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4 One thing is demonstrated by Mr.. A.
Henry Savage Landor in his two beautifully
printed volumes, Across Widest Africa '
(Charles Scribner's Sons), and that is that
Africa nowadays presents comparatively
fSw difficulties to the tourist who IL gifted
with a little common sense. There In now
n beaten trail from south to north, so that
the traveller has no trouble except when
he wiIfully wanders from it. Mr.. Savage
Landor shows that as plain a track exists
from east 20 west for those who exercise a
little Judgment in planning. Save for two
stretches. one in Abyssinia and one from
Sudan 10 the Congo basin, both OF which
might have been avoided by change OF
route, he was passed on In his journey from
one outpost OF civilization TO another.
What purpose the author had in under
taking the journey is not very clear; appar-
entity 10 was to rush across the continent
In the shortest time possible. His record
from Diibuti on the Red Sea TO the tip Of
Cape Verde was 304 days. and might have
been less save for some annoying delays.
and very likely his journey is. as heboasts.
the longest ever taken across Africa from
east TO west, but what was the use OF itl
The statements in Mr.. Savage LandOr's
previous books Of travel have been re-
ceived with some scepticism by competent
judges and his own account in these vol
umes will hardly arouse conhdence; his
haste. his marked dislike for negroes and
keen sense Of smell, and his inability and
unwillingnsss TO understand savages tinge
his Impressions For the greater part Of
his journey his statements can be checked
however. by the accounts OF men who have
spent years in the districts he hurried
through
A page and half OF denunciation Of the
Dibuti hotel and complaints about the
trains on the AbyssiniaD railrped awakel
doubts st once in the readers nadnd about
ths ftness ok tas author to undsrt ake I
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Snnn Recent Fiction.

In The Knight Of the Silver st ar" Or. F.
Fenno and Company Mr.. Percy Brebner
variea the usual course of make believe his
torical adventure by projecting his readers
rather ingeniously from the present into
medieval surroundings. The stress he
puts on the brutal side of this imaginary
life might be forgiven II it were not for the
painfully artificial language he ooncocts
for his unfortunate characters. There is
good deal of action. Of course. and all ques-
tions NJ probability or Of motives are thrown
out by the inherent absurdity OF the plot.
The reader could easily spare the comic
Irishman and his wife.
The descriptions in The Affair at Pine
Court" by MIR. Nelson Rustin Gilbert ~. B.
Lippincott Company are pretty good, and
the natives" are lifelike. The theme Of the
story is suggested by a recent tragedy in
the Adirondacks. II is a pity that the author
did not stick to this for that part Of the book
seems sincere He has chosen, however.
70 bring in lot OF clap trap melodrama
that spoils everything, and his society
people, men and women. are wooden
puppets.
A murder trial is the point about which
Mr.. William Henry Carson's Evelyn Van
COuTJIAuu NN. dhu NOhp"hyf '
revolves.. Some portions in which the
lawyers come into action are well done,
but the plot 10 tangled up with what is
supposed to be the psychology Of the chief
| actors. These are drearily emotional stage
puppets. and their love affair Is long drawn
out Many minor ch haracters introduced
without much relevancy TO the plot help
| to confuse the story.
The heroine Of -An Interrupted Honey
! moon" by Jane Grosvenor Cooke "a. 8
Barnes and Company. Ia interesting ur
20 a certain point. The village life and
many Of the minor characters are vel
drawn. The preposterousness Of the
quarrel at the beginning the reader viii
pass over. but where will he find any ex-
planation Of the unspeakable hero after his
conduct becomes known? Women authors
nowadays write pretty queer things wheT
they undertake to deal with what they
call passion but here the drop from thc
dscencies OF American country life TO 10
laesque naturalism is pretty abrupt. The
reader can only pity the heroine for tax
ing up again with the hbertine counter
jumper whom she has married. The booA
is a succession Of scenes that do not hang
together well and is spoiled by attempts ri
| aatrenRth."
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no time on -ssntimentality. He has put
together an extremely attractive picture
Of his birds which should lead otnerS'
especially young people, 70 study them IN
the same way.
Much interesting information about pearls
il imuarted. rather verbosely and rather
ponnpoUsly, in W. II. Cattelle's The Pearl
81. b. Lippincott Company. Every chapter
leaves the reader unsatisfied, for he notes
the authors omissions; the article on
Pearls in Literature" might just as well have
been left out. and so. for that matter nlgnt
the portraits Of great ladies'. Nevertheless
the author does tell a good deal that is
little known as we'll IA much that IL easily
found about pearls-the way they grow
how they are obtained andsthS uses they
are put 20.
Another special book on horticulture
is published by Doubleday. Page and Com
pany in Water Lilies and How to Grow
Them" by Henry s. Conrad and Henri
Hus. One author has attended TO the
practical the other TO the theoretical part
Though the book il small II treats Of all
sorts Of lilies, even the Victoria regia,
which we imagine il beyond the range OF
nost amateur outivatOrs. and with kindred
water flowers. IL shows how a half barrel
NAV be turned into lily pond. There are
manv illustrations that should tempt any
one TO try to raise these beautiful flowers
under the practical directions of the book.
A very entertaining summary OF hfe
spent in the woods has been written by
Martin Hunter in Canadian Wilds" "a. X.
Harding Publishing Company. Columbus,
Ohio). There is a little OF everything in
IL. "reminiscences OF the Hudson Bay Com
pany. directions for hunting, trapping and
fishing, bat above all. personal experiences
in the woods All this is told with charm
ing directness and simplicity and will be
found more exciting than any fiction about
the wilds.
Accompanying this from the same pub
fishers. come two little books by A. X.
Harding that bring ont rather crudely the
practical side Of the trapper's trade, Dead
falls and Shares" and steel Traps The
object here is solely 10 catch and kill, with
no thought Of craftsmanship, The trapper
must make his living and must employ
the most efficient means tn obtain meat
end peIts. The description OF the various
engines of destruction will Ire of most use
70 those entering on trapper's life. hut
we fancy that they will he read with in
,erest by small boys in civilized districts
whose ambition does not rise above small
game.
The sun., 1907-11-09
HALLIDAY and Other New Editions.

