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"The Storm Birds"

By Schroeder Davis. Published By MOnat,
Yard & Co., New York Price $50.
Good melodrama is The Storm
Birds" but no one for an instant will
take it seriously. 1t purports TO tell
the tale of the intrigues which led to
the blowing UP of the Maine and Is a
fine piece of imaginative fiction de-
scribing that event.
Washington is the stage setting and
here take place the leading events in
this romance of love and intrigue.
Lieutenant Commander Stewart Blake
U. s. NJ, has an unpleasant encounter
in Europe with certain Spanish spy,
Alvarez Blake is amazed to find that
his rival in love isthe Viscount Ybarra.
secretary to the Spanish minister, and
learns that Ybarra and the Spanish
spy. Alvarez. are one and the same
person Ybarra is Fearful that he will
not win the lovely Helen Lane. niece
OF a millionaire so he tens her he
knows some very damaging things
about her family and forces an engage
ment upon her. In the meantime to
make assurance doubly sure he plans
to have Stewart Blake assassinated.
So far the book progresses naturally
and entertainingly. Blake obtains an
discriminating letter and exposes Al
varez. but dragging in a wronged
woman to make his character worse
cheapens the climax and is unneces-
sary. At the same time Helen learns
that there is nothing the world may
not know about her family and so she
with the result that she and Blake are
happy. The story is fairly well written
and as nearly consistent as fiction now
adays can be.
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he Yosemite Valley .
BY Galen CLARK. Published bs

