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Some FaII Fiction.

After completing his edition OF Lamb,
Mr. Z. V. Lucas seems determined to exhibit
his literary versatility. He has been turn
ing out books Of travel and criticisms OF
art and in Listeners Lure Maomillans)
tries his hand at fiction In a form OF which
there has been an overdose Of late, a story
told in letters. We must say, however, that
the story is thoroughly amusing. The num-
Der OF writer's is confusing at irst, but as
soon as the reader has disentangled them
be will find that Mr.. Lucas succeeds very
well in giving each a distinctive style. All
the correspondents are entertaining, and
though the love story may be a trife con-
ventionaI, the e~pistolary style enables the
author to bring in various pleasant descrip-
tions Of travel. literary and art criticisms
and many raps at society foibles. 1t must
be an amusing book to read aloud.
There Is abundant entertaining description
OF life in a country TOW with a good deal
Of humor in Mr.. Wilbur Nesbit's the
Gentleman Ragman" Harper's). 1t de-
serves a better setting than the rather
cheap melodramatic plot selected by the
author, though the defects Of this are some
what mitigated by making a sharp, small
boy the narrator.
In MAX Fargus' CThe Baker and Taylor
Company Mr.. Owen johnson allows his
imagination to run away with him over
shyster police court lawyers. 1t Ia a tale
of intense, yellow covered realism and
nobody will dispute the exact poetic justice
dealt out at the end.
In these days OF dramati1ed novels and
.novelized' dramas anything may besa at
| tempted by the playwright. From such
unpromising material as a Austen offers
Mrs. Steele Maokaye has made a play
pride and Prejudice Dufield and Com
pany) 1t is conceivable that with d suit
ably pretty and popular actress az the
heroine ie might be put on the stage with
huooaaa.
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LINCOLN, Complete writings.

Four more volumes, VII. to X, have APP
peared Of the fine new edition OF Complete
Works OF Abraham Lincoln" by John @.
Nicolay and John Hay, published by the
Francis d. Tandy Company, New York
and two more volumes will complete the
undertaking. In these are found the let
tiers, addresses and State papers from the
end OF September, 1891, to the beginning OF
February, 1865. practical, the whole period
Of the war.
The publishers lave added to the original
edition about $50 documents Of various
sorts. Many Of these are kilograms and
notes of the briefest character, yet they
will serve to fix a date or a fact, and it il
astonishing in how many Of these a single
word or phrase shows Lincoln's kind heart,
his watohful care, his hard sense. They are
all well worth preserving.
The introductions to tn. separate vol
umes include the addresses by Robert
@. Ingersoll. George Bancroft and Charles
Sumner and the sermon by Henry Ward
Beecher. The poems are by Maurice
Thompson, G. H. Boxer, and Walt Whit
man, and the tribute from Punch. The
series Of interesting portraits OF Lincoln
seems inexhaustible. and many other men
OF distinction are represented, 90. To an
American no book can equal this in interest,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-29
NO THAW TRIAL CHANGE.
Justice BIschOr Refuses 10 Transfer thS
Case to the Supreme Court.


Justice Bischoff OF the Supreme Court
denied yesterday the application Of Harry
X. Thaw for the removal Of his trial on the
charge Of numbering Stanford White from
the Court Of General Sessions to the Supreme
Court. II Ia unlikely, under this ruling,
that the trial Of Thaw ill be reached before
November, or possibly December. az the
calendar Of the Court Of General Sessions
is crowded with homicide cases.
Justice Bischof in his decision says
that the plea for a more speedy trial, as
would be possible II the case were removed
to the Supreme Court, Is not OF sufficient
importance under all the circumstances to
Justify a transfer of the case. The necessi-
ties required for the orderly conduct OF the
business OF the District Attorneys ONCE,
says Justice Bischof, must be considered,
the statement Of the District Attorney
that the business of his Office would be Inn
peded rather than promoted by such a
transfer.
Thu other arguments put forward by
Thaw's counsel. that the great amount OF
newspaper notoriety had made il difficult to
get an unpreiudiced jury and that the legal
iesues involved were Of such Importance
hat thew should onlybe tried in the Supreme
Court, are dismissed by Justice Biechof
with the comment that the Thaw case
Hoes not appear to present any unusual or
extraordinary features, and that the class
of iurymen tmpanelled for Supreme Court
trials il Identical with that from which the
iurymen Of the Court of General Sessions
are drawn.
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"A History Of the InqulsitIon in Spain. Vol. IL
Henry Charles Lea. LII. ID. (MacmillansD
-sIde lights on Astronomy" Simon Newcomb.
LII. d. CHarpersJ
Christ Among the Cattle" Frederic vivian
Marvin. CPafraets Book Company. Troy, N. "
"MAn's Place In the Kosmos:" DR.. s. A. Merrill
alden Brothers. New York;
IAN Introductory Course In augmentation.
Frances NJ. Perry. American Book Company
mime Orations OF Cicero" Albert Hardness,
John O.. Kirkland. Jr.. and George A. WIliSmS.
Amertcan Book Company
The Subsection Of Isabel Canaby." Ellen
Thomeycroft Fowler. CDOdd. Mead and Company
brain and Personality" william Hanna Thom-
aon. N. D., Ii. d. Dodd. Mead and Company
"The Prince Goes Fishing" Elizabeth Duer.
AppletopsJ
Under Castle Walls" H. C. Bailey. tAppls-
tonsl
-Cupid's MIddleman.- Edward b. Lent. Cup
ples and Leon, New York;
The Purchase OF Florida" Hubert Bruce
Fuller. the Burrows Brothers Company. Cleve
IandD
Tho Little King Of Angels Landing EImore
Elliott Peake. AppIetonsl
The Court 81 PLATE" Roe r.. Hobbs. (R. p.
Penno and Company. New York;
Hearts Triumphant" Edtn Sessions Upper.
(AppleL.nsJ
1KSTlas.- Roy ROlfs ellison. trAs Baker q Tay
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COSored illustrations.

