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THE GREAT PACIFIC.

ACROSS THE LATITUDES. BY Jonn
Fleming Wilson Illustra ted. Emo, pp.
Sc Boston: Little Brown & 60.
There is capital reading in this bundle
of stories Of the sea, whose scenes run
Across the Latitudes" from the United
states lightship establishment at the
mouth of the Columbia River down 10
the island world of the South Seas. 1t is
stern stuff we'll handled. with thorough
knowledge Of the sailors craft. but with
out overabundance of the technicalities
Of handling ships that might bewilder
the landlubber. The men Of the light
shir service whom Mr. Wilson intro
duccs are decidedly well worth knowing;
so are others Of his characters, one OF
whom. a sort Of marine detective in the
service Of Lloyds is we believe, a new
conner in this field Of fiction. Again, the
invention of a boat steaming into the
poisonous gases sent up by the eruption
of A submarine volcano is a happy
thought on which 10 base a grim tale of
danger and daring. And there is humor
i'm the narrativ Of The Unwilling War
CORRESPONDENT" TO whom the Japanese
authorities gave such eager permission
90 accompany a submarine out 70 sea.
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/
While by far the greater part OF this
book is occupied with the descriptions
and records OF famous American inter-
collegiate games, II contains an intro
ductory history OF football itself that
will prove to be not without interest to
others than the heroes Of the srtdiron,
past, present and to come. Without en-
tering upon a general dissertation on
the antiquity and ubiquity OF the sphere
as plaything and a means Of exercise
Of the human race, Mr.. Davis quotes
the only reference to ball found in the
Old Testament, In Isaiah-"He will turn
and toss thee like a ball"-and then
turns 10 Homer. II is only reasonable
70 assume, and II has been generally
/ assumed, that the ball game played by
Nausicaa and her maidens was not foot
/ ball, but a dancing game In which a
! hall was tossed, but II appears to be
certain that the ancient Greeks had a
gamc-"harpas ton"-which bore a close
resemblance TO Rugby football, and
which was developed from three earlier
games, Of which the names alone have
come down 10 us.
: The Romans, having football game
the Greek game along with other Greek
institutions The first revision Of foot
bail rules OH record is that ordered by
the Emperor Augustus in 2S d. {. He,
t.I4f ho no COR
was then played was too mild to serve
ag the proper training for centurions and
the commanders of legions. There was a
mighty controversy among the athletes
of Rome over the new rules and the old,
Just as centuries later there was TO be
great agitation over Rugby and Asso-
citation. The new Roman game survived
well on into the Middle Ages under the
name Of "calcio." and has been revived
I'm Italy I'm recent years.
The Celts claim that football was once
a rite Of their sun worshipping ancestors.
The old Tcutous PLAYED the game with
the skulls Of their yanquished enemies.
4 rough form of it has been found In
vogue among the Esqhimaus, and an
other among the aborigines of the South
Sea Islands Cortez has recorded the
. existence Of similar game among the
, Aztccs.
The earliest mention Of football IN
English literature is found in VIII
lam Fitzstcpheu's History of London
+ u17N. by 1900 the game had become
national English institution The first
reference 20 # in the New World Mr..
Davis finds in 1909 in Spellman's "Rcla-
ton of Virginia II existed as simple
campus sport, without rules, regulations
or regular contests. in our older col
/ leres as early as 1900. The game was
prescribed by the faculty Of Harvard
/ as long ago as 1869. The first intercol-
/ legiate football game. between Prince
ton and Rutgers. took place at Ne"
/ Brunswick on November 6, 1869. The
author stops long enough to register
the date Of the first intercollegiate game
Of baseball, which was held full de-
cade earlier. on July l, 1853, Amherst
and Williams being the contestants.
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THE GUILLoTINE MOVES
From The Scotsman.

From The Scotsman.
The guillotine has lost its home in the
Rue de la Fole Kegnault In Paris. and
has been put In prison as NagabOnd.
For twenty-one years the woods OF JUS
tice, as the guillotine IS called. have
lived In q coach house with a great red
door. which was rented for their fecep-
ton by the government The place had
had two keys, one Of which was always
kept at the Home ONCE the other In the
pocket OF NJ. Deibler, the cxecuuoner.
Every week NJ. Deibler and his assist
ants called on tho Widow and creased.
oiled and attended 10 her needs But
for many years the people In the neigh
borhood OF the Rue de la Folie Regnault
have protested against their grim neigh
Dor The Widow gave no trouble rs q
tenant, but on the rare occasions that
she journeyed all the riffran OF Paris
clustered IN the streets TO see her taken
out The lease Of her home zen in some
DAYS ago. the landlord refused 20 renew
10 and from the beginning Of this week
onward the guillotinA e n Re stabbed AZ
the ssnte prison.
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HEAT.

