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The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-09-21

An exquisite gift book for children, entitled Little Betty MarigoId and Her Friends" by Carro Frances War ren, will be issued next month from the press of the c. H. Clark Publish ing Co.,, Boston. The author has shown genius of a rare and uncommon sort in the creation of characters altogether new in the realm of child dction, while her fresh and ingenious style, fairly bubbling over with the vivacity of youth, will afford unalloyed happiness to her youthful readers. The binding, and the illustrations in colors, are ur- usually dainty and artistic, and the type is clear and readable. Price 75 cents.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-09-21

Under the title of ''The Art of the Prado," a new volume Is to be added to the Art Galleries Series of l.. c. Page & Co., Boston. The author is c. s Ricketts, and the volume will present a survey of the work of the leading Spanish artists, fully illus trated with careful reproductions of their most notable pictures. The same firm announces for publication this week new story for young peo- pie by Marion Amos Taggart, entitled 'The Doctors Little Girl"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-09-21

The author of "The Near East" is a personal friend of the King of Italy, the German Emperor, the Sultan, King Peter of servia, Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria, and many other European sovereigns. He Is the favorite author of the Queen of England and the King of Italy, has received the cross of the order of Saint Save from the King of Servia, and the Order of the Crown of Italy, one of the highest honors which can be conferred He has received high praise for llis literary skill from Zola, Alphonse Daudet, William Black and others. The confidential nature of his writings makes the, disclosure of his Identity impossible
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-09-21

THE GREAT YEAR" by A. T. Dud- ley, (hfth volume of Phillips Exeter series") Illustrated by Charles Cope land, published by Lothrop, Lee & Shep- ard Co.,, Boston; SIPS.
 One of the events of the year for boys is a new book by Mir Dudley, who was star college athlete himself not 50 many years ago, and has kept pace with the scientific advancement which various forms of athletics have made in recent years, aud who knows American fitting school life thoroughly.
 At Seaton Academy which Is, of course, Exeter, three fine, manly com rades, respectively captains of the football, baseball, and track and field athletic teams, make compact to support each other in carrying through the really great responsibilities that devolve upon each. The purpose is that f1r the honor of their school they may achieve ''great year. of triple victory over their triple victory over their tra- ditional rival "Hlllbury" How they develop their material, rise superior to Encouragement, and fairly attain their ambition, together with many jolly in- cidents of real school life, the most absorbing that a man ever knows, forms the story. "The Great Year" is great book
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-09-21

Dr. Eva March Tappan has essayed and completed the formidable task of preparing complete library for chil- dren, and it is to be published by Messrs. Houghton, Miff1in & Go. in ten volumes bearing the general title The Children's Hour"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-09-21

Concerning Prof. William Lyon Phelps new book, the Chicago Record Herald says: Luminous Judgments on the great writers of the past century characterize the few but suggestive pages of "The Pure Gold of Nineteenth Century Literature" little volume by Prof. William Lyon Phelps, fresh from the press of Thomas Y. Crowell & Co. The survey is confined to British pro- auction, and even within that limita- ton Prof. Phelps only deals with a few select names. He declares that the Elizabethan is the only other period of English literature which can com pare in creative activity with that of the last century. Browning, he says, is "the most truly original of all Brit ish poets, the great sin of Byron's life "is not his sensual and other ifregu- laritles; 1t is the use he made of his marvellous gifts" in Shelleys work what Is immediately noticeable is "the soaring quality of his imagination: Ternyson is not only the "clearest singing voice. of his century but "the most faithful expression of its ideas;" every passing year finds the fame of Thackeray "brighter, the circle of his thoughtful admirers wider, and his po- sltion in English literature firmer"; George Eliot will never be forgotten" nor the dust accumulate on her mo- ble volumes: among living novelists Thomas Hardy stands easily first, |" though he is the great pessimist of our age"; and Coleridge remains unsur- passed among the literary critics of the century"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-09-21

