The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-12-18

izens kotn ADAMS ana DE IocQue-
VINE Thought they argued from good
data. but they read their data wrong
Inc Adams reIerred 10 is pIoDdbly
Samuel ADAMS anu not JoIlIl AudHls,
afterwards President OF the United 1
states. The eminent trencnman
mentioned, wrote the first ana most
important work on our country, unless
Il work of few years ago py non
James Bryce, the aple Engllsh hlsto-
RAN ana essaylst, is It's equal or sur
passes ii. 1T was the then celebrated
Or. Lardner who spoke against the
possibilities of ever crossing the ocean
IN q steamship.
DO you know that in the important
State of tennessee local sentl-
ment as TO the sale of liquor mas al
most completely triumphed? 1t is
We'll nigh now no-llcenSe common
wealth, and to-day the sale of liquors
of all k.nus Is confined to less than
dozen of the larger cities. The New
York Nation says that 'the Southern
States present to-day the largest
stretches of dry" territory in the
country, though not one of them has
state prohibition. Local sentiment has
brought about al gradual extension OF
no-hcense territory"
The death of Sir William Harcourt
some two months ago. removed from
most noteworthy and able of toe
members of the Parliament. He was
a Liberal, and bold, brave, ready
gifted and useful. He was much of "a
master in debate, and had no rival since
the great Gladstone death in finance
and fiscal policy. He was at no time
severe or q swash-buckler, but con-
slstent, fertile in resource and upr1gnt
"a man of high abilities and honor,
a man of great wit and of genuine
learning, a politician reminding US of
the better days in the past when there
were real statesmen and great debaters
with high aims. The n. Y. Nation said
of him:
The ways of the wire puller and
the mealy-mouthed politician he could
never make his own. A formidable
debater, he spoke not for the passing
fad of the hour, but for a consistent
body of principles which he had
thought out and was prepared reso-
lutely to defend, Uncom-
promising in public life, and above the
art of being all things to all men. he
was not a popular leader of his party;
but in private his charm was great.
One has only to read George
Russell's stories of his bright sayings
to see that he was as deft in the
swordsmanship of repartee as he was
overpoWering in his use of the Mas
There is but one man left in the
Liberal party who can be mentioned
with him-Lord RoseborO. OF him
the London Times says that he is the
only living Englishman who could be
mentioned with Hon. w. ]. Bryan as
an orator.
Among some noticeable books pub
lished lately may be we'll mentioned
Songs from the Dramatists," by Prof
Brandon Matthews. a competent Amer
lean critic They are the best supposed
lyrics to be found in Shakespeare and
the eight or ten famous dramatic
writer's of his time, and on down to
the present time Another book il
read may do good. 1t is by the lam
Gus London (Scotch) editor and au-
thor, DR.. w. Robertson Nicoll and the
title is The Lost Art of Reading"
1t is absolutely essential now for the
art referred to is very generally OF
the pasta forgotten or neglected
art" 1t is not to teach how to read
as an elocutionist would read. Not
that, but to teach you what to read,
how TO improve the mind. the way to
cultivate taste, occupy wisely your leiS-
ure, to form taste for real letters,
to acquaint yourself with the great
authors of the long past. to avoid the
current multiplying trash, and to read
absolutely nothing but what may be
erature. Rev. DR.. J. r. Miller, OF
Philadelphia, is one of the most USE
full and best religious writers of the
day in our country. His last book, and
he has written many. is THE Innes
Life and it is q most informing book.
and very helpful and treats of the.
consecrated, Sniritual life. His works
are very widely read, ana do much
good. More than a million copies have
been Sold and some Of them havo
been translated into several foreign
languages. A new and superior edi-
ton of the great Thackeray's works
have been published in England, price
$3.50. 1t is known as the ."Cornhnl
edition" 1t has a biography, bibli-
ography and critical Introductory. It
is in 80 volumes. The two editors are
SOuthern-W. p. Trent and ]. B. Hen
neman, the latter of the Episcopal
University of the South, at Sewanee
Tenn. Another interesting announce
ment is the Portraits of the Seven
teenth Century. Historic and Literary"
by the greatest of French critics, G.. A.
Sainte Beuve. The translat ion is by.
Miss K. p. Worrisley. well known
and very capable literary worker In
that line. The price is So for two
volumes. Many famous persons identi-
fed with the literature of the century
named are treated of by the sanesI
anu liiOSl IdpdDiC VI LIiE CElLlcS OIL
France. and possibly of the world
That very pleasant and excellent
Northern writer Mrs, Margaret De-
land, has published a volume of "Es-
says" If she is as clever in that line
as she is as the author of "Old Chester
Tales she will instruct and charm
She is wise, womanly and pure Her
volume is called 1.-THE Common Way"
and is for women chiefly.
1t is announced that a SIS edition
of Landons famous work. "Pericles
and Aspasia," has been issued in
London. A 80 edition would be the
right thing for the world. Lander
was great writer. one of the very
best in the last century.
Some pious writer produced the fol-
lowing excellent verse:
'On my Bonded knee.
| recognize Thy purpose clearly
shown;
My vision Thou hast dilnmed that I
might see
Thyself, Thyself alone
T. b. Is.
Labor Unions Are Sus-