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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-11
TESTAM ENTARY
Wills Historic and Curious, Valid
and Void.
ANCIENT. CURIOUS. AND FAMOUS
WILLS. BY Virgil NJ. Harris. svo, PIP
xiii. Az. Boston: Little, Brown co.

ANCIENT. CURIOUS. AND FAMOUS
WILLS. BY Virgil NJ Harris. svo, PIP.
xiii, Az Boston: Little, Brown Il Co
While devoted in the main to the curl
osities of will making in all times ana
countries, and containing large collec-
ton of the last testaments of historic
personages, from the patriarch Jacob 10
Mrs. Mary Raker c. Eddy. this book
opens with a sensible chapter on the I'M
portance Of the proper drawing OF the
will addressed, of course. chiefly to lay
men. The difficulties in the way are sur
flciently indicated by the ease with which
even wills drawn by great lawyers nave
been upset IN the past. but even IN the
simplest of documents. whose compost
ton would appear TO make legal assist
ance superfuous, the omission of single
word, or the use of an equivocal one
may upset the testator's purpose. There
fore.
We lawyers who live upon litigants' fees,
And who need a good many To live al your
Grave or gay. wise or witty whate'er your
degree.
Pam stun or states COUNSEL, tame ''""
sci of me-
When a festive occasion your spirit un-
bends
You should never forget the PROFESSIONS
best friends:
So well send round the wine and light
bumper fill
To the jolly testator who makes his own
Will
The oldest written will known was
made in Egypt. 254S B. c. 1t is drawn
in terms that might well be used
by the lawyers Of to-day. 1t is written
In the Bible that Jacob said TO Joseph.
Il have given to thee one portion above
thy brethren an unmistakable reference
to testamentary disposition among the
ancient Hebrews Scion is believed to
have introduced wills in Greece. Our
form of testamentary disposition has
been derived from the Roman law. In
England wills were known before the
Conquest, but subsequently their use was
forbidden for while by law.
Where would our writer's of fiction be
without last wills? asks Mr. Harris. He
touches upon this side of the problem
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-11
FICTION
A Tale of Crime of Exceptional
Quality.
CRIME AND ATONEMENT.

THE PRICE. nv Francis iynde. l2mo'
pp. 45s Charles Scrihner's Sons
To dismiss Mr. Lynde's new novel Win
tho obyious statement that it is an ex-
ceptionalIy clever detective story wouId
be to do an injustice to the author anu
his work The book is far more IMAM
merely that in literary quality. IN the
care bestowed upon it's characters, VINO
are not the customary puppets OF TINS
genre of fiction, but living human ne
ings. and in the relation when tne STORY
hears to the social unrest OF the mo-
ment. Mr.. Lynde's hero is one OF those
PHILOSOPHERS who holds that an econoini-
cally unjust and decidedly muodieo
world owes him a living. So haVi"s
vainly endeavored to collect that i'ihs
with his pen, he levies tribute on society
by holding UP bank president Low
ers Of adventure will delight III 'h''
phase of the narrative, in the ingenious
| getaway" OF the amateur criminal III
the loss Of his loot and its recovery III
the pursuit and It's elusion, in the long
help him, on the one side, and the oe-
tectiye. on the other This detective. 100
differs widely from the stock character
usuaIly served up He Is real. pracu-
CAL hardheaded expert. taken from the
Secret Service and put into private
nra ctice. The whole plot is triumph
Of ingenious construction, of the unex-
nected vet perfectly natural use OF past
incidents as means toward the climax.
But. as has been said, there IS iar
more. The heroine is not mercy
"dashing." beautiful" charming. she
,s entitled to all the stereotyped ad-
tectives but her great merit is that she'
too. is real, a living human being. her
foil the other woman, is no less Crew
erlv sketched, Mr.. Lynde making ieiici-
tons use throughout Of the inconsistent
cies of human nature, the difference oe-
tween theories of the conduct OF HE anu
their practical application. Inc s'orS
docs not move in the vague. remote
carefully stage-manage land Of fctional
crime and mystery. but in the open, IN
! circumstances familiar to us all. Inc enc
ia perhaps a little long drawn OUT put
that is matter of personal OPINION
"The Price" is not a mere puzZie III
hook for n, like the usual detective s'ors'
70 he thrown aside the moment the emu
has been reached. 1t will bear SET
ond reading on account OF the ihe''"'e
Of its insight into human character ana
! it's motives
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-11
PIE affection that pervades the rhymed
will of an obscure eighteenth century
London clerk must not be passed by:

