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led The other Is Of Hight weight and while
often clever is never quite rs full persuasive
as would like him to be- DIR. Garrett may
sometimes disappOint US. but. IN the main. he
IS satisfying. Though We regret. for example
his failure to make much OF italian in
huences upon English literature in the Eliza
bethan as might fairly be made OF them
he might Justly urge that to have given more
space to the point in question would have en-
dangered the perspective Of the general scheme
OF the work Mr.. Gosse has no such plausible
excuse for certain OF his vag1ries. lie gives half
a dozen pages only to Lander. with but one po-
etcal quotation. and then gives more than eigh-
teen pages to the Brownings. with abundant
quotations Or. Garuett is merely amusing
when. I'm dealing with SiIney's sounets OF AS
trophel TO Stella" he draEs in the remark that
the best Of them may be compared with a re-
markabIe sonnet cycle Of own time, The
Love Sonnets OF Proteus'" But il is better to
be mildly amusing I'm this way than it is to con
vey the deplorable impression which MI Gosse
conveys when he writes Of Dickens In this
quaint fashion:
The popularity OF the manner OF Dickens IS its
excessive and minute consistency within certain
arbitrary limits Of belief Realistic he usually is
real he is scarcely He builds up. Of the
stOrehOUse Of his memory, artificial conditions
OF life. maCrOCOSms SWarmiug with human vital
ity. but not actuated by truly human instincts.
Into one OF these VivaTia We gaze. at DiCkenSS
bidding and see il teeminE with movement; he
puts microscope into our hands. and We watch,
with excited attention, the perfectly consistent.
If often strangely violent and ErOtesque. ad-
ventures OF the beings comprised in the world OF
his fancy. His vivaCity. his versatility. his
comic vigor are extraordinary that in
tercSt I'm the show never flags. We do not in
quire whether Mr.. TOOts and Joe Garcery are
possible characters, whether and they
move and breathe in n common atmosphere. We
are perfectly satisfied with the evOlUtiOnS
through which their fascinating Snowman puts
them. But real initiative vitality such as the
characters Of Fielding and Jane Austen possess,
the enchanting maTiOnetteS of Dickens never
display; in all but their oddities. they are
strangely incorpOreal Dickens leads rapidly
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nal souvenir which may serve TO lend variety
to the narrative and increase its personal IN
terest- The text IS. OF course. important. but
the picture is no less SO. in fact II is the mass
OF Illustrated material brought together In these
volumes that gives them their special claim
upon our attention.
1t would be pleasant ~ we could describe this
material as uniformly good. but the Illustrations
IN the second and fourth Volumes now before
US. uneven in quality those in the
first and third volumes which we reviewed last
June There are some admirable color plates
in the second volume. one OF them. n reproduc-
ton OF Isaac divers miniature OF Sir Philip
Sidney at Windsor being positively brilliant.
and there are other fun page Illustrations. like
the fac-simile OF Zucchero's crayon drawing OF
Elizabeth. which within closer limits are equally
meritorious. But some OF the small half tones
are mere blots upon the page. We may cite
especially the Cooke as Iago" on page % and
the scene from n performance OF Twelfth
Night" on page 242. SmudEes like these should
not be admitted TO publication OF this sort
There are Illustrations. moreover. which in re-
spcct 10 subject offer no serious justification
for their inclusion. Why in the world should
we be treated. ut page Dds. to a portrait OF
Fcohtcr as Hamlet? Such portraits add not
jot to our entertainment or OBLIGATION But We
must make end Of faulthnding. far as
the pictures are concerned They may not all
have been selected with perfect Judgment; they
may not all have been perfectly reproduced.
but nine out OF ten are distinctly opposite. and
the reproductive work is. in the majority OF
instances. adequate The fun page photograv-
portraits are all first rate. and add greatly
to the value OF the book So likewise do the
facsirnilcs The student will delight In the nu-
merous old title pages given and in the manu-
scripts. lie viii appreciate. too. the good sense
Of the editors in often giving more than
portrait Of author. a policy which seems
somehow to bring us much nearer to the per
sonalities commernorated
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ENGLISH LITERATURE.
It's Development Illustrated 5rlth
Tert and Picture.