In the beautiful quartO edition Of r. II.
Barham's ~The Ingoldsby Legends with
MIR. Arthur Rackham's Illustrations (E. P.
DItton and Company }. NJ Dent and
Company have employed all their artistic
taste. The typography ould not be inn
proved, the broad margins are delight.
and the illustrations arc charming. MIR.
Rackham shows more sense for the weird
ness than for the humor Of his text, and as
illustrations his little pen and ink pictures
nre perhaps more successful; but the many
coIored and tinted pictures are thoroughly
artistic and they are reproduced with re-
markable effect. The volume makes ss
handsome a holiday book rs has ever been
published
A charming nature essay by Maurice Mae
| terlinck "The Intelligence of the Flowers
well translated by Alexander Tetxeira dc
Msttos. Is published in an ornamental
| edition by Dodd. Mead and Company.
There are border decorations and pictures.
| The frontispiece Ia very pretty. Maeter-
| Inck's natural history may be fanciful.
but he Is poet and the charm Of his writing
| is not lost in translation.
Another pretty edition of Jane Austen 3
sPride and Prejudice" is published by j. M.
Dent and Company (E. p. Dutton Company.
with iIIustrations by c. +. Brock. These,
like many other colored pictures by Mr..
Brock. are lacking inicharacter. and in this
instance are reproduced rather poorly.
| The typography Of the little book, how
ever. may make up for the pictures
| Il is apparently new impression OF
Jules verne's Twenty Thousand Leagues
Under the Sea" that @. p. Putnam's Sons
| ;aaua IL nnaxea n handsome large octave
volume, with the original pictures. The
story is as interesting as 10 sver was. even
| IL the achievements of modern science In
the way OF submarines have rendered the
exploits of the Nautilus less marvellously
improbable than when the book was
| written.
Two more pretty booklets are issued In the
Abbey Classics' series Of Paul Elder and
Company, San Francisco. They are James
n Russell Lowell's The Vision OF Sir Laun.
Tal" and LOngfellOw's THE Building OF the
Ship" which modern school books think II
necessary to expurgate. For each poem
Mr.. Walter Taylor Field supplies an unpre'
tentious introduction.
For J. NJ. Dent and Company's Every
man 9 Library" (E p. DuttOn and Company
the Rev. r. Bruce Taylor has edited the Ole
D Testament in four volumes under the titl'
Ancient Hebrew Literature The title in
dicates the spirit OF the edition; IL Is dteratur'
rather than the Bible. The work Is verJ
well done: the text is that Of the King Jame'
Version. with emendations from the RcviseC
version and other forms OF the newer criti
cism. The chapter and verse division 4
abandoned. poodle pasaasss are printed q
verse. and the Apocryphai writings arc N
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rough journey. He interviewed Ras Ma
kOnnen and later King Moneik. He then
made his way 10 the Nile across country
with q great deal Of discomfort, most Of
which was apparently due 10 his inipatience
and his disregard OF native OoudiEiOns.
Il sesms incredible that any one who had
read q single book about Africa should
expect 10 pay his way with Engiiah monsy
and should start on such q journey without
the articles Of bArter required by the people
through whose lands he lntsndsd'tO travel.
More than once Mr. Savage LandOr was
saved from HIS own foolhArdinoss BY the
intelligence Of q SomaM boy hs took with
him.
At the Nile he fell into the hands Of tho
European and native officials Of the
Egyptian Sudan, who passed him along
TO the border Of the country. There he
undertook to make his own away to ths
French Congo and endured much unneces-
sary hardship The French officials treated
him well and helped him on from post TO
post, around Lake Tchad 20 TimbuctOO,
which he describes at length. Thence no
proceeded along the river 70 the railroad,
the Senegal and the sea.
Mr.. Savage-LandOr often asserts his dis
Doucl ia buo hoSlulVO ShoOhy VI hNl"AANA
fever, and prOclaims the superiority OF
castor oil over Quinine an a remedy. His
ideas OF humanity are rather strange. for
he repeatedly leaves dying animals to perish
as ne has not the heart to put them out OF
their misery. He apparently abandoned
the S0mah who had more than once saved
his life at some place near Lake Tchad; at
any rate he drops him out OF his story. The
personal incidents. which are OF no great
importance. are told pleasantly; the de-
scriptions of the natives and their manners
must be taken with sQpe caution. He
speaks good word for the much maligped
Congo State officials.
He took many photographs many OF these
are interesting and some fine Others have
been touched up so that they lose scientific
Importance and In some cases look like wash
drawings. Whatever merits his book may
have MIR. Savage-LAndor can boast chat he
carried his British stiffness and his personal
preIudices intact across the continent,
The sun., 1907-11-09

