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portraits were 1.-The Bostonians' title of no
bility,' they are rarely records of grace or
charm. He was realist of the most pro-
nounced type, striving to reproduce &C
his energies toward mastering the business
of his art. He was profoundly serious, ex-
ceedingly Industrious and more than little
clever His paintings are hard, unsympa-
thetic and not always skill full, but they are
veracious and possess distinction. His was
ton in 1877 he came between the years of
nine and fourteen, under the influence and
tutelage of his step-father, Peter Pelham,
a meZZotint engrayer and schoolmaster,
portrait of whom Is said to have been
Copley's first work. At sixteen he published
an engraving Of the Rev. William Welsted
from a painting by himself. and by the time
he was seventeen he had acquired enviable
reputation. But he was not satisfied with
merely local fame and in 1I66 sent por-
trait of his half brother Henry Pelham with
a gray squirrel on his shoulder to the Lon
don exhibition, which was praised by West
without stint, and opened the way for fur
Their accomplishment. In the early years Of
his married life he lived in isolated
house on Beacon Hill surrounded by an
sociates from the most aristocratic families
of Boston. Il am now in as good business
as the poverty OF this place will admit" he
wrote in 1867. Il make much money as
If / We're a Raphael or a Correggio, and
three hundred guineaS a year, my present
income. Is equal to nine hundred a year in
London" Seven years later. however. Cop
le.' went to England. and. after tour on
the continent. sent for his family to Join
him there From first to last he was sue
cessful. and though his art was more
business than a passion he upheld its dig
nifty and did much toward promoting its
tradition. Many of his paintings have lost
in color and subjectively others have ceased
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design. Flat decorative landscapes. con-
ventional designs for book covers, sofa pill
lows. printed textiles and the like were
seen admirably colored, and some Japanese
designs were also shown with nice individ-
ual Interpretation. The designs were not
original. but were selected by the in
structors from among those which are ex-
emplary and given to the students as the
structural basis Of a color scheme. Great
changes have been made in the methods of
each school term marks a decided advance.
An international congress of art teachers
Is to be held in London a year from next
August, for which preparations are already
being made in England and on this side Of
the sea. An international exhibition is to
be held at the same time and Sir Asten
Webb has promised to arrange to have one
entire floor in the new South Kensington
Museum set aside for It's ample accommoda-
tion. This will insure abundant space and
an effort is being made to have the Amer
lean exhibit not only representative but
comprehensive. The American official COM
mittee consists Of James Hall, director of
the art department of the Ethical Culture
School in New York; Chas. NJ. Carter, d.
rector of art education in Denver, and Will
liam Woodward. professor Of art at New
comb College. New Orleans. Under the di-
rection of this committee a subcommittee
of one hundred has been formed, the mem
bership Of which represents all sections of
our country OF this committee Mrs. S. E. W.
Fuller supervisor of art in the public
schools of Washington, Is a member All
delegates to the congress WILL 1t Is under
stood, be expected to meet their own ex-
penses, but a fund of $1,000 will be required
to pay the cost Of collecting, labelling, in
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did my best to overcome this feeling, but
never quite succeeded.
At my command the Niger went to his
galley. I assembled to the deck. Dusk was
falling, In the swift Californian fashion.
Already the outlines of the wharf houses
were growing indistinct. and the lights of
| the city were beginning to twinkle. Capt.
Selover came to my side and leaned over
! the rail, peering critically at the black wa
ter against the piles.
She's at the flood" he squeaked And
here comes the Lucy Belle"
The tug took us in charge and pulled with
us down the harbor and through the Golden
Gate. We had sweated the canvas on her.
even to the flying jib and huge club top
sail she sometimes carried at the main, for
the afternoon trades had lost their strength.
About midnight we drew up on the Faral-
lones
The schooner handled well. Our crew
was divided into three watches-an unusual
arrangement, but comfortable. Two men
could sail her handily. I'm most sorts OF
weather Handy Solomon had the wheel.
Otherwise the deck was empty. The mans
fantastic headgear. the fringe of his curling
oily locks, the hawk outline of dis face
momentarily silhouetted against the phos-
phorescence astern as he glanced 10 wind
ward, all lent him an appearance of an
other day. I could almost Imagine I caught
the CLEAN of silver-butted horse pistols and
cutlasses at his waist. .r.
l brooded in wonder at what ! had seen
and how little had explained. The num-
Der of boats, sufficient for craft of three
times the tonnage; the capacity of the fore
cstle with. its eighteen hunks, enough for a
passenger ship-what did 1t mean? And
this wild, unkempt villainous crew with its
master and his almost ridiculous contrast
of neatness and flth-did DIR. Schermerhorn
realize to what he had trusted himself and
his precious expedition, whatever it might
be? .'-- .---.
