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| the Castel del Carminc, and. fearing for
! his life, habitually carried about his
small person six pistols and a blundcr-
buss. The Due de Guise visited him
and having come by sea, was half
starved, and presently mentioned that
dinner would be acceptable. Alas for
the hungry ravcllcr-Gennaro confessed
that he was so afraid of being poisoned
that no dinner was possible unless it was
cooked by his wife. When Signora An
nese at last served the meal il was de-
cidedly not of a sort that pleased the
French noble.
One of the most beautiful of the sur
viving medieval Italian castles is the
Castel del Monte erected near Andria by
the Emperor Frederick II in 124o. 1t
is now practically whole, and descend
ants of the Emperor's falcons still circle
round its towers. Builders may be in
terested in a legend of its erection.
Frederick sent a messenger TO bring
him news Of the progress of the work.
The messenger fingered midway engaged
III tOui lSllIp anu WAC Iidoths
back by his master. lie sought refuge
in a lie and reported the castle he had
not seen as hardly yet begun. The
wrathful Emperor sent guard for the
master mason, and that poor man, fear
ing he knew not what, promptly killed
himself and his whole family. Then the
Emperor went to see with his own eyes
what had been done; he found the cas-
tie rising fair and strong from the hill, y"
and with his own hands he flung the
lying messenger over the ramparts.
The city of Lecce, in which stands a
remarkable collection Of baroque build
ings-so large a collection that the au-
thor calls it a baroque city-is practi-
is unique, perhaps, in that 1t has not
been invaded by the personally con-
Quoted trade. and as unique 0or an
Italian city, in its prosperity, cheerful
ness and cleanliness. Legends apart,
the history Of Lecce begins 212 II. c.,
and its records fill Mr.. Briggs's bulky
volume with romance. One Of the most
beautiful Of the national monuments Of
Italy is the church which Tancred,
fourth King OF Sicily and fifth Count of
Lecce, built i'm the outskirts Of the city
in the last quarter Of the twelfth CEN
tury. over the doorway remains intact
the dedication which the King dictated
TO his mason. The history of the rulers
of Lecce has every element of absorb
ing interest-but it is not more moving
than that Of the patriots who suffered
in the last century under the rule of the
Infamous beast. King Bomba. Let him
who would rejoice in free Italy read the
story Of Duke Sigismondo Castromedi-
ano. We commend Mr.. Briggs's book T.
all who care for that country ana Tor
architecture. for L.ecce and It's people
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porous freebooters centre and its trade
in stolen wares. He probably lost his
life in a last desperate venture before
settling down to responsibility, Mr..
Paine taking the opportunity to refer
entertainingly to pirates who did not
bury their loot and die, but lived to enjoy
the fruits of their labors.
Probably the earliest systematic seek
er after the buried. or at least the sunk
en-, treasure of others was Sir William
Phips. who rose to fortune and was re-
wardcd with the royal governorship OF
Massachusetts,. He. it appears. chose
this extraordinary career in boyhood, as
others chose a profession or trade.
The first Spanish wreck he found had
been cleaned out by others before him,
but a second expedition, financed by the
Duke of Albemarle and other English
mobiles. was successful. 1t yielded f3OO,-
600. of which the Jolly Monarch took 10
per cent as his share. Phips died before
he could go in search of still greater
wealth. the entire table of gold OF
1r'lO POUNDS IN WelSnt WHICH "ch'
down off Santo Domingo in the galleon
that was to carry Bobadlla. the Govern
or of HispaniOa. back to Spain.
The story OF the wreck of the Lutine,
on which salvage company is work
ing with success. is told at length; there
is much romance of the Scotch coast
in the tale of the search for the wealth
Of the Spanish galleon in Tobermory
Bay, but the narrative of the hoard of
Lima is most extraordinary of all a
book of real adventure this, with a chap
ter on the "wizardrv of the divinng
rod and closing series of practical
hints for treasure seekers" The repro
ductionS of quaint contemporary prints
add to the interest of the work.
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| umes still pouring from the press.
Symonds and Walter Pater pointed the
way, but il was Hewlett's vivid tales
flood. Mr. D'Auvergne shows us how
many themes still remain untouched by
the worker in semi-historical fiction. He
deals not only with famous castles but
7 with many that are practically unknown
to the tourist. Some of these are falling
into ruin; others, still standing in
medieval strength and majesty, are
turned into municipal Offices and prisons
With most of them are associated ro-
manccs of courage and cruelty.
The author devotes his first chapter TO
a particularly picturesque description of
SAINT Angelo in Rome the castle which
the Emperor Hadrian built for his ashes
and which held them safely until Alaric
came TO scatter them to the winds.
Stranger and more tragic vicssitudes no
ancient structure has encountered-there
can hardly be a stone of this stronghold
Of Papal Rome without its story. Here
is an example-not, by far, the most ter
rible--in the fate of Florido Archbishop
of Cosenza: "He was found guilty of
having forged dspensations, thus de-
privlng the Supreme Pontiff of his law
full perquisites, and was thrown into a
dungeon called the Sammorocco Here,
we are told, he had nothing but a pallet
bed a STOOL table and a crucifiX and
no other means of distraction than
Bible. a breviary and lamp-which, |
suppose is as much as prisoners are al
lowed in these enlightened days. He
was allowed two pounds of bread and
barrel of water, which was filled every
three DAYS The Archbishop endured
this miserable fate for a year and then
died raving mad, having broken both his
arms in his frenzy" The captive of
SAINT Angelo with whom the author has
least sympathy was Benvenuto Cellini,
who escaped so easily on his rope of
linen strips that we can hardly believe
his Imprisonment was rigorous.
The old strongholds Of the Campagna
and the Alban Hills furnish forth many
a page Of stirring description. There is
the four hundred -year-oid castle OF
Pracciano, standing on a volcanic rock
nearly a thousand feet high, and acces-
sible only on foot. In the centre OF the
imposing pile is a narrow keep which is
even older than the rest Of the building.
The newer portion was erected about
147O by Napolcone, head Of the noble
house of Orsini and prince "of great
splepdor." who held firmly TO the con-
yiction that men would fight better to
possess themselves of others property
than TO defend their own There is
vein Of romance attending the sale OF
the castle The fortunes Of the Orsini
waned. and they were compelled, at the
end Of the seventeenth century. to sell
their fortress TO Prince Odescalchi. The
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and killing the natives; beachcombers
and traders, the flotsam and jetsam that
is ultimately thrown up on the selvedge
of civilization, there to end its days.
And there are the natives timorous and
warlkc, submitting tamcly and again
biding their time for merciless revenge.
Mr.. London does not shrink from real
istic detail. as in the case of Mauki
and his slavery to many white masters,
his innumerable escapes and the con-
stant lcngtheninG of his term of servi-
tudo by his inevitable recaptures. until
that last, repulsiye episode with the half
insane Bunstor, whom he rcpays an eye
FOR an eye and tooth for a tooth for
all he has suffered. The material still
wears well in the hands of an able
writer.
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GIRLS AND LOVE,

