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his nature that his biographer was really bound
to describe him in affectionate terms 1t is good
to have this book. The public never knew much
about Stephen. outside of those literary under
takings which brought him his repute. and it
may we'll make the acquaintance now of the hu-
side of the scholar it has long and SO
justly admired.
The story of his earlier years contains little
that is of serious interest. He began life with
Il rather frail physique and with such sensitive
nerves that when the doctor was called in in
his boyhood, it was decided that he could not
even stand the excitement of reading poetry at
that time. as in after years Il rich Soace to
his eager imagination In his school days how
ever, his health improved and when he went
up to Cambridge he was ready to throw himself
with energy into the athletic life of the univer-
sity. If he had already made good Roadway in
the languages, in literature. and in mathematics
and had learned for example. as boy to
delight in Boswell he had also learned to adore
rowing and had developed the faculty for walk
ing which was by and by to become a passion
His bographer gives charming pictures of him
as an undergraduate. and don Both in his
intellectual pursuits and in his sports he was
successful, and into the bargain happy that
1t is not surprising to read of his clinging to
Cambridge and of his natural transformation
into u parson. That, however, was due to the
automatic process implied in his connection
with the University. and it is equally natural to
hnd hin, In the course of time. his charac-
ter formed itself detaching himself from the re-
hglous system with which he had at first been
Identified We must anticipate the order of Pro-
fessor Maitand's narrative and cite a passara
contributed by Mr.. Thomas Hardy who came
to know stephen when the latter was editing
the "Cornhill." He says:
one day iMarrh .. 1851 | received from stephen
Il mysterious note asking To call in the even
ing as late aS | liked. | went and found him
alone. wandering up and down his library in slim
pcIS. his tall thir figure wrapt in heath cnlorcd
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Times" on the subject, and presently find
him well in harness. writing for The Saturday
Review and THE Pail Mall Gazette on every
subject under the sun. and in short getting the
best possible training for the work of his ma
turity. Meanwhile. he married Thackeray' S
daughter. He never saw the great novelist him
self. and so We miss in these volumes the per-
sonu souvenirs of him which stephen of all
men, would have known so we'll how to commit
to paper. We miss. too. the portrait of his wife
which would have been glad to have had
from his pen. All that get is the beautiful
painting by Watts. with this sketch by Ste
phens sister:
She had a singular and indescribable social
which captivated not only for the moment but for
life because it's freshness was unmistakably the
outcome OF transparent sincerity. She was. be
yond any one have KNOWN quantity picturesque
s,Ireness and delicacy in her critical intuitions
own pen- though sparingly used had felicity
worthy OF her parentage Rut what comes hac
half playful ,notheriness of her household wavS
est and most fragile of the little family party
While we are aliuding to stephen and the
Thackerays We may note that this book throws
no light upon Mrs Ritchies curious interpreta-
tion of her fathers wishes in bringing out her
Biographical edition of his works In 1SSa
ne wrote TO George Smith. of the noveIst'S firm
of publishers. reminding him that in an essay
he had written for the edition de luxe of th,
works he had said that 'Thackeray's represen-
tattves thought themselves bound not to pub
lsh a ife, and. he adds, II consulted Mrs
Rltchiel before writing this and l feel myself
bound by IL not to do anything more in a bio
graphical direction Indeed for every reason I
am quite clear upon that point" He is very
strong on the subject of certain unpublished
fragments by ThaCkeray. and says: Il want TO
he in the very strongest position possible so
that nobody can say. with the slightest appear
.tnce uf Justification that l have done lnythin.:
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LESLIE STEPHEN.
"a Ph9bus Apolo Turned Fasting
Fri0r.

THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF LIS .iE
Illustrated svo. PIP viii. SO C(i T. Putnam's
Sons)
In this closely packed volume Professor Matt
land has drawn the portrait of a man of letters
who did a great deal of useful work, and Incl
dentally inspired warm affection in every one
with whom ne came in contact in the course OF
long career. George Meredith. using some of
Leslie Stephens traits in the Vernon Whitford
of his "Egoist." gives one descriptive phrase
that carries in flash to the heart of the sub
ject. He is PhPbus Apollo turned fasting;
friar" There you have Stephen to the life, at
one moment ascetic and in the next the
frierdIiest, most sympathetic. most brilliantly
engaging creature. The positively tender senti-
ment with which Professor Maitland writes
about him does not seem in the least incOn-
gruous. Masculine he in all his ways.
authoritative. and. on occasion. tempestuOusly
profane, he had also such a fund of sweetness in
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whatever to give additional currency To any pu3-
licatiou Of which 4 am not quite certain thit
Thackeray himself would have sanctioned H.
But in 1898. in abiding to Mrs Ritchie's Bio
eraphcaT' edition. he says that il is very in
teresting" and save that he adds that his oS"
sketch OF Thackeray for the great DIctionarF
lis as dry as I can make it he gives no sign
of having attempted To Gfssuade the noVelS' $
daughter from her enterprise
The Dictionary of National Biography. Ste
phen's monument was taken up after he had
served for some time as editor OF the Corn
hill" had written a good many literary ESSAYS.
and had done much OF that careful nationalist
thinking of which have the fruits IN ms
pages on ethical types and problems His cor
respondence reflects busy and happy iI".
uneventful in the ordinary sense OF the term
His long stretches of industry were diversi1't
by tramps with his friends and by intercourS
with the latter which seems soon to have e5-
tablished his fame as a besuilins talker- fil-
traffic with books never dinmed his sens Of M
pcturesqueness and sharp interest in the actual
tiles of life. He had seeing eye and a firm
grasp things as they One may find him
| little unsympathetic. sometimes. where r-iiS-
ious matters are concerned. but always you f-rI
that he is of the men 70 whom truth is a
necessity. like light and air. That is one reI-
son why the glimpses of his contemporaries thai
his letters give US carry conviction with them
Witness this vignette of Carlyle:
! / see the prophet pretty often myself. aai
am almost equally repeIIei and attracted by him
Personally indeed. simply attracted. for n- I-
a really noble old cove and by far the best sI-'i-
men OF the literary gent can az present Prodle~
He has grown mider, too with age But polite iy
and phiOSOphcally he talks a good deal OF trrttt
and rather pestilent nOnsense-that Is, of w1af
/ call nonsense. He is indeed a genuine poet AMI
| great hurnorist. which makes his
attractive in it's way; but nonsense il Is and Will
remain and. though IT IS well to have a nm 1t
tWaddIe, il a that he is not COmprehe f-lN'
enough the other side as we'll H0wever n-
could not be made reasonable without ce;Stns o. '~
! Carlyle. must take what ne can give and p"
/ grateful
Stephen was always writing in this h0n.--t.
| candid vein. His was a searching and fair
mind. and his intellectual power strength
| ened. too. by his resources of sympathy aCj
hurnor Looking the quiet well hllai
career that is traversed in this volume. We feel
/ that here was a life admirably spent here was 1
| man who dealt frankly and finely with No
| things of the mind and in his private hours w.'S
| a tower of strength to his friends. We feel tItt
| We know him better through Professor Ma
| lands loyal pages and. knowing him better. n''
| only admire him the more. but regard him WIN
a warmer emotion. Well whatever has hao-
| pened." he writes to a friend. when. in Illness
| things is near Il have had u wonderfully g,--l
! time and can submit to the inevitable without
| much s--urnbIng" The reader of his bi)gTd pIT
is somehow glad that Stephen had a good time.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-09
GDe Nea,I2)oark Q1ibaanass
SUNDAY. DECEMBER o. 1906.

