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The semi-weekly messenger., 1905-09-19
Small Farms.

Rev. P. R. Law has discovered by a
study of the census reports, that more
people in Robson county own the
farms they live on, and that there are
more separate farms in Robson thar
in any other county in the State Robe
son is, excepting Mecklenburg, per-
haps the most prosperous county in
the State. Is not this an argument
for The small farm? Mr. Law seems to
think so. Writing in the Lumberton
Robesonian, he says that for obvious
reasons, these two facts-farm owning g
and many separate farms-are sources
of strength, stability and prosperity.
The sturdiness Of France financially
and politically is grounded in the fact
that the average size of its farms is
ten acres and therefore there are so
large a number of farm holdings. It
means more conservatism and more
equable business life and more general
Observation-Disclosures Chronicle.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1905-09-19
BELIEVES FIND WAS GENUINE.
Story of Discovery of Pot Of Gold
Given Credence BY Ashevilte
Man.

Charlotte, n. C., September 1.-THE
story of the finding of a pot eontain-
ing $49, 900 in gold In Chesterfield
county, South Carolina, Is given ere
dence by Deputy United States Iar-
shall Barnes of Asheville, who
according to a special, says he has au-
thentic information that a Swedish
captain captured gold on the high seas
more than a century ago and buried
1t near Chesterfield, and made a chart
showing its location. Returning TO
his native land. he soon died, willing
the buried treasure TO his heirs. who
have made several unsuccessful ef
forts TO locate the treasure. Mr.. Barnes
was offered $4,000 10 locate the gold.
but, being in the employ Of the gov
ernment, could not give time TO the
search. He is confident that the find
Is genuine.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1905-09-19
MAJORS END WAS SUDDEN
Was Talking With His Son. When
Seized With the Fatal Attack.

Hot Springs, Va, September IA
Mayor Collins had been here about
week and complained more or less OF
being i'll. The immediate cause OF his
death was hemorrhage of the bowels.
The mayor had kept TO his room for
three days, suffering from acute gas
tritis. but had not been confined 10
his bed entirely. He was sitting up
talking with his son this morning
when seized with the attack, death
occurring at O'Clock. DR.. Pole, who
had been attending him did not antic-
ipate the sudden termination of Mr..
Collins illness, and upon his arrival at
the bedside Of the stricken man found
that he was beyond medical skill.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1905-09-19
Powers May intervene in the Norway
Sweden Situation.
No Account Issued of the Negotiations
Between the Commissioners at
karlstag-Question of Demolition
OF the Forts is the Cause Of a Pos
sibie Rupture.

London, September 14.-Reports re-
ceived from Copenhagen tonight say
that some of the powers are intervec-
ing TO secure a peaceful settlement OF
the difficulties between Sweden and
Norway.
No authoritative account has yet
been issued regarding the progress at
karlstag of the negotiations between
the Swedish and Norwegian commits
sioners. Both the Swedish and Nor
wegian papers regard the crisis as
acute. The Swedish even talk of an
ultimatum, and preparation of mcbii-
ization, but though the situation be-
tween the two countries is strained, It
it is not believed lit will end in war
A Christiana paper asserts that Nor
way would gladly accept either arbi-
tration or mediation, as the Norwe-
gian government has a sincere desire
10 effect an understanding with Swed-
en-.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1905-09-19
Mayor Patrick Collins. Of Bos-
ton, Dead.
A PROMINENT DEMOCRAT
End Came Without Warning. at Hot
Springs. Va.