THE SICk-A-BED LADY. BY Eleanor
UalloWcll Abbott Illustrated l2mo,
51l. The Century Company.
Ten short stories by the author of
Molly Make Believe are collected in
this volume. Their keynote is girlhood,
even though ii turns out that 49, Sick
a-Rcd Lady had been married i'm the
days before she lost her memory and
was taken across the ocean To France.
where the young PHI hEsician found her
contentedly staring out at sky and sea,
waiting for the discovery of her idcn-
utv Then there is Hickory Dock"
which was the fond girls pct name for
The clock her lover gave her. He prom
ised to wind It religiously so long as his
love should last which, OF course. would
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Odescalchi in turn were obliged 10 sell
it at the beginning of the nineteenth
century 10 the banker Torlonia-with
proviso that the OdeScalchi might have
the right TO redeem it within forty-five
years. There appeared to be no chance
of this. and the Torlonias accordingly
amused themselves by making many I'M
provements and restorations. \ woman
a princess Of the house Of OdesCalchl
spoiled all their plans. In 1918 she paid
down the purchase money to the dis
MAYED Torlonia and the castle remains
i'm her family To this day. The chapter
or the castles of Naples is one of hor-
rors. but thee is grimly comic inter
lude IN the story of Gcunaro Annese,
elected by the insurgent Neapolitans as
the successor of Masanello. The stupid
and ugly little man shut himself up in
New-York tribune., 1911-11-05
RAISIN DAY.
A Quaint Cid Custom at st. Andrew s

