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Ivory Carvings.

To the beautiful volumes Of the "Connois-
seur's Library (Methuen Il Co.; G. P.
Putnam's Sons, Mr.. Alfred Maskell has
added one on "Ivories." 1t is of varied
merit and interest The part for which
the author cares seems to be very we'll
done; this is the development Of miniature
sculpture from Roman times through the
Middle Ages to the Renaissance. On reach
ing modern times praise often takes the
place Of description and, where picture
of the object is provided, usually seems
exaggerated
Even in the parts which he treats most
deliberately Mr.. Maskell seems to follow
favorite lines in certain countries rather
than to cover the whole field This may be
due to deficiencies in the collections he has
studied. For Oriental Chinese and Japa-
nese carvings he has little to say.
Few objects could bear reproduction in
illustrations better than these worries, and
the pictures, which are many. are usually
charming, They do not seem to be selected
always with the best Of Judgment, however.
whether as objects of art or as illustrations
of development. The book. we fancy, will
crafty collectors along certain lines and
will disappoint some others.
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QUIET DAY AT OYSTER BAY,
The President Takes . View OF Improve.
ments Made In His Absence.

OYSTER BAY, n. ", June 3O-President
Roosevelt got up early this morning and
looked over the many improvements about
the place made since he left last year
Then he took a brisk horseback ride. He
rowed about the hay at the foot Of the
hill with Mrs. Roosevelt in the afternoon.
Before noon Judge W. j, Calhoun Of Dan
vile. H., called at the Presidents house
on personal business. Marcus Braun of
the immigration Bureau. who recently re-
turned from Austria Hungary, called on
Secretary Loeb to-day. but did not visit
the Hill. Mr.. Braun's mission was to dis
cover the attitude of the Austrian Govern
ment toward immigration.
Senator Shelby NJ. Cullom Of Illinois,
chairman of the Committee on Foreign
Relations, telephoned MIR. Loeb from New
York this morning asking whether he
could see the President. The reply was in
the Affirmative. but later Senator Cullen
telephoned that he WAS obliged to go to
Washington instead. 1t is supposed his
intended visit had something to do with
the peace negotiations.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-01
The scrlbner Stevens on.

Four more volumes Of the pretty and
handy Biographical edition OF Robert
Louis Stevensons works published by
Charles Scribner's Sons have come To us,
making ten that have appeared out Of
twenty-four. These comprise Island
Nights Entertainments. AN Inland Voy-
age" Familiar Studies" and The Wrecker.
written in conjunction with Mr.. Osbourne
A desire to keep the external appearance
OF the volumes uniform has led to what
seems to us mistake in taste. The chiel
attraction Of this edition. next to the con-
venient pocket size is the handsome page
found in all the longer stories. This il
ruined by the double leading needed to
increase the bulk OF the Inland Voyage.
and the Island Nights"
Mrs. Stevenson - introductions to the
South Pacific books have some information
in them and perhaps were worth printing
That to the Inland Voyage ia vap!d
and out of taste. To the Familiar Studies.
fortunately, there is no preface save Ste
venson's own. This edition is the most
satisfactory for general Use that We have
seen
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-01
Books Rcceiy cd.

Memoirs OF a Royal Chaplain. 1929 1893" Editet
BY Albert Hartshorne. John Lane. Yhe Bodley
Head)
a History OF All Nations: Vol. IN The Age Of
Feudalism and Theocracy," Hans Prutz. Phi. d
(I,ca Brothers 4 Co.. PhlladelphiaJ
Daughters of the Faith" Eliza OBJ Lumn's
CThe Knickerbocker Press. New York;
~ Twentieth Century ldealls." Henry Petit
(The Grafton PrcssJ
Books and Personalities" H. W. Nevnson
John Lane. The Bodey HeadI
Letters OF Anxious Written in the Town OF Hay.
willie" THE Spectator Company, New York;
STRAY Leaves From Souls Book" Orchard
G. Badger, Bostonl
The Judgment OF Paris" Peter Fandel. THE
Poe, Lore Company. Boston,
Sound and Motion In Wordsworth's Poetry"
May Tomll son. Crhe Poet Lore Company
"Girdle OF Giadness.' Arad JOY ScbrinE. Rich-
ard &, BadgerJ
'Thc Elegles OF Tlhullus." Theodore c. Williams.
Orchard &. BndgcrJ
ia, Storm Of London" /. nckScrry. Ulrr.
bert T.. Turner 4 Co. BostonJ
Paths 10 Power" Frank W. GunsnuiuS. Ulcm-
Ing II. Rcvcl Company
The Sunny Side Of the Street Marshall r.
Wldcr. Funk Wacnalls Company
special Method In Arithmetic" Charles A.
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McMurry, Phi. d. (Macmillansl

