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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-29
CHE AemI2poTk 0ribmsas
SUNDAY, AUGUST %. 1909.

Abiding TO the hasty exploitation Of dead
authors which is nowadays so common, a writer
In "BlackwOod's Magazine" notes that the sin is
peculiarly English. He goes on to pay this
tribute to his neighbOrs across the Channel:
in France natural decency, combined with a
love OF letters. prevents the journalist from
committing the outrages which in this country
are only too common There the man with the
rake is rare the eavesdropper great
writer lay die quietly in his bed and provoke
no Oth,- excitement than a wise and legitimate
interest in his works" He might have added
that the artistic instinct OF the French, their
naturally critical habit Of mind and their posi-
tive genius in matters of taste are all involved
I'm this discreet conduct of theirs. 1t comes out
not only in their abstention from premature and
intrusive revelations, but in the sense OF pro-
portion which they show when at last they
make 4 book about deceased celebrity. They
never make that book one page longer than is
strictly necessary. The superstition which in
England causes man 10 be embalmed I'm two
fat volumes irrespective of the intrinsic value
of his claim upon the public remembrance, would
provoke 4 French biOgrapher TO throw up his
hands in amazement and scOrn. He Is too con-
scientious a craftsman and is too well drilled
in the amenities OF literature for that lie
knows that that man is indeed a portent who
cannot be- adequately delineated at full length in
a modest octave Of between two and three hun
dred pages.
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pleasantly. but fall as soon as they are neglect
ed and left to themselves" IL is so much more
agreeable to see him in this light as wit AMI
scholar and man of letters than in his sterner
aspects that could wish more space were
devoted TO this side of his character. He was
able to give literary advice to John Dryden
which the poet gratefully acknowledged in words
worth recalling:
Turns of word and thoughts. which requisite
in this in heroic poetry itself of which III
satire is undoubtedly species WITH these oeauti-
full turns. I confess myself 10 have been unac-
quainted Till about twenty years ago in a eonyef-
satOn which had with that NOBLE VII OF scot
land. Sir George Mackenzie he asked me why
did not initiate in my verses the turns of Mr. Wal
Ter and Sir George Denhanl or whieh ne repeat
many to me. i had often read with pleasure ami
poetry but had not seriously enough considered
those beauties which gave the last perfecu0n u
also FORMERLY in my plays but they were casual
and not designed But this hint thus seasOnaby
ard brought me afterwards to seek for the supply
OF them in other English authors
In his capacity of of letters he wrote
vivacious book entitled The Religious Stoic-'
His own religion was Christianity harmonized
with natural religion. He desired as little the
oIoey as possible. and thought preaching no part
of divine worship. He had suffered too much
from long sermons. By the way. he told anus
ing tales Of Puritan casuistry- a case Of con-
science among the cody was. Us it lawful TO
use the herb tobacco on a fast day." The an
swer was tobacco may not be used IN pipe.
for the smoke enters the mouth. but may be
used In snuff, which is inhaled through the
nosel
II is with the professional career Of Mackenzie
that his biographer is naturally most concerned.
That is his vulnerable side. and the object OF
the work Is TO turn public opinion TO reversal
OF Judgment With every wish TO be fair and
20 show the shadows with the lights. Macken-
zie's biOgrapher is on the defensive. Macken-
zie's position was that he must either have
negative over the King he must concur. He
can do no harm in cOncurrng-he only stated
professionally and before judges and juries the
case intrusted TO him. Thus many a barrister
does his best for client in whose innocence or
right he has the reverse Of confidence. and e
Kings advocate acts in the same way for hrs
royal client. That is the best that can be said
for Mackenzie. but the biOgraphers sympathy
with his hero is. of course. incomplete. The re-
suit is not in the direction of interest anEns-
ton There are long and complicated summaries
Of trials with attempts TO put the best face ca
the one whom public opinion has dubbed {. 4
prosecutor. The aim to be accurate is respDnsi
BILE for frequent and cOpiOus citations VIZ.
confuse the text The erudition of this brilliant
writer has often been employed upon a more
cOngenial subject.
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'BLUIDT M1CKENZIE.
The Portrait of DOur Scot, 1mt-
ably Rcdrazcn 6y Dir. Lang.