From The Dundee Advertiser.
Any article on university traditions
would he incomplete which did not touch
on raisin day, a quaint custom which is
annually celebrated on the first Monday
after October 2S. ON that date 1t IS the
duty of every first year student To hand
over pound of raisins TO the trst senior
student who makes the demand. For
this he is indemnified with Latin re-
ceipt which he must show 1 every one
who makes "A similar request failing
which he forfeits another pound OF the
fruit. Several explanations of this
somewhat incomprehensible custom are
forthcoming. Prior To 1899, as has been
explained In previous article the stu
dents elected their rector by nations
each nation appointing procuratof or
proctor, who voted for the BODY. Aitcr
the election an adjournment was made
to the old library hall. where repast OF
cake and wine was enjoyed. and where
raisins would also appear To have formed
part of the feast. While the elect were
enjoying themselves within, the general
body of the students followed ihelr eN-
ample, and from this some say the pres
ent ralsin day is derived.
more plausible explanation Is that
the winter term at -. Andrews com
clded with fair held annually AT the
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Of the Spanish galleon that lies off tho
Scotch coast in Tobermory Bay, and in
that of the British frigate Lutine, which
went down at the entrance to the Zuidcr
Zoe early. in the last century. Then
there is the Spanish plate fleet sunk by
the Dutch and English off Nigo, which
an Italian engineer is endeavorinG TO
recover with much ingenious machin-
cry
But romance survives, and plenty Of it
the romance of the retired pirate dy-
ing in his bed. the romance of the con-
fession with its grewsome details, and Of
the map with the intriguing landmarks.
Indeed, not the least of the delights Of
this book lies in its constant testimony
10 the realism of the writer's Of fiction
of this kind, Robert Louis Stevenson at
their head. Such maps have existed and
still exist in all the remote corners Of
the earth: their directions have been i'm
plicitly followed and are still followed by
treasure hunters, and only quite recently
an old sailor made a dying revelation
concerning the fabulous wealth shipped
out OF the capital OF Peru in the troubled
days of Bolivar, the Liberator. This
treasure is reputed TO be hidden in part
on Cocos Island, in the Pacific, and on
rocky Trinidad, in the South Atlantic
the latter island not TO be confused with
The one OF similar name in the British
West Indies.
An account Of hidden pirate treasure
Uould be incomplete, however, without
some reference TO the pirates them
selves. wherefore the author takes us
along the Spanish Main under the jolly
rooer, stopping, moreover, long enough
10 rehabilitate the reputation OF Captain
Kidd and TO explode the persistent le-
gend Of any treasure whatever buried by
him. II is different with Blackboard,
whose hoard is credited 10 the Isles OF
Shoals. where, indeed, much of 1t Is re-
puted to have been recovered by the in
babitants. notwithstanding the ghostly
woman left TO guard IT, Mr.. Paine is
moro inclined. however, 10 give the
islands TO another notorious New Eng
land pirate, John Quelch, who was
hanged in Boston, and Of whose spoils
enough was recovered
IN afford a division of the spoils among
various officials i'm a manner so suggestive
of petty graft as 10 warrant the conclusion
that piracy was not entirely mdrlilme
tTsde i'm Puritan Boston. Every man Jack
~ them who had anything whatever 10 do
Win catching or keeping or hanging Quech
snd his followers poked his finger into the
rag of gold. II seems Ike very belated
,nIckraking TO fish up the document thdt
teIIs i'm detail what became OF so much OF
~ oneIch treasure as fell into the greedy
hands of the authorities; but these are
telnale figures.
That ever entertaining blacksuard'
Tsouemeling, contributes, as matter
of course. TO these pages which do not
emit. either, 10 praise Lahtte's patriot
a., ubile tracing the story Of his pros
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NINE. ROLAND
Her Private Life and Public
Career.

