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die: and the spirit of the good land .o ,,n
hold of them, tho smell OF the goUUu t h
mother-earth, the hum OF the Whu 49,.
the rustic OF heather and murnur OF ie.n
they made rude songs about II, ana car GU
nIct,res of their fights on the snouiueI
blades OF the beasts they had killed. AS
time went on they grew still more cuIli,ihs;;
and began to tame the young OF come VI
the beasts. such as puppies. lambs, caves caves
and kids; and they found out the deusnts
of good drink Of milk. And so to me
hunting trade they added the shephero
trade, which Is much moro paying oIe,
hen some wonderful fellow discovered
how 10 sow seeds of wheat or some other
corn; and that these, when ripened' gain
cred and ground 10 powder, mace nc
llcious food, which we call bread Nnen
that was found out real civilization pegah,'
for a third trade was added that OF aslF
culture. the most paying OF all
No book done in this vein could De
dull. and there is plenty Of just such
writing scattered through "A History OF
England" We do not believe IT VIII
hold undisputed sway in schoolrooms OF
nurseries in England or in this country
1t is not dislnterested enough for that
But It is bound to be widely read ana en-
joyed.
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FICTION
New Books from Distinguished
Pens.
ABUNDANCE OF IDLENESS.

THE IRON WOMAN. BY Margaret De-
land. With Illustrations by +. Walter
Taylor. 12mo, PIP. AS Harper & Bros.
Mrs. Deland. whom a large circle OF
American readers takes with reverent
seriousness not only as an artist but as
a thinker as well, undertakes to point
many morals in this long, new novel OF
hers. There Is the danger Of wealth in
pampered, idle second generation. and
the Importance Of Strengthening the tWig
Of character in its malleable years
There is also the growing laxness or
ideas In matters Of marriage AID It's sew
erance, and. last but not least, the ques-
ton of woman in business and OF the
failure at home that may accompany her
success in the marts Of men. This Is the
case OF the widowed Iron Woman too
busy with her gigantic industrial estab-
lishment to give proper care 10 her chill
dren. who INDUCES her son with the only
thing she has to give-money-unti she
spells him to the core. And as he Is his
mothers victim, so is the girl he marrles
his, but the victim also Of her own I'M
bridled temper, another tvis that has
not been Strengthened in time-the VIC
tim of circumstance, Of early environ
ment. which means so largely education
This is one Of those novels that appear
TO have been planned backward. from
conclusions decided upon in advance to
antecedents that will most easily lead
to them. Setting, environment. events,
characters, all are managed, guided and
moved by the authors hand. The story
does not tell itself: It progresses by her
direction back TO its starting point,
which is the prearranged end. But 1t Is
a clever piece Of craftsmanship none the
less, especially clever in It's use Of Helena
Richie, whose own story serves to save
the heroine Of this one from herself at
the last.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-23
TALES BY MR., DAVIS.

THE MAN WHO COULD NOT LOSE. BY
Richard Harding Davis. Illustrated.
Emo, PIP. 254. Charles Scribner's Sons.
OF the five stories in this new volume
by Mr.. Davis, the third is by far the
best. "The Consul" it Is called. and its
scene is laid in Central America, whittier
"hold-over" from Lincoln's time has
gradually drifted from more important
posts. The man is better equipped for
them than ever, but he has no pull; in
fact, 1t is only respect for the tradition
Of the war administration in the State
Department that keeps him In the SER
vice at all. And he risks his official head
by refusing to break the consular regula-
lions Of the United States for the con-
venience of visiting Senator. The story
has a capital ending There is amusing
fooling in MY Buried Treasure" par
ody on the familiar tales OF this kind,
robbing them of all their romantic trap
pings, and substituting instead the bald
est Of everyday realism. THE Nature
Faker" is written in the same spirit, tell
ing Of three performing bears and the
strange use they made OF the liberty pur-
chased for them by sentimentalist.
THE Man Who Could Not Lose" is
fantastic story OF what racetrack follow
ers used to call n "hunch" in the days
before Governor Hughes, while, finally,
The Lost House" tells OF the exploits Of
en- American newspaper correspondent
in London in search OF a kidnapped
woman. All these stories are written
with Mr.. Daviss trained facility, but
"The Consul alone has merit beyond
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-23
Literary .NeseS and Criticism

