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Literary Nese's and Criticism.

artificial narrative. It is his artihcalty that
dogs his footsteps. that he cannot enjoy the
landscape becauSo of the name that is attached
TO IT. II he misses in this ceuetry the historic
associations which, cannot help inferring.
might incline MIN to forgive almost anything in
nomenclature abroad, have no quarrel with
him In fact we welcome the disclosure OF
something that amounts 20 ineradicahle per-
sonal conviction. We almost enjoy Mr.. James
when he travels to Concord and declares that
It had an identity palpabe to the mind,
had nestled, in other words more successfully
beneath her narrow fold of the mantle Of his
tory, than any other American town" But In
stead Of being content to develop a simple
thought and to present II in straightforward
fashion, Mr.. James seems perpetually bent upon
thinking the grandest. gloorest and most Pc
culiar Of thoughts. and upon expressing them
In the most complicated manner possible. The
result is that the reader loses confidence in the
spontaneity and sincerity of his impressions.
He tires inexpressibly Of the authors pre-
cisely, and exactly" and large and other
mannerisms that one would think the verest
beginner in literature would swiftly learn TO
omit. Turning to the New England chapter
again. we find this passage:
The maker of these reflections betook himself at
Of the saco, and fingered there under the infinite
charm OF the place. The rich full lapse Of the
liquid agate. in its wide swirl; the large Indifferent
in its pace and motion, of great benCN-
client institution smoothly working all this, with
the sense OF the deepening autumn about gave /
scarce know what pastoral nOblencss To the scene,
something raising It out Of the reach OF even the
most restless Of analysts
We see what Mr.. James is driving at. but we
see also that this IS Bit Of seif-conscious word
painting. a literary" description, from which
the true fragrance OF nature has necessarily
evaporated. From beginning TO end of this
nd last
man, curious in the use of words This may in
itself amount TO a temperament, to point Of
view. But not even from the point OF view Of
the craftsman pure and simple is this book a
success, for It lacks the one thing needful the
spirit OF life.
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which the French do not pronounce at all! Once.
when reading a Spanish novel, the present writer
came across word which puzzled hin-nameIy'
"edecan' The Spanish dictionary did not recoS-
nize it; it was therefore clearly foreigner. But
whence? little reflection. with the friendly
aid OF the context, showed 1t 10 be the French
"aide-de-camp 'phonetically exact indeed, but
'quantum mutatus alb illo.'
Spanish and Italian would suffer very little
from the application TO them OF phonetic spell
ing. Let person who is beginning one OF those
languages get his teacher 10 dictate to him
some passage which he does not know. He
VIII find that. though he may join disjOin
the words wrongly. he IS not likely to make mis-
takes in the spelling, provided, Of course, that
he knows the value of the letters 10 begin with
Even in English the difference between sight
and sound is confined TO a small minority or
words, though some people seem to be OF the
same opinion as a young HanOverian lady or
our acquaintance (this was some time ago, when
there was a HanOver), who naively remarked:
You English do pronounce so strangely. There
IS your great author; you spell him D-l-c-k-
e-n-s. and you pronounce him Boz
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LANG TO THE RESCUE.
He Finds TcHnyson More than "a
UOrdy OptimiSt."