The lights of shore had sunk; the Laugh
ing Lass staggered and leapei joyOusly
with the glory of the open sea. She seemed
alone on the bosom of the ocean: and for
the life of l could not but feel that
was embarked on some desperate adventure.
The notion was utterly Illogical; that L
knew well. In sober thought ]. reporter.
was shadowing a respectable and venerable
scientist who in turn was probably about
to investigate at length some lttle-known
deep-sea conditions or phenomena OF an I'M
explored island But that did not suffice to
my ina gination. The ship Its surroundings,
its equipment. its crew-all read fantastic.
So much the better story, thought shrug-
ging my shoulders at last
- (To be Continued Tomorrow)
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"o Mechs ian. WSrld Pocket Diary and Year
ing Construction. 1905. SC-N422h
Webb: W. l.. Problems In the Use and Adjust
ment Of Engineering instruments. 1904. Sw3S2p.
Hydraulic Engineering.
r. Billings W. r, Some Details of waterworks
sd FqFs5sss; j. H. Water Filtration Works. 1901
Fuller. G. w Report on Investigations into the
1898 sM-Fs55r.
Schuyler, J. d. Reservoirs for Irrigation Water
g eeSsasr. and Domestic Water supply 1903 sA
,Whpple, G. C. The Value of Pure Wafer. 1907
Wilson. H. NJ. Irrigation and Engineering. 1906
Railroads.
Arnold. B. ]. Engineering and Operating Fea
i ,a6e OF Of the Chicago Transportation IrObem
Brooks J. Hand of streetraraad 10ca
and by Detection Angles 1906 SVE-CS3str
Merrill f. A. comp Reference Book of Table.
1897 SYE-MS54r r. '@> '''N 'A' ''As''@
Sagle. Il j; c. Field Manual for Railroad Ensi
searles: W. II. The Railroad Spiral. 1906
Music-Vocal Scores.
The library is gradually building up E
good working collection of classic and popu
lar music Singers will be interested ir
the following list Of vocal scores:
Adam, A. C. Position Won Lonjumeau. vYO
Adf6p
Auber. D. F. E. Maurer u Schlosser. vYO
Au123ma.
Auber. D. F. E. stumme Won Portici vYo
Au123s.
Ludwig wan E@sS
Boie1eu, +. A. Johann Won Paris. VYO-B634j
Boiedieu, F. A. Wiesse dame. vYO-B634w.
Cimarosa, Domenco. Heimliche Ehe. VYO
C492h.
Flotow Friedrich Won. Allessandro Stradella
VYO-F 66Sale.
Haevy, ]. F. F. E. Juedin. VYO-H13SI
Herold, L. J. +. Tampa. VYO- I435z
LortZing G. A. Ear und Zimmermann. vYO
LS99z.
Meyerbcer. Giacomo Hugenotten. yYO-M579hu
Meyerbeer. Giacomo. Der Prophet. vYO-M579pr
Mozart. W. A. Titus. CYO-MS79t.
Nicolai. Otto. Lustigen Weber Won Windsor
VYO-N545l.
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his eyes, as have described them, a steady
and beady black I could at first glance
ascribe great activity, but only moderate
strength to his slender, wiry figure. In this
L was mistaken. His sheer physical power
was second only to that of Capt. Selover
one of his forearms ended in steel hook
At the moment I could not understand this;
could not see how man so MANNED could
be useful aboard a ship. Later 1 wished we
had more as handy. He knew jam hitch
which he caught over and under his hook
quicker than most men can grasp a line
with the naked hand. 1t would render one
way, but held fast the other. He told me
it was cinch-hook hitch employed by mule
packers In the mountains, and that he had
used 1t on swamp-hooks in the lumber
woods of Michigan. I shouldn't wonder.
Anderson. but l never heard him called
that 1t was always Handy Solomon" with
men and masters -'.,
We stared at each other. I fascinated by
something. some spell of the ship, which
have never been able to explain to myself
nor even describe. 1t was a mystery,
portent, premonition such as overtakes
man sometimes in the dark passageways OF
lie l cannot tell you Of it, nor make you
DeLeve-let 1t pass
Then by a slow process CT successive per-
ceptions l became aware, that I was
watched by other eyes. other wax figures,
other human beings with unwavering gaze.
