New-York tribune., 1905-08-09

signifying "A fathers joy. from abi-father and
gryl-to dance II has now become almost synony-
nous us With @ f ady M b This II Fl of fns & dgs
iirst Of Nabai and then Of David. constantly ap-
plies the epthet 'handmaid' 10 herself The Puri-
that their little one Should grow to be "a handmade
The I'D idea bT giving he name Abigail to the
maids in their plays. as witness Beaumont and
in The Relapse; or Virtue in Danger" Thus; AN
Ahiga simply now maans iadys maid; & and & the
lost sight of, the name has fallen into disuse.
saw then aIl-four sweet-faced girls-grow up 10
felt that they were beautiful knew that they
The first that left US Abigail passed off one sum-
When all the air filled with life. the fields
She had been falling many months. but hope held
We could not think our darling gone until the hour
1t was the first great chastening blow that fell
When Abigail. my frst,born child: was numbered
with the dead-l'"The Outcast," ]. W. Watson
As President Woodrow Wilson writes in his
introduction to John Rogers Williams's Hand
book Of Princeton" issued by the Grafton
Press the life of the town centres in and de-
pends upon the life of the university; and
while the author does not slur over the history
of the place telling its story with much enter
tanning detail from the arrival of the first set
tier. Benjamin Clarke to the days of Grover
thz -alume chiefly concerns itself II. is an in
terestipg volume even TO those who have no
personal associations with the place while to
thcse who have lived studied there il must
have much closer appeal. The book is at
tractvely gotten up and illustrated with many
excellent drawings and Photographic reproduc-
tions It is. in fact, q model of what such
publication should be. and rejects great credit
the author for his restraint and good taste
Referring particularly to the university,
President Wilson speaks of its love of men and
affairs. its preference for practical religion it's
patriotic feeling for the country as a whole"
and other evidences it has given of a high
minded, well disciplined spirit. Yet instances
lacking of the whimsical character
of undergraduate actions and motives TO which
he elsewhere refers. The most notable depart
ure from academic standards is cited in the
count given of the rebellion of 1917:
In 1877 occurred of the most remarkable acci-
dents In the history of the college A number of
January. locked the tutors their rooms and set
demonstration accompanied by a great cang-
ing OF the college bell and by general uproar on
promptly convened the next day, and number Of
implicated in the riot were dismissed These young
gentlemen. however believing that the faculty had
evidence proving their guilt returned the college
taxing forcble Possession 8 of old North hed it for
day against the combined forces of the faculty
being considerably reinforced by, the. civil au-
This event; which was known for many years as
the rebellion OF 1871 IS the only Instance of
Princeton.
Much that is odd and interesting may be
found in the Addresses and Other Papers OF
DR.. William Williams Keen, now gathered by
the author and published in book form by w.
T. No
made TO bring the material down to date, the
. various articles being printed originally de-
" livered written by the distinguished physi-'
clan and scientist who holds the professOrship
of surgery in the Jefferson Medical College of
Philadelphia Although some of the papers
were prepared for the general public all of
them are on subjects connected with the med
zeal profession. and the volume is pre-eminent-
ly doctors book In his article on The
Early History of Practical Anatomy the au-
thor brings out that vivisection was believed
10 have been practised in Alexandria as early
the third century before Christ by Herophi-
lus and Erasistratus. Although there were no
organized anti-vivisection societies until recent
years this supposed custom of anatomists was
not popular with the populace at large prob
ably from the fact that the early searchers for
the hidden springs of life were generally be
heved to confine their Investigations TO human
eoDJeSbs NeSSIlus, ne relates. IN the sixteenth
century was shpwrecked and died while flee
ing for mis- life on such charge Even the
dissection Of the cadaver did not meet with
popular approval, and DR. Keen enlivens his
narrative with many grewsome tales of bodv-
snatching, an avocation I'm. which some sur
geons Of distinction became unpIeasantIv adent
Even poetry" he relates has lent its aid to
perpetuate the legend of the Invisible Girl
whose ghost was believed to haunt Sir Charles
Bells anatomical rooms. where she had heen
dissected alive on the night preceding that an
pointed for her marriage:
Twas in the middle of the night
10 sleep young William tried:
hen Mary'S ghost stealing in
And stood at his bedside
on: m william va, s.a..h, dear! Oh William, dear,
Alas My everlasting peace
is broken into pieces.
7 vowed that you should have my hand
Bur fate gave denial
You'll find il there at DR. Bells
In spirits and phial''
Marshall r. Wilder. who has made a lifelong
study of the art of storytelling declares I'm his
newly issued volume The Sunny Side of the
Street" published by the Funk & Wagnalls
Company. that rule humorous stories are
of American origin comic stories may generally
be traced 10 English source. while witty
stories apt TO come from the French. In
his book he gives many examples of all kinds
There is claim originality in these anec-
dotes and witticisms. They have been gathered
tIaa lrfo1 Mo