ENGLISH LITERATURE. An Illustrated Record
nv Richard Garnctt. g. r, Ii. D. and Edmund
C6sse NJ. A, LII ID. In -Four Volumes I'm
rrriaI Syo Vol III. From the Age OF Henry
EIII to the Age Of Milton, PIP. xiv; $50; Vol
~ From the Age of Johnson to the Age OF
Tennvson- PIP HI. a. The Macmillan Com
pany.
With these two volumes DR.. Garrett and Mr..
Gosse complete 4 work which. in spite Of Ger
tain drawbacks. is bound TO prove useful 1t
occupies, like that sterling publication. Cham
bers's Cyclopedia Of English Literature" n place
Of its own The idea adopted by its editors is
something like that of the popular Illustrated
lecture. Each figure Of Importance in English
literature is presented in his proper chronology
cal place, specimens Of his work are added 10
his biography and on nearly every page there
is the equivalent to the lecturers lantern slide.
a portrait a facsimile OF some manuscript. a
view of a building or almost any other picto-
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Mr. Max Beeriohm, that always amusing
writer, in The Saturday Review" discourscs on
the most interesting fact relating 10 The
pynasts," the fact that Mr.. Hardy should have
written It at all lie places the drama among
"the autumnal works OF men OF genius, saying:
"S.oucr or later there comes for the great
writer 4 time when he feels that his best work
Is done-that the fire in him has sunk TO 4 glow.
And then, instinctiyely, he shrinks from the
form in which lie cast the works OF his youth
and OF his prime, and from the themes he then
loved best But he cannot be idlc-thc fire still
q 3wS. Other forms, other themes, occur 10 him
and are graspcd by him" They are Graspcd,
hut how often are they manipulated to good
purpose? Mr.. Bcerbohm rightly says that
fascinating essay could be written on these au-
tumnal productions, but if it were fascinating
4 would also be mournful like every history
Of human error. We are accustomed TO speak
with sorrow Of men like Byron and Shelley, cut
of before they had had time TO say all that We
may fairly suppose was in them. The case OF
Keats is always regarded as doubly tragic. lie
tot only suffered cruelty bitter end but it seems
IS though he could not possibly have failed,
had he lived, TO add many priceless things TO
Englands litcrature-he had so wonderful
genius Yet the sudden cessation OF n poets
activity, while rendered tragic by the fact OF
coming from his death, is not necessarily, on
other grounds, always To be dcPlored-
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II tllcrp is a modern writer who knows his
italy il is Mr. Maurice Hewlett and we are
dad 10 see that be throws the weight OF his
authority on the side of that merely sane atti-
tll,Ie toward the charm of the country which
sometimes seems to have gone hope!essly out
of fashion. Reviewing, in The Speaker the
new translation Of Montaigne's Italian Journal
he applauds the great Frenchman for being,
above all things, the temperate traveller" and
is at mains to point out that the inhabitants OF
the Peninsula have never excused by their be-
noyior quite the fantastical view OF them and
az their affairs which has been taken by Eng
Iish authors for hundreds OF years WAS
italy" he asks, 1.-The lovely haunt OF thieves,
ruurderers, bullics, trulls and Tuffians, and did
the Italians, above their neGhbors, push these
shameful trades? Or was it rather that we,
with our incurable, incredible romance, and our
fwo-fold can't which admits a sneakinG fond
ness for what it gives us pleasure to condemn
was IL not rather that we saw them so? q.
I believe further, that it will appear that Byron
and Shelley, who made poetry and 'enthusy-
musy' fashionable, and after them Mr.. Ruskin,
who made them religion, are responsible for
more Italianate Mysteries than all the Eliza
bethan dramatists, Palaces OF Pleasure, and
whatnot put together" Mr.. Hewlett has put
his finger on an absurdity that ought long ago
10 have been exploded
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-14

A contributor TO 1.-The Dial" Lima Brown
Reed, has some interesting things to say about
The Librarian as Critic" She AYERS that the
librarians critical work begins where the critic
in print leaves off" lie has 10 see to it that
the right book goes TO the right man to
suggest the book which viii best apply to the
need Of the moment" Something like this We
seem TO have heard before, but little further
light is thrown in this article the way in
which the librarian actually plays his part For
example, "the librarian IN his position as pub
lie official need not fash himself over the CON
Gicting views Of the literary merits Of the his
forical novel as an art form. lie well knows
that the best Of them delight thousands OF read
ers making their appeal equally TO the con
firmed reader Of history and TO the neophyte
IN historical knowledge" The author OF these
words then proceeds 20 mention some OF the
books which have lately been exploited in this
way. lit is In the current historical novel,
she says that the special opportunity Of the
librarian lies" II this is simply "a cold, hard
fact" the librarian is not to blame. The most
he can do is to give the readers who come TO
him such hints as will lead them to turn in time
10 more serious literature We appreciate also
what is said OF the librarians industry in train
Ing inexperienced readers to use reference books
with intelligence But while the article in ''Thc
Dial" exhibits the lattcr-day librarian as abun-
dainty deserving Of credit for hard work and
enthusiasm, It does not 80 to show that he
exercises in any serious sense the functions Of
the critic
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PRTMROSES
r JOHN STEVENSON

