The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-10-10

The Wood Carver or 'Lympus," by
Mary Z. Waller. has proved a source
OF delight 10 American readers for I'VE
I years. and It's popularity shows no signs
OF diminishing Messrs. Little. Brown
/ & Co have the twenty-fcurth edition Of
I the story in press. and Andrew Mel
rose. OF London. Is Just about 10 publish
the first English edition.
On the demise Of the late inventor Of
! typewriters. Thomas F. Oliver, the family
OF the deceased commissioned the Bur
relic Press Clipping Bureau. IN New York,
/ to compile memorial volume as a his
! torical reference. The volume was to
contain all that the newspapers printed
| concerning the life and career Of the de-
| ceased.
! The memorial. which has been complet-
ed and has just been delivered TO the
/ family, Is ten by twelve inches In size. the
/ leaves are OF Irish linen paper with
black border, and the binding is Of black
SEAL lettered in gold. The work in SIS
/ entirety Is looked upon as a historical
record that should be preserved for all
time.
The greeting which reviewers have given
to the first two volumes OF the Hon De
! Alva Stanwood Alexander's Political
History Of the State Of New York" bring
/ ing IL up to 1861. makes II seem likely that
\ this third volume. carrying this history 10
/ 1852. which Messrs Henry Holt & Co.
Will publish about September Is, will be
assured Of a warm welcome It will cover
! among other matters, the civil war. re-
! construction, and the rise and fall OF the
/ Tweed and canal rings. Vital figures In
/ its pages include Horatio Seymour, Dean
! Richmond. Thurlow Weed, Horace Gree
/ ley, Reuben z. Fenton, Samuel J. Tilden,
Roscoe Conkling. and Grover Cleveland.
/ with whose great victory the book closes.
/ The critics have been practically unan-
/ imous in their praise Of Mr.. Alexander
vivid characterization Of his leading
! figures.
The wind came sweeping through the
garden Of an old Lincolnshire rectory
! one morning IN the beginning OF last cen
! fury and blew upon a child OF FIVE years
! old. who opened his arms to the blast
and let It carry him along, crying as he
travelled: Il hear voice that's calling
| in the wind" That was Tennyson's first
! ever
4 composed was written upon a slate one
Sunday morning at Louth- The subject
set him by his brother Charles was
| Flowers, and little Alfred covered his
slate with blank verse after the model OF
/ Thompson's Seasons" His next attempt
was a eulogy upon his grandmother, who
| had Just died. written at the request of
/ his grandfather. When Il was written
the old man put 10 shillings into the boy 3
| hand and said. There, that Is the first
money you have ever earned by your
! poetry, and take my word for II, L will
/ be the last ''-Westminster Gazette.
Despite their furious energy and their
genius for mechanical invention, the
Americans are no more civilized than
/ the japanese. The men are cruel and
dishonest IN business, and the women are
hard, immeasurahly conceited, and i'm
patient of the duties OF domesticity.' %
| This is the indictment of America made
! lately by the English Saturday Review.
The occasion was a discussion of Mrs.
| Humphry Wards latest novel, Marriage
! la Mode. OF Daphne, the American
heroine OF Mrs. Wards novel, the Eng
| lish journal says:
''Ske is simply insufferable, conceited.
pedantic, insolent, lecturing everybody.
The book may shock those who make
the mistake OF regarding the Americans
as a civilized people Daphne is a
: splendidly drawn type, the woman who
/ is swept into marriage by a sudden
gust of physical inclination: is disap-
pointed and disguised by the first ex-
! perience Of marriage, and then impa-
tienty cancels the contract. talking about
her career. her individuality. her chances,
OF course a great deal OF the trouble -
continues our critic, lis caused by 50
many American girls being left in IN
controlled possession OF so much money.
Until the United States adopts a decent
and uniform law Of divorce. we shall
persist in regarding the Americans as
semi-civilized and setting very bad ex-
ample TO the rest of the world"
There, now!