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MAN AND SUPEHMAN; n Comedy and Phi
lospphy. by g. Bernard Shaw. author Of An
Insoc.aI Socialist &c. New York and WASH
ington: Brennnos.
MIR. Shaw. whose arrival" as one of the
foremost of literary creators in English is
now generally acknowledged. is too much
of propagandist to be a greatly successful
dramltist. He was challenged some years
ago by his close friend. Arthur Bingham
Walkley. to write Don Juan play. Mr..
Shaw and Mr.. Walkiey had often discussed
the prevailing tendency In modern playwirt-
ink to utilize the sex question the domi-
nant motive in dramatic productions, and 1t
is known that Mr.. Shaw has certain definite
and pronounced views on that point. There
fore it is not surprising that after the long
interval he has created his Don Juan
play in terms which are sufficiently char
actcristic to have en- bled the Shaw-readlng
public instantly to recognize its authorship
If he had elected to present II anonymous
~. The print of the play now given to the
public is unique in several respects. IL con-
tains. first of all, long "epistle dedlca-
tory" from Mr.. Shaw to Mr.. Walkley, ex-
planatCry of the doctrine he advances in
the drama and discussing the state of the
English stage. morals and politics with that
peculiar singing swing of the lash which
gives his work its place al the head OF En-
glsh satire today. Then follows the play
itself. in the course of which Is presented
Mr.. Shaw's conception of the intellectual
Don Juan. the modern philosophic type of
the original Spanish lbertine. This John
Tanner is a social revoutionist. who writes
handbook for revoutionsts. which fig
ures in the play as factor against his
reputation in highly conservative circles.
Mr.. Shaw believes in producing the goods
which are mentioned in the drama, and.
therefore. to prove that John Tanner did
write such a work he prints it as APP
pendix. with the accompanying maxims.
Thus the volume is a compendium of the
authors diverting views the sex queS-
ton. By far the most interesting feature
of the play itself is John Tanners dream.
in which Don Juan himself appears, with
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He f1nos in his net result, that Lawrence
has been sadly misjudged by some latter
day essayists and critics and lamentably
neglected by the historians and bIographers.
The official records, particularly OF the
court-martial which followed the loss Of the
Chesapeake, do not warrant the deroga-
tory stories about her commander, and 1t Is
a rare pleasure now to find Lawrence's
fame cleared of all the faint which has been
put upon it by innuendo and captfous COM
rrent. The story of the fight between the
Chesapeake and the Shannon Is carefully
told with mass of detail. Commander
Gleave3 particularly takes care to demol-
ish the improbable story that Lawrence did
not in fact cry out to blow up the Chesa-
peake. but that the phrase Don't give up
the ship was put into his mouth by q
Boston newspaper editor who interviewed a
and reached Boston about midnight on the
day of the fight. q. perfectly impossible per-
Torrance.
THE DOUBLE GARDEN. By Maurice Mae
ternck. Translated by Alexander Tiexeira de
Mattns. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co. Wash
ington: Breutano's.
When Maeterlinck Is translated as Wig
orously and gracefully as in this volume
of essays he becomes a force easily under
stood and measured by English readers:
Much of this effectiveness depends upon the
precise medium through which his thought
is shown. He is largely a stylist.. though
first a philosopher, and if the process of
bringing him over from the French is not
The present Interpreter has done his work
exceptionally well, and the sixteen essays
of this collection-which have been previ-
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Made by Medical Science During the Pas
$500 Years In the Treatment OF Rheumatism
BY Edward Il. Lent. With a Foreword b
Charles NJ. Skinner. Brooklyn: The Brookly
Eagle.
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ly fills the requirements of the lover of lin
ericks. 1t is aided in its fun-making by a
series of excellently-drawn and really witty
pictures, and the verses reach high stand
ard of merit.
UNCLE MACS NEDRASkY. By william r.
LEIGHTON. With frontispiece by W. Herbert Dun
ton. New York: Henry Holt 4 Co.