SIR GEORGE MACKENZIE. KINGS ADVOCATE,
OF ROSI,IIAUGH Ills Life ana Times. l6S6t %
1851. By Andrew Lang. With four lllustra-
tons Svo. PIP. All. 3iJ. Longm2ns, Green &
Co.
AS II is the chief joy of an archeologist to
upset the judgments of his predecessors. 50 n
practical biographer may find keener pleasure
in reversing the decisions of history. Let who
soever will perform the humdrum task of the
conventional eulogist il surely is the work of a
master hand to recast opinions accepted for gem
erations. Sir George Mackenzie of RosehaUSh
who prosecuted the Presbyterians so harshly
under Charles II and James II TO earn for
himself the sobriquet of the Bloody Mackenzie.
Is the subject selected by Mr.. Lang for the exer-
else OF his undoubted g.frA but derogatory
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PORSON
The story Of Great Greek scholar. His life
and Death.

and Death
From The Fortnightly Review
More than n century has passed since the
death OF Richard Person on September IL
lsOS man was seized with an apoplectic hit IN
the neighbOrhOOd OF Charing Cross. He was
carried To the wOrkhOuse in Castle street. ~
Martins Lane. 10 receive medical aid and
await Identification. In the British Press next
day he was described as "a tall man, apparently
about forty-five years of age. dressed in blu
coat and black breeChes. and having in his
pocket a gold watch. trifiing quantity OF silver
and a memorandum book the leaves OF which
are filled chiefly with Greek lines written in
pencil and partly effaced; two OF three lines o.
Latin and an alSebraical calculation: the Greek
extracts being principally from ancient medical
works" This advertisement was seen by on
OF the officials Of the London Institution. where
cipal librarian. Identification followed and the
stricken man was brought back to his rooms IN
the institution After lingering for a few days
he died on September %.
Ii was homeless and tragic end 10 a re-
markable career. Through his great natural
gifts. Norfolk boy. born in obscure village
and OF the poorest parents. had for himself
leading place among the scholars OF his time
The incidents of Persons life briefly these
he was born at East FtustOn on Christmas Day
li59. and so was nearly forty when he died
Az the age of fifteen he found his way from
norfolk 20 Elton. thanks 10 the local aid which
SO readily backed his talents. The accounts OF
Person at Elton seem at first sight contradictory.
But the general impression they leave is prob
ably the true One-that OF gifted and erratic
whether IL was toward Greek and Latin. rat
hunting. the study of Shakespeare the com
position of operate burlesques. In his nine
teenth year Person entered Trinity COllege.
Cambridge. He took his degree in mathematics,
study which was congenial to him from his
earliest school days down 10 the time OF his
seizure. when he was found with the algebraical
calculation in his pocket His chiefest interest
however. had throughout been in Greek and
Latin; and his unusual excellence a classical
scholar secured his early election 10 q Trinity
Fellowship in l1S2. the year OF his degree He
was driven to resign his fellowship in 1872. be-
cause he could only continue to hold IL II he took
orders, and this he found himself unable con-
scientiouSy to do. In place OF the income To
which he was entitled by learning. honesty and
nigh aims. he was compelled TO accept an an
nuity provided for him by some extra academic
friends and admirers. The credit OF the uni
verslty was somewhat restored when. later in
The year In which he had resigned his fellowship
ne was elected regius professor OF Greek at
stipend scarcely more than nominal. But even IN
this post his desire TO give lectures not en-
cOuraSed as II might have been. and his natural
incidence for INDECENT he must be admitted 70
have been) was allowed only too much scope
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EALLYiNG.
p THOMAS AsHE.

Dear love, have not asked you yet:
N-4r heard you murmuring low
As y God doves by n riVulet,
Say If il shall be so.
The color on your cheek which plays
Like an imprisoned bliss,
In its unworded language says
Speak, and III answer Yes
See. pluck this flower of wood sorrel
And Irvine il in your hair;
Its woodland grace becomes you well
And makes my rose more fair.
oft you sit mid the daisies here.
And lie at your feet;
Yet day by day goes by:-1 fear
To break a trance so sweet.
AS some first autumn tint looks strange.
And wakes a strange regret
Would your soft Yes our loving changer
Love. I'll not ask you yet.
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Another novel OF life in China has been com
pieted by MIR. Putnam Weale, and will be pub
lshed by the Macmillan Company. Ii bears the
curious and suggestive title of The Human
Cobweh"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-29