LIFE OF MADAME ROLAND BY \. !,
TAYLOR With fifteen Illustrations. in
Guiding a photogravure frontisplece.
Svo, PIP ri, 32S. Brentano's.
Brevity is the significant character
istic of the careers of most of the lead
ers of the French Revolution. They rose
from obscurity. had their brief day. then
fell to make place for others. 1t was
thus with the Rolands. in whose case the
wife was the man of the family. the fig
IRE that historically overshadows the
pedantic elderly husband, who yet did so
much for the training of her gifts before
her superior mind took charge OF both
their careers. This is the point insisted
upon by this latest of her biographers,
who expresses the opinion that all exist
ing data concerning her are most likely
row I'm our possession. with but the
slightest probability of the discovery OF
additional information.
1t is her life he tells, the history OF the
Revolution being introduced only in so
far as it shaped her career and decided
her fate He depicts her as the brains OF
the Girondins. the inspiration of her hus-
band. but also, though involuntarily' the
influence that did him fully as much
harm as il benefited him:
More and more he appears to have lcant
upon the genius. the shrcWd Drdln d,u anu
cjear Judgment of his wife for support ana
co-operation IN times of peace he mlgnt
have made an admirable head of depart
mont of state but he was totally
devoid of thc flashes Of insight. the
rapidity of decision and the readiness ol
resource Indispensable to the man VINO ~
to act with hrmncss on an emerse'cS /.
For these qualities, complned WIN ho a. A.
facile pen and gift OF Language" gHnroot,r,cz me %1
pended upon his Wlic. Du'ilVu ~ ,bn
recogniZing i'm her the centre ol tnc
Girondc. considered it her husband ms MS
fortune that nc was glldod pS HeI,
fact that she was known to govern koidi',
damaged him more than her counseis aiueu
him.
The book docs not lack appreciation
Of Nine. Roland's gifts and aehleNe-
uents. but it is moderate i'm tone It's
Judgment is we'll balanced and free from
the heroine worship that has been the
keynote of practically all it's predecessors
from various pens. Her character and
tcmperamcnt as revealed i'm her private
life arc well outlined by the author. The
, daughter of an obscure artlsan-enGraNer
of Paris. she appears to have been a
strong -willed. self-controlled child from
the first. dreaming, like true french
! girl OF her day. first of all. of a sensible
| comfortable marriage of reason. Schti-
mcnt never upset her equipoise. Hei
courtship by the elderly Roland was ac-
cording To Mr. Taylor. rather cleNerly
conducted campaign Of conquest on hel
part Her many friendships are dealt
with at length, the books merit pclhe
that it does not distort the Importance oI
Nine. Roland i'm the great events oi
| which she was a part.
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LIFE IN THE PACIFIC.

SOUTH SEA TALES. BY Jack London.
With froutispicce. 12mo, pp. 3g7. The
Macmillan Company.
The life of the island world of the
Southern Pacific has yielded many tale
of travel. many book Of fiction, since
Herman Melville led the way Mr.. Lon
don's material is no longer unfamiliar
to US. but he makes good use of It,
His description of a hurricane, in his
opening story, is a vivid piece of writing.
For the rest there are here eaters Of
"Iong-pig" and missionaries; white
brutes in human form, driving, robbing
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ROMANTIC HISTORY
Stories of Old Days in Italy,

FAMOUS CASTLES AND PALACES OF
ITALY. BY Edmund 3. D'Auvergne
Illustrated svo. PIP go. Charles Scrib-
ncrS Sons
IN THE HEEL or ITALY. \ Study Of
an Unknown CITY. BY Martin Shaw
Briggs. Illustrated. Svo, PIP. 3S2. DUFF
field & co.
Mr.. D'Auvergnes book is full Of fasci-
nation for the reader who delights in the
dramatic episodes of old Italian history.
1t is from the Little Novels Of Maurice
Hewlett that many fellow writer's have
probably derived the new impulse to
traverse those episodes in countless vol
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be forever. And then they quarrelled, and
she refused TO see him. putting the clock
outside her door, however. that he might
wind IL STILL But they both were stub.
born; he deliberately omitted the cere.
mony one night, the girl threw the clock
out Of the window and then-they dis
covered that there are prosaic people
i'm this world VINO mend clocks for coin
of the realm. Still third girl came 10
New York to find romance, and talked
cleverness to q most worldly-wise Jour.
nalist. and had an adventure. 1t Is all
ephemeral and pleasantly beguiles an
idle hour, but 1t is done with a deft
touch.
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THE BOOK OF BURIED TREASJ hE;'
Being a True History of the Gold.
Jewels and Plate of Pirates. Gallons,
etc. Which Are Sought For TO TINS
Day. BY Ralph ID. Paine. Illustrated
Svo PIP. 425 The Sturg's & Walton
Company.
When did man first begin to bury
treasure? When did he first start on
the long. romantic search for it? How
old is the tale of the pot of gold at the
end of the rainbow? Wherever one jour
neys on this earth of ours there are
traditions of incalculable wealth hid i'm
mighty particular places" as Tom Finn
explained to his brother Huck: Some
times on islands, sometimes in rotten
chests under the limb of an old tree, just
where the shadows fall at midnight; but
mostly under the floor in ha'nted
houses" China, India and Araby re
rich i'm tales of buried gold guarded
10y spirits that must be laid in order to
unearth it; the Continent, Ireland, Scot
land. England and Wales teem with
similar tales i'm which the supernatural
plays its part; and superstition crossed
the ocean TO prescribe mystic rites on
our own shores for him who would dig
up pirates treasure.
History adds its records of plate and
bullion, the riches of monarchs and
mobiles. OF churches and monasteries
hastily hidden before the approach Of
maraudng enemies. South America has
St. tales of the tragic Spanish conquest;
Mexico is rich i'm its lore Of buried
wealth Of which its rumored lost mines
are part. Moreover man is ever adding
20 his stock of stories of this kind. Fam
Sly silver was buried deep i'm the earth
3n the South during the Civil War; only
a decade or so ago DOM Paul's reputed
treasure went to the bottom on the coast
of South Africa.
Mr.. Paine reviews the whole range Of
this long tradition Of buried treasure in
his pages. but devotes himself especially
10 its most romantic phase, that If the
hidden treasures of the sea. Pirates
bold as they sailed, as they sailed, are
his principal topic and, after them. the
treasure ships that were sunk within
sight of land. whose burial places are
known. whose riches arc sought after TO
this day. Indeed. the romance Of il all
has been transformed into a hard
headcd modern industry. as in the case
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and satisfactorily with the vast aeri-
cultural and cattle raising republic, the
prodgious development of which at
tracts the attention-and the capital-of
Europe. At the present writing an Ar
gentne railroad loan of Sio,WDooo Is
being taken up in Paris and London, and
I is estimated that French capital To the
amount Of over SlO0,o0O.000 has been in
New-York tribune., 1911-11-05
MYRlADS OF BEASTS.
A French Traveller in Teemlng
Argentina.