It 10 to a somewhat limited public that
Mr.. Martin Hardie addresses himself in a
volume on a rather narrow theme, English
Coloured Books part OF THE Connois-
seur's Library Methuen and Company;
@. P. Putnam's Sons). The author wisely
touches only briefly m very early books
and on hand colored plates; be passes over
single plates and caricatures and 20 gets
soon 10 the end Of the eighteenth and the
beginning Of the nineteenth centuries and
TO the various processes Of printing in color.
These processes are naturally interesting
in the history OF the art Of printing. Nhe
books themselves, except TO the collector,
are generally Of very minor importance. and
We fancy that as art The pictures are Of
still less moment. The n exception il
william Blake. But in Rowlandsou's DIR.
syntax" or the C~ruikshanks' Tom and
Jerry or Leech's sporting novels and
comic histories IL 10 the ca~ricAtures rather
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Plays by Oscar wilde.

The revived interest in Oscar Wilde's
literary work is manifesting itself in the
publication OF new editions. The Poems"
have appeared in a variety Of forms. all in
excellent taste. and now the plays are being
put forth. From F. NJ. Buckles and Com
a New York. come, bound together in
attractive shape, 1.-The Duchess of Padua"
and "Salome," which it was not alto
gether easy to find heretofore.
'Salome" by itself is published in a very
pretty, well printed volume by the John
Lane Company. also. The reasons why
it may not he presented on the stage are
self evident. but the art and logical de-
velopment Of the theme lone that reads II
can deny.
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R,shop Potter on Other Bishops.

The volume Of "Reminiscences OF Bishops
and A~rclbishops" g. P. .Putnam's Sons)'
which the Right Rev. Henry Codman Pot
ter, n. D., Bishop Of New York. has written
Is not merely entertaining; II has the Tor
hidden quality OF tales told out OF school,
DR.. Potter defes superstition. for his notices
number thirteen, ten OF American Bishops
he came to know as secretary Of the
Of Bishops, and three OF Archbishops OF
Canterbury whom he met.
There are no formal biographies, but
rather intimate records Of individual pecu-
l~larities, with many stories, some OF which
are very good. To the layman the desorip-
tons maj seem at times oensorious. but the
Bishop is clearly addressing churchmen'
TO whom the eccentricities and idiosyncra-
sizes that he points out in his episcopal
brethren are already familiar. Possibly,
too, the clerical view Of matters may blind
the narrator to the impression an anecdote
may make on n outside the pale.
We are impressed by Bishop Potter's
friendliness with the three successive Angli-
can Primates he describes, as We imagine the
reader will be also. The anecdote about
Archbishop Tait's son Is touching; it seems
Of too intimate a nature almost to print
the sort Of thing ordinary men feel bound
to treasure for themselves. Several stories
turn m Bishop Potter's fondness for to-
bacoo. The book is adorned with portraits
Of nearly all the worthless Of whom he
apeakst
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An Arab IdNI.