They seemed to the sense of mystic ap
prehension that for the moment held pos
session of me- to be everywhefe-in the
hunks on the floor back in the shadows,
watching, watching, watching from the adj
vantage of another world. r..'--
don't know why / tell you this; why l
lay SO much stress on the first weird i'm
preston I got Of the forecastle. 1t means
something to me now-in view of all tina
happened subsequently,. Almost can 1 look
back and see, in that moment of occuftism.
warning, an enlightenment But the
point is, it meant something to me then.
stood there fascinated, unable to move.
able to speak.
Then the grotesque figure in the corner
stirred
well. mates" said the man. "believe or
not believe. it's in the book, and it stands
to reason, too We have gold mines here
in Californy and Nevada and all them
states; and we hear of gold mines in Mex
leo and Australia, too. but did you ever
hear tell of gold mines in Europe? Tell me
that! And where did the gold come from
then before they discovered America? Tell
me that! Why. they made it. just the
man that wrote this-here says, and you
can kiss the Book on that"
How about that place, Ophir, I read
about?" asked a voice from the hunks.
The man shot keen glance thither from
beneath his brows.
Know last years output from the mines
of Ophir, Thrackles?" he inquired in silky
tones.
why, no." stammered the man addressed
as Thrackles
well. I do" pursued the man with the
steel hook, and it's just the whole of moth
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THE MYSTERY
ey STEWART EDWARD WHITE SAMUEL HOPKINS ADAMS.
OF. by Clure & 20

me immensely and have. chung to my mem
DRY like burr ever since.
- Are you man-o' war a rrlvateer?' said he.
Blow high, blow low, what care we?
Oh am jolly pirate and I'm sailing for my
Down on the of the high Burbare-ee.'
I stepped to the companion The voice at
once ceased. / descended. -.-'
a glimmer of late afternoon struggled
through the headlights. l found myself in
really conmodious space-eXtending far
back of where the forward bulkheads are
usually placed-accommodating rows and
rows of bunks-eighteen of them, in fact.
The unlighted lamp cast its shadow on
wood stained black by much use, but pol
isEed like ebony from the continued fric-
tion of mens garments. 1 wish / could con-
vey to You the -uncanny effect, this-of
dropping from the decks of miniature
craft TO the Internal arrangements of q
square-rigged ship. 1t was as though en-
tering cottage door, you were to discover
yourself on the floor of Madison Square
Garden. A fresh, sweet breeze of evening
sucked down the hatch. Immediately de-
cided on the forecastle. already it WAS be-
, ing borne in on me that was little more
than glorifed bo'sns mate. The situa-
ton suited me, however. 1t enabled me to
watch the course of events more safely.
less exposed to. the danger of recognition
l stood for moment at the foot of the
companion accustoming my eyes to the
gloom. After moment. with shock of
SUI pms iieuc out q sIihIiS PAIR oI Dedu-
points gazing at me unblinkingly from the
shadow under the bits. Slowly the man
defined himself. shape takes form in a
fog. He was leaning forward in an atti-
tube OF attention, his elbows resting on his
knees, his forearms depending between
them. his head thrust out. l could detect
no faintest movement of eyelash, no faintest
sound of breathing. The stiffness was por-
tentous. The creature was exactly like a
WAX figure. one of the sort you meet In cor
ridors of cheap museums and for a moment
mistake for living beings. Almost l thought
to make out the customary gray dust lying
on the wax of his features.
L am going TO tell you more of this man.
because, as you shall see. he was destined
to have much to do with my life, the fate of
DR.. Karl Augustus Schermerhorn, and the
COON CT .is Laughing Lass.
He wore on his head led bandana hand
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ing. and you can kiss the Book on that, too!
There amt any gold output, because there
amt any mines and there never have been
They made their gold.
He tossed aside book he had been hold
ing in his left hand. l recognized the fat
little paper duodecimo with amusement, and
some wonder. The only other copy l had
ever laid my eyes on is in the Aston Library
II is somewhat of rarity, called THE Sc
cret Of Alchemy, or the Grand Doctrine OF
Transmutation Fully Explained" and was
written by a DR.. Edward Duvall-a most
extraordinary volume to have fallen into
the hands of seamen.
1 stepped forward, greeting and being
greeted. Besides the man 2 have men,
toned they were four. The cook was a
bullet-headed squat negro with "a broken
nose. l believe he had a name-Robinson,
or something of that sort He was to all
of us, simply the Niger. Unlike most of
his race, he was gloomy and taciturn.