From The Pail Mall Gazette.
The wind is dead In the sultry silence.
The songs are over, the music flown;
one cuckoo calls from the distant high
lands,
The faint. far call Is the ghost of his
own.
Hush. bark. like the wave on stone
The pleasant grasshopper is playing
his fiddle,
Playing his fiddle alone.
From the dusty broom whence the gold
was scattered
Hear the broom-pods crackle ana ny;
From the parched trees that no dew mas
watered
The leaves drift down with a rustic
and sigh.
Hear the broom pods cracle so dry,
It's the very voice OF the sultry
weather
Under the pitileSs SKY.
Hush, bark 10 the low susurras
The grasshopper's telling hrs hot
weather rune,
He Is playing allegro his sultry bravuras
on his dry little fiddle from morning
till moon.
Hush. bark BE II late. be ~ soon
The broom pods crack IN me sul'ry
silence,
The grasshorp er hddIing his tune
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-08
Bret Harte and the California OF
the Pioneers.

THE LIFE OF BRET HARTE. WITH
Some Account OF the California Pioneers
Bv Henry Childs Merwin. Win foI-
traits and Other Illustrations. No' PIP
XII, S62 Houghton Mifiiin Company
The subtitle Of this work points TO an
interest which was, perhaps, indispen-
ga lie II Mr.. Merwin was TO make book
about Bret Harte The life of the latter
was surveyed exhaustively enough some
time ago by Mr.. T. E. Pemberton' and
there was. strictly speaking, no occasion
for another memoir. The present volume
sufficiently jUstihes itself. however
through the dedication Of nearly half OF
its pages 10 the old Californian life which
inspired the bulk Of Harte's work. AS
youth he went out TO the Pacific Coast
In 1854. Even then times were chang
ing. and he was to witness extraorol-
naYilv rapid notifications Of social
nature in san Francisco. but he could
still behold, in all its essentials the
strange life which is evoked for us IN
that earlier. magical date, "1S49.' The
cold fever had not subsidized, nor had the
nioneer been made over. His California
was. to the full. the California OF 70
nance, the place Of adventure and Vio-
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ject Of the leading article in the current
number Of the Gazette des Beaux
Arts" NJ Paul Jamot finds 1t in a
painting by Nicolas Poussln recently &C
quired by the Louvre.
This is the "Apollon Inspirant un
Jeune Poete," which we reproduce Long
preserved in an English collection it has
for the general public remained one Of
the obscurer works OF the seventeenth
century Frenchman. NJ Jamot halls II
now as one Of his masterpieces. illus
trating at It's best his gift for reviving
the spirit Of antiquity. The figures in
It are nobly conceived, and II the Italian
ICED composition into which they are
welded is not in itself one Of extraor-
binary felicity IT has at all events, both
dignity and charm. Above all, this
painting, with its fine form. its beau
tifully painted draperies, its delicate
play Of light and its curiously sincere,
persuasive sentiment wildly reminds
us that an artist may employ a lit
erary" motive and yet remain an artist
II is more especially for that always
interesting reminder that We reproduce
the picture.
Poussin has the rcpute of an academic
master and NJ. Jamot himself can gIanco
with but little enthusiasm at those
rather pompous Scriptural designs which
so quickly come To mind when We think
OF this painter. But he justly turns T.
speak with more sympathy of those
fairly numerous works which disclose
Poussin's poetic genius, his instinct for
landscape and especially his faculty for
moving about I'm the world Of the old
pagan mythology as though he had
once actually breathed its suave airs.
Inspiration is everything in these mat
ters. There is nothing talismanic about
great subject, nor can one rise to II
on academic qualities alone. Let one
have a spark OF the true fire, and, as
Poussin shows In this Apollo of his,
the life and beauty lying in classical
ideas may be renewed with a poignant
/ authenticity. We do not wonder that
the picture in the Louvre has moved NJ.
Jamot TO the writing OF a long, en-
| kindling essay. II IL well, as We have
said. I'm these modern days TO be re-
called TO ideals nominally imprisoned in
| old formulas but actually possessed oi
an unquenchable vitality.
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Brooks rockingham. illustrated. lZmo'
mn 2S7 The Houghton Mifilin COM
pany
To undertake to write at this late day
still another novel Of internationa mar
riage is q bold venture indeed, jusu-
fable only by success. And the autnor
is successful because she presents an ola
subiect. the wooing OF an American girl
by an Italian, from new point or view
She does not enter too deeply into the
psychological analysis OF this man. 10
the end she leaves him the puzzle ne Is
to the girl and the other Americans con-
cerned in the tragi-comedy. II Is other
wise with It's Roman environment. mere
the Americans are treated as the Aliens
not only puzzled but puzzling TO the
natives as well, clever use being MADE OF
an older countrywoman Of ours, 70
whom black is black and white Is white
and a tolerance OF all shades between
these two a moral wrong, Her cicerone
I'm the social ways and moral views Oh
the Italians Is tolerant, outspoKen
English woman. who takes things as
they are and explains them without
Judging. The story does not go TOO
deeply below the surface; 1t Is not 100
searching in its exposition Of differentia-
tons; its author does not claim COM
plete understanding Of the italian char-
acter and emperament-whence the
novelty and interest of the tale.
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by sixteen portraits and sketches, is full
Englishmen, for II traces the growth Of
the strong, ever increasing Anglo-Saxon
influence exercised upon French society
tastes and customs.
The author has drawn discreetly and
effectively from the best works bearing
on the subject, such as Captain Gro
now's "Reminiscences" James Foroes's
Letters from France" Algers Ma
poleons British Visitors" Lady Nor
CAMS Autobiography" Lady Blessing
TOMS THE Idler in France" Siboutie's
Souvenirs dun Medecin de Paris" De
Massa's "Historique du Jockey Club"
Thackerays Paris Sketch Book
Countess Granville's Letters" the
Duchesse de Dino's "Chronique." the
Chevalier do Cussy's Souvenirs"
jacques Boulenger's Les Dandys" and
the Comtesse do Bolgne's Memories"
The Duke OF Wellngton's freaks 4
sentiment In Paris after Waterloo. Sir
Francis Egerton's eccentric dinners In
company with his pet dogs all dressed
mp i'm the tip OF fashion as lords and
ladies'. Jenny" Urquhardts strange
collection Of guillotine blades, hangman's
ropes. chains and handouts; Lord Cas-.
tlereagh's waltzes with chairs for his
regular two hours daily exercise, Lady
Blessingtons hirtations with the hand
some dOrsay. together with the gentle
pranks or Thackeray. the sprightly hu-
NOR Of tirs Trollopse Captain Gro
nouss con66Anc.. and the bankar Hope 5
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Literary .Nes,S and Criticism

