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made dramatic while the progress of
the story shows her faithful to her
shepherd and finally triumphant In that
love. The poem is arranged IN series
of seven episodes. each one ending win
a lyrical outburst of the Shulamite' s
love. The illustrations from. Simeon
Solomon's quantity archaic and mystical
drawings are illuminatlve OF ooth form
and spirit.
A HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT EGYP-
TIANS. BY James Henry Breasted,
PhD. professor Of Egyptology and
oriental history in the University of
Chicago. etc. With Four Maps and
Three Plans. New York: charles
Scribner's Sons. Washington: Wood
ward &. Lothrop.
Unlike so many works on the orient.
this book has not been produced at second
or third hand but is based directly and
Immediately upon the monuments. and in
most cases upon the original monuments,
rather than upon any published edltion
of the same. While this volume is largely
a condensation and abrdgment of the au-
thor's longer history. he has made 1t as
far as possible a history of t Egyptian
people. At the same time the remark
able recent discoveries and the progress
of research made since the appearance OF
his larger history have been fully in
corpOrated.
THE INTERPRETATION OF LIFE. In
which is shown the relation of Mod
ern Culture to Christian Science. By
Gerhardt c. Mars. BID, Ph.D. New
York: d. Appleton & CO,
"This volume" says the author. lat
tempts the ambitious and hazardous task
of gathering up the best that has been
thought and said by the noblest minds.
in the past and present. and of putting
it forward in such terms and within
such limits as will render it apprecia BILE
to the popular intelligence" Mr.. Mars
does more than this. however. In max
ing Mrs. Eddy and her doctrines the
highest development of the worlds
thought and her message the culmina-
ton of the religious philosophy evolved
by the process he most decidedly places
himself within the ranks of those who
advance debatable propositions. THE
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BOOKS RECEIVED.

FADS OR FACTSs BY Rayon. author
Of The Mystic Self" etc. Chicago:
The NJ :. Publishing Company.
THE REALM OF LIGHT, a Novel Ry
Frank Hatfield. Boston: Reid Pnb-
fishing Company.
CARE OF AUTOMOBILES; Non-Tech-
meal Treatise for he Business and
Professional Man. BY Burt Paris.
New York: Doubleday, Page & Co
THE SOCIAL DUTY OF OUR DAUGH-
TIERS; a Mothers Talk with Mothers
and their Grown Daughters. BY Mrs.
Adolphe Hoffman. Philadelphia: The
Nir Publishing Company.
HOW TO DRESS A DOLL. BY Mary TT.
Morgan. Philadelphia: Henry Al
temus Company.
lamar CURZE. BY Berthe st. Luz.
author of BLACK Butterflies" New
York: Y. F. Fenno & Co. Washing
ton: Woodward & Lothrop.
PHYS HOLIDAY JOURNEY. Trans
lated from the German of George
Lang. BY Mary f. Ireland. Illus
trated. Akron. Ohio: The Saalfield
Publishing Company.
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felt our worst sorrows since The civil
war gave my boys a career after they had
Tough; SO well for their country, but, the
Spanish American war robbed me of my
first-born and later his only son was
killed OH the Missouri"
A Pathetic Figure.
Mrs. Gridley. talking of her hero son, is
a pathetic figure, one who has appealed
strongly to Admiral Dewey that it is
mainly on her account that the future
celebrations of Manila bay will be par
ticipated in by men alone. Once the gal
liant admiral invited the wives and other
relatives of his captains and officers to
share in the honors of the celebration.
Manila day will be celebrated while two
of the participants living. Admiral
Dewey told me-" said Mrs. Gridley but
just the men will get together. They
were all so good to me on the occasions
in which l attended the banquet, but
felt like it was a damper on their joy.