'MARION's VACATION" by Nina Rhoades, illustrated by Bertha c. Dav- idson, published by Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co.,, Boston; $1.25,
 This is for rather older girls than the famous Brick House Books" by this sterling author, Marion being thirteen. She has for ten years enjoyed a lux urlous home in New York with the kind lady who has done all for her that she could have done for her own child, and who feels that the time has now come for this arlstocratlc though lovable little miss to know her own nearest kindred, who are humble but most excellent farming people in a pretty Vermont village. Thither Marl- on IS sent for a summer, which proves to be most important one to her in all It's lessons that come only through mingllng in life, quite different from what she had known exclusively for perhaps too long. as wise Aunt Clara" has come 10 feel. It all comes out very joyously, as the popular and thorough ly commendable books of Miss Rhoades have way of doing
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-09-21

pr. William Henry Winslow, author of Southern Buds and Sons of war" which the c. H. Clark Publishing Co. are bringing out this fan Is of New England birth, and entered the An napolis Naval academy in 1858, He fought through the civil war. and re- tired as junior lieutenant in 1865. Af- ter leaving the navy he took up the study of medicine, and was a practice ing physician in Philadelphia for over twenty-five years. He Is the author of Cruising and Blookading," "ThA Sea Letter" and medical work.
 Southern Buds and Sons of War" is military novel of the closing year of the war. It is historically correct, full of exciting adventures founded on facts, and describes slave life on the plantations and social life in the cap tured cities of the south at the time of Shermans' march to the sea.
 "Glenwood" is the title of a new novel by Anna Katharine Whiting, which the c. M. Clark Publishing Co. are blnging out next month. In the heroine of this story the author has created a noble and unselfsh charao- ter, and the reader will find something
 of sweetness and charm in every page
 of this beautiful tale.
 Two new Altemus books of epigrams arc "At the Bottom of the Glass" by rTArvoaA r aa NFnadhr ana fuT9,a Do o1, ' elor's Guide to Matrimony," by Regi-
 nald Wright Hauffman.
 The Broadway Publishing company
 has Issued 'Tuckahoe," collection of
 Indian stories and legends, by Mrs.
 Thomas P. Bagbys 'Grandon of Sierra, .
 a western tale with characters from life, by Charles E. Winter; "The Pur-
 pie Butterfly a novel of New York
 society, by Louise Coddington Denio;
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-09-21

MT, Ernest H. Baldwin's Stories of New Haven" received a hearty well come when the book came out few years ago, The book was first pub lished in 1905, but unfortunately the publishing firm failed before more than a few hundred books were is- sued, and nothing further could be done toward reprinting the book for some time. Fortunately MT. Baldwin owned and retained the copyright, and he is now in position to reissue the book, having it printed at private expense and sold on commission. This is to be done. The book has been revised slightly to agree with a few changes that have occurred since 1t was first published. but 1t is prac- tically the same as before. The il- lustrations are to be very much the same, although the cover design will be slightly altered. The purpose of "The Stories" is to inform the young CT generation about the history of New Haven--a history replete with interest. The author has chosen those events, moreover, which are of real importance and are instructive as well as interesting and exciting
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-09-21

Of Prof. Charles F. Rents new book, previously reviewed at length in these columns the New York Evening Post says In the third volume of the Stud ent's Old Testament, 'Israels Laws and Legal Precedents' (New York: Charles scribner's Sons). Prof. Charles Foster Kent reaches field where classification and encouragement of the Scripture text is of great value to the student of the development of Hebrew religion and social usages. The legal portion of the Old Testament is ar ranged in five general divisions: Q) personal and family laws; @ criminal laws, comprising injuries to persons, property, and society; (3) humane laws, emphasizing the duty of kind ness to animals and men; (D religious flaws, defining obligations to God; and (5) ceremonial laws, containing minute directions regarding worship and the ritual. This classification is both logical and, in a rough way, chronological. The history of the development of He- brew legislation, it's wide range, and remarkable ethical and religious slg- nificance, are by this means brought graphically before the reader. The rela- tion of the legislation to the work of the prophets Is set forth clearly, and the dependence of the Hebrew codes upon the older Babylonlan ehactments lis frankly acknowledged. Professor Kent dec ares:
 Nowhere in all legal literature can the genesis and growth of primitive law be traced 50 clearly as in 1sraeps codes thus restored. They also repre- sent the most important cornerstones of our modern English laws and ln- stitutlons, and therefore challenge and richly reward the study of all legal and historical students"
 Typical of the style of Prof. William Lyon Phelps new book is this charac- terization of Browning, which we quote:
 'He was not afraid to be an unfllnch- l ing optimist at exactly the time when pessimism was most fashionable His optimism is more encouraging and stimulating than that of Emerson, be- cause Browning clearly sees and recog- nizes the dark side of life What he set forth in Paracelsus he maintained stoutly to the end-the necessity of inn probationary, the joy and the glory of it. For imperfection is necessarily associated with progress and develop ment, and the stumbling stone becomes the souls stepping-stone. His treat ment of religious doubt, which casts SC deep a shadow over the work of his contemporaries, is a case in point. Where there no doubt. were the future life patent, there could be no real vir-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-09-21