affairs in a foreign language without first
making sure that your neighbor does not
understand it?" Ferdinand was somewhat
taken aback. and continued: Don't De
disturbed; could not possibly repeat your
secrets" At this remark both brothers
burst out laughing. and Philip crieo:
"Bravol she's a wonderful little girl Iet
make friend OF her" There's nothing
so useful" / retorted. AS to make a trlenu
of person you are afraid or
What the princess chooses to tell
about the Meyerling affair might well
have been omitted. since 1t adds nothing
to our knowledge Of that darkest trag-
edy in the annals OF a proud house, out'
no doubt. It will wound the Hapsburg
connection deeply. John Orth, she de-
clares, Ia still alive. and will return TO
Austria on the death of Francis Joseph
when the succession to the throne VIII
undoubtedly cause serious complica-
tions. The future Emperor. she further
AYERS. is in a precarious state Of health.
would much prefer a private life to the
great position awaiting him and Is
wrongly suspected Of having bellicose
intentions against England in alliance
with Germany. The German Emperor,
the princess assures her readers, GER
tainly has no such plans, for he knows
that the financial state Of Germany Is
not favorable at the moment for war,
and he is also fully aware that, even II
the English army leaves a great deal to
be desired, the navy is unspoilt. and
England, even in her partial decadence,
still remains the Mistress Of the Seas.
The royal castle at Dresden has its
family ghost, or, at least, ghostly
coach and pair rafting and rumbling in
the courtyard, while the royal chapel
has its ghostly black cat. both omens
Of misfortune TO the house. Among the
many superstitions Of the Hapsburgs is
one 10 the effect that "any one who
Jumps over a brides train dies within
the year" Three Of the archdukes
Jumped over the princess's train after
her wedding. They died within the
year-the Archdukes Sigismund, Ernest
and Carl-Ludwig. No civil ceremony
ever takes place when an archduchess
IS welded. The documents relating to
the marriage, the dowry and the deco
Of remuneration are sent TO the country
Of her adoption, but the religious SER
vice Is the only one recognized. This
caused considerable difficulty at Dres-
den when the divorce was arranged.
The act Of Remuneration, by the way,
has TO be compiled with by every Aus
trian archduchess before her marriage,
and is a remuneration Of her rights of
succession under the Sale law to the
throne of Austria 1t also includes the
remuneration of legacies left by the
members Of the imperial house. wise
plan. designed to keep the family money
together"
This latest Of a long line Of royal
authors proves at least one fact, that.
namely, royalty itself can write about
itself as entertainingly and malicious
~ as can any SOi-diSGnt lady Of the
court" or gentleman Of the bedcham-
Der" who ever strung together the club
gossip of a European capital.
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JUVENILE.

THE COLD SEEKERS \ Tale of Adventure
BY Robert NJ Macdonald. With q colorei
frontispece and twelve other illustrationf
by Arch. webb. 12mo pp. $50. IIhe Il.
NJ Caldwell Company
An account OF present day adventure n
the Sahara. Two young eng 'neers stt Guy
10 explore tho desert They acquire a
strangely built motor car. n witch the1
attach some inventions Of thoir own. in'
Guiding a. gold and sand separator
TOMMY sWEET-TooTH AND LITTLE Girl
BLUE. BY Josephine Scribner Gates.
illustrated by Esther V Churbuck. lsm9
PIP "a. The Houghton Mitiin company
Little Girl Blue. the live doll meets
Tommy sweet-looth ana othcr cPh.
panions and they have many adventures
together
THE LIKABLE CHAP. 4 story o. Pren
school life by Henry McHarg Daysn-
port with Illustration by 4. n RAIN.
12mo. pp. sos. tThe Sturgis & Wai'on
Company
Portravlng A boys ne at a boarding
school the sports. school work and soeai
affairs which make up each day lbs
hero is Westerner.
THE ADVENTURES OF BoBBY oRDE., ~
Stewart Edward white. Illustrated ~
Worth Brehm. l2mo pp. VI, $40. lDo1o'''
day. Page & COZ
Telling how the little son OF river,
man wins his way In rugged, outo0o'
life.
4 HISTORY or ENGLAND. by C., X 3
Fletcher and Rudyard Kipiug. pictures
by Henry Ford. ofo PIP. "V>'
Page g. co..
Reviewed in another column.
AN uoUR WITH THE FAIRIES. Auanges
BY Kate Douglas Wggin and NoFa 40
bald smith. illustrated. l2mo. PIP -
Doubleday. Page & Coz
4 collection Of eight fairy stories. somt
OF the titles are East o me sun ' aI.
west o. the Moon" The Golden lah.,rs's
Golden Goat and Golden Cloak. ~.
near and skrattc" and "fhe Doll IN wv
Grass"
FrrRTUER ADVENTURES OF NILS tto
,he Swcd Fh OF Selma Llgerloa ltW1,s.
lated by Nelma Swanston Howard 49,
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stalls herself at an old manor house in
Pembrokeshre. She is never seen with
out q large hat with a big black velvet
bow concealing her left ear. A young
neghbor, Montagu Osborne wishing TO
fathom the mystery, obtains an inter-
view with the lady, who upon seeing him
is seized with a syncope. II turns out
that Lady Barbara was once engaged 70
marry Montagu's brother Bertie, VINO
committed suicide because Of his suffer-
ings from an incurable disease. Lady
Barbara had followed her fiance, Bertle'
who was a brilliant cavalry officer, 10
India.
During a visit to the temple OF Bena-
res BERTHE was rash enough to utter re-
marks insulting to the memory OF the
image of Vishnu. The son OF the HaJan'
who happened 10 be present in the sacred
temple at the moment caused a fakir 10
administer strange poison to the TWO
fiances, which so acted that BERTHE, VINO
uttered the insult, lost his tongue, ana
Lady Barbara, who listened to IT, was
seized with a disease Of the ear, which
had to be amputated leaving deep AM
hideous hole in it's place. which she con-
cealed by means Of a velvet cocade.
The Mortified brother and Lady Bar
hara. Of the amputated ear, succeeded In
obtaining their revenge when the Rajahs
son visited England for the coronation
of George V. BY the pretext OF an IN
vitation to. garden party they entice
The Rajah's son into an ambush, and ne
Is quietly and discreetiy killed by cleo
trlcity in the grotto Of large park!
NJ. Jacques des Gachons is exceedingly
clever at writing short stories about
children. which are replete with sly and
at times malicious observation. Mare
aux Gosses" is the title OF this volume OF
NOVELTIES, which is written with charm
Ing simplicity Of style. The first or the
tales, La Mare aux Gosses," is the
tragic story Of band of naughty boys
who worry and torment poor, inoffen-
slve old man. One OF the boys becomes
the victim of his own cruelty There Is
also quaint sentimental story Of an old
employe Of the Ministry Of Foreign At
fairs, who after receiving his pension
retlres TO the healthful calm Of the coun-
try, which has been his lifelong ideal Of
happiness. But all sorts Of mishaps and
discomforts that he meets with in the
suburbs Of Paris teach him that for an
- r. Go li+tla 1O60ipp in
the heart Of Paris. where he has lived for
fifty years, Is the only real haven.
G. !. B.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-23
EDUCATIONAL.

TWELFTH NIGHT; OR, WHAT YOU WILL.
nv William Shakespeare. Introduction aud
notes by Henry Norman Hudson, LII ID.
Edited and revised by Ebenezer Charlton
Black. IL D. Glasgow. school edition.
i2mo, PIP. Xix. 100. (Boston: CHM Coz
The text IS based on a collation. Of the
seventeenth century folios, the Globe edition,
tho Cambridge edition Of 1891, and that OF
Delius Qss0. Appearing in THE New Hud-
son Shakespeare
SECOND READER. BY Kate F. oswell. B. A.
and c. b. Gilbert. Illustrated. limo, Up.
VIII, 1874. (The Macmillan Company
This is Book III Of tho American School
Readers Series. II carries out the principles
laid down IN the First Reader. and the Sc
loctions prose and poetry. ara representative
Of standard chlldren's literature. The more
difficult words are given before the lessons
i'm which they first occur.
KINBAIL'S COMMERCIAL ARITHMETIC.
Prepared for Use in Normal. Commercial
and High schools and for the Higher Grades
OF the Common Schools. BY Gustavus ;.
Kimhall. syo. PIP. viii, AIS. CO. =. Put
mans Sons)
There are sections devoted TO the funda-
mental processes Of arithmetic-additiOn,s sub
traction. multiplication. divisions and frac-
lions. percentage and its applications. equa-
lions and cash balances; banks and banking:
stocks and bonds and insurance. and such
miscellaneous subjects as state and local
taxes United States customs duties, the
metric system and proof checking
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-23
NEW FRENCH BOOKS
Marie Anne de Bovet's Latest
Volume of Short Stories.
Paris, September 1.


