The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-01
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IN "Five Fair siHers,' which will be-
. lbliahad early IN Juna, Mr.. Noel williams
tells tho story ~ iAure, Olympe. Marie,
Hortense and Marianne Mancini, the cele-
brated nieUss " Cardinal MazaTin. Brought
from Rome to France M children, all five
made brilliant marria gee. Tbs romano Of
Louis XIV. and Marie Mancini, which bur
for the determined opposition Of Mazarin
would undoubtedly have ended in Marie
becoming Queen Of France, In related, a.
we'll az the story Of Marianne. who. with
Olympic, was implicated In the famous
poison trials In 1880. No less interest at
taohes to Hortense, who fed from her jealous
husband to England, whore she became one
Of the ~reigning beauties Of Charles us
court
The author OF what to Have for Break
fast and Luncheon" (Olive Green) has
many a plea san surprise OF wit and humor
for the housewife who diligently peruses
her cookbook, Here is a specimen gem
HucKLRBERRIEs Look the fruit over carefully.
Nothing pleases a ny 40 much as TO die and be
mistaken for a hucklcberry. Serve with cracked
Ice. 90.
In making up a list Of breakfast n
OIt lot every hul III liIG year ic ~
assigns Boston baked beans TO the 2gt h
Of February, noncha lantly remarking that
once in four years is quite often enough to
indulge in the delicacy dearest to the heart
of the Bay State.
Mary r. Cranston's "A Social Clearing
House." in the June Rdrper's, explains the
business of the regular clearing houses Of
social progress, which by collecting and
oollating social facts prevent wasteful and
useless effort in social undertakings. Pre-
vious to the year 1894 social institutes were
nonexistent. To-day there are such insti-
tutes in many Of the countries In Europe.
as we'll as in the United States, while steps
are being taken toward their formation In
Japan. China, India and Poland. The
American Institute of Social Service Is
composed of forty members, one hundred
associates and one hundred oolaborators.
President Roosevelt ia an associate who
gives hearty and valuable Endorsement to
the institute and its purpose.
William B. Freer, whose book sThe
Philippine Experience Of an American
Teacher has just been published, has sailed
again for Manila. Mr.. Freer spent three
years in the Philippines before he wrote
his book and then resigned from the Gov
eminent service, which he has now reentered
in the educational department Of the insuar
government.
Mr.. Sidney Lanier has; with the assist
ance Of his wife, Maud Wesson Lanier,
started a school for the incubation Of the
simple life. The Reader for June gives an
account Of the curriculum, which includes
such things as gardening, homemaking,
cooking and sewing. The members Of the
summer colony are to live in tents il vig6r-
GUS, in a farmhouse il delicate. They
will eat In a tent, wear the simplest clothes,
sleep between gray flannel blankets and
walk in the woods with such instructors
as John Burroughs, George W. Cable, DR..
Henry van Dyke and others. Every mem
Der Of the camp will be required to assist
in the labor Of the community.
Books on approval is the latest device
for encourasiHg an interest in literature.
Should any one doubt as to just what books
to choose for summer reading a number
will be forwarded from which q selection
may he made. And If, for instance" so
runs the kindly offer of one OF the most
conservative of publishing houses, seven
so vague @ request were received as for
half a dozen Of the latest and best novels
it would be Immediately filed" and the books
would be selected with all the skill of long
experience in the business OF supplying
reading matter to the public. 1t only re-
mains for an offer Of a rebate to the per-
son who will read the most books In a sea-
son.
Cha rles Stedman Hanks has dedicated
his new book to the men who helped him
gather his material, as follows: Il dedicate
this book to the men who have been my
guides from the time / first went into the
work: viii and Lish Shaw, Fred Grindell,
John Hanscom, Joe Bouchard, Tommy
Gerard, George Parks, Ed Harlow, Joe
Francis, Fred and Jewett Spencer, Sumner
Potter and Fred Gilman-as fine a set of
men as one could wish to rave for friends. "
Next to his love Of the woods Mr.. Hanks's
great interest is in regard to rate legislation,
and he is a warm supporter OF the Presi-
dents policy on that subject,
-Four more volumes Of the new pocket
OF the works Of George Meredith
will be published in June. The publica-
ton Of his new edition has brought to light
the fact that many people in this country
thought that Meredith had died some years
ago. He is, however, still living in good
health at Boxhill In Surrey, England, and Ia
in his seventy-eighth year. 1t was In
1900 that his last book, the Selected Poems
brought out, The volume of Meredith's
poems which will be published as the last
in the new pocket edition will not
Lucille
Prof. w. A. Cooper Of Stanford University
has written that the manuscript TRANSLATION
Of the second volume Of Bielsohow ski's
Life Of Goethe which he had Just oom-
pleted has, like its tranalator, some safely