pie affection that pervades the rhymed
will Of an obscure eighteenth century
London clerk must not be passed by:
] give and hequeath,
When I'm laid underneath.
TO my two loving sisters most dear,
The whole of my store,
Were il twice much more,
Which Gods goodness has given me mere.
There is a rich store Of curious wills
In the long chapter devoted To them,
which opens with a serious word on the
testamentary obligations of husbands
toward their wives. Of fathers toward
their offspring. There are here just and
unjust wills. vindictive Wills. and wills
Of repentance for past wrongs. extraor-
binary conditions attached To requests.
an amazing collection of human idiosyn-
cracies and whimsical peculiarities, as
well as lofty sentiments and noble
thoughts ON high themes" Mr.. Harris
informs us by the way that he has
sought with little success for wills that
would portray the character of the negro
race. although the aid Of Mr.. Booker 7.
Washington was enlisted in this behalf
! There is also some record OF provisions
made for animal pets. The acme of
selfshcss is found I'm n recent will made
~ an Italian nobleman leaving all his
rYoney To his wife to be disposed Of ac-
eosding TO her own ideas. provided she
entered religious order and spent the
rest of her days praying for the repose of
Ia
substance there was reason for this
will. There are cases Of benoficiares who
have been forbidden to wear mustaches.
or been required To work for year in
some humble capacity-the condition
attached To the vast wealth left by Il
Russian nobleu.an 10 his four nieccs. \
dour Glasgow physician left his estate To
his sisters. and a bequest Of 10 shillingS
to his wife "as a recompense for desert
| ing me and leaving me In peace Most
ingenious was the will of a New Eng
lander that was probated In san Fran
cisco some time ago:
| ! do hereby declare that ! am not mar
| ried and tina. l have no children. nave
| noticed. however. the facllltN with Whlch
sworn testimony can be procured and pro-
duced in support Of the claims Of alleged
widows and adopted children and the ire
| oueut recurrence of such claims IN recent
/ years. Therefore make express provi-
| sion in this my last will as follows; ! give
| and beoueath To such person "a snail DE
| found proved, and cstabilshed 10 ne my
| surviving wife or widow. whether the mar
| Rage bc found to have taken place be-
fore or after the execution Of this Will,
the sum of s.. and to each ana every per-
| son who shall he found. proved. and es-
tahlished 10 be my child by birth. adop-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-11
LiferurY .Nesvs and Criticism

ger and hardships, among condit'ohS
calling for firmness. patience ana tao''
The British Indian government n".'"s
forbidden Mr.. Brooke to enter l'oe'
from, India. under the terms of treaty
with Russia, he started his hrst eNpeu'-
ton from the Chinese side, obtaining ior
this purpose the authorization Oh 'he
Dalai Lama. whom he went TO meet DIT
the monastery of Tassu Inc great
mans entry into the village declueois
lacked dignity. according to Mr. BROOKE
no was nreceded and followed by large
mounted retinue. but
Suddenly a distinguished looking Iipetal,
e~aIioned ont of the crowd and shouteu 10
e. n,Ioolers TO 'koWtoW, /. G., ran piVo-
,rete on the ground in honor and reverence
hofore his lordship. We dismounted from
o,,r monies but refused 10 do more, SO ne
,oft ne IN harangue the Chinese, VINO were
nuite indifferent and only laughed ano salo
rSndo things: as our English crowds soHle-
times do to our metropolitan police
Mr.. Sven Hedin was impressed with
the gentle. pleasant face OF the Dai
Lama: Mr.. Brooke declares that ne hao
never seen such a hard, expressioniess
one. Mr.. FERGUSON supplies much OF the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-11
TWO ART COLLECTIONS
The Treasures of Pierre Decour
celle and Maurice Kann.

