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OF remarkably good presence and fine
manners"
Thackery would not be Thackeray
did he not hold ever at tilt keen shaft
Of satire against yellow plush snob-
berry and the affectations of society.
Even in these letters to his intimates
the great man of letters must have a
fling or two at his favorite scapegoat
From gay Paris, where he met the in
evitable tourist, both of English and
American breed. Thackeray writes:
From a twaddling society what can
you have but twaddling? 1t is hard
that there should be something mar
rowing about man or circumstances
The misdeeds of maids-of -all-work
form no small part Of the little CONVEX
sations 1 hear"
In another instance he mounts the
pulpit and inveighs tremendously
against the clean uncleanness of Lon
don society. Hear him-Thackeray
every bit of it,
B is spoiled by the heartlessness
CT London-which is awful to think of
the most Goddess respectable thing
things not the word, but I can't get
it-I mean that world is base and pros
porous and content, not unkind-very
well bred-very unaffected in manner,
not dissolute-clean in person and raj
ment and going to church every Sum
day-but in the eyes Of the Great Judge
Of right and wrong what rank will
those people have with all their fine
manners and spotless characters and
linen? They never feel love. but direct
ly it's born they throttle 1t and fling
IT under the sewer as poor girls do their
unlawful children they make up
money marriages and are content
then the father goes to the House Of
Commons or the counting house, the
mother to her balls and visits-the chill
dren lurk upstairs with their governess,
and when their turn comes are bought
and sold, and respectable and heartless
as their parents before them"
Thus could we continue to pick from
this correspondence bits rejecting the
very heart and soul of this strong man
of the golden Victorian age of letters.
But taken from their setting of droll
wit, running commentary or enthusias-
tic optimism these quotations lose some
Of their SAVIOR. They had best be read
in the setting their author gave them
the reflection Of his own loving heart.
his own just judgment.
(The Century Company. New York;
illustrated by some original Thackeray
sketches: price 81 50.)
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New Books Received

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sion board so dead to all sense OF pity
as to refuse the plea for stay of exc
cution from the young missionary, had
he asked 1t. But that exemplary laborer
in the vineyard did not even ask. This
rough cog in the machinery. together
with another which introduces a very
theatrical, very Hall Caine like Incl
dent for the conclusion Of the story,
give Onoto Watanna's book an unfor-
tunate shopmade flavor. One cannot
but believe that most OF his purchase
price is expended on the volumes illus
trations and decoration work = very
artistic and Japanese.
(Dodd, Mead & Co., New York; IL
lustrated by Gazo Foudji; price so
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Azalea
and Her Great Love

from as the hossy issass soosstaas Dsas
volume which is blazoned with
color within and without and glori-
ously bedecked to catch the
eye Of the Christmas shopper, a
reasonable doubt as to its real worth
as reading matter instinctively arises
within him. Occasionally these holiday
books, boxed and colored, are good; as
rule they are very mediocre. Onoto
Watanna's last story, THE Love Of
Azalea," makes no departure from the
rule.
This little lady. who is pleased to
write under g. Japanese name and who
has done some very pretty stories of
Nippon, has yielded, it is to be feared,
to that bane of all authors, popularity,
and now she is simply retilling the
field that brought her first successes.
"A Japanese Nightingale" is a sweet
story, strong in originality; THE Heart
Of Hyacinth'' is no less a dainty piece
Of fiction: but in this latest story Miss
w 6be~AtA4] A4o6 ~ 46LGA u It's atmosphere
to tide over painfully amateurish in
congruities OF plot and her trust has
failed her. No amount Of cherry bios
som scent and lisping pigeon English
can gloss over crudities in the tales
building.
THE Love of Azalea" has to do with
the sudden affection that sprang up
between little japanese girl and the
youthful missionary of an isolated
Christian parish. Seeking the church
Of the Christian first through the sordid
promptings Of a desire for possible
gain. Azalea finds that the heart of the
young preceptor is in his work Of con-
version to a degree quite acceptable
to impressionable girlhood-and they
are married. So far, the story carries
delicate little charm of its own. born
of the amusing clash between the girls
native instincts and her efforts to bend
her religious conceptions to Christian
ity's teachings. But at this point the
plot takes a painful turning. 1t seems
that the young minister is forced to re-
turn to the States. His Japanese wife
refuses to leave the land of her ma
tivity, insisting that her baby's eyes
shall first be opened on chrysanthemum
land and no other. So this scrupulous
missionary answers the call of his
board and goes alone.
OF course prosecutions follow. The
girl has lost caste by becoming
"Kirishitan" and a certain greedy
wooer conspires to prevent her hearing
from the husband across the water.
Pride and constancy unite to beggar
the young wife and mother and she
becomes a wanderer. After suffering
all sorts of indignities and physical
pains. Azalea is united once more with
the dutiful missionary, who returns
with an overwhelming sense Of regret
that he had left his wife at ALL
This consuming regret does not serve
to excuse the clumsy plot machinery
that takes young husband away from
his wife. leaving her to suffer the pangs
of maternity alone In q hostile COM
munity. It Is hard to imagine mis-
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Potpourri
OF Seasons READING

