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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-31

Aretino, is the to which we feel that the
author has brought his best energies 1t is, at
all events the most instructive and most
entertaining
1t seems, perhaps, little arbitrary to select
Aretino a representative type considering
the number of men of creative genius who
hourished in his time, men far more richly en-
dowed and infinitely nobler. But even if Pro
fessOr Van Dyke had not the excuse lying in the
fact that good biography Of Aretino is not
available in English, he would be justified in his
choice of subject by the scoundrelIv advent
urer's peculiarly significant traits No states
man, author or artist of the Renaissance illus
trates better than Aretino the almost fantastic
complexities of the age the incongruous de-
velopment of excellent and abominabe Qualities
side by side in the same soul. Says Professor
Van Dyke:
These various traits of Aretino his lack of shame
for pornoEraphic writing. the brutal immortality of
his life, his sense of high moral service to the
that service, his interest in religion his seIf-con-
to praise the virtues of the princes who naij biS
not to denounce their vices are hard to unite into
solved the problem in portraiture by the easy device
Of labelling . him blatant hypocrte- But to see
Benvenuto Cellini in his autobiography is to Per
cceive that Aretino while not without a tinse of
hypocrisy, took himself on the whole at his own
mn @ an one who does not believe that
TINS IN may De true has not begun to know the men
lay VI the early sixteenth century IN a
strange condition at fecund and decadeut
She produced miracles of art and praised extraya-
ganty puerllities and obsceniteS literature She
sang HYMNS to love and looked on woman as the
prey of the senses. Her men Joined a nassi0nnto|
desire for fame to an atrophied sense of DUTY Her
proud cities hated and betrayed each other while
france and Spain wasted her fields and the Turk
swept thousands of slaves from her coasts. The
rulers of the institutions she held in trust for the
world spent their thought and the Church treasure
in Italian politics their leisure in watching Raphael
and Michael Angelo. while Europe north of the
Alps. was breaking from the unity OF Christ That
brilliant blooming time of human genius cali the
Italian Renascence gave to ali nations a new i'm
pulse in art and learning strengthened in the
the desire for truth and beauty but the atmosphere
it bred in Italy at its height at once glorious
and shameful-stimulating and corrupting If we
wish TO know it we must look at the bred
as they were, and not at descriptions of what we
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-31

airy form they so sympathetic In sub
stance that they bound to stimulate curl
osity as to the forces which moulded the de-
yeIopnent of the Renaissance. That period
cannot remain mere phrase to readers VINO
have once been made to see the vivid qualities
of such types as Professor Van Dyke has chosen
to illustrate. He never forgets to paint them
not simply as types. but as men.
1t is especially gratifying to find in the brief
preliminary essay, which the author devOtes to
the Renaissance in general, conception Of the
subject absolutely free from pedantry. The
school which would assign one inflexible date
to the beginning of the Renaissance, and an
other to its close has by the foolshness of
such hard and fast hypothesis raised up an
other school. which would ascribe the inaugural
impulses of the period to a date far back in
the Middle Ages. Nobody who has once got
absorbed in the study CT the lives and achieve
ments of the old schoolmen likes to be told that
the emancipation OF the human spirit
brought about exclusively by their successors
Hence much argument, about and about where
a little common sense easily puts the question
into the right perspective. Professor Van Dyke
uses common sense in approaching his subject.
He has a good saying on the undermining infiu
ence which slowly transformed medieval So
ciety IF noble family was Influenced by it
for any time" he says. sit came to pass that
the son, or at least the grandson. of the man
who read F'roissart preferred Castiglione" In
other words, the changes in European thought
developed from generation to generations the
Renaissance was a matter of organic evolu-
ton; it was not a miraculous transmogriffcation.
brought about in the of a night The
point is admirably stated in this passage:
To set forth this ideal of education and this view
of life so pregnant with revolutionary influence
demanded the power of marked originality in Pc
trarch- And yet, of course it was not new,
did the movement may date from begin with
him. History cannot be cut off into lengths rs a
stick of wood is cut with axe. and the pieces
labelled Dark Ages Middle Ages" Age of the
Renascence," Age of the Reformation" Neither
do launch movements a ship is built in
the yards and launched from the ways Other men
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-31
THE RENAISSANCE.
Portraits of Three of Its Character
istic Figures.