Just before his death, at the rare age
of 96 years. Galen Clark, the Yosemite
pioneer, completed the manuscript of a
truly remarkable book on the "Yo-
semitic Valley. Its History, Character
istic Features and Theories Regarding
Its Origin" subject with which he
had been intimately acquainted for
more than half century. The book is
now published in attractive form, beau
tifully illustrated and bound, and forms
a most valuable contribution TO the
literature of western America
The introduction has been written
by Major Ben c. Truman. who says:
This last publication of Mr. Clark
has many aims. but It's principal OBJ
ject Is to furnish answers to the nu-
merous questions asked by Yosemite
visitors. not only with regard to the
great scenic features OF the valley and
the various theories which have been
advanced to account for their origin,
but also concerning the many beau
tiful and varied specimens of tree and
plant life.
The book therefore contains the cor
rect name and a brief sketch OF each
flower, fern, tres, shrub and grass;
and description of all the falls and
domes and other elevations, with their
names and attitudes, their significance
in Indian minds and much else OF an In
teresting aboriginal study and belief
1t has been the aim OF the author TO
avoid inflnitesimal detail and ponder
osity; in other words, he has omitted
nothing that should be presented, but
has made book that may be carried
In almost any pocket and drawn upon
for reference at any time and at any
place. 1t is the gem of books on the
Yosemite valley and scintillates like a
star
The introduction. though eulogistic, is
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possible for him to drop his identity,
for he was known to so few. but the
adventures which befell him during
the years of his masquerade! The de-
tails of his death and burial are ire
sistably told, but the finest touch is his
taking unto himself a wife. The how
OF that is, spoiled by telling. but a de-
scription of this lovable and eccentric
woman is not amiss:
She was living proof that in her
sex social distinctions do not effectively
count. Nothing counted where she was
concerned except a distinction far more
profound than any social distinction
the historic distinction between Adam
and Eve. She was balm to Pream
Farll. She might have been equally
balm to King David, Uriah the Hittite,
Socrates, Rousseau, Lord Byron, Heine
or Charlie Peace. She would have un-
derstood them all. They would all have
been ready to cushion themselves on
her comfortableness. Was she q lady7
Pish! She was a woman. Her temper
ament drew Prian Farll like an elec-
trifed magnet. To wander about free
ly in that roomy sympathy OF hers
seemed 70 him to be the supreme re-
ward of experience. It seemed like
the good run after the bleak highroad,
the oasis after the sandstorm, shade
after the glare, the, dressing after the
wound, sleep after insomnia, surcease
from unspeakable torture. He wanted,
in word to tell her everything, be-
cause she would not demand any diff
fcult explanation. She had given him
an opening in the mention of sayings
He regarded her as his refuge
as fate's generous compensation to him
for the loss of Henry Leek lwhose re-
mains now rested in the national val
halla)."
After a few years OF absolute peace.
relaxation and comfort nature reassert-
ed itself and Priam Farll must needs
paint again. He tried to paint badly
and did not sign his work, but could not
seem to hide his skill. He was amazed
that he could sell his paintings and not
be discovered:
He wondered that, he could ever have
dreamed of concealing his identity on q
canvas. The thing simply shouted
sPriam Farll,' every inch of 1t. In any
exhibition of pictures in London, Paris,
Rome, Milan. Munich, New York or
Boston 1t would have been the cynosure,
the target of ecstatic admiration. 1t
was Just such another work as his cell
ebrated 'Pont d'Austerlitz,' which hung
in the Luxembourg. And neither a
frame of chemical gold nor the ex-
tremely variegated coloration of the
other merchandise on sale could kill 1t
However, there were no signs of a
crowd. People passed TO and fro just as
though there had not been master
piece within 10000 miles of them"
The expose and the legal proceedings
which indirectly result therefrom give
Mr.. Bennett an opportunity to satirize
the customs of the law in a perfectly
Joyous manner From start to finish
the book is a surprise and delight
much the best book which has bright
kned the dull summer months. AS
Story full of satisfaction, Ss study
without a flaw. bravo. Mr.. Bennett!
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Vacz interested him and subtiy seemed
to strike<a responsive chord in his
nomad breast
His next successful venture was How
Paris Amuses Itself" which was also
published in 1903, and in 1905 another
Partisan book. "Parisians Out of
Doors" meaning for the most part out
of Paris. appeared. year later I'm
London Town. Partisan view OF the
solid. furky English metropolis, was
published
All of these books are similar In gen.
eral character. The style Is the same
throughout. 1t is that OF the lightest
kiad Of personal essay. written with a
carefree offhand abandon that capti-
Yates from the start. There is very
little order to these sketches Of vaga-
bondage. They are more like diary of
the authors wanderings and expe-
riences, and as such he naturally writes
of what he knows best and loves best,
and no Partisan loves Paris better, and
well as he knows Paris. Do not mis-
take these books for guide books, as
the titles may suggest. Baedeker's in
trusivc didacticism is entirely lacking,
yet the reader is constantly being In
formed. though wholly unconsciously,
the Marguery kitchen or the coryphees
of a revue.
The books are very accurate in con-
tent and very real in atmosphere and
spirit. You have left nothing. un-
done,0 said Frederic Remington OF
THE Real Latin Quarter" They are
all filled with hope and buoyancy
which invariably soften the bits of
tragedy and pathos, the poverty. the
squalor, the wretchedness that a true
and intimate picture of Paris must In
clude. Mr.. Smith does not see in the
city something cold and objective, but
to him it is live, pulsating human
heart, or rather the blending of thou
sands of hearts into one. The author s
many excellent pen and ink sketches
contribute generously to the attractive-
ness of these volumes
It Is a cry of considerable distance
from these books to Mr.. Smiths first
novel THE Lady of Big Shanty,''
which appeared in 1909. Paris. with its
grisettes, students, balls, models, etc,
has been put away for the nonce, and
in place of the tobacco-stale air of a
Montmartre cabaret we breathe the
pine scented free ozone of the limitless
north woods of North America. This
is as big a jump as from his attenuated
breezy sketches to the more ponderous
machinery of the novel form. 1t is a
rather perilous leap, but Mr. Smith
lands safely, though somewhat shakily,
on the other side. The same charm and
deft touch OF the artist are still present
and are potent enough to atone for the
several structural defects and the few
pieces of bad writing and loose diction.
Only an occasional reminder OF Paris
still clings-such as the butterfly pleas
ure loving wife with her frou-frous
and maid from the Rue Lepic.
The theme of the story is the power
of the elemental wilds of nature to
change the disposition of the human
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A new edition Of The Care and Cul-
ture of Men, by David Starr Jordan,
= IS just issued. The plates of the first
edition C1S96) were destroyed in the
fire, and in republishing the book the
editor has taken the liberty of adding
some new material that seemed prop
erIy to belong in 1t. while certain es-
says that appeared in the former vol
tlr1e have been omitted. The book is
h1ade up OF addresses relating to
higher education, delivered at differ
ent times before assemblies OF teachers
ana students. All are of lasting inter
est, making the Offering one of value
today as it was when first published.
and as ii Will be in the future. II
contains as a frontispiece a picture OF
Doctor Jordan by T. Souli Campbell.
The whole is daintily printed and
bound. Whitaker & Ray-Wiggin
company. San Francisco
A curious collection of verse entitled
:.Bon bons,' is offered by f. p. Savinieu.
The poems are imperfect limitations of
classic forms. strange, nonundesstand-
able subjects and dreadfully involved
meanings. Readers with more time on
their hands than the rushed reviewer
may get something out Of them, but it
takes a curious form of intelligence.
.'Psycosophy," the last one of the col
lection, is rather clearer than the rest,
and much the more interesting~of the
lot. broadway publishing company,
New York;
Calvert Of Maryland by James Otis,
IS the story OF Lord Baltimore's colony,
told in the words of lad who sailed
with the first colonists in the good
shin Ark" and shared their stormy
voyage to the new home in Chesapeake
bay. He describes graphically their
dramatic journey, their first meeting
with the strange brown natives. their
exploration and building of town.
and their troubles with Master William
Claiborne Of Kent Island over boundary
claims. In these troubles Calvert him.
self took an active part and is given
command OF a division of the guard.
Nothing of Importance in the affairs OF
the province escapes his notice, and
he tells the story of the beginnings of
Maryland in q most interesting man
ner. The book is attractively illus
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-24
THE Fascinating Due de ,Richelieu'

