New-York tribune., 1907-11-27


man whose life was "a lesson in faith lind
ness ana slinphclty'" proof that it is possible
TO be Of the world and yet upsno,tea -, a.
world-such was the late Dean Hole 20 o ,,,o
believe his old friend Mr. G. % ~ -
editor Of this collection of his letters Tn tr,,.b
these epistles justify Mr. Dewar's e,,loo,, Gov
they reveal loVabe nature, one at onca eentla
and strong In this they are attractive though
it cannot he said that they are generaIIv inter
esnng. Inc pest OF his work in the literary
sense Hole put into his volumes of genial rom
inlscehce ana ms writings on roses and these
letters kindly and humorous as thev ara will
not give him place in the company Of Tsn,h
Fitzgerald and Thackeray He yvo,,Id bs,,. 49,
the first to acknowledge this as he once did in
the matter OF physical stature At 2 dinner
gwen by Leech the two big men Hole and
Thaokeray, measured their height back to hack.
and the result was "a dead heat" yes, said
Hole, the fiddle cases are of equal size. but in
his there's glorious violonceno and in mine a
dancing masters kit Once in a while Holes
sense OF fun bubbles over as in the letter of
introduction given to his fellow clergyman and
gardener, the Rev. c. c. Ellison:
This Is to certify that altho' tba baara- r =
Ellison. mas the lineaments of Garrotter and the
Of ny belief been convicted in CoDrt of 9 stes ne Ssf
tsigned) S. REYNOLDS HOLE
II is no wonder that the face of the man to
whom Mr Ellison delivered this amazing intro
ductlon was a study when he read it." The
fun that anin1ates many Of Holes letters
was joined TO kind of childIike SIMPLICITY
which might have been that of good Doctor
Primrose. There is a pleasant picture in the
remembrance of nephew of one of the Deans
old friends:
&, The 5 last time saw my uncle, was with him
my uncle came in. shall never forget those two
eyes gstenng With SS T@Gf otheT their
tears Ihey had not met for so long Both were
Lut away the best Of childish things. They
EIas' now such stories they told.
a lazy journey in a little Dutch yacht
through the meres and rivers of Friesland is
described with much spirit in Mr. H T. Toma-
Inns Three Vagabonds in Friesland" E P
Dutton & Coz His picturesque and humorous
account is reinforced by reproductions of some
Of the most engaging and characteristic pho
tographs ever taken in that land of quaint cos
tunes. The little boys in wooden shoes and
Voluminous breeches, the fat little girls Won
deringly grave under their old ygornanish caps
are all charming. and equally interesting are
the pictures of their elders and of the villages
upon the waterways. What may be enjoyed in
lonelier reaches Of the mere is here noted:
The giant water Flantain borders the water
courses at times almost tropical iuxuriance and
every conceivable variety of Towering reed and
rush are TO be found in different situations. Il is
f2s g25seoq5 5st sight to to sail for miles DID at
times as the eye could reach did this glori-
Gus frame of green and gold delight the eye and
III the air with delicate p Perfume rHEn eReen as f o
r r9ysI purple w would now and again be noticed as
Of bloom 70 the sway of the rushes. Such wealth
snd beauty that the consciousness Of our utter
and ah asf5 to m % oer IF m the fhe pTe qh
sion they made upon US. was borne in upon US all
too often
Mr.. Gustav Koobe tells in the volume entitled
''Signora" CThonnas Y. Crowel & Co1 a pleas
ant story Of life behind the scenes at the opera
house-Signora, the little child left deserted at
the stage door. becomes the ward of the old
utility man. and a dweller in the mysterious
region of fly galleries and paint bridges. The
real world 10 her is the unreal world she finds
there, and she grows up the darling of the COM
pany and artist by instinct. Given so
romantic heroine in such environment and
how could the end of her story be other than
s6aiodramatie? Incidents aside. the book has
vraisemblance, for here under names but slightly
rnetamorphosed are some of the most admired
personages operate stage has known.
Here is the scene in the dressing room of the
prima donna when old Yudels deposits the
newly arrived waif in the lap of that noted
being:
but Of the JeaufS de diabIe type. Yet as she in
cined her head over the baby the group OF
singers meanwhile closing around her a look of
real tenderness came into those eyes that usually
flashed with the fire Of unbridled passion or
There were q few moments of absorbed silence.
ea u question b ib are ti you gag to her her
gan smoothing down the bristles of his moustachios
81 BE as an 70 d6f sk sP Sf drs4 9G6 % With the air hS q Sn
who is trying to look pleasant because about TO
give important advice which he desires to have
ever the giant bassoDwho knew nothing at all
about babies-suggested kouniss adding, You
fercsly. his Inousfachios bristling up again fEy
whom has il been dgested?" and he allowed a
ferocious look 20 travel from one the other.
until ii rested upon the offending basso, who, as
alarmed Receiving no answer, the barytone
slnoothed down bis bristles again. and. having re-
sumed mere affabe appearance. said in his most
better for her than macaroni' and then with
grew to Ms M dreSsng = Fgo a m 10 ma 5aa tb
the self-sacrifcing spirit to throw on on ms herse
appearance, on which IKE most smal5 men. ne
4 few minutes later and the baby opened her
her. broke into the sweetest imaginable smile.
aeTeuP9h egeTy one alma IN sS onna nq9 % seG was an most
expansive and rnaternal-it had beaned thousands
and ~ 5 basn on e5 Q! nen and they @ stood
side by side. each with hand resting fondly on
up eyes raised heavenward, and lips wearing
ers looked like Raphael's cherubs. fun lsngth and
grown up.
One OF the most captivating books in the
group inspired by the growing enthusiasm for
nature study is Mr. William Lowell FinIey's
American Birds Studied and Photographed
from Life (Charles Scribner's Sons). 1t is the
result Of the observations OF many years-ob-
servations conducted with extraordinary pa
cra1 n thorough