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little book. and see the current spin
by: choice of the simple life. rather
than the complex, of leisure rather than
haste. of serenity in place of unrest. And
SO he chooses this island of silence where
thoughts have time to grow and shape
themselves into words of comprehen-
sion. This island home is set i'm a love-
ly picture of peace; the spirit of the
speech When I'VE have learned not to
fear. not to Judge. not to mistrust. not
to despise, then in moment our eyes
will be opened. and we shall know that
we have found peace" This Is the key
note of these essays. 1t is a book to take
up, to put down and to take up again.
for in it here and there are ones own
spiritual adventures. gathered UP In deep
seeing. wide-reaching, kindly ways.
A RENEGADE Poets And Other Es-
says. BY Francis Thompson. With
an introduction by Edward J.
ing Company.
In an ardent appreciation prefacins the
rescued essays of this little volume, Ed
ward j. OBrien tells the sorrowful story
of Francis Thompson, poet. whom he con-
fidently places beside others in the great
Victorian group-Tennyson. Browning
Rossetti, Swinburne, Arnold and Morris.
Francis Thompson, vagrant, beggar. the
victim of a consuming habit. his body
unremittingly the thrall to suffering, dy-
ing miserably at last, sends out clear
and sWeepiug stream of thought-SonSs,
meditations appropriations and critical re-
views These essays. in the main critical,
are Of Shelley. Pope. Henley. The Prose
of Poets" Shakespeare; Sir Phinp Sid
ney. Ben Jonson, Goldsmith. Wonder
fully clear literary judgments and bitter
sweet personal reflections mark these
writings In the prose poem. "Moesti-
tiae Encomum" is the lamentation of en-
treaty: Come. therefore, o Sadness, fair
and froward and tender: wasp who fol-
lowest the tiiers; dolorous coquette of the
abyss, who claspeth them that shun thee.
with fierce kisses that hiss against their
tears; wrath of the mist of signs: mer-
maid of the flood Cocytus, of the waves
which are salt with the weeping of gen.
erations; most menacing seductreSS
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concept her words to the monk Athanael:
Thy word has remained in my heart as
a balm divine-I prayed. l wept. There
came into my soul a great light Having
seen the nothingness of all passion to
thee came. as thou cOmmaudest." The
melody to this is simple. sensuous. pen
sive-the orchestra, a violin accompanied
by harp and strings. Then the vision of
Maurice Renaud as That's and Athanael.
In their power to make others see and
feel this vision. is made the completing
measure of the whole. A wonderfully
concrete, rounded, satisfying method of
analysis.
AMONG FRIENDS. BY Samuel Nc
Chord Crothers, author OF The End
less Life" etc. Boston: Houghton
Miffiin Company.
A definite point of view, cheerful bear
ing and happy knack of saying things
essays on miscellany of subjects. Work.
ethics, education. literature and books,
politics and politicians. are here housed
together in amity through the bond of
common shortcomings. In whimsical
storytelling way the most of these mat
tiers are good-naturedly turned inside out.
to show what a long gap there is between
the inside of each and its outside. between
fact and appearance. between point and
pretenSiOn. Under the friendly play of
coming together to talk these things out
there are. however, the grave intent and
the clear exposure of foible and fallacy.
THE SILENT ISLE. BY Arthur Chris
topher Benson. fellow of Magdalene
College. Cambridge. author of The
Upton Letters. etc. New York: G.
+. Putnam's Sons.
A book for the quiet hours of reflection
upon the common things that confront or
do ~ lou ola -i.-;o
1.-The voices of the air" love. zest, effort
and a thousand other matters of human
concern. A beautiful book of mellow
thoughts and. withheld Judgments The
author calls it. not an attempt but "a
hundred attempts to depict life. 1t
stands among the first fruits of deliber-
ate choice to find a little corner and
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forth very clearly the principles OF the
relation between what is called parasit-
ism and disease. considering in turn
bacteria and protocol. ticks and mites.
house flies. mosquitoes. feas and other
insects carrying various diseases more or
less fatal to humanity. Excellent illus
trations accompany the text and afford
knowledge of the physical appearance
of some of these enemies Of man.
HOW 1T FLIES: or, The Conquest 81
the Air; the story Of Maa's En-
deavor to Fly and Of the Insestiess
Richard Ferris. Il. s. e. r. Illus
trated. New York: Thomas Nelson
& Son.
