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Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-04-17
DRAMA.

A five act Drama, entitled "a White
Mountain Boy" will be rendered at
bonner,s Hall, Kilmarnock, Va, by
local talent Wednesday night, April
18Th, 1908, The play is particularly
good one, laughable and amusing, fin
ISShlng with an exceptionally good plot.
ZONE . one; come all, right straight to
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-04-17

PEOPLE are helping John Guy, OF
Accomac, brag about the thirty child
rem he says he is the father of. But,
we ask again, what of Mrs. Guy?-
the daily face-washing, dressing,
nursing, treating for collie, colds and
measles? 1t is not "poor Guy" but
the poor Mrs. Guy.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-04-17
AFRO AMERICAN NOTES..

I
S. l.. Griffin, Sunday School mission
airy for Lancaster, visited Oak Grove
Sunday school Sunday afternoon and
delivered lecture on Sunday School
work.
Fitzhugh Rice left Monday last 10
join his wife, Mary Rice, who preceded
him two weeks ago to Green Spring
Valley. Md, where they will spend the
summer.
Willie Redmond, formerly of this
place, but now of Baltimore, after a
two weeks stay with parents here re-
turned Monday to the. Monumental
City. sac.
Messrs. Joseph Mitchell and Alonzo
Jordon left last week for Meadowbrook.
Pa +s
Miss A NJ. Hill recently spent Sun
day with friends at the Northern Neck
Academy, near Ivondale. &c..
Miss Ruth Bland, of Merry Point.
spent Saturday and Sunday before las t
with Mrs. H. C. Roam.
Don't forget the Arlington Grove
anniversary at-Beulah next Sunday.
10 reference to the funeral of Miss
Lizzie Lee, 1 wish to say that there
was only burial service at the grave
which was conducted by Rev. Washing
ton as mentioned. II. g. R.
S1ilD-,A,e,.s,,,,7u ..
The Kilmarnoe& private school, taught
by Mrs. Mary "A. :, Williams, held
its closing exercise Aprihes9. Fol-
lowing are names. of those who
are entitled to their of honor. having
made in their examination an average
of from so to 90 percent: Mary Bundy,
Lucy Smith, Marie Toulson, Corleather
Toulson, Baron Lee, Joseph Lee, Char
lie Smith, Govan Toulson and Nancy
Virgins. =. 50 $3.50 S:.-a~ ( ~.
We learn that wedding bells will
ring in Antipoisin. Neck in the near
future. -sls., s..-5 go,
Ozie Layton. of Baltimore, is visiting
relatives and friends near White Stone.
Mrs Irene Montague is indisposed at
Miss Edna Conway. near. White
Stone, who has been visiting. relatives
and friends at Tombs. returned home
Monday of last week She was accom-
panied home by her cousin. Miss Julia
Coleman, who has returned since.
We are glad to see Mrs. isabella
Johnson out again after long illness.
Mrs. Mary E. Hinton, who was call
ed to the bedside of her sick mother in
Washington, has returned home.
Mrs. Vermillion Johnson is sick at
this writing. Finch Gordon, who has
been sick a long time is also out again.
Isaac j. Taylor and Eddie Carter. of
Tombs, were in Baltimore the past
week.
q. w. Chewing and Hubbard Jones.
of Tombs, took load of Junk to Nor
folk last week..
Mrs. Anna Raney, of Eastern Branch.
who has been sick for more than l2
months, passed quietly away Monday
night at an advanced age. She leaves
four sons, two daughters, one sister
and host of friends to mourn their
loss. The G. u. o. of Galilean Fisher.
men took charge of the body, while
Rev. ID. IL. Chamberlayne preached the
funeral. Her remains were Inferred in
the family cemetery, Wednesday at $40.
We note among the sick ones this
week: w. d. Jones and Miss Bedella
Beane, of Tombs, Miss Lucy l.. Ed
wards. of Eastern Branch, and Mrs.
Ellen Ball, of Kilmarnock.
We are glad to report John TAYLOR. of
Avalon, and w. nj. Kenner, of Millen-
beck, who have been critically i'll, as
improving. r: H.~H
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-04-17
NOTICE!

l shall endeavor to see every person
IN White Chapel District between now
and May lst and collect their taxes for
1907. Please be READY. If you desire to
vote this fall send your poll tax bv p.
-. order NOW, SO as to avoid error and
comply with the law.
Respectfully,
JOHN CURLETT,
Deputy Treasurer.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-04-17