The recent publication of n number of pOetical
anthologies is noticed by a contributor in the
London Outlook" with remark which We
ogieS" says this critic. but no one is ever sat
ised with any anthology that is not of his
own making" Every reviewer of every an
thulu"y that has ever been published has man
aged to express. in one way or another, this sol
emn thought. But there must be many, we be
lieve, who would protest against the assertion
that every one who reads poetry would probably
publish an anthology if the publishers would let
him There is something of convention about
this view of the matter. After all, are the func
ti0nS of the anhOogiSt quite as important as
they are generally assumed to be? Does every
reader necessarily want Il compilation of cher
ished masterpieces ut his elbow. even one made
by himself? For our own part we are con-
ViDccd that there are moments when even an
anthology like The Golden Treasury" seems an
impertinencc and Il bore. There are times when,
:.s You turn Palgraves mraculously we'll sifted
pages. you are suddenly conscious of the re
Semblance of the book to museum, in which
everything is scientifically arranged and ticketed.
Iou haven't syllable of criticism TO infct
upon the anthoOgist but you incOntinently fling
his book into the corner and go to browse among
the poets in those volumes in each one of which
Il master holds undisputed sway. In the matter
of anthOlOgieS it is probable that many a lover
of poetry would prefer to eat his cake and have
ii too Since they are sometimes made so we'll
he will put them on his shelves, but wild horses
could not drag him to the compilation of an
anthology of his
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INNOCENT OR GUILTY.
4n Entertaining Book on Criminal
Court Procedure

THE PRISONER AT THE BAR SldehghtS -.
the Aininistra of Criminal Justice Ey
Arthur Train. PIP XVI. 34e. charles STD
ner'S Sons
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ALBANY, April 12.-The Senate Com
mittee on Public Health has reported favor
ably the Stevens-Wainwright bill provid-
ing that patented medicines containing
alcohol or narcotics shall be labelled show
ing their ingredients. 1t has been amended
by providing that the stock Of patent med
icines which druggists now have on hand
may be sold up to July !, 1908, providing
that each package is marked to distinguish
1t from goods bought after the bill takes
effect. The bill has also been amended
by eliminating the provision that an
analysis by the State Chemist of a paten
medicine shall be p%resumptive evidence
against druggists in criminal prosecutions.
ga ge of the bill which has been at work all
winter, but it is not believed it can get
through the Legislature.
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from the chimney OF the Maxine Nerve
Food Company. at % Laight street. 1t
was proved that Nealy used wood in the
furnace instead of coal He was held in
$500 bail for trial. Gibson w. Fairman of
Mestfeld, n. j., manager for the Kay
Printing Company, at 60 and as Centre
George F. Hall, president of a steam
power concern at 211 to 2l5 Centre street,
was paroled for examination to-day. He
said that he would shut down his plant
and throw 500 employees out of work until
the matter was settled. lie said that the
coal he was using was half hard and half
soft, and that was the very hest that any
one could get from the coal dealers at the
pre- sent time.
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The weather.

The principal factor In weather conditions over
the country yesterday was inc ucNcIop"eh' ot
e. storr, frop, the Southwest. II was central
over western Kansas yesterday. and It's influence
extended to the Mississippi Valley and nor'hward
over the Upper Missouri Valley, Rain was faVing
In the Missouri and upper Mississippi valleys ana
snow IN wyoming and Montana Eastward over
From the Ohio Valley southwark and eastward
the weather was fair, as 1t was also In the Far West.
Colder weather was following the storm and
causing temperatures to fall In the Rocky Mountain
and north Paclhc States. II was consioeraoy
a"I rnsy in the Missouri, and upper Mississippi
valleys.
In this city the day was fair and warmer; wind
brisk northwest; average humidity. 40 per cent;
barometer corrected 10 read to sea level, att A. M
SOIL: . p. NJ, 1910.
The temperature yesterday as fecoroeu oS quo
oncial thermometer, is shown In the annexed table:
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for n strike at shamokin.

TAMAeuA, Pa, April i2.-This evening
souads of non-union men were brought TO
the va rious collieries, When the officials
were asked IL an effort would be made to
work the collieries on Monday they either
70 fused TO answer or made evasive replies.
Special policemen are being sworn In and
preparations are making TO MAINTAIN oroer
II a strike is declared. s
The Reading has since Monday laid on
t52 crews on the Shamokin division, II a
str,ke order is issued all the night trains,
passenger and freight, will! be discontinued
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One Mine started Disorder About Wilkes
barre.