lies Scribner's Sons, New York Price 81.
authors have drawn their information
concerning Richelieu largely from the
memoirs written by Loulavie. the dis
gruntled secretary who lived with the
duke the last year of his life; and "a
certain biographical sketch of Richelieu
written by Four, which is an even more
scandalous production. This is supposed
TO contain portions of Richelieu's jour-
nal and has furnished ideas to numbers
of playwrights since.
The author of this work has made q
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b Blaze Derri-n ger"

By Eugene P. Lyle Jr. Published By Doubl
Just as the playgoer demands an
occasional musical comedy as a neces-
sary respite from the intellectual
drama. SO everybody once in a while
longs for the refreshments given by
red hot. whirlwind tale of adventure.
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By Bradford Burnham

dance. His first book, which appeared
in 1901, was called The Real Latin
Quarter" and is perhaps the best
known Of his earlier books. Two years
later appeared Budapest, the City of
Magyars." which the author visited
from Paris, making an extended stay.
He found Pest a city of great fascina-
tion to him, and the gipsies he met at
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fascinating book from his fascinating
hero. 1t is a keen analysis OF this re-
markable man and, besides, is a vivid
picture of the court life wherein he was
so brilliant and important a figure.
The book contains 1T illustrations
from paintings and engravings, which
greatly embellish the very interesting
text.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-24

Varmint," was published in the Satur-
day Evening Post. is the son of Robert
Underwood Johnson, editor of The Gen.
tury.
1t goes without saying that a play
entitled viii Shakespeare of Stratford
and London is of the romantic order
1t is written by Mrs. Margaret Crosby
Mum and shows hero worship of the
virulent type. Shakespeare is pictured
throughout as too good to be human;
in fact. he is an ideal creation, not a
man at all; even his love affair and
marriage with Anne Hathaway is
vague and the result of a sort OF spirit
ual communion. not warm and human
in any way. The drama is written in
blank verse with a decided Shakes
pearean flavor, very well lone in parts
The last two acts are much the best,
the author here getting into the spirit
of the romantic age OF her setting.
Dodd- Mead & Co., New York. s1.20)
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Books Received

From the Jungle Through Europe with Roose-
veIt" by John Callan O'Loughlin- Chapple pub
fishing couapany. Boston
Observation-Disclosures. and Other Poems" By
John william Schol George Wahr. Ann Arbor.
Mich.
The Boston SIuseum Of Fine Arts, By Julia
de Wolf Addison. L. c. Page & Co.. Boston.
"A Cavalier OF virginia" by G. E. Theodors
Roberts. L. c. Page Co.. Boston
The Rod OF Justice by Alice and Claude
Askew Brentano's New York
commencement Days By Virginia Church.
L. C. Page & Co.. Boston,
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By UNA II. II. COOL
BOOKS VIE W E D

