The Washington herald., 1909-02-14

the noun and the pronoun, and this tend
eacy Is still at work. Within the pass
half century 'authoress' and 'postess
have gone the way Of 'yarrioress' and
-WagOness. The endeaYor has been to
make the grammar IN this respect as free
as the language. SO that the student shall
be bound by no limitations that the Ian
guage has cast aside, The volume IS
published IN New York by Funk & Wsg-
nails Company.
An interesting letter from Ruskin Il
printed in recent issue Of Chambers
Journal: For a Scotsman. next 10 his
Bible, there is but one book. his native
land: but one language. his native tongue
the sweetest richest. subtIest, most mHsi-
cal Of all the living dialects Of Europe.
study your Burns. Scott. and Carlyle
Scott in his Scottish novels only, and Of
these only the cheerful ones with the
Heart Of Midlothian, but not the Bride
o. Lammermoor. nor Legend or Mon
trOse. nor Pirate Here is a right list:
Waverley.' Guy Mannering, 'Antiquary,'
Rob Roy Old Mortality Monastery
Abbot. Red Gauntlet Heart OF MID
lothian Get any OF them you can n the
old. iarge-priut edition when you have
chance and Study every. sentence In them
They are models Of every virtue In their
order OF literature and exhaustive codes
of Christian wisdom and ethics I have
written this note with care 7 should be
glad # you sent a copy Of It 10 any pa
per read generally by the students OF the
University Of Edinburgh.
Booth Harrington has something Of
that gift OF carieature which has made
Peter Newell famous. and like Mr. New
ell. takes a haIf-savage, haIf-melancholy
pleasure in doing an occasional pencil
caTicature.Of himself. The talent is a re-
minder that it was Mr.. Tarldngton's first
ambition. indeed. 10 become an Hiustra-
tor, and recalls his own amusing story
about the first drawing he ever had ac-
cepted. and how he figured the amount OF
his income on the basis OF his check and
foresaw himself in happy luxury. But
the drawings proved &c be ike the chick
ems that we're counted before they xere
T hatched. and when M Harrington found
I that his books were accepted while his
/ drawings were sometimes declined. he
Z yielded 70 the temptation TO become q
writer. After that Il was a short steD 70
/ a play writer. Dir. Harrington has re-
I sided in New York during most OF the
run OF The Man from Home which
was recently produced by the Harpers IN
book form. and which has been one 0f
the most successful events Of the season.
Robert Browning. Essays and
/ Thoughts" by John I. NettIeship. has
/ just been brought out in the fourth edi-
+ ton The author says In his introduction.
1t Is not my purpose IN the following
/ essays to enter into any criticism in the
usual sense Of the word-that is, in the
sense Of an examination OF the merits
OF demerits Of artistic style Nor wiI
/ this be the place 70 speak Of the poet IN
I comparison with other poets, present OF
/ past That much is TO be said in the way
Of criticism OF style and Of comparison
with other poets do not deny. but there
/ Is 50 much important thought OF another
/ kind 20 be worked out in a study Of his
books. by the process Of Interpretation.
that I could not within reasonable limits
handle both criticism and Interpretation
( without sacrificing the latter in an undue
degree.
Women. Etc George Harrey's book
OF essays which has gone into reprint on
the press Of the Harpers. has q poignant
/ word or two 10 say about a matter gen
orally thought to be of vital importance
u the masculine mind. as well as to the
feminine-jealousy. Col Harvey quotes
Addison's definition OF jealousy The
pain which man feels from the appre-
ihensiOn that he is not equally loved BY
the person whom he entirely loves but
IN praising the quality he inciines-s1d
quotes Pusey-to the Old Testament mean
ing Of the word. An intense love. not
bearing fmperfeCtions or Unfsithfuiness II
that which il loves. and SO clustering i,
CT not bearing the ill-Gealings Of those
who would injure what il loves. and 50
destroying them" II vas Emerson. saws
Col Harvey. vine applied this same def
milton 10 human affairs. saying. The
Jealousy Of every class 10 guard itself IS
q testimony 10 the reality they have
found in life IN this fine and unusual
sense OF the word says Col Harvey.
naturally the best men and women are
the jealous.
Owen Seaman. editor Of Punch. has
collected some forty pieces. mostly Of his
recent humorous verse. into volume
called Salvage. which Messrs- Henry
Holt & Co. viii soon publish. As vas
the case with the authors a Harvest oS
Chair and Borrowed Plumes." which
have already gone through four and I'VE
editions. respectively. most OF the verses
in the new volume first appeared in
Punch
To describe in a word Historic Indi-
ana which the Putnams are on the
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what is most memorable. striking. and
pic ares que in the past and present-day
ii ter Of Indiana. The author. by
rigorous selective process. has excluded
the Insignificant: and. in a graphic and
lTap.d style she tells that part CT the
Isto.y Of her State with which al good
t1oosiers should be familiar and which
should have a place IN the memory OF al
those who pretend TO a knowledge of
American history.
First We are told OF La Sales TO
mantle experiences down unexplored
streams and through virgin forests and
Of the redskins he encountered Then
comes the tale Of French and English
colonial times and OF the changing for
tunes Of war: and then We read Of the
daring and hardy life of the pioneers
N1'f AZ -t~- eo-S->4o A1~-t-~C-Sf --ea-tSN l4ActA
heavy wagons inland from the tidevater
Eastern States There Is a stirring ac-
count. too. Of Indiana's part in the civil
war. with a spirited picture. we cannot
omit to mention. Of Morgau's raid Alum
dant attention is given 10 the very rapid
social, eiiiscsl educational. and literary
develo. cent Of the State that followed
the tiviI var.
The adtnor, it may be said. By the way.
hf q special qualification for her task.
llS4e ID her forbears for two genera
: Aio- nave lived in Indiana and had q
part in the development Of that State.
Her book knowledge OF the history %