In series of short stories. told in a
broad western dialect by Uncle Mac" a
pioneer. the author gives a picture of early
Nebraska in the days when there were In
dams to fight and bad men to capture and
storms to struggle against Uncle Mac is
an entertaining character. whose loquacity
is never tiresome. From the old mans lips
fall some rough Jewels of speech. philo-
sophie fragments veined with wit. An
amusing story Is told of "Big-Governor-
Afraid-of-the-Cotton- w God Stump" a pre-
tentious seeker after office in the territorial
times. Uncle Macs Nebrasky" is a pleas
ant place to read about.
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work-that of literature. Her book on
Optimism" showing her wonderful and
sunny vein OF philosophy. as well as atti-
tude toward life. published a few months
ago by Crowell. is now in its tenth thou
sand
OF the spring issues which are selling
well, Helen r. Martins "Tillie. a Menno-
mite Maid" is in its fourth printing Large
second editions of Caroline Abbot Stanleys
''Order No. H. and OF Maud Wilder Good
wins -Four Roads to Paradise have been
needed to supply the demand. Both -Four
Roads to Paradise and "Tillie. Men,
MONTE Maid are found from week to week
in the published lists OF Books People
Are Reading" from the large city libraries
OF last seasons favorites. Jean Webster =
when Patty Went TO College continues
in demand. having passed into its eighth
large edition. Three editions of Eliza beth
printed. and two editions OF David Gray's
"Galloas 80
A timely book by an author of authority
is America, Asia and the Pacific. with
special reference to the Russo Japanese
war. by DR.. Wolf Won Schierbrand. which
Henry Holt & Co. are hurryinG through
the press DIR. Won Schierbrand is already
very favorably known as the author Of
'Russia-Her Strength and Weakness.
and Germany Today" Though not born
here he is thorough American, and wrlSes
with knowledge of our chances in the
coming struggle whether 1t be commercial
or politicaD for the supremacy of the Pa
cific. The present conflict is only consider
ed preliminary TO larger considerations.
The book carefully analyses the strength
and weakness of all the countries ON both
coasts of the Pacific. around the Panama
canal and on the Islands. -
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Worcester of 1850. with supplement of 1882;
Standard. and Century. English-Murray' S
New English Dictionary. six of ten volumes
of which have been published; Hunters
Encyclopaedia Dictionary, 1SI9-1SSS; I'M
perial. 1888; Stormouth's: Smart. edition OF
1874, and Walker. edition of 1863. Thus at
a glance the preferences can be seen and
choice made according to the greatest
weight Of authority.
THE FLAME-GATHERERS. BY Margaret
Horton Potter. New York: The Macmillan
Company. Washington: Brentanos.
Out Of the great mystery of India. from the
maze of eastern doctrines. and creeds, and
superstitions and unknowable truths. this
striking story has been framed to suggest
the fathomless Hindoo mind at work upon
problems which seem incapable of solution.
1t is a story of the days of the thirteenth
century. when Moslem and Brahmin fought
for the possession of the territory below
Delhi. There are two stories in one, the
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dictated by Mr.. Hanna at the instance of
Mr.. Chapple, editor of: the National
Magazine. They comprise about -one-half
of the book and devoted to Socialism
and the Labor Unions and William Nc
Kinley as l Knew Him" In addition to
these papers, which have been previously
printed, is given an introduction by Mr.
Chapple in the form of an unconnected
series of anecdotes about Mr.. Hanna IL
Illustrative of traits of his character.
1 DINE WITH MY MOTHER. From the
French OF Pierre Henri Adrien Decourcelle. By
Evelyn Clark Morgan. New York and Wash
ington: The Neale Publishing Company.
Mrs. Morgan's work as translator of this
sprightly little French play has been ex-
celiently done. She has infused into her
text the daintiness of the original and
without losing the zest of style which dis
tinguishes the work OF Decourcelle. The
theme is not particularly impressive, but
the dramatic creation Is, nevertheless, d.
verting. sJus.