Paris, OCtODCT Il.
NJ. Jules Huret, who recently wrote
two exhaustive volumes about the
United States, followed by four SOLO,
useful books of observation concern
ing Germany, has just completed the
first volume of his Investigations In Ar
qent;ua. which. under the title, DE
Buenos Aires au Gran Chaco, is now
published by Fasquele. Taken alto
cether. this is by far the best book IN
French that has so far appeared on the
,ubiect II deals thoroughly, impartially
New-York tribune., 1911-11-05
Joseph Conrad.

The new novel by Joseph Conrad
which we have recently reviewed. great
" dcepens interest in that brilliant au-
thor. This story Of his Of Russian liie'
Under Western Eyes" marks an IN
crease i'm his stature as novelist ana
suggests that for him, IN the future. al
most anything Is possible. II is pleas
ant Just at this moment to find In ths
current number of The English E"-
view" the portrait Of Conrad by win
Rothonstein, which we reproduce. II is
a beautiful drawing, and as portrait
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Market Cross. To this fair resorted all
the students who had money in their
pockets, and it is said that the older men
were not above exacting tribute In the
shape of fruit and other delicacies from
their juniors Time hallowed this act OF
brigandage, and out Of 1t was evolved
the modern raisin day.
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"Pins and PincushIons.'

The lore Of pins and pincushions!-let
no one slight it, for such lore certainly
exists. and will be discovered In a vol
ume 10 be brought out under the above
title by Longman. II gives many odd
facts and has illustrations Of more or
less famous pincushions.
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The Penn Memorial.

\ volume dealing with the william"
Penn Memorial erected in London ho'
long ago by the Pennsylvania Society o.
New York will shortly Ice published .!
that society. Ii will contain various
papers devoted to Penn and a Fun as
count of the dedication ceremonies
is to- be illustrated The tablet In u'e
church of Alhallows Barking pea''
these words Of Penn: II shall not nS'uP
the right of any or oppress his PERSON
God has furnished me with better res
olution and has given me His grace "
keep it,"
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"A Perfect Example"

Mr.. Hilaire Belloc, in a recent lecture
on English as a Classic Tongue. ue-
clarcd that men and women of the culu'
waited classes in England could sJih pc
found who read their Pope and ihslr
eighteenth century prose and condemned
as rubbish that which was produced III
their own lives. III. however said Tue
lecturer. YOU wish To know where inc
old model of classic and exact Ensisn
survives as a living tongue, you viii d's'
cover it at Washington The Declar"'
tion of Independence is almost a periee'
example"
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it is Enthusiastically a searching study OF
character. The lthograph gives us. too
a delightful foretaste of that compFe-
hensive collection of Mr.. Rothenstelhs
works which is To be placed on exhioi-
tion next week by the Berlin Photo
graphic Company.
New-York tribune., 1911-11-05
New Story Book.

We have wondered what new title Mr.
Lang could find this year for the an
nual story book enthusiastically antici-
pated by his young readers. lie has ap-
psrently ended his traffic with fairies.
for the forthcoming volume contains a
delicious mixture of true tales Of ad-
venture. stories of Indians, Of witches
and Greek heroes, and he has given TO Il
the iudicious title of The All Sorts OF
Stories Book"
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"Mahterlinck."

Do not say "Mayterlinck,' for that's
not the correct pronunciation. II is a
Flemish name and must follow Flemish
rules. Therefore, "Mahterlinck"