The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-08
Nar. aierrr Collected.

n in now possible fer the admirers %
Mr.. Ambrose Bierce's talent tn obtain all
that he has written. in n handsome edition
in ten volumes 81 The Collected Works 81
Ambrose Bierce,' published by the Neale
Publishing Company. Washing ton and
New York. This - printed from the plates
~ limited autograph edition iss,ied by
the same Arm. The type is large and
clear the page very attractive and the
Het. % which the first volume - at hand.
~ in every way desirable.
Mr. Bierce IL a great man on the Pacific
Slope He may bs sad To represent IN
prnSe much Of what Mr. Edwin Mark ham
stands for in verse. His friend Mr.
Markham says Of him: His IL a com
rosste minds blending Of Ham the Per
sian. swift. Poe. Thoreau. with sometimes
. Eieam Of the GalileAn.- His friend Mr..
Atherton says. Ambrose Berce has the
be~t brutal imagination ~ any man IN the
English spaakin race In spite 10 the-e
tributes the reader may be assured that
Mr. Bierce writes with vigor and original
liy and that there In much more 90 his real
talent than the f,ilnlination Of wrath over
What he disapproves Of OF the depletion 81
IN. horrible.
The hrSt volume contains ASHES % the
Beacon For the Akhoond.' John
smith. Lbsrator.' and the collections en-
titled The Land Boy Ond the Blow and
Bits ~ Autobiography. The other
volumes will follow at monthly intervals.
4 Memoir sf . PhystologIst.
The late Henry CadwaladeT CN7pman.
VI H.. Sc. D.. was q distinguished man
NJ science and physician in Philadelphia
He died last year. Prom the pHoceedtngs
Of thu Academy Of Natural Sciences OF
that city Or. Edward J. Nolan. NE score
tary has reprinted a biographical notice
in which he sets forth graphically tho main
facts ~ Dr. ChApEnan's us~ful career and
hs numerous contri buttons 10 science
With the Hood Of the Biddies. Markoes and
ChApmans IN his veins. born toafiloence
Dr Chapman preferred hard work to
the pleasures % Philadelphia society.
Tho son of George W. Chapman Of the
United States Navy and the grandson
- III" famous DR.. Nathaniel Chapman,
he Inherited the personal charm Of the
one and the Wit and love 81 his profession
~ the other. In Europe he studied three
yes-s under Sir Richard Owen in London.
Alphonsa Milne Edward in Paris. Emile
% Bors Rrvmond in Berlin and Joseph
Hy-'I IN yisnna. This Was after he had
h."n graduated from the Pennsylvania
University. He entered ths Pennsylvania
Hospital in 1877
~ hls return from Europe his closest
i-"ri- we're I.sidy and Conrad. az the
'r'p.-- scientific work hs made an
el,. "nt record in his Life and Work %
y"-..iL I.eidy.' A. member 81 the
A. i-my % Natural Scisncep DR.. Chap
ra' papers were many: the photography
comp 81 by DR. Nolan fills several Lagos
oi o." proceedings. DIR. Chapman was
gn~a' Y admired for his scientific attain
'n"r's and greatly beloved beoauss Of his
mhgn-tism and hearty humOr. As 2
v'i'h ne had attended the Faires Classical
Irstl'ut" and had r,-csiv"d bis quota 81
H0gErrgs from the sturdy principal. the
Rev 1Dhn ". FAIRIES.
Among the recoilsctiona IN tn. little
memoir il one related TO the author 10y
W John Cadwaladsr which ~ % interest
"hen young Chapman was nj the Fsire-
hool a hig. well built boy - rs years ~
% named Irvine stephens BullOch Was
on in the second class Ii was unusual
'r DR. FAires 10 fog a boy of this sire. ne
'~ realized IL imposed too severe a humil-
r''lon on HIM. bulloch was usually a
god student. but he sat behind a very
"snsive hoy whom he felt u his duty CON
sanity 20 chastise. The victim. quite as
a. BsIlloch. would set up a howl with
.I' attempting To Tesist the blow. Dr.
'aires had = warm regard for Bulloch.
uho was q hoy after HE own heart but he
'ad told him repeatedly that his assaults
must stop. Catching him one day in the
a0' the doctor became much enrnged:
s~ung MIA heaviest cane he ran across the
rnorn RIIloch escaped 10 another aisle.
.~" hnys guarding HE retreat until he
..a.Hsd the door. when raising HE hand
'. med -Dr. Faires. you cannot hog me
-r' : do not want 70 fight you, | know
ri curse l will have to leave the school.
- Sood-by. fellows. ! am Awfully sorry
= 90 THIS hoy. who came from 0eor-
ga. entered ths Confederate nnSy. be-