DON'T it strike yoa that events in
the past few weeks pick Bryan out
as sure winner if Taft is the Re-
publican nominee, and with even
chances as against Roosevelt?
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-04-17

MASSACHUSETTS has $4,000 more
women than men. 1t is asked what
they do! Probably wait for men and
meantime chew gum.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-04-17

DOCTORS are short-lived, so it is
said. So are many of their patients,
even shorter than the doctor.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-04-17

The earth is fitting, SO say the
scientists. Be calm; it is only Bill
Taft walking about in the West.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-04-17
PAID UP CAPITAL $1,000 600,
Your Money
Will Draw
3 per cent Interest

and be subject to check whenever you desire (same as
National Bank if deposited with this strong and conservative
y managed institution which under the direct supervon
OF the United States government as National Banks
our facilities are unsurpassed for handling classes of
accounts and the best interest of the small depositor
looked after the the large depostor
Wills written for customers without charge Cores
pondence invited
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-04-17

Have you attended to that little poll
tax matter?
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-04-17
SOME FIRES.

A fire broke out in the store of Mr.
J. w. Jones, at Cape Charles, last
Friday night and about $40, 600 damage
was done.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-04-17

Will take pleasure in writing you all alb
MEMS and BOYS Clothing, Furnishings, Sho
prices if you desire.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-09
CAMP ENDORIAS SKI

say so. Can you tell by that time whether
you can go or not?" turning to Percy.
eyes, | think SC" he responded, in tone
that indicated he had about made up his
mind to CO. even if it necessitated the us
ing Of some of his beloved bicycle money.
"Well, then, all of you come here to-
night at half-past seven O'Clock, with three
dollars in cash in your pockets to start a
treasury, and we'll make the final arrange
ments."
Saying which, Will arose and started to-
ward the door, and the others followed.
New-York tribune., 1908-12-12

H Onken and Mr.. Joseph B. Baker. deal most
entertainingly with the development and the
various uses of electricity. Two volumes of
scientific information conveyed in a fashion to
attract and hold even those most averse TO
rious information are Professor Edwin J. Hous-
tons The Wonder Book of Light" and "The
Wonder Book Of Magnetism Frederick A.
Stokes Company. Details which might be made
so dull as to weary lazy youth are, on the con-
trary. so presented to arouse instant interest;
and where fiction viii serve to explain and illus
trate fiction Is invoked The pictures in both
books are admirably chosen. Another useful
and interesting book brought out by the same
publishers is Mr.. Tudor Jenks's Photography
for Young People" These pages are crammed
with valuable suggestions and the illustrations
are Illuminating
New-York tribune., 1908-12-12

gubo If Gb9on vas alive now he YOU'D 5I be t9a
ties in the original manuscript. or paid sufficienf
attention TO recent discoveries IN s bi tt
history has nothing to say to moray, ,aS ana rr
ana Commodus an odlous tyrant ne ougnt @ 20 10 ,r1,
recounted the bare facts relating 10 them m una
g% a2d wrong ai6ne a' What notion is this Of con
vertng history into arid science, and diyorcIng z
it from the study of human character and human
conduct! Where else, should like TO know can car
which are fatal to the prosperity and 70 the
existence Of nations Il not from the story to, s IS
the wisdom the heroism and the self-sacrl1ces "l
the past?
In his talk about booksellers and publishers
Sir George was genially reminiscent Bookseu-
ers he conceded might have stern and fornnid-
able exterior aspect but the terrors were al On
the surface Some thirty years ago he said
81 was in Mr. Martch's shop in Piccadilly. and
after a while Mr. Maritch. himself issued from
his inner sanctum and began a conversation
I knew your uncle he said He used TO come
here a great deal He was very common SUIT
of bookbuyer: he always bought 70 read but
there was a twinkle in his eye as he spoke ana
he went on to tell me how one OF his Two no9t
valuable clients always knew the contents Of every
book that he purchased" As to the relations De-
tween author and publisher Treveyan had much
that was happy to say-especaIy concerning the
connection never couded by suspicion, never
disturbed by even the shadow of a mlsunder-
standing" between his family and the
Longmans He remembered that in its early
days. sixty-six years ago, MI Longman was al
much pains to persuade Macaulay to let MS
lucubrations appear in book form at all ana
he added:
Macaulay has left much to and TO those w4o
are coming after me; but he has lett US mar
ANYTHING Of higher value than the close p9na 4 o.
frie0dsh1p and mutual service, which mas alEed'iS
united US for two generations-and may, there @ Is
son 10 anticipate. unite for another geIieLa
rfon veto a certain house in PaternOster fto"-
New-York tribune., 1908-12-12
JUVENILE.

