Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-06-09
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gell, has been writing book on Byron
and Shelley and their friends in Italy
We are told that it is based in part
on materials hitherto unpublished.
Mrs. T. P. O'Connor, the American
wife of the Irish NJ P. and editor Of
IN. A. P.," is about to bring out a
volume of "reminiscences which she
calls 81 Myself" 1t is said to be full
of descriptions and anecdotes of celeb
rites.
At the latest meeting of the Society
of Authors, London, Maurice Hewlett
drew attention to the fact that Thos.
Hardy, recently elected, was but the
third president the society has had in
it's entire career. Mr.. Hardys pre-
decessors we're Tennyson and George
Meredith.
How female government works
among the ants is shown in Dr. Henry
c. McCooks new volume, "Ant Com
munities." The worker ant is female
in which reproduction has been subor
ernment of ants, one of the most re-
markable examples in natural science
devolves wholly upon her. Dr. McCook
continues: Their internal affairs call
for no police. Among these millions
of citizens there is not one criminal,
one degenerate. l do not recall in
all my observation single example
of an ant whose actual offending called
for civil punishment"
The Bardon Papers; which cover, the
period of the Imprisonment of Mary
Queen of Scots, from May, 1872, to the
date of her execution, have just been
publish for private circulation. 1--WE
have long given up all hope" says
the Saturday Review, of London, "of |
ever having the dark places in Mary's |
career completely cleared to the light.
Documents have long since proved |
quite useless. Those who believe Mary
to be innocent of Bothwell's murder
or of direct completely in the Babing-
ton conspiracy to murder Elizabeth /
have made up their minds that damn
ing evidence is forgery if written, or
falsehood wrung by torture if attest.
ed. No one of those who have not
seen these papers in the original will
be moved a jot now that they may
read them in print. Partisans who
wish to be educated in the subject
natter of their case cannot, however,
lfford to neglect them"
"Musicology" is the title of new
)ook by Maurice S. Logan. Musicology
means the science of music, as distin-
,uished from music as an art, as it is
Usually taught The object of this
Dook is to furnish practical and COM
'rehensive text book on the thory and
philosophy of music, for schools and
eneral use. For school use it is in
ended to be included in the science
curse, rather than in the music
curse. The science of music deserves
, rank with the other sciences, the
uthor thinks. Mr.. Logan holds that
} regard music simply as an art is
adequate; every child should be
aught the fundamental principle of
lusic; as a matter of education, de-
eloping the mind, musicology has as
luch right as any other ology. The
lthor discusses common terms and
gns used in music, rhythm, express
on, keys, reading music, modes and
,ales, the structure of music, acous-
cs, principal sources of musical 6
'und; and he adds a valuable die 6
onary of terms and definitions To t
udents of music the book may be :
'rfectly Ineligible; but to the mere 4
yer of beautiful music it is alarm.
gly technical.