This is the period of important art
sales in Paris. Day after day the voice
of the auctioneer is heard. and this sea-
son il is peculiarly beguiling. through
the courtesy Of the Messrs. Durand- Ruel
we have received the catalogues Of the
Decourcelle and Kann collections. both
Of high repute Their dispersal. indeed,
has brought into the market really
extraordinary body Of works OF art. NJ.
Decourcelles gallery has been especially
rich in paintings and drawings Of the
eighteenth century. The Chamber
| Music" by Portal. which we reproduce.
| is a good illustration Of the sort Of
thing he has collected This bewitch-
ing craftsman, Fragonard. LAWRENCE,
!. Boucher Lancret, and a score Of other
| types Of lightness and grace are repre-
scented in the catalogue. and represented,
too. it would appear, IN works of rare
brilliance
| Moreover the Decourcelle collection,
while notable for it's illustrations Of
eighteenth century French elegance, is
not by any means confined to that note.
1t contains a number Of English and Ital-
ian works of importance. and among it's
| more modern pieces there is one of the
finest of nineteenth century portraits.
| This is the superb Marquis de Pas
toret' Of Paul Delaroche, long familiar
| To American print collectors through the
engraving by Henriquel Dupont Every
now and then we hear of the purchase
/ by some American collector of a famous
old master at a fabulous sum- 1t is to
/ be hoped that this craze for the star"
canvas is not distracting attention from
such productions as NJ. Decourcelle gath
cred together But there have been
signs of growing taste among Ameri-
! cans for eighteenth century French art.
and doubtless some. at least. of the
/ treasures from this sale will he brought
to the United States.
| The late Maurice Kann was the brother
OF Rodolphe kann. the sale of whose re-
noWned collection some four years ago
made worldwide sensation. It is in
teresting to note. by the way. that there
was another of these German brothers
who bought fine pictures. Max Kann
! HIS collection was sold in 1879 The
eighty-two paintings belonging to Maui
rice kann which have Just been put up
for sale at the Georges Petit gallery
make an impressive assemblage. They
include some masterpieces of French art
works by Chardin. Boucher and others
ana the large group of English portraits
Is remarkable for its Raeburns and Rom
neys. But it was for the masters of the
Low Countries that NJ. Kann had "A spe-
clal prediction. He formed a dazzling
array OF paintings by Rembrandt. Cuyp.
the Ruysdaels, Brouwer, Teniers. Jan
Steen, Ostade. Gonzales Coques. Van
Goyen' Halls. Rubens and Van Dyck
! The Dutch landscapes. even i'm the mono
tones which lie before MS. are unmstak-
apiE works of great distinction and
beauty. OF the coming To America of
many OF these pictures we suppose
,here can be hardly any doubt. The
Dutch and Flemish masters have for
years exertcd a personal fascination
upon our collectors.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-11

heroine is forbidden To remarry on pen
atty of losing her interest in her Iate hus
bands estate. and last seasons The
Thunderbolt," which is based on lost
viii. In The Merchant of Venice" Por-
tia complains. 80 is the will of a living
daughter curbed by the will of dead
father. Is II not hard Nerissa, that !
cannot choose one. nor refuse none"
Mr.. Harris has gathered together sew
eral of those curious ieur dcSprh, tesla
monts in verse, the first en- quoted
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-11
RELIC OF THE BRONZE AGE.

from The London Globe.
an interesting archaeological find has
been made at Rougeres I'm digging "A
ditch on his land Nj. Antoine Demonnet
me across what he thought was "A lump
VI in',aI Brought to the surface ana
""a',u' the excavator was surprised To
,''u 'hat IL was vase of rare beauty.
~ was worked in gold and contained Il
',ns' bracelet and two "spirals." the
Nust ana bracelets are ornamented with
sc'olis suihciently clear To enable experts
20 pia,e the workmanship at period
toward the end of the first half of the
nroi,ze epoch, or thirteen To fifteen hun
dred years before our era.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-11

only lightly, skipping from Jonson's
..Volnone" TO Mr.. Casaubon, Disraeli's
"Coningsby." Oon Quixote's last tesla
ment and a few others.
There are many wills in Dickenss nov
els. h., remarks. pGsSim, and then proceeds
to the dran,a, giving his professional ap-
proval to Jerome *. Jerome's lunda-
mental principles of stage law:
If man dies without leaving VIII, men
his estate goes to the nearest villain
But if man dies and leaves a VIII. then
all his property goes 10 whoever can get
possession Of that Will.
Two Of Sir Arthur Wing Plnero s
dramas turn on last wills, Iris whose
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-11