Only for me was the day one of sorrow
full remembrance, for no one else lost
dear one. The admiral always took me in
and l sat at his right hand and before
any other toast the toast to my dear son
was drunk standing. but 1t just broke my
heart. | told the admiral l could not at
tend again. / always cried and l could
not enjoy the Danquet--lndeeu cOulo not
eat a bite. The memory of my boy would
rise up before me and l would see him
when he first went to Annapolis. when he
showed me his first uniform and IL all
the years when he loved his calling so
passionately and served his country so
we'll 1t seemed that a morsel of food
would choke me, and I knew that every
body felt so sorry that the joy of the &C.
casion was lost. The admiral and Mrs.
Dewey were both SO kind. but the adj
6acihod that during nfQfimo al
least, the guests at the Manila day ban
Quet should be only men,.
Scarcely less sorrowful to this aged
woman was the death of her grandson,
Lieut.. John p. Vincent Gridley, who
was instantly killed by the explosion in
the turret of the Missouri. My dear
grandson came to Washington especially
To bid me goodbye" she said. land at
that time / was somewhat ailing and I
felt very sad TO see him sail away for a
three years cruise / told him that
never expected to see him again. refer
ring. of course. to my own declining
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A Natural Error.

A GROUP of aeronauts were telling
IA balloon stories in the smoking room
of a Chicago hotel. Capt. III. E. Honey
well. who, with the Fielding Antonio"
balloon. was later to break all long-dis-
lance speed records. laughed and said:
The great Eiyot made a balloon ascent
from Charleston one hot summer after
noon A thunder storm came up. Elyot.
amid buckets of rain, the roar of thunder
and the flash of lightning. was blown
about like thstledown On toward mid
night he found himself over a plantation
and threw out his anchor-a grapnel at
the end of a long rope.
1T happened that a colored man had
died in one of the huts of this plantation.
The funeral was to take place in the
morning. A dozen friends of the dead
man sat i'm the soft summer night before
the hut telling ghost stories.
Suddenly in the darkness above them.
they heard strange noises-a Tapping as
of great wings. menacing cries. And they
saw dimly a formless black shape.
'.All but one man ran. This one man. as
he covered on his stool. had the i'll luck
to be seized by the grapnel
The grapnel. going at great pace.
whirled him up four or five feet in the
air and jerked him along at the rate OF
fifteen miles or so an hour.
oh. massa. massa.' he yelled, squirm-
ing and kicking i'm that strange fight. Use
not de one! Use not de cawpse, Dicks
in de house dab! In de house dahl.
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health. But he answered gaily that was
good for another ten years, ana tnen he
would bring me home lovely SILK dress
from China. l regret that my peioved
dead are buried away from Washington
1t would have been my wish to have them
both in the cemetery of Arlington. where
so many who died in the countrys service
rest, but my daughter-in-law is from Erie,
Pa and they were buried there by her
request. But every Decoration day
grieve that they are not here to receive
the tribute of the nation
Her Home Life.
Mrs Gridley resides with her only sur
viving son, Lucius E. Gridley, In COM
Portable home on T street. In her sitting
room large photograph of her son.
Charles Vernon Gridley, in his captain S
uniform and draped with one of the
Olympia's flags. is conspicuous orna-
ment. Just below him is picture of his
son, also flag draped, and in these MEM
cries Mrs Gridley seems to find at once
her iov and her sorrow. She has kept a
scrapbook in which are treasured all that
was said of her brave son and all that
concerns her friends in the army and
throughout the country. One of her sor-
rows is that the monument which the
city of Erie promised to erect to her son
has not yet been finished. To perpetuate
the memory of her son. FOR whom she
made her earlier and most heroic sacri-
fees, is now the main object of her life.
and for the past two sessions of Con-
gress Mrs. Gridley has been busy trying
to hurry matters.
A bill for 5000 was introduced in Con-
gress to erect shaft to Capt. Gridley In
Arlington, but it has not been acted on.
About the same time a bill to give this
venerable woman such a pension that she
would not have to work in her old age
was also introduced. Mrs. Gridley was
apparently Indifferent about the pension
matter, while she is thoroughly in earnest
about the monument. All the prize
money. amounting to over $1,000. went to
the widow, as did a handsome life in
surance carried by the grandson, Lieut..