McMurry. Phi. d. (Macmlllansl
"Longfellow's The Song OF Hiawatha." Edited
BY Elizabeth ]. Fleming. Macmans)
Danish Fairy Legends and Tales" Hans
Christian Andersen. Macmans)
The Saint Lawrence" Samuel Edward Daw-
SON. Frederick A. Stokes Company
Our Little French Cousins" Blanche McManus.
Il, G. Page & Co.. Boston,
The Return to the Trails" Charles G. D.
Roberts. IL. c. Page & Coz
The Little People OF the Sycamore" Charles
G, ID. Roberts a.. c. Page q Coz
y Little Puritan Cavalier" Edith Robinson.
IL. C. Page q Coz
"Psrisisns GU, OF Doors" F. Berkeley Smith.
Dunk 4 Wagnalls Coz
The Cap and Gown 1906 (The University
OF Chicago)
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-01
Senc Garden Books.

Though an English book, Mr.. Charles
Thongers THE Book of Garden Design
(John Lane, The Bodley Head) gives SEN
sible, practical advice that can be easily
followed, with necessary notifications, in
this country. In no country has the care
of gardens been studied more than in Eng
land, and perhaps, when the climate is
considered more lessons may be derived
from English gardens than from any others,
The illustrations are charming and ad-
mirably chosen.
A practical little volume on Roses and
How to Grow Them" opens the Garden
Library" Doubleday, Page 4 Coz, which
is to be a series Of short monographs to aid
amateur gardeners, This one appears
without the authors name. 1t tells all about
planting, rearing and protecting roses,
about the insects and diseases that threaten
them, and describes the varieties and the
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\ Lady Of Ancient Spa,n.

,oe'ry comes to us in great ouantit v
~ 'neSe days, as it has done in other Gavs
=" some time back. Much of it is yapue
~ Iu mas caused Us trouble in tho effort ia
"SoVer whether the obscure thought wa
" was not worth while. We cannot ca "
S. our laborious Investigations have
.S ~ ''chly rewarded. There are certain
i.4n aeat names to whose example we arc
Wv .''ned to believe that we are indebted
W. ". .hls lrk that has been put uron us
h. oear them no malice. We Understand
We. s we are here to suffer, ami we DO il
DON n an an .he fairly great ability for MARTYR
y, OCCASIONALLY there comes to us q moan
S,r OBVIOUS intent and plain expression
evsS S hamlet; "Beggar that am, I am
h. poor In thanks, but thank Won >
h.. voices eloquently our own emotion
no S" we come upon a poem that is good
Ign ash not to distress us by it's solemn
H, .'.les and profound concealmerts We
"" oe made to feel as though we did
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-01
Mr. BensOn's FitzGerald.

