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work so successfully accomplished. The
little books are daintily bound in red
limp leather with conventional deco
ration in gold. price SD
Isaac Newton Phillips has printed a
monograph on Lincoln. a worthy con-
tribution to the photography of the
president whose memory is more re-
vered as the years go by and whose
simple honesty and wholesome phil
osophy of life are getting to have
deep significance to the people of this
as well as other countries.
This volume is a revised lecture de-
livered some 10 years ago in Illinois.
1t is a rare appreciation of great
man and is truly entertaining. As a
man, as politician. as a statesman, as
friend of humanity, Mr.. Phillips has
presented this president of the people.
He has done this in pure. delightful
English. The publishers have COM
pleted the charm of this volume by
large print and good binding. A repre-
duction of an ambrotype taken four
days after the Lincoln Douglas debate,
and said to be the most perfect likeness
of Lincoln in existence. adds to the
personal interest of the book.
CA. c. McClurg & Co.. Chicago, pub
fishers. Price $1.)
A recent book is "The Menace of So
cialism." by w. Lawler Wilson, who
has taken so prominent part as writer
and speaker in the campaign against
socialism now being conducted in Eng
land The book is comprehensive and
original 1t considers socialism and
anti-socialism the two great economic
forces which are about to enter into a
struggle for supremacy that will decide
i,n frrrrr Of he a.-r,
world. Taking a scientific and evolu-
tionary view of the movement, the
author regards socialism as q real
menace and forecasts a great outbreak
of social revolution in Europe within
the next. three or four years. Strangely
enough. that comedies with the imag-
NATIVE foreview OF the socialist author,
Jack London, one of whose latest works
is a study of social revolution in 1912
1913.
According to The Spectator, the late
George Merediths father, Augustus
Urmston Meredith, emigrated to Cape
Town in the middle of the nineteenth
century, kept a tailor's shop at the cor
ner of ST. Georges and Hout streets,
and returned to England after a stay
of some years. The Cape Times has
published letters from several persons
who remember him and knew that he
was the povelist's father His fine
presence and dignified reserve. his fond
ness for walking and his readiness at
the age of 66 to make the ascent of
Table mountain are among the things
recorded: also his pride in his sons
"Farina,' published in 1857. Meredith
was not wont to talk expansively of his
parentage, says The Spectator writer.
Considering the. quality of English, wit
on the subject of tailors, who blames
him? One can not pass ones days in
knocking men down for repeating an
cient jokes at the expense of ones
father.
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"The Tempting of Paul Chester"
By Alice and Claude Askew-. Published by

By Alice and Claude Askew. Published by
X. f. Fenno 4 Co.. New York and London
1t took two people. Alice and Claude
Askew, to write The Tempting of
Paul Chester" There ought to have
1t is a long drawn out story, curiously
chaptered and the dialogue is spangled
with banalities. There is somewhat
worthy plot, entertainingly English.
but the characterizations are not con-
yincingly human There is just enough
charm about the story and its develop
ment to bring considerable regret that
it failed when success was possible.
The story deals with. the woman's in
terest and acknowledged influence in
English politics. but the woman is
thoroughly bad She draws into her
net man after man for the tone OF
domination and influence. One Of her
victims is the straying husband OF the
typical good English wife. He is saved
from himself and the vampire, and for
the second time falls in love with his
wife. One of the best features of this
limping book is the English color.
What sort of an excuse can any one
find for the writers who permit the
bad woman heroine to act and talk
like the small boy in the street? She
says at different times and places and
to men as we'll as women:
But you shall suffer. You'll be
sorry for this some day."
You had better not insult me, Ru
pert, or I'll make you suffer for it as
you have made me suffer-
I'D make her suffer"
In the end virtue triumphs and the
vampire is banished to Sahara.
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A Tale of the New England Seas"
an American sea story. Oh, that can be
disposed of in short order. But, can it?
Not a bit of it. Once begin E. Law
renee Dudley's latest tale, "The Isle of
Whispers, and it will not be laid aside
for any reason whatever until the last
page is turned.
We. are warned on the paper wrap
per that it is a highly picturesque
yarn; it is. 1t was suggested to the
author through tales of a mysterious
mo Mans Land" off Nantucket.
A successful young broker is taking
a much needed rest on his yacat. He
intends to cruise about off the coast
with no aim at all but rest and health
At a little Cape Cod seaport, where
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CONDUCTED BY UNA III. III.
The Isle of Whispers"
By E. Lawrence Dudley. Publish