WuKEsBARRE Pa, April 12,-The Penn
sylvia MIA Coal Company, controlled by the
Erie. to-day began work at its Barnum
oouhery with almost a full force. The
comnanv has been concentrating miners
who agreed to work from various parts OF
OF the region.
d,io ~colliery of the ID. L.. d w. was attacked
hv several men as he returned from work
his morning and in the fight one OF them
foreigner who threatened workmen
at the Fernwood washery with a revolver
to Jail to-day.
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INDEPENDENTS FEEL ACHIEVED
Say Baer Gave Out Wrong Letter-Scranton
Expects No strike,

SCRANTON, Pa; April l2.-Just az scran-
ton was getting excited over the prospect
OF a strike W. L. Connell, president of the
Cancellation board, this afternoon returned
from New York with the information that
a tieup at the mines will be averted.
Mr.. Connell was smiling and confident
and apparently satisfied that he had his
information from first hand.
Another independent operator said that
neither Mitchell nor the operators want a
strike and that they are certain to come
together. All that they are doing now"
said this operator. lis fighting for position
and to placate public opinion. In the end
both will give a >little and there Will be a
settlement"
1t developed to-day that the independent
operators are bitter over the way they have
been treated by the presidents. of the coal
roads. One grievance was The publica-
ton Of the statement from the independents
the day the pre- sidentS made their reply
to the scale committee accepting modlhed
arbitration. II ia sale that this statement
was confidential, intended for the com
mittee of operators alone and that making
1t public compromises the in~depehdents
An evening pa per here prints a story to
the effect that the presidents suppressed
the most interesting letter they got from
the independents. This story, verified
by the independents this evening reads as
The really important document which
the individual coal operators sent TO the
officers of the coal carrying railroads was
not made public by President Baer. The
TRADE which was published was trans
mitted without thought of its publication.
and really contained che sentiments OF
the writer.
The real business proposition OF tine
Individual operators was that II a raise OF
wa ees was granted and the price of coal
was advanced to meet the additional cost
Of production the individual operators
shoild nave a sufficient advance from the
carriers to meet the advance in wages.
aAt present the individual operators re-
oeiye from the coal carrying roads 85 per
cent. of the whole sale price OF coal at TIDE
water. Under an advance OF wages the
Individual operator would have to pay the
n,irers as much of an advance as the rail-
road companies would. But unless there
il a change Of rate the individual OPP rator
would he entitled to only IS per cent OF
tho advanced price. Thus the carrying
| companies would be recoupilng themselves
in full and in addition %nocketin & 80 pei, cent;
| ~ the advance on The coal mined ana
shippe d by the small operators.
"'Ihe individual operators want lo per
oent. of whatever advance is made, in the
price of coal at tide water to pay the al
vance which they will have to give to their
Uorkmen and they said so IN very pam
and uncompromising English.
president Baer was in posse sslon OF
| the business document. He did not see
Ar To give 1t to the newspa pers, but he was
very quick to give out the unpleasant COM
munication.'
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special Ambassador whItridse's Secretary.

WASHINGTON, April 12.-The State De-
partment announced to-day that William
H. Buokler Of Baltimore has been selected
as secretary TO Frederick w. Whitridge of
New York, who has been appointed by Presi-
dent Roosevelt TO be special ambassador
to represent this country at the wedding
Of the King of Spain in June. There will
also be a naval and a military attachet to
the American mission, but those appoint
ments have not been made. Mrs. Whit
ridge and Miss Whitridge will be a part of
the American official party.
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ro,, Abundant and Declining in Chicago.

CHICAGO, April 12.-Bituminous coal to-
day declined in price between so and 70 cents
O ton. go
The story that manufacturers will suffer
m account of strike conditions, actual or
p~roblematical, is denied.
Several hundred yardmen nave been lalo
~ bv railroads. $50 being sent on "vaca-
tions" by the Chicago and Northwestern.
Tha wards are filed with coal and there is
nnthing for the freight coal handlers to do.
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~vention Of the executive committee OF the
united mine workers, which begins there
on Tuesday. Nothing will be done to change
the situation until a convention Of the
anthracite mine workers. and this will not
be done until the indianapolis convention
IL over"
Mitchell would mako no comment on the
attitude of the operators. The general i'm
preston at the Ashland House was that
there viii be a strike.
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Exports of Breadstuns, Provisions. Cotton
and Mineral Oils.