SANE OR INSANE; or How Il Regained Lib
erty. BY Margaret Starr. baltimore: Pub
lished by the author. s~
1t appears from this book that Miss Starr
beneath which pen name her real identity
is concealed-was unceremoniousy taken
to an asylum for the insane, apparently in
the neighborhood of Baltimore. and there
kept for some months, until She managed
to escape. The purpose OF the publication
is evidently to prove that Miss Starr was
sane when thus disposed Of, but so confused
Is the account of the circumstance and SO
incomplete the report of the reasons lead
ing up to her incarceration that the publi-
cation has no particular value as a docu-
ment and Is interesting chiefly for psyche
logical reasons If a work Of fiction based
on fact, it is decidedly inadequate
A MANUAL OF PRONUNCIATION, for
Practical Use in Schools and Families. Con-
tanning a careful selection Of words In the En-
glish language most commonly mispronounced,
together with their pronunciation given by
the best authorities in England and America.
By Otis Ashmore, superintendent Of Schools,
Savannah, Ga. Boston: CHM & Co. -
The present compiler does not himself un-
dertake to settle the differences between
the authorities on the score of disputed
pronunciations. He has. however, rendered
valuable service in preparing with great
care table Of these differences and set
ting forth in an easily read arrangement
the choice Of the four great American and
the six English dictionaries. These ten au-
thorities are as follows: American-Web-
ster's edition Of 1890. with supplement;
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MORTALITY. Part /. Physical Basis OF the
Soul. BY Henry Frank. New York: The ALI
ance Publishing Company. Washington Wood
ward & Lothrop.
BEING DONE GOOD, Comments on the Ad-
vance Made by Medical Science During the Past
$500 Years In the Treatment OF Rheumatism.
BY Edward Il. Lent With Foreword by
Charles NJ. Skinner. Brooklyn: The Brooklyn
Eagle.
THERAPEUTICS; Il Guide tor rrsctition
ers and Students. by DR.. Toby COIN. Nerve
Specialist. Berlin. Translated from the Second
German Edition and Edited by Francis A.
Scratchley. MD, New York. Chief Of Clinic
Diseases of the Nervous System. and Instructor
in Electro Diagnosis and Electro Therapeutics
University and Bellevue Hospital Medical Col
lege. Consulting NeurOlogst In the Home OF In
curables, &c. With eight plates and thirty nine
illustrations. New York: Funk * wagnalls
Company.
THE ALTERNATE SEX; The Female In
tellect IN Man, and the Masculine in Woman.
BY Charles Godfrey Leland. F.R.LS.. AN.
Harvard. Member of the Philosophical Society.
&c; author of "Kuloskap. the Master and
Other Algonquin Poems and Legends" &c. New
York: Funk & wagnaus Company.
THE CONTEMPORARY SCIENCE Sc
RIES-MAN AND WOMAN, Study of
Human Secondary Sexual Characters. by Have
lock Ellis. Fourth Edition. Revised and En-
larged. Illustrated. New York: Charles Scrib-
ners Sons. Washington: VIM. BaIlantyne &
Sons.
THE POEMS OF HENRY ABBEY. Fourth
Edition, Enlarged New York: d. Appleton a.
Co.
BY SNARE OF LOVE. BY Arthur W. March
mont, author of when Was Gar" &c. With
Frontispiece by Frank I. Merrill. New York:
Stokes Company. Washington; Brentano's.
WELLESLEY STORIES. by Grace Louise
Cook. Revised Edition. Illustrated and En-
larged. Drawings by /. b. Hazelton. Boston:
L. II. Bacon Co.
THE IMPENDING CRISIS; Prosperity
Anayzed. Ry George Wichello. New York:
The Neale Publishing Company.
THE CONFESSIONS OF RAILROAD
MAN. Anonymous New York: $. II. l. Com
munity.
