The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-26
SOME NE w BOOKS.

BY PAUL PKY.

anc suitably hattered recipient of an in
vitation to an audience with The en-
peror. Several other foreign, ladies' of
Seoul had beer honored, and we found
ourselves at 4 O'clock in the afternoon
of the appointed day assembled In a room
OF the palace, which can only be described
as an imitation OF an English .parlour.'
TO US came court dignitary, and with
the words, The emperor is ready he
preceded us through a labvrintb Of mas
sages, across one or two court wards and
at length into the imperial presence itself
In one corner of the room was a small
table. and behind this stood a figure In
whom we recognized the emperor HIS
dress being the ordinary one of a Korean
gentleman. The crown prince stood beside
him, and between them the emperor's
youngest son. the 5-year-old child of the
Lady ON. 1 was at first filled with
alarm on observing the manner in which
the foremost lady made her obeisance to
the emperor; it looked as If it must be
so difficult to do. But having watched
five others go through the performance
with success, was able to advance
with comparative confidence. What was
required was to grasp the imperial hand
and then, holding ones elbow as high as
possible, to execute a court courtesy. A
similar honor had to be paid to the heir
apparent, and to the baby prince whose
little hand just rested on the table edge"
An entertainment and dinner followed
OF the latter she writes:
1.-THE meal was an ordinary English
one. Several of the ministers and inter-
prefers partook of 1t with us, and showed
marked appreciation of the foreign
dishes"
, The volume has five plates in color and
numerous illustrations from original
drawings and photographs by the author
which add to the value of the text. Such
volume is of special interest just now
when the interest OF the world is cen
tered more or less in the far east.
.'Wjngs and No Eyes," Comedy of
Love by Philip Crutcher. The Grafton
Press.
This somewhat remarkable title is
CLEANED from Midsummer Nights
Dream"
sAnd therefore is wing'd Cupid painted
blind;
"Nor hath loves mind of any Judgment
Taste:
wings. and no eyes, figure unheedy
haste"
The scenes of the romance are laid In
Mississippi, and while the plot is simple
enough the extraordinary experiences OF
John Cobbs the hero, in the town of his
choice, Judithland, all go to make very
readable story. The author has a full
stock Of quiet humor and wit which adds
sprightliness to the story In one chapter
he writes: "Iike all donkeys, he was
a great philosopher, and he argued, SEN
sibly enough, that every effect must have
its cause. Now, the sole cause of his pro-
gress was the beating pe received, and
when the cause was taken away the eff
feet naturally disappeared. But, dear
reader do not for an instant suppose that
because I say that all donkeys are philos-
ophers | mean to insinuate that all
philosophers are donkeys. No. forever
perish the thought. This is one of those
poor rules which only works one way,
and it is not at all governed by the law
of mathematics or Christian Science"
''Tempests of the Play Gods" by jamie
E. Stoddard. The Neaie Publishing COM
pany
Possibly 1t is not quite fair to mention
a romance and begin by quarreling with
the author about the very raison d'etre
of the story Eut the theme of young
aristocrat in love with his mothers seam
stress. while the sister, mother and pa