Andrew Lang in Illustrated News
When any person heaves half brick at tho
poetiCai fame of TennysOn l always tempted
to look round for chunk of old red sandstone
and hUrl it at the head of the critic.
II a poet is not good enough for him
Whc is perfectly good enough for me,
Why, what remarkably superior person
That superior person must be-
In these words. adapted from lyric by Mr.. W.
s. Gilbert, the explanation Of my ferocity may
be found.
In Lady Betty Balfour's Letters OF Robers
First Earl of LyttOn'-a most interesting book
various correspondents treat TennysOn in a
cavalier manner. Mr.. John Morley (1S71) writes
about the wOrdy optimism which has made
Tennyson so popular in the sentimental middle
class" One Is reminded OF the crushing retors
administered by the carter to Uncle Joseph IN
NJ. r. L. StevensOns romance The Wrong
Box" We literary characters-Tennyson Mr..
Morley, moi qui parle-we usually members
Of the middle class. For all that I could ever
hear could ever read in any book. have only
two or three upper class ancestors. and am bur
who. in 1863 created Earl Of NOrthumber-
land. and then had his throat cut Bourgeois
Je Suis.
But a member OF the middle class may. and
does admire Te11ysOn, not because Tennyson
was o wordy oJdmiSt, but because he was
great poet. II does not appear to me that
Maud and "LOcksley Hall" are optimistic
poems; even If they are. I never cared for the
young In both pieces. They whine too
much There is no wOrdy optimism in "Ulys-
SEES % The Lotus Eaters the ''MOrte dArtnur."
the poems Virgil and Catullus. "CEnona." and
scores of other immortal things. Tennyson does
not often sink to the level OF the line beginning,
Mr.. Morley needs nobody to tell him these a.
vtous truthA "a
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knowing his ground and loving his work. to get
a beautiful result than any Of these artihcers."

knowing his ground and loving his work. to get
a beautiful result than any of these artihcers."
Artists OF real power would paint gardens and
5ome landscapes II there were real pictures 70
work does not come into the artists view, at an.
= thIoue4 an ne rage OF the oeodlng-out I ever
like those which dshgured the land from Blair
imagine corot SIZING e68n to pains the Grnde
tf6 aPqn or the TERRACE at &
q Few willows near gave him lovely picture
the landscape painter TO come into district re-
markaole for its natural teauty. he replied:
to suit my w S2I ~e}errGs to the hardness and
owing to the ironbound pudding clumps Of trees,
r& ang oaprjcious clippings ana sneaTings' 9aS
almost certainly an ugly house in the midst or all
Here, as in England Mr.. Robinson's criticisms
apply. and his suggestions are needed. The OBJ
ject of these vigorous pages is to get people,
after thought of the needs of true garden, to
think more Of their woods from aesthetic and
other points of view. We. too need to learn
that best Of all lessons for garden lovers-too
often absorbed in the exotic the curious and
the tender-that our own country's trees are the
most beautiful shall ever have, and our ma
tive flowers as fair any" We are made TO
realize that to make a terrace where an elabo
rate terrace IS not needed is bad style. and that
equally bad is the idea that trees must be
cent architecture. Artificial mounds raised for
The mere sake OF avoiding fiat surface also
stir our gardener 10 wrath. The only true test