So thorn Comes to the aid of and completes the rose Courage towit, no woman's gift nor priests.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-09-21

Elinor Glyn has cabled to Dufield and company that she will provide preface to the American edition of Three Weeks" which they are pub fishing. The storm of discussion which the book has aroused in England has provoked Mrs. Glyn to deny some of the unconventional views imputed to her by her critics.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-09-21

tue. Virtue lies in the struggle, not in calm, submissive acquiescence.
 count life just a stuff To try the souls strength on, eduoe
 the man.
 Everything in life can be made ser- viceable to the man strong in unself- ishness, the man of faith and ideals. Perhaps the limitless extent of his op- timism is shown best by his simili- tudes. He loves to take a proverb which reveals the unconscious pessi- ism of humanity, like "No rose with out It's thorn" and twist it into a source of comfort, In the speech of the Pope in "The Ring and the Book. "a speech that in some respects indi- cates the hfgh-water mark of nine- teenth century poetry-we find this passage, which 1t is safe to say no one but Browning would have written:
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-09-21

The Macmillan company, New York, will publish eleven works of fiction this fall, including new romance by the Castles, Marion Crawfords "Arethu- sa," and Merwin and Websters' Com rade John" Other authors represent ed are John Luther Long, Mark Lee Luther, Alfred Ollivant, the author of 'The Garden of Commuters Wife" and the great Norwegian novelist, Btornson. One of the first novels to ap- pear will be Zona Gales "The Loves of Pelleas and Etarre."
 In the field of politics and economics the Macmillan company will publish this fall a work or England, by A.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-09-21

The BUTTONS Brothers company has just issued Dr. Bernard 0. steiner's Life and Correspondence of Dr. James McHenry, Secretary of War under Washington and Adams, which was awarded the John Marshall prize at Johns Hopkins for 19o7 The work pre- sents 8 number of letters, hitherto un- published, from men of the Revolution ary period, The Birch miniature por- trait of Washington is used as froh- tispiece.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-09-21

Elizabeth Robins, author of that al- most masculine novel of life in the K1ondike, "The Magnetic North" has written story of different locality and subject, which will be published in the fall by F. A. Stokes company. Its title is Under the Southern Cross" and it relates in her own words the romance of a charming girls sea trip from San Francisco to New York by way of Panama. She describes in g .piquant manner her ardent wooing by young and fiery Peruvian Baron, whose methods are interestingly strange to American read CTS. The book is very beautifully H. lustrated in color by John Rae, who seems to have studied the characters of the story with patience and in- sight only too rare among present day artists.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-09-21

her by her critics.
 Lillian Writings new volume of Rome. entitled, 'Italy the Magic Land" which is on the fall list of Lit tie, Brown & Co.,, is to be profusely illustrated with photographs of more than usual technical excellence. The book will be mainly devoted to a de- scription of contemporary Rome. the art fostered within it's walls, and the life of artists and poets.
 George Wharton James, the author of "The Wonders of the Colorado Desert" and other books on the man tels of the great Southeast, has been visiting in Boston. He is now at work on book dealing with the Ramona country. A new edition of his Tn an Out of the Old Missions of California is announced.
 Mrs. Daniel Lothrop (''Margaret sidney"), whose new Pepper Book is out this week has just arrived in England, after tour in Brittany, where she reports that she has gath cred interesting literary material.
 Under the general editorship of Prof. George Lincoln Burr of Cornell University, the Century company will shortly begin the publication of new series of historical volumes. They will extend to ten in number, each by a specialist in the field of which he writes, but all working together to se- cure unity. The idea is that the com plete series will present history of the world from the viewpoint of mod
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-09-21