Buried Alive" by Arnold Bennett
From Irish Castle to French Chauteaux," by Norma
Bright Carson
"The Fascinating Due de Richelieu," by A. Noel
Williams
Songs of Life" by George Russell Margetson {
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The Yosemite Valley" by Galen Clark
Marcus Aurelius and the Later Stoics," by F. w.
Bussell d. D.
THE Soul of Serf" by J. Breckenridge Ellis
Blaze Derringer," by Eugene P. Lyle Jr.
"The Storm Birds" by Schroeder Davis
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saIter, Yosemite. Cal. Price 81.

not overdone. The book is OF great
value.
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" Buried Alive G"

Bennett
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-09-10
NEGROES THROW BRi3K
AT NAV ON BICYCLE
J. w. KeII Has Broken Rib and War
rants Are Out for Arrest of
Two Men.

J. w Kell, who owns a farm on
Back River and is widely known in
Hampton. had one rib broken and was
painfully hurt otherwise while riding
on his bicycle from Hampton to his
farm Thursday afternoon. when a
brick was thrown at him by Sid Grit
fin and Themes Richmond, two negro
men.
Kell came TO Hampton yesterday
and had warrants swcTn out for the
arrest of the two negroes and they
will be tried today or tomorrow Dy
Magistrate J. walter Smith. Of River
view
According to Mr.. Kell the men de-
lberatIv threw the brick at him. lie
was struck in the right side and one
OF his ribs was snapped in two.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-09-10
NOT A FAIR TEST.

Winston Churchill says that the re-
suit of the primaries in New Hamp-
shire proves that the direct primary
takes control of party affairs out OF
the hands OF bosses. No doubt enc
mics of the primary system Will
answer that the Second Virginia dis
.rict congressional primary proves
the contrary. But it must be remem-
bered that the primary as conducted
in the Second district and elsewhere
in Virginia is not a fair test The
very bosses who continue to hold
power in spite of the primary are
the ones who have blocked every eI-
fort up to this time to perfect the
system and make it what 1t should
be. Until the system is perfected the
bosses will not be deprived OF their
power. But even under present CON
ditions the primary is preferable to
the old scheme.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-09-10
Some Echo.

An American and Highlander
were walking one day on the top OF
one of the Scotch mountains. when
the SCOtchman. wishing 10 impress
the bOastful cousin produced IA
nous echo to be heard in that place.
When the echo returned clearly after
nearly four minutes. the proud Scotch
man. turning 10 the Yankee. exciaim-
ed: There. mon. We Gamma show
anythink like that in your country.
To which the other replied. Il guess
we can better that some stranger.
Why. in my shooting lodge in the
Rockies. when I 20 to bed just lean
out OF my window and call out, Time
to get up: wake up,' and eight hours
afterward the echo comes back and
wakes me. Truth.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-09-10
HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS
ARE DECIDED UPON
List of instructors for Elizabeth
City County Will be Rati-
fed by Board.

Although the Elizabeth City county
schCcl board did not muster a quo
rum yesterday afternoon TO take up
the election of teachers for the High
schools. which begin their sessions
next Thursday. the names OF the
teachers were secured by The Daily
Press representative. The teachers
will be elected either today or early
next week. but oil have been selected
and accepted the position and the ac-
ticn of the beard in electing them
will simply prove a ratification of the
various contracts.
Prof. George w. Guny will be the
principal, with Prof. Jefferson b. Sin
clair as his assistant. and Prof. w. F.
Odom. of South Carolina, as the in
structor in the agricultural depart-
ment. Misses Nellie Carr and Blanche
Bullifant will be the other teachers
in the High schools. Miss Carrie NJ.
Works. of Wisconsin, will be in
charge of the manual training; Miss
Madge Van Dresser, of Brooklyn, VIII
have charge Of the domestic science
department; Miss Ethel NJ. Prater. OF
Indiana, will teach domestic science.
and Miss Elizabeth Ivy will again be
in charge of the drawing department.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-09-10
The Air Brake.