OF garden plans he tells us IS the artistic one
DO they make for ugliness or for beauty"
His hints flower gardening are all admira-
ble-especalIy those for the rose garden. He
would have roses grown In the beautiful old
way. over bower and trellis. and bushes, and
not as standards. Few things, he declares have
had a worse influence gardening than the
standard rose In all forms. ION the tops Of
their ugly sticks they perish by thousands
when If left to grow IN their own lovely fashion
the spring would welcome them TO new beauty.
The suggestions as to the woodland garden and
the home woods ought to be studied by all own
ers Of country estates. small or large. We are
glad to note the plan for covered ways OF fruit
trees in the garden. What could be pleasanter
in May than a garden walk shaded by fruit
trees in full bloom? Travellers in Germany
know how such aisles Of cherry blossoms turn
into beauty an otherwise commonplace country
side.
Mr.. Underwood writes with much good sense
and good taste. though are unable to approve
his advocacy OF so many garden accessories in
the way Of summer houses. tables, eeats, vases
and the like. As for his gazing globe it is
one of the vile blemishes garden beauty
which we have believed to be banished forever
The notes on little backyard gardens We cannot
recommend Better a square Of fresh grass than
the little space overloaded with ornament here
represented PCnpeian model Will not serve
for a city backyard in America, for the sur
roundings do not harmonic,
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THE COMING OF THE SAINTS. Inaginations uni
studies in Early Church History and Tradition BY
John y. Taylor. With twenty SIX Illustrations so
pp XVI. 528 1E. ?. Dutton < Coz
Historical and legends concerning the lives
works OF the first Christian missionaries, IN
tons OF scenes associated with them
THE MESSIAH IDEA = JEWISH ,g aIsT 10 57,,l By
Julius II Greensboro. Pm D. LIMO, pp- S4t- tFhiiA-
Geuha: Jewish Publication Society,"
SEVEN STEPS To THE CROSS Being Seven Media
tons suitable 70 4eT5 end NI59 PsT'qs5 5 b I9r
So tTko17as Whittakerl
THE RELIGIOUS CONCEPTION OF THE WORLD An
Constructive Philosophy. BY Arthur Ken
yen Rogers, Phi D. limo. pp 2sS The Macmillan
Company
MODERN POETS AND CHRISTIAN TEACHING Ten
ryson- BY William Emory snyssr. limo pp- %of-
eaton & Mains)
Tracing. the poets works the principles OF bis
faith and philosophy
AT THE MASTERS SIDE studies IN Discipleship By
Anthony Deane. VI. A i6no. PP ss tE- P pu'ton
THE APOSTLES CREED. Six Lectures Given IN Vest
Minister Abbey By II c BSschins, N A. D. lAis
DEVELOPMENT AND DIVINE PURPOSE BY Vernon
q Co
Lectures given before the University % Csmhritgs
under the terms lectureshp established b. Or.
Stanton
TRUTH AND FA1sEHooD IN RELIGION SIX Lectures
Lent Term. 1905. BY William Ralph Inge n A.
d .. limo. pp. XII 176- e. P DuttOu s COL
THE INTERPRETATIONS OF SCRIPTURE AND orI1Ea
I2lno. pp. xiv. SIS. e. P. DUtton Coz
The essay IN this volume Is reprinted from
hfth edition OF the authors Essays and Fte-
views: ths remainder are taken from his
The Episties OF 81 Paul. The book also includes
Sir Leslie STEPHENS paper on Jowetts Life which
appeared IN The National Review some ten years
THE MANY SIDED UNIVERSE study Espscially
xvi 159- (E 2. Duttol * COD
Thoughts religion and
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BOOKS OF THE WEEK.
ART.