John v. Gridley. and in addition Con-
gress voted a substantial pension. 1t was
the late Senator Alger who pointed out
that of course 1t was eminently apprO-
pirate for the country to be generous to
the widow of Capt. Gridley. but what
about his mother. a woman then on the
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shady side of seventy? He showed that
the country owed it to her primarily that
this man. who became one of the bravest
and most efficient officers, was not a par
lor hero or an idle, worthless incum-
brance. He did not go to Annapolis as
the petted protege of rich parents. but as
poor boy, at the cost OF many home
sacrifices. and at every step of his
honorable career he had behind him his
mothers resolve and his mothers in
spiration. For this reason 1t appeared to
Senator Alger. and, indeed, not only to
the Michigan men in Congress. but to all
who revere noble mothers, that some
thing should be done to tighten mrs.
Gridley's burden. But the feeling of SYM
pathy never materialiZed, and, though
she will be eighty-three in December. she
looks forward to hard and monotonous
work to the end.
Born in New York State.
Mrs Gridley was born in Waterloo. n.
Y. and her residence in Michigan dates
only from her marriage. Her husband
had gone to the middle west In the
early f1fties and finally settled in Hills
dale. where both her boys were born.
Il have lived a migratory life in a
way" she said land looking back 1t
seems as though 1 had lived in many
states and under varying circumstances.
When one must work. naturally you look
for the best field for your particular
kind of labor. 1 was devoted to my work
in the army and nursing seems natural to
me. Looking back now. it seems impossi-
BILE to have taken any pleasure in life
during those scenes of horror. But I can
remember the joy Of wives and mothers
when they came looking for their loved
ones to find them on the road to recovery.
To have the tears OF one wife or mother
to thank you for anything you did more
than overbalances the fatigue and the
narrowing scenes which the army nurse
must know. 1 can remember one little
incident, which shines brightly through
the dreadful days at Annapolis A young
soldier frightfully wounded was put under
my charge and it did not seem possible
for the doctors to save him. They SEEM
ed to think so and resented that / should
give him so much time when there were
many more hopeful cases to attend. But
he appealed to me and / did what l
could and he began to mend. Meantime
word had gone to his wife that he was
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fatally wounded and she came heart
broken to tell him goodbye. They had
been married less than a month when he
went away and she was just young
thing not yet twenty. When she heard
that her husband was getting we'll she
was overcome with joy and she onered
her services in the hospital. She re-
manned after her husband was able 10
join his regiment. and her, baby was
born in the hospital. / stood Sodmother
and we had a great jollification. That
child grew to be a useful man and my
interest in him has never abated. Sucn
incidents are the reward of the army
nurse, and. thank God. there were many
such in our experiences"
Interest in Descendants.
Mrs. Gridley takes great joy in her
little great-grandson. named for his
grandfather, Charles Vernon Gridley Bud
dy, the child of Mrs. Lewis Buddy, who
was Katherine Vincent Gridley. The
boy is to be called "Gridley" and is the
only bearer of the name. Capt. Gridley
had a younger daughter Ruth. who mar
ried Frank B. Thomas of Old Mexico
She is at present residing with her moth
err in Erie, Pa She has one little girl.
Lucius E. Gridley is president of the
Michigan Society, and though it is nearly
Hillsdale. he is still devoted son of the
native state. He goes home to vote and
keeps his connection with many local
societies in addition to keeping up the
Michigan spirit among the exiled sons and
daughters in Washington city. He has
two daughters. Miss Charlotte and Miss
Helen Gridley. and with his wife makes
a comfortab BILE home for his revered moth
er. He has always been her close COM
panion and has never been separated
from her since he came home from the
war.
I'VE are going together to the encamp-
ment,' said Mrs. Gridley, land / shall
take this occasion TO visit my old home in
Hillsdale, which is just over the border
from Toledo. Every time / go | say to
my son that shall never attend anothe
meeting of the old guard of nurses and
soldiers who saw the dark days of 1855.
but somehow I do go to others and
] find myself making plans away ahead
about what will be done at the next en-
campment."