To those Who are not Arabs and do not
profess to be erudite In Moelem learning
Mr.. Marmaduke P~ickthall's -The House Of
Islam (Appleton's) must seem both artistic
and instructive. 1t is the story OF a just
man made perfect, with little plot. per
hape, but with plenty Of incidents in which
the deeds Of the wayward are contrasted
with those Of the hero. The scene ia chiefly
In the Mohammedan part Of Jerusalem.
The presentation Of Mohammedan life
and ideals is novel and picturesque. Ex-
perts may find fault with it as they do with
Mr.. Kipling's Indian stories, but it will
give the reader the same impression Of
truth to nature. II ia an artistic and ex-
.cellent piece of work.
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NEW CONFESSION ExTORTED.
Body Of Victim Once More Shown 10 fash.
Jian, WhO Has No COunsel.

Aram Tashjian. the Armenian who
murdered his brother Merkar and cut I'D
the body, was taken from Police Head
quarters early last night TO the Morgue.
where he was put through an unusual
ordeal by Assistant District Attorney Car
dozo and others. Besides the Assistant
District Attorney and the prisoner, there
were In the party Coroner Acritelli, Detec-
tive Sergeants McCafferty and Doran and
two stenographers from the District Attor-
ney's office.
patrol wagon and. arriving at the Morgue,
went direct to the room where the body
Law in a wooden u. MorRue Keeper
Fayne and his assistant, Armstrong, were
requested to leave the room, as only those
who would be witnesses at the trial were
TO be present during what took place.
The proceeding was intended simply to
get another confession from the murderer.
and one that would be heard in the presence
Of witnesses other than the men in the
Detective Bureau to whom Tashjian made
his first confession. The prisoner was
stood up alongside Of the pen box contain
ing the dismembered body. On his right
was Mr.. Cardozo and Coroner Acritelli was
on his left. The two stenographers and
the detective sergeants were on the op-
posite side Of the coffin.
The prisoner was asked but a few ques-
tions. He positively identified the headIess
body az that Of his brother and admitted
that he had killed him. Tashjian appeared
dazed "a he answered the questions that
Assistant District Attorney Cardozo put to
him. The party returned to Polce Head
quarters in the patrol wagon and Tashjian
was locked in his cell.
Further .Torts to find the missing head
were made yesterday, n without success.
That part ofthe North River w~hererashjian
says he threw the hesd Was dragged all day.
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UNANC UOOnbs
Nc fault can he found with the instruction
for intending newspaper men in Mr.. James
McCarthy's The Newspaper Worker
CThe Press Guild. New York;. 1t is all
practical, helpful and put clearly and CON-
cisely. Many an experienced reporter
NAV derive useful hints from his advice.
When he gets away from the newspaper
business, however, the author attempts
more than he can do. Whether a long
list Of books ia useful or not depends on the
individual reader; If MIR. Mccarthy had
included in his list some book Of synonyms
like Roget's ~Thesaurus" he would have
saved himself a lot Of trouble. His con-
densations Of grammar and rhetoric, too.
might we'll be omitted. and when he sets
out to make verbal distinctions" he steps
on ticklish ground that invites discussion.
This does not detract in the least from the
value Of the technical part Of his excellent
little book.
II Mr.. John Masefeld's literary taste
we're not 40 refined bis collection, A Sailors
Garland" Macmillans). would have been
much better. The idea of bringing together
the poems Of the sea il nnobjectionable, but
IL properly carried out it should include
familiar pieces even II they are h~ackneyed
and IL their literary merit is not of the high
est order. Mr.. Masefield's predictions
seem to Jump from the Elizabethans to very
modern poets. Poor Dibdin was popular
| enough to be treated with less contempt:
Thomas Campbell surely wrote one poem
that should nave been included, and Tenny-
| aon offers better sea fare han a bit from
the -Lotos Eaters" Why. too. put in the
Ancient Mariner"2 The editor seems need
Iessly reluctant to include more than one
piece from a given author, He has pro-
| yided, however, an interesting archaeology
cal selection from Elizabethan and Stuart
! poets, numerous ballads that are hard to
find, and an admirable series OF chanties
| that Of themselves make the book worth
having.
Coventry Patmore's lines fell in pleasant
nlaces. II his circle Of friends had been
less select would his verses be treated az
reapectfully "a they are by British %criticsl
In quality or thought do they surpass those
Of his much abused contemporary, Martin
Faruuhar Upper? He certainly seems "a
nave taken the prosaic side of Words
worth for his model, and with the utmost
responsibility to IA stumbled into poetry
very rarely. The innocuous oblivion into
which he has passed is well deserved. Those
still Interested in him may urn to a COM
pIete edition Of his Poems George Bel
a Sons; Macmillans). Prefxed is an in
PRODUCTION by Basil Champneys, which gives
an account Of his life, from which we infer
that he was not a very attractive person.
There Ia no reading 10 fascinating as
that Of the accounts Of early explorers
40 many Of which are being brought nov
within the reach OF the general public
Among these The Voyages and Explora'
tons of Samuel de Champaign A.S. Barnes
and Company deserves a high place or
account Of the Importance in American
history Of Champlain's work and Of tho
interest Of the narrative a q msrs story
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COLUMBIA SOpHWMOUES WIN,
EXCITING TINE ~ TWO TEN
MINUTE CLASS BUSHES. -.