was called The RereiHe, but Is better known
as The Drum. The first and last stanzas
are as follows:
Hark! hear the tramp OF thousands,
And of armed men the hum
Lo! q nations hosts have gathered
Round the quick alarming drum
Saying, Come,
Freemen. Gomez
Ere your heritage be wasted. sara the
quick alarming drum.
Thus they nswered.-hoping, fearing
Some I'm faith. and doubling some,
TIL q trumpet-voice, proclaimingl
Said, My chosen people, come
Then the drum
Loi was dumb,
For the grett heart Of TIE nation, tnroo-
bing, answer ed Lord, we conner
AS these last words were read. the great
audience rose TO lite feet, and win q
mighty sh, ut pr claimed the loyalty OF
California Emerson. as Mr. John Jay
Chapman has finely said. sent a thousand
sons % The war; and II is not unreasonable
to suppose that Bret HarteS noble poem
fired many a manly heart in san Francisco
There. In imagination at least, Harte
was at one with his surroundings, rec
ognized the emotion Of the moment and
shared il. But we suspect that after
that outburst of sympathy his pulse
resumed its wonted even beat. We think
Of him not as the eager citizen. but as
the comfortable secretary of the Call
fornia Mint. incurably self-centred. So
we see him, In the minds eye, down TO
the close OF his career. When he comes
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CLAIM OF CIRCUMSTANCES.