Marie Anne dc Bovet is a sort OF fresh
water" Ouida. She lacks the gentle
irony and also the optimism of the late
Louise dc la Rance, but her freaks OF
Imagination quite equal those Of the
authoress OF "Pascarel." Marie Anne do
Bovet's novels are az bright and flppant
as spring butterflies. she is at her best
when she shoots forth vollcy OF short
stories. Her latest achievement In this
line is collection OF highly amusing
tales admirably suited TO holiday read
Ing. LA Dame a roreille de Velours,"
the first Of the series. gives the title to
the book The stories take place In
Waler. England, France and India.
A beautiful and mysterious lady in
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FICTION.

mCELY Tale OF the Georgia March BY
sara Beaumont Kennedy. Frontispiece by
John Edwin Jackson. 12mo. pp. 375.
doubleday. Page q Coz
\ romance OF the Civil War.
THE LAST GALLEY Impressions and Tales
by Arthur Conan Doyle. with illustrn-
tions. limo, PIP. 32l Doubleday. Page
a Coz
The second half Of this volume Is de-
voted to eight short stories. The Arst por-
ton entitled Impressions" gives glimpses
of history as interpreted by the author.
among them being The Last Galley" "A
tale ~ Carthage and Rome.
MARGERY by r. +. BENSON. 12mo. Do. ISL
doubleday. Page Coz
Reviewed IN another column.
JOEY THE DREAMER. Tale of CLAW
Court BY Henry Oyen. limo, pp ais
Doubleday. Page Coz
The narrative OF city Stun.
TIE COIL or CARNE. BY john Oxenbam
i2mo, pp. y a95. che John Lane COM
pany)
story OF love and war The Mo,
centres ON the mystery surrounding Two
boys. one the heir Of Carne ana the other
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-23
HOLIDAY BOOKS.

FROM THE HEIGHTS. BY John Wesley Car
ter. limo. PIP. Al. (Chicago; A. e. Nc
Clurg & co..
brief essay depicting the beauty e
Mount Rainier and showing that willis
most OF us must be lowand jewellers 80
climb 20 high ideals toward the up
lands Of the heart.
A LITTLE BOOK OF EASTERN WISDOM
Collected by Claude Field. 1Smo. ~. $50.
(The II. VI. Caldwell Company
In the Remarque Edition OF literary
rnasternieces.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-23
BOOKS AND AUTHORS
Current Talk Of Things Present
and to Come,

The proposal to erect monument to
stendhal in Paris has, Of course found
favor among many Of his readers But
it has been suggested that an even bet
ter tribute would be one taking the
shape Of a full, we'll edited and well
printed edition of his works. This is
sorely needed, and bronze Of the author
could, for its sake, readily be spared.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-23
BOOKS OF THE WEEK.
BIOGRAPHY.

OF GENERAL BASIL W,
Dixie C. s A. Frontispece. syo. Up. Kill
1910 doubleday, Page & Coz
Recollectlons OF the Civil War and the
period Just preceding IT, with many anec-
dotes Of famous persons and events.
STATESMEN or THE OLD SOUTH; OR,
FROM RApICAIISM TO CONSERVATIVES
RDVOIT BY William T. DOdd. Pm. ID.
12mo. PIP tx, 242. (rhe Macmillan Com
pany)
Trav4rsinr the political careers OF Thomas
Jefferson, John c. Calhoun and JEFFERSON
Davis
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-23
A Returning Novelist.

The author of Cape Cod Folks" an
effective novel which, it will be remem-
bered, greatly aggrieved the seagoing
people who were supposed TO have I'M
Willingly sat for its characters, has
again taken up her pen. THE Long
Green Road" is the title of the new novel,
which is 10 bear on its first page the
name of Sarah p. Mclean Greene.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-23
The Boy Dickens.

There are some interesting If slight
glimpses Of Charles Dickens in reml-
niscences lately communicated to "The
Dlckensian" by school fellow OF the
novelist. my recollection Of Dickens"
he says lis of a rather short, stout, Jolly
looking youth, very fresh colored, and
full of fun and given to laugh immoder-
atey without any apparent sufficient
reason:
lie was not particularly studious, nor did
he show any special signs of ability, al
though as a boy he would at times indlte
short tales; as for education he really re-
School, In bloomington Place Corner OF
CRANKY street,, Hampstead Road, where
Dickens was a day scholar and / n
boarder, certainly absorbed almost all the
respectable youth OF that then sparsely In
hablted neighborhood. but the state OF pro-
ficiency was not very high.
Mr.. Scott. "A schoolmastcr, OF Chaplain,
was distributing the prizes. and the spell
ng OF the word theatre" having been pro-
pounded, the most ludicrous attempts, such
as later" etc, cnsued. until. gradually
descending TO nearly the middle OF the
class, Dickens Uhen about twelve years
old, TO our wonderment. solved the DIM
Guilty, took the iirst place, whence we could
not dislodge him, and received the award.
As sHght tralt or character l may cito
his appropriation Of an old Joke. lie had
on a very much used pair OF ineNpressibles.
and one Of US romarklng, Dickens. those
trousers are well worn; II is about time
YOU gave them rest he replied good
humorcdly "Ah, yesl You are right. IL il
long time since they had nap" Re-
fcrrlng 20 the more especially excellent de-
lineatons OF characters i'm low life that we
md In his writings, | remember being at "A
juvenile party Ia Johnson street, aud he
quite a boy. singing the then popular song
OF THE cats Meat Man." which he de-
livered with great energy and action. his
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-23
ESSAYS.