nee Dudley. PuDnshed Dy Henry Holt Co..
they run in, new man is signed on
among the sailors At the same time a
telegram is brought on board saying,
Market smashed. Firm going to the
wall Come at once" It is signed by
a clerk lin the office and not by the
young brokers partner, and it makes
our hero very uncomfortable. He orders
the captain to take him to New Bed
ford to catch train, but first they are
becalmed, then are suddenly in the
midst of fog, then squall, then storm
During the storm the new sailor is at
the wheel and after many exciting ad-
ventures succeeds in wreeking the little
yacht on the Isle of Whispers"
The troubles which pursue the hero
are dreadful, but perfectly plausible
and one reads page after page wonder
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ing how he can possibly be extricated.
There is girl, of course. but she is not
of first Importance in the story. She
helps the hero in the final unraveling
of the tangle Of trouble about him. but
is a rather colorless young person. The
story must be read. 1t would spoil the
whole book to tell the plot; half the
pleasure is in the surprises.
So much for the story. The writing
of it deserves special mention and much
praise. The author has succeeded in
imparting a real flavor of salt to his
narrative not often found in such hur-
ried fiction. 1t is almost pity that
the story is 50 interesting, for one hur-
ries through the fine descriptions in
order to see what happens next. The
book is for readers of all ages.
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Rv Hartlv R,,rr A

In a sort of foreword Professor Alex
ander explains a few things about
poems as compared to music. What he
has to say is very interesting. To
quote: For the more regular poetic
structure the rendering that answers
to the authors mood may be expected
to be obvious; but for complex and
varied poem, especially the ode in ir-
regular strophes, the effective reading
is often TO be obtained only as a result
of study. It has seemed, therefore.
worth while following worthy prece-
dent) to aid the Interpretation of the
present composition by giving for each
division indications OF tempo and ex-
music
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About Neitzsche and Others

Neitzsche in Outline and AphoriSm
is the title of little book compiled by
A. r. Orage. 1t is exactly what 1t pur-
ports to be and is therefore very
useful little book to readers who have
not sufficient time to study Neitzsche as
a whole. In a short, clear Introduction,
brief sketch is given of Neitzsche's
life and the difficulties under which he
labored. One gets glimpse of the per-
sonality of the man which is distinct
aid in appraising the value of his
works. The definition and aphorisms
are carefully chosen and prove that
the compiler is not only an admirer of
Neitzsche, but a careful student of him
as well. The aphorisms have been di-
vided under 10 chapter heads. philoso-
ply, life. man and woman. etc. The
book is attractively printed and bound.
"a. c. McClurg & Co, New York and
San Francisco. rs cents.)
From an English letter one learns
that Miss Rhoda Broughton has just
expressed through the Morning Post
her deepest gratitude to the anonymous
donor of the very handsome gift re-
ceived by her on December -" Twenty
five years ago Miss Breughton was the
Sand ot-Bronte-Corelli of that re-
spectacle time. "Cometh Up as Flow
err" Red as Rose is She"--ah. what
books her youngsters considered those,
with their "wiilful. impassioned hero
ines and wicked, carnally minded he
roes"; with their feverish liveliness,
their sweet sentiment. their breathless
onrush in the first person singulari
Now-well. now. l fear. Miss Broughton
would not be labeled dangerous by the
libraries. She still writes. Since 1903
she has received a. civil list pension Of
f75 a year 'in consideration of her mer-
it's as writer of fiction"
How the Swiss Family Robinson
came to be written, and what its his
tory has been, is told in a note pre-
ceding Howells' introduction to the
new edition of the story. illustrated
by Louis Rhead, which the Harpers
have issued. In this edition the name
of David mot Johann Rudolf Wyss
app ars as the author. 1t appears that
the story was written in the latter
years of the eighteenth century, not by
Prof. Johann Rudolf Wyss of Zurich,
as books of reference generally state,
but by his father. David Wyss of Berne.
a chaplain of the Swiss army He
wrote the story to amuse his children,
and after his death his son revised
and published it. The first copy was
printed in 1872 under the tremendous
title, Der Schweitzerische Robinson,
Oder der Schiffbruchige Schw weitzer-
prediger und Seine Familie; Elm Lehr-
reiches Buch fur Kinder und Kinder
freunde zu Stadt und Land" When it
came to be translated into French it
was enlarged by baroness de Montolieu
the new portions being later retained
by the German publishers. The Eng
lish translation used by the Harpers
is the standard one made by Mrs. PAUL
in 1868
DIR. Henry Van Dyke was recently
elected an honorary member of the
Royal Society of the United Kingdom
The honor is at present enjoyed by
only one other American, Joseph
Choate, former United States ambassa-
dor to Great Britain. The election of
Doctor Van Dyke, it is understood, is
the result of the recognition by the
society of his literary merit.
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Pxander Published by the Baker Taylor com
With the explanations which follow
it is of added interest to read the
serious odes which go to compose the
book. For example the author says
"In the first group the prelude leads
into ode /, which, moving with a
marked crescendo to an abrupt retard
is an Interpretation of mans evolu-
tional genesis, while ode IL, slow and
poignant, interprets his ideal evolu-
ton"
Explanations for each and all are
equally clear and are of great help in
interpreting the decidedly profound
work. Ode III is a very musical num-
ber. 1t is entitled Strange Prayers
Ascending Up to God" and is marked
ada gio pugnente. The opening lines
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BOOKS RECEIVED

