The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-16


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heen sfeihlnyiy anil aympas hneicaily pofs
lfsve,l by John R,irrUnaha In bic Article %
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In same eSperienr~s, Nf Burroughs had
etcsptlonal opportunities for the intimate
and vivid study h. haa given ~ III pereonal
charaoteriptica of tho President % tho
United States.
Tho japanese Emperor Ia not tho son
n the Dowager Rmpress WIN died In
1897. fls mother. who still lives, was
tho ~conchblns Of tho Emperor Komei.
Mary Crawford Fraser's description %
tho family relations In Japan published
in tho May Worlds Work contains inter-
Getting descriptions Of the maternal rights
Of q who occupies the subordinate
place filed by the Emperor's mother.
Her child, although he may DO the heir
Of all his fathers honors. does not give
her any dignity. All his flial love and
respect must 20 20 the wife whom he Ia
taught TO regard ne his true mother. She
In her turn IL expected 10 love and cherish
all her husbands children alike. High
or low, gentle or simple, the japanese wife
In above ~reproach. the incarnation Of faith
fuIneas and devotion and loyalty. IL Ia
well known that the Emperor finds great
pleasure and comfort In the society Of
the Empress.
Mrs. Adeline d. r. Whitney's last novel,
'Biddy's Episodes was published after
the writer had celebrated her eightieth
birthday. Her death In March has been
felt as a distinct personal loss by those
who have enjoyed Faith Gartney's Girl
hood" Patience Strong's Outing and
other books for girls which have been
household words for three generations.
Mrs. Whitney was also the author Of four
volumes Of verse.
In Lucien j. Fosdick's new book on The
French Blood in America there are some
statements amply verified that support
Henry Cabot Lodges belief that in proper
ton to their numbers the Huguenots pro-
duced and gave to the American Republic
more men Of ability than any other race
Faneuil Hall, Cradle OF Liberty Is an in
dex to the part which Huguenots have
played in American life and awakens many
memories Of the Huguenot patriots-Paul
Revere, a leader OF the Boston Tea Party;
Richard Dana, the peoples champion in
the fight against the Stamp Act; James
Bowdoin, Gen. Francis Marion, Swamp
Fox and Gabriel Manigault, whose gen.
crosby saved the Colonial Government
from bankruptcy. A Huguenot was the first
president Of the Colonial Congress. John
Jay, the first Chief Justice Of the nation;
Alexander Hamilton, three Presidents Of the
| United States, and, in literature, Thoreau,
Longfellow and Whittier all are Of Hugue-
not descent.
The Princess Royal Of England has n
sented to become a patroness Of the per-
Torrance OF swinburne's 'Atalanta in
| Calydon,' which is to be given for the bene-
at OF the fund being raised to procure a
new site and building for Bedford College.
II is the first time the Swinburne drama
has been played, and many notable names
stand In the list OF ~patronesses, including
that Of the Duchess Of Marlborough.
Book Ne,s for May is q van Dyke num-
Der and contains much hat is suggestive
and helpful to the worker in and the student
OF literature. DR.. van Dyke began COM
posing verses when barely old enough to
hold q pen. At eighteen, a Princeton sopho-
more, he won his first prize in literature for
his essay on The Ideal Of Art 'The
Story OF the Other Wise Man. originally
prea ched as q Christmas sermon, has
reached $50, 900 volumes and has been trans
lated into Chinese, Turkish, Japanese and
most European tongues. -The Spirit Of
Christmas" his latest book. which came
out In a 10000 volume edition In October,
had to be rushed Through another 20. 900
edition in November. DR.. van Dyke
writes in "the old fashioned way he says
neither debating nor composing on a type
writer. He reads the same books over ten
or fifteen times. I'm my opinion he says,
"the best way to learn to write good English
ia to read good English. Books Of grammar
and rhetoric are Of oompa ratively little
value,'