VAN pYCK. Ply IIo0ol Gust NJ V O. Illustrated
LIMO. PIP. X. i52. tTre Macmillan Company
The text is CONDENSED version u NJ Gusts ex-
haustN" study of the TO-. AMI works ~ Anthony Van
lNck. published u 1890. The present handy volume
gpr'7ts in tbs series The Masters Of
fNiNUr" and sculpture edited by g .. Williamson.
THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS \ Complete Die
tDnary Of Contributors and Th-ir Work from Its
t"l ndHtou in lItA % 1904. BY Algt Graves.
r. > A Complied with the sanction Of the PTesi-
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Tot % ZVecker. 4to, PIP. 423. CThe Macmillan
Company
complete list and including the exhibition OF
l"4 sErrin The names Of painters and sculptors.
thtr addresses, list exhibits.
catalogue numbers. The fruntspieCe in This volume
is photo Erayure reproduction q the bronze q
Sir John Mllais. eighth president Of the Academy.
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MISCELLANEOUS.

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE. With Notes Containing Cor
reCtipus 20 Date By Mark Twain Illustrated 5vo'
pp. So Harper < BrCsJ
A study OF the character OF Mrs Eddy and OF thu
and influence % her cult.
THE WORLDS COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS With
French. and Spanish Equivalents for TIE
% Commercial Products Esv J. A Slater
3 A. IL b. Svo. %. l63 Isaac Pitn-an * SOnsJ
A descriptive list OF the chief commercial products
and manufactures OF the world. with the names OF
the Countries or districts from watch they are OBJ
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LOOSE BEADS "LAte's Free Beauty. It's Loose Beads.
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Coz
ESSAYS and sketches on various themes
THE ACT TO REGULATE COMMERCE CAS- AMENDED
AND ACTS SUPPLEMENTARY THERETO. II
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hrbitrati02 Ac+ sherman Antitrust others
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The story o a romantic young Englishman
THE KINSMAN. BY Mrs Alfred sidgwiek- 12no, ppS
GS5 (The Macmillan Company
The amusing adventures OF young English clerk
who endeavors TO tmpersonate a rich cousin
A DRACGHT OF THE BLUE. Together with An Es.
senCe Of the Dusk Translated from the original
manuscripts. BY +. W. Balm Illustrated 12mOs
PIP 24O. &C. p. Putnau's Sons)
Two charming HindOO love stories
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These included court ball and a visit to the
late Adelaide Ristori. Mrs. Batcheler IS en-
thusiastic over the beauty and graciousness Of
Queen Helena, whom she describes as the ra-
dlant centre Of a radiant circle. The author
speaks in glowing terms OF the influence ex
erted by the American wives Of italian noble
men on the society of Rome. Here is a charac-
teristic passage On the subject:
The American women who have married in Italy
contrary to tia general belief, many Of them have
stance l know Of especially, where an American
The richest italian MOBILES in Rome, and now pre-;
siaes most gracefully over two or three palaces and
American girls with italian noblemen have been,
that The fSans make d excseHt hu
bands and fathers.
Mrs. Batcheers letters home put forth
in handsome volume, lavishIy Illustrated with
photographers tinted halftones from por
traits and other photographs. The frontIspiece
is photogravure from a signed photograph Of
the Queen. There are also some Illustrations IN
colors.
The blowing up of the Maine Is an incident in
q forthcoming novel by an English author Mr.
Harold Bindloss 1.-The Dust of Conflict" IS the
title of the story. The author OF this and other
more less exciting books is described as a
quiet man living in the country. lover OF gar
denIng and a vegetarian.
THE fever Of money madness and the curse
OF speculation run throughout the book'-so
say the publishers of Mr.. T. w Lawson's forth
coming novel concerning that production. The
story which is entitled Friday the 18th" VIII
be brought out by Doubleday, Page & Co. on
February %
G. p Putnams Sons will publish several i'm
portant volumes early this year. They VIII
issue Mr. Thomas Wrights Life Of Walter
Pater," and the second OF the three volumes Of
Bielschowsky's Life of Goethe" The sixth
volume Of The Writings Of James Madison"
edited by Gaillard Hunt, has just appeared.
More than one art book IS coming from
the Putnams Their list embraces The
History Of Painting" by Richard Muthcr'
in two volumes; "A History OF Tapestry by
w G. Thomson and book on old EnS!ish
CIocks" bv f ]. Britten In The Connoisseur's
Library there two new Volumes one
on glass bv Edward Dillon and one on the work
OF the goldsmith and the silversmlth by Mel
son Dawson Finally there VIII be an addition
made by Mr. Bernard Berensen to his series
Of little books upon the art OF the Renaissance
In italy. This new volume Will be given 10 the
Northern Italian painters. 1t VIII be made uni
form with its three predecessors ON the Nena-
tian, Florentine and Central Italian painters.
All four volumes might well be published in
one handy octave
The edition Of the works Of the late Leslie
Stephen which the Putnams are preparing to
issue will be one Of eleven volumes. The four
volumes OF Studies Of a Biographer' VIII be
brought out first, and these Will be succeeded
I'm due time by Free Thinking and Plain
Speaking" In one volume. and the four volumes
OF Hours In a Library"
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FICTION.