THE ORACLE OF MOCCAsIN BEND; a
Story Of Lookout Mountain. By Mrs Charles T.
Beddow. New York: The Neale Publishing Co.
THE TERRITORIAL ACQUISITIONS OF
THE UNITED STATES; 17S7-I9O4, an
Historical Review. By Edward Bcknell. I3os-
ton: Small. Maynard Co.
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Does that fellow own that machine?"
said the man to policeman, as he saw the
automobile going from one size of the street
to the other.
well, it doesn't look as If he had even a
controlling interest" said the guardian of
the peace.-Yonkers Statesman.
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Fiction in the Making.
Ross Lawrence. in the June Crltic


No farther southwest than Communipaw
Was Ii ever my fate IL go;
Nor Indian cowboy ever saw
Except with a Wild West Show:
But I'll weave you tale OF the boundless plains,
The gnlch, and the mining camp.
The mountain trail. and the burro trains,
And ranges where wild steers STAMP,
1t Is true that | finch at the sound OF q gun
My deplorlbly weak;
All quarrelsome persons l carefully shun-
My nature is shrinking and meek:
But the Alkali !tlecks and Pluto Petes
They shall shoot up the town they dash through
the streets,
And make the pale tenderfoot dance.
Oh. It's Whoop for the brOnco-buste bolii
And it's Wow for the fierce bad mani
And there's always a market for stories told
On the strenuous border plan.
/ never have sailed on a gallant ship,
And I've vowed that / never will;
For 1t only requires a ferry boat trip
To make me unpleasantly ILL.,
But I'll spin you a yarn OF the salt, salt sec,
And the storm FLASHED AtIantic's surge.
OF masts by the board. and Of surf a-lee
That moaneth the sailormans dIrge.
I am not quite sure IL the mzzen-tTuck
Is d rope. species Of sail;
II the flying jib-boom with glue is stuck,
Or merely held fast with nail:
But I'll prate you of main t0pgHllant stay,
OF capstan and crossjack INT
As tell of a voyage to Far Cathay
Or where Arctic icebcrgs drift.
Then it's Yo-heayehoI and Avast belowt
And SILVER the pinnacle light.
For why ever to sea need a landsman go
A nautical Ioyel to write?
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and time He crowds his scenes with multi
tudes of people and tries to give each one
his own period of interest. He treats
Mary as woman msused by crcum-
stance and men. misunderstood by her
lovers and her enemies alike; traitorously
betrayed by those from whom she should
have had Jealous, faithful service: deceived
by her own passions and at last driven by
Darnley's bestiality into sin of the mag
nitude of which she perfectly aware.
Yet she did not hesitate to declare her love
for her page, Des ESsarS, after BothWelis
desertion. finding the page the only true
man in all her company. Mr.. Hewlett does
not carry Mary through her tedious i'm
prisonment and to the block. He leaves
her as she passes out of the door to ac-
company her escort to Lochleven. brief
epilogue, dealing with the regency of the
Earl of Moray, Black James. and The
Queens QUAR- is finished. 1t makes its
appeal to the reader chiefly by reason of its
intense human interest. maintained by
mastery style But between whiles 1t
tires with its yelled illusions it's half-fin-
ished explanations, its curtailed sugges-
lions.
AMERICAN MEN OF ENERGY SERIES
JAMES LAWRENCE; Captain Unit
ed States Navy. Commander OF the Chesa peake.
BY Albert Gieaves, lieutenant commander U.
S. N, with an introduction by George Dewey,
Admiral of the Navy. Illustrated. New York:
G.. r. Putnams Sons. Washington: Woodward
Lothrop.
Probably every American school boy
knows that it was James Lawrence who
cried II ont give up the shipw when, af-
ter desperate battle. his vessel fell into the
hands o. the enemy. But there are fewer
who know the circumstances of that his
toric exclamation. and fewer still who APP
preciate fully the heroic qualities Of the
man who uttered 1t. Commander Gleaves'
task has been to set forth the story Of Law
abar nd to1u II,
doing SO. in the face of a long literary 81
lence en- the subject. he had to combat
many errors and ISLANDERS. which in the
course OF time had COM into being In con-
nectiOn with Lawrence's exploits and par
tculariy the capture Of the Chesapeake.