PRTNROSES.
BT JOHN STEVENSON
To,or uv@aur the spreedin' hedges hang
Their arms DOT ow'r the grassy dyke,
1K-parrr moss is thick and grass is lang.
Ye find the hame pTimroses ike
As tall and shapely maids they grow
In families o four or I'VE
wonder. do they think or no.
Arc they like Christians n alive2
Vas God not glen them sense and mindI
Tho sweet pale faces and big eyes
IIae surely got a soul behind.
They look sac innocent and wise
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There IS enthusiasm enough IN this passage
but Or. Garnett is always true % bis standard
Of so5ricty and common sense. The student can
trust him whether he IS apprIisi1g what Ger
tain author accomplished or is showing how
Elizabeth herself did little Tor the encourage
nent OF learning or authorship in England" He
has some good pages on the Scriptural trans
lators-we wish he had said more about trans
Iators like North. FIorio. Fenton and the rest
on MarIowe he IS capital. and his essay on
Shakespeare IS precisely what an essay N =
book OF this sort ought 20 be. We ike espe-
ciaIIy his shrewdIy reasoned conclusion as %
the Sonnets. which he believes were certainly
addressed for the most part either 20 SOUTH
arnpton or 70 Pembroke" but which he dis
cusses from first TO last without dogmatlsm OF
whimsicaHty. In treating or The Tempest oy
the way. and the source Of its plot, he directs
attention to Edmund Durer's discovery, not sen
orally familiar. OF a Spanish novelette, winch
may easily have supplied the Er7undwork Ok Us
play. Naturally DR.. Gdruett pays bis cons|
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duct. One has only to be the attache
Of a foreign legation, to thus rise
above the herd In return for this
consideration. the American sent
abroad to represent his Government
also becomes immune to correction.
He can be as boisterOus as may suit
him. and defy the authorities to his
hearts content. A policeman collar
ing him would be ordered to let go,
OF brave the wrath OF Uncle Sam.
Plainly, underlying all this, is the
theory that a diplomat, even though
shining IN some minor capacity, will
be a gentleman. In a sense he is the
guest of the country to which he has
been sent. and hospitality lays down
no rigid and austere rules. Never
theless, there are unwritten rules, the
violation of which Is most offensive.
The Massachusetts, magistrate who
fined Mr.. Quincy acted according to
his own best Judgment. He does not,
save in the most technical sense, owe
the late defendant any apology, and,
if a person Of ordinary pride, will
give one only strictly formal and with
a large mental reservation. Such
apology as may be due as to any mat
ter Of personal behavior should ema-
nate from Mr.. Quincy. Then there
should follow a revoking Of the gen
eral license granted to members Of ie- !
cations in this country or elsewhere.
They have nothing to fear from the
law while they deport themselves
with propriety. When they cease to
do this they do not merit protection.
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Lost His Nerve.

Col David G. Colson, late of Ken
lucky, is no more. Before ne passed
away from the scene, the graveyards
or which he had done so much 10 en-
rich. the colonel is said 10 have lost
his iron nerve Perhaps TT is well
that he lost it, During the time he
retained that nerve in good repair he
was about as fatal as any other pes
thence.
In the last public debate partici-
pated I'm Dy Colonel CoIson, he not
only killed his opponent, but two
other gentlemen who had the mis-
chance 10 be in the vicinity, while a
number more got pinked because they
did not get away from there with suf-
hcient celebrity A jury acquitted the
colonel in eighteen minutes He must
have had a few shots I'm reserve.
Considering all these circumstances.
the removal of the colonel to a region
whence he cannot take his sidearms
viii be viewed with a grief robbed OF
some Of It's pOignancy because Of the
chance afforded for a IuI in the piling
up Of mortuary statistics
Colonel Colson came of a family
Wao lived by the six shooter and
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GuTneu's Bad Taste.