SD GLAND OF ALTENBURG." by
N Edward Mott WoolIey, is some
Awhat conventional as to plot
and savoring a bit Of the typical
cut and dried novel OF the hour.
1t has to do with a European
princeling travelling in America incog-
nito-quite q threadbars convention
this-and the scenes shift from our
own prosy. hustling country to the
imaginary principality of the hero In
an out Of the way corner OF the old
world. A chance acquaintance with
a beautiful girl on this side Of the
water sets the prince of on q love
quest which has the usual twists and
turns before 1t leads to a happy goal.
The author has put into his story sew
eral ilspiriting adventures and the
usual number OF complexities deemed
requisite to the typical light novel. 1t
is light novel, nothing more.
(Herbert S. Stone & Co.. Chicago.)
Josephine Tozier. the author of
Among English Inns" has an eve
AOI 4oCdA CO1OI lIletl SIlOulQ STAND Qer
In good stead should she decide to
turn novelist. In this book of hers
she has managed to catch the very
unctuous oiliness OF age and many
stews that seasons the oak beams OF
many an ancient hostelry. Not only
does she present US a faithful picture
Of the old inns themselves. with their
rambling Railways, their musty bed
rooms and great. curtained four-post-
ers, but the aroma Of literary associa-
ton that clings round the most IA
nous Of them affords rich material
for comment on the part Of the au-
thor.
At Cloveley, where the writer and
her friends were installed at The New
Inn. opportunity was given to see the
many scenes that gave setting to the
early life OF Charles Kingsley. The
Old Red Lion Inn. in the near neigh
borhood. was the birthplace Of that
redoubtable sailor OF Kingsley's. Sal
vation Yeo. At The Bell Inn at
Tewkesbury the travellers found them
selves In the midst OF Miss Mulock's
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Betrayal
States Secrets

r. HE reading OF one Of e. Phillips
Oppenheims stories is like a ride
! In captive balloon-one does not
come to earth until the cover is tapped
down on the last page. Too many of
these stories would be harmful to the
nerves of literature. as too much May
wine is liable to drag on the intellect
with excessive exhilaration. but II Mr..
Oppenhsim will make solemn covenant
that THE Betrayal will not be sue
ceeded by another Of its kind for at
least six months we viii not accuse
him Of making the staid muse Of let
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fishing this book" writes Mr.. Cleve-
land in a preface, 1.-The fact has not
been overlooked that the push and ac-
tivity Of our peoples life lead them
more often to the "nticipation of new
happenings than to a review of events
which have already become a part of
the nations history But the ex-
President is right In believing that be-
meath this there still exists a sedate
and unimpaired interest in the things
that illustrate the design, the traditions
and the power of our Government"
The retrospective view he has given
OF four events Of permanent influence
on the trend of the nations affairs,
events Of which his hand played
large part in the molding, certainly
does have large interest to all that
have an eye to contemporary affairs in
the conduct of the Government.
Cleveland has chosen for discussion
incidents in his administration, the
several developments Of which had
bearing upon the Interpretation given
to the powers Of the chief executive.
His contest with the Senate over the
independence Of. the executive in the
removal of Federal officers, which had
its inception Immediately upon his ac-
cession to the Presidential chair for
the first term, touches upon a matter
now nigh forgotten, but having sig
nificance on the relations between the
two arms Of the Government then in
volved. The Government in the Chi
cago Strike of 1894" is in the nature Of
q wi, 30
causing the Intervention Of Federal
troops for the enforcement of DEGREES
Of Federal court and the insistence
upon non-interference with the mails.
The bond issues OF the years 's4. 'sB
and '96 are made the subjects of well
ordered review by the writer, with the
purpose Of combating the charges
brought against the administration at
the time. Finally the bold defense of
the Monroe doctrine against the pre-
tensions of the Salisbury Ministry In
the Venezuelan boundary question is
given an exhaustive summary.
Unfortunately for the reviewer the
nature of all of Mr.. C1eveland's articles
save the last is such as to preclude
extended comment. The province of
this department Of the paper does not
admit of discussion upon things DO
litical, and the contents of Cleveland's
book are for the most part calculated
to cause division Of opinion on partisan
lines.
Since the style Of the writing is not
open to Judgment by political faith,
however, 1t is permitted to draw at
tention to its excellencies. As clear,
concise narrative, logically arranged
and forcibly set forth. Mr.. Cleveland's
prose Is high rank. In dealing with
the abstruse subject Of the bond issues
and in detailing the complicated his
tory of the Venezuelan boundary dis
pute- the writer brings to his task all
OF the keen wit OF the lawyer in the
matter Of orderly sequence and en-
phasis upon salient facts, His periodic
sentences. balanced at times with the
metric precision OF q Macaulay, have
certain sonorous dignity. well be-
fitting the themes they expound.
Again. let 1t be said, this review by
an ex-President Of action taken by
himself and his advisers during critical
crises in the administration Of the Gov
ernment Is a valuable commentary
The San Francisco call., 1904-10-30
CALENDAR.

