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Of the civl war. Davis did not take = high
place in his classes. and at the end OF the
course stood only twentieth among thirty
three students. There is no doubt, however.
that the strict soldierly regime OF the
academy produced permanent eject upon
him. The clOasneas OF his attachment 70
the fortunes Of his alma natsr was mani
tested In a hundred ways during the re-
malnder OF hiSlifs. the intimate friendships
OF his academy days being always cher
ished There was hardly q member OF the
class to whom he did not render some sig-
nal service at = later time. and certainly
no one Of bis set failed to be advanced
by him. either when he was n high oficial
in the United States Government or during
the short career Of the Southern Confed-
erAcy. The biographer points ont that one
OF the best defined traits OF Davis's oharao-
ter was his absolute and sometimes mis-
taken loyalty 70 all whom he regarded a.
his friends. His devotion TO his family
took the form OF Forwarding to mis- noSher
the savings from the small salary received
by him ~ a cadet in recognition Of the sac
nfioes which they had made for him dur
ing his youth.
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Tennessee In the CIym war.

The Ambrose Lee Publishing Company,
Wilhamsbridge, New York city. has just
issued Tennessee in the War, lSo1-lso5. by
Gen. MARCUS j. WRIOHT, a distinguished
Confederate officer in the civil war. II 10
a valuable historical compilation. mainly
from official records In the War Department.
supplemented by research in other direc-
tions. OF organizations. officers Of the army
and navy on both the Confederate and
Union sides furnished by Tennessee during
the war period, together with hsts Of the
campaigns and the battles that were fought
within that State, with dates and locations,
and members Of the United States and Con-
federate Congresses from Tennessee dur
ing the same period. The records OF the
general officers, with their STATS, are given
in full. IL is a good reference book for any
public or private library and is especially
valuable az a record Of military affairs for
the State Of Tennessee. We observe that
the work is highly recommended By ex-
Governor James d. Porter. General Gates
P. Thurston, DR.. William NJ. Polk, General
Stephen D. Lee and other distinguished
Southerners. This 10 the first Of series Of
Southern military books undertaken By this
company and IL 10 to be followed by ALA
bama in the War. 1e0l-ieo6,' BY Ambrose
Lee, honorary member Of the Tennessee
Historical Society and member Of the south
Carolina Historical Society.
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no snail share OF what is called the bios-
raphy Of the poet. The controversy has
generally been limited to two dates: 1918 and
1870. Prof. Lounsbury succeeds in showing
that the former date. although il has gen
orally been accepted until very recent
years. cannot be correct. and he ID inclined
to think that the poet was born in some
year between the two dates mentioned.
The obScurity that shrouds the date OF
Chaucer's birth hangs over tho whole OF
his early life. About his childhood and
youth We are in absolute ignorance. The
hrst information we have OF him belongs to
1857. II we may assume him to be the Geof-
frey ChRucer who Ia mentioned in an official
document as occupying some position in
the household OF the third son OF Edward
III, who in lSe7 was created Duke Of Clar-
ence. From this employment, whatever
IL was. ChAucer passed to a military one.
He testified under oath In 1874 that he had
borne arms for twenty-seven years. This
would make him enter upon q military
career in 1889. the year when Edward III.
for the last time undertook in person tn
conquer France. We learn from the ON
cial records that in the course Of this ex-
pedition the poet was made prisoner, for
It is set down that on March 1, 1890. Edward
III. contributed ElS toward the ranSom Of
Godfrey Chauoer. II Chauoer was at the
time only 20 years Of age the sum paid for
his ransom must be accounted sxtrava-
gantly large, when we take into considcrA-
ton the purchasing power which money
then possessed. The entry which records
the sum paid for his ransom is the last refer
ence 10 Chaucer which occurs for seven
years in Official documents. Between 1870
and 1857 lies an exasperating blank.
When the biographer, emerging from
this seven years Slough Of Desp0nd. catches
sight once more Of Chaucer the poet appears
in immediate attendance upon the King.
By the terms Of paper bearing date June
10, 1897, he was 20 receive from his sovereign
pension Of 10 marks year IN consideration
Of services already rendered or 70 be rem
dered. This was to last for life or until
some other provision had been made In his
behalf. II 10 from the statement in this
paper about services already rendered that
the inference is drawn that for some prsced-
ing years he had been in close connection
with the court In 1t he 10 styled -our be-
loved valet, and in the issue rolls that fol-
low he is usually termed until 1877 a valet or,
more specifically, valet or yeomsn Of the
Kings Chamber. In 1858 he appears as one
OF the squires Of modest degree. Toward the
close Of 1872, hover he IL called the Kings
armiger. and either by that title or that Of
scutifer he is thenoeforward almost in
variably hentioned. Prof. Lounebury re-
minds US that although the duties Of q Kings
valet were almost menial in their nature,
the person for whom they were done was
held to ennoble the acts. AZ, moreover,
the persons performing them were brought
into close contact with the sovereign, the
position must always have been regarded
a. an object Of honorable ambition and
would only have been conferred upon those
who had more than ordinary claims to the
distinction.
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The latest additionto the series Of "Ameri-
can Crisis Biographies published in Phila-
delphia by George W. Jacobs a Co. In a
volume entitled Jefferson Davis. by Or.
WILLIAM f. DoDD Of Randolph Macon Col
lege, the author OF life Of Nathaniel
Macon" Tho writer tells us that his pur-
pose is not to justify the course Of the
official representative OF the Confederate
cause. but simply to relate the story Of
a remarkably tragic life and 30 far as
limitations of time and space permit 10
correlate his career to the main current
Of American history. He recognizes that
the question ia debatable whether the
American public as whole is even yet
ready for life" Of Davis. but he feels
sure that In the near future the subject
will be discussed with more fairness and
less acrimony than have been exhibited
In the past.
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vi.

We have here condensed all Of Importance
that Ia now known Of England's first great
poet. Our author holds that the soantiness
Of the information should not strike the
student Of literature with surprise. In
point Of fact II IL far fuller than that pos-
sessed concerning many eminsnt men
who hourished much later. Moreover, great
as Chaucer seems to us. there must have
been thousands among his contemporaries
who in social estimation we're higher There
must have been hundreds whose achieve
ments would seem at the time more worthy
of narration. Little could there have been
In the poets career to make an exciting
story. Scant. however. as the records
about Chaucer are, there are one OF two
things that they serve TO make 90 clear
that any permanent misrepresentation Is
impossible. Whatever misfortunes may
have clouded his latter days, it 10 plain that
during most Of his career ChAucer was a
successful man, as the world commonly
rates success. The first great poet Ia
English literature was in an eminent degree
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Frnm ne RniI,env Ans.

From The RditVdy AGE.
The advantages which were presented
by the advocates OF steel freight cars whom
they we're fret used in this country have
been wen sustained by ten years expsFienos
with increasing numbers Of them.
The wooden car IL shown to be more and
more ineFb cient with each advancing year.
The capacity is low and good lumber is scarcs
and high priced. The cost of repsiEs 70 or
dinary wooden coal cars IL nearly 800 q year
and the Il me wooden cars are ou Of service
undergoing repairs In about SIX times that
Of steel cars. Tho quality of the material n,
steel cars IL nearly uniform. ard good xss
tertal can be secured by compel enE test and
inspection.
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rests entirely on wolI known passage N
the Canterbury Tales" The evidence
would meet with scant consideration In a
court Of justice.
It was by no means to diplomacy that
Chaucsrs activity WaS confined. For no
small fraction OF his life he held positions
in the civil service which are usually sup
posed TO require business habits Of fair
II not OF q high order In June. 1874, he
was appointed Controller Of the Customs
and subsidy of woods, skins and tanned
hides In the port Of London. This position
Of Controller Chaucsr held until 1896. In
1852 there was added to Il the controller
ship Of the petty customs, consisting Of
wines, candles and other articles. The
duties Of this latter post he was TO dis
charge in person or by deputy. We do not
know, but IL seems probable that IL was in
order to be near his place Of business that
in 1874 he leased from the corporation OF
London q dwelling house at Aldgate, where
he seems to have dwelt Until 1855, when he
lost or resigned his places in the customs.
In 1873 the admirers n ChAucer were
seriously exercised by the discovery Of q
document which seemed 70 cast discredit
upon his personal character This was q
deed dated May /, 1880, by which an un-
married woman named Cecilia Champagne
executed a complete release to Chaucer
on her own behalf and on behalf Of her
heirs FOR any acts done by him de mec rdp."
or for any other cause whatever. The
Latin words may mean ravishment, but
quite a. often in the law Latin Of the time
they meant abduction. There 10 nothing
IN ths document itself 70 prove that the poet
vas q principal In the transaction referred
to, whatever lie nature may have been.
Prof. Lounsbury thinks that the worst view
OF his conduct that reasonably can be taken
is chat 10 some way he may have been
concerned In an attempt to carry on Cecilia
Chaumpaigne. presumably for the sake Of
securing her in marriage for friend. In
abduction for that purpose would have been
proceeding In full harmony With the spirit
Of the times. Chaucer's own father had
been carried Off by violence at the age OF II.
Ia order 10 bring about marriage between
him and a relative Of one Of the abductors.
That was q kind Of incident that continued
to appear down to the end Of the eighteenth
century.
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n

No fewer than l22 pages are devoted by
Prof. Lounsbury to the little that we actually
know about Chaucer's life. The really
verifable facts may be stated far moro
briefly. Geohrey Chaucer was the son OF
John Chauoer. vintner, Of London. The
discovery Of a legal document in 1873 set
tied that point beyond dispute Other
records show that the Christian name OF
John Chsuoer's vito was Agnes. The date
Of her marriage is unknown. nor can we
say positively that her husband had never
been married before: but legal papers are
in existence in which az early az l3is THE
Agnes appears A. the wife Of John Chaucer.
and there 10 little ground for doubling that
she was the poets mother. Official docu-
msnts further enable us TO say that John
Chaucer was born about 1910 and was the
son Of Robert le Chaucer. who N August o!
that year was appointed one Of the col
lectors for London OF tho new customs
upon wines imported from Aqnitaine. In
other words. the grandfather held a TO-
sition in the civil service in connection with
the port Of London somewhat similar IN
tnat. though not the same "a thai. held
more than half century later by his famous
grandson.
~ JOun NnduCeE II NesVTlDeI w OHlNdl
records as a citizen Of London, il is fair
presumntion that the poet was born in that
place, but no actual proof can be adduced
The uncertainty, however attaching 10 the
place of Chaucsr's birth has almost the
appearance OF certainty when oontrasted
with. the doubt attaching 10 the date. He
died in 400: that we may he said 10 know
Tho moment. however. we ask when he
was born We touch one OF those disputed
points the discussion Of which makes up
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soNE NEW BooKs.


What doubtless will be aocepted a. not
only the latest but most authoritative word
about an interesting subject will be found
pet forth in the three volumes collectively
entitled StHdiss in ChdWe6T, His Lie and
Wrttfyags. by THOMAS r. JOUNsBURY. pro-
fessor OF English in Yale University (Har-
perez. The assertion will scarcely be chal-
lenged that the author Of this work 10 the
most accomplished scholar In Chaucerian
literature that has lived since the death OF
Prof. Francis }. Child. There is no doubt
that during the last quarter Of century
many Investigations have been carried on
which have had the effect OF materially
modifying views previously held in regard
20 Chauoer's life and writings Much has
been added to our real knowledge. but
much more has been taken from our sup
posed knowledge. The results obtained.
although familiar 20 special students, have
in many cases not become generally or even
widely known. II was with the intention
OF putting together in a compendious and
easily accessible form the outcome Of the
latest inquiries that che book beforeus was
undertaken. The three volumes contain
sight chapters bearing upon the life and
writings Of Chaucer. These chapters con-
stitute eight distinct essays. or rather
monographs. Bound together as they all
are by the unity Of common interest, there
10 a certain natural sequence in the order
In which the subjects are taken up.
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csm, and pride. and hate. and coEraptlSn
Of the day are 70 destroy thS psAos and
prosperity Of ths Union lse me soceiCns
part Hke the patfiarChs Of old. and let
peaos and good will UubSiSt among tAeir
descendants. Let no wounds b indicted
which time may not Aaal.'
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was drawn Tor him BY another This q
the last mention Of Chaucer that occurs.
After this his name appears no longer on
the pension rolls. There is therefore no
reason in his case to doubt the accuracy OF
the inscription on his tombstone. which
represents him as having died on October
rs. 1900. He was buried in the great vathe-
dral near which in his last days he lived.
He was the first, and for centuries the only
one, of the long line Of men Of letters whose
mortal remains have found a resting place
in the great mausoleum Of England's Illus
trious dead.
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Mr. Taft's expressed intention of
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But the reports from Bayside OF
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GROWS HAIR ON BALD HEADS
Bald Headed People May Get a New
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In these days when youth is the
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