The literature of aviation is keeping
pace with the science the latest work On
the subject being the present volume.
which treats of the subject from prin-
ciples to the latest inventions. 1t is
strictly scientific work and yet couched
in simple language, that II can he
understood by those who have not al
ready qualified aviators or inventors.
An instructive chapter on the making OF
model aeroplanes will appeal especially
to juvenile readers. The work is pro-
fusely illustrated.
An OUT-OF-DOOR DIARY FOR BOYS
AND GIRLS. Designed and illus
trated by Marion Miller. New York:
Sturgis & Walton Company.
In this book the boy or girl naturalist
can note observations which will be or
decided interest i'm the cultivation OF ma
ture love and prove of value. or con-
yenient size to carry easily in the hand.
it attracts the attention OF young people
by artistic heading pictures appropriate
to the months OF the year. both in color
and in black and white. Under these
heads are blank pages on which notes or
flowers and trees. birds and animals may
be entered. II is an attractive lure to
draw young eyes to natural facts and
to provide book i'm which to record OBJ
servations. Notices and verses stimulate
the imagination.
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and increases its attractiveness to all
golfers.
THE LADY: studies Of Certain SigniG-
can't Phases Of Her History. BY En-
lily James Putnam. illustrated. New
York: Stursis q Walton Company.
The author of this work draws a fun
damental distinction between women and
ladies'. This is somewhat old-fashioned
discrimination. Nowadays the lady has
given way in social parlance to the more
dtgnified and honorable woman" But in
a certain sense there is reason for the
differentiation which yields this title
The author uses 1t to designate the lead
ing women of communities and times, the
women whose environment and qualities
set them apart from their sex. Ii is an
historical and at the same time a socio-
logical study. and leads the reader to an
interesting dilemma which in these days
Of agitation for the suffrage is worthy
the subject from eight points of view.
describing. in turn. The Greek Lady
THE Roman Lady THE Lady Abbess.
THE Lady of the Castle THE Lady of
lon.'' The Lady of the Blue Stockings
and The Lady of the Slave States
AMERICAN NATURE SERIES: Group
". Working With Nature.-IN-
SECTS AND DISEASES; q PopuIa1
Account of the Way in Which In
sects May Spread or Cause Some Of
Our Common Diseases. illustrated
from photographs. BY Rennie w
Doane A. b., assistant professor of
entomology, Leland Stanford Junior
University. New York: Henry Holt
e. Co.
Public acceptance of the theory that
disease is carried to human beings by in
sects of different kinds is now so gen.
eraI that it is unnecessary for any scien-
fist offering new work on the subject to
argue to carry conviction on this score
The present work brings the insect-dis-
ease proposition so plainly to the intelli-
gence of the reader that it is calculated
to increase the efficiency of the warfare
now being waged in all civilized coun-
tries against disease infection. 1t sets
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who have not met an untimely end
happily mated and settled. In this adven-
ture guns go off about once minute
each snufiing out its man. Ponies pound
the trail and lariats whizz either in res
cue or capture. People most widely sep
arated come together just in the nick OF
time, and other people whom every one
save the author. can plainly see are no.
where to be found. Every reader, however
has within himself imaginings. odds-and-
ends of desire. quite apart from either
possibility or probability. Consistency II
never set aside for marvels and miracles,
is a deadly dull partner. And so. this
tale fits into these moods of extraordinary
requirement and gives its welcome hour
Of loose rein to the imagination.
THE. MYSTERY OF GOLF. BY Arnold
Haultain. Second edition. revised
and enlarged New York: The
Macmillan Company Washington:
Brentano's.
To the non-golfer the game OF striking
small white ball with a aueer-shaped
club from hole to hole across large field
is apt to seem a very stupid pastime. To
the golfer. however, 1t is not merely a
game of skill, but a game Of mystery,
one of the most fascinating speculative
contests in which men and women en-
gage for recreation. q game never played
exactly twice alike. For all its simplicity
of rule and practice the infinite varia-
lions Of the theme render 1t Of never
ceasing interest to the participant. Mr.