Immediate Cause of the Death Was
Hemmorhase of the Boweis-Re.
mains viii Be Taken at Once to
Boston-oeeeased Was One of
the Leading Democrats In the
Countrywide Was Very Popular in
mise Caused Great Grief in That
City.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1905-09-19
Something Rotten I'm ti,e state OF
Wilkes

The drag net OF the government in
spectors certainly made big haul in
Wilkes county. Twenty-eight men In
the revenue service have been indict-
ed by the Federal grand jury for about
all kinds of violations OF the revenue
laws for which there Is penalty pre-
scribed, forgery and bribe-taking be-
ing among the more serious. The
charge had long been made that there
was something rotten in the State OF
Wilkes and the charge appears to have
been well founded.-Charlotte Chron-
icle.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1905-09-19
Successor to District Attorney Lewis

Successor to District Attorney Lewis.
Oyster Bay, September 13.-Presi-
dent Roosevelt today signed the COM
mission of Robert III. Tally, OF Norfolk.
Va, as the United States district attor-
rey for he Eastern District of Vfr-
ginia. Mr.. Tally was appointed TO sue
ceed District Attorney L. L. Lewis.
whose resignation was accepted in or
der that he might become candidate
on the republican ticket for governor
of Virginia.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1905-09-19

London, September 14.-Dr. NanseH,
the arctic explorer, who recently has
been SO active in Norwegian politics,
and Captain Wcllenberg, a member of
the Swedish Riksdag, who are both
in London, declared today that their
respective countries desired nothing
but peaceful outcome of the present
crisis, and appeared to be hopeful Of a
satisfactory outcome of the negotia-
tions. Bot admitted tat the question
tions. Both admitted that the ques-
would be the only possible cause Of a
rupture.
DR.. Nansen said that Norway was
willing to give up the new forts near
the frontier, but Etrenuously opposed
the demand that portions of the old
fortresses of Fredricksten and Kings
vinger should be demolished, leaving
nothing but historic ruins. This ques-
ton which is now before the confer
ence, Norway regards as constitut-
ing critical stage as Norway would
sooner fight than give up the old fort
resses. Kingsvinger is far from the
frontier and is important for the de-
fense of the capital. Norway does not
menace Swedish frontier, and with the
exception of Fredricksten, Norway is
willing to yield the outer line of forts
Dr. Nansen added that it was quite
untrue that Norway had been prepar-
ing for war. At the present moment
she had not more than 5000 men un- :
der arms and only few ships ready.
Such an absurd folly as war seemed
impossible. The general impression
in we'll Informed circles here is that
a pacific settlement of the differences
between Norway and Sweden soon will
ho reached
The semi-weekly messenger., 1905-09-19
How Insurance Companies Buy
Railroad Bonds.
CAN'T GET THEM DIRECT
Relations Of the Mutual Life With Trust
Companies.

Treasurer Cromwell Again on the
Stand Before the Legislature In
tnued an Explanation of the Mu-
tuaI Life's Syndicate Operations
Investigation of the Methods of
the Metropolitan Company Begins
and One Witness Examined.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1905-09-19
Losses on the Battlesllip Mikas;,.

Washington, September 1S.-The bu-
reau of naval intelligence today re-
ceived advices by cable from the
American naval attache at Toxic to
the effect that the loss in killed and
missing on the battleship Mikasa was
256. The wounded number 343 The
cause of the accident canot be aseer-
tanned until the Mikasa is f1oated
The semi-weekly messenger., 1905-09-19
McSSae.. of Coincidence to the Japa
ne,a Minists.. of the Navy

Washington. September 13.-Acting
Secretary Darling today sent the fol-
lowing message of coincidence TO the
Japanese minister Of the navy:
The American navy sympathlZeS
with you and the japanese navy in the
loss of heroic lives caused by the dis
tressing accident to the Mikasa.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1905-09-19

The Norwegian steamship Kings
wood, 1.209 tons. Captain Olsen arrived
in port from Boston yesterday for a
cargo OF cotton.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1905-09-19

Mrs. J. B. Mercer has returned from
visit TO Salisbury.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-23

rect use of words by Americans. Mr. Lowell
says our author. though always gracious, even
affectionate in reference to England, was very
touchy about his own country. When Mr. Glad
stone talked to him of his American fellow sub
jects he resented it, and observed. There are
no subjects in country-we are all citizens.
In the course of this chapter of gossip about his
guests the author tells this characteristic anec-
dote:
Mrs Gladstone. coming one day out Of church
at Ewhurst, went up to old man in sn1ock
frock. which is still worn by some old people ana
said to him: Il like to see that old smock froc r.
church, Yes. ma,am" Do you know Who Who
was in church," No. ma'am.. Mr.. gladstone
was in church" WAS he ma amp? You nave
heard of Mr.. Gladstone" Never. ma am"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-23

