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Arizona republican., 1911-07-18
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the city council did last night is thus
far its own secrets. Instead Of the
special meeting called it met in exec
utive session or committee of the
whole in the Valley Bank. As the
gentlemen went home at the conclu-
sion Of the conference instead Of GO
ing To the city hall to ratify things
in open meeting, the presumption is
that nothing was definitely arrived AT
that needed ratification. An adjourn
ed meeting is scheduled for tonight
but it is doubtful if one will be held
unless something new turns up on the
sewer matter. and 80 far as known,
nothing is expected To turn up.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-07

impression that he is a merely ingenious
writer. But nothing that he has hitherto
published has prepared US for the imagl-
native gift revealed in the ten tales
which al the first half Of this book He
suesks in his preface Of the region "be-
tween actual story and actual history
which has never been adequately ex-
plotted" and IL is In this region that he
moves. taking his material from ancient
Roman times The Last Galley" which
gives the volume its title. describes the
end of CarthaEinian power. In The
Contest" he sets Nero upon Greek
stage n show his quality as a singer.
The next story. in which modern figures
are introduced. is a failure, nut then the
author returns to purely Roman scenes
and. IN the act, resumes his effective
ness. In short all of these stories, save
the one lust cited. are beguillng, because
they Internationally work upon US
sore- ming Of an ancient spell We are
glad that Conan Doyle has broken
ground in this direction. and hope that
he Will 20 on TO show his aptitude. We
would welcome many stories like The
Last Galley" An Iconoclast' or Giant
Maximin." In fact. we would take one
Of them for all Of the miscellaneous
and quite undistinguished performances
which Ill out the present volume.
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CHEMICAL INVENTION
It's Importance and Value to
Modern Industry.

SOME CHEMICAL PROBLEMS or TO
DAY by Robert Kennedy Duncan. H.
Illustrated. Svo pp. "a. Harper a. Bros
Time and again we have been told Of
the services rendered by chemistry m
German industry, OF its conversion OF
waste into innumerable by-products, OF
its invention OF substitutes, Of its crea-
ton OF new substances OF practical ser
vice 20 man. tt is 10 this subject as u
concerns American chemists and Amer
lean industry that Professor Duncan
devotes a great part Of the space In
this informing volume. which. destined
for the information Of the general read
,r as well. offers no technical difficult
ties IN its text Some OF the inventions
that are awaited by a market ready 10
make their inventors fortune are emu
merated I'm the first chapter and they
form an heterogeneous list. There are
cobalt and teliurium, for which as yet
no practical use has been found. There
is. also. the problem OF eliminating the
tendency OF silver TO tarnish. and that
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-07