BETTY Wales 3. \. a story for Girls By Margsrer
Warde Illustrated by Eva NJ. Nagel lZnno. pI- '+''
Penn Publishing Company
A story of school DAYS.
cRANDPA's LITTLE GIRLS At SCHOOL BY AEce
T4lrre- curtis Illustrated by Juanlra smith I-lo'
pp Publishing company
FELICIA Bv Elizabeth Lincoln Gould llust a{eI oE
Josephine Bruce. 12nlo. 1872 Penn FuoilsniH6
TIE STREET SINGER By John r Mcintyre Illus
trated b. J. g.. CIaghorn limo. pp So rem
Publishing Company
THE LIVE DOLLS. PLAY DAYS. BY Josephine Serb
-ner Gates Illustrated by Virginia Keep o'o' pl'
los Indianapolis Bobbs- Merrill 'oTnpth-'
T-JC-Tr, TOMS CABIN Adapted by Helen Ring Robin
son with designs by W NJ Rhoads 40. pp. L9o-
penn Publishing Company
zON THE SCHOOL TEAM BY John Prescott Earl III. IL
lustrated by Ralph L Boyer l--i-V- fr- ''' Va ~
Publishing Company
: UNITED STATES IpSliIPMAE AFL'A+ - -
- ieI,tensnt Commander Yates sterling IT. 80 = > \
frustrated Ralph / Boyer i2nlo pp 81 'Seiiu
Publishing tOmrauy1
r7~r1 = MISS EEANGELINE- \ storv for Girls BY
- E-TaIvn Rayr Illustrated D. Emma Iroth I-4lu
m a5I Penn Publishing company
story Of a little Acadian girl
,,-,>-T,tR STORIES FROM THE MABINpjloN- ny
DR. Edward Brooks. 4 II. luus.ia''d- i-i-''' fr
wi 3oS Penn Publishing company
stories founded G Welsh legends OF the NTH ana
centuries
vo1->lf PEOPLES STORY or MUSIC BY Ida Prent.Se
vI,bjtror1b illustrated Svo PIP +o' 'Le--' 'l'a-
., COD .-, ,..
7r,, sror. Of ancient ant modern music with 9ie
g-a-bcaI sketches OF the composers anu -"a-iS mus
New-York tribune., 1908-12-12
mIscEILANEOUS.

PACT, OR MONGREL- Brief History Of t2T ] rise 7i5i @
IA r.. = tha Ancient Races of Edrth+ il Ifloi5 Ll
tb tS1u Of Nations Due 10 In5erIlarfiase 49, W..
sT5sr stock. Demonstration lhaL a Nam
Strength Is Que Racial Purity "a ] Frep1gS fSi-r.
k-ra-7ra VuI sink Early Decay lniesS Iil'i---
Eieoro,Is; Restricted BY Alfred p schultz
i9rno Do. 3GS (Bostou l. g. rage * '"' -
-,5r t5I-NfAnrrY BENEVOLENCE AND tHAiJ1IA IA IL y
The ~ 81 rios OF THE PENTATEUCH AND TIE
TAIMUD. Parallel with the & tzt"T 49, --srles
- he Doctrines Egypt ana the Roman -
r5 Modern Codes. the Sequel OF spirit on nc So
81 Tagfsafion BY Maurice Fluegei eNo' pp- ON"
I3alti1rore- H Fluegel & col
soME SOUTHERN QUESTIONS. By Wsiana Al P;,f
L-scSorkle Ii D. 12-no pp. vii Slb o. = Fu'-
nan's Sons) 49,,
r,,.-,ns,nK nhases OF the question me eIecSve
sranchiga the patriotism Of the South ana 0'H7f
aspects Of the times -,
sC1r->-e-7 AND ART OF DEBATE BY Edwin Du Bois
SCIEstN J9r1o m 2Ts tNeae Publishing Com
Pany1
,-zz- MEMOIRS of A FAILURE With an Account or
a Man and His Manuscript. BY Daniel "Tlslt NJ
pedee LIMO pp. 200 Cincinnati: l. P James,
.,-n.T-1r REPORT OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF
~ 1SIJF SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION showing the
6raratfons Expenditures and Conditions or the IN
s+ifurfnr for the Ended June 30. 1901 mus
trafad svo. pp Ivii. T26 Washington Govern
neut Printing O1ice)
New-York tribune., 1908-12-12
HISTORY.

