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gallery, but he never makes us feel that
he loved paint for its own sake, that
he had any desire to Caress it on the
canvas and to extort from II that pecul-
lar magical effect which is gained only
by the artist who not simply respects
but adores his medium. For Homer
paint was. I'm a rather ruthless sense
only a medium. we have said that this
point is related to his entire artistic
character 1t is thus related in that It
beauty. to the subtler nuanCes Of color
10 the mystery and poetry Of art OF
course. this is stated in no disparage-
ment OF his genius but, in fact. only to
denote his singularity. and, indeed, TO
emphasize the special quality of his gift
He used color light and air, as he used
form. with a certain rude and Curiously
racial power. Not invariably but still
grasp upon the secrets Of composition
Into everything that he did he poured
the very spirit of life, energizing his
work with poignant truth and there he
brings us back to the key of his nature
as an artist and as man. He built up
his pictures as he built up his technique,
shecrly from contact with Nature. We
need not labor this conclusion. which
has. in fact. been repeatedly advanced
in this place on the occasion Of one ex-
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FICTION
Books Of Humor, Sentimentality
and Mystery.
THE INEVITABLE JACOBS.

SHIPS COMPANY. BY W. ". Jacobs
WITH thrtY-fCur illustrations by VIII
owen l2mo, PIP \, 81. Charles Scrib-
ner's Sons.
The reader who does not know how to
drink delight in the books of Mr. w. W.
Jacobs should Immediately go off and
subject himself To surgical operation
But then we refuse to believe that there
are any readers insensitive 10 the gave
ties of Mr.. Jacobs How does he kerp
them up? We marvel at him, for there
is no denying that he most magnificent
~ keeps them up. There are dozen
stories i'm this new book. They are all
precisely like five dozen other stories
that he has written. and they are all alb
solutely different We know his people.
the night Waterman and all the rest. as
We know old friends. We know about
the way i'm which they are going to be-
have. But we never know just what
predicaments Mr.. Jacobs is gong To in
vent for them nor can We guess what
new turns Of demure humor he will give
TO his dialogues and descriptions. His
fun is ineXhaustible. and never i'm the
making Of il does il occur to him 10
raise his voice blssful spinner Of
yarns is Mr.. Jacobs and. as BELTS a
writer so good for mankind he is fortu-
nate i'm his illustrator Mr. Will owen
is the one droll craftsman in the world
to supply pictures for stories like these.
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lies CHARME
The Idyllic Home of Rousseau
and Nine. de Warens.