PORTRAITS Ry Paul Van Dyke,
d D. Professor in History. Princeton Univer-
sity 12Ino PIP xii, 425. Charles Scribner's Sons
Professor Van Dyke has written one of those
books which serve well to the interest of
the general reader in matters which he might
if left to himself, be apt to neglect. There is
nothing brilliant about the three portraits he
has drawn of Pietrc Aretino, Thomas Crom-
well and Macmillan I. but they have the merit
which attaches to worl, done conscientiously and
with enthusiasm The reader cannot help feel
ing that Professor Van Dyke has enjoyed his
task that the wide reading necessary for the
writing of this book has been. for him, any
thing but dry research; that he is in short
one of those to whom history is a living, human
thing. That is what he has tried to make it in
these pages, and while the latter might have
been put together with a ivelier sense of liter
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-31
AFTER C4TULLUS.

Star of the isles or almost-isles the twain
Lords of the wave upbear in sparkling mere
Bright Sirmo, in the boundless man.
/ JOY once more to see thee and be mere
Believing hardly in dear wonderrnent
That Thynias plains are all behind me iald!-
All. what is sweeter to the travelsDent
Than safe repose beneath the happy shade
Of hearth and home couch so ioBg-desired
Deep pillowed. and heart from care allay az
Hail Siynfo thy joy by mine inspired,
For mis- one thing hath all that toll repaid
And waters of the Lydian lake, begin
To ring with Iaughter-peals your master in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-31

In every way a delightful volume Is MI.
Rhead's book on the basses- Firstly. it is de-
lightfuI to the eye The cover appropriately
stimulates the skin of the striped bass. and Is
protected by a wrapper of dark blue cartridge
paper printed in gold the side. which bears
also a blue decorative panel printed IN blue.
nas+ed on. and a white fabricated label
on the back, the whole outward effect exciting
pIeasurable expectations of the contents. Open
ing the volume in response to this invitation
the paper is found to be Of superior linen stock
with deckeI edges, the Typography excellent,
the margins ample and admirably proper
toned, and the Illustrations numerous. varied
I'm character and decorative in effect
The text, variously contributed. is worthy OF
the pains and taste expended in setting II OIL
The fresh water BASES are treated by the late
William C. Harris, the dean OF American an
giers; the marine basses, OF which too little
notice has hitherto been taken in books on fish
ing are the subject of several chapters by DR..
Tareton H. Bean, the distinguished angler and
piscicuturist; Mr.. Rhead contributes notes on
his fishing experiences along the Beaverkil. on
the choice of flies and on the preparation Of bass
for the table; James A. Cruikshank writes of
artificial lures for back bass, and poem, The
Song of the Bass" by Alice Calhoun Haines.
completes the attractive table of contents
Inch for inch and round for pound.
Inc SameSt fish that SWImS,
is the refrain of Miss Hainess song. and it
needs no explanation to the angler to understand
that she refers specifically to the small mouthed
black bass, Micropterus dOlomiei. that vOraciOUs,
vivacious, Intelligent resourceful finny fighter
that has been aptIy termed the tiger of the
waters" There are other bass. of diverse and
often interesting characteristics. and SO are
there other kinds of fish to which the same re-
mark might apply. but there is none among
them, BASES and all the rest, that yields an
equal amount of sport TO the angler in proper
ton to its size And so. properly, this little
fresh water tiger" receives the lions share OF
attention in the volume. though of the
others is sighted.
1t is disconcertfng to the novice to learn that
the black bass is not. ENTHUSIASTICALLY speaking.
a bass at all, but belongs to the family Centrar-
chide. the sunfishes: the editor. however. justi-
fes his title by including both the popularity
termed BASES and the real basses in his book
The confusing nature of the situation is il
Illustrated by DR.. Bean, in the introduction, when
he states that ichthyolOgists tell US that
The black bass is not bass-it is sunfsh.
The white perch is not a perct-it Is a bass
The rock bass is not baSS-lt Is SunnSh-
The waIl-eyed pike is not 4 pIke-it is i perch
And so on almost without limit
Even the scientific name of the black bass is n
misnomer and was given it under misapprc-
hension. Micropterus means small fin" and
was applied by Lac6pede to the specimen sent
to him in Paris early in the nineteenth century.
because in transit some of the rays Of the dorsa1
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-31