long. q mere blot, with an Old Red SAT-
stone profile and insufferaole manners,
whose sole accommodation Is that its nhiis
Ne derived from K5-akinOs lKorax
raven. but who can live on Greek rooIs -
AS 10 the scorfano. It's name is unques ION J.
ably onomatopoetic, TO suggest the spl. ,.l =
out OF bones. the only difference ron .o-
culinary point OF view, between the SCOT
fano and q toad being that the latter u na'
twice as much meat on H. the hsusI..,,
again. is ell tail and proboscis' the He.y
nightmare OF a flsh-as thin as a leao pSL
ell Who would believe that for TINS - "a
cradle sea worm with verdisris IND
spine. which an ordinary person ,bs
thank YOU for not setting on MS hpIe' "a, ~ =
tnhabitarts Of Siren Land fought Ia
tends. the blood Of their noblest Wa ~
ir defence OF privileges artfully Wheeule'
ont Of Artou and Aragonese Kings, g
that "a certain tract Of sea was known -
the "ssuElie water" and owned; UP 70 ~.
DAYS ~ Nurat. by a single family, VINO
Tended it with guns and nlah,Iapa ,s an
every body knows the tOfeTo or sluinu(
arir7ated ink-baE OF perverse leahlnss,
which Swims backwards because al III, III,
,res +,,-as co forwards and whose ln44l
ruhbar flesh might be useful for oeiuulus
hunger on desert islands. since IKE ANi ~,
icar gum YOU can chew II Tor months u
never get II down. These and SUCH az 80. -
Goat about IN a lukewarm prev on - -,
oiI and garlic. together with Few o. - a
,,eaIr'e bTeallcrtists. decay!ng sea shells anu
or,on 7aeIs. to give II an air OF consistency =
What a dish! There is not good hsh
anywhere about Siren Land II would ap-
near. but Neapolltans take all they can
get and enjoy II and pay for II without
question.
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other one OF bleaching substance that
will not inture fabrics. Glue is stil
chemical, physical and Biological puz-
zle; an anti-fouling and anti-corrosiVe
paint for the hulls OF iron vessels Is
still 10 be found SO is a light, cheap
package that rats will not attack But
why proceed?
Professor Duncan elsewhere takes q
look into the patent Office at Washington
IN order 10 determine the trend OF chem
ical inventions:
Chemical patents deal with substance
how "a make things cheaper, now 10 make
them better, how 70 MAKE HIIlta ma 80 ,s
things. substitutes for things. new things,
and how 70 make artihcialIy the nAtLal
substances OF the animal, plant or mineral.
The trend of an invention is always
and ever toward the conservation OF nAt a.
products TO uses more valuable than Ihose
FOR which they were originally enpoyeo'
How a German chemikeT broke Japan 8
planned camphor monopoly with & syn
thetic substitute is told elsewhere IN the
volume. which contains also paper on
The relation between chemistry and man
ufacture "a this country. Purely scien-
tific, but always from the popular point
OF view. are such chapters as tnat on
Professor ChamberIin's planetesinal ny
pothesis. on atoms, radioactivity and the
chemical Interpretation Of life. A richly
Informing work. indeed.
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STATESMEN OF THE OLD SOUTH; OK
FROM RADICALISM TO CONSEltN q
TIVE REVOLT. By william T.. Doad.
Phi. D., professor OF American history
at the University OF Chicago. cvo, PIP.
242. The Macmillan Company
This volume contains the substance OF
three popular lectures delivered by Pro
fessor Dodd at various times at different
educational institutions in the South and
West It's viewpoint is indicated with
sufficient clearness by the subtitle. and
by the concatenation Of the Southern
leaders selected for treatment-Jetferson.
Calhoun, Jefferson Davis-the three men
"who. more than ell others. had In their
hands the making OF the South which
fought for independence in 1851 says
the author:
jefferson contributed the idealisrc demoo-
racv which grew 10 conservatism under
Calhoun, who always insisted that ne was
q follower Of the first republican fIesl-
dent. but who nevertheless made slavery
the basis OF his system, tile stone Iel1cle.
OF the builders" thus becoming head OF
the corner, while jefferson DAVIS, dFanclns
vet a step further, set the world III arms
on behalf OF slavery-the property inter
esrs. the privileged interests. OF his time.
u was q long and detected road from
Jefferson 20 Davis; but the South travelled
4 and thought IL the Kings highway just
as the great Republican party has tlN-
elled from Lincoln 20 Mckinley, thinking
the way perfectly plain and easy-t de-
velOpment almost Identical with that or ihe
the Democrats from Jackson 20 Buchanan,
from liberty and equality 20 privilege ana
property.
This IS the keynote Of the book which
is repeatedly struck IN its pages. The
political heritage Of Thomas Jefferson is
various indeed, and susceptible 70 many
interpretations to this very day OF ours.
AS for the Sage OF Monticello, had he
lived till now. he would. says the author
not only have been with Lincoln against
slavery. but also with Bryan against
Wall Street. with the West against the
East. "a Populist in 1892, and an Insur-
gent IN 1910" Having followed the
career Of Jefferson Davis 10 the eve OF
secession, Professor Dodd sounds the
ominous warning. Thus far. he exclaimE
had property rights and privilege
brought many Of the ablest men in the
country, and "to such extremes special
privilege and great wealth lead to-day as
certainly as in 1860" stiu, ne admits
that to-day there are no advocates left
Of a doctrine Of states rights iustifying
secession.
Apart from its extreme views. which
must be left for the authors account
the book is interesting, and often. his
toricaIlv. highly informing roadinG.
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WHERE SIRENS SANG
Notes on the Region About
Naples.