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Books Received.

THE SCIENTIFIC DEMONSTRATION OF
THE SOULS EXISTENCE and I'M
MORTALITY. Part l. Physical Basis Of the
Soul BY Henry Frank. New York: The ALI
ance Publishing Company. Washington: Wood
ward & Lothrop.
Arizona republican., 1904-08-03

loss in stock has been quite extensive: corn on dry land will be a failure, ex- cepting for a little fodder.-O. Leisure.
 GRAHAM COUNTY.
 Matthews-Week cloudy and show cry: canals full of water; heavy rains in mountains; fourth crop of alfalfa ready for mower; corn and sorghum growing rapidly; all vegetation making fine growth: stock looking better; grain threshed, quality good and a fair aver age yield.-John s. Waddill.
 Safford-Heavy rain here Friday afternon, and I think rain has been general: damage to hay in swath and stack will be considerable; canals and dams reported in good condition; acre. age of corn less than ten per cent of the usual amount planted.-W. E. Glasscock.
 Thatcher-Rainy weather continues; heaviest rainfall on the 29th for years; floods have damaged canals in some instances; crops growing nicely now.- John Nash.
 MARICOPA COUNTY
 Buckeye-Warm and sultry; one inch of rain on 2lst and one and one-ha!f inches on 24th. with high wind; alfalfa growing nicely; stock doing nicely C. c. Green.
 Cave Creek--The weather during the past week has been partly cloudy. warm and sultry, with frequent, heavy showers in the mountains nearby; the recent heavy rains started vegetation; in a few days stock will have all the green feed they want; the rains put fresh life into garden truck; heavy rain Friday night.-Wm. M. Hitchins. Mesa-Abundance of water for all canals. which are now running full; heavy thunderstorm Friday night, with one and thirty y-three hundredths inches l of rain; this will in a great measure | revive the almost dead fruit trees i; | ranches nearly all irrigated in good shape; over seventy carloads of can- | taloupes of fine quality already ship ped from here this season.-C. L. Diehl. Riverside-More or less cloudy all week; local showers all around; less than one-fourth inch fell here: irriga- | ting water very muddy; the rain, moist ! air and river water have started the alfalfa, other grasses and weeds, so | that the scarcity of feed will soon be relieved.-J. B. Hoover.
 | Wickenburg-Cloudy, with heavy rains every day or night; heavy floods west of here; pastures begin to look splendid.-John I. Bachtiger. NAVAJO COUNTY. Keams Canyon-Fine rains during past week; alfalfa and vegetables ui all kinds doing we'll: the overflow of he washes is doing the corn fields much good, but too late to make a heavy corn crop. as that crop has suffered much from the drouth.-P 1 Stanfer.
 Snowflake-Local showers are ol daily occurrence; second crop of hay or alfalfa beginning to be harvested; gardens are doing well; very little
Arizona republican., 1904-08-03
onev has been extracted.-E.

honey has been extracted.-E. L. Smith.
 Winslow-Weather nice and warm; has rained every day this week, ana a general rain is now falling; the weeks rain amounts to about five in ches, and everything is soaked; all vegetation is doing finely: second crop of alfalfa is ready to cut. but cutting is prevented by the heavy rains; stock have all moved back on the range. and are reported to be doing well.--F. M. French.
 PIMA COUNTY.
 Tucson-Rain on the mountains every day; freshets in the rivers; ditches full; farmers blowing; corn and veg etabes coming up; heavy freshet in Rnlito this morning. E. l.. Wetmore.
 YAVAPAI COUNTY. Briggs-Frequent showers during the week and heavy rains on the 26th and SOth; vegetation making rapid growth. W. A. DeBusk.