Harry Leon Wilson. whose brilliantly
daring novel, The Seeker" is provok-
ing such wide discussion, was asked the
other day why he had written book
so much unlike his other successes.
THE sDenders" and THE Lions OF the
Lord" He replied. IT wrote The
Seeker because the story told itself to
me and interested me. 1t seemed to
me one phase Of the much larger story
that underlies the dry outer facts OF
our present stage Of social evolution
and the new and ever-increasing sense
Of brotherhood. OF human oneness. Our
ideals as expressed in religious and So
cial activities have expanded wonder
fully in twenty-five years. have tried
to trace this expansion to show how 1t
affected a small group OF people OF
widely different temperaments-"
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PROBLEMS
or Chief. Executive

Gkn RESIDENTIAL PROBLEMS"
ex-President Grover Cleve-
i lands newly published book, is
unique in the years output. Herein
we have history written by one who
was one Of the chief formative factors
in its making. We have. likewise. the
comment Of Cleveland, the private cit
izen. upon the official actions of CIeve-
land the President. Both as history
and as comment Presidential Prob
lens" is 3 book well worth careful
reading.
eIn considering the propriety Of pub
The San Francisco call., 1904-10-30

upon the course of certain phases in
recent history, which may be read un-
derstandingly and with profe by all.
Il may not carry conviction to all be-
cause of the partisan character of some
of the issues it embraces.
(The Century Company, New York;
price 81 50.)
The San Francisco call., 1904-10-30

Dan Black. Editor and Proprietor
is the title Of a short story by Seymour
Eaton which appeared originally In
The Booklovers' Magazine some months
back and is now brought out IN boards
as deservedly 1t should be. Few tales
that come within the limits set for the
short story outline so completely a
character unique as this editor Of the
Northern Yankee News. His Is a per-
sonality so far removed from the con-
ventional as to be refreshingly enter
tanning. In this wise does Dan Black
head the editorial column OF each
weekly issue:
CALENDAR.
July 4, 1884. Born deformed.
May s, 1910. Lost one eye.
June 9. 1856. Killed Tom Gulsch-
Sept. 3. 1855. Sentenced to be hanged.
Oct. 7, 1855. Not hanged.
June 5. 1866. Went to jail.
May /. 1867. Got out OF jail
And at the end OF the story the fol-
lowing item is added:
Sept. 3, 1879 Married a wife.
(The Library Publishing Company
Philadelphia; price 25 cents.)
The San Francisco call., 1904-10-30

country; in the bowling green behind
the inn John Halifax and Phineas
Fletcher had one of their first inti-
mate talks.
(L. c. Page & Co.. Boston: illus
trated; price s160)
The Life and Adventures of Jack
Philip is the title OF volume COM
piled and written largely by Edgar
Stanton Maclay as a memorial TO the
late admiral. Appearing first in 1908
as limited edition designed only for
friends and officers in the navy. the
work had such a large reading that the
present edition has been necessitated
TO satisfy the demand. Though the
story Of Admiral Philips life is herein
given as nearly as possible in continu-
Gus narrative form. contributions
thereunto are made by a score OF
friends OF the former officer, both in
and out Of the service. Captain Alfred
I. Mahan contributes the Introduction.
Philips own story Of the Santiago sea
fight, now a historical document.
forms valuable portion of the book.
and the epigraph written by the mar
tyred Mckinley gives the volume the
WOAtA VI SeINlMenL. IL is the Story OF
a brave man and efficient officer.
(American Tract Society, New York;
illustrated; price 81 SOD
D. W. Higgins, a pioneer OF Cali
fornia and one Of the first settlers OF
British Columbia, has brought out a
book Of short stories and reminiscent
ces dealing with the exciting scenes OF
the gold rush which took place in the
Canadian northwest during the late
nfties. Mr.. Higgins. who was one OF
the original owners of the Morning
Call. in 1856. here in this city, dis
posed OF his interests in the paper
two years later and Joined the mad
rush to new diggings across the line
There, living the life of pioneer and
miner, Mr.. Higgins gained at first
hand the material for this book Of his.
The Mystic Spring" as he calls It
from the title of the first story, IL a
generous volume OF sketches and f1c-
ton. Many Of the tales, true to the
events they narrate, are stranger than
fiction itself.
(William Briggs. Toronto; illus
trated.)
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1904-05-14
EIGHT BANDS
IN THE PARADE.