TALK OF THE TOWN. By Mrs John Lane.
l2mo. pp. 322. Crhe John lane Company
Some OF the eighteen papers which go 70
tho making OF this volume discuss Tho
Tyranny OF Clothes" The Tyranny OF
the Past" THE London BUS" Tho
tragedy Of the 'Ex.' THE Craze OF Col
Letting" 'The American and His Holt
day" THE Pleasures OF Being in IN,
Rigbt." 'Tbe Trials OF the Celebrated. %
The Wrong Sex and The New Fashion
I'm Heroes 90
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-23
"WarnIng Out"

A volume bearing this odd title is to be
issued shortly by the w. B. Clarke Com
pany. It deals with the curious old New
England custom Of warning out" Of a
town newcomers who might supposedly
threaten to become a charge upon the
community. The volume is said to con-
tain material which has never before
been brought together. The author, Mr..
Josiah II. Benton, is we'll known stu
dent OF Massachusetts, history.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-23
HISTORY.

LEES INVASION OF NORTHWEST vIR<
GINA ~ 1861. BY Granville DAWSON Hail.
limo. pp 1874. Glencoe. H.; A. c. Hsl)
Recountiug the events which led 10 the IN
yasion and the military operations whica
followed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-23

time came a note saying that 1.-THE brute
had never vet been licked in a fight; and
the man who wrote the letter added that
he didn't believe the brute ever would be-
While chiefly written for women. the
book is not without interest for men.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-23
Mr.. Churchilps Novel.

What happens in a great Western city
when the clergyman OF a fashionable
church declines to perform marriage
rites for a divorced member of his con-
gregation, woman Of wealth? Mr..
Winston Churchill in his forthcoming
novel, The Inside of the Cup" answers
the question
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-23
Social Evolution.

The Columbia University Press IS
about to bring out volume containing
spring by Professor Leonard T. Hob
house. Of London University. II will be
published under the title of Social Evo-
luton and Political Theory"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-23
Mr.. Oppenheim's Havoc"

Mr.. Phillips Oppenheim's new novel,
Havoc" will be published early in Oc-
to be a dramatic story Of international
political intrigue, with the invasion Of
England as the objective point. A senti-
mental romance Is included.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-23
a Great Mans Poetry.

lie Poesie di Lorenzo de Medici," in
two volumes, will be published some
weeks hence. II will be the first COM
plete edition of Lorenzos poetry ever
printed. Many Of the poems have thus
far existed only in manuscript. The vol
umes have been edited for the "Renais-
sance Library" by Janet Ross and Ed
ward Hutton.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-23
Long Life.

Mr.. L. NJ. Douglass book on the
Rac,llus of Long Life" Is coming from
the press Of the Putnams. 1t contains
the result Of his studies Of the sour
milk" question. He thinks that TINS
drink is the true elixir Of life, as proved
by historic fact and hygienic principle
the historic fact having been garnereu
in countries where peasants live from
100 TO 100 years.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-23
James Sisters.

Mr.. Richard Davey's biography Of
LADY lane Grey, THE Nine Days
Queen" is to have a successor IN the
shane Of a volume on The Sisters Of
Lady Jane Grey" The history OF these
English girls, If not as tragic as that
Of their beautiful young sister, is full or
romantic phases, and Mr.. Davey knows
how 10 do full justice to them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-23
The Now Castle Book.

A new novel by Agnes ana hsei'o"
Castle is on the press OF Doupieoay'
Page G. Co. This Is announced as Tine
Composer" and is. we suppose. the story
which is coming out in England unoer
the title Of THE Lost Iphigenia."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-23
Princess Louise of TuSCany'S
Defence of Her Career.

MY OWN STORY. BY Louise OF Tuscany,
ex-Crown Princess of Saxony. Trans
author. With 10 illustrations. svo, PIP.
a5 G. p. Putnams Sons.