Doubtless had Mr.. Quincy, Of the
English legation, realized how much
stir his scorchtng automobile would
make he would have gone at less
speed Or having violated the law
as the law applies 10 ordinary NOR
tals-he would have paid his fine,
and. chastened and subdued. deprived
the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Of his distinguished presence.
The consensus of opinion seems to
be that iu disregarding any statute
that might have hampering weight
upon his JOY, Mr.. Quincy is techni-
caIiy within his rights. IL is his
blessed privilege. accorded through
mistaken courtesy, 20 ignore the
statute and the common rules Of con
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-09-29
WASP THE DRUNKARD
OF THE INSECT WORLD
PeaceabIe, Says Student, When Sober
But Bound to Use His Stinger When
Under the Influence Of Triple.

HARTLANE. Sept. 29.-AIiss WnheI-
NINA Eutemau, who has made a study
of wasps for many years and in many
climes. declares the insect does not
possess the fiery temper commonly at
tributed TO him. that he is naturally
peaceabIe. industrious, and intelligent
But he Will get drunk. Fermented
juices Of the fruit are his wine. ana
when Mr.. Wasp goes ON a "tOOt' he does
not stop short OF the bughouse stage.
He becomes quarreIsOme and aggres-
siVe when uude. the influence OF liquor.
His drunken ambition is 10 ply his siz-
Iii. hot singer. From this. Miss En-
temau declares, has sprung his bad re-
UIIEe.
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Fair Plau Best.

Certain Democratic papers are en-
deavOriug to create a belief that there
is friction between President Roose-
welt and his associate on the ticket.
There has been no sign of friction,
or Of anything but the utmost good
viii. The gentlemen are united in a
determination that the party honor
ing them shall win. They work to-
gether in perfect accord. So far as
there is the natural element Of per-
sonal ambition, each knows that the
success Of the other is vital to his
own.
The attempt to make people think
that there is any lack Of cordial CO.
operation is a campaign trick that
might be characterized as cheap and
nasty.
A number of Republican papers
have resOrted to tactics almost as ig-
noble in seeking to make light of the
able and explicit letter of Judge Par
ker. When people depend in a meas
ure upon the journals to interpret the
Significance of events, to mislead them
is to do a deliberate wrong. Many
viii not read the Parker letter, but
will read what the opposition chooses
to say about it, and regard this as &C
curate and final The plain truth is
that the letter Of acceptance was a
strong and thoughtful document, and
that it gave the Republicans a few
nuts hard to crack. This is no ex-
cuse for misrepresenting it.
A portion of the Democratic press
had not favored Judge Parker in ad-
vance, having, there are reasons to
believe, fondly dreamed of a different
ticket, and yet it promised to support
the candidate named in convention.
1t is not doing this. It has been gull
" Of bad faith. It viii not be trusted
again by the party whose principles it
idly processes to maintain.
There is a probability, rapidly TAX
ing on the hue of certainty. that
Roosevelt and Fairbanks will be elect
ed The country has placed an esi-
mate upon the men, upon their rivals.
and upon the two sets Of declarations
In the fervOr of the contest neither
side ca gain by foul tactics, and in
the end the fact viii be demonstrated
anew that fair play is wisest ana best
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WTOngfullg Held.

Under ordinary circumstances Miss
Nan Patterson. now a prisoner in the
Tombs, would not be entitled TO sym
pathy The circumstances are not or
binary, and the girl is entitled to
sympathy. and has it,
She Is charged with murder. Her
right TO speedy trial is guaranteed by
the Constitution. She has been un-
able to get a trial. The prosecution
has deferred the event indefinitely,
and without any excuse that has been
given 10 the public II the girl is
guilty she should now be undergoing
sentence. If she is innocent, her de-
tention is a shame. The fact that she
longs for the ordeal Of facing a Jury.
that the evasion is all from the other
side, is i'm her favor. And innocent
or guilty, in the condition OF mind
that the officers are doing their stupid
best to create, no twelve men could
be found 10 condemn her.
Miss Patterson's experience should
be a lesson 10 the thousands Of her
type who haunt the metropolis. A
handsome, gay and careles girl, with
no more intellectual process than i'm
peIs the fitting butterfly. she sought
any company that seemed congeuial.
no idea of consequences or morals en-
tering her head. She became ass0-
ciated with a married man and per
mitted him TO lavish money upon her.
Whatever her own feelings, he was
enam0ured of her, seeking her TO the
neglect of his own wife. AS she and
the man were riding in q cab he was
shot and killed. By whom he was
shot in all probability never viii be
determined. but as he had acted the
fool so VIGOROUSLY, and was at the
moment under the influence Of liquor.
the general and natural belief is that
he shot himself
Nan Patterson suffers for having
violated the tenets of decency. As
said before, her experience should be
a lesson to others. But it won't be.
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mostly died by the same. II is but
fair to civilization TO state that it is
growing away from this sort of thing.
1t does not believe that the proper de
tense of the individuals honor re-
Quires the individual to be laden with
deadly weapons and nimble with the
trigger finger. Moreover, If the i'm
pulse to shoot is unconqueTable, there
should be attention TO the matter Of
aim, so as to give the bystauder
show for a whole skin.
The jury that acquitted ColsOn in
eighteen minutes ought to have
stretched their deliberations at least
to half an hour.
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Mr.. DARLING LEARNS
SECRET OF "YELLOWS"
Tells Reporter to Go Ahead With His
Senseless ''Fake" Concerning Dem
ger OF Connecticut.

