The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1910-07-28

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Mr. RosEetfis daughter Anne. An
gel, has been writing a book or Byron
and Shelley and their frien5s IN Italy.
We are told that Il is based IN part
on materials hitherto unpublished.
Mrs. T. p. O'Connor. the American
wife OF the Irish ~ P. and editor Of
N A. p ie about 10 bring out
volume Of "reminiscences which she
calls Il Myself" Il ls said to be fun
Of descriptions and anecdotes Of celeb
rites
Al the latest meeting Of the Society
Of Authors, London, Maurice Hewlett
drew attention % the fact that Thos.
Hardy. recently elected, was but the
third president the society has had IN
its entire career. Mr.. Hardy's pre-
decessors were Tennyson and George
Meredith.
How female government works
among the ants Is shown In Dr. Henry
c. MccOoks new volume. ANT Com
munifies The worker ant is a female
IN which reproduction has been subor-
dinated. and the social life and gov
eminent Of ants. one OF the most re-
markable examples IN natural science
deVolyes wholly upon her. DR.. Nccook
continues Their internal affairs call
for no police. Among these millions
Of citizens there Is not one criminal.
one degenerate. do not recall IN
all my observation a 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. We
have long given up all hope" says
the Saturday Review. OF London, ''0f
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
10 be innocent Of BothweIl's murder
OF Of direct completely 10 the Babing-
ton conspiracy 70 murder Elizabeth
have made up their minds that damn
ing evidence is forgery II written. or
falsehood Wrung BY torture II attest,
ed. No one OF those who have not
seen these papers in the original VIII
be moved a jot nov that they may
read them in Print Partisans Who
wish to be educated in the subject
matter Of their case cannot. however,
afford 70 neglect them
''Afusicology" is the title Of q new
book BY Maurice S. Logan Music0logy
means the science OF music. as distin-
guished from music as an art, as Il 10
usually taught The object OF this
book is to furnish a practical and com
prehensIve text book on the thory and
philosophy OF music. for schools and
general use. For school use II Is in
tended to be included IN the science
course. rather than IN the music
course The science o. music deserves
% rank with the other sciences. the
author thinks Mr.. Logan holds that
10 regard music simply as an art Is
inadequate; every child should be
Taught the fundamental principle OF
music: as a matter Of education. de-
veioping the mind. musicology has as
much right as any other ology. Tho
author discusses common terms ana
signs used in music. rhythm. expires
sion. keys. reading music, modes and
scales. the structure OF music. acous-
lies. principal sources Of musical
sound: and he adds a valuable die
.ionary OF terms and definitions. To
Students OF music the book may Be
perfectly ineligible, but to the mere
over OF beautiful music II Is alarm
ngly technical.