Paris, October 20
The bicentcnnal of the birth Of Jean
JACQUES Rousseau will he celebrated
AZ Paris at Ermenonville. on the Disc.
where he died. and AT Les Charmettes,'
near Chamblry, on June ~ l9l2. Al
ready a vast amount Of literature bear
ing upon tho life. virtues. talents ana
foibles of the author Of the famous
confessions" of the "Contrat Social
of La Nouvcle HelOise' and 81
Emil" are making their appearance.
NJ. Hippolyte Buffenoir. who is an en-
thusiastic "Rousscauist," has written
highly interesting little book just pub
lished by Emile Paul. describing the
country house Les Charmettes "here
the beautiful Nine. de Warcns liVed'
and about which Jean jacques Rousseau
wrote i'm his Confessions, 1T was there
that in the space Of four or five years
enjoyed a century of life
Les Charmcttes' was purchased In
1903 by the town Of Chambery, for
$4,000. and has been transformed
II
Rousseau. The quaint little house mas
changed but little since young Rousseau
and Nine. de Warens lived there during
the memorable idyl that began in li3O.
The original furniture is still to be seen
there. Rousseau's bed, sofa. chairs.
writing table. and Nine. de Warenss
little hand mirror. which doubtless often
reflected the features Of the lovers. are
among the objects of interest. On the
walls Of Nine. de Waren's chamber hang
copies Of the three best portraits OF
her: that attributed TO La Tour now III
London. the one at Lausanne, and the
third. and by far the most superior. that
by LargilliArc. in Boston. In the cham
her occupied by Rousseau are copies or
two portraits made during his youth.
one Of these was given to Rousseau by
the municipality of Chambery during
the Revolution, the other, by an unknown
painter. represents Rousseau at the age
Of seventeen-he was sixteen when he
came to Nine. de Warens with a letter
of introduction from the Able PCnt-
verre. The original of this portrait is
at Annecy.
The house. which overooks valley. is
about half an hours walk from Cham-
berry. II faces toward the east. The
grounds and garden are kept just as
they were two hundred years ago. 1t Is
singular to note that the old Virginia jas
mine (Bgnonia radicans), which covers
"a part of the house-front. is the same
one that vas there i'm 1886. The late
Victoricn Sardou. who took great pains
10 ascertain the truth about this plant
consulted several botanists. who made
investigations. and the unanimous opin-
ion is that the plant is the original one
,bat grey, the vino &. I. 3.
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in her aim, which is to dissi?ale at least
a little of the hostility and cohtAS&pt Of
the English for Germany and the Ger
mans, and to counterfeit the deliberate
misrepresentation that have been pub
lishcd in considerable numbers within
the last few years in the guise Of fic-
ton as we'll as in that of books of travel,
made in England" by English writer's,
for English consumption.
The author does not venture far into
the fields of German Imperialism domes-
tic politics or home government. She
contents herself with the statement that
the strength of Socialism in the realm
is more apparent than real. as will be
demonstrated when the great conserva-
tive middle class becomes sufficiently
aroused to take the trouble of register
ing its will at the polls. Ordinarily II
does not vote AT all. AS for the govern
ment, that, the lady explains. is the
best of housokeepers Paternalism may
occasionally vex the burgher. but it has
it's conversations, seen and felt every
where in the state.
IL is the social life of Germany that
the author seeks to interpret To her
English readers. She clevcrly discerns
the root of much misunderstanding in
the differences between the caste sys-
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hibition or another of the artists work.
Moreover, the effect Of this biography is
TO concentrate attention on Homer's per-
sonal traits Reading il, we are forever
nassing from the pictures TO the simple,
intensely American man behind them.
When. i'm the early SOS. he defnitlvcly
abandoned city life partly because of
his aversion to jury dutyD, he set
tied down on the Maine coast almost
like a scientist in his laboratory, facing
his problems as though in a dry light.
You see him something of solitary.
bujldjng stone wall with his own
hands. tending his garden, growing a
little tobacco and even trying to manu-
facture the leaves into cigars. And then
you see him brooding over the sea, stor-
ing up Impressions and, above all things,
waiting for the moment when Nature
would give him precisely the paintable
motive. Here is characteristic cpl
sodc.
one summer. many days passed in which
Homer did no painting at all. His brothers
ness Finally his elder brother ventured to
demonstrate. What is the use Of all this
foOlng around" he asked. "Why don't
you do somcthingY In a good naturcd
tone he was told to mind his own business
Tut no explanation was offered There Ia
the studio was large canvas. the palette
all set. and yet day after day passed and
nothing was done. Presently 1t became
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-29
ARCHED BRIDGES
Along the Banks of a Southern
River.