was carried into court in London the
other day, involving the question as TO whether
a book might be Overhauled by an editor or pub
Usher without reference 10 the authors wishes.
1T is point" testified Mr. Murray, himself n
publisher. ION which authors are very sensitive
and il is said that n ripple of laughter there
upon marked the proceedings. Naturally. the
episode has been the subject Of comment in
literary places Why should there have been
any laughter? Is it not natural for writer to
vince at the unauthorized use Of the shears
upon his work, especially when. as we once
heard a distinguished novelist say the callOus
editor does not even take pains to join together
the bleeding parts? But there is another side
10 the question which ought not to be ignored
The state in which an author will sometimes
hand over his manuscript to the publisher has
10 be observed at first hand in order TO be APP
preciated. He knows his subject from top To
bottom he has, in the main, right conception
Of the form his book should take. but perhaps
that book is the first he has ever written. and
he has next 10 no knowledge of the manner in
which the many details affecting its ultimate
balanced condition must be handled so as to
leave all shipshape He gives his publisher. in
short what is really nothing more or less than
a mass of raw material 1t comes forth between
covers well made book. This is not fanciful
illustration. Ii is occurring all the time
Mr. Arnold Bennett, whose excellent quality
as Il novelist has been exemplified In "The Old
Wives Tale" cordially reviewed in n recent
issue of The Tribune has been wreaking him
self on a rather academic theme. He has pub
Iished a volume Literary Taste in which
he endeayors to show how that precious
source may be developed. The foundations for
It must exist, TO be sure, in the readers own
nature. They cannot be created out of hand.
But it is equally obvious that taste may be cul-
tivated TO some extent at least by educational
processes, especially if these are kept sufi-
GENTLY elastic. The great thing is experience
sought with n fairly definite purpose or in other
words, under the goyernance of a specific enthu-
siaSm. Thus, Mr. Bennett advocates the expe-
dent of specializing How more effectively
could the interest of the novice be stimulated
than by plan of campaign embracing the life
and works of n single author? He must. indeed,
be a reader uninspired who cannot think of one
writer among the classics who possesses for him
a particular attraction. To have hobby is TO
be secure Sooner or later ii will carry you far
Intimacy with one master soon promotes. ut any
rate nodding acquaintance with another. and,
after all il is in our dealings with literature as
1t is in our dealings with life-friendships are
fertile and given time, enlarge cur world in
definitely.
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reers at the request of the Navy De-
partment in the past.
Grave Offense Committed.

The bit of effrontery par excellence,
however, was that Of the middies who
skipped out to Philadelphia to see the
Cornell-Pennsylvania foot ball game
The foot ball squad had been granted
permission TO go to the Quaker city.
why not us?" said these fellows This
trip, though in a measure successful,
and now the admiration of the less dar-
ing of the brigade, seems likely TO add
still other names TO those recommended
for dismissal
These are the youths who seem 10
have got in really bad" in the yer
nacular of the other middies. but there
We're six youths in one party alone
whose offense OF -F'renching" into An
napolls wlthou permission when they
were on the restricted list has given
them so many demerits that they are
now in serious danger of being fired
before the semi-annual examinations
roll around.
The cases Of all are now receiving
final consideration, but it Is likely that
some days will elapse before they are
settled
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-28
CONTEST FOR cHRIsTY CHILD.
Wife Files Action at GAINESVILLE and
Artist Will Fight Case.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, November e.
The legal fight of Mrs. Mabelle Thomp-
son .Christy, wife of Howard Chandler
Christy, the artist. for the possession
of their ten-year-old daughter. Natalie
Christy, was opened today before Pro-
bate Judge Harvey c. Smith, at Zanes-
vile. Ohio. Mrs. Christy brought her
proceeding for the possession of the
child and MT Christy arrived at Zanes-
willie Il few days ago to contest the
case. Mrs. Christy is still in New York,
according to the announcement OF {. Z.
Lemert, the prosecuting attorney. but
will go to GAINESVILLE next week to be
present at the trial.
Frank A. Duban. one of the counsel
for Mr.. Chrsty, said that the case will
probably be long drawn out, as many
witnesses will be called by both sides.
II was rumored in the courtroom that
Mrs Christy was in favor of a COM
promise, but this was denied by her
counsel
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abr in which she lived and died after