''The Man in the Tower" by Ralph S. Holland.
j. E. Lippincott. Philadelphia.
The Last American Frontier. by Frederick
L. PaxOn. The Macmillan company. New York.
Central America aud Its Problems by
Frederick Palmer. Mofat Yard < Co.. New
York
Lincoln by Isaac Newton Phillips. A. c.
McClurg & Co. Chicago
''Nietzsche in outline and Aphorism," by A.
4. Orage. A. c. NicClurg < Co., Chicago.
1.-The Wisdom Of Ralph Waldo Emerson" BY
William b. Parker. Brentan0's. New York
The Wisdom of Shakespeare. by Henry Cop
hey Green. BrentanOs. New York.
sally Bishop. by F.. Temple IhurStOn.
Mitchell Kennerley. New York.
'The Tempting Of Paul Chester" by Alice
and Claude Askew. K. F. Fenno s Co., New
York
kings in Exile" by Charles G.. d. Roberts.
The Macmillan company. New York.
The Inspiration of Poetry by George L.
woodberry. The Macmillan company. New
York.
The Isle Of Whispers" hy T. Laurence
Dudley. Henry Holt & Co.. New York
Tower Of Ivory" by Gertrude AthcrtOn.
The Macmillan company. New York
Panama and the Canal BY Alfred b. Hall
and c. L. Chester. Newson 4 Co.. New York.
"IGols of Education by Prof Charles Mills
Gsyley, Doubleday. Page & Co.. New York.
strictly Business" by o. Henry. Doubleday.
Page & Co. New York
From the Bottom Up" by Alexander Irvine.
Doubleday. Page Co.. New York.
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Kings i'm Exile"