THE ANTIFTAM AND ITS BRIDGES.
The Annals Of an Historic Stream. by
Helen Ashe Hays With Il photograV-
ures from photographs by John =. Nl'"'
Svo. pp. rs. G. +. Putnam sons
The superb illustrations of this volume
are in themselves ample explanation and
justification of its publication, they re-
fleet so clearly the placid beauty of land
scano and stream, the picturesquen- IS
Of the old stone bridges that arch 1t ana
of the old buildings that dot the region
One reioices with the author That II
was = piece of rare good fortune that
preserved all these bridges through the
dangers" of the Civil War. Masses OF
troops passed over them on the way 10
Antietam and Gettysburg. leaving them
unframed: but 1t needed petition to
General Lee to preserve that at Letters
burg from being blown up by Confed-
crate engineers.
The region of the Antietam had It's
troubled days of warfare as well in the
DAYS Of Indians. British and French.
The name Of BraddoCk is associated
with It. for he crossed the Antietam on
his stolid, straight, British way TO de-
feat. Yet, on the whole, the chronicle Is
one Of peaceful settlement and progress
and prosperity that abode until steam
displaced the watermill. 1t is record
of the westward movement of the early
years of the last century, Of the build
inc of the Great National Road and its
connecting turnpikes, Of the Conestoga
wagon, of old families and the associa-
lions of old names. The question of
bridges on the National Road was much
TO the fore I'm that region at this time:
The government had agreed to bridge the
streams with stone bridges. hut owing t.
/ the expense an effort was made 10 substi-
tute bridges with stone piers ana super :.
structure Of wood. The men Of Maryland
stood firm i'm their determination To have
stone bridges complete ana no compromise
They got them: the limestone was at
their feet. Miss Hays devotes chap
fer TO the masonry arch from Roman
DAYS onward. then proceeds from bridge
10 bridge along the banks Of the Antie
tam. telling the stories Of their building
and builders. visiting old settlements
and settlers, always adapting her mood
and her style 10 the atmosphere Of DAYS
! long gone, which has the enchantment
of distance Of time And here. as in her
earlier book I'm praise Of Maryland, she
Iauds Maryland's rural loneliness with
sympathy and understanding
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THE DEAN OF ST. PATRICK s.

From The Pail Mall Gazette.
The literary traditions Of the Deanery
Of St Patrick's, Dublin. are maintained
by the election of DR.. OVenden. I'm sue
cession 10 Or. Bernard. the new Bishop
of Ossorv. As Dean Of Clogher-the seat
of the most ancient bishopric In Ireland,
which also had its appeal for Swift.
Ovenden has displayed his versatility To
remarkable degree. 1t was he VINO
painted the portrait presented TO Bishop
darcy when leaving Clogher for the
see of Ossory. while his scientific and
literary accomplishments are proved by
his authorship of a series of readab BILE
handbooks which have obtained wide
As "A musician, DR.. Ovenden
has also achieved no little distinction.
and among his musical compositions is a
choral service which. appropriately
enough. has been performed at St Pat
ricks Cathedral. to the famous Deanery
of which he is now transferred
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HUNGRY HEARTS.
ADRIAN SAVAGE. \ Novel. BY Luc;
Malet Frontspioce Emo. up. Vt, f
Harper & Bros