Browning is not a sedative; he is a tonic. Of all the great thought-leaders of the century, none Is more thrilling, more stimulating, and more encourag- ing in the call to manhood"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-09-21

A HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES AND ITS PEOPLE, by Elroy McKendree Avery. In fifteen volumes Vol. III. The Burrows Brothers Co.,, Cleveland.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-09-21
n scholarship upon lines essentially

 new.
 During the autumn the Century company will publish very import ant work on the pearl, by George F. Kunz, A. M., Ph D., and Charles H. Stevenson, IL. M, D. c. L. The book will give a history of the gem from the earliest times. as well as an ac- count of the various methods of pearl fishing, the use of pearls in the arts, and their place in science. The book will be royal octave of some 400 pages of text, with probably 100 insets of illustrations printed in black and white, in tint, and in full color.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-07-22
DO BEST WORK AT NIGHT.
Quiet Hours the Proper Time for In.
telectuaI Labor.

Prof. Victor Hallopeau Of the Paris
Academy of Medicine declares that
the best intellectual work can be ac-
complished between midnight and
dawn. THE true secret of long con-
tinued, valuable brain work." he says,
is to cut the night in two. The
scholar, the inventor, the financier, the
literary creator should be asleep every
night at ten O'Clock, to wake again at
say two, in the morning. Three hours
work, from two TO five, in the absolute
tranquility of the silent hours, should
mean the revealing Of new powers,
new possibilities, wealth of ideas un-
dreamed OF under the prevailing sys-
TEN. From eight to eight or $3.50 sleep
again. Take up again the days work;
the brain will still be saturated with
the mental fruits of the night vigil;
there will be no effort in putting into
practice or carrying further what was
planned or begun those few hours be-
fore. The habit may be hard to ac-
quire, but mechanical means of waking
at first will induce the predisposltion."
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-07-22
WITH AN AK
- IT
A AFarmer Ran AmuCkand
Killed Three People.
El6a1Muh -
AT NUNICA, MICH.
Maniac Murdered His Son, Wife and
the Latter'S Foster Father and
was Slain by a NeighbOr.

Nunica, Mich, July 22.--Ilenry
Scutcheon, farmer about 80 years
old living near this village, on Sunday
ran amuck with an ak, killing his in.
valid son, his wife and her foster
father.
Scutcheon was later shot by Henry
Mcclellan. a neighbor, whom the
crazed murderer had also attacked
The dead: Henry Scutchebn. Polly
Scutcheon, his wife. - Scutcheon,
his 1S-year-old son. George Aiming,
Mrs Scutcheon's foster father
The Scutcheon farmhouse had ap.
parently always been a happy home,
except for the cloud which the sons
invalidlsm cast over the family.
Sunday with no warning so far as is
known Scutcheon suddenly murder.
ously attacked his son with an ak. He
crushed the boys head frightfully.
When his wife interfered he turned
on her and pursued the screaming
woman from their house to the road,
where he knocked her down with his
weapon. He then rushed back to the
house and murdered his foster father.
in.law.
Next he tried to destroy himself
The maddened man gashed his throat
and wrists with razor and took some
paris green. His wounds did not
weaken him and the poison did not
take immediate effect, AK in hand he
returned to the road where he had
felled his wife a few moments before.
The first blow did not kill her and
she had been carried into the house
OF Henry Mcclellan near by McClel-
Ian rushed to another neighbor's for
help. When Scutcheon found that his
wife was in the Mcclellan home alive,
he smashed a window with his ak,
jumped through it and again attacked
her. This time he crushed her skull.
He then left the Mcclellan home and
returned to his own house, but when
Mr.. Mcclellan returned from his
search for hei ., the crazed man came
out and started over toward him, say.
ing II want you, too"
will shoot II you come across the
road" replied Mcclellan, who had
armed himself with shotgun. De-
spite the warning, Scutcheon came
across with murder in his glance.
Mcclellan thereupon shot him dead.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-07-22
A HERO OF THE BUSH.
Tale Of Heroic Devotion That ls Hard
to Parallel.