THE LONE FURROW. By w a. Fraser 1ano DID,
viii. S54 %. Appleton Coz -
The tragic story of Scotch Canadian minister
VINO, while doing missionary work in India.
QUlres the opium habit
FROST AND FRIENDsHIP, By George Frederic
Turner. illustrated By G. c. Wilmshurst. limo
$40 Boston Little. Brown & Coz
The adventures of a young Englishman in one
OF the seemingly numberless. and altogether mys-
teriOus European prtncipnllties
BOYS MARRIAGE BY Hugh dc ssiineourt i2uno,
pp. 80T. (Ths John Lane company.J
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BIOGRAPHY.

STUDIES IN BIOGRAPHY BY Sir Spencer waIpols
With portrait Svo, pp. 3iS. &c. 7. Dutton & Coz
Elght portraits, including Sir Robert Peel. Dis
rael, Edward Glbbon ana Prince bismarck
QUEEN AND CARDINAL A Memoir Of Anne OF
Austria and OF Her Relations with Cardinal Mazarin
BY Mrs CoQuoun Grant With portraits Svo pp,
xiv, 2S tE. p. Dutton & Co.
the preface the author expresses her indebted
ness 10 TIE memoirs OF Madame De Motteville the
Queen.s bedchamber woman
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JuVENILE.

GOOD HUNTING. In Pursuit Of Big Game in thu
West. BY Theodore Roosevelt. Illustrated limo
pp. Vi. 1O1 tHarper BrOs.)
Tales OF big game hunting and outdoor life IN
the West. told especially for the young people
SEA YARNS FOR BOYS. Spun by Old Salt b
". J. Henderson. Illustrated 16no PIP 1873
(Harper & Bros
Thrilling tales OF adventures and hair
breadth escapes. issued IN "Harper's Young Peo
pie series
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LITERATURE.

THE HEART OF IAMI.ETs MYSTERY. Translates
from the German OF Karl Werder by Elizabeth
Wilder With introduction by W J. Rolfe limo,
PIP. VI. Z3. &C. p. PUtnaIns Sons)
A course lectures delivered az the University Of
Berlin.
THE CRITICS VERSUS SHAKESPEARE A Brief for
the Defendant. BY francis A smith LIMO, PIP LIZ
tKulckeroocker Press.
THE AMERICAN SCENE By Henry James. svo. p7.
Vt. 40. taarper q ErOs)
-zPevfevet in another column.
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REPRINTS.

COMPLETE WORKS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN Edited
by John e.. Ni-olay and John Hay. With general
Introduction by Richard Watson Glider and special
articles ~ other eminent persons. New and en-
edition In twelve volumes With portraits.
Vols and XII. Pp- xvi, $50 S72- Francis
L. Tcudy Company
The latter half eleventh the entrs
twelfth volume occupied by photography M
piled by Judge Daniel Fish anthology OF Lin
pithy sayings. Chronological and analytical
index
THE THREAD OF GOLD. BY Arthur Christopher Ben
Svo. XII. ESD tE, 2. Dutton & Coz
Thoughts the everyday aspects oS
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HUMOR "a PHONETiC SpELLLNG

From The London Spectator.
II phonetic spelling were TO be introduced
among all the countries of Europe it would
be the English and French languages of which
the appearance would be the most transformed
tn consequence, and the French even more than
the English. We pronounce our syllables in the
most arbitrary fashion; but then how many let
tsrs there are. both vowels and consonantz
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EDUCATIONAL.