AMERICAN SUPREMACY. The Rise and yIL PToETsss Of
the Latina unercaa Republics and Their Relations 70
the United states Under the Monroe Doctrine BY
Eaorga u Greenfield In tTO volumes svO, pp- X.
sci viii $50. t5rentanos)
THE ADOPTION OF THE FOURTEENTH AMEND
NFNT. BY Horace Edgar F1ack. Phi q. eVo, pp-
2S5 Baltimore; Johns Hopkins Press}
WRITINGS OF GEORGE WASHINGTON Edited. with
an introduction. by Lawrence 3. Evans. Pm d oFo
DO Ixvi, 567. &C. P. Futndm's SonsJ
The first volume n a series Of The Writings OF
American Statesmen" edited by Lawrence b Evans
Ph. D
THE EVOLUTION OF MODERN GERMANY. BY W IL
lam Harbutt Dawson. svo. pp. XVI. sol Charles
Scrbner's Sons)
Reviewed The Tribune's London letter on De
cember .
New-York tribune., 1908-12-12

his utterances seem always fresh and clear win
never a lapse into grandiloquence OF portentous
fudge
A correspondent of the London Times COM
plains bitterly that there is no monument Of
any kind in London to the memory Of Captain
Cook. He places Cook with Wellington and
Nelson as one of those to whom the empire
owes most ITO have faced he says. the great
unknown South Ocean, trackless and unexplored.
in small barque of about three hundred tons
no bigger than Thames barge. 10 have accom-
pIished his great missions in the cause of science
and to have taken possession OF Australia and
other lands for the empire-these alone stand
as marvellous achievements. But these are not
his only great works. for his surveys Of many
great highways Of the seas stand to-day without
error as monuments of the capacity of the self
educated sailor, who by his own unaided efforts
rose from humble Golfers boy to be captain In
the royal navy" This energetic advocate con-
tinues:
The appreciation Of Cook by other nations than
his own can best be from the fact that on the
d6Sut @ fe 2f tR eHe nsT NJ saes issued
fo9wing instr & to The French @ PI1o,+n in
July 1776. on board the Resolution, in company
make some discoveries on the coasts, Islands and
of Japan and California being on the point of
general Atility all nations il IS the King pleas
ure that Captain Cook be treated as tne c0nInn4eL
of armed vessels, etc. who may meet that famous
navigator shall make him acquainted with the
Kings order on his behalf but at the same time
let him know that his Part he must refrain
from all hCstilities.'
F1ske, in his American Revolution says ,
When Franklin in Paris representative
of the United States he was empowered to issue
Letters Of NarCue against the English. but in do
ing so inserted an instruction that II any Of the
holders should fail in with vessels comuanded by
CAPTAIN Cook he was be shown every respect.
and be permitted to pass unattached account Of
the benefits he had conferred on mankind by his
important discoveries
similar notice was at the same time Issued by
the United States government.
New-York tribune., 1908-12-12
BOOKS OF THE WEEK.
ART AND ARCHITECTURE.

DRAWINGS OF wATTEAU With Introduction BY
Octave Czanne- Illustrated. 4to, xii. 49. I'm
ported BY Charles Scribner's Sons)
Newnes's series Of Drawings Of the Great Mas
FRENCH PRINTS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
By Ralph NeviI. fifty full page plates. Svc,
PIP K. 242 Macmillan Company
a history and catalogue OF notable French line en-
cravings and color prints with detailed descriptions
Of different and many charming ILLUSTRATIONS
HOW TO APPRECIATE PRINTS. BY Frank Weiten-
kampf Illustrated svo, K. 32s (Monat' Yard
& CO)
study Of the development and technique OF
processes Of engraving and etching
AUGUSTUS SAINT-GACDENS. By c Lewis Hind Il
IUstrated. CThe John Lane Company
collection OF Photographic reproductions and a
record of the works OF the sculptor ac
compaaied by a brief sketch Of his career. Issued
a special number OF The International studio
THE CATHEDRALS AND CHURCHES OF NORTHERN
ITALY Their History and Their Architecture. To-
OF Interest Concerning the Bishops
and Other Personages Identified with Them By I.
Bumpus. illustrated 12no 492 L. T.
Page Coz
Review another paxe.
LETTERING AND WRITING Series OF AIphabets
and Thsr Decorative Treatment, with Examples and
Notes Illustrative Of Construction, Arrangement
Spacing and Adaptation Of Letters to Materials. By
Percy J. Smith. With fifteen plates Imported BY
Charles Scribners Sons)
New-York tribune., 1908-12-12
LITERATURE.