deed.
A CHAIN OF CIRCUMSTANCES.
THE DEMPSEY DIAMONDS. BY Allen Allen
Arnot. iamo, PIP. S%' The Jonn Lano
Company.
Notwithstanding its title, this Is not
a det.ctive story. but pleasantly en-
tertaining tale Of tangled human lives
IN q skilfully selected and depicted en-
vtronment, remotely. peacefully. but
sternly. Scotch. The diamonds ars set
in the tangled human links in an inseni-
oil, manner. An old gentlewoman has
MANNED their secret destination-she has
had a romance Of her own-but before
she can send them on their way sho
dies. leaving the fulflment Of her wishes
TO her trusted old servant. This woman,
in her turn, Is forced by new link In
the chain to intrust her charge TO
Young girl, and she, after much anxious
waiting, succeeds. but only imperfectly.
another death intervening. Still, the
glittering fortune, though now decidedly
in the wrong hands. is apparently near
er TO its destined owner than before.
And thus the tale proceeds, the human
interest, however, always predominating
over the mechanical one. A good piece
Of work, which never wins the adtec-
tive "breathless," but which also never
loses the attention Of the reader.
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and at the same time List came out for
a breath Of fresh air.
The painter addressed the pianist, and
this dialogue ensued: Are you the
pianist, monsieur, whom have heard all
day7" Eyes. monsieur" 1T is very ir-
ritating." ALAS. monsieur, you do not
love music?" Il detest It." 1T is very
regrettable, but / must practise" But
YOU disturb me in my work; moreover
YOU play atrociously." "Ah, you think
so? 1t is the first time any one has
ever told me So" Judging from your
age there have been many opportuni-
ties" was the painters answer Then
there was silence for moment. LIST
going indoors, contented himself with
the observation: my name is List
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APOLLO
The Revival of His Spirit In a
Painting by Poussin.

In the market for old masters the
talk to-day Is all OF Rembrandt. Velas-
quez and Vermeer The enthusiasm OF
the studio rules the collector. Although
other cults engage his fancy It Is the
cult for painting, as painting. that
chiefly attracts him, fact for which,
We suppose, the partisans Of Whistler
end Manet are largely responsible. But
there are many kinds Of art, and II ls
refreshing to turn now and then TO
works not, as it happens, in tho fash
ion, but nevertheless full Of beauty and
Of the right imaginative stimulus. We
note with interest. therefore. the sub
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~ Of Romance. BY Marie. Corelli.
12mo. Pr. 40. The George Fl, Doran
Companv.
Miss Corellls heroine is neither q
Christian Scientist nor spiritualist, or
spritist She Is highly psychic" TO
employ a current term Of the vague
school to which this book belongs. "spir-
itual science is the key to the soul OF
nature" declares the author through the
mouth Of one OF her characters; and we
must live in the spirit Of youth. not IN
the matter Of age" II we would remain
young. But the materiallsts In the story
will not listen. wherefore their last state
is worse than their first. OF course, the
physician Of the tale, representing his
own discredted science, is treated with
scant ceremony and much scorn by the
nsychics. There is also a theory Of the
influence OF tragic occurrences upon the
health II Jewels and the fate Of their
later owners; in short, here Is abundance
and to spare Of the occult In its most
up-to-date forms. There are, further,
visions OF reincarnstion through the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-08

OF China" and Education as
the Basis OF All True Reforms one grad
uate contrived 10 work In Mencius, Fylhad-
eoras Milton. Paul Locke, Disraell,
Shakespeare and sir Joshua Fitch within
seven minutes. along with the opinion that
II a man wishes 10 have self-respect ne
have others depend upon him.
Unlike it's two predecessors on China,
this work, II will be seen, Is in no sense
a extraordinarily even book OF
travel. But It is fully as interesting in
It's own way. and Or. w. A. p. Martin
gives 1t the potent authority Of his ap-
prevail.
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/ East TO practise literature, when he goes
abroad as an official in the consular ser
vice. first al Crefeld, in Prussia. and
afterward at Glasgow: and when, finally,
: he settles down IA London as q writer,
pure and simple, he leaves the impress
sion Of a man detached and irresponsi-
bic. willing 70 labor at the perfecting
Of his stories. but careless Of all other
burdens. II Is not unklnd to allude to his
invertebrate habit in respect to money
matters, for It was one Of his leading
characteristics When he turned his
back on California he left debts behind
him and he blithely accumulated others
On this side Of the continent. Mr.. Mer-
win, who is pathetically anxious to say
the best that he can Of Bret Harte. is
almost mawkish on the subject OF his
debonair treatment OF his creditors, say
/ ing
4 Nevertheless, there is an element Of wilt
! justice In the attitude or the poet. The
/ world owes him q living, and II the world
/ does not pay It's debt why. then, the deb
may fairly be levied upon the world In suct
/ manner as is possible. This al least Is u
. be said the extravaganza or improVldence
/ OF a man Ike Bret Harte stands upon 9
very different footing from that OF an or
/ binary person. We should be ashamed moi
/ TO show some consideration, even In money
/ matters, for the soldier who has served his
I country IN time Of war; and the romancei
/ who has contributed 10 the entertainment
/ Of the race IS entitled TO similar indul'
gence.
The late ". E. Henley complained
that the too sympathetic friends Of
| Stevenson portrayed him as a creature
resembling a chocolate eclair. We wish
that Mr.. Merwin might have taken
warning and painted Bret Harte with
ruthless candor. making thoroughly
plain what We fear must have been the
truth, that he was selfish and lazy. We
fear. also, that in exposing these traits
the biOgrapher would inevitably show
that they imposed a certain penalty,
making their victim Of no very lasting
interest, personally. Intimates Of his
have described him IN companionable
and amusing vein. but studied at dis
lance he seems q cold and not at all
lovable figure One cannot away with
OF thought for others. his uncanny con-
centrauon upon himself. This Is We
suppose, but another way Of saying that
while we could not spare Hartes books,
q book about him wakes scarce a spark
Of sympathy. SO when We revert to
the chapters IN this volume on the old
pioneers we enjoy the latter for them
selves and as sources Of copy" for
Harte. never as veritable friends Of his.
MIR Merwins entertaining facts and
anecdotes have, then. as we have al
ready suggested only limited bio
graphical significance. Where they pos
sess tangible value is In providing the
documents, so 10 say. for study Ol the
stories We may see here that whatever
Hartos relations with the pioneers may
have been. whether they were those OF
the comrade or the observer. he was
faithful 10 the life Of California Mr.. Mer-
( wins historical investigations only con-
| hrm the splendid truth OF the romancer' s
uYf
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ENGLAND IN PARIS
A Study of Social Influences and
Eccentricities.