SIREN LAND BY Norman Douglas.
Illustrated. l2mo. pp 5E f. p. DuJton
e. Co.
Siren Land is that beautiful and be-
quilting region. partly mainland and
partly island. which lies in and about
the southern horn OF the Bay Of Naples
the region where Odysseus came upon
the Sirens. Many writer's have dealt
with IL and none more delightfully."- than
l1r. Douglas, who has felt all its poetic
and historic charm and has known how
20 make the reader feel and enjoy Wits
him. His pictures are not ali Of sun
shine. however; in dark colors he paints
the plague OF Bourbon rule, whose evil
effect still endures in the character OF
modern Neapolitans. Naples, he points
out, was ever the first city In Italy FOR
speculative thought. The Neapolltan
Academy for the Study of Nature was
the first 10 he founded IN the world;
IL preceded the English Royal Society
by nearly a century. one Of the bright
est pages in human history IS the sue
ccssful struggle OF the Neapolitaus
against the inquisitiou This and much
else. might be said I'm praise Of pre-
Bourbon Naples. But where philo-
sophical books may not even he i'm
ported into country, much less printed.
where the reading Of Voltaire is punished
with three years galley slavery. and that
OF the Florence newspapers with six
months imprisonment-how Incredible II
seems uowadays.-the flower Of civiliza-
ton withers and fades away
Yet with all the unpleasant things
that may be truthfully said Of Neapoll-
tans and the island people. the fact re-
mains that they are interesting and that
life on Capri, FOR example, is as sweet
now as in the days OF her most famous
sot0uruer, Tiberius-as sweet and
good deal safer. But we must not for
get that Mr Douglas is not a firm be-
lever IN the legends Of Tacitus and
Suetonius One can gather many
strange bits Of folklore from the old
women and the boys OF the islands
The stranger is not encouraged to talk
AT al NJ III llt ptheuli hil41 ana young
matrons. AS for the boys. the author
declares that it is not praising them un-
duly % say that their minds like their
limbs, grow straight without schooling.
and that they possess an Unborn
sObriety which would be sought in vain
among the corresponding class IN the
North" But Siren Land is losing these
youths OF healthy mind. Emigration"
says our author els unfortunately pro-
ducing a very different crop OF youths.
gamblers, wine-bibbers and Aashily
dressed mezZo-sigu0r.
He who would dwell long ia Siren
Land must be prepared FOR some meagra
dinners. The fair Costanza being asked
for something to eat would reply. We
nave "a fish soup. guarracini aud scorfani
and aguglle and toteri and"-- and all
diabOical.
the EuaIraciuo. for instance, .H pltch-
Hack marine mOA5uUsiu oAe ~ Lwy iuchez
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ant surnris. Of finding his taste Of half
a century ago confirmed. mas oeen
nv interesting experience 10 mo Tom
Rrovn's school-Days' even better than
T once thought It. say fifty years ago,
ba declsras in his introduction to the
nav edition of the book which the Har-
pers are publishing. This edition has
been handsomely illustrated by Mr..
Louis Rhead. who has carefully studied
the period Of the story and the buildings
and boys OF Rugby.
a Christmas Story.
Mrs. p. T. Barclays Christmas story,
rThs Following Of the Star" has just
been brought out by the Putnans II Is
announced that its first printing was
one Of ninety thousand copies.
The Yale Review.
With the October number, Just re-
ceived. Of the magazine bearing this
title there is begun q new series OF the
periodical whose history goes back 10
the esta blishment OF the New Eng
lander" In 1s43. The Yale Review" Of
the twenty years from 1891 TO 1911 was
conducted by Henry ". Farrnan and his
associates in the departments OF political
science and history al Yale The pres
ent magazine. edited and published az
Yale. though not an official publication,
is edited by Wilbur L. Cross, with the
assistance OF Edward B. Reed and
Henry s. Candy. and al advisory board
composed OF Professors George Burton
Adams. Theodore S. Woolsey, William
Lyon Phelps and others.
Literature, science and public affairs
Will be treated IN this quarterly, which
has a scholarly stan but has nothing
merely academic about II. The opening
paper in the present number is one on
War" by William Graham Sumner.
and some OF the other titles are "Thack-
eray's Centenary" Epidemic Poliomye-
Tits. or Infantile Paralysis" "A Living
Rate for the Railroads" antonio Fo-
gazzaro" and Arizona Pines" Two
long poems are included, and there is
sheaf OF signed reviews OF current books
OF serious interest Paper and typogra-
ply are both admirable, and the cover.
Ike everything else about the magazine.
is dignifed without heaviness. Alto
gether the Yale Review" in taking on
new lease OF life. promises 70 hold its
own among the best and most readable
periodicals OF the day.
DR.. Johnson's Birthday.
The anniversary OF DR.. Samuel John
sons birth was again celebrated at
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EIARPERN
81 q RG@ x@ S
The
Iron Woman
By Margaret Deland

Il is more than a novel, as we
have come 10 know the word. Mrs.
Deland pictures youth-dewy, viz
ginal youth-in all its tenderness
and passion, its foolish obstinacv,
and generous inpulsiveness, with
truthful idealism. Her young peo-
pie are wonderfully attractive in
their perfect naturalness. She pOr-
trays the elders-people whom lie
has hardened-with Just as deep
understanding and sympathy. She
has a way Of penetrating the out
ward husk OF habit and finding the
living heart underneath. AS for the
story itself-it is difficult to speak
OF its beauty in terms Of self-re-
straint.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-07