Haultain discusses the game of golf from
this standpoint. and sets forth some OF
the psychological laws governing the
playing. He analyses golHng from the
point Of view Of the human anatomy and
the human temperament. He makes his
observations instructive without being
didactic. pointing out the reasons for al
his suggestions. showing the anatomical
and temperamental influences which af-
feet the result of each stroke. HI
breaches the doctrine of skill. of concen-
tration, of serious study of the game and
of every stroke, and notes the fascination
that always presents Itself to do better
than ever In this second edition he adds
to his previous work on the same subject
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Of those portrayed. 1t was customary
for Van Dyck to pose his SitterS grace
fully and to give them an appearance
of aristocracy. But in these portraits
he has done more than this. he has i'm
parted to the works great distinction.
The colOring is rich. the effect hand
some. and the manipulation OF medium
consummately skillful. They are master
pieces of painting. and it is much to be
hoped that some day they will pass
into the possession of one OF our public
museums. 1t is such pictures as these
that our National Gallery should own.
Perhaps some day. through the public
spirit of private citizens. II not through
generous appropriation Of Congress,
such purchases will be made possible.
or such works of art secured. The
established less than 100 years. Toward
a national gallery here some steps
have been taken. At least, IL is sratl-
fying to know that these pictures were
noisseurs are coming to washington
to obtain such notable works.
WILLIAM H. HOLMES spent the
w greater part of the summer at his
country home, near Rockville, but in that
vicinity he found an abundance of paint
able themes. Giving only his leisure time
to his art, Mr.. Holmes accomplishes
more than many who are free to give 1t
undivided attention. AS a scientist of
distinction he is known not only in this
country but abroad, and as water color
list he ranks with the foremost. During
the summer Mr.. Holmes painted about
fifty pictures many of which will doubt
less later find their way into important
exhibitions One is of a f1owery meadow
with a few trees set over against the
horizon, as rich in color, harmonious and
decorative as an oriental rug. Another
is of an old mill, disused and fallen into
ill-repar, vines and other vegetation
scrambling over and literally taking pos
session of the mill wheel A third pic
lures country road. partly shaded by
handsome trees and traversed by wagons
and pedestrians. This. both in treatment
and theme. suggests England and English
methods In several instances Mr.. Holmes
has transcribed unusual cloud effects, in
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UNUSUAL excitement has been
caused this week by the sale
of two portraits by Van Dyck
~ to a private collector. re-
port was circulated that these
portraits had been surreptitiously brought
to America and that an Englishman of
distinction to whose family they had
once belonged was seeking them in this
city. The fact is, however. that there
is no mystery about these paintings. They
hung for many years in Castle Howard,
the property Oh Lord Carlysle V. G..
Fischer purchased them last summer
when in England, and no secret was
made ofothe matter. Indeed, after MIR.
Fischer came into possession of the pic
lures they were shown to the director of
the National Portrait Gallery, in London.
who wrote and congratulated Mr.. Fischer
on the purchase. saying that he had
seen the paintings when in Castle How
ard, and regarded them as excellent eX-
amples.
These portraits have been on exhibition
at the V. G. Fischer gallery for over
two months. 1t is worthy of note that
their sale rather. than their exhibition
has aroused general interest. 1t may be
added, however, that not a few of the
foremost art collectors and cOnnoiSSeul S
nave COiIle 10 w aSfnnStOn with the pur-
pose of seeing these pictures. But they
would without doubt repay a long jour
ney. With the best of Van Dycks work
in the great public museums abroad they
compare most favorably. One is a por-
trait of Charles Lewis. oldest surviving
son CT the King of Bohemia. who went
to England at the age of eighteen and
was honored with the Order of the Gar
ter. He was brother of Prince Rupert.
The other is of Charles, Lord Her
bert, who married Mary VilljarS lot
, Duchess of Richmond. Both are paint
ed on canvases 40 by 46 inches in di-
mansions and of oval shape. Readily
one might conjecture that they were
produced about the same time and in
| tended as pair. The young men
represented are both in their youth,
neither, in all probability having
reached his majority. Lord Herbert
has distinctly English cast of fea-
| lures. red hair brown eyes and full
red lips. Charles Lewis. on the other
hand. rather suggests in appearance
the Latin racial characteristics-nar-
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whose harp Is stringed with lamentations
whose voice is fatal with disastrous pres
cience: draw me down. merge me, under
thy waters of vail!