The latest Stevenson book, Prayers Written
at Nailima,' receives anything but warm
welcome at the hands of the brilliant reviewer
of The London Times" He remarks that IF
q volume of prayers by an accomplished gentle
man eXcites the faintest smile in admirers of
his genius and character, that volume of
prayers has been mistakably published" The
hope is also expressed that the volume contains
"the very last crumbs from the VaiIima bas-
ket" We share that hone, but nowadays one
can never be sure that the last shred of
famous writer's work has been published, that
the last detail of his career has been given to
the world. Every one thought that Thackeray's
wishes as to the posthumous celebration of his
life in print would be respected, but in due
course a stranger published two stout volumes
about him, and his own daughter wrote the
intrOductions for 'biographcal' edition of
his works. There seems to be something in the
air to-day which forbids the hope that Il celeb
rity count in his grave, upon the dlscre-
ton OF pOsterity. Sooner or later his own
wishes must be 'interpreted,' and he must sub
NIT to what others thinL is good for his fame
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-31
"TTGER OF THE WATERS.
4 Beautiful Book about Fishing
for Bass.

THE RAISES FRFSHWATER AND MARINE
Nv MILITANT C Harris and TaTietOn H Bean
Edited and illustrated by Louis Riead 6FOs
Dp xvi 2sa Frederick A Stokes Company.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-27
ENGLAND NOW y.
HAS KAISER MAD 1 n
Relations Between Two Countries
Never Worse Than at 38
Present.
MUTrERINGs OF THE PRESS
Alleged British, Attempt to En-
broil Germany and France.
Incident Of Weddings.
(By Associated Press.)

(By Associated Press.)
BERLIN, June 2J.--Throughout tho
German press a growing Impotence is
manifested at what Is regarded as a
British attempt TO embro1 Germany and
France. 1t is noted with satisfaction
that some OF the French statesmen begin
to Interpret Great Britdn's Interest in
tho Franco-G German difficulty In the same
way.
Similar views are expressed In the Ger
man press. 1t is noted that the relations
between Germany and Great Britain never
were worse than at this moment. Hints
dropped In official circles indicate that
chagrin was felt at the Berlin court at
the fact that King Edward sent no
more important representatives to the
Crown Princes wedding than the young
Prince Arthur of Connaught, while It is
plainly intimated that the failure Of Eni-
peror William to send any representative
Mt all to the wedding OF Princess Mar
tgaret OF Connaught was intended to give
expression to his resentment at the
slight. Rs
& In view Of this tension between Berlin
and London. It. Is believed that Ger
many will make many concessions in or.
der to reach an understanding with
France. n & g
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-27
TRIED TO SAVE HER. 4
Boy Said He Took Watch, But
Police Do Not Believe Him.

Mary e. Wharton. a white woman, nifty
years Of age, was arrested yesterday by
Detective Wiltshire upon warrant
charging her with stealing watch OF
the value OF $50 from George Richardson.
The woman claims that she found the
watch. ~
Shortly after she was arrested yester--
day afternoon her little ten-year-old
grandson, Oscar Adams. came to the
TO the officers said that he had stolen the
watch and not his grandmother. The po-
lice saw through the game" and would
not take the little fellows word. He WILL
be taken in charge, In all probability, by
the Children's Society. Il #
Warren Baughan, sevcnteen-year-old
boy. was arrested last night by an officer
upon q charge of being disorderly on
Chimhorazo Park. ls5. Z
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-27
Money, viii Go Through.

Postmaster Wray T. Knight has Just
succeeded in effecting arrangements
whereby registered mall will be promptly
transmitted from this city to New York
and the great money centers. whether
4 the regular train be on time or late,
These remittances by the bankers are
sent on train No. 40. leaving here at sos
P. M, but when that train Is late an
extra No. 40 Is made UP. and registered
mail Is sent thereon In charge OF a spe-
cial railway mail clerk. This arrange
ment became effective yesterday for the
first time. This plan Is OF immense ben
efit to bankers and brokers. for without
If thousands Of dollars would be held
over for twenty-four hours before reach
Ing lis destination, Mr.. knight has been
endeavoring to effect this arrangement
for some time, but has Just succeeded IN
doing 80. He was aided in the effort BY
the Chamber OF Commerce.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-27
.WAlLACE|N.HUF
QUITS; TAFT MAD n n.
Stormy Session Of Panama Canal
Board Ending With Resig-
nation Of Engineer.
DEPARTMENTAL RED TAPE.
Wallace Criticizcs Management,
and Taft Accuses Wallace
of INSTRUMENTATION.

A -7I ---------------------- ~ "
Especial to The Times. DIspatch.)

