Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-05-08

a new I'VE volume or Les MlSerd-
bles," by Victor Hugo, is to be brought
out which will contain twelve chap
tiers lacking in other translations.
Arthur Stringer's new novel, "Phan=.
tom Wires,'' narrates the further adj
ventures of the characters introduced
in his former story "The Wire Tap
pers."
The new novel by Norman Duncan,
to be published about the end of
March, is a tale of the same region
which the author SO impressively de-
scribed in his CDR. Luke of Labra-
dor" and CDR. Grenfelrs Parish"
The Aud Brig of Ayr, thanks to the
efforts Of Lord Rosebery, is to be
handed over to the preservation Com
mittee," who will protect It against
the ravages of time. The fund required
for the preservation of the Aud Brig
was slow in Undertaking. until Lord
Rosebery made his stirring appeals to
his cOuntrymen to save the old monu-
ment Of bygone ages dear to all lovers
of Burns and his country.
An interesting novelty in publica-
ton is the bringing out of Hall Gaines
new story, Drink" in paper at 10
cents a copy. 1t was at the authors
own insistance that the low price was
put on the book in order that it might
reach the greatest possible public. The
book was issued in London at six-pencs
and has sold 100000 copies. 1t is also
having a remarkable sale in Germany.
"Drink" is a dramatic story dealing
with hypnotism as a cure for the liq-
uor habit.
Anthony Fiala tells in his latest
book of most unusual Christmas din
ner. 1t was given at Camp Abruzzi,
Crown Prince Rudolph Island, Franz
Josef Land. The expedition carried
printing press and the printed menus
were decorated with the picture Of NJ.
Ziegler, who financed the expedition.
The menu consists of many courses, in
Guiding one made entirely of ''Pota-
toes, County Cork" and another, "Ice
SACCllu, ~ UCAOMS NOLLlAO0 Ny OUS. all
thony Fiala was the POSTMASTER and
the first toast was Our Brother Ex-
plorers-'Truly these be brave men
all -; "Kleptomania-The gods help
those who help themselves y; "Aescu-
lapius in the Actic-'A stranger in a
strange land; my Largest Whale
(the story which must be proved
twice)-'Now the Lord had prepared a
great fish, and finally, "Wives and
Sweethearts," concluded the toasts of
a truly unique Christmas banquet.
A delightful letter written by Car
lyle in 1871 to a student, and publish
ed recently for the first time in Edin-
burgh, contains the following para
graph: 81 have never doubted that
the true and noble function of a wom-
an in this world was, is, and forever
will be that Of being wife and help
mate to a worthy man and diScharging
we'll the duties that devolve on her in
consequence as mother of children and
mistress of a Observation-Disclosures high,
noble, silently important as any that
can fall to a human creature; duties
which, if well discharged, constitute
woman in a soft beautiful and almost
sacred way the queen of the world.
The true destiny of a wom-
an, therefore, is to wed man she can
love and esteem and to lead noiseless-
ly under his protection, with all the
wisdom, grace and heroism that is in
her, the life prescribed in consequence.
1t seems, furthermore, indubitable
that if a woman miss this destiny or
have renowned it she has every right
before God and man to take up what
ever honest employment she can find
open to her in the world"