Pilgrimages About New England Inns"
by Mary Caroline Crawford IL. c. Page
and Company. Boston,. The author pre-
fers talking about her inns to describing
them. For the description she trusts TO
photographs; she might with little trouble
have indicated in these whether the build
ing is still standing or not. She is not
always discriminating about the truth
fulness OF her legends. and she leaves
much Of New England untouched. but the
book is very entertaining and has been
written with conscience and with sympathy.
Ahard working anthologist Of the Pacific
coast. Jennie Day Haynes. has put together
for the holiday season a number Of appro-
pirate selections in prose and verse with
the title -Christmasse Tyde' paul Elder
4 Company San Francisco. The publishers
have provided them with a striking, artistic
typographical dress Of black letter and red
The editor has taken special pains to CLEAN
from modern authors. who do not stand
comparison with the classics any too well,
and makes her extracts fit from Christmas
Eve to Twelfth Night.
Stronger Is the appeal to the inmOst man
in How to Cook Shell-Fish." by Olive
Green &C. p. Putnam's Sonsl. Two hum
dred and fifteen ways to cook oysters and
one hundred and seventy-hve ways 90
cook lobster may bewilder epicures. but
the author has found only three ways
TO cook snails. She includes terrapin and
turtle among shellhsh and indulges in undue
| hippanoy. some borrowed, In her intro
ductions. Her recipes will be useful TO
| the adventurous young housewife who has
not yet discovered the few good established
| dishes and feels that she must exDeriuneTI
on her husband and her guests. Her temp
tatiOn will be greater because many Of
the recipes are adapted to the chaHng
/ dish.
A bright little skit that every lover OF
dogs will enjoy has been written by Walter
Emanuel In "A Dog Day" E. p. Dutton and
Company. It Ia more. than helped out by
the extremely funny colored pictures by
Cecil Adm. There Is no sentimental
natural history or improbability In this
record OF a normal dog g daily performances;
he is a resH unregenerate pup.
A trip through Europe was taken by Mr..
Charles Newton Hood with his wife some
years ago with financial limitations, the
record Of which is told in a pamphlet called
Europe on s4.OOa Day CThe Rolling Stone
Club, Medina, ". ". Even with the in
crease in the rates OF steamer passage, the
feat should not be difficult for people Of
common sense. II is perhaps rather to be
wondered at that. with the precautions
1 taken. the expenses In this case were no,
less.
The instructive and entertaining guide "a
the Hudson by Mr.. Wallace Bruce, 10
| reprinted in centennial" edition on che
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N,tur. FROM Warriors Human sides.