Eho SOphOmOres Put Up Their Flag on q
Pole in south Field and Successfully
Heat Back Two Attacks OF Freshmen
Trying q Capture the Emblem
Az a Seeing New York" automobile was
going past Columbia University yesterday
morning the guide was saying;
sOn the right is Columbia University
and on the left"
A wild veil broke from the left right then
and the guide turned 10 look as he muttered:
sShades Of the BloomingdaIe Insane
Asylum
In the centre Of the field a large pole had
beAn erected. on the top Of which a small
faaR had been placed bearing the words
sCohimbia. 1909" Around the pole were
sno,iped 200 men, arms closely locked, clad
m an array OF undershirts, old sweaters
and football toys. Charging down on the
crowd was another body Of 200 men, clao
IN the same fashion and rending the air with
wells. As the shouting mob approached the
mole twenty-five men hurled themselves at
the mass, trying TO stop the rush, out In
vain. and soon there was nothing but a
mad. pushing, bowling, showing Jam ABOUT
sdb' it's the new fashioned football,
Chirped a maluen .pluh' VIM OOSuHON,1
front seatin the AUTOMOBILE. 1t was simply
the annual flag rush between the sopno-
mores and the freshmen.
The attacking party was composer Oh
freshmen According to the arrang ements
the sonhomorps were to defend the nag Tor
two ten minute halves. If 1910 won, then
they were to he permitted to smoke pipes,
carry canes and do almost anything tney
pleased after February % next: .
There was a change over the rusnee OF
preyious wears. IL had been decided tnat
the grass about the tree where the hight
was formerly held was too tender 70 be
trampled. SO the pole was erected IN the
centre Of the level part OF South rleid.
Nailed across the pole about eight Feet
from the ground was a c~rossbari above
this were two other ~crosspiecest forming
q sort Of ladder, at the top OF which was the
flag.
The freshmen not only had TO get a man
over the heads of the sophomores, but he
then had TO climb this ladder with a dozen
hands trying to pull him down. The tresh-
men advanced in two companies from tne
northeast side of the field. For ten minutes
they fought unsuccessfully. Shirts were
torn off and noses and faces bruised. Sew
eral freshmen got hold of the lower cross
bar, only TO be pulled down by Jack Ryan
the giant football and basketball player
A second half resulted no better Tor the
freshmen. ~.
Bauchle. the sophomore who had his
head injured in Wednesdays rush. was re-
ported better yesterday.
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than the Cclcr that make the books oe-
|, sirable. Mr.. HArdie seems tohavs an antip-
athy 10 c~aricatures; he uses very Few ~
Illustration, probably In order not TO dis
tract attention from the process.
As the century advances the material be-
rather overwhelming. Mr.. HArdie
winds up with Walter Crane and Kate
Greenaway and Caldeoott and the three
color prooe W. The present output OF col
ored books and magazines and processes
must stagger ever compilers OF bare cata-
logues. The volume, like all in the series
isa beautiful specimen Of printing and book
making.
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MIR. NsI.on Lloyd starts Wen.

Though the machinery which Mr.. Nelson
Lloyd employs the The Robberies Company,
Ltd Charles Scribner's Sons) Is evidently
with intention reminiscent OF the gentle
man rascal school Of fiction, the idea he
undertakes to develop is bright, original
and amusing. The plan Of removing by
force the needless superfuities Of daily life,
carried out logically, presented bonndless
opportunities for entertaining. fun that
would In no way have detracted from the
force Of the philosophio truth to be ex-
pounded. The story would have been
followed in spite Of the many digressions
In the manner Of Mr.. Henry James on all
subjects under the WI from the proper
breakfast food to matrimony. The fresh
ness Of youth bresthes still in Mr.. Lloyd's
philosophy.
The reader will follow with interest the
exposition OF character Of the luckless
individual who is to be brought to his right
senses, likewise the ingenious processes
OF his reformers, and the owe story told
by rather indirect methods. But when
the deed Is done he has a right to look for
results, and there Mr.. Lloyd fails him.
So far as we can discern all the philOsophic
theory, all the elaborate machinery, all
the hero's sufferings provide merely sensa-
tional copy for the daily newspapers and
a somewhat humdrum love affair. II
really looks as IL commonplace Philistine
criticism had checked Mr.. Lloyd's fancy
in it's flight.
His book il certainly readable. II con-
tains more misprints than we are accus-
toned to from the publishers. II MI.
Ilovd will give prominence to the cook
and give him . French name we see no
reason why he should deprive Andre OF
it's NECESSARY accent.
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NURSES ATDFD MTSS BETLsTEIN.
Five Asylum Attendants Dismissed One
Woman COnfesses.