ADRIAN SAVAGE. \ Novel BY Lucas
Maet. Frontispioce. Emo. up. VI, ir9
Harper & Bros.
The author of Sir Richard Calmady"
has scarcely revived the interest which
she commanded i'm that book. Adrian
Savage" is a mediocre performance, long
drawn out and containing only a few
types and passages t" repay the patient
reader. The man who gives the novel
its title is the son Of French mother
and an English father long resident m
Paris He is handsome and clever. He
has a good position i'm the French CAPT
tai as the editor Of a magazine of some
importance. and his income is reason
ably generous. He falls i'm love with Ga
briele ST. Leger, and we assume that
the author will make great play With
this romance. Instead. she carries
ADRIAN Savage over to England on bust
ness. The will Of an old acquaintance
has designated him as an executor. AMI
he has to help arrange the affairs of
two unmarried young women. The
pretty one knows quite well how To take
care of herself. and soon enough falls
into the arms of the villain of the piece,
who is not so much vllanous as unpleas-
ant. The ugly heircss falls I'm love with
Adrian, and when she discovers that he
has other dreams she subsidies into her
grave. The debonair young editor winds
up in the arms of his Gabrielle. There
are several subsidiary figures who are
mildly interesting. among them a pitifu
wastrcl and a dccadent artist of great
talent. But nobody in the book with
the possible exception of the unlovcly
and unloved Joanna, has really impress
sve reality and Joanna at the best is
not seriously arrcstlng. Neither i'm de
sign nor in execution is Adrian Savage"
worthy Of Lucas Malet. For once her
work is amorphous and wearisomc.
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cool and steady aim. he poured two fun
charges of shot into the ranks Of ms
enemies. Their loss was fearful. For
while they staggered and retreated. but
their officers rallied them, and, lcdplnS
over the bodies Of their comrades, they
rushed with n yell Of rage upon the heroic
miller and his little band Debray al
vanced from his companions, and as the
Russian officer was about TO lay his mana
upon him he raised his pistol and shot him
dead. There was a savage howl from the
enemy, and in moment the devoted de-
fender of the mill was torn TO pieces. ms
body was taken, cut in four ana edtIl
limb bound on a wing of his windmill The
sunset went down on the great brown arms
whirling round with their CHASTITY burden
as though they were taking the master
who had so often set them I'm motion on
a long mysterious journey into the wild
country of the winds The following night
Debray's widow came To detach the mutt
lated remains from their strange. uneasy
vigil. They were carried i'm an empty -four
sack to the little cemetery Of ST. Pierre
where they were buried. The lad who had
served with his father i'm the defence Of
the post was found by the Russians hiding
inside the mill. They dragged him out and
nailed him with a lance TO the pivot on
which the wheel turned The next day he
managed TO escape, living. from his nor
rible crucifxion. He recovered and only
died thirty years afterward. although from
that day he was never able to take any
nourishment more solid than milk.
A nineteenth century Debray. who
loved to dance, was accustomed to
gather his young neighbors i'm old But
atm and lead them I'm quadrilles and
polkaS These informal dances were so
popular that the miller concluded he
might turn his fun to profit; the mill
was renamed the Moulin de la GAZETTE"
and a public ball was founded i'm the
ancient building on the heights from
the foreign mercenaries looting the help
less city below.
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uX.hout lust cause. or forced quarrel. he
l. summarily dismissed. on the other
hond, he may not refuse to fight
There are glimpses Of student life. and
as for the German woman, kinder and
Kuche." yes, perhaps, but very little
"Kirche" among the educated classes
The differences between North and South
are inquired into. as is that vexed prob
lem. the divergence Of English and Ger
man social manners and wages. The
German indifference TO and lack or
taste In dress are not overlooked, since,
indeed. they play a large part in the
formation of British prejudices. Taken
all in all. the book covers good deal
of ground.
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romantic Paris IL the Montmartre VINO
mill. the "Mouinde la GAZETTE. ~
,os oroc,ed I'm 1905. and has been owned
since $40 by one family-the Debrays'
The most tragic incident In Its history
occurred In 1914. when the Allies en-
tered Paris and small band OF ciu-
zens on Montmartre attempted oeS-
nerate defence. The four brothers De-
hra,, fought before their mill. which was
then called "But-a-fin.' we VIII yet
the author tell the ghastly story OF the
moment, when only the eldest DepraS'
his young son and few followers were
left olive, beside their cannon:
column of Russian infantry began 10
climb the steep ascent. Debray "alted u''-
iii II was within easy range, then taKlns
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toms Of the two countries. Middle
c,oss" means one thing I'm England quite
a different one I'm Germany. Social POSI-
ton and wealth are far more closely
identified In the one country than In the
other. There Is a serious. sensible chap
ter on the German officer. his personal
honor and that Of the uniform he wears,
and on the duel:
II is mistake TO imagine that duelling
Is I'm any way encouraged or looked upon
with favor. u Is looked upon In me IIsst
NJ a dangerous but sometimes unavoid-
able operation in a case which has gone
too far to he cured by any other means
An officer who has fought duel has cast
a serious shadow over his career II rs con-
side-ed "a sign Of tactlessness. lack OF self
control and so on. faults which obviously
UNIT him for high post. II he has fousht
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The Personal Traits Of a Great
American Painter.