BY Charles G. d. Roberts. author Of The
Backwcodsmen. etc Published BY the Wac
milan company, New York. Price S1.50.
In the hue and cry against nature
taking during the last few years much
has been said for and against the
work of Charles G. d. Roberts. IL
this be nature taking. give us more
Of it, for it is the kind of taking
that rings true. No one can deny that
Mr.. Roberts paints wonderful word
pictures of prairie and wood and great
silent spaces. but in this book there
is little to remind us of the authors
favorite field. Here he takes us to
the city and introduces to us the
Kings" of the wilderness in new
setting.
The Kings" are the buffalo, the
puma, the moose. the wolf. the eagle.
the octopus. the seal, and the bear.
Each story tells of the life or of an
incident in the life of one of these
kings" now e0Siled in the home of
the white man. The second story in
the book is perhaps as strong as any.
1t is entitled The King of the F'lam-
ing Hoops" and the puma is the sub
hereditary hatred of the puma for the
bear. a fact so often mentioned in
books on wild animals. The recital OF
the return to the wild of king the
finely trained puma, is most dramatic
and will be read with breathless in
terest.
The last tale in the book is The
Duel on the Trail" not legitimately an
exile" story, but in a collection OF
wild animal tales quite in it's right
place. 1t tells of the tracking of a
little rabbit by a hungry mink. Just
as the mink is sure of his quarry,
after a long hard chase. he is cheated
by an equally hungry fox who chances
upon the scene quite by accident.
The duel between craft and strength
is terrible and the tragic result ex-
pected. 1t is the kind of story which
the cranks on nature taking will light
upon with joy, but not one of them
can read it with scOrn- 1t seems too
real and it is only afterward that
they can find any fault.
Throughout. the writing is graceful
and poetical and the authors love for
all the out of doors is evident in every
line.
Gertrude Atherton. is the latest OF
the many distinguished women who
have come out strongly in favor OF
womans suffrage. Mrs. Atherton has
no doubt whatsoever about the merits
of the question, but she does not pro-
pose to enter into any active campaign
Of the militant sUffragettes. My life
is devoted to the one idea, that OF
writing fction," she announced Just be-
fore leaving San Francisco. ITO this
work / concentrate my whole life.
lived long enough in England to appre-
ciate just what equal suffrage would
mean to the women on the other side.
They have greater grievances than the
women in this country, although there
are public questions here and evils
which will never be solved nor remedied
until women can vote" Mrs. Ather-
ton has many strong opinions. 1t is
not improbable that her possession Of
them is one of the reasons for the
great success of her novels.
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are quoted as giving taste Of the
authors style:
Strange prayers ascending up to God
Through all the aching aeons, year on year;
Strange tongues uplifting from the sod
The old antiphohy of hope and fear
Strange If He should not hear!''
This particular ode goes on TO de-
scribe the material development of man.
sinking. through three changes, from
the rapid history of the inaugural al
most to quiescence in the final theme
a auiescence preparing for the slowest
movement of all, the vision of ode ".
The little book is decidedly worth
reading, for it is unusual and has real
literary merit. The author is doctor
of philosophy in the University of Ne
braska.
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By Charles c. d. Roberts. author OF The
BackwOOdsmen." ETC.. Published BY the Mac
milan company, New York. Price $1.5O
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"Odes on the Generations of Man.

Baker & Taylor company. New York.
Arizona republican., 1910-06-30
HOGHE'S HOMESTEAD
 IS NOW SECURE
Land Office Decision Sustained by the
 Department.

Chairman L. M. Hoge is now left in undlsputed possession of his ranch on the other side of the river. There was received at the local land office yesterday the approval of the depart ment of the interior of the decission dismissing the contest of Jacob Haul ser, tried here about a year ago.
 The decision of the department was communicated to Frank H. Lyman, the attorney for MT. Hoghe.
 The department reviews the evidence brought before the register and the re- ceiver and finds that after all there was little different between the evil dence on the part of the contestant and the contested.
 A point was made of the fact that the contestee was a member of the board of supervisors at the time he made the entry and the inference sought to be drawn was that he could not be on the land as the law requires and at the same time be attending to his official duties.
 The department does not believe that is a sound contention and dismisses it. The testimony before the land of flee for the contestee was that i'm provements of the value of s4.000 had been made on the land and that they were improvements of permanent character, not such as one would make for the mere purpose of complying with the law and holding the land.
 Witnesses for the contestant placed the value of the improvements at s. 900. The departments decision com pliments the finding of the register and the receiver
Arizona republican., 1910-06-30

or whether it will ever be built, are questions that only the future will an swer"
 When the Arizona }S California road, the first train over which will run to- morrow, was definitely determined up- on, the Santa Fe officials sought out a low grade route for the shipment of freight Between Ashfork and Rouse
Arizona republican., 1910-06-30

nut Grove district back of Granite mountain, and then follows the course of the Rio Santa Maria, which drains the Kirkland valley, and across the country to BOuse. where it connects with the A. & c. In this way the heavy grades on the Santa Fe main line and also the grades between Wick enherg and Prescott would be avoided
Arizona republican., 1910-06-30

there is at present no agricultural or mining districts to be tapped by . passenger service. The terrific grades from Ashfork past Seligman to the Needles caused the Santa Fe to look for a route with lower grades. The survey referred to seems to answer the requirements. From point near Ash fork the survey runs through the Wal
Arizona republican., 1910-06-30

of the case are that the survey from
 Ashfork to BOuse was made two years
 ag1 and this survey was only one of several made. Such surveys as these are made with view to possible but
 Lot necessarily certain future develop
 ment Such a line would decrease i'm mensely the cost of shipping transcOn- tinental freight When if will be built
Arizona republican., 1910-06-30
NO IMMEDIATE PLANS E FOR LOW GRADE LINE
Achfork- Rouse Freight Line Is Far in
 Future.