WASHINGTON, April i2.-The exports OF
breadstuffs for the nine months ended
March 81 aggregated sl4e, 27o, 04s, being
almost double those for the like period of the
previous year, when the total was SIS, 6ss,-
eo2. Provisions exported were valued at
sl74 ,2i2 900, being a comparative increass. OF
SSl ,s67 ,946; Gotten, S3ss ,942, S46, an increase
Of 1855 ,t56.. and mineral oils, 500, 577 30,
an increase Of 1885, s1.
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M'GILL no MAKE CARNEGIE LID
Degree 10 Be Conferred When the Laird Of
XIII Visits Canada on MaN 1.

MONTREAL, April l2.-McGill University
will on May / confer upon Andrew Carnegie
the degree Of doctor of laws. MIR. Carnet ie
has arranged to be in this city on that day
to address the Canadian Club. The McGin
faculty will hold a special convocation fer
the purpose.
Capt. Mahan Of the United States Navy
was the last American citizen to receive
auoh O degree from MoGil.
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Idle Miners Attack Men supposed to BE
Looking For Work.

MOUNT CARMEL Pa, April 2'-Grover
Barrett and Joseph Gaborian, water com
pany employees, were mistaken for miners
looking for work to-day by a number OF
and rocks. After a chase of several miles
across the mountain they escaped
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Loves, temperature. 49,. at o A NJ.
WARRINGTON FoREcA Asst FOR TO DAY AND TO MORROW
For tasisrn Nep York. Ntw jersey, eastern Penn
,v'r1nia. Delduare ana Men England fair TO-DAY;
rains IN fmorrou, ptndS becoming eaSf ana Increasing
Saturday. =,
For tine District OF Columbia. Maryland and
virginia, partly cloudy to-day; rain 10 MORROW,
winds becoming east and fresh
For western New York, increasing cloudiness
Today: rain tomorrow.
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CITY OF NEW YORK.
BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
CITY HALL.


FFV IT T"-
Hon. Com missione or OF Street Cleaning: !
would ask a Faver OF you Hon, Commits for
on of my Voters OF my District, He was
employt as a Street Sweeper and he was taken
Sick and the Doctor of the Dept. wants him
to Return to work and he was not APPLE so the
have tisgart him from the Dept. ! would
ask you Pleas to give him Work. He is a
father of G children and a Sick wife. ] have
given him Shoes for his Children. This rs a
Act of Charity to give him Employment. |
am a Aldermen Of Committe of Street Clean
ing and | will Return the faver true the Board
of Aldermen. This gentleman is Angelo
Angona of No. II Conseylea St. Brooklyn.
Pleas let me know by Rein Mail, Yours
truly with Thanks,
ALDERMEN GEORGE MARKERr. 12 Mes
erole ST. Bklyn.
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ALDERMAN MARKERT PtROLED.
Letter He Wrote TO Commissioner Wood
bury Onering to swap FayOrs.

bury OFFERING to swap FayOrs.
Alderman George Markert, Republican
and NJ. o., of Williamsburg, who is ac-
cused of bribery by DR.. Woodbury.. Com
missioner of Street Cleaning, walked into
Assistant District Attorney Corrigan's office
yesterday morning and said he was ready,
to answer the charge. He was accompanied
by his counsel, Paul j. Donnelly.
Mr.. Corrigan took them before Magistrate
Whitman in the Centre street court, and
the Magistrate paroled Markert in, the
custody of his counsel until next Thurs
day, when there will be a hearing. Markert
said that when he wrote to Commissioner
Woodbury. asking for the appointment of
one of his constituents and promising to
look after the Commissioners interests. in
the BOARD of Aldermen he did not think
of bribery. He said he felt that a great
injustice had been lone him.
This is the letter that got Markert into
trouble:
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