Mrs. Gridley is fragile and short. with
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Muerzsteg, designed to effect a general
reform of Macedonian administration, I'M
der the supposed supervision of the powers
These reforms. owing to the craft of the
sultan. aided by the selfish ambitions and
rivalries of the European nations, have
been practically Ineffective NJ. Drag
anof shows how far short of their object
they have fallen by citing document after
document reporting fresh Turkish atroci-
ties. Murder. torture, violence Of every
description on the part of the soldiery
have resulted in a paralysis of industrial
life in the unfortunate Macedonia
1--WE ask ourselves says the author. III
it is not playing the part of dupes to
study the details of the application of a
plan of reforms which is only simula-
crum destined to create a belief in good
intentions that do not exist, and to get
rid of other enterprises more sincere and
more efficacious. But at least we have
shown that it is only perforce and as a
response to the English and French mi
tiative that Russia and Austria have I'M
dertaken definite tasks. Now. there is no
domains who escape death from the SOL
diers let loose on them. and from the
horde of Turkish. Albanian and Greek
bandits. are not secured against the BALE
full comedy of justice and against the en-
terpriSeS of the police. nothing will have
been done to save unhappy Macedonia
from her sad fate, and the reforms Will
remain what they are today-the biggest
hypocrisy of our time"
KING SOLOMON AND THE FAIR
SHULAMITE. From "The Song of
Songs" Arranged in Sequence by
Julia Ellsworth Ford. With Illus
trations after drawings by Simeon
Solomon. New York: Frederic Fair
child Sherman.
The ever fascinating subject of '"The
Song of Songs" has been given new in
J,A
purpose has been to make more def
mite the true story of King Solomon
and the fair Shu1amite than is apparent
in the Biblical version. While the text
of King James has been followed more
than any other, the revised version has
also been used where it seemed better
suited to preserve the continuity of the
story. In the present arrangement the
love of Solomon for the Shulamite is
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worlds greatest master OF
literature will celebrate his
eiehtieth birthday next Satur-

@0HE worlds greatest master OF
literature will celebrate his
eightieth birthday next Satur-
day.
No banquet will mark the oc-
casion. There will be no visits OF lauda-
tory committees. for this master of ltera-
ture is living the life of the humoies'
peasant on a farm at TASMANIA Polyana
But from all over the whole world VIII
come a prayer that the occasion shall De
only the forerunner of score more OF
birthdays to come.
This peasant, dressed in rough. shaggy
garb, has carved a name that Will exist
as long as man pays tribute to those VINO
can commit to the printed page the great
truths of life No writer living To-Day
has done that in as full measure as Lyof
Tolstoi.
He is Count Tolsto, and he is peasant.
These are most unusual contradictions.
He is poor without a copeck, he puts
IL. vet he is immensely rich. Born an
aristocrat, he is the sworn enemy of the
aristrocracy of his native land
Russia's ruler will be glad when the
birthday of this old man passes. pro-
viding it does without any sign of an
uprising. What May day is in some
countries the birthday of Tolstoi might
readily become in Russia. for there he is
worshiped of the peasants and the low
" with a devotion such no American
can understand.
Tolstoi is regarded as the great prophet
of the poor. the only man who cared
enough for them to drop his brilliant place
at court and come to be one of those with
whose existence he so sympathiZed.
The Car of Russia and all his court
fear this eighty-year-old man. One let
ter from him works in them more dread
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doubt of the breathless interest of the
story. There is probably no doubt that
it contains much information for the
motor expert. And for that large public
that secretly prefers tn anything else a
bit of wholesome sentiment there is still
less doubt that with The Car a manly
and straightforward American lad wins
a particularly winsome and desirable
lady"
THE CIRCULAR STAIRCASE. BY Mary
Roberts Rinehart. With Illustra-
tions by Lester Ralph. Indianapolis:
The Bobbs-Merrill Company.
The always popular mystery story has
a capital exponent in this first novel by
Mary Roberts Rinehart. While it follows
the usual plan of such romances, in the
succession of appearing and disappear
ing clues. it differs from the general in
several important particulars. There is
real characterization in the person of
the delightful old spinster who tells the
story; there is pleasant romance in
which the younger folk are concerned
and there is the quite precious gift of
humor which lightens many tense mo-
ments. The readers attention is held
from the first to the last page: the series
arouse sheer wonder. and. yet, when all
is resolved. they are shown to be logical
stages in the development of a drama
of ambition and crime. Another pleasant
thing-the reader is always in the COM
pany Of really we'll bred people. There
fore. it is that the depredatious and OBJ
jectionable ghost is kept in the back
ground until it is absolutely necessary
to produce him.
THE FIRING LINE. By Re- bert W.
Chambers. author of The Fighting
Chance" etc. New York: D. Apple
ton & Co.
OF course, when a Robert Chambers
heroine climbs into the boat of a Rob-
ert Chambers hero at distance from
shore which, together with the fog.
makes it quite applicable why she
should seek dangerous safety. every
reader knows Immediately what will
happen. Nobody could possibly resist
Shiela CardrOss any more than he
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Then I feel that do my work well. and
that l am appreciated. When l ask for
annual leave my chief always says:
For goodness sake. don't stay long,
Mother Gridley. for it takes four or
five people to do your work. and then
they get it all mixed up You see. l
put the red seal on every document
which goes out of the general land
office. and then / stamp it. Nearly
every day I do four or five hundred
documents. and those who are not used
to the work cannot come near that
record. I know just where every little
bundle belongs. and when the chief in
charge wants it / can find II without a
moments loss of time. I count it a
great privilege to realize how much my
part counts in the vast beehive of gov
eminent work. and that, though l am
getting far along. l can still keep up
with the line of active workers.
Was an Army Nurse.
Just now Mrs. Gridley is making
ready to attend the encampment of the
Grand Army of the Republic at Toledo.
Ohio. She was an army nurse, and in
accordance with the rule long ago es-
tablished she is three days the guest
of each city where the encampment is
held. The army nurses are dying out
said Mrs. Gridley. Il doubt If fifty will
be present in Toledo out of the hun
dreds who used to collect when the
Grand Army met in former years. Eight
died last year and already nine have
answered. the last call this year. l have
attended many of the encampments.
My whole life seems bound up in the
army. My husband was an invalid and
could not join the brave men who
fought to save the Union. But my elder
son. Charlie. went from the Annapolis
Naval Academy and as soon as my sec
Ond boy, Lucius. was old enough he
too. joined Both served faithfully Charlie
throughout the whole four years, and Lu
cius for two years. l joined the nurses IL
thu last year of the war. The Soldiers
Aid Society of my home town. Hillsdale
Mich. asked for volunteers and when
enlisted / was sent at once to the front
i worked in the hospitals of Washington
Georgetown, Alexandria and Annapolis
When the nurses get together we still
talk of the old times and rejoice at TIL
fair prospect which spreads before tn
country today as the result of the horrors
of those times. Then. many of us hav'
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He was a most brilliant courtier, noted
for his amazing wit. He studied law and
the languages of the Orient at the Uni
versity of kazen. and when he developed
unusual gifts of expression in writing he
devoted himself to literature. AS Toll
stoi himself has frankly said. it was van
ity alone that drove him to writing He
wanted the praise that he felt his books
would bring him. He had no need of
financial benefits. He was rich beyond
his needs, but he loved the adulation that
came to the successful author
In rapid succession he brought forth
works which are classics, even when
translated into English, French. German
Italian and Spanish
His two great master works, Anna
Kareina," that matchless dissection OF
the heart of woman who deserts her
spouse for lover. and pays the penalty in
untold mental agony; War and Peace,
that wonderful description of the Ma
poleonic regime; his scenes at the "Siege
of Sebastopol" for which he gained the