OF the other two. little white-faced.
thin ches;ed youth named PulZ, and viii
famous looking Mexican called Perdosa, /
shall have more to say later.
My arrival broke the talk on alchemy 1t
resumed its course in the direction of our
voyage. Each discovered that the others
knew nothing and each blundered against
the astounding fact Of double wages.
"All l. know is the pays good; and that's
enough" concluded Thrackles, from bunk.
1.-The pays too good growled Handy
Solomon. This amt no job to go look at
the cipse of the moon, or the devils a
preacher 49,
wat you ma:k heem, DEM" queried Per-
dosa.
Its treasure, of course" said Handy
Solomon shortly. q.
HE, he, he"' laughed the negro, without
mirth.
whats the matter with you: doctor?"
demanded Thrackles.s 49,, ...- -. D.
"Treasure." repeated the Niger. You
see dat box he done carry so cairful? You
see dat?"
pause ensued Somebody scratched a
match and lit a pipe.
No, l don't see THAR broke out Tl1rack-
les finally. with some impotence. Il sabe
how a man goes after treasure with box !;
but why should he take treasure away in a
box? What do you think, Bucko?" he sud-
denly appealed TO me.
1 looked up from my investigation of the
empty berths.
II don't think much about It," I replied
except that by the look of the stores we're
due for more than Honolulu: and from the
look of the light we'd better turn to on
deck
An embarrassed pause fell.
who are you, anyway" bluntly demand
ed the man with the steel hook.
MY name is Eagen," / replied; I've the
berth of mate. Which of these hunks are
empty?''
They indicated what desired with just
trace of sullenness. 1 understood we'll
enough their resentment at having a ships
officer quartered on them-the forec'stle
they considered as their only liberty when
at sea. and my presence as a curtaiment
TO The freedom of speech. ] subsequently,
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FOR MARIE CORELLI
CHOOSING A HUSBAND FOR THE
COY RoMANCER.
Special Correspondence OF The Star.

Special Correspondence OF The Star.
LONDON, May -, 1907.
Laudably anxious to provide novel topic,
an English journal treats its readers this
week to a daring speculation on the kind
of husband that would best suit Marie
Corelli.
There is no doubt says the writer OF
the article, but that consciously or I'M
consciously, an authoress strives more or
less to invest her heroines with those men
tai. moral and physical attributes which
reflect her own in idealized form, and
represent what she deems most desirable.
and hence would fain possess. In similar
fashion she draws her hero in the likeness
of particular man whose image happens
to dominate her life at the moment. AS
the same type invariably appeals to the
same woman throughout-for in each sue
cessive illusion she eagerly seeks the bitter,
sweet rapture of her first love-it is not
difficult to deduce the manner Of man who
alone can capture her imagination. and
from that stronghold carry her heart by
Storm
By this method Of deduction the heroes
of Marie's fictions are made to furnish this
composite picture of the man whom she
might consent to annex.
The husband for Marie Corelli must be
of the heroic type gentle. though firm;
tender. yet strong. In appearance he must
be handsome, for the writer of many ex-
quisite descriptive lines is sensitive to i'm
pressions Of beauty, and in addition, he
requires to be well-dressed and dis
tinguished, a man whom other women
would covet.
ITO make her happy he must possess an
exalted belief in woman. not in woman
kind in general be it well understood, but
In one woman in particular-Mare Corel...
Before winning his way to this implicit
faith and answering devotion, he must
have waded deeply through the quagmire
of doubt and the slough of despond. He
must have suffered disil,usionment at the
hands of women of a more human and
therefore less lofty type. She would need
to be loved with fire and sword blood and
tears. She would fain be told of it in
passionate periods delivered. metaphorically
speaking, from the center of the stage, in
full view of the footlghts, before a crowded
and admiring audience
What profession should this materializa-
ton Of various ideals belong to?
An Elegant Dilettante.
His des.ra bility as a husband" says
the writer. would be greatly enhanced
should he happen to be unfettered by the
chains of any special calling, while the
exact amount of his income should not be
clearly defined. Preferably, it should flow
freely, of course, from some mysterious
source.
The world at large should know him as
an elegant dilettante. His friends should
and paint well did he choose. They should
likewise suspect him Of being a poet, the
author of certain exquisite verses which
appeared anonymously, while knowing hin,
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age of twenty-nine. These 1t remains for
his friend. the author. to record. The
dominant impression which the reader re-
receives from the unconscious self reVela-
ton of this noble nature is of the perfect
balance of its parts. He entered the war
leaving a career in which he was pro-
foundry interested. with a clear conception
of the principles for his action. He was
throughout his service calm student OF
military tactics. his courage was cool, per-
sistent. deliberate. There was at no time
any feversh impulses of mere excitement.