The remarkable qualities shown by Mr..
A. c. Benson in his biograph OF Rossetti
appear again in the Edward FitzGerald !"
of the English Men of Letters" series
Maomilans). He is sane and impartial
above all things, Sinking no difficulties.
yet avoiding indiscretion, stating the facts
effectively and leaving the reader to draw
his own differences. and criticizing with
obvious fairness. His .FitzGerald," how
ever, will not please the Omar Khayyamtes;
In some respects it will satisfy nobody.
The reason la that he has little sympathy
with his subject and no very high regard
for his work. He looks on him as man
who is interesting for the friends he had
and the letters he wrote and whose poetical
work is respectable, but overestimated.
That is perhaps, the inevitable reaction
from fulsome laudation and possibly not
a wholly unjust estimate in biography
where the writer must take his place by the
side Of other English writer's.
FtzGerald none the less, was no George
Borrow. His failings and whimsicalitiee
could have been put in different light
by biographer who had some fellow feeling
for him, and would not merely chronicle
his acts with somewhat contemptuous dis
dain. There is a poet in him. even il the
mob applauds him. and Mr. Benson does
scant Justice to his Spanish 'translations. :"
Tho extracts that he quotes from the letters
too. hardly do FitzGerald justice. They
would not attract notice IL written by any
one else and often are only worth quot
ing because they speak OF famous lnen
Mr. Benson cannot quite underz tand n
man who chose to live his own life n,gard-
less of conventions and chose to write only
what he pleased. His judgment of ritz-
Gerald ia perhaps fair from society's point
of view, but there is Fitzgerald side to
the matter. too. 1t is an interesting book
all the same, and perhaps made nee essary
by the Omar Khayyam worship. which
would have made FitzGerald sick
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not know anything at all, and yet the poets
swarm who seem to be aiming at that rar-
ticNlor and most ungenerous result We
arc thankful. accordingly. to Mr.. Osborn r.
Lamb for his "Ango-Greek play entitled
"The Iberian" (Ames d Robinson, pub
fishers. ?O3 Broadway. this city,.
We have here a prelude In which the
orchestra plays and the outer curtain is
raised. The chorus and semi-chorus kneel
and offer a recitation beginning:
o. mighty glorious and immortal Jove.
Who rulcst all things wisely from above.
The source Of all that Is. or Is to be,
Thy faithful loving servants ecr are We
A choral hymn follows, from which we
can permit ourselves to quote only the first
two lines. These run:
To thee We sing. o mighty love,
Whose grace VIC ask and bounteuus love.
Sweet music precedes the rising OF the
inner curtain upon an Athenian home about
the year 4a5 b. G. Ailza the Iberian, seated
in the center of the stage. tells her story to
Hector and Helen, who kneel and sit re-
spectively right and left. She describes the
beauties of Spain and acquaints her hearers
with the story of Atlantis and the isles and
continent beyond. In the course Of the
narrative. which has its tragical elements,
Helen exclaims. How terrible!" and Hector
How horrible!" Helen says
IT'S very. very sad. this wondrous tale,
Zen now the tears do MI mine eyes.
Hector assents to this opinion. He de-
clares:
Aye, sad
Indeed. no tragedy with It can e'er compare.
In the second scene after a choral hymn
to the evening star Ailza utters a sentiment
in eleven lines, of which we must content
ourselves with quoting the eleventh part.
Says Ailza:
An. chlldhood's happy days. how bright are they.
AT the last Ailza goes out in thunder
storm and Eros brings back dreadful in
formation concerning her. He says at
first. huskily, hesitating at the full revea-
ton: -None can Withstand the thunder
bolts OF Jove.' Lucian, the lover, urges
Eros on. What now. fool?' he says. To
this Eros answers: She lies upon thy
threshold-dead.' Lucian says: "Dead?'
Eros repeats: AYE, dead" Lucian falls
into chair at table, hides his head in his
arms and sobs aloud; then a second and
more distant crash of thunder IL heard,
followed by vivid lightning and the cur
tain falls, whereafter mems voices are
heard singing dirge.
As we say there are no obscurities about
this poem. 1t is quite open and above
board. For this reason. and for others
as well, it has gratifed US exceedingly.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-01
Cty1 War Recollection s.

Among the valuable records of the civil
war the accounts OF the deeds OF single
regiments are perhaps as interesting as
any. They give individuality to the story
and limit the egotism which personal
narrative might have. The Twenty -first
Wisconsin Infantry had the opportunity
to play gallant part in the decisive cam
paigns. 1t fought at Chickamauga and
Chattanooga and marched with Sherman
to the sea and then followed Johnston
north. Its story is told in Echoes OF the
Civil War" by Col. Michael Fl. Fitch (R. F.
Fenno 4 Coz. The story suffers somewhat
in authority by judgments about men
and events which arc necessarily made
after the event. The authors estimate OF
Gen. Thomas will he accepted by many
who may not acquiesce in sharp criticisms
OF some other commanders. The regiment
fought bravely in important battles and
suffered severely. Its story Ia inspiring
asa record OF duty we'll done.
Various papers contributed to periodicals
at different times by Gen. Henry Edwin
Tremain have been collected In volume
entitled "Two Days Of War. Gettysburg
Narrative and Other Excursions (Bonnell
Silver 4 Bowers, New York;. The first
part Of the book consists OF several papers
relating to the battle Of Gettysburg; this is
followed by articles and reports describing
the condition OF the South in the recon-
struction period. by an Grafton on Gen.
Hooker, by a discussion Of the battle Of
Charlottesville and by some miscellaneous
papers. Most OF the articles are familiar
to military historians, who will be glad
to find them collected in this convenient
share
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-01
Sir Charles Dukes story a His Wife.