,S3DeCHl4 10 - HC
NEW YORK, juno 20. --Announcement
was made to-day, and practically con-
firmed by Theodore p. shonts. president
OF the Panama Canal Commission, that
John r. Wallace, chief engineer Of tho
canal, and a member OF the commission,
has resigned his offlces and that the
designations will be accepted formally at
Washington tomorrow or Wednesday,.
For the designations there are two yer.
sions. one coming from friends OF some
OF the canal commission, the other from
friends OF Mr.. Wallace. The first Is to
the effect that the resignation OF Mr..
Wallace was requested because OF differ
ences between the chief engineer, menu
bers OF the commission, Secretary Taft,
and through the latter with President
Z Roosevelt. The other deals with depart
mcnt red tape and hnmperng executive
orders, which have led Mr. Wallace to
accept a positionto OF as great Importance
rs theshead OF a great railway system.
Accounts agree that the conference was
stormy after Mr.. Wallace had announced
Z his reasons for coming. Mr.. Taft, 1t Is
said. lost his temper and made certain
remarks which Mr.. Wallace was inclined
4 TO resent.
The discussion thereafter was frank and
open, Mr.. Wallace telling Mr.. Taft that
II they wanted the canal dug right they
must change their present system Of
managing and supervision by placing one
strong man at the head OF the work. al
low him to come and 60 as he chooses,
cut away the red tape that binds every
thing, apply ordinary business methods
and hold him responsible.
Il Mr.. Taft accused the engineer OF han
dicapping the administration by various
actions. particularly In getting out. and
announced that he did not care how soon
the resignation was presented. It was
presented on the spot. accounts say, but,
being directed to the President. It had to
go TO Washington. where It Is now in
the executive offices at the White House
awaiting acceptance.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-27
IS DISGRACE TO
COUNTRY, He Says
Taft Assails Method Of Admins
tration of Criminal Law
the States.
.(By Associated Press.)

NEW HAVEN, CONN. June 2s.-
William H. Taft. Secretary OF war, de-
5livcred the address TO the Yale law
school graduating class to-day on "The
Administration Of Criminal Law" Dc
Tending the policy OF refusing trial by
jury to the Filipinos. Mr.. Taft said that
trial by Jury had come to be regarded as
a fetish to such an extent that State
legislatures have exalted the power Of
the jury and diminished the power Of the
court. The result of this Mr.. Taft
pointed out, was a great insrease In
crimes Of the felony class. The admins
traton OF criminal law In the States,
Mr.. Taft declared to be disgrace to
our civilization. He hardly thought 1t
encouraged US to think It wise to intro
duce system Of jury trials in the
Philippines. III
Mr.. Taft suggested, as remedies, the
restriction Of the right OF appeal and CIV
ing to judges the power to comment on
the evidence and express their opinion
to the Jury on the fact He concluded:
Our country is disguised by the
in the North and in the South, and
excuses are sought for the horrid and
hendish cruelties perpetrated by mobs
in such cases In some other cause
than the delays Of Justice. Instances
are cited Of where the mob has exc
cuted men whom they had every rea- IS
son TO believe were to be justly pun
ished under the law. to show that
an improvement in the criminal pro-
ceedure would not prevent lynchings
But every man OF aairs who has
studied the subject at all. knows that
III men who commit crime we're
promptly arrested and convicted.ithere
would be no mob for the purpose OF
lynching. Nothing but a radical i'm
provement in our administration OF
criminal law will prevent the growth
in the number Of lynchings IN the
United States that bring the blush o.
shame to every lover OF his county, our
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-27
No Successor Yet.

Dr.. j. w. southall, superintendent OF
Public INSTRUCTION has not yet designated
successor to Mr.. John A. McGilvray. as
second clerk to the Depa rtment OF Public
Instruction, but there are already several
applicants for the place. Among the num-
Der is Mr.. E. w, Minor. OF this city. and
Judge Christian OF Appomat tox county.
and Mr.. J. H. Johnson, OF Acoomac, VINO
is now employed In the office of the
auditor OF public accounts.
It Is expected that the appointment will
be announced In a few days, but Dr..
southall Is not in the city, and no pos
tive announcement can be made until he
returns.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-27
BOTTOM OF THE HOLE.
Man Tumbled in and Was Sc
verelv Cur in the Face.

DR.. Pitt, OF the ambulance corps. was
called to Reeyes's drug store. corner
Twenty-Afth and Leigh Streets, shortly
after eleven O'Clock last night to treat
a white man named Johnson. who had
fallen across tho car tracks and cut q
gasn over hls right eye. It required four
Stitches to closa the wound. After being
hospital.
The company Is repairing the tracks In
this vicinity and Mr., Johnson !stepped
Into an excavation. In falling his head
struck against the sharp side OF rail-
that stood several inches above the sur
face, ght f Aig ii
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-27
Senator Martins Dates.

