The Washington herald., 1909-08-08


Monarchical Government"
The story OF the poisoned Hindu Prin- !
cess who was sent TO Alexander the /
Great. in order that she might work his
death through her poisoning power, and /
10 save India, has been told now and
again through the centuries; but curl !
ously enough. despite it's dramatic quail
ties. Il has had TO walt twelve hundred
years or more 20 be put into dramatic
form, or, indeed. 10 be given any extend
Cd literary treatment. This Mr.. Louis V.
Ledoux has now done In his verse play,
fzdra." which G. p. Putnam's Sons now
nave IN press. and which Will surprise a
good many people with the discovery OF
an obstacle to the course Of true love
hitherto unfound by the romancers. |
''yzdra" should appeal not only 10 the
lovers of poetry. but 10 the wider circle !
OF those who like an exciting love story
well told.
Norman Duncan. author OF Every Man !
for Himself" The Cruise OF the Shining |
Light" &c. IS spending the summer in /
camp at Indian Pond. Moosehead, Ne.
II is an interesting coincidence that |
Paris, which Justus Miles Forman chose |
for the setting OF Jason" his novel Just /
published. is also the place where the au- (
thor wrote his FIRST story. Ten years ago /
Mr.. Formap. just out OF Yale. went over |
TO Paris to live and. as he thought, TO /
paint portraits. But one day the fancy
seized him 20 tell his story on paper in /
stead Of on canvas. That was the begin |
ming, for fiction claimed him after that !
day There Is a passage in Jason !
which reflects the young authors feeling
for the city that claimed him at the close /
OF college days. In passage descriptive !
or the fragrance OF rain-wet chestnut
trees at evening. and the savory whiffs
OF wood smoke along the streets: 1T
was the breath OF Paris he writes. and
1t shall be in your nostrils and mine a
keen agony OF sweetness so long as we
may live and so wide as we may wander
because we have known # and loved it
and In the end we shall so back TO
breathe It when we die
The first volume Of Gustavus Myers
History OF the Great American For
tunes" Will be published IN September by
Charles II. Kerr &, CO. The second and
third volumes. completing the work. will
be issued as soon after that date as pos
sible.
''Puddln'head Wilson" and The Ad-
ventures OF Tom Sawyer" no doubt from
having followed so many small boys 10
the country. have exhausted their edi-
tons, and have had 70 be newly put
through the Harper press.
The latest addition 20 the excellent
Manual HoepI. issued by Ulrico Hoepli. |
In Milan, is lie rovine del PaIatlno," by
Dominica Canogni. a leading authority In
the archaeology and history Of Rome I
II IS richly Illustrated and contains
good plan OF tho Mons Palatinus
Homestead. Pa. once made itself IA
nous as the center OF a great strike.
Now II appears that Homestead being
not far from Pittsburg on the map and
ia sympathies ls the center OF a fine
young system Of political graft. In fact.
the sketch OF political conditions which
George Randolph Chester gives IN his
story. The Making OF Bobby Burnt" and
which has been ridiculed in some quar-
ters as romantic and purely imag-
inarv,' so closely lts the actual state of
affairs in Homestead that the editor Of
one Of the local newspapers proposes 10 |
print quotations from Bobby" as first
page news OF the hour,
In three volumes DR.. Johann Friedrich
Won Schultz presents his "reminiscences |
as a jurist and teacher. and one long
active in public llfe in Germany CGlesseu: /
Emil Roth The third volume is par
ticularly interesting 10 foreigners on ac-
count OF several essays setting forth
Germany's relations 20 the Vatican and
the authors recollecions OF Bismarck.
At the unvelling OF the monument
erected by the people OF Monroe. Mich. !
aided by the state OF Michigan. TO Cen
eral Custer. the equestrian hero whose
renOwn IS second only 20 Sherldan's. at
Monroe In June. 1910. President Taft has
consented to give the memorial speech |
and VIII Carleton the poem.
When the censor forbade public per-
formances Of Bernard Shaw's Press Cut !
tings." the playwright gave a private
performance before about a thousand in /
vited guests" These guests ought 10
have been gentle IN their criticism. but
they were not. They pronounced the play
long-drawn-out and dun; In fact. they de-
clared It wasn't a play at al. After a
Few days. however. most Of them aWOke
TO the fact that Shaw had never called |
II a play. Press Cuttings" does not
promise much OF plot What he intended
was a topical revue" after the Partisan /
fashion. touching up current political and |
social affairs with Illuminating satire /
But even as a Review Il seems 20 be un- !
satisfactory. There is none Of that sub /
tie roundness about the beginning and (
the end. or Of the coherent grip through /
out necessary to fashion a complete and !
proportioned production declares the !
critic Of the New Age. II IS, however, he !
declares. "the only really able and pointed /
English Review we have had"
How Capt Mueller piloted the ball
loon United States" across California, |
over the San Jacinto peaks. ten and |
eleven thousand feet high. IS told in a I
thrilling article by Joseph X. Hutchinson. /
who accompanied him. in Harper's !
Weekly The end OF the voyage was |
wreck In the desert OF Arizona. but not |
until q feat hitherto considered impOs- !
slble had been accomplished. The article |
is illustrated with some remarkable pho /
tographs taken from attitudes as high as
twenty thousand feet.
Mrs Lecky has written a life Of her
husband. W. T. II. Lecly, which viii /
be published by Longmans, Green & CO. |
in the autumn.
THOSE HELPFUI-HINTS.
ABOUT THE BABY
Is a baby eight months old too young % he 4
spanked Clipping from one OF our household Jour |
naiN
On spare the rod means spoil the child
Don't be too kind. dent be too midi
lie won't obCy IL you but scold
By all means spank the eight-monthsoldi
II he won't act Just as he ought.
Tho little nsCal must be taught:
You know be has a sinful heart