Lichfeld the other day. DR.. William.
son. Of Edinburgh. was elected presic.,.
Of the johnson Society for the ensu,n,
year and made an address, IN which h.
acknowledged that many OF the doctor.
literary achievements had largely ceased
to possess for this age vitality or power.
1T might be true" he said. that John
son was not read as he once was. bu.
who was in this age Of snippets and
clippets. Of cheap magazine and illus.
trated interview Who nowadays a.,
themselves to read octave volumes os
labored wisdom? Yet the octave vol.
urnes remained like mines unexhaustsd
though they had largely ceased 10 "a
worked. Through his prose. as through
his poetry, Johnson spoke his messag.
with passionate power. Parts u both
might be silent and dead. but there was
still in quantity and quality sufficient n
establish him with all lovers Of clear
thought and manly utterance. His
books. however. were oversnodowsd BY
his interest IN life. and the salt Of hls
personality had kept his influence fresh,
and had done much 10 keep our liter
ature sane and pure. His name was
synonyme for nRnliness and truth"
Authors Not Gsniuses.
DR.. Max Nordau. in an article in rs-
cent number Of LA Revue was as pes.
sirnistic as DR.. Williamson. especially in
a passage dealing with aspiring writer's
who entertain an optical illusion as 70
the extent Of their capacity. He said
concerning them:
When they complain Of the success oi
some Others they are not altogether In
tbs wrong, for original geniuses are az rars
as masterpieces. Success IS generally CD.
tanned by works OF an average. or oeloE
the average. merit II is due 20 external
circumstances. having nothing to DO with
literary value. II may DC due 70 car Tics
Of fashion, 20 the sentiment et me mo-
rnent 10 the clever writing up Of EN-
sationaI event 70 personal relations %.
tween the author and the crlucs, 70 ths
"savoir faire" OF publisher, 70 advertise
ment when IL is not simply inexphcaD.el
stupid accident II IN the thirty thousand
new works that appear every year, I'VE %
Uerhaps ten have q brilliant career With
out being notably better tnan the trighull
mass Of those VINO remain oD9SLAs q. u
little more than the blind fatality ~ loi'
teri.
Genuine Christmas.
The Feast Of ST. Friend" IS me tits
Of Mr.. Arnold Benefits new book. ne
endeavors therein 10 restore the old
beautiful significance 70 the great holt
day and 70 make his readers fee ia
noble meaning OF friendship.
Lucas MaIet's New Book.
Adrian Savage" the Forthcoming
novel by Lucas Malet OIrs. Harrison),
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-07
Where The
Money Grows
Bv GaYet Garrett

A series Of vignettes Of Wall
Street and the financial district. IN
an easy conversational style, show
ing the human nature Of high
finance - and low - without its
technicalities The odd habits and
the superstitions of men in the
Street are discussed, and there IS
more genuine color in the book
than IN many novels Of Wall Street.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-07
Jane
Dawson
. Y VIII N. Harden

The story Of lane Dawson-in-
jured IN her youth by a rich man
who lives 20 match son versus son
with him, IS something fine and big
and new The typical Georgia rural
community Is here in all its pict-
uresqueness and charm. It will be
remembered that William Dean
Howells has called Mr. Harden
zone Of our few great American
localists.' This story OF the heart
is also one OF that rare kind IN
which religious sentiment IS a real
human factor.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-07
The Fair
Irish Maid
By Justin HuntLy Mccarthy

A romance Of the eventful days
when the name OF BOnaparte was
the DOGGY OF Europe, when Amer
ica and England were for the sec
ond time at odds. The heroine
reigns as the queen of a London
season and proves her fidelity TO a
lover Of her humble days. Brave,
witty, and high-spirited. she Is
Characteristic Of her race.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-07
Adrian
Savage
By Lucas MaIet

This new novel reveals the au-
thor of "Sir Richard Calmady" at
the height Of her power. Savage IS
a distinguished young man Of let
ters, the son Of an English father
and a French mother. He Is ar
IDENTIFY in love with a young and be
witching French woman. An Eng
fish girl. lacking beauty and charm,
awaken's Adrian's innate chivalry,
and Savage Is placed in the awk-
ward position Of declining a lady's
unspOken love.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-07
Recent Fiction by Edith Whar-
ton. Robert HiChenS and
Conan Doyle.
4 NEW ENGLAND TRAGEDY.