4 LITERARY HISTORY OF RUSSIA. By A BTuck1eT
Edited by Ellis II. Mnns. NJ A Lransatea oy y n, n
FaveIock NJ A SvO. xvii Dos ulhporled %
Charles Scribner's SOnsp
Following the history OF Russian hteTailTe ,s II III
the early sixteenth century to modern times Cldp-
ers are given the OF such represenatlve men
as Pushkn Tostoy Turgenev. and the dranlatlstS
poets also studied.
New-York tribune., 1908-12-12
BIOGR RAPHY.

THE STORY OF MY LIFE. Recollections and Rehec-
tons By Ellen Terry. illustrated svo. pp- 4os.
CThe Mcclure Company
RECoLLECTIoNS OF A sPINsTER ANT; Ed!fsd Ztf.2 0y
Fieinenann- York: Paul r Reynolds)
The diary and letters OF English woman set
ting pleasant experiences Of an uneventrul
New-York tribune., 1908-12-12
IN his cool hall, IN studicus plight,
The Roman noble sat;
But though he held his style upright,
HIS ssr-le fsr

Speaking Of one province Of literature which
IS very closely allied to politics. Sir George de-
clared that the period which historian spends
n Parliament however long that period may be-,
is never wasted:
There he learns. he can learn nowhere else,
the cardinal truth that great political events gen
orally are caused and always accompanied by
great passions and great emotions; and that an
historical representation OF national crisis which
IS cold nfeess, may have important merits OF
its own. but be true picture. An! gentle
OF the word the third quarter Of the eighteenth
century. when Doctor Robertson got four thousand
i've hundred pounds for his Charles the Fifth, ''
as well q gold snuf-box from that estimable po-
Verrare the Empress Catherine Of Russia In those
haIcyOn days peers and landowners, a! our island
over kept their libraries well supplied their
cellars and their ice boxes; and they never hesi-
tated about paying down their two guineas, or three
guineas, for bulky quartOi whereas In our time
smart people, and people who want TO be thought
smart. buy not books, but motors And again, the
historian in old days free from other forms OF
persecution which now beset wel-rneani writ er
who aspires please. well TO instruct his
New-York tribune., 1908-12-12
DRAMA.
EIcTION.

John THE BAPTIST A Play. BY Hermann suder-
mann Translated by Beatrice Marshall 12rno, pp-
V POI CThe John Lane Company
New-York tribune., 1908-12-12
An 4UTHOR'S MEMORIES.
Sir George Otto TreUeLyan on the
Past Half Century.

The nephew OF Macaulay, Sir George Otto
Treveyan. made at recent meeting in London
Of authors. publishers and booksellers a de-
Igntful address which find quoted in the
current "CornhilL" Those who know Sir George
Trevelyan's literary abilities and achievements
do not need TO be told that whatever he touches
he adorns, and that his "reminiscences Of the last
fifty years IN letters and politics are well worth
recalling. He has as he said the other evening.
enjoyed rare privileges:
have ridden with Mr. Carlyle a good many Of
the thirty thousand miles which he rode while ne
- els1seI uto1 - nf-.a ~ | e-erS5sa va took
long walks together round and round the parks
a afei-9orsT 1I biogTa5bv Of Lord Chatham the
most wonderful soliloquy to which ever listened.
have been shown over Venice BY Nj RUskin as as
remember that the architectural decoration 10
Std ] f-on, @ he Teraissanoe The spirit $50 he ex-
plaIned) in which these men worked was not the
elf pEs Vas lNg iniroced t1 NJ Robert Browning
10 Waring a sad fiisenchantment when the hero of
he i1i-7ffafIe poer7 had become a weary-Iooking
CID man Ike any Other go6e5 aS PTe5e46 P6 at eehted
audience OF young people about The Nlrslnians lrsl5
Among other matters, he asked US al Tound me me
feet he said: Then 7 must make George Wash
1905. just fifty years afterwards dined next
Iege. Cambridge on the evening of the day when
the university made him a doctor OF laws.
Sir George did not fail to note the alliance in
the House Of Commons between politics and the
more soIfd-"and II may be" he added. the
more stoHd'-deparure of literature He re-
called the fact that eminent public men in an
cient Rome were always reading and debating
and jotting down their thoughts. Some OF
them" he said, st must be admitted, wrote very
badly. I seem to recall a stanza by Mr. Matthew
Arnold on that very subject, which runs some
what thus:
New-York tribune., 1908-12-12
NATURE STUDY.