The chief interest in '.The Book of the
Spiritual Life" by the late Lady Dixie (E. P
Dutton 4 Coz will he found in the memoir
OF the author by her husband, the Right
Hon. Sir Charles W. Dixie, Bart. Though
she wrote some credtabe books on French
art, about which she knew a good deal, il
was not as writer that Lady Dixie was
chiefly known, but as power in English
society. as Mrs. Mark Pattison no less than
as the wife OF her second husband.
Sir Charles writes Of her in the most
reverent tone. as is only the due OF the
woman who stood up for him in the moment
OF his most shameful disgrace. He tries
to be as impersonal as possible by simply
enumerating her successive efforts and
accomplishments. The result is peculiar
We form the impression OF pushing
energetic. masterfu woman OF type
very common in America. which often
breaks out on the woman's rights platform.
She cannot have been precisely pleasant
in her strenuous art student days, but she
gave up art at twenty-one to marry Mark
Pattison.
As his wife she made Lincoln College a
social center at Oxford and at the sams
time managed to do an astonishing amount
of writing. After she married Dixie she
went into the woman's rights movement and
trade unionism She was intensely am BIZ
tious for social and political position
The essays selected for publication by
her husband are well written. as might be
expected from one who had contributed
to periodicals for many yeara. but are re-
markable neither for originality nor for
thought. Possibly more revelation OF the
woman might have explained them; the
memoir. as it is written, certainly does not
lead UP TO them. 1t is still on her things
on French art that Lady Dlke's literary
reputation must rest.
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Uses to which they can be put. 1t is illus
trated very fully.
In "A Little Garden Calendar Henry
Ate rus Company, Philadelphia). Mr.. AL
bert Bigelow Paine endeavors to import
horticultural and agricultural information
into the nursery. His method is the old
fashioned one Of stringing on q slender
thread of story pretty solid chunks Of in
struction. Perhaps ingenious youth may
still be enticed to knowledge by tn lie means
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-10-26
Much Timber Uncut.

Across the great lakes in Canada
there lies one of the worlds largest
reserves of timber. In spite Of the
tariff imposed much of this timber is
to-day coming to the United States.
The forests of the Dominion are begin
ming to yield abundantly. More than
100000 feet Of pine sawlogs and
square timber, during a recent season,
were cut upon territory held under
timber license from the crown.
Much of Canada's timber land has
not yet even been explored. In the
newly developed districts Of Algoma,
which are close to the great lakes, it
is estimated that there are more than
zoe, 100000 cords of spruce and pulp
wood. while in the districts Of Thun-
der Bay and Rainy River there arc
nearly 200,000.O00 cords more. A belt
ut least 1900 miles long is believed to
exist in Canada between Alaska and
the Atlantic.
1t has been estimated that, at the
present rate Of cutting, the greatest
timber resources of the United States
those of the Pacific coast-wiIl be
exhausted in less than half a century.
The annual cut of shingles and lumber
in these regions Is 4.5000O0.0O0 feet.
The standing timber in Washington,
Oregon and northern California at
present is twice that Of the original
timber lands of the northern woods
Washington produces about as many
feet of shingles and other lumber as
Oregon and California together This
State is noted for its shingles, there
being more than 1000 shingle mills
within its borders. At Tacoma are 10
Gated the largest sawmills in the
United States.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-10-26
Good News for All

Bradford, Tenn, Oct 23.-(Special)
Scientific research shows Kidney
Trouble to be the father Of so many
diseases that news of a discovery of
q sure cure for it cannot fail to be
welcomed all over the country. And
according to Mr.. ]. A. Davis of this
place just such cure is found in
Dodd's Kidney Pills. Mr. Davis says:
"Dodd's Kidney Pills are all that is
claimed for them. They have done
me more good than anything l have
ever taken. 1 had Kidney Trouble
very bad and after taking a few boxes
of Dodd's Kidney Pills 1 am COM
pletely cured. / cannot praise them
too much"
Kidney Complaint develops into
Bright's Disease, Dropsy, Diabetes,
Rheumatism and other painful and
fatal diseases. The safeguard is to
cure your kidneys with Dodd's Kidney
Pills when they show the first symp-
tom of disease.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-10-26
Admiral Helen Gould.