PRINCIPLES or SECONDARY EDUCATION ,
'Cext Book Ey Charles de Garmo farno mn vi
.9'. Crhe Macmillan Company
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In lie Plutarque de Montaigne" (Houghton,
Mifiin e. Coz Miss Grace Norton has endeav
nred to Gull from Montaigne's Essays all pas
sages connected with Plutarch, and TO give in
full Amyots translation OF the ancient biog-
rapher's narratives and comments which the
great French essayist has utilized The book
is intended be used as a collection OF notes
on Montaigne's Essays. At the same time, IL
may be read independently a cluster of anec-
dotes and observations characteristic Of Plu-
tarch
The average reader will be surprised TO find
that Montaigne has drawn freely and
widely from Plutarch. Not less than some three
hundred cases Of "pilter'ng'-as Montaigne
frankly calls it-are hero chronicled. While
most readers Of French find little difficulty in
deciphering sixteenth century spelling. many
Of them would have preferred the simpler. less
ambiguous modern sort in this book. AS 1t
stands. though. the volume seems capable of
teaching PlutGrch and old French simulta-
neously. Tho former task Is surely more CRATE
full than the latter.
The Industrial Republic is to be the title of
the new book upon which the author of THE
imaginary Utopia 1t might be interesting to
compare It with Mr. Bellamy's now almost for
gotten work
Under the title of "Glimpses OF Italian Court
day, Page & Coz, Mrs. Tryphosa Bates Batchel-
Ter presents informal record OF the social
experiences OF an American singer In Italy.
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WRITE MES

can get you any book published on any SUD
TACT The most expert finder extant- When In Eng-
land cali and ny 100000 rare books BAkERs
GREAT BOOK SHOP. John Bright St. Birmingham
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Or. Wifred Grenfers work on Labrador will
probably be brought out by Revel next autumn.
The good doctor whose work in that country
has been beyond praise. is himself preparing
the chapters on economic conditions there, and
on the coast and fjords 1t is announced that
the chapters history, fora fauna, sports and
the Indians on the interior. etc, will be written
by specialists, professors in leading universities
and holders Of scientific positions under the
Canadian government.
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POETRY.
RELIGIOUS.

ROSEMARY AND RUE Compiled by Eleanor Kinzis
Gordon I6mo. pp- 6i5 q P. Dutton Col
r,e-rnrial ANTHOLOGY.
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BOOKS AND AUTHORS.
Current Talk of Things Present and
TO Come.

In an autograph letter signed by oulda and
lately offered for snle there Is vigorous ex-
preston Of her dislike for publicity and self
advertisement:
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RAMBLEs IN THE RIVIERA, BY Bd S-t
strasburger F, r g. D c L. Translated s 5, from
With g Colored Illustrations by Louise Reusch.
Svo PIP 444 Imported by Charles ScTlbner
Sons.
THE GARDEN BEAUTIFUL. Home Woods
Home Landscape. BY W Robinson. author OF
The Wild Garden Svo, PIP. Ss4 imported DS
Charles Scrbner's Sons.
THE GARDEN AND ITS ACCESSORIES BY
I.oring Underwood. With Explanatory lnustra-
lions from photographs. l2mo. PIP 10. Little
Brown & Co.
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I regret 10 refuse YOUR request. and cannot com
ply with II. What impcrtinenc" and what iol!y
done nothing TO deserve such n punishment! The
life OF such Burton or wellington con
tans material for history but those OF u man or
woman Of the world have nothing In II which IL
not essentially private and personal and with
which the public and the press have nothing % DO
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-09

Apropos of The lamentable fact that the ad-
mirable old English magazine, Temple Bar
has Just died The London Standard" says
Perhaps the outdoor life IS responsible to somo
extent Tor the decline and fan of such magazines
and possibly also the refusal 10 dip their flag 10
the modern rage for cheap illustration. Yet every
body does golf, much less possess motor car
ana good many people age at discretion. as
Kingsley used to say. not enamoured OF process
blocks. Some Of make bold 10 add that there
never n better chance than just now for n
really good literary magazine. up 10 date in every
sense. edited with brains and resting squarely and
exclusively the quality Of it's prose and verse.
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The blowing up of the Maine Is an incident in
a forthcoming novel by English author. Mr.
Harold Bindloss. THE Dust of Conflict IS the
title Of the story. The author OF this and other
more less exciting books is described a
quiet man living in the country, a lover Of gar
denIng and a vegetarian.