adds something TO our knoNledse =" S,,
in the first half of the last ceh'u'' "A
was a woman who clung to tradi''0n
had no liking for modern ways
do YOU mean by lolling SO ID -,
chair?" she said sharply TO one ,r.t
granddaughters. DO you h'V "a
my greatuncle made the gf'"u .,,os
his own carriage and during the WIZ"
time he never once leant back
NJ. Clemenceau's Book ,,sy.
NJ. Clemenceau' book ABOUT '"s ,,,i
els in South America has Just "pF ~..r.
in Paris and an English edition = -,
" ready for publication. The s ..ssr.
statesman has studied the So"'"
can republics with exceeding CARY
Toy Dogs. .v,ectei
A handsome volume is 10 be exp. IN,
i'm the Hon Mrs. Neville LE''o" he
Dogs and Their Ancestors "" an.
Appletons are bringing out. II "" ,,.rs
tain numerous color plates %" a.,strs.
than three hundred halitohe "a
lions from photographs OF INV .sw
famous dogs of the present Gay AZ.
cent years. together with plans "" al
ures ~ kennels The book treats y
spaniels, Fekinese. japanese al"
eranians.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-11
A Glimpse Of Byron.

An old letter describing conversatioa
between Nine de Stael and Byron-a let.
ter written by Miss Fanshawe, the pro-.
FOUNDER Of a famous riddles quoted in
Mrs. G. W. Earle's new book. The
Englishwoman admired the author Of
"Corinne." "Eloquence is great word"
she says. but not too big for her" But
ByrOn's sentiments" she adds. grew
deeper and darker in proportion to her
enthusiasm The wit was his. He Is a
mixture Of gloom and sarcasm; a
mind that never conveys the idea Of sun.
shine. II is a dark night upon which the
lightning flashes"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-11

but jadeite (which is not nearly so vaiu-
able" Is based on a misconception, Jaoe
being only a generic name for the three
varieties of the mineral. nephrite. jadeite
and chloromelanite. The illustrations
reproduced in colors from Mrs. Kemp's
aquarelles. bear evidence of the hurry
for which she apologies in her preface
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being. strangely enough, the work OF an
English attorney-at-l

English attorney at-law:
As to all my worldly goods, now or To DE
in store, -, ,o,,
| give them 70 my beloved Wite' anu "e''
foreVermOre.
| give all freely: / no limit fix;
This is my will, and she's executrN
4 decade ago well known farmer IN
lasper County. Mo- wrote VIII IN
rhyme that is given in full by MI Har-
ris. but shortly before his death the
testator seems to have been assalled py
doubts. for his later will, the one that
was probated after his death was Drawn
in legal prose Space is lacking TOT Il
quotation Of the cynical verses IN Whlch
the poet Scarron gave his widow the
future Marquise de Maintenon, permis-
sion TO remarry de crainte dun plus
grand desordre." but the sincere, SIM
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-11
LITERARY NOTES.

Next year will sec the bi-centensry 60
Rousseau. and French authors and pub.
fishers are interesting themselves in tia
occasion. VI. Emile Faguets We ds
Rousseau" which is just coming out, "a
the first Of series on Rousseau which
this author is preparing
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-11
The Sharks Cruise.

The publication of Jack London,
story of his cruise in the Shark has
been somewhat delayed. but il Is TO be
produced this week 1t is said 10 be ful
of entertaining adventure.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-11
IN THE OPEN.

JOHN SHERWOOD. IRONMASTER. A
Novel BY DR.. 5. Weir Mitchell. l2mo,
PIP. 3l6. The Century Company.
DR.. Mitchell gives to his descriptions
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-11
The Norton Letters.

Mr.. c. f. Norton's Life and Letters
is work now in preparation by Mr. "
A. De Wolfe Howe. The biographer has
been writing a life Of that eminent apps.
tie to the Indians. Bishop Hare. and tbs
will be published in September. He vi,
then be free to make progress with he
story of the Cambridge celebrity.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-11
In Far-OH Days.

The journals OF the Hon. Mrs. Calyr-
an Irish beauty of the Regency have
just been published In volume whEi
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-11
Lowell and His Letters.

Mr. g. a. James writes 10 the Chicsv
"Diar concerning Mr.. Charles Eliot No.
tons failure TO note in his edition q
James Russell Lowelrs letters that The
Russian mission had been offered TO
Lowell in 1874. He called Mr.. Nortons
attention to the matter. and quotes the
latter's polite and non-committal re.
Spouse. He adds:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-11

After the receipt of Mr.. Nortons note I
had no further communication with him
As long as he lived | hoped he would max,
this matter | knew that after the publ.
cation of the Lowell letters he denied hsy.
ing had the missing and much looked III
Spanish letters: but these he afterwari
found, as he said. and proposed TO have
them published in a separate volume IA
refused permission 10 an eminent SPANS,
gentleman for the printing OF letters from
Mr.. Lowell to the gentlemans mother. VIC
was a close friend of Mr. Lowelrs and on,
10 whom he felt strong obligation. Thess
letters. | am told. may soon be published
and | hope the Spanish letters also.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-11

THE SECOND AMENDMENT. By Hon..
Clay Hansbrough i2mo. pp. 50 Ny
ncapolis: The Hudson Publishing CO.,
Ddny
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-03-08
PARE)()NS
Are Granted in Several Gases
and in Others Are
Refused.

Pardohs have been granted as fol.
lows. by the governor:
stone Scott, from ,Kanawha,
county serving four years from May
a. 3l909s for grand larceny.
WI Howard slyman, from Tucker coun-
ty, for forgery. serving five years RON
January 10. 1903. 80
Robert Jackson. from Pocahontas
county, for malicious wounding, sew
ing five years from November s, 1907.
Berne Brannon. from Kanawna
county, serving IL years for second
degree murder from February &c,
1905.
Gray Benny, from Mercer county,
for second degree murder, sentenced
for ten years from April 26, 1905.
Pardons have been refused us fol-
lows BY the governor:
Albert Webb. from Raleigh county,
for malicious woandIng; sentenced
for ten years; second term now.
Patrick McGrgw, from Ohio county,
fourteen years for burglary; second
term man. He was convicted CT dy-
namiting the P. P. c. & St. Louis rail-
way station at Wheeling, at which
time his partner in crime was killed
in street duel with the police.
Pardon was granted to Annie Jack
son, from Huntington, convicted of
pistol toting.
Joe Cain, for robbery in Clarksburg
sentenced to jail.
Jones Napier, from Wayne county,
pistol tOting. sentenced to jail
Elias Wolfe, from Marion county,
pistol toting, sentenced to jail.
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. ~ p
ate, this state found him urging
free coal with Canada, ana Demo
cratic exchanges proceeded at once
to laud him to the skies for his
'self-sacrtace and devotion to public
duty On the heels OF this the pub
lie found him explaining the beau
ties of such an arrangement 50 FAR
as his own great coal combine is
concerned, an advantage that would
work to the detriment Of other
great coal industries in this state.
Thus, 1t is with Democratic news
papers. They see great harm in the
action OF public official that may
benefit him slightly and many Of his
fellows greatly, while they see
nothing but self-sacFTice in the ac-
ton OF another public official whose
actions benefits him g-eatly and his
fellows only slightly, and in this
particular instance would do great
harm to the many.
What is to be expected of a press
that uses no more logic than this?
why should such press hope &c
have the people believe what II
says?
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Machine is Exclusive.


Notice was duly served few days
ago by the mouthpiece of the local
Democratic machine that the ma
chine purposes to withdraw itself
from all its Affiliations and run a
strictly Democratic machine ticket
this spring
Reminder of this today is timely
as the Democratic machine intends
Ito hold its ward conventions tonight
to name candidates for city council,
select members OF a Democratic ma
chine executive committee and name
Democratic machine delegates to p
Democratic machine city convention
Friday night.
1t win be interesting to note the
personnel of the ward conventions.
Men affiliated with any other organ
ization than the Democratic machine
have been admonished by the official
organ that they must expect no con-
sideration or attention, however
much they brought succor to the
Democratic machine in the past. 1t
is to be expected that none save
Democratic machine members win
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-03-08
Logic and Lunacy.

Mouthpieces OF Democratic gangu
that have devoted themselves in re
cent years to making pretenses OF
decency in government, morality in
policy and fairness in conduct be-
walled in and out of season the con-
nection OF the Hon. William NJ. o.
Dawson with the Old Virginia debt
suit against this state, and now
some of these same Democratic de-
cefyers are strongly intimating that
Governor Dawson's withdrawal from
the suit few weeks ago was re-
sponsiDle for the decision OF the
United States supreme court in the
case.
Hallucinations come so quickly
with them that they can not re-
member today what their rantings
were yesterday.
Logic does not go with lunacy
and the only method in their mad
ness is constant design to draw
untenable differences.