Comparison is the life blood of the study of
TART: without its aid the most clairvoyant of
critics might Just as well put up the shutters.
70 sneak: vet there is no phase OF the critics
work In which he finds II so difficult to assemble
f1she needed machinery. He may have every
opportunity to pursue his Investigations in the
presence of the works Of art themselves, going
SID and down Europe through all the galleries
as frequently as he desires. but back in his
Estudy the photographs Indispensable to his work
Become more and more difficult to handle as
they increase IN number. Moreover. matter
how oleverly he olassifes his reproductions, con-
suItation Of them Is not ideally easy. do they
permit him TO give his readers. In every case,
the best Of all possible references But his
hsroubles Will soon be over. and, in fact they
slready considerably discounted. for N. Solomon
Reinach has published the first volume Of his
..Rspertoire de Peintures" and when the work
Is completed It Will benefit criticism as by the
miraculous bringing of ali the galleries in the
world 10 the critics desk.
SUPPOSE. for example that you wish to refresh
sour memory as to the design of a certain pict-
,,re which you remember having either at
Florence or Carlsruhe. and which is not in your
collection Of photographs. Perhaps, indeed, It
RES never been photographed. You turn to NJ.
re,nact's book. the divisions in which are made
according to the subject, and there you find a
htf1e drawing which not only gives you a full
e.co,7nt Of the composition but has attached to
= note telling you where the picture is. what
Az authorities have said about it when they
,e,ze differed as 10 its authorship. where it was
.oo,;red by its present owners. where it has
been reproduced, and SO on. If you wish TO re-
ee- ,,our reader to q reproduction Of it you do
mo, need 10 exasperate him by giving him the
number of some photograph which is perhaps
,nacoesS;bIe 10 him at the moment; you simply
Give him the catch line of. say 'Refnech: Rep.
DOL" Your reader goes 10 his sheives' mas
the mage and the picture.
conceive of what such book as TINS does Ior
ste student in matters Of comparison! ne mas
beinfuI data before him at a glance TO De sure
4ba color is absent, and something is MISSING
foo. which q photograph supplies But NJ
r2efnacn does not pretend TO give US eVeryIiihs'
y5e aims simply at providing memoranda winch
utIl tighten the drudgery Of art criuclsn' anu
for this his diagrams actually superior 10
,,hotopraphs inasrnuch they give an instsll-
.eneaus vivid and accurate impression Oh Ine
.trnct1,ral facts Of the pictures recorded MS
aE6re-foire" of Greek and Roman statuary mas
s1resdy proved its usefulness. This Repertoire
6e Petntr1res' has only to become known IN Oh
Ger to take Its place among the DOCKS which AO
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-23

student could omit from his library. The first
volume contains over thousand diagrams.
When the compilers task is finished ne VIII
have made an enormous number OF paintings
accessible in line. and hundreds OF them VIII De
works difficult, IL not Impossible 10 ootaln III
reproductions elsewhere.
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EDUCATIONAL.

ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS OF SCHOOL
HISTORY IN LANCASTER. PENN. BY William
Riddle. With seventyeight plates. Svo. xix. Az
published by the author)
4 TEXTBOOK IN THE HISTORY OF EDUCATION. By
Paul Monroe Phi. D. Svo. PIP. xiii. 772 Che Mac
milan Company
A summary Of educational tendencies.
GRADED POETRY READERS. Edited by Katherine D.
Blake Georgia Alexander In volumes.
Vols ". 16mo. PIP. %. 96. 81. o.. Maynard Mer-
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MISCELLANEOUS

HELPS AND HINTS IN NURSING BY ]. Quintin Grit
1th NJ D Phi D. Family edition. limo. pp. $50
Philadelphia: The John {. Winston Company
REPORT OF THE NETWORK PRODUCE EXCHANGE
WITH Charter. Bylaws and the Several Trade
Rules ADOPTED by the Exchange. and List OF its
Life Members. From July, 1904. to July, 1900 svo
PIP 39s CThe Produce Exchange
4 STORY OF HUMANITY. BY Gibson Galway An
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Company
MYSTERIES OF TO-DAY. BY Anna Olcott Commelin
12mo pp &C. L. TnItnam's Scns.)
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BOOKS OF THE WEEK.
BIOGRAPHY.

