, inclosed in a paper pull-off
on which is printed the title page. and
on the reverse side the advertisement OF
this work and Prince Dorus." 1t is
believed to be form in which the book
has never before occurred for sale.
Another interesting sale in England
was that of the library of the late r. e.
Naylor. OF Kelmarsh Hall, Northamp-
ton. The most important item was
Bridges History and Antiquities OF
Northamptonshire," 1871. extra illus
trated with portraits and drawings and
extended from two volumes to six. This
brought e215.
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ReUTe10S of the Latest NoUeLS.

A y aggrievcd correspondent wishes 10
n know why there is not a regula-
ton OF the titles OF books compelling
the devisers TO give the public some
idea OF the contents of the volume. lie
says that he found in the catalogue
Of a library the title OF book. apparent
ly a work on archaeology. which seemed
to be precisely what he wanted for ref
erence. On sending for the book he
found to his disgust that it was a moral
tale for girls. whereupon he understood
the feelings OF the farmer who bought
copy of Ruskin's sheep Fold expect
ing 10 find il useful in his business
This is an old grievance of unsophisti-
Gated readers. and even the experienced
are sometimes taken in. VI. Pierre Lott.
for example. once wrote a book whose
title was calculated TO deceive the very
elect. Il was 1.-The Book OF Pity and
of Death" and anyone would have been
justified in drawing the conclusion that
Il was a tragic novel. II was mainly
occupied with the biographies OF three
pet pussy cats. and as all persons do
not share NJ Lofts fondness for these
ingratiating animals. it is probable that
the book was not as widely popular as
Il might have been had il indicated in
its name the fact that it was 4 work for
oat-Iovers, and not for devotees Of blood
and thunder fiction.