Senator Thomas s. Martin Will remain
in this city practically all this week,
but will start out Monday on busy
weeks work amonn the soveregns. He
viii begin the week at Charlotte Court.
house with an address to the people Of
thnt county next Monday, July 3d.;
July 4th and bth the senator Will at
not announced to speak, On July 9Th,
he will address the voters OF King
George county, He Will cross over to
Vile on July 10th, q,
on July 18th, Senator Martin will sneak
at Chrstinnsburg, IN the west end OF Con,
60 10 Chatham. the county seat OF Plttsyl-
vania. where he Is scheduled to speak on
ha nth. 6YstS taa} la s7.sd4I tfts 3g5
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-27
NEWS GATHERED
FROM S|0|:|IUTHS|DE
Mr.. James F. Marshall Succumbs
at Last to Protractcd
Illness.
MAYOR DELIVERS |: e: MEDALS
stunbles in His Latin--Dr. Badly
is to Leave To-
day.
MAYOR DELIVERS MEDALS

. .
Manchester Bureau, Times Dispatch,
NO. 1l02 Hun Street,
e Mr.. James II. Marshall, who had been
i'll for SO long a time, died Sunday after
Won u ~. .,x.,a+h ,.o,r !, ~, -,
- =. =. ~ 80 ''"'''
NO. ~ west l~el1th street.
Mr.. Marshall was born In Prince George
county, and served his state In the Con-
5foaor. = ~, $40. vi ,,,eo
- - As' - = ~ "'ie' 't' .
Hannah Marshan, i've sons-Iiarry,
Frank, Aubrey, Charles and Henry; two
daughters. Miss vireie and A,rs Vi,hnr
A''A o''e S''ar i 20" Nsil
SHALL and one sister, Mrs. Sarah Lind
say, of Rice Station, Prince George coun-
ty. He was member OF the Baptist
/; Church, and a member Of Rocky Ridge.
tco,,nc,, NJ ~ II, Z ~ 4, ~,
Nv. oo :. q -. Gnu '''e
Garments Union. hcs$funeral services
were conducted by theg Rev. Dr. Cridln
and Rev ~ = sha rnSs fIom ~ rft,
y. i; !. =. - ~. 80. -
street Methodist Church at 8 O'Clock yes
sterday afternoon. 1nterment was in
Maury Cemetery.
Mavor Delivers Medals
Al ohIo; osa,,t,.,a !, ~
q, - 49, .nsl, sS'Susis .'e OWL as
s,s. t ,,n, ueu oIa.or, anu as man OF
p ,,. 20 niasur. Maurice was asked 70 de-
~ W. ~, NE. .ciusng aaaress FRIDAY night
peiote mrs. T.. u. = ralnuHl music class
ne genial Mayor made a very appro-t
pirate pirate lalk ana acquitted himself as a
man 81 ms position should. Aside from ron,
the eloqnent address, the most important
event Of the evening was the prescnta-,
ton by the speaker OF, two medals one
4 to Miss Ella Davidson and Miss Addie5
Talbot, and then. as a sweet and touch
the presentation of brooch to Miss
Trainum, gift of appreciation given
her by the class. Miss Jennie Lewis
added much to the evenings entertain
ment by her delightful singing,
percona1e and 8Rr;afe
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-27
NOW SEEKING TO
M0LL|EY CHINESE

Especial to The Times Dispatch.)
+ WASHINGTON. June 26.-Presldent
Roosevelt. In an order made public yester-
day, seeks to mollify the Chinese who
are boycotting American commerce and
law. While Secretary Metcalf says the
dissatisfnctior,s is with the law itself, the
president believes It Is merely With t =
harsh Of Il especially N the ne
laboring class. the former being under
the law entitled to enter. Complaint IS
made that these are subjected TO unneces-
sary sannoyanCes. M ts ta 81
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-27
Or. Oppenhirner Will Run,

Dr. Cary oppenhimer has besn urged
by, friends to offer his name for the
made vacant by the retirement Of Mr.,
Glenn. who has been elected to the House
of Delegates
tha race and with ~},ls strong political
backing and his great personal popular
ity,5 he will be a formidable competitor
Dr. oppenhimer, when seen last night,
stated that he had only. agreed ia allow
his name to be used after the repeated
urgent requests Of many y9 hG y c,d h5
to 'i run for'ithe position, he was in the
race to the end,