PrrTsBURG, Sept. 2s.-Five attendants
were discharged to-day and ten more
are under strict surveillance az mi
Insane Asylum because Of the escape
of Bertha Beilstein.
One If the attendants to-day confessed
that she not only had been c%ogniZant Of
the arrangements for Miss Beilstein's
escape, but that she had lent assistance,
had handled the money which was brought
into the institution and had made the wax
impression Of A key Tor the door leading
TO the fire escape. from which a friend on
the outside had made a key.
Those in charge AZ the institution assert
that even before the confession OF the
attendant there was abundant proof that
M was the intention nj Miss Beilstein to
make for some foreign country by way OF
New York.
Mrs. Edward Beilstein, widow of the
brother Of Bertha. who killed himself on
the grave Of his mother, has been pros
trated by the news Of the escape Of her
sistar-in-law. She fears Bertha. who has
hated her and her family.
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Hubert Leblon. the imported French
chauffeur who steered the 16 horsepower
Thomas car to second place in the elimi-
nation races for the Vanderbilt cup last
Saturday, was stopped IN Central Park
yesterday because the automobile he was
in had no license number on 1t. Bicycle Cop
John Brennan arrested Delpierre, one Of Mr..
lie Blon's machinists. who was driving the
gave 800 cash bail Tor the appearance OF
Delpierre in the Yorkville police court this
morning. The car belongs to l.. II. Ken
needy 81 Hampstead. L. l., and Le Blon
was giving it a trial spin after repairs.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-29
ERIE'S OPEN CUT.
Contract Let for the New PasSaEeway II
the Road Through bergen Hin.

A contract was let by the Erie Railroad
Yesterday Afternoon for the digging Of the
open cut To do away with the present
Bergen Hill tunnel, just west. Of Jersey
CITY. The work will begin within ten
DAYS and the agreeinent calls for compile
ton by July. 1875 $500 90 '
The new work will lead from. the east
end Of the present Jersey City yards through
Bergen Hill TO the Hackensack Meadows,
whore it will join the present main line.
1t will be just south OF the existing tunnel
and equipped with four tracks, to be used
solely for passenger service. Freight
trains will be diverted through the tunnel
route, which has only two tracks. The
new work is being undertaken by the
Willard Construction Company Of Phila-
delphia, at a construction bid % 81, 500, 900.
The sum of 81, OOO, 600 was recently appro-
priatad by the Erie for the building OF a
new station and the complete reconstruc-
ton of the yards and terminal property at
JeFsay City.
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CORNELL,S REGISTRATION.
president schurman Says II IL the Largest
in ITS History. -

ITHACA, Sept. 2s.-CoTnell University
entered upon it's t~hirty-ninth academic year
to-day with the largest registration In its
history. President Schurman delivered his
annualaddress 10 the students in the armory
st noon. He said the entering class was
thirty five less in number than that OF a
year ago, but that the total enrolment
exceeded the highest previous hgure by
sixty-fve.
President Schurman indorsed Charles Z.
Hughes for Governor ot New horkln glowp9g
ferms. declaring that his advent In the field
Of practical politics meant IA much TO the
future welfare Of the State and nation A.
the activities If Gov. Cleveland and Theo-
dore Roosevelt had in the past.
DR.. Schurman also said that he believed
frmIy in intercolle giate athletics and he
thought some of the universities had made
a serious mistake in abolishing some OF
the leading sports.
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Guardian for Hermann OeIrIchs. .Jr.

Surrogate Fitzgerald authorized yester-
day the appointment Of a legal guardian
for Hermann Oelrichs, Jr.. son OF the late
Hermann Oelrichs. This gave rise TO a
IMPORT that there may 10 a contest over
the will Of Mr.. Oelrichs. II IN believed,
however, that a satisfactory agreement
win be arrived at between Mrs. Oelrchs,
kar son and IN executor, her brother-in-
NV Charles "a. Oelriohs.