Il is TO the pleasant tribe Of hunters with
the camera that kir. William Lowell Finley
belongs, and the spoils he has gathered in
.American Birds Charles Scribner's Sohs)
may be looked at without compunction.
He ranges from the humming bird and
chickadee to the American eagle. and is not
afraid TO reproduce photographs that are
amusing. s. many are OF young birds
that the funny pictures are not few. The
text is simple and unpretentious. and the
record Of personal experiences adds TO the
interest. Regardless OF tho Judgments Of
the highest authority Mr.. Finley tolls what
no has seen thd tho infersnces he has drawn
from the acsions OF tho birds. but he wastes
The sun., 1907-11-09

A book Of extraordinary interest has
been written by w. j. Gordon In Round
About the North Pole" (E. p. Dutton and
Company. Whatever may be thought
Of the sense Of trying TO reach the north
pole the story OF Arctic exploration Ia ex-
citing and invigorstfDg. and it should
not he forgotten thardhe main object until
recent years was not the pole. but the North
west and the Northeast passages. both Of
which have now been accomplished. The
authors division Of his material is a very
sensible one. II is wholly geographical,
for he begins with Spitzbergen and works
shis way east to the Greenland east coast.
telling the story from the beginning Of
the exploration in each district. The ac-
counts are necessarily condensed. but
MIR. Gordon contrivessto include picturesque
bits from the old narratives; be 10 very
successful, too. in bringing out the relative
merits of explorers. The maps are good
and helpful; a few more with details OF
restricted areas would he an improvement.
The book is fully up to date for 1t includes
Amundsens achievement in the Gjoa and
Peary's fIrtheA north.
The story Of the remarkable achieve
ment at the other end Of the world. Capt.
Robert F. Scotts The Voyage Of the Dis
covery.- is published in cheaper two
volume edition by Smith. Elder and Com
pany Charles Scribner's Sons|. In this
new form the story .of-the journey to the
furthest south. which in its contents is
identical with the more expensive edition.
should reach a wide circle Of readers. It.
obtains an additional interest pfrom the
new expedition just undertaken by Lieut..
Shackleton, Scott's companion on the
sledge journey. 20 the same region with the
hope OF attaining the south pole. and j:
possible the magnetic pole as well. This
book provides the only means Of following
whatever Shackleton may do.
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cluded. The matter is rearranged in two
volumes Of Law and History one Of
Prophecy and Poetry. and one Of Wisdom
Literature. Homiletical Narratives and
ApOcalypses. The little books are printed
in very attractive form. and those inter-
ested in paintings from Bible subjects will be
glad to get the stories Of the Apocrypha in so
convenient a shape
The sun., 1907-11-09

0owtiausd on NinA Psss,
The daily Alaskan., 1907-03-27
TOBEGOOD
Mrs. Thaw, Senior, Regards
 Evelyn as Daughter

Special dispatch to the Daily AIakasn)
 New York, March 27-Mrs. William Thaw authorized a statement today denying in the most emphatic terms that she is seeking to have her son sent to au insane asylum in order to separate him from wife. She says .that she re- garis Evelyn as a daughter and that she will treat her as such no matter what might be the outcome of her son s troubles.
 f there has ever been any friction between any member of the Thaw family ard Evelyn Thaw there is no sign of it now. There is DO doubt about them all being perfectly harmon ious now.
 The court completed it's hearing of the apollo ,tion for lunacy commission this morning. which hearing was agreed to last week, holding that such should be appointed Thaw says he is not afraid of the result of the hearing, He has beer assured by his attorneys that he cannot be found insane now.
The daily Alaskan., 1907-03-27
DAILY INL AND
 WEATHER REPORT

The report Of weather conditions at 5 o'clock this morning at points ou the line of the White Pass and in the Yukon valley follows:
 Glacier-Snowing, north wind, I be- low.
 White Pass-Snowing, north wind, | below.
 Fraser-Snowing, north wind, ? below.
 Log Cabin-srowiug, north wind, . below,
 Bennett-Cloudy, north wind, 4 below.
 Pernington-Cloudy, north wind, 10 below.
 Caribou-Clear. north win5, 6 below.
 Whitehorse-Snowing, north wind, 10 below.
 Atlin-Cloudy, north wind,0.
 Tagish-Clear, north wind, l4 be- low.
 Lower Labarge-Cioudv, north wind, Is below.
 Hootalinqua-Cloudy, south wind, 10 below.
 Big Salmon-Cloudy, west wind, 10 below.
 Yukon Crossing-Stcrms, west wind, 10 below.
 Selkirk-Cloudy, north wind, II be- low.
 Coffee Creek-Cloudy, north wind, 10 below.
 Stewart Cloudy, north wind, s be- low,
 OgEYie-Cloudy, north wind, 10 be- low.
 Dawson Clear, north wind, 10 below. Fortymile-Clear, north wind, F be- low,
The daily Alaskan., 1907-03-27
ORDNANCE No. g.