Frankfort Commandery has en-
gagged the services of the Frankfort
Concert Band and Orchestra for
the annual conclave, and we may
expect to hear the strains of mar
tial music upon our streets from
Tuesday afternoon until Friday
morning. IN addition TO the regu-
lar force, our home band will be
reinforced by six o. eight first-class
musicians from Cincinnati, and
will show up well in the parade.
They are under contract to play
all the time.
CovingtOn COmlnandery will
bring Smiths Band, of Cincinnati,
and as "Old Smithie' has seldom
missed "A conclave for twenty years,
and is himself Knight, he knows
what the boys want, never tires and
will send forth sweet strains all the
time he is here.
Cynthiana will bring their own
band with them.
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1904-05-14

Cpur de Lion will have the Elks'
Band, of Paris.
Louisville COmmandery will
bring one of the best bands in that
city.
Versailles will also have a band.
Webb and Ryan Communicates
will also bring their own music, so
that there will be eight or ten
musical organizations here TO liven
up the old town. Several of them
will be here only for the grand
parade, but three Will remain the
entire time.
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1904-05-14
HEADQUARTERS
OF Frankfort Commandery. No. 4, in Y
NJ. c. A. Rooms, Masonic
Temple.


The headquarters of Frankfort
Commandery, No. 4, will be located
in the Y. NJ. &. A. Rooms in Ma
sonic Temple, and will be open
from 3 O'Clock until 10 p. IN. on
Tuesday, May Eth, for the regis
tration of visiting Knights and
their ladies and the distribution Of
badges.
On Wednesday and Thurs day,
May 18th and 18th, Frankfort Com
mandery will keep open house there
from II IN. until 10 p. IN. Wednes-
day and from 8 a. IN. until 8 p. m.
Thursday, furnishing II substantial
lunch or light refreshments to all
MasOns and their families, whether
knights Templar or not, and the
invited guests of Sir Kni ghts.
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1904-05-14
Masonic
COnClave
Tuesday Evening, May 18th.

From Z to 8 o'clock, p. m, recep-
ton to Sir Knights of the Grand
and Subordinate Communicates
and their ladies, at the residence of
Right Eminent Grand Commander
Sir Geo. A. Lewis, I2l Second
street.
From 8 to 10 p. IN. reception to
Sir Knights of the Grand and Sub
ordinate Communicates and their
ladies by Right Eminent Past
Grand Commander, Sir F. H. John
son, at his residence, 331 Shelby
street
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1904-05-14
Wednesday, May 18th.


From 3 to 5p. IN. reception to Sir
knights and their ladies by Mays
vile Commandery, No. 10, at their
headquarters at Capital Hotel.
From 3 20 5p. IN. reception To Sir
Knights and their ladies by Cpur
de Lion Commandery, No. 26, at
their headquarters at Capital Hotel.
From to 9p. m. Lawn Fete by
Louisville Commandery, No. |, at
the residence of Mrs. W. II. Sect,
corner Of Main and Wilkinson
streets.
From 3 to IL p. m. reception by
Versailles COmmandery, No. 3, at
their headquarters in Music Hall.
i'm odd Fellows Temple, on St.
&
From 8 to II p. m. reception by
Owensboro Commandery. No. ID,
at their headquarters in the Ball
Room at Capital Hotel.
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1904-05-14
PROGRAMME
OF Installation OF GRAM Officers at the
Opera House Thursday Evening
May 10Th. at s O'clock.


Music by the orchestra.
Presentation of Lloyd Jewel to
Commandery most proficient in
conference of Templar Order by
Right Eminent Grand Commander.
Response by member of success
full Commandery.
Music.
Installation of Grand Com
mander.
Remarks by Grand Commander
upon entrance into office.
Music.
Installation of Deputy Grand
Commander and Grand Generals
simo.
Music.
Installation of Grand Captain
General and Grand Senior Warden.
Music.
Installation of Grand Junior
Warden and Grand Prelate.
Music.
Installation of Grand Recorder
and Grand Treasurer.
Music.
Installation of Grand STANDARD
Bearer and Grand Sword Bearer.
Music.
Installation of Grand Warder anC
Grand Captain of Guard.
Music.