CHILDREN AND GARDENS. BY 9ertFule JeAyt4 WIou
100 Illustrations by the author syo' pp- 4 IO' uh
norted bv Charles Scribners sons.)
In the Country Life Library
New-York tribune., 1908-12-12

MEYER 4 SON By Dwight T1lton. Based Upon the
Three Act play % the Same Name. by Thomas
Addison. limo pp- 800 CBoston: c. NJ Clark
Publishing Company
New-York tribune., 1908-12-12
POETRY.

THE BURDEN BEARER An Epo q LIn9e.1, sy
Francis Howard Wiliams Evo. pp. ASo- VH'Sos4-
rhia: deorKs w. Jacobs SoS
New-York tribune., 1908-12-12

4 DVERTIsEMENTs AND SuRSCHIPIIoNo TN
y .ae TrtBu1. received at their Uptown ONCE No.
1864 Er0adway 36h st ana 5tlh ST
o. Advertisements received al ihe
a. until eocN p
viz pa r. 2Sd 81. loJ ON q
81 East 81 25T West 4Zd St De'
IN and sth 2e3 West Iz5th ST. loso 80 sa I5T
81 6lst i70s LIST ave. near obta 81.
East I2oth st T56 fremont $50 % ave. &no ~-E
A1nsKaSsa Dissrtct 1slssTNSh 0f50A
New-York tribune., 1908-12-12

Professor c H. Firth. in address lately de-
Iivered in London on Milton as an historian
had some entertaining things to say about the
poets pretudiCes. Perhaps" he said the most
curious example Of Milton's prejudice against
women was that afforded by his treatment of
Roadfcea. Previous historians had regarded the
warrior Queen as a national heroine, he repre-
sented her merely as virago. "a distracted
woman with as mad crew at her heels. HIS
rref,Idfces appeared still more strongly and fire.
orentIv in his references to Church matters. OF
SET rurnose he avoided the ecclesiastical side Of
british and Saxon history as far possible,
mot protesting 10 relate Of those matters more
than what mixes with civil affairs" The rec
or5s Of political events were often an arid cata-
1oe1,e Of names and dates. tragiCal deaths OF
r,rinces Of whom nothing else was known and
bat+Tes without reason or result Such btCker-
,nrs to recount met often in these our writer's.
coronIained Milton what more worth is it than
p, chronicle the wars of kites. or crows flock
t,p and fighting in the air?' But he deliberate
IL refused 10 arnplify those meagre annals by
drav,inr Inon the fund of information which his
authorities supplied about the religious life OF
The times The development OF sclentlnc IN
.srest in the monuments and institutions OF the
cast prss one Of the characteristics Of the seven
te.nth century England. but so far as It showed
,.als IN researches into ecclesiastical antiaui-
.,as Milton took no interest in the movement
New-York tribune., 1908-12-12
BOOKS AND AUTHORS.
Current Talk of Things Present
and to Come.

The White Sister" is the title of Mr.. Marion
Crawford's new novel It is to appear as
serial in ''Munsey's Magazine" for six months
10 come
New-York tribune., 1908-12-12

ing H Reven Company. DR. Aked's preaching
maintains the better Puritan traditions OF IN
teIlectual sturdiness and moral vigilance and
his utterances seem always fresh and clear with
never a lapse into grandiloquence or portentous
fudge.
New-York tribune., 1908-12-12

''Frraternity'' is 10 be the title Of Mr.. Johr
Galsworthy's new novel. II was lntendeQ a.
first to call it Shadows"