Courage is not an attribute peculiar
to the white man, nor is self-sacrifice
the prerogative of civilization. In j..
G.. Firth's "Nation.Making" is told a
story as touching, in its brave devo.
tion, as any tale of the Victoria cross.
The incident occurred at Orakan,
where the English soldiers had just
defeated the Maoris A little party
of colonial troops, pursuing fugitiyes,
camo upon three natives, two old
men and one young fellow.
The youth, seeing the soldiers, drop
ped on one knee and aimed with his
gun at the advancing party, which
halted a moment while the old men
ran toward the forest. The old men
had thrown away their firearms in or.
der to make escape easier.
The soldiers fired at the youth but
missed Without discharging his gun,
he sprang to his feet and ran on in
advance until he caught up with the
old men once more. Then, facing
about, he presented his gun as be.
fore, but reserved his fire.
The weary old men gradually drew
near cover. Once more the soldiers
fired and missed; once more the gal.
liant fellow turned and bounded on.
The old men were close to the forest
when the youth, nearly fainting,
again knelt and took aim, but still
did not fire.
The soldiers shot him as he knelt
and rushed to the forest. but failed
to capture the two fugitives, who. safe
in the dense underbrush, made their
escape.
On their return the soldiers found
the brave young fellow lying dead.
His gun was empty. 1t had not been
loaded at all. With it he. had cover.
cd the retreat of the old men and Sc.
cured their freedom by the loss of his
own life. No more gallant deed of
heroic devotion was ever accomplish,
ed in any land.-Youth's Companion.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-07-22
JAP GENERAL
Faces a Very Critical Sit
uatiOn at Seoul.
ORDERS SOLDIERS
To Blow Up The Powder Magazines
in the ArsenaIs If They Cannot
Defend Them from Attack.

Seoul. July 22.-There was some
outward Improvement in the situation
Sunday and Gen. Hasegawa, com
mander of the Japanese troops in
Korea, withdrew one of the machine
guns from the palace square. He re-
CARDS the situation as being now well
in hand. The two government arse.
nails are guarded by Japanese soldiers
although the number is not large, and
they are under orders to explode the
magazines if they find themselves un-
able to defend them.
The Korean troops are frequently
harangued by civilian agtators who
take up their stand at the entrances
to the barracks. The Koreans possess
10000 rounds of ammunition, of which
Gen. Hasegawa, who has only 1900
troops in Seoul, has been unable to
demand the surrender.
The Ping Yang regiment refuses to
surrender its arms or ammunition.
The Japanese commander is not yet
able to assure safety In the streets,
but he is making the best use possi-
BILE OF his men, while awaiting rein
forcements which are now on their
way from Shlmonoseki.
Marquis Ito, the resident general at
Seoul, will not consent to the enforce
ment of martial law, but he is re.
garrisoning the country as far as pos.
sible as precautiOn.
The new emperors first edlct orders
the punishment Of the Korean deputa.
ton to The Hague.
Toxic, July 22.-The latest advices
from Seoul indicate that apparent
calm prevailed Sunday afternoon, but
the constant influx of people from the
country was causing some uneasiness.
Fresh riots were apprehended at any
moment.
The ministers on Sunday proceeded
TO the palace, where the guards we're
doubled, and discussed the question
of establishment of a separate palace
for the late emperor in accordance
with usage. It is believed that Mar.
quis Ito will have an audience with
the new emperor on Tuesday, when
an arrangement will be made as to
the place Japan viii take in the con-
duct OF affairs in Korea.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-07-22
BY Proxy.

He was a man with large rotund
personality, and he stood at the head
of large line Of Impatient men, WON.
en- and children Pho were waiting for
a chance TO pay their fares and get
past the turnstiie of the elevated rail-
way at Madison and Wabash, says the
Chicago Tribune.
lie was searching leisurely in his
pockets for the necessary nickel, and
it wasn't in any of them. Finally he
produced a fiye-dollar BILL which he
slowly and methodlcally unfolded and
passed over TO the monopolist inside
the ticket office. Dom his bastely
hide!" fervently exclaimed a man with
strong Tipperary accent, half way
down the line. 20, you mustn't talk
that way!" said a sweet feminine
voice directly behind him; "but thank
You very much!"