ETHAN PRONE BY Edith Wharton.
limo. pp l95 Charles Scribner's sons.
Mrs. Wharton opens her new book
with the saying. 7 had the story, bit by
bit. from various people" She tells the
story bit by bit. slowly piecing II to-
gether. painting her picture after the
fashion Of those little old masters OF the
Netherlands who reproduced a rustic In
terror upon a panel a few inches square
and lavished on jug in the corner
hrushwork as meticulous as any be-
slowed upon the central figure IN the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-07
BOOKS AND AUTHORS
Current Talk of Things Present
and to Come.

The first Of q series Of Hebrew books
for the young is translation OF Marx
Twain's Tom sawyer"-so says the
Zionist" II is 10 be issued under the
title OF 'Sieorarath Tom" Dickens II
is reported, is a popular author In Rus
STA. sam Weller coming out more sue
cessfully in Mou1ik' Russian than IN
French.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-07
M. Mirbeau's Napoleon.

II. Octave AIirbeau, the playwright
thinks he has discovered q realistic Ma
poleon. unveiled by sentiment and he
would Ike TO present this parsonage on
the stage. He says: by means OF
memoirs and documents I have pene-
trated to his intimate life. He appears
TO me sincere only IN three letters one
Of which he wrote with brutal frenkness
at the age Of eighteen TO a friend 10 e1-
press his hatred Of France:
Artervard we lose the real Napolsou-
we redlscover his naked soul al 81. Helena
He confesses that he would ike 70 nave pc De
come King of England, and then EInpsr11o ~
~ Judea he regrets not TO nave sLoI -
saiy Zone OF the most famous senersIs u
the Revolution), VINO deprived nm OF par
of his glory. lie thoroughly Tea1Izes ID : :
ne ONLY owes his victories 20 MS GehsIa.S
who. happily. misinterpreted ms oroeEs.
Eteruallv ambitious. he forms the GU -
project OF becoming Emperor OK 81 L1sle 5L-,
Fyo even commences an electoral caIilpa,L5t-
among the negroes OF the island. an VIVA
a human play, sometimes comic anu oLSel4
more moving than all the historical o. -..
that ever were, I should Ike 20 nave VIII
ten on that subject.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-07
CONAN pcYLE lN a NV WIZ

TIE LAST GALLEY Impressions and
Tales Hy arthur Conan DOYLE with
illustrations. l-mo. Dp. ID. Doubleday
Page e. Co.
The inventor of Sherlock Holmes long
ago proved that the detective story was
not by any means the only literary form
within ms scope "The White Com
pany" alone would serve TO correct the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-07

BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-07
Mr.. Barrie's New Book.

Mr.. Barrie's New Book.
The scribners are bringing out inme-
aiately the story which Mr.. Barrie mas
drawn from the play Peter Pan" 1t
carries the narrative beyond the end OF
the play and ends on a note OF cheerful
ness
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-07
The Two Ministers.

The Two Ministers.
Did the reader ever hear the story OF
the old minister and the young minister?
Lord Rosebery told II in his recent Dun
dee address. and thus it runs:
There was a young minister who thought
he was very eloquent. and was very aHpl-
tious. and no asked an old minister 70 come
and hear him preach. lie preached mas :
ulhceut sermon. and after they reuFeu 70
The vestrv he waited eXpectantly Tor some
compliment from the old minister, WIlcn
IIf nor come The old minister sat WIN
beetllng brows looking az him Al last Lle
1id rri1ister did break silence, ana ne sac,
"Oh. bur you must be prood man t o-usy
10 have got rid OF all that weary, Wlhuy'
wastefuI trash ar your staulmlcK
Professor sassett's Jackson
The biography Of Andrew Jackson
which Professor J. g. Bassett has writ
ten and which Doubleday, Page & Co.
will publish is said 70 be particularly
full and accurate work. a great mass
Of documents which has hardly been
touched has been at the authors dis
posaL The work VIII be issued in two
large volumes.
Mr.. Howelss Pleasant Experience.
Mr.. W \. Howells has had the pleas
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-07

The EuaIrHcu0. for instance, e uItch-
Iack marine mOA5uOaIF one ~ Two iuchez
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-07

THE FRUITFUL VINE. BY Robert
Eichens With a Fronuspiece f. Color
by Jules Guerin. Emo. pp. ga The
Frederick a. Stokes Company.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-07
THREE SOUTHERN LEADERS
Thomas Jefferson, John G. CAL
houn and Jefferson Davis.

STATESMEN OF THE OLD SOUTH Or
FROM RADICALLSM TO CONsELsN q
TIVE REVOLT. By william Z. Dodd.
Phi. D., professor Of American history
at the University OF Chicago. tVo, PIP.
30 The Ma 4rof1lau COuUauV.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-07

The anniversary OF Or. Samuel John
sons birth was again celebrated at