To forget the Inventions OF the hour
Is an impossibility. They are before
one at every turn. and many OF them
contain potcntiaIities vast and much
discussed. For that very reason 1t IS
well occasionally TO contemplate some
invention OF the past which works un-
remittingly and incouSpicuously for
the welfare OF mankind. Consider the
air brake How many when they take
a Journey by rail ever take thought Of
the device which stands ready to in
sure safety from possible accidents?
All are so used to sibilant noise below
the cars that they never consider its
righteousness. Yet by this applica-
ton OF the power OF compressed air
tens Of thousands OF lives have been
preserved and railroad travel has been
made more expeditions Al this Is
arrcnt truism. no; n word Of It but
what has been said scores of times be-
fore. But We like 20 dwell upon the
sir brake rs one Of those typical in
veniions which are doing their work
faithfully and humbly while recent
creations get the glory and applause
Golfers.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-09-10

I Lorjmer is a member of the Hamii
ton Club, which has invited Colonel
Roosevelt to be its guest, OF course
the decent and proper course for the
colonel to pursue would have been
withdraw his acceptance OF the invi'
tation or else attend and Nrmit his
hosts to be responsible for other per
sons present.
But that's not the coloners way OF
doing business. Senator Lorlmer has
been accdsed of buying his way into
the senate Doubtless various people
with whom the colonel has dined
have been guilty of offenses equally
as great. but Senator Lorimer has
been publicly accused, though not
convicted. SO the colonel tells the
Hamilton Club that one of its own
members must not be allowed 10
come into the hall when he accepts
the clubs hospitality, and lets the
notice go to all the world at the same
time.
And now the colcnels loyal admir-
ers are applauding and the strenuous
one is thinking. Your Uncle Theo-
dore is a great man
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-09-10
New York Money Market.

NEW YORK Sept S--Money on
osH. easier. IL: ruling rate. closing
bid and offered al "a. Time loans
weaker. sixty DAYS. 3zat per cent
and ninety czys. ~; six months
fizaf1.
Close. Prime mercantile paper. =
~ sik ger cont. sterling eNchange
steady. with actual Business IN bank
err bills a. 4sg.zoafS5.fo for sixty
dav bills and AZ fSs1o for demand
commercial bills ssz7tsfS5-- Bar
silver. 5sis. Mexican dollars. a.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-09-10
Und Gott.

OHu 0Otl.
The story is told of a pompous
young lieutenant, who. parading in
full uniform and approaching sen
try, was challenged with the words
Halt, Who goes there?"
Ass" was the cOntemptuous reply.
Advance, ass. and give the COun-
tersign."
That seems TO be about the way
the German people feel toward their
dearly beloved and much INDUCED
kaiser. Only the kaiser announces
himself, and gives the cOuntersign in
one and the same breath. Ass" is
all that is needed Advance. ass.
and get what is coming TO you" say
the German people with one voice and
the harmonious accord.
Himself und Colt, It's an old habit
OF the kaiser. but it was thought that
n right smart experience of two years
ago wou;-~.pduce him to keep the
partnershipsa little more in the back
ground Hopeless assumption. VIII
helm not only crowns himself with
his own crown. but. despising the
weakness of a Louis XIV, who had
n Bossuet TO help him. crowns him
self with his own philosophy.
And they called King James |, Of
England. who couldn't get over the
habit. the wisest fool in Europe"
What shall they call the kaiser?'-
New York Globe.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-09-10
Rro~n Nay oppose Floos.

STAUNTON. VA. Sept st is
given ont here that Colonel :. Browne
Allen. one Of the prominent Rcpubii.
can leaders II this section of the
safe. viii be endorsed for congress
AZ ne Tenth district convention next
NouJa, IN Buena Vista. Whcthci
CT not Colonel Alien viii give up hts
position a. postmaster and camraigi
against Flood remains 10 DO seen. hr'
il il assured that he viii be named
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-09-10
Reflections Of a Bachelor.

Pennies jingle more than banh
notes. but that's all.
Home couldn't appeal to some me.
il they were on a life raft In mid
ocean.
Sane language comes more or less
natural TO everybody but engaged
couples.
Even a woman who hasa quarrel
some husband is lucky not to have
married genius.
All animal and vegetable life in
the world was made TO support man
and man was made TO try 20 support
woman.
New York Press.