Ordinance regulating the sale of poisons in the Town Of SEagwsy. Be it ordained by the Common Council of the Town of SksgWsy.
 SECTION, l-EveTy sgothecRry, druggest, or other person, who shal, S Il acd deliver any arsenic, corrosive sublimate, prussic acid. or spy other substance or liquid suslly derominsted poisonous, without having the Word "Poison" written or printed upou q label attached { ihe phisl, box, or parcel, iu which the same Is sold, or who shall sell sud deliver any tartar emetic without having ibe true nsDe thereof written or printed upon lsosl attached to the phisl, box, or parCei, containing the same, shall upon con victiOu thereof before tbe Municipal Magistrate be deemed guilty of Q ms. demeanor aud shall be fined not less than Five Dollars $500 nor more than Twenty Five Dollars ts25.0Ol.
 SECTION, 2-No psrsUn shall sell or give sny poison, or poisonous substance, ~ithout recording in book, 10 be kept for that purpose, the name of the per. son receiving said poison, and his or her residence, excepting upon the written order or prescription of me regularly authorized practicing physician, whose name must be attached to such order. Such book shall be kept open for in- spection.
 Section 3-No person shall sell, give or dispose Of any poison or poisonous substance except upon the order or pre- riptiou of 6 regularly authorized or practising physician, without st fehin x to the phial, box or parcel conSipl=g such poisonous substance, label with the name and residence of such person and the word poison" ali priated sp- on it with red ink, together with the name of such person written or printed thereon in plain sn legible characters. Section Any person i5fringing any of the provisions Of this ordinance she upon conviction thereof before Mdnici- pal Magistrate, be deemed guilsy of misdemesnor, and shall be punished by fine not exceeding twenty-five dollars (s25.0Ol.
 This ordinance shsll be in force aud effect from and after its passage.
 Passed March 5, 1907.
 Approved March 5, le07.
 E. ], SHAW,
 President of the Council. MATTHEW BRIDGE,
 Clerk.
The daily Alaskan., 1907-03-27
Noties of Stockholders Meeting

= once Of the Engineer Mining Co. To the stockholders of the Engineer
 Mining Company:
 Take notice that the annual meeting of the stot kholders Of The Engineer Mining Company will be held at the office ot the company, 10 the Town Of Skagway, District Of Alaska on Thurs day the 18th Of April lsO7, al 10 o'clock 2. ID. for the purpose of electiug a board of directors and for the transaction of such other business s~ may properly come before the meeting. The stock transfer book of the company will be closed on Saturday the 2OCh day Of April, lyO- sJ , o'clock p, ID. and will remain closed until FLiday April 26th, 1907 at 10 o'clock a. m.
 By order Ot the Board Of Directors,
 Edwin Browne, Secretary, Dated March 2+, I9o-. 5-23-ln
The daily Alaskan., 1907-03-27
TO START
West Arm Miners to Begiu
 Work

E.. NJ. Morgan and his two sons are 10 Sksgway ou their way to their mining property % Bennett lake. The prop erty is situated near West Arm and consists of several claims, grouped as the Azura,e group. The property carries copper. principally with values ID silver and lead.
 This discOve.y WAS made lasJSummer ny Mr. Morgan, a> ,he representative of a syndicate from Nelson, B. C. Large bodies oi ore were uncovered, and they coutajne1 very rich veins.
 It is the intention ot Nr. Morgan to get ,out 70 tens or more of ore this summer for the purpose Of testing lts values at some ot the southern smelt' CTS. II the development work should make a satisfactory showing force of men will be set to work.
The daily Alaskan., 1907-03-27
BOUND OVER
Jack Hines Valves Examin-
 atiOn
E!FHt

 Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskanl
 Go!d.felds, Nev., March 27-Jack Hines waived preliminary examination yesterday and was bourd over 10 await the action of the grand jury. He was taken to Hawthorne where be will be kept in the county jail awaiting trai..
 Hines wife accompanied her husband to Hawthorne aud will be by him there. She says she will go on the stand and tell the story Of her affair" with Count Perdhesky her husbands victim, if 1t shall be decided to be necessary.
The daily Alaskan., 1907-03-27
GETS BAD
Roumaniau Uprising Grow
 ing Very Alarming

Special Dispatch to Daily AIaskan)
 Vienna, March l7-Ths peasant up rising in Roumania IS becoming alarm ing. Already it has developed into a civil war. Fears are felt that the capital Of Roumanta. Bucharest will fall today.
 Bucharest is iu a state of seize. It IS surrounded with men and LOCO peas ants are marching on the city.
 The government ordered the beseig- CTS attacked with artillery and cavalry Shrspnell was fred into the beseigerS and severe fighting has resulted.
 The trouble arose over the failure ot the government to grant reforms demanded,