THE: ETERNAL ROSE: 4 Story With
out a Beginning or an End. By
Melville Chatter. New York: Flem-
ing II. Revell Company.
A curious story, bearing the marks OF
some sort of parable. If one only could
catch the trick of these double dealings OF
literature! "A Story Without Begin
ming or an End stands as its superscrip-
ton. Nor has it a plan either. save as a
weeks day-by-day record constitutes one
serving to bring together all sorts and
conditions of people through the mys-
FERROUS bond of what In the story is
known as The Gift This gift is. con-
cretely, no more than an odd carven box
of oriental aspect. whose sides laugh with
the faces of innumerable children graved
upon them. The contents of this sealed
box remain a matter of individual con-
lecture in this story without an end. To
those into whose hands it falls it, makes
a common and certain appeal to memory,
a vague and fleeing memory of some
one loved. When? Where? Surely some
other when: almost some other where
The habit of the Gift is motion. swift
passing from hand to hand, from heart to
heart, then on and away, pausing in its
flight only long enough to show that he
who finds the Gift. loses it, that he who
loses it finds it. What is it? Is it the
essence, the fugitive spirit of childhood
Whatever it's detail Of meaning may be. it
is. as whole, tantalizingly beautiful
even to one who has not yet learned his
parallels.
THE FREEBOOTERS OF THE WILL
DERNESS. BY Agnes c. Laut, au-
thor of Lords of the North" etc.
New York: Moffat, Yard & Co.
Long time ahead, when American lit
erature has risen to the possession of
eras and epochs there will, from present
signs. be set off in it the Pinchotic period
covering the brood of novels now spring
ing so abundantly round the theme of
national outlawry in high places, de-
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tected and brought to bay. The "scutc'l-
con of this period. one may ina CINE, will
bear some valiant David singing to his
death the great Goliath Of predatory
phi!stinism. The present is' busy build
ing this heroic literary period. Every
week brings its fictional exposure of ma
tional freebooting, where political boss
and robber is set off against some pure
spirit Of new natonalism. Last week it
was a mans story. This week it is a
woran's. Last week the adventure was
big with out doors and enterprise, love
but a late and shadowy episode. This
week it is pure love tale, with patriotic
purity assisting. Miss Laut knows her
region and portrays it in feeling and
vigor and beauty, contributing thereby
one of the strong features of the book.
The story. too. though following the gen.
eral run of these through suspicion. de-
spirited. plausible. The people themselves
are altogether human and believable.
with the young girl. the heroine. near q
triumph of natural young womanhood.
KEITH OF THE RORDER: A Tale Of
the Plains. BY Randall Parrish, au-
: thor of when Wilderness Was
King" etc. Chicago: A. c. McClurg
& Co.
1t all happened out Carson City way
when Indians fretted the borders Of set
Elements, and the whole brood Of out
lawry-murderers, thieves. gamblers, anG
the like-peoped them. The story opens
promptly with a double murder out or
a remote trail and it's immediate dis
covery by the hero of this adventure. fol-
lowed by his pursuit of the murderers
and their turning the crime deftly upon
him. His Imprisonment comes next, then
his escape. and then the long trail in q
deadly sand storm with more fOodless
days and sleepless nights than one cares
even to read about. Then the lone cabin
where. held in. durance. is beautiful girl
a victim 1t turns out, of the lawless band
with whom the hero has already taken q
turn. Plans for her rescue come next
and so the story goes on The author. al
the outset. filings his lines of plot so wide
that one cannot reasonably expect to see
them gathered in, but at the end he
brings them neatly together-with the few
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sively pictured. Mr.. Holmes has without
question mastered his medium and he is
thus enabled to employ it to admirable
effect.
A FTEK spending nearly year in Cali
"A fornia. F.. Carl Smith has returned
to this city and taken studio in the
Lehman building on New York avenue.
MI Smith is best known a painter of
Dutch interiors. but lie has brought back
with him from the Pacific coast Il hum
dred or more sketches in Oil cOlorS of the
sea and the land. which should give him
recognition as q painter of marines and
landscapes of no mean ability. The ma
iOrity Of these are very small. cigar box
lids being used frequently for panels !;
what, indeed. are commonly called
thumb box sketches. But they have
large quality. are colorful. spontaneous
ennially green, which are guarded over
by the austere mountains: others show
blossoming trees brought in contrast with
fields of Towering peoples. while still
others give tranScriptiOnS of the coast,
the blue sea washing the brilliantly col
ored, rocky shore. One of the last OF
these. larger panel than the others, is
as sparkling in color as jeWeled mosaic.
yet by no means impreSSlonlStlc i'll man
ner of approach.