cabin in which she lived and died after
her escape from captivity. It bears a
tablet with the following inscriptions:
Mary Draper Ingles. born III -hiladei-
plla in 1882 died at Ingles Ferry, va, IN
is15 The first white bride married west
of the Allegheny mountains. Captured
by Indians IN 1751 at Drapers Meadows.
now Blacksburg, Va. Escaping from her
captors she made her way home In WIN
ter. alone some 500 miles, through q
and roots for forty days. No greater eX-
hibition of heroism, courage and endur-
ance are recorded in the annals OF frontier
history To commemorate her noble
character and wonderful heroiSm TINS
monument is erected of the stones from
the chimney of the cabin in which she lived
and died after her return from captivity
by her descendants.
Maria Mitchell Memorial.
One of the most notable and unique
monuments ever erected III honor of a
woman is an astronomical observatory. in
which ii five-inch telescope has been
mounted. at No. Nestal street Nam
tucket, the birthplace OF the late Maria
Mitchell, a distinguished astronomer and
educator. Her ancestral home. which is
in the same Enclosure. was purchased in
1902 and the observatory was erected in
1905 by the Maria Mitchell Association. of
which Prof Mary w Whitney OF Nassar
College, Poughkeepsie, y. Y, is presi
dent and Mrs. Joseph Head, 63 West
View street. Germantown. Pa, is secre-
tary. Mrs. Thomas w Sidwell of Wash
ington D. C., IS a member of the re-
search fellowship committee, which Is
raising a permanent fund of $4,000, the
interest upon which is to be devoted to
the maintenance of the observatory and
to enable young woman astronomers of
recognized ability to do original research
work there.
Mara Mitchell was born at No. 1 Vestal
street, Nantucket, August I, 1918. Her
father was an eminent astronomer, and
so was her brother. Prof. Ormsby Nc
knight Mitchell, who was also a major
general in the Union army during the
civil war When she was mere girl
Maria Mitchell was appointed librarian
of the Nantucket Atheneum. and held
that position for twenty years, at very
small salary. There was not much for
her to do, and a great deal of her leisure
she devoted to study; and, having
an especial gift for mathematics, when
she was twenty years of age she was en-
ployed in making computations for the
United States Nautical Almanac. This
work she did continuously during her en-
tire life. She also devoted a great deal
of her time to the study of astronomy.
and assisted her father in his observa-
tons. In 1881 Frederick vi, King of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-28
MIDDIES ON ANXIOUS BENCH
TROUBLE AT ANNAPOLIS OVER
INCREASE IN DEMENT'S.
Restricted List Augmented in Num-
Der and Several Cadets in Dan
ger of Dismissal.

Special Dispatch to The Star
ANNAPOLIS, Md, November 27.-The
mddies who are already on the re-
stricted list and those who are in dan
ger of being dismissed from the Naval
Academy have been increased in num-
bers by several, and it is understood
that in addition to six or eight who
have enough dement's added to their
conduct record to make their ability to
get by the semi-annual reckoning ex-
tremely problematical, three others are
said to be liable to immediate dismiss
sal
The added trouble over which the I'M
fortunes are wailing today resulted
from sort of dragnet inspection of the
quarters Thanksgiving night. Pending
final action on the cases. the names of
those said to be slated for dismissal
and the details Of their escapades are
withheld officially.
Incurrence of Dement'S
1t is common talk in Annapolis to-
night, however that two youths while
convalescent in the naval hospital took
advantage of their more than usual lib
erty to slip off to Baltimore and wit
ness show. They were seen on the
train returning by an officer, who no.
titled the officer In charge Of quarters
and the inspection of quarters was or
dered. The two who "Frenched" from
the hospital were not caught at quar-
ters. but others were, and then the hos
pital was notified to watch it's own fire.
side. and these, too. were nabbed. Both
We're punished by big number of de-
merits and one inadvertently broke
rest and is now in serious danger OF dis
missal. The inspection at quarters de-
veloped many empty nests and showed
one youth to be badly Off from too fire.
This offense has been the cause of many
young men giving up their naval ca
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-28
FEARS CONTRAST OF WARES.
German Trade Paper Attacks Ameri.
can Exposition in Berlin.

