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author of The Slave of silence" IL
Illustrated. Boston: Little. Brown &
Co
THE ADVENTURES OF s-HARlES Ed.
WARD. BY Harrison Rhodes. author
IF The Lady and the Ladder" IL
Illustrated by Penrhyn Stanlaws. Bos-
ton: Little. Brown & Co.
NY LIFE AND Ny LECTURES. BY La
mar Fontaine. CE Phi ID. New York
and Washington: The Neale Pub.
fishing Company.
THE Old SPELLING SNAkESPEARD
TWELVE NIGHT, OR. WHAT
HOI WILL Edited by w. c. Bos-
well-Stone. New York Dufield &
Co.
MAKERS OF AMERICAN LITERA-
TcRE; Class Book OF American
Literature. Bv Edwin w Bowen
An. Ph.D.. profess of Latin in
Randolph Macon College author OF
An Historical study of the O-Nowei
i'm English. New York and WASH
ington: The Neale Publishing Conn
pany
WILLIE PRISON, a Defense of Mai.
Henry WirZ. BY James Madison
Page. late second lieutenant. Conn
pany A. 9Th Michigan Cavalry In
Collaboration with Nj. j. Haley With
Portraits. New York and Washing
ton: The Neale Publishing Company
THE WORLDS EPOCH MAKERS.
Edited by Oliphant Smeaton. wy
CLTFFE AND THE LOLLARDS. BY
j. G. Carrick. author of THE Abbey
of =. Mary. Newbottle" New York:
Imported by Charles Scribner's Sons.
Washington: Woodward & Lothrop
4 POCKETFIL OF LIMERICKs. BY
Ralph A. Lyon. author OF Love
Story Masterpieces. Boston: May
hew Publishing Company
THE PAUPER OF PARK LANE. Bv
William lie oueuX. author OF Her
Majesty's Minister" Illustrated by
Frank T. Merrill. New York: Cup
pies & Leon Company.
THE FOUR PHILANTnROPTSTS BY
Edgar Jerson. author OF The Ad-
mirable Tinker. New York: Gun
pies e Leon Company.
MY LOST SELF. BY Ar:rur w March
mont. author of When Was Gar"
illustrated by Alex .. Levy New
York: Cupples & Leon Company.
STATE AND LOCAL TAXATION, First
National Conference Under the Aus
pices of the National Tax Associa-
ton. Columbus. Ohio November To-
Ia. 1907. Addresses and Proceedings.
New York: The Macmillan Company.
Washington: Woodward & Lothrop
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uses CT adversely and he wouldn't really
mean ii unless he was getting a rebate
and the ether fellow the adversely" The
n,a icr's sudden CONVERSION from his
hatred of 1.-The hell-houn's OF the system"
Of finance" as the result of a slight ad-
dition Of SG0HO 10 his capital. will be
appreciated by those who have no undue
illusions with egard TO human nature
THE VIGIL. BY Harold Begbie. author
of The Penalty NeT York: Dodd.
Mead & Co. Washington: Brentano
Mr.. Begbie is too good a novelist TO
permit the interest Of his story to be
stransled in theological discussions and
details. and the development of the young
English clergymans character and faith.
along with the upbuilding of his parish.
furnishes material for an intense and
powerful story. But. ABOVE all. The
Vigil is a mastery presentation OF true
and stable Christianity. The scene is
laid in a brutal English mining town.
where problems. both spiritu-l and hui
manitarian cry for solution. In con-
trast with the somewhat austere figure
of the young clergyman Is the almost
evil strength of Champagne Shorder.'
the revelation of whose story furnishes
point of dramatic interest. Throughout
the rather grim story the gracious wom-
anhood of Beatric Hail. diffuses a mellow
charm.
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from old books kept in damp places and
may be seen on library shelves in sum-
mer. They are almost omnivorous, but
especially fond of paste and mold, in
search of which they perforate bindings.
Their depredations are often enormously
laid to the charge of bookwcrms. Pull
verized camphor has some effect in drlv-
ing away the book lice. and they have
natural and formidable enemy in the
Cheyletus eruditus. This blind acarian.
or mite. which Latreille unjustly de-
ncuncod as bookworm. has an oval
body. soft skin, relatively -arge jaws.
and long legs term mating in hooked
claws. 1t sWarms in old volume. but it
destroys the book lice. not the books
The familiar cockrOach attacks and de-
YOURS in it's nocturnal raids tie paper
bindings Of books as well as -four. sugar
and other provisions. The species best
known in Europe is the oriental cock
roach (Blatta orientala) of A5iatic origin.
In the male the true wings are we'll de-
the abdomen. In the female both wings
and elytra are rudimentary. The head is
short and bent sharply downward. AS in
all orthoptera the larva closely resembles
the perfect insect. but is wingless. AL
though the cockroach reduces only one
brood year 1t increases rapidly.
Another species. the American cock
roach has become acclimated chiefly in
we'll heated dwellings in France and Eng
land. but 1t has long ravaged libraries in
Brazil, Peru and Mexico. where its dep
relations were mentioned by mission
airy friar as long ago as 1864
Among substances inimical to cock
rum powder. The powder. in as fresh
condition as possible. is strewn on the
shelves. In the morning the cockroaches
are found paralyzed and may be swept
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the edges of books in contact with the
wall. AS soon as the larvae are Matched
they begin their work of destruction, not
making long regular tunnels like the
borers, but going in all directions and
gnawing and disintegrating the bindings
in a extraordinary manner. Sprinkling
with benzine and fumigation with carbon
their destruction.
Dr. Hagen of the Museum Of Cam
bridge Mass. has found traps baited
with cheese very efficacious.
Another beetle. the Anthrena, is coca
sionally very destructive to boo~s. though
mails.
Far worse is the Lepisma. or silver
fish, so-called from its shape and shin
ing scales. 1t is little wingless insect
of the order Thysanura. which undergoes
no metamorphosis. and infests wardrobes
and kitchen pantries as we'll is libraries.
The most destructive species may often
be seen scurrying away from a book
suddenly opened in summer. 1t has
large head from which the body tapers
to pointed tail. terminating in three
bristles It's favorite food is paste or
glue to obtain which 1t destroys titles
labels and heavily sized paper, respecting
only the PARTS that are covered with ink.
1t may be caugh, by cutting notches in
the edges Of a small box and inverting the
box on plate containing paste spread
on paper. This trap should be placed in
the darkest corner Of the room The in
sects enter through the notchoS and are
easily surprised and destroyed at their
banquet. Pyrethrum powder also de-
stroys or stupefies them. but perhaps the
best way to get rid of them is to move
and air the books frequently, and Kill
every insect discovered.
Psoques or book lice are often dislodged
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buttons and political thought of otter
lands. the English government has been
enc CT the most remarkable the world
has ever known" This is the opinion OF
the eminen: author of the present histori-
cal study and his opinion is borne out
by the work he submits. He has chosen
to study it at salient epoch. the pres
ent. when the nation has enjoyed some
thing very near to manhood suffrage in
the boroughs for forty years and through
out the country more than twenty years.
a period long enough fer democracy TO
produce its primary if not It's ultimate
effects" Pref. Lowell has limited his
field not only so that it includes only the
but further. only those institutions.
national and local that have a general
bearing. The British constitution is full
of exceptions. CT local customs and spe-
ci,l acts with which town clerks must he
familiar. but which do not effect seri-
ousy the general principles of the gov
eminent. No attempt has been made to
deal with these measures.
Since so much of the English govern
ment is q matter of law unwritten. of
Gust ON, not to Re discovered upon the
surface. and often not described in any
document or found in any treatlse. an
adequate treatment must include assist
ance from men who are part OF the
administration of the government. The
author has consulted men in English
public life belonging to different parties.
permanent officials, national and local.
officers of political associations. Jurlsts,
publicists and many others.
The work is divided into eight parts:
The central government. the party sys-
tenn. local government. education. the
church. the empire. the courts Of law
and reflections. In the first part. which
is the most exhaustive. Pref. Lowell dis
cusses those matters of the relation he
tween the crown and cabinet, the COM
mons and the lords. the executive de-
partments. the civil service. methods of
procedure. etc. which are most difficult
for Americans to understand because of
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life Ameri,

tff1c American.
For many centuries Librarians had OBJ
served depredations due TO insects with
out knowing their precise cause. In
1721 Frisch of Berlin found in crust
of dry bread the larva of an insect
(probably AnobrumD which bored holes
in books. manuscripts and paintings.
In 1142 Predger suggested methods OF
protecting books from the ravages of in
sects, and in 1914 the Gentleman's Maya
zine of London recommended busting the
shelves and the fy-leaves of books
with pepper. pulverized alum and other
insecticides. These pallatives proving
insufficient. the Got:ingen Academy of
Science twenty years later offered a
prize for the discovery of injurious species
and methods of destroying them. The
subject has been thoroughly investigated
by modern entomologists. but no uni
versal remedy has been discovered.
One of the most formidable of the
insect pests is the bread borer (Anobrium
paniceum) which is found in all climates,
not only in libraries but in rye bread,
whence its specific name. The beetle is
one-twelfth inch long. downy. light brown
and striped lengthwise. The eggs are
laid between the edges of the leaves in
scratches in leather bindings. chinks due
to imperfect pasting of backs and fly
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lul!ed senses are aroused to life-and
criticism.
THE GIRL AND THE CAME, and
Other College Stories. BY Jesse
Lynch Williams. au-nor of the
Stolen story" etc. Illustrated, New
York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Wash
tngton: Woodward & Lothrop.
In these stories Mr.. Williams has re-
turned to the field in which he made his
first success. While the point of view
of the college man Of s,veral years after
may lack something of the spontan eous
joyousness which is usually so strong a
feature in the attitude OF LIS recently
graduated brother. 1t has undoubtedly
gained in clearer apprehension Of real
values. So in this new volume the
Princetonian is shown in his relationship
to actual life The opening story from
which the collection takes its name. is an
exception to a rule to which the others
conform in varying degrees. The Girl
boyish
"A College Education" is a clever study
Of not unfamiliar college type. Leg
Pull is a somewhat amusing piece of
practical joking. THE Man in the Win
dow" sets forth very clearly certain ad-
vantages of a collegiate education not set
down In year books. and the Talks to
Kid Brother contain good deal of
wisdom picturesquely expressed.
THE FAIR MOON OF BATH. BY Eliza
beth Ellis. author of Barbara Wins
low. Rebel" Frontispiece by John
Pae. New York: Do,ld, Mead &; Co.
Washington: Brentano.
This is a very favorable specimen of
the popular swashbuckler romance. The
plot. which involves fair heroine and gal
liant hero in series of misunderstanding.
perplexittes and dangers, turns upon a
conspiracy to remove the house of Han
over and restore the Stuarts in the per-
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Venetian scene-a view on one OF the
side canals which the painter-author has
described SO delightfully."- and SO graphi-
cally in his "Gondola Days" No great
is byway left TO the artists. the mcsses
and the sypathetic boatmen. But 1t is
beautiful. The day has almost passed;
in the "ravine' are cool gray shadows.
the sun is lingering and overhead the
sky is hright-the water is still and
limp!d, but out above the garden walls
the world is plainly awake and cay
fingers. 1t is a simple little pairtins
broadly and directly handled. sincere and
good. Some years ago the Corcoran
Gallery purchased one Of Mr.. Hopk.nson
Smiths water colors "Surennes on the
Seine and the artist has new returned
the compliment in very graceful man
ner. 1t is particularly pleasing that a
Venetian picture should have been his
choice. as he is especially associated
with transeriptions OF this place.
There has been some conjecture as to
what painting Mr.. Evans would subst!-
tute for tie Late Afternoon, Med
field attributed to Inness which he re-
Gently withdrew on account Of its being
alleged forgery. The question is now
answered. for within the last few Gays
a lovely canvas by lnnesS. d Wooo inter-
or near Savannah. Ga. has arrived in the
city and been put in the vacant place
Certainly this was a wise selection and a
gain to the National Gallery. 1t Is pic
ture which Mr.. Evans has had for some
years in his private collection and has
priced highly. 1t is ~ by 1S inches in
dimensions and is signed and dated 1879
The title is Georgia Pines but it should
not be confused With the larger and
better known canvas of the same name.
Natures midsummer painting is the most
difficult to transcribe; the green picture
least commonly a success; and yet It was
this kind and this theme which >1nness
most often chose for Interpretation.
The woods here are made abnormaliy
bright by a flood of afternoon sunlight;
the trunks Of the trees are silhouetted
against curtain of leafy green. The
color is very rich. the effect of distance
admirably rendered. Some little figures
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their radical difference from their own
system. The style is both
clear and forcib.e. informal enough to
be picturesque and vivid and yet OF
together admirable one, and will fill real
want
VERA THE MEDIUM. BY Richard
Harding Davis. author of "Th Congo
and Coasts of Africa. etc. illustrated
by Frederick Dorr Stee'e. New York:
Charles Scribners Sons.
The reader who seeks a useful conpen-
dunn of things that couldn't possibly
happen and that no one would desire to
have happen. may be assured of the GER
tainty Of finding it in Mr.. Davis new
story Vera the Medium" A charming
and innocent young girl who has been
convicted of theft-for the praiseworthy
purpose of getting funds with which to
seek empioyment-and who afterwad
becomes a popular New York medium
and gulls the cradulous and unwary to
the profit of herself and the precious
gang to which she belongs: stern yonns
district ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS In a proper
" Davisesque fashion of the present in
cumbent of that position in the metropo-
iis-who loves the charming but menda-
cious medium and who insists. when
exposure comes. in taking her to his
sisters a weak and doddering millionaire
who cheats his relatives but naively
trusts the ''spirits:' lawyer. doctor and
butler-iailtirds all and in collision to
mulct the milionare-these are a few of
the perscnages to whom the author in
vites his complainant readers attention.
Rurlesgue is good and romanCe-to many
souls--is better. But the mixture of two
gccd things in this case requires all of
the authors smoothly deft art to prevent
the inherent a bsurdity from rising up and
shifting even the usual novel reader.
Mr.. Davis would do we'll to beware. or
a hypnotzed public will find that the
fatal passes have been made by which
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son Of the grandson of James IL. BY a
series Of ingenious comp ications the lov-
ers are estranged and the hero's life is
50 often endangered that swordp!aF BE-
comes his habit. The we'll worn but per-
enially attractive theme Of the gay world
at Bath with the figure OF Beau Mash,
somewhat in decline but still potent. and
the whole rout of bells and beaux in evil
dence Is utilized. 1t is in Bath that the
lovely Celia Wilmington wins all hearts
and enthrals that of Timothy Curtis for
ever. 1t is there that she is proclaimed
THE Fair Moon of Bath and is besieged
with admiration. And 1t is at Bath that
misunderstanding are at last cleared
away and Timothy comes into his own
Celia is a particularly winning heroine.
whose charm the author has managed to
convey.
JACK SPURLOCK - PRoDIGAL. By
George Horace Lorimer. author Of
old Gorgon Graham" etc. illus
trated by F. r. Gruger. New YORK:
Doubleday, Page & Co.
4 very real and irresistible humor
makes the adventures CT Jack Spurlock
productive OF more pleasure to the read
er than they are represented as being to
the plutccrat father. From the opening
contretemps with Diana until Jack and
Anita roll away On a private car to their
cabin in the Wilderness. Jack is
thoroughly delightful. il somewhat ire
sponsible acquaintance. He is an arts
tic foil to the implied son of "Old Gorgon
Graham's' advice. but. being square and
an Am arican he arrives at very much the
same point in the end. The major and
the series of vagabond adventures into
which he and Jack initiate each other
furnish a motive for much amusing ad-
venture Jack in his day, says many
amusinsly sententious things Thus he
remarks: PHILOSOPHY is pastime for the
prosperous; a poor man can't afford IT.
No one but John D. Rockefeller could
hand out such phrases as Sweet are the
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L \ Collector and are now on exhibi-
ton in the south loan room. In
number there are eleven or twelve, and
the majority are works OF celebrated
French painters. To those who within
the past few years have visited the Cor
coran Gallery regularly they may not be
unfamiliar. for their owner has generous
" lent them before. but for this reason
they are none the less attractive. Indeed
a picture of the type to which they con-
form grows more significant upon &C
ouaintance and to come across such I'M
exnectedly is like a meeting with old. tried
friends. Possibly of chief Importance In
this group Though not by French
painter) is portrait by the great mas
fer Rembrandt-a Jewish rabbi advanced
in wears. 1t is a wonderful painting and
one which has been fully authenticated
Bode. who is the leading authority. not
only mentions. but reproduces it in his
celebrated work on Rembrandt, and those
who are anxious to familariza them
se.vas with this painters style could not
do better than study this portrait III Is
one of Rembrandts golden brown pic
lures; the entire composition is bathed. as
1t were in this single tone. and yet IL is
by no means dull or monotonous. Ihere
il light and air in the picture. out ABOVE
and beyond all is TO be remarked the
searching personality of the man por-
trayed. for II is this that almost invaria-
bly makes Rembrandt's portraits not
only works of art. but intensely human
documents-which marks the difference
between a mere likeness and an interpre-
tation of character
on will probably be attracted by three
of Miuet's works-two drawings in char
coal and colored crayon and painting
most beautifully rendered. If all of Mil
let's productions were offered to one 10
choose from it does not seem that more
charming or characteristic examples
could be obtained than these. The draw
ings indicate so completely his strength.
his sympathies his aspirations-the paint
ing his refinement. his ability to master
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CURRENT NEWS AND NOTES OF ART AND ARTIST

have been introduced in the middle dis
tance. ard they not only take their place
agreeably in the composition, but really
enliven the scene. With the three other
paintings by Inness in this collection this
painter is now splendidly represented.
At Veerhoffs this weak portrait which
Mr.. Harold Macdonald has just painted Of
Mr. Joseph E. Thropp las been exhibited
1t is a three-quaTter length and repre-
sents Mr. Thropp standing with his right
hand on a table, over which a fur-lined
coat has been thrown. and with the left
half thrust in the trousers pocket. His
face and figure are squarely toward the
observer. Tie pose is easy and yet alert
The clothes are conventional. but have
been we'll handled. and a note of blue in
the tie has baen made to nicely compile
nlert the warm brown tones in the fur
and background. In color it is strong
and positive. but at the same time har-
monous amid pleasing And in addition
to all this-to its good drawing. firm mod
cling and virile brushwork-it is an excel
lent lkeness-a vital portrait as we'll as
a good painting. Some feel that this is
the best work that MI. Macdonald has
produced. but he has. IL will be -emem-
bered some very excellent work to his
credit-inore than a few notably strong
portraits. Il may be said. however. with
out disparasing PAST efforts. that the
brushwork here seems a little freer than
common. the technique looser and the
result more direct. Mr. Macdonald's por-
traits are always carefully studied. but
this seems to have been one of those
which went Well from the first. At
least, it shows no trace of labcred eff
fort, and in its rendering of textures
gives indication of a firm, sure touch
1t is essentially impressive.
A large and interesting collection of
brasses and bronzes has been loaned to
the National Museum by Gen. Oliver
Ellsworth Wood. and may now be seen in
the west hall Of the museum building.
Without exception these are examples of
oriental metal work purchased in China
and Japan. There are vases and jars OF
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BOOKS RECEIVED.

WANTED-A THEOLOGY. BY Samuel
T. Carter ID. New York: Funk &
Wagnalls Company.
THE LAST EGYPTIAN; = Romance of
the Nile. Anonymous. Illustrations
by Francis r. Wightman. New York:
Edward Stern & Co. inc
THE FIVE KNOTS. BY Fred NJ. White.
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technique when required. his skill as
painter. One of the drawings shows
peasant girl driving cow home at even
ing across the lowlands. the other pic
lures a gardener holding out his arms to
his little child who. step in advance OF
the mother. is toddling toward him. OF
the three the painting is the smallest. be-
ing tiny canvas carefully wrought.
Two women are represented as seated'by
window sewing-the theme Is simple.
even commonplace. but It's Interpretation
is beautiful Milet was not wont to be
as painstakins this-the thought in
terested him more than the method and
his expression was often almost uncouth
One other example of mastery work.
manship. of apparent daliance in execu-
ton for love of the art. may be recalled
in painting by Millet called The Clean
ers"man unfamiliar version s of the h.
Potter of New York. and shown some
years ago in the comparative exhibition.
There is in this same loan collection
charming little Decamp-a picture of a
cat, a rabbit and a weasel. which has
been Reproduced many times; a charac-
teristic Observation-Disclosures Columbus
relating his adventures to the King and
Queen of Spain in the presence OF the
court and accompanied by Indians. and
wood interior by D!az. And in addi-
ton to these there are landscapes by
both Hobbema and Corot and anima!
paintings by Mauve and Troyon The
last is an exceptionally fine example
net cattle as is common. but hOrseS-two
at a watering trough. white and a bay
the former riden by a farm lad in blue
shirt with dark colored breeches. Black
storm clouds cover the sky. but through
some crevice the sun has broken. gliding
in streaks the broad, fair landscape. 1t
is a delightful piece of color. an inter
esting composition and fine painting
These are some of the paintings upon
which an import duty has been paid. and
which for a fair proportion of each year
are placed where the public can profit
by them.
An addition has been made this week
to the Corcoran Gallery's permanent co..
lection-a water color by Mr.. F. Hop
kinson Smith having been presented to
the gallery by the artist. This Is a