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lips But in common with the others. it.
too. is redolent Of this gifted authors
particular window Of outlook. Of his per-
sonal habit of Interpretation and por-
trayal This Is the story-one long due
OF the type-g1rl in the Office of the SUI
preme American man. Its essentials lie,
by no means. in this particular GIRL or
man, or machine. Instead, 1t Is built on
the lasting foundations Of propinquity.
temperament. Imagination. So far as the
mere story Goes-this matter Of an hour s
reading-the man marries the girl In de-
f1ance Of both sense and tradition. In
these days Of general insurgency this is
not amazing. 1t Is not Important The
thing Of moment here is the authors in
divfdual and literary honesty. In ones
feebler moments 1t is gratifying to talk
about this young mans too early dis
illusionment, to hope for later mollifica-
ton of view, and so on. But, all said
and done. this was the honestest man
among us. The supreme pity Of it-that
he Is not now among us.
MARADICK AT FORTY, . Transition.
By Hugh Walpole. author OF 1.-The
Wooden Horse" New York: Duff
field & Co.
Maradick here at forty had got moth
ing but a cheque book and decent
tailor At about this time. by the mere
accident Of summer choice, Maradick
took his wife and two girls down into
Cornwall for the yearly outing. There
the stories begin, for this is double adj
venture. The top story. very interesting.
Is led in natural manner here and there
to its close by the doings Of the smart
summer colony of which the Maradicks
are a part. The under story. completely
fascinating. is in the hands Of the 'ad-
monitus locorum." This spirit is pure
pagan. The old Cornish town still lies, at
heart. in the spell of pagan ancientry: a
satyr-a wonderful creature this--disports
himself here, a philosopher Of heathen-
modern mold talks sapiently there, and
all sorts Of sentient-inanimate things-an
age-old tower, fields Of yellow gorse, the
sea, the winds-make up the full diablerie
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no means remarkable either in Skin or
in orient"
After an hours search he sat down. ut
terly defeated-there was not letter, not
q written scrap, to tell who had occupied
this desolate house.
But 1 know her face" he said, dog
gedly, land her names Mary and she's
alive somewhere He jumped up as
though to start OIL at once. And I'm go
ing to find her"
tour of the house and grove left him
as ilr-prepared as ever. The dead man
was no trader in coprah, even by pretext,
for there was no go-down, and the cocoa
nuts lay smashed and rOtting on the
ground. The dim cathedral Of the grove.
the binding crescent of the beach, the
luminous indigo and snowy reef beyond.
harbored not living figure. Landward,
through the trees. low slope OF misty,
unwholesome verdure shut off the west.
ACROSS the island" thought David.
His cook the Chinese boy, ran off that
way. If there's only settlement"
On the chance. he set off inland. grip
ping his spear for q staff. sweltering
under his tight clothes and borrowed he'll
met as he climbed through the fever
green tangle Of bosque. Before noon he
came out on a little eminence. from which.
far off, he caught the glare of the west
ern ocean.
His spirits rose; for under the shade OF
his hand he could descry thin pillar OF
smoke smudging the tremulous air ashore,
and on the fat, high band of the sea a
scattered fotilla of tiny boats, stuck like
currants or dead flies.
"A station there" he thought, joyfully;
and tired as he was. turned without halt
ing, to tramp homeward and pack up for
the journey.
His marching order was light-the locket
the small package and the loose page Of
Punch with it's grisly red DETACHMENT,
slowed in breast pocket; In another the
T.
twisted pearl; and slung over his shout
der. bundle of clothing. wrapped round
the Mexican dollars. With this burden,
which had begun to grow heavy. he came
| swinging down at sunset to the western
coast.
He broke cover behind a long, dirty,
white-washed bungalow, squat go-down
with a tin roof and the straggling nipa
tubs Uttered the foreshore. which ex-
hailed an insufferable stencil of putrid
shellfsh.
In the veranda. at a table. a gross.
brown Spaniard lolled in a-posture and
with a face of extreme and lugubrieus
melancholy. He sat looking into a tum-
bier full Of milk: but at sight of David
he started up in his chair with squeak
Of dismay.
piped, in a voice absurdly small for his
great bulk. 1T is no good! I will not
speak" To prove this assertion. he be-
gan pouring out a mingled torrent of
Spanish and bad English go away"
he cried, f1uttering his pudgy hand. 'Go
away"
Then his Grafton stopped short. his
mouth remained open in establishment.
"Oh! Ali" he gasped. II think you
are that Englishman" And in rapid
parenthesis of eight or ten murky SEN
fences he sketched the Englishman' 8
parentage and conduct.
"You see I'm not" said David, and
waited for him to regain breath.
THAT man." cried the fat Spaniard,
| waving his arm toward the eastern side
| of the island, "he send his cook to be
] asesino to my stom-ache! See. eat moth
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Umbrella Language.

tTDAvID GRAHAM PHILLIPS was a
- realist. He handled life with a
biting humor. The ordinary, romantic
novel. Phillips once explained, resem-
bles the language Of flowers. while
Phillips own novels resemble umbrella
language"
The speaker, a member Of the
Princeton Club Of New York. smiled.
Phillips then quoted" he continued.
some Of his umbrella language. 1t
ran
IAN umbrella placed in the club rack
indicates that 1t will soon change own
ers.
IAN umbrella carried over a woman
by a man who gets nothing but the
drippings OF the rain Is a sure sign of
courtship.
When. on the other hand the man
carries the umbrella so that the woman
gets the drippings, it is a sign OF mar
riage.
"A cheap cotton umbrella placed be-
side fine silk one means Exchange
no robbery
"To buy an umbrella means, Not
smart, but honest
ITO carry an umbrella to work in
the morning means, 1T is bound to
clear on
ITO lend an umbrella n. cans, I'm a
fool
ITO return an umbrella-tut, never
mind what that means, for 1t 10 Q
thing that nobody ever doeA"
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able and f1ne) See! That is mine. or that
is partly mine. It is part Of my wealth.
The Class-in chorus ominously, maybe
pertinently. certainly pertlyJ But. what
Mr.. Carnegie-is it useful to you? CHere
the class must try to feel like composite
Nemesis. or at the least like outraged
rectitude) Mr.. C.-Qaughing and hearty.
naively unconscious that he is letting a
halter down over his economic and polit-
tcal neck. to be frightened later) No. bless
Your life! The steel is useless to me-
I don't want it. But somebody else does
1t is useful to other people. Mr.. Rookie
Teller, equally to be sure with Mr.. Car
negie. comes in as the center of q similar
piaylet. From these tvo dramas emerees
Fact two in political economy-a def
milton OF wealth. So. the primary lessons
go on from political economy through
fusion Of socialism with anarchism. COM
munism. and other ism is here made
straight Admonition and exhortation
accompany instruction in this little vol
ume. Appended Is an excellent biblio-
graphy on the subject Of socialism.
YOSEMITE TRAILS, Camp and Pack
Train In the Yosemite Region OF the
Chase. With illustrations from photo
graphs and a map. Boston: Hough-
ton Mif11in Company.
This adventure Of a first book fully
tustifes the out-faring Of its author Two
or three journeys through the Yosemite
region OF the Sierra Nevada inspired the
writer to gather up these experiences and
observations. and to offer them, not only
to the traveller as a guide, but also to the
general reader as information and enter
tainment. On either mission the book
will meet success. AS a guide it is order
ly and specific: as matter for the reader
it Is picturesque and vivid, with a per-
sonality of it's own. Descriptions of in
Vulnerable wonderful scenes, history and
anecdote go into a revelation of this sur
passing region of mountains. lakes,
glaciers, rivers and fields. The author
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BOOKS RECEIVED.

THE HISTORY OF THE CONFED-
ERATE WARS It's Causes and Its
Conduct, q Narrative and Critical
History: BY George Cary Eggles-
ton. Two volumes. New York:
Sturgis & Walton Company. Wash
ington: Ballantyne e. Sons.
THE NEW sCHAFF-HERZOG EN-
CYCLOPAEDIA OF RELIGIOUS
KNOWLEDGE. BY Samuel Macau-
ley Jackson. DID, LID; George
William Gilmore. NJ A. etc. Vol
unie TX New York: Funk & Wag-
nails Company.
CREATIVE EVOLUTION. BY Henri
Bergson. member Of the Institute.
France Authorized and trans
lated by Arthur Mitchell. Phi. d.
New York: Henry Holt & Co.
FOODS AND THEIR AnULTERA-
TION' Origin, Manufacture and
Composition Of Food Products, Ia
fants and Invalids'. Foods, Detee-
ton Of Common AduIterations aud
Food Food, ss1.daras. BY Harvey W.
ond edition. revised and enlarged
Philadelphia: p. Blakistone's Sons
& Co.
Nina Rhoades. author of Brick
House Books" etc. Illustrated by
Elizabeth Wilmington. Boston: Lo-
throp. Lee & Shepard Company.
PAGE LECTURE SERIES-INDUs-
TRY AND PROGREss. BY Norman
Hapgood. New Haven: Yale Cniver-
sity Press.
CANADA AND THE EMPIRE. BY w.
n. Lawson, author OF American In
dustrial Problems" etc. Edinburgh
and London: William Blackwood &
Sons.
QUTCKSANDs. BY Fannie Heaslip Lea.
Illustrated by Clinton Balmer New
york: Sturgis & Walton Company.
GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS IN
THE UNITED STATES, A Textbook
for Secondary schools. By William
Backus Guitteau. PHI. d.. superin-
tendent OF schools Toledo. Ohio.
Illustrated: Boston: Houghton
Miffiin Company.
THE EDUCATION OF A MUSIC
LOVER: A Book for Those Who
Study Teach the Art of Listen
Ing. BY Edward Dickinson. pro-
lessor of the history and criticism
OF music. Oberlin College New
York: Charles Scrfbners Sons.
THE IMPRUDENCE OF PRUE. By So
phie Fisher. illustrated by Her
man Pfeifer. indianapolis: Bobbs-
Merrill Company.
A BOOK OF DEAR DEAD WOMEN.
BY Edna Worthley Underwood. Bos-
ton: Little, Brown & Co
ACHSAH, THE SISTER OF JAIRUs.
BY Mabel Cronise Jones New York:
Broadway Publishing Company
ROMANCE OF THE UNIVERSE, BY r.
7. Stauber. A. NJ, l.. T. member of the
Kansas Academy OF Science New
York: Broadway Publishing Com
pany.
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CHAPTER III.-Continued.

Plunging for the lighted door. David
went down full length In crash or
broken wood and rolled among the splin-
tiers of chair. His downfall. louder than
the other, shook the house from end to
end When he had risen out of the tan
gle, and, grasping the nearest fragment
as q weapon, darted into the next room.
he had a confused sense Of something
dark vanishing through the open door
half imagined, half seen in the merest
corner of a glimpse.
What lay on the floor. however. caught
and held all his eyesight, all his faculties.
The young stranger, with half his yell
low hair turned black. was struggling to
rise. His head, lifted with extreme effort,
caught the candle light for second, in
which the black stain shone red. His
eyes met David's in wavering look,
without sight or knowledge. and suffered
strange revulsion upward and back
ward as If by part Of the same force that
wrenched him down again in heap.
1t was needless even to look SECOND
time, and yet David. though convinced,
fell swiftly to his knees and ratified the
certainty. The man had been cut down
from behind at one blow.
Sick and incredulOus, David got upon
his feet and stared. The room showed no
cept that a yellow, tattered copy OF
Punch, which had screened the candle,
now lay between the table and the outer
threshold.
He listened. The house. the grove. the
whole island, might have been the very
center in an archipelago Of the dead.
And when for q moment he stood in the
door, nothing appeared but the slim. lurk-
ing trunks. through which the long bow
Of coral sand shone like a snowdrift in
the moonlight.
! Rage seized him at sight Of all this un-
moved solitude.
Come in,'' he cried, and shook his fist.
"Cme in here and finish the 1ob.'
The night received his challenge and
gave back no sound.
Returning toward the candle he stopped
and picked up the copy Of Punch. Across
the pictured cover, stamped In red and
still damp, was the print OF a naked foot
with the great toe twisted out faring al
right angles in no human fashion. He
spread the sheet on the table and stared
| In a daze. as though porting over an i'm
possible map.
The CLEAN Of something bright close b.
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Of this survival. And down into this
Maradick goes, thereby adding vastly to
his hitherto inconsequential harvest OF
bank account and other wherewithai
This is the middle age that comes 10
every man. 1t has nothing to do with
years, but 1t Is the great Rubicon or life.'
This under story might have been fam
tastic-but it is not. 1t is fantasy OF
amazing significance and great beauty.
A most uncommon story, a distinct
achievement.
THREE WEEKS IN THE BRITISH
ISLES. BY John U. Higinbotnam.
Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Co.
So many literary travellers discour-
age short tours abroad that the au-
thor's book will appeal encouragingly
to many men and women who could
afford the time and money for a sum-
mer in Europe, but have doubted the
advisability of the trip. Mr.. Higin-
botham claims that more can be seen
abroad in three weeks than in an en-
tire summer of travel at home. Dis
tances are shorter between noteworthy
OBJECTS. The unusual grips the atten-
ton at every turn. Trains. hotels and
guides are all arranged to give you
most in the shortest time
The present volume. which is one Of
q series Of travel books. shows that
the tourist may get, in so short a va
cation trip. realistic glimpses of Lon
don, from the Romans to King George:
q worthwhile view of Windsor Castle.
the Stratford of Shakespeare and the
Abbottsford Of Scott. There are visits
to Edinburgh and Glasgow and Ayr.
and then over to Ireland. Belfast. the
Giants Causeway. Londonderry. the
Connemara country. Galway, the stored
scenes of Killarney. a coaching trip
to Glegariffe. and then on to Cork, to
1.-The Meeting of the Waters" to Dub
lin, Chester, Liverpool and-home.
The next best thing to taking such
q trip is to let the author tell you all
about 1t in his spontaneously humor-
Gus style that gives facts without sug-
costing a guide book.
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the only logical warrant for the future
enhancement Of the race. That millions
OF women are economic parasites, and
by final habitude intellectual and moral
ones as we'll. is important, chiefly because
such have no legacies of racial vigor
and initiative to transmit, and through
these the future must suffer attenu-
/, alton. impoverishment. Half of the
discussion here goes into historic and
scientific examination of the conditions
surrounding women. This study proves
female parasitism to be a modern
product, developed from recent economic
eject upon the future it must be de-
stroyed. Opportunities for independ-
ence, for expansion. are the panacea.
Out OF this profound and searching
study the author at this point for the
first time reaches the familiar field of
what is commonly known as the woman
question Moreover, having reached it,
it is obvious that Mrs. Schreiner sees
universal student looks to it as an end
in itself. A book Of unsurpassed
courage. keen intellectually, unassail
able. logic and high gift of expression.
A FALSE EQUATION; the Problem Of
the Great Trust. By Melville NJ.
Bige1ow, Pm. d. Harvard. Boston:
Little. Brown & Co.
The substance of this scholarly and
important study goes into an accounting
with modern education as this Is stand
ardized by the requirements Of a modern
democratic government. The author
makes the charge that education is I'M
organized. unscientiflc. remote from its
essential purpose and therefore inefficient
in its legitimate service to the state. Full
example and illustration sustain this
charge. The great trust is the obliga-
ton accepted by the state to maintain
equality in the government of men, to
keep down excessive inequalities. The
false equation is the tendency to look
upon existing adjustments as per
Torrance of this trust. Failure In this
narformance is charitahlY aScribed by
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has. too. pleasing way OF making inter-
ludes, delightful and poetic stories, step
into the between-whiles of travel. One OF
these in particular. the one named IAN
Interlude,' is q beautiful. mournful little
lyric. Out of "a natural propensity for a
loose rein and discursive observation"
comes the chief joy of this trail through
the Yosemite. Fine illustrations and a
one toward reading this FIRST book" And
the subsequent reading makes one dis
tinctly glad that another one is on the
way.
LOUIS XIV AND MADAME DE MAIN
TENON. By Charlotte Lady Blen-
nerhassett With illustrations.
New York: Charles scribner's Sons.
In fair mind and sympathetic spirit this
author tells the amazing story Of Fran
coise d'Aubigne, Widow Scarron, Nine
de Maintenon, anonymous queen Of
Louis XIV. One is deeply impressed with
the fair average of truth that this study
presents, truth rescued bit by bit through
couple Of centuries and more from the
weller Of hatred and false account sur
rounding 1t. The history Of Nine. de
Maintenon is also a history Of France at
this period. Therefore this volume in
cludes the religious reform Of the sew
enteenth century and the revocation Of
the edict of Nantes: the war Of the grand
alliance. political tntrigues and diplomatic
intricacies. After a first word for the
restraint and dispassion of this author
in the interest Of authentic history one
gives full praise for the fine organization
Of this book and for its good literary
merit.
THE GRAIN OF DUST, a Novel. By
David Graham Phillips, author Of
THE Husbands Story" etc. Illus
trated by A. 3. Wenzell. New
York: D. Appleton & Co.
Where all are great and good this 10
neither the greatest nor the best of the
stories written by David Graham Phil
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calling in this connection that one of
Corots masterpieces, The Wood Cath
erers.' is in the Corcoran Gallery OF Art
paintings by Dupre and Diaz.
~
A T the Fischer Galleries was exhibited
this week a collection of miniatures
by Miss Alice Riddle Foster Of this
city. The collection comprised sixteen
or seventeen little portraits, the majority
Of which were shown earlier in the
winter at the Knoedler galleries in New
York. In the center Of the group hung
q three-quarter-length miniature of Mrs.
Ward Brown, which was painted eighteen
spring in the Paris Salon. 1t has pic
torial quality and at the same time deli
cacy and strength. With this were set
forth earlier and later works: some
lent ikenesses Of John G. Nicolay, E.
G. Steliwagen and Henry E. Davis, and
several forceful studies of peasants and
professional models made last winter in
Paris. At the time of Miss Fosters ex-
hibition in New York the art critic of the
New York Evening Post wrote as fol-
lows of her miniature Of Mrs. T. P.
OConnor, which was set forth there as
we'll as here: THE head and shoulders
are exquisitely painted, the fresh tints
and there is an air of distinction, such
as Pettitot and many of the eighteenth
century miniature painters were wont
to give their subjects" The miniatures
Of Mrs. Palmer and Mrs. Thomas Earle
White deserved no less praise.
= X
A T the Mckinley High School was held
last week an exhibition Of the work
of the students in the manual training
and drawing departments. This work
comprises exercises in design and its
application, studies made directly from
nature, then conventionalized and finally
adapted to practical use. Surprisingly
good results are obtained from even the
average pupil. Excellent color harmonies
were shown, as we'll as intelligent use
of line and mass. Art of this sort is
directly related to everyday life.
IAMES HENRY MOSER has recently
finished two cloud and mountain pic
lures which are to be ranked with his
best works. Both are extremely subtle in
treatment. and yet very simple. The
skies are gray, and the clouds trail their
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museum building have been tinted; and
some minor changes have been made in
arrangement The Evans collection still
occupies. however, the main gallery, the
three south and the one northeast gal
lery: the Harriet Lane Johnston collec-
ton occupies the northwest gallery and
IN the north galleries are loan collec-
ships of the navy. and the other Of works
by the great masters of Europe. The
latter Is a most notable collections
superb group Of masterpieces matched
only in the great galleries of Europe
but these are worthy Of a pilgrimage. To
the right Of the door hangs a portrait Of
Mrs. lowry, by Sir Thomas Lawrence
and to the left a portrait of the Duchess
both of which are amazingly beautiful
On the north wall hangs a portrait of
Archibald Skirving, a gray-haired Scotch
gentleman of the old school. painted by
Henry Raeburn, which deserves to rank
with the great portraits Of the world On
the west wall are portraits Of men by
George Romney and Nicholas Macs, very
n IN style s and Vet with nor
especially convincing. strong. realistic
and impressively vital On the south
wall. side by side. hang portrait of a
lady by Hogarth, painted with frank
by. Govaert F1inck, rendered with beauti-
full suavity. There are also in this COL
lection landscape by Richard Wilson,
which is rendered in rich browns and
golden tints, a woodland scene by David
Cox, painted with characteristic literal
ism. ''View in Rome by Guardi, which
more than rewards protracted study, and
an interesting marine by Clarkson STAN
field For one who knows and loves
great works of art this little gallery will
prove an inexhaustible source Of delight
With such pictures one can never be-
come too well acquainted.
* X
THE Shirlaw exhibition in the hemi-
cycle hall at the Corcoran Gallery
has been exceedingly we'll received, awak-
ening much interest and calling forth
favorable comment from those who do
not praise thoughtlessly nor without rea-
son. There is seriousness. a substan-
TALLY, in Mr.. Shirlaw's works which give
them permanent value. 1t Is this mani
fest patience with labor this reverent APP
proach to art that suggests in Mr. Shir-
laws paintings the influence of the Mu-
Mich training. German teaching was thor
ough and not superf1cial; 1t insisted upon
accuracy, but it did not sacrifice art for
truth.
Mr. Shirlaw's landscapes. painted at