That the Santa Fe road has no inn mediate intention of building a low grade freight line between Ashfork and Rouse on the A. & C., was so stated by Paul P. Hastings yesterday "A story in an afternoon paper today" said Mir Hastings, might leave the i'm pression that we were about to con struct such line, whereas the facts
Arizona republican., 1910-06-30

| No change of trains. Thru sleeping to Wins | low where you simply step into the thru En | route. visit the Grand Canyon.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-04
CONSJLTS MERCHANTS.
DOct ouImisSiouer wants 20 Hear on
Thursdays what They want.

Calvin TomkIns Commissioner ~
Docks. listened yesterday - men 81 the
port Interested IN having better facilities
for getting coal from tho limited number
" pockets on the North Rive I, their
plloes ~ business and in a. IIIring priv
leKes for discha -zing coal e = Cpham
81 the New York Steam Company. which
used -. an tons II coal wear. said he
would ike - have a dock nearer than Canal
street a. most II the business Of rhe
cOmpanV was downtown He suggest ed
some place below Rector street az good for
hIs company and other consumers 81
coal Comm: ssionsr Tomkins said there
was 2 project under consideration 90 i'm
prove The dock facilities belo~ Rector
street 10 the Battery. making West street
"a vide as n - above Rector all the wav IN
Pier 4
This DEPARTMENT. he said. "contem-
plates the extension II the system OF per
mits for temporary occupancy OF the dock
front N con'radisiinctlon 10 leases for
definite terms as heretofore Bv 20 doing
greater control can he maintained over
the dock front than nv the existing system,
and berths can he found for vessels which
otherwise could not be found The coal
aud building material trades. not being
able 20 nav high rentals like the ~tea rnship
coFnpanies noW find Themselves unable
20 load IN certain parts OF the city
The Commissioner SAID that he would
hold conferences With the men represent
ing various interests of the city every
THURSDAY afternoon He wanted 90 know
what the merchants and business men
generally wanted. aud the only way -
And our vas nv inviting them 20 the
Thursday syniposiuns Neat Thursday
the dealers In building material. stone
lumber. sand. brick and 80 forth wtl
have an innings IN the old board room az
Pier A North Rive
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-04
Cannon TALKS N TIE BRONN
Tells the North side Bsard NJ Trade the,
Need TrOlleSs.

Mayor Gaynor went NJ To Filling .
Casino 81 iSsth street and ~ AIMS
avenue last night 10 tell about soO men
and one woman members Of the North
Side Roa nd Of Trade. Who had gathered
for their siNteenth annual dinner. that he
had left his once so late and had worked
80 hH ri thar he couldn't make set speech
because he had no IDEAS left
Mayor G&ynor rose TO speak shout
10 - o'clock and for almost an hour he
told the assembled Bronx business men
what he thinks ~ new subways the de-
tractors OF the city and other matters
near his heart.
The president ~ the board. }. Harris
Jones. presided.
Ex-Conptroller Herman Metz breezed
INTO the banquet hall a few minutes after
Mayor Gaynor arrived and vas crested
with much noise.
Let all the hall. the sugar trust hall
TAmmany Hall. any hall. make nonina
tione eaid the Mayor but IN municipal
elections try to forget State and national
issues and help the best man TO croee
the line frat on HE inertia | discussed
this and other questions during the late
can paign. especially the question Of
tenes9ents Then folks discovered that
I OWNED some tenement property. against
which they aaid there we're eighteen
prosecutions. A . matter Of fact there
wasn't one
Mayor Gaynor here vent on 70 tell Of
the error Of permitting partisanship %
enter into local politica
Thea he took q fall out OF the detractor
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OF New York and decried all the works
and pOmpe Of the knocker. when he
remarked that he had been told that The
ways. Applause exploded that lasted more
than a minute. To build ssIbways. Mr..
Gaynor paid. the city must have credit
before gong ahead.
This city" said the Mayor, -csn well
aford To spend So. 0O0. 900 or S.S 0co.Oc
annually on new subwayp The c4tv
can do that out Of tie added Veiuss the
neH subwayn will Greats What we want
to do n TO take Manhattan an q centre
and go southwark with subwayn into
Queens and Brooklyn and 20 north to
the furthest limits OF the city