ON cREEK: AN oLDTIMD PROFESSOR IN AN
OLD FASHIONED COLLEGE A Memoir Of EdyaTd
North With selections his lectures. BY S. n.
D. North LII D Illustrated. SO, PIP. XIV. AT.
(McClure. Phillips & Coz
ANDREW MAXWELL BY Augustine BrrelL 12r1o, PIP.
vii, 241. CThe Macmillan Company
the English Men OF Letters' series, edited oy
John Morley.
CAPTAIN MILES sTANDIsH. BY Tudor jerks Illus
trated. 12no. DIP. 2s2. (The Century Company
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JUVENILE.

PINKEY PERKINS, JUST A BOY. by captain Harold
Hammond L. = A. Illustrated by George Narian.
limo pp. XII a2T. Che Century Company
KRISTY's SURPRISE PARTY. BY Olive rhorne Miller
Illustrated by Ethel n. Farnsworth. limo, pp. 20
,Houghton. Mif1in 4 Coz
THE GOLDEN HEART AND OTHER FAIRY TALES
BY Violet Jacobs, Illustrated b. Mary Sandheim
Emo PIP. x III. Doubleday, Page CO..
QUEEN zIXI or TX: OR THE STORY OF THE MAGIC
CLOAK. By l. Frank Baum illustrated by Frank
Richardson. svo. PIP. sos tfhe Century Company
Printed in IarEs type and illustrated "a eoloTs
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REPRINTS.

"REMINISCENCES OF PEACE AND VAR BY Mrs.
Roger A. Pryor. Revised and enlarged aoitcn mus
trated svo. PIP xviii. ais (The Macmillan Company
graphical edition with prefaces by Mrs Stevenson.
i2mo. tCharles Scrtbner's Sonsl
The three volumes issued this month are st Ives.
The Wrong Bcx'' and Complete Poems,
THE COMPLETE POLITICAL WORKS or LORD
BYRON Cambridge edition. With frontispece por-
trait svo. PIP xxi t055, ,Houghton. Mini'n & Coz
With biographical sketch and notes by raul Elmer
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FICTION.

w H 5a MD OF Po Mssm Rs Rs9sa a'
a p1 M e. 6 F5aP co@ps6
The scene Of this love st9Ty is laid on a. sailing
sAB1NA: A STORY OF THE AM1sH BY Helen Rel
mensnyder Martin. limo. 2s8 The Century
The story of a Pennsylvania Dutch settlement.
THE TELLER's TALE Banking sto,y for Bankers,
a Law Story for LAWYERS Love Story for Lovers.
~ P6 B1ss Ps ast5a'ed i2mo PIP xii 2
HE pa aN2 HEP appleton B% one Won Hutton i0
Of English clergyman.
THE s4CIAI sECRETARY BY David Graham Phillips
nv RaPh Fe3eher seym5r 2mo pp ice ng
Annapolis. The hobbs Merrill Company
The diary OF a Washington society girl recouuttng
to a Western Senator'S wife anu '''''' p''''
' IHEA T TaE ADER T E
am GUILE pp b sss John r6 'sfs
Emo pS 40 6are sc AfSSg s6an
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of the Japanese War By Alien COWARD oMon
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PATRICIA: A MOTHER. BY 'Iota" Emo PIP. 36s
TINE, THE COMEDIAN BY Kate Jordan. limo pp.
3SS ID. Appleton Coz
The story of a. selfish
TIE ABANDONED FARM. AND CONNIE's MISTAKE
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c. ". Dillingham; Company
THREE DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY The
story of Their Loves and Their Hatreds. Their Toys
pd Their Sg @ During Many sqP.snS Aays9
illustrated by ]. n Merchand. l2mo. PIP. 40 CThe
ROSE O THE RIVER. BY Kate Douglas ZMissiq Il
usIS!e a, b George Wright limo pr III though
The romance Of New England girl, the belle of a
AROUND THE WORLD WITH JOSIAH ALIENS
WIFE By Marietta Holiey Illustrated by H NJ
Pettit syo, PIP. al The c W. Dillingham; Com
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SOCIOLOGY.