His action was the result of thought and
will. With Col. Robert Shaw. this nephew
of a poet. whose lines were also a service
to his country, ,Iarles Russell Lowell must
Massachusetts had to offer in sacrifice for
the preservation of the Union.
THE ADVENTURES. BY Coraiie STAN
ton. Frontispece by Harrison r1sher.
New York: T. ]. Mcbride & son.
If any one wants pure sensation without
caring much about literary style con-
gruity they can get it in Coralie Stan
tons story, 1.-The Adventures" 1t is a
shocker for fair, written with that end in
view and everything else subordinated to
the single object. 1t is scarcely original
even. being a compilation of incidents that
the most literary browsers will recognize
as they are introduced But the book is
with a certain amount of skill. 1t has all
the most narrowing features of Ouda.
Conan Doyle and Anthony Hope, without
any of their originality. OF murders and
suicides there is a superabundance. In
fact it strongly calls to mind the famous
melodrama offered to William Brady with
the Endorsement that it KILLED a man in
every scene abducted a woman in every
act and used thirty cartridges and ten
pounds of red fire al each performance
ABE MARTIN of Brown County, Indiana.
BY Kin Hubbard. With illustrations
by the author. Indianapolis: The
Bobbs- Merrill Company.
The sayings of Abe Martin would have
brought a long smile of appreciation from
that other western humorist. Abe Lincoln.
Meredith Nicholson calls him the plato
on the cracker BARREL but it is probable
Americans at large, who will soon be quot
ing him in all ATTITUDES. will find him some
what more indigenous. Here are some Of
his rusty wtticsms:
''Tiry Buff dun't take hez wife nowhere
now since they're married. He says fellers
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Kann collection and will bring 1t en- bloc
to America About a year ago 1t was said
that Mr.. Morgan had offered 1900 600 for |
this collection, but that the British and
Berlin museums were bidding against him. !
The statement now is that the purchase
four million dollars. Leaving commercial
valuations out Of the question, however. !
much interest attaches to the report, for
the collection as a whole is rich possess :
sion and Of a kind most needed In this land. !
1t consists Of about 200 admirably chosen
paintings by the masters OF the old world, !
and besides these many exquisite carvings,
enamels and textiles. 1t would greatly en-
nance the art resources of the United
States and materially enrich the American
art s'uoen'' 4.
- I
The next important exposition will be
held in Seattle. Wash, in 1909. and steps
are already being taken to provide for its
exhibit to about 200 paintings by repre- !
sentative American artists and TO obtain
these as much as possible from the paint
ers themselves No prizes will be offered,
but sum OF between ten and twenty thou.
sand dollars Will be set aside for pur-
state gallery. Mr.. G. l.. Berg of the WASH
nston state art commission has the work
in charge.
Mr.: F. D. Millet of New York is paint-
ing in the board room of the Corcoran Gall
lery a portrait of the Chinese minister It
little more than the head and shoulders.
Though still unfinished 1t is an excellent
likeness and an interesting piece of work.
LEILA MECHLIN.
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BOOKS RECEIVED.

THE CHURCH AND THE CHANGING
ORDER. BY Smaller Matthews, pro-
fessor Of Historical and Comparative
Theology in the University of Chi
cago author of The Social Teaching
of Jesus" New York: The Macmillan
Company. Washington: Woodward &,
Lothrop.
A TEXTBOOK IN GENERAL ZOOLOGY.
By Glenn w. Herrick. B.S.A., professor
of biology in the Mississippi Asricul-
tural and Mechanical College New
York: The American Book Company.
FOODS, OR HOW THE WORLD IS FED.
BY Frank G.. Carpenter, author of
Carpenters Geographical Readers.
First Of Series of Industrial Readers.
New York: The American Book Com
pany.
THE STABLE HANDBOOK. By T. F.
Dale. The Country Handbook, edited
by Harry Roberts. Illustrated. New
York: John Lane Company.
AN INDUSTRIAL ACHIEVEMENT, 1871
1907. Hartford: Pope Manufacturing
Company.
THE SMITHS, A Comedy Without Plot.
By Keble Howard. New York: Nc
Clure, Phillips & Co. Washing ton:
Woodward & Lothrop.