Paris, September 20.
NJ. Roger Boutet de Monvel, in a COM
pact octave volume Of 375 pages, en-
titled Les Anglais q Paris. 1SOO-lS5o, "
published by Plon. has made a delight
full collection OF sprightly anecdotes,
quaint experiences and piquant observa-
lions about British visitors and residents
in Parts during the first half Of the last
century. The work, which Is enlivened
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PIANIST AND PAINTER.
From The london Globe.

From The London Globe.
A Paris contemporary referring 10 the
number or distinguished men born in
the year 1911, relates an interesting
story OF List. who is included IN the
catalogue. List was living IN a little
German town when Dlrks. the NorWe-
gian painter. came 10 reside at the same
place. thinking he would be able 10 work
there without Interruptions. He had
only been installed in hts new quarters
one day when he made the pianist's ac-
quaintance. The painter had been try
ing his art for about two hours and then
he gave up IN despair, he went OUTSIDE,
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LITERARY NOTES

hare ga ~. ,isa :. soory OF n. uu.
THE Mahatma and the Hare % s
s,orr" o,d a. so,a :. Is q dr.,s
hunanItar,an ann.s1 " 'eoc,
A Gilbert White MS.
A hitherto unpublished mann,
from the pen Of Gilbert White /, 80,
brought out shortly in fac-simile \,
Selborne Society. II Is a naiu,. ~
endar which White Is said 10 h ave-
fully drawn up before he wrote n.
letters which are the basis >. ~
Natural History Of selbornA-
The Charming Charlotte.
The young lady who went on cr..
bread and butter"-that Is 70 "a,
Charlotte Of Goethe and "wertsro v
tondly remembered in Germany tia, .,
city OF Hanover has Just made a ,rss
grant to a surviving niece Of hers ~,
parsonage. whose name is wnhs,n,.
BuT, is ninety-one years old. sh. 8
presented 10 the Kaestner Museum w.
Gus souvenirs Of her aunt, inclIdlnv -
wedding gift which came to her ~
Goethe.
More Biographies.
Two volumes Of critical biograpsv -.
coming from tho scribner press-volyn.'
which promise 10 DO Of unusual ina.
est In one OF these Professor
Lounsbury discusses the early ll,.n,-
career Of Browning, and In III. o,s..
Mr. James Huneker deals with the n.
and the gifts Of Franz Liszt.
Memorials Of Writers.
A stained glass window is 70 conna-.
crate IN Chilvers Cotton Church the ta,.
tism there Of George Eliot n lgs
Chilvers Cotton Is the Shepperton Of n,
CLIFFS Love story" A memorial =
some sort is to be erected to Tom Moor.
in Ireland in the Vale OF Avoca, a ~,
IN which he wrote many or hls lyric
He is described as doing most Of IA,
writing under a certain oak tree witt,
long went by the name Of Tom Moore,
Tres" Nearly all OF this tree has bee,