For. some weeks. while on the Califor-
MIA coast. Mr.. Smith was with William
Sharp, whose paintings of. Indians We're
| exhibited at the Cosmos Club some sea-
sons ago. In Denver Mr.. Smith painted
a portrait of the Governor of Colorado.
which has been placed in the state capt.
tOl and much commended.
X i
WILLIAM p. SILVA has in his studio
" at 1896 New York avenue number
of his more recent paintings, which are
of exceptional interest. Two are of Sa-
vannah. pictures showing the live oaks
! festoOned with moss. Another is of a
group of trees at York Harbor, Me-, and
| yet another of group of Venetian sail
| ing boats The last is seen through a
veil of mist. which rather than Obliterat.
| ing color seems to intensity it while
| holding it in control. Similarity to the
| opal is at once suggested In other paint
| ings by Mr.. Silva subtlety is noted, but
subtlety which recognizes rather than
evades the primary necessity for strong
! construction. Early in January Mr.. Silva
| is going to New Orleans to hold an eXhi-
bition. after which he has been invited to
show his pictures in Memphis. Tenn. and
Austin, Tex. He will return in the early
! spring.
EXCELLENT reproductions have re-
- Gently been made of five paintings by
John r. Key of this city. They are the
White House. Capitol, Mount Vernon,
Arlington and the Key mansion i'm George
town, and are of large size and in sepia.
In these reproductions the value of a
painting over a photograph is patiently
manifested. the effect being in every way
] superior to that which Photographic en-
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have not as yet been set. 1t is probable
though that one will be in February ana
the other in March.
* *
n Hiss ALINE SOLOMONS, whose paint
IV4 ings of still life are well known and
highly esteemed, is going abroad the last
of January to spend several months in
Paris and other cities with friends
:: *
THE Metropolitan Museum. New York,
is arranging to hold memorial ex-
hibition Of the works of Winslow Homer,
to open early in February and continue
for several weeks. John w. Alexander
is chairman of the committee of arrange
ments, and F. D. Millet OF this city, one
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of the members. 1t will without doubt
prove an exceedingly notable event
THE Newark Museum Association Is
holding in the galleries of the public
library of that city an exhibition OF
paintings lent by William T. Evans from
his private collection.
IJ-LES GUERIN has painted six enor-
J nous Typographical landscapes as
mural decorations for the new Pennsyl-
yania railroad station i'll New York. The
canvases each measure twenty-five by
seventy feet and are purpoSed to give the
effect of broad stretches of country
viewed from a high altitude. In mural
decoration this is a new departure.
LEILA MECILIN.
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row face. long nose and chin and thin
lips. His hair and eyes are both
brown. The former wears a cloak of
coppery hue. fastened on his right
shoulder. over suit of rich brocade
velvet of similar color. simple white
muslin collar finishes his costume at
the throat and a white muslin under
sleeve appears above his right wrist
The left hand. under the cloak, is on
the hip, the right holds the edge of
the garment. Lord Herbert wears a
velvet costume without establishment
except an insignia OF rank on his left
sleeve and Sumptuous collar of Van
Dyck point. beneath which appears the
blue ribbon of his order. His left hand
rests on the hilt of his sword.
Both are wonderful characteriZations
paintings pervaded by the personality
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terpreting with excellent success a violent
summer storm. and picturing clouds in
various forms with special veracity. In
addition to the Maryland pictures Mr..
Holmes has lately painted some impress
the great peaks of the far west, towering
to the heavens. His transcriptions of
these are very subtle we'll as seriously
studied. One of the Holy Cross mountain
is peculiarly notable. Another of these
western paintings is a desert scene. 1t
represents The Answer to the Signal
Fires" and shows the great open space
crossed by travellers guided by the smoke
of the signaling fires. In the distance
rises the plateau. Stimulating, in bulk and
mass. huge structures built by man. II
is an interesting incident and impress