Make the Navy Department say there
was a dynamite bomb ia the water az
the bottom of the ways of the battleship
Connecticut"
the FELLOWS sent this dispatch yes-
terday TO its Washington bureau. or
course somebody had 10 see the Navy
Department officials.
The reporter TO whom the instructions
were intrusted gained admission to Act
ing Secretary Darliug's office and laid
the typewriter dispatch before AIr
Darling.
Mr. Darling read and re-read the dis
patch. Then he squared himself back In
mis- chair and slid-
We'll. make"
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HOME WEDDINGS
OF THE MID-NEEK
Miss Cecil Parsons Wife of
William Birgfield.
GRAHAM HULLETT MARRIAGE
Dr.. William Buchanan VIII Bring a
Yineland Bride to Washington.
Engagements Announced.

Miss Cecil shaner Parsons. daughter
OF captain John W. Parsons. of Capitol
view was married at noon yesterday TO
william Z. Birgheid, of Linden. Nd.
the Rev. Edward B. Bagby. of the Ninth
street Christian Church. officiating.
only the families of the bride and
groom witnessed the ceremony and at
tended the breakfast which followed.
The parlOr was beautifully decorated
with smilax ana EOIdenrod. in one cor
ner forming an arch, under which the
service was performed.
Miss Clara L. Denny played the we'd
ding march. The couple left late in the
afternoon on an extended trip through
the South.
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ACTIVE
AT THE RESORTS

Nothing daunted by too cool weather
and constant departures, Newport So
ciety Is still active. and yesterday real
lied 82sCJ from the clothes, hats, and
other things which they did not want.
but which were coveted by their less
fortunate neighbOrs.
Trinity Church got the beueht of the
''rummage" sale. and Newport women
the fun.
Baron Max OppenheIm. the German
minister al Cairo. Egypt entertained
Baroness Won SteFuburg and the mem
beers Of the German ambassador stan
at dinner Tuesday evening az shadow
brook, Leuox, where he is stopping.
Bishop SatteTIee viii assist at the
marriage certmony OF Miss Wiuffred
Folsom and Edward T. DaIaheld. in
Trinity Church. LeuOE, Saturday, for
" hich thousand Invitations have been
issued,
Mrs. Paul Morton wife of the Secre-
taVy of the Navy, entertained a dinner
party at her Chicago home the other
evening. complimentary to her niece,
Miss jean Morton, and Joseph Cudahay,
whose marriage takes place al Nebraska
City Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Larz Anderson are at
the Holland House in New York
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CLAN
GETTING MARRIED

The announcement made by DIT. and
Mrs. William +. Daley. of 1872 Q Street
northwest, or the marriage Of their
daughter. Miss Rita W0rthlngtou
Ridgely To John ". Chudress. jr.. OF
Nashville, Tenn. brings out two other
announcements I'm lne CLildress family.
which Is one OF the most prominent
In the South. The marriage OF Miss
aidgely and Mr. CliidreSs viii take
place November j. at ST. Thomas
Church at 100 O'Clock. and viii be fol-
lowed by reception al the house of
her parents.
Ayeut Chiidress. Of New York. who
VIII later marry Miss Madeline Mackav,
OF that city, viii be best man.
The engagement of Miss Ethel Barks-
dale Bailey. of Crystal Springs. Miss.
sister or Senator Joseph Bailey OF Texas.
20 Adair Lyon tlildress. of Nashville.
Tenn makes the third announcement
The marriage VIII take place at the
brides home November q