 Colunbia-A fine rain on the night of the 29th and indications of more to- day; the prospects have improved wonderfully.-M. J. Nolan. Octave-There was a heavy wind oH the night of July 26, followed by q heavy rain: a great deal of water fell ' during the night in the surrounding country, enough to bring grass and fill various watering places for stock; ] weather hot and sultry.-George M. Dickson.
 Yarnell-Several more good rains fell during this week, amounting in total to one and fifty-five hundredths l inches; 1t helped all water sources; a 1 good stand of grass is assured on the | ranges; meadows and alfalfa in Tee { pies valley will bring in one crop at | least.-Leopold Walloth.
 Skull Valley-Cloudy and sultry all week; hard rain afternoon of 27tiG ! light showers of short duration since. with a good soaking rain morning of 1 30th; feed growing rapidly and water holes filled up; some damage to hay in fields; gardens Joking fne.-S. Som 1 ervllle.
 YUMA COUNTY.
 Somerton-General conditions fer growing crops good; barley and wheat mostly threshed with good yield; a large crop of corn Is being planted: fourth crop of alfalfa mostly in stack. and the yield was heavy; refreshing showers during the past few days plenty of irrisating water in canals A. F. Baldwin.
 Yuma-All crops In the various stages from seeding to harvest hay. made excellent progress during the en . tire week; i'Ianting upon the overflow land is nearly finished: nearly all tn | fruita and vegetables of this locality are abundant in the markets: the Col orado river has fallen slightly during the week, but is still running nearly bank full: wa.er plentiful--S. Ha,kett
 NJ F.. BLYSTONE, Section Director
Arizona republican., 1904-08-03
EXTRACTS FROM REPORTS OF
 CROP CORRESPONDENT
APACHE COUNTY

Greer-Warm, cloudy weather fore part of week; fine rains latter part; crops are looking much better-E w. Wiltbank.
 Springerville-Good showers fell each day during past week, but they were not general; humid conditions; garden and other truck doing nicely; plenty of ran cn mountains, and stock loi.;g W eIl.-C. B. Trammau
 St. Johns-Have had several nice showers here and in near vicinity, which have replenished the reservoirs; several farms below here have been damaged by floods; the losses of stock have ceased; crops doing well.-Lloyd c. Henning.
 COCHISE COUNTY.
 Turner-Have had several good rains, and the range is fine; vegetables and crops fine; very little fruit in the mountains, as the rains came little too late.-C. A. Clark.
 CoCONINo COUNTY.
 Flagstaff-Rain every day last week some heavy showers reported; crops are doing well, and some promise good returns if rain continues; vegetables are abundant; about all the tanks are filled and stock have an abundance of water; rainfall so far Is over four in- ches this month.-Chas c. Moers.
 flagstaff-TEe rains occurring since the 20th inst. have had a telling effect upon vegetation in general; but came too late to benefit cereals and vegeta- bles; thousands of head of sheep and cattle have been saved, for 1t is esti- mated that little longer delay would have been disastrous to the ranchmen. James A. Barry.
 Tuba-A good shower of rain this week did immeasurable good, having been the saving of some crops, besides the bettering of the range; corn and other vegetables in fine conditions; sec ond crop of alfalfa ready for cutting. Walter Runke.
 CHA COUNTY.
 Globe-Heavy showers the fore part of week west and south of here; on the 29th had heavy rain for several hours; Pinal creek running bank full J. F. Gerald.
 Oxbow-The rainy season has begun and the showers have started up the feed so that it will not be long until stock will have something to eat; where they had water for Irrigation crops have done well; vegetables very scarce with us.-E. H. St. Johns.
 Pine-Last of month cloudy, with heavy rain on the 26th; water running in every ravine; crops growing fast since rain; about one-fourth corn crop expected here.-K. c. Miller.
 Young-Showery weather during the week; conditions improved over last week; corn, potatoes. cabbage and mel ons, where irrigated, doing nicely; the