BERLIN. November 21.-The Rhenisch
Westfaelische Zeitung, trade paper of
Essen, which is commonly described as
the organ of the manufacturers of that
city and vicinity. is much disturbed over
the American exposition which is to be
held in Berlin next summer. In its issue
today the paper attacks the plan as likely
to injure German trade by affording
Americans an opportunity to show the
excellence of their manufactures.
1t appears to fear the effect of a con-
trast between German and American
wares, and alludes to Prince Henry of
Prussia as an agent for American trade
because the prince is patron of the ex-
position and chairman of the reception
committee.
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Missing Barges Ride Out Gale.

NEWPORT. R.. l.. November 81
The barges Conewago and George Stet-
son, lost by the tug Patience off Mon
tauk point Wednesday. and supposed
to have been wrecked. were reunited to-
day. The missing barges rode out the
gale at anchor. The Stetscn was picked
up by the tug Catawissa, while the Pa
thence. which put to sea Thursday after
noon after dropping the third barge, the
kimberton, here, found the ConewagO.
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to Nantucket every summer several young
women of scientific attainments. who are
able TO containue their studies and enjoy
an outing at the same time. There could
be no service so much in harmony with
Prof. Mitchell'S ideas as that of a young
woman working for the same ends for
which she worked during fifty years of
her life in her Old home where she spent
thirty-flve years and where her chief dis
coveries and her reputation were made.
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Rib Fractured by a Fall.

III. B. Denney, colored. fell and sus-
tanned fractured rib yesterday after
noon while working in the dead letter
Office. Denney, whose home Is at 11O9
4th street northwest, was given surgical
treatment at the Emergency Hospital
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-28

Benjamin F. Friend. sixty-four years
old. of Loeb Lynn Heights, Garrett coun-
ty. Md, is dead from apoplexy. He was
hauling wood at Mountain Lake Park and
fell from the wagon. He is survived by
a widow. two sons and seven daughters.
He was civil war veteran and member
of the G. A. r.
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first discoverer of a telescope comet. >
The evening of October l, 1877, Miss
Mitchell won tat medal. She promptly
reported her discovery to Prof. Bond. di-
rector of the University of Cambridge.
who Immediately confirmed it. The same
discovery was made at Rene, at Green
wich and at Hamburg within the next
few weeks; but Miss Mtchell's claim to
priority was recognized. and she received
the medal.
Recognized by the World.
Within the next ten years she made sew
eral other important discoveries. which
were amply recognized by the learned So
cieties of the world. She was the first
woman to be elected to the American
Academy; later she was elected to the
Philosophical Society of Philadelphia and
received honorary degrees from several
colleges. In 1857 she made her first trip
to Europe, where many honors We're be-
slowed upon her by scientific associations
anu the observatories of the old world
were opened to her. IN 1860 she was
called to the professorship of astronomy
at Vassar College and made director of
lle observatory. where she remained for
twenty three years. She died in 1889, the
most famous woman of her day in educa-
tional and scientific life.
In 1902 the Maria Mitchell Association
was organized and purchased her birth
place. The original building has been
kept precisely as it was when she lived
there, and scientific and literary collec-
tions have been received for preservation.
To these Prof. Mitcheil's family have
added her manuscript lectures and notes,
together with many valuable autographs
and letters Of interest. diplomas, resolu-
tons of congra tuatlun, degrees con-
ferred upon her by educational institutions
and learned societies. and other objects
connected with her life and work.
In 1907 five-inch telescope. which had
been presented to Prof. Mitchell through
Elizabeth Peabody ION behalf of the wom-
en- of America was donated to the as
ISOLATION and remounted in a position for
use in brick .fire-proof observatory erected
by subscriptions from women. The ground
floor is devoted to working library for
students of astronomy, and during the
summer months class of women astron-
omers is instructed there in that science
by competent teacher
Upon the roll of membership of the So
ciety are many graduates of Vassar, as
tronomerS in every part of the world,
other scientific men and women and Wis
itors to the Island of Nantucket who have
become interested in the enterprise. The
annual membership fee is 81: the life
membership fee Is $40. The veneration
for Miss Mitchell its opportunities for
study and the natural ATTRACTIONS bring