THE LIFE AND WORKS OF WINsLOW
HOMER. BY William Howe Downes'
With Illustrations. Imperial Svo. Pr
xviii. coo. The Houghton Mitiiin COM
pany.
Mr.. Downes has framed this biography
with constant reference to facts; IL is a
record rather than an Interpretation.
This is as It should be, for there was
nothing esoteric about Winslow Homer.
nothing at all battling TO the painter OF
his portrait beyond a habit Of reserve
which in the long run proved only
habit. behind which there was really lit
tie To conceal. This remarkable man
was remarkable only in his art He had
strong but not a rich character.
solf-centred simplicity marks him from
his youth up. 1t is plain that he was
Hkable companion. whose sympathies
could he relied upon at the right mo-
ment. but on the whole he would appear
20 have kept himself TO himself. enter
ing into few. If any, Of the interests Of
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a curious question Of procedure on the
part of medical practitioner a PROP
lem I'm criminal law and. complicatlng
these. tho wisdom of expediency. for
after all. 1t is a serious matter, especial
ly I'm England. to have ones family
name involved I'm criminal case. how
ever innocently and properly The au-
thor relies little but only little. on
coincidence and on that strange impru-
dence Of criminals which leads them to
talk where there Is a possibility Of caves
dropping. but this. too has its precedents
i'm real life. The story has the genuine
merit of holding the interest 10 the very
end
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HANDS ACROSS THE SEA
An Englishwomans Plea for
Anglo German Amity.

THE GERMANS BY J. A r Wylie With
many illustrations. Svo, PIP. 3Sl. The
Bobbs- Merrill Company.
This is a book Of good intentions and
IN a large extent of good performance
as we'll The native German, no doubt,
will find in it occasional inaccuracies
and more frequent misinterpretations
hut on the whole the author succeeds
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EIENDISHNE SIS

WHEN No MAN PURSUETH. BY Mrs.
Hcnncrley
This book which was evidently writ
ten some years ago. but is published i'm
TINS country only now. reveals its author
as decidedly clever inventor of the
story of mystery and crime. She be-
gins by keeping her reader entirely in
the dark. then surprises him with an
apparently premature revelation of "A
hcndish plot, only to bring him face To
face with new situation. 1t involves
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A Dauqhter's RecolIectlons,

Mrs Maud Howe Elliott has written
q volume Of recollections of her mother.
The book. which has just been brought
from the press Of Little. Brown & 60.
is entitled The Eleventh Hour In the
Life Of Julia Ward Howe The from
tspiece of the volume is 2 portrait -
Mrs Howe by Mr.. John Elliott.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-29
Poetry and Italian Freedom.

There is a notable body ~ verse
whose theme is the liberation Of italy.
and this has been drawn upon by Mr..
-. NJ. Trevelyan for an anthology which
he will publish under the title Of Eng
lsh Songs OF Italian Freedom He
! as prepared for the book an introduce
tory essay Of historical and literary in
forest
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-29
MIR. Benefits Impressions.

Mr.. Arnold Benefits first impressions
of America-which, il is 10 be hoped VIII
b more valua BILE than the usua' obser-
vations of foreign visitors, set forth after
the experiences Of a few weeks-will he
published i'm "Harper's Magazine His
articles are 10 be illustrated by another
Englshman. Mr. Frank Craig
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The Finest Collection Of Verse.

What Is mentioned as the finest collec'
ton Of English poetry I'm the world ~
nov i'm the market n is the property
If Mr. r. J. Wiz. who has long been
.povr ~ the interchangeable collector Of
"a ,:ioe 81 the way ~ books, manu-
scrirt, and annotated works. Among
thee is the only known example or
Gray's Candidate" lie has specially
valuable group Of Bronte letters books
and manuscripts. including the first
letter Charlotte ever wrote. II IS ad-
dressed in large. childish hand to MY
dear Papa." Several unpublished man
uscripts Of Swinburne's are In the COL
lection. It is stated that the library mas
already been offered to Mr.. J. T. Nor
gan.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-29
The Nonsense Book

DuGieid e. co. are bringing out
complete edition of Lear's Nonsense
Book" containing much material In the
way Of pