The Washington herald., 1908-01-12

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that it's somebody else's trouble and not
yours-nor your clients, either, nor your
patients-in fact, It isn't anybody's tron-
bic. 1t is just a neat invention OF the
mind. In the matter Of these mental
gyroscopics / suppose nobody is cleYerer
than the French, and yet it is only re-
Gently that they have turned out anything
comparable 10 Sherlock Holmes, in
The Exploits Of Arsene Lupin, printed
In English by the Harpers only recently,
and one OF the most distTacting detec-
tive stories / have read. The same Is true
Of lie Voleur," which as THE Thief Is
proving one of the most popular plays
in New York. I am told that the audi
ence at this play draws largely from
among the medical and legal professions,
and I have no doubt that the detective
situation In the first act which is like
wise the best act, plays q genuine part
in this
The January number Of the North
American Review contains an interest
ing article by Clayton Hamilton on
Richard Mansfield, the Man" Mr.. Ham
ilton was intimately associated with Mr..
Mansfield for q considerable portion OF
the last year of the great actors life,
and he tells in his article of the impress
sion he obtained as to- Mr. Mansfields
character and personality. lie says:
The natural way for him 30 consider any matter of
mnnrtlace was TO let his mind darte all around H.
COW in this mood. now in yhst. until at last 1t
swooped 20 a decision. He utterly unogieal IN
al his processes Of thought. He never reasoned
consccutycy. He arrived at his results. apparently
hy intuition. In mood. certain thing was So
because he felt 1t was. ia a contrary mood the
same thing was not So. because he felt it wasn't;
and whether ultimately the thing was so not
depended on whether the sum total Of the moods in
which he considered it flung the g,atcT emphasis on
the positive or the negative side. Neither In con-
Sesation nor IN thought did he march logically
step by step. from premises 10 conclusions. and he
always seemed impatient % other people when in
talking TO him, they reasoned with Iabouus logic
The conclusion all he cared about. Also in his
own talk. he was extremely sparing Of details his
imagination struck home 10 the heart Of the matter;
he would incorporate an he had 10 say in a single
luminous sentence and would then dismiss the sub
iect with gesture % fnality.
II will doubtless be Interesting news TO
many patriotic citizens says Harpers
Weekly. that the contents Of the Library
Of Congress- at Washington. for the year
just ended classes it as the third largest
library in the world. II contains ], f33, S4S
books and pamphlets and some 1900 other
articles. It's net gain In miscellaneous
books and pamphlets during the year was
H604 The total expenditures for the
maintenance OF the library for the year
amounted 10 $4,000. Eighty-five thousand
dollars Of this amount was offset by re-
ceipts for copyrights. fees. &c In addi-
ton TO the above expenditure $4,000 was
expended for printing and binding.
Among the most commended Of the
lyrics OF Dora sigerson Shorter, in the
recent Harper collection TO which George
Meredith has prefaced his appreciation,
the following is one, a Meadow Trag-
edy:"
Here's a meadow fun q sunshine,
Rpe grasses hush and high,
There's a reaper ca the roadway
And a lark hangs IN the SKY.
There's a nest Of love inclosiHg
Three little h5aks that cry;
The reapers iB the meadow.
And a lark hangs in the Sly,
Here's q mead all f,H Of sumner.
AID a tragedy goes b.
With a knife amongst the EWsseS.
And song up iu the sky
The visit Of Mr.. and Mrs. Cobden-ssn-
dersou 90 the United states Is coiucideut
with the publication Of Miss Elizabeth
Robins new novel. "The Convert" The
l fact is especially interesting because Mrs.
| Cobden-Sanderso IS one Of the strong
l leaders Of the "suffragist' movement IN
England while Miss Robins story IS
more a plea for womsn's rights than tt is
novel and all its circumstances are
drawn from the English conditions as
/ they now exist,
/ NJ Maeterlinck has enthusiastically ad-
mired the work OF Richard Hovey In a
letter which the Belgian author wrote
I to the American poet. he spoke thus Of
/ The Marriage Of Guenevere"
/ DO you know how beautiful. how absolutely beau
tifI i Iss Il contains love verses ss profound and
/ as sweet as any that have ever been written. AT
I the scenes between Iauucelat and Gueuevere su
perb. and tbe end is Of su entirely view beagty
" hat strange intensity In the last Ties Of LAuncelo
! aad the queen And then the verse-it IS 50 sgee'
/ and az the same time 80 powerful. 80 simple anc
/ set 50 lyric
/ Duffield & Co. are bringing out a new
| edition of H0vey's collected works.
Regarding the composition Of with
Juliet I'm England" Mrs. Grace s. Rich
mOnd says.
Juliet an Ertter-al bUt the concluding chap
/ ters-in Eng ln1. ] spent six months there 20 d'
/ the WORK. hving number u weeks in each pac
/ which / have described and under somewhat smiia
/ Couditir0s IN many WAYS as 90 mode of life. al
5 Though ne characters. Of course. are imaginaTy.
/ can hal-'r conceive a more delightful way Of cCm
I biuing r0rk and play than Slch a living tn th'
I background of ones own stGry-s5 20 speak! N0ri
in the mornings, expI0utcus In the afternoons, res
/ IN the evenings I should ike 20 do 10 an owe
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