The Washington herald., 1907-12-22
THE WORLD OF BOOKS
LITERARY cLEANINGS AND GOSSIP

whose spell the lady had fallen: that
the true use OF poetry Is to arm US for
the battle OF life; that personality. not
logic dominates the crisis Of our ex-
perience. These and kindred topics dis
tingVish Jebb's letters. from which ro-
mantle indications are Loyalty suppressed.
Jebb was elected an Apostle" in his
first term, joined the most fashionable
club, rode played cards. took part In
theatricals. steered the First Trinity boat,
and was anything but q bookworm IN
his youth.
Ainslee's for January has a story by
Agnes and Egerton Castle. called Flower
O. the Orange" which is conceived and
written in the authors characteristic
vein. While il is a story in which action
predOminEtes, II IS full Of the charm Of
atmosphere which the style of Mr.. and
Mrs. Castle creates. II is assuredIy one
of the best short stories they ever wrote
The first fiction story sold for publica-
ton by William Wallace Whitelock, au-
thor of When Kings Go Forth to Bat
tie" was purchased by a fashion maga-
zine. Whether owing TO overcrowding Of
its columns or q too. conscientious regard
for the mandate of the title the editor
did not publish the story until after six
years." and then the check was for S2-S3.
When Kings Go Forth to Battle" has
gone into a third edition.
All but the concluding chapters of Grace
S. Richmond's Juliet were written in
England. Il spent six months there to do
the work" Miss Richmond writes 'Tlv-
ing a number OF weeks in each place
which I have described under somewhat
similar conditions in many ways as to
mode Of life. although the characters. Of
course. are imaginary. l can hardly con-
coive a more delightful way Of combining
work and play than such a living in the
/ background OF ones own story-so 10
speak, work in the mornings, explorations
in the afternoons, rest in the evenings.
/ should like 10 do IL all over again-if
I could only 60 it better"
Mr.. B. L. Putnam Weale has new
book coming out the first Of the year
! called The Impending Struggle in East
ern Asia" In this work, Mr. Weale will
round out the discussion Of Eastern prob
lens which he has introduced and main
tanned in his ''Manchu and MuscOvite. -"
''The Reshaping Of the Far East" and
| The Truce in the East and Its After
math."
In the Memoirs of Monsieur Claude. 8"
the chief OF police Of Paris under Ma
poleon III is described the elaborate sys-
TEN Of spies which the Emperor sur
rounded himself The chambre noire ar
the Tuleries was their headquarters, and
NJ Claude says: The informers. plot
ters. or bravi, who came to get their
pay in this secret room for services rem
dered had a singular way Of presenting
an order for the sum due They breathed
on the glass Of the door OF the Chambre
noirc. and then wrote their names on
! the mist left there, together with the sum
TO be paid. Reading this novel CheQue.
the cashier of his majesty paid the
money, the creditor wiped of the mist
with the sleeve of his coat and no trace
remained Of the passage Of the spy. who
was never. at the TuiIeries, a parsonage
Of a low order.
The second {nstaIlment Of the novel I'm
twelve parts written by twelve different
authors will appear in January under the
title Of THE Old Maid Aunt" The au-
| thors engaged in writing this novel,
which is called "The Whole Family" in
clude William Dean Howells. Mary E
Wilkins Freeman, Henry Van Dyke
/ Henry James, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps,
and others. The reader is allowed 70
determine which OF these chapters is
written by the different authors.
The new and first really substantial
fragments Of 'Aenander," which have ex-
cited great interest from the description
Of Prof. Croiset. have been published in
plates from the original papyrus edition
/ Lefebvre) at the price Of . francs.
The Comtesse De Boigne. the second
| volume of whose memoirs has just been
/ published. lived during one Of the most
| important and exciting periods of Euro
pean history. As a young girl She was
often at the court Of Louis XVI and
| Marie Antoinette and she was obliged TO
! flee from France during the terror. Her
father was a member of the diplomatic
corps before the revolution and after
! the restoration was ambassador 10 Lon
don The comtesse was therefore well
| tttflA lAtilllLCd Will the ire dllu EuSlolllS oA
/ the English as well as the French court
and knew intimately the great men and
women OF both countries The second
| volume describes some Of her associates,
such as Wellington, The Prince Regent,
1 Princess Charlotte, Pozodi Borgo. En-
/ peror Alexander. and Madame de Kru-
deur- II is written with the same vivacity
| and charm which characterized the first
/ volume.
! The popularity Of President Roosevelt
and his eligibility for reelection has
brought the third term" and the popular
attitude toward it, rs they are generally
understood, to the front of public atten-
tiou. They are not. however, mere ques-
| tions of the day. nor do they bark back
solely to the time when the first President
of all expressed his view Of the matter
! by declining. as the present incumbent
/ has declined. a third term One striking
/ historical illustration. cited by Prof w
a. Dunning in his volume Of THE Ameri-
can Nation" series, which the Harpers
/ opening Of Congress in December. IS75.
| At that time. writes Prof Dunning. "a
| resolution passed the House by a vote of
23i 10 IS. declaring that third term
would be 'unWise, unpatriotic. and
fraught with peril to our free instltu-
! tiOns
! An English publishing house has in