Miss Helen Gould was saluted with
the two ruffies of an admiral as she
boarded the battleship Alabama at the
Brooklyn navy yard, says the New
York World. a '.ruffie'' is a roll of the
drum with the bugles. The President
of the United States receives three ruff
fies. 1t was the pretty compliment Of
the 700 jackies to the woman who has
done so much for them.
Miss Gould had been invited to in-
spect the ship, which Lieutenant Com
mander Schumacher told her was 1.-THE
finest" With her were Miss Edith
Hay, Kingdom Gould, her nephew, and
Chester Harrison, her cousin. She was
received on the quarter deck and every
one of the jackies received nod of
greeting from her as the line fled past
in review. Rear Admiral Coghlan led
the way in the inspection Of the bat
tleship.
The only thing that went wrong was
the dog, the mascot. The Rev. John
f. Carson in a brief talk inadvertently
spoke of the President as Teddy" AT
this the dog set up a howl. The dog
was banished from its place of honor
and 1t was explained that it meant no
harm, but was only saluting it's own
name.
Whenever Miss Gould visits an army
post the enlisted men salute her as if
she were an officer.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-10-26
GargOYIea.

Gargoyles are quantity formed heads,
faces or figures used in ancient times
for decorative purposes and chiefly ap-
piled as the terminals of waterspouts
upon roofs o. gables. The rain stream
was arranged to flow through the
mouth, and the word gargoyle itself is
en- attempt to initiate the ''gurgling"
sound made by the water In passing
through the throat Of the grotesque
monster.
Gargoyles were the caricatures of
medieval times. Many were carved
by monkish masons, who took the OPP
portunity of handing on to posterity
the distorted ineaments of their fell
lows or even of their superiors, recog-
nizable as likenesses from some promi-
nent characteristics.
The famous gargoyles of Notre Dame
in Paris are supposed to have had
some such origin, while others of sup
posedly the same origin are to be seen
in churches throughout Brittany and
Normandy as well as here and there
In England.-London Telegraph.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-10-26
THE SECRET OF YOUTH.

De Soto looked for the sc ret Of
youth in a spring of gushing, life-giv-
ing waters, which he was SURF LIZ
would find in the New World Alshem-
lists and sages thousands Of them)
have spent their ives in quest OF il,
but it is only found by those happy
people who can digest and assimilate
the right food which keeps the physi-
cal body perfect that peace and COM
fort are the sure results.
A remarkable man of 81 says: Fog
many long years l suffered more or
less with chronic costiveness and pain
full indigestion. This condition made
life great burden to me. as you may
well imagine.
Two years ago 1 began to use
Grape-Nuts as food, and am thankful
that did. 1t has been blessing to
me in every way. / first noticed that
1t had restored my digestion. This was
a great gain, but was nothing to com
pare in importance with the fact that
in short tire my bowels were re-
stored to free and normal action.
@The cure seemed to be complete;
for two years / have had none OF the
old trouble. use the Grape-Nuts food
every morning for breakfast ana fire.
QuentIy eat nothing else. The use has
made me comfortable and happy. and
although / will ta "a years oil next
fall have become strong and iupple
again. erect In figure and can walk
with anybody and enjoy it." Name
given by Postum Co.. Battle Greek,
Mich. '@There's a reason"
Read the little book, The Road to
Wellvillao in every nacka9o
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-10-26
Homo Duties for Girls.

The mother of many daughters is
neglecting her duty if she does not
bring each of her girls up to fill GER
tain niche in the household, assigning
to each certain little duties which will
occupy a short time when their school
days are past, and fit them in every re-
spect to undertake the management of
an establishment of their own in due
time.
Some would perhaps prefer to under
take the supervision of the bedrooms
They can assist with the making Of
beds, dust the various bedrooms, or
prepare the rooms for their weekly
cleaning.
Every girl should be taught the art
of cooking, which can only be success
fully achieved through practice. AS
soon as she leaves tie schoolroom
three months would be well spent in
the kitchen, where she will discover
how much suet should go to each
dumping, and the proper kind of veg
etables to prepare and serve with each
meat.
One daughter will probably be more
apt with her needle than another, and
to her care should be given the house
and personal linen, and she should
have her certain hours allotted to her
for this particular task.
No greater mistake can be made
than allowing girls whose school days
are over to idle and lounge about at
home.