rt.E, POOR OF THE LAND BEING Roper "a a,
Ss',atiC, army colonies in the United $40. I9ni
Hadieigh England. with scheme 90 q; Rtler nag
gard frustrated 12gno, ~. xiv. lS'
Green & COT tsrta
TUE, JEWISH SPEtsTEE. IS treeTse r. 49,
pp III az tDouhledRy Page & 'o' las. IN
stud, n the Jew in history aud MS
modern society.
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LIT ERATURE.

ON TWO CONTINENTS: MEMORIES OF HALF A
CENTURY. By Marie Hansen Taylor Grs. - Bayard
lor Kiiani Illustrated with contemporary portraits
ana paintings by Bayard Taylor. Svo, x. 300
Doubleday. Page Coz
Giving a study Of the authors husband and his
work with "reminiscences OF Of his literary con
temporaries.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-23

FOLI 7 IOFNI 0NTLTSOE'
CONSTITUTIONAL. Law OF ENGLAND. BY Edward
WaveI Ridges. Svo. pp. xxi. 45e. Boston: Little
Brown & Coz
study Of legislative. executive and judicial In
stItutons OF Great Britain and her dependencies
CONSTRUCTIVE DEMOCRACY: THE ECONOMICS OF
4 SQUARE DEAL. BY William F. Smythe limo
d. tThe Macmillan ComrauyD
COLONIAL. ADMINISTRATION BY Paul :. Reinsch
limo. pp. viii. 422. THE Macmillan Company
In The Citizens Lihary Economics Politics and
Sociology" edited by Richard T. Ely. Pm r. LII d
RELIGIOUS.
s1-<uAy Talks WITH BOYS AND GIRLS BY Barbara
Yechton. 12mo. PIP 2o2- Thomas NhittaSerl
A collection Of short sermons
THE CRITICISM OF THE FOURTH GOSPEL tAeht
lectures the Morse Foundation: deliversd in me
Union Seminar, Sew-York in October and NoNsHher
1904 Bv William Sunday. u n. LII D. Lit D.
Syo m xiv 2aa Charles Scribner's Sons9
THE CHRISTIAN FAITH Personally given IN system
Of Doctrine By DIN Alfred Curtis. Svo. PIP. Xi 5S2
& MaineSD
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HISTORY.

OLD FRANCE IN THE NEW WORLD: QUEBEC IN
THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY BY James Doug
las, LII ID. Illustrated syo pp 50I cleveland:
The Burrowcs Brothers Company
OLD PROVENCE BY Theodore Cook NJ A.
F. &. A volumes. Illustrated. i2mo. pp.
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The salient characteristics in the history Of Pro
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by half tones from photographic
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-23

azine," in the shape OF an article entitled "a
Romance of the Nineteenth Century by Mr..
Richard Watson Glider. 1t has grown out Of an
inquiry as to the direct references by the
Brownings to each other in their poetry. with
view to grouping such poems as might appro-
priately be classed with the "Sonnets from the
Portuguese" Mr.. Glider has come upon new
material in the course of his Investigations here
and abroad.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-23
NATURE STUDY.

WILD FOWL By l. H. de Visme Shaw With Chapters
on Shooting the and the Goose, by W. H Pope
Cookery by Alexander Shaud, Illustrated bJ
Archibald Thorburn and Charles Whymper. limo PIP
viii 27S Uongnlans Green Coz
In the Fur Feather and Fin Series edited BY
A e. T Watson
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-23

Among the authors who again coming to
the surface after a space of idleuess are Rolf
Boldrewood," who is bringing out The Last
Chance" a story Of mining adventure in
Australia, and Miss Rhoda Broughton. whose
new story is entitled "A Waits Progress"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-23
rsAvr, AND ToPooRA9HY.

JUNGLE TRAILS AND JINGLE Fso Far Eas e, -
Adventure and Obssr' aton7 y" S,e pr NN -
ssasnar Whitney Illustrated S'N
tCharles Scribncr's sens - 18th aum8f-
Tales Of hig game hunti9s. .tes'''
Gus half tones from photographs.
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Il BOON FOR CRITICS.
lI. Reipac7t's Latest Contribution to
the Study of ART.

REPERTOIRE DE PEINTUREs DU Mo7EN
AGE EFT RE LA RENAISSANCE l12so-15S0):
Par Solomon Reinach. Tome premier. Contenant
I,046 graTures, limo. pp. ~. no Paris: Ernest
7
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-23


The author Of the forthcoming Life OF Dick
ems as Revealed in His Writings" Mr. Percy
F4tz Gerald. believes that he alone of the novel
lists surviving friends has been in a position
to write as intimate a book about him as the
words:
During the last thirty years or so Charles DICK
ens's image has been kept so vividly and so unin-
terruptedly in my memory that at ms moment
see him az clearly ana hear the Sa9ehceS OF me
standing before ''in his habit SIS he lived No
as that of some great performer whom We renen-
Der from youth. When FORSTER, IN Lne
third volume of the Life became S9nlew6l a5
deal. there serious loss. Again the having
bee 81 b 8nr Wers Wo he admitted to his
confidence, gives yet another advantage
Mr. T w H Crosland is evidently going to
see that none Of his fellow Britons shall escape
his satirtcal attentions. Having poked fun at
1.-THE Unspeakable Scot he now publishes a
similar volume on THE Wild Irishman" ID.
Appleton & Coz. It is amusing. but there is
little too much Of it. He says good things In
his chapters on Irish poets. We do not think he
appreciates Aubrey de We're. but his remarks
on Mr.. w B. Yeats delightful. THE
strength of him." he says. 'fs slight indeed; the
thought of him prattles forever round the trivial
He has a still small voice with wistfulness
about it, and it is on this usefulness that he
has buded UP his business" He thinks that
Mr. Yeats is Just his master. William Blake.
spun out and overconscious," which is good
saying. The least amusing chapters, save for
the quotations they contain. are those on Irish
wit and humor, subjects which Mr.. Crosland
handles with neither humor not wit
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-23
POETRY.
POLITICAL SCIENCE.

IN THE, HEIGHTS. BY Richard Watson Glider. l6rn
pp. vii 95 CThe Century Company
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-23
SOME LIVELY GOSSIP.
RecoUections of Nineteenth Gen.
turg Engkshman.

BYGONE YEARS Recollections by the Hon r.
Iseveson Cover. Svo, PIP SS9 f. r button
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-23

What promises to be a valuable addition to
the literature of the Brownings will be pointed
in thu October number OF THE Century Mag
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-23

According to "The Athenaum." the extensive
structural alterations at the Bibotheque Ma
tionale are progressing slowly but surely. The
great new public room is very nearly finished
and will be opened. The plans for the
scheme Of charging the Bibliotheque were
drawn up in 1879 and accepted ten years later,
but the work was not actually begun until 1898
The alterations are not expected 10 be com
pleted until 1914 owing to the insufficient annual
sum granted for the work.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-23

In the new volume OF short stories by Mr.
Robert Hichens which, we announced the
other day. is to be published the author
viii offer his readers decidedly mixed fare. The
titular composition 1.-The Black Spaniel" is
tragic. but it is followed by a broadly comic
tale describing the adventures of q novehsts
husband who goes to Africa In search of copy
for her latest work of fiction. Among the stories
there will be series of eight relating to the
Sahara and to Sicily
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-23

Houghton. Mif1in & Co have just published
one of the most important of their holiday vol
umes, a reprint, in their series Of special edi-
tons. of Cavendish's Life and Death of Cardi-
nal Wolsey" The biogra ply is given in COM
pIete form from the most authoritative text, and
it is illustrated with eleven full page photo
Eravures in sepia and red chalk tints from por-
traits by Hobein and others.