The Washington herald., 1909-02-21

"reminiscences OF Abraham Lincoln
which the Harpers recently issued. and
blend il with the history Of literature Of
my age and of what 7 can get Of all ages.
and conclude it with his death. 3t seems
like some tragic play. vsster and
ferier and more cOnvuIsiOuary for this
America Of ours than Eschylus or Shake
speare ever drew for Athens or for Eng
land
Prof. Albert Bushnell Hart Of Har-
ward University, editor and associate au-
thor OF The American Nation. recently
completed under the Harper imprint Is
spending his sabbaticaI year on journey
around the world
1T is odd. standing on the other side
OF the globe he writes from Pekin. and
listening 10 the echoes from YOU people
hear that President Eliot has n rtSigned,
and that Gov. Hughes has put Satan IN
Ger his feet. Ny own mind in PeiSin is
in A maze Of camels. MOngols with pink
'yants, and Msnchu ladies with pink
paint streaks- I think there is no such
Place as Pekin-it's a fiction
The new novel which Justin HUnuy
Mccarthy has written viii be a romance
Of ffteenth-century Rome under the Bor-
gias. Both Cesare Borgia and the Duke
Of Gand,a. his brother. viii be represented
in the characters, and il is said that the
episode which Mr.. Swinburne used for
his Grief poetic drama. The Duke OF
Gandia." the murder Of brother by
brother. viii be passing incident in Mr..
McCarthys highly spirited book. The
Hsrpers are planning 70 issue ;ne story
late this month.
Sir Walter Raleigh" whose historical
Hfe-story Frederick A Uber has told in
Heroes of American History" is one OF
the most picturesque Of Elizabetha he
roes, and one associated most closely
with American history. While his name
is familiar in all histories. il has not been
easy 10 find a convenient, simply written
account Of his dramatic and significant
life which would interest the general
reader. and az the same time supply his
torical atmosphere and perspective with
out ObScUTinE the view with details.
Raleigh's venturesome exploits as 2 sol
dier in France, the Netherlands, and Ire
land. his expeditions 10 America. and the
experiences OF his colonies, his part in
nous iunprisonments, his literary activi-
ties, and his tragic end form a life his
tory unexceiied in interest even IN this
most interesting period Of English history.
Mr.. Ober has made careful research into
the material available, and has told his
story clearly, forcibly, and with constant
human interest.
As an example OF a long g-distance pub
fishing transaction. B. ". Dodge & Co.
put on record the following bona fide let
ter:
Christmas Eve. 1906
B. W. Dodge & Co. New York City. y 7.
Dear Sirs: Find sttsched $50 for which please
send me one copy Of William SaliSburys Career q
Journalist. Very respectfully.
NOsth latitude S. longitude Isl west. via the
Tanans River. Alaska
?. s-To miss the ice breakup I think 1t beSt
that u delay mailing book til Nay.
With Bertrand OF Brittany still fresh
lin our memory. the red-blooded nature
OF Warwick Deepings new novel Mad
Barbara (Hsrpers) will not be so start
ling. but It viii be something Of
''5racer," none the less Mr.. Deeping is
whole school Of romanticists in himself.
and his Mad Barbara" is an out-and-out
old-fashioned Observation-Disclosures story. IN
vast relief alike 10 the artificial swash-
buckler and the anaemic treatise on mat
rimony. Mad Barbara is the daughter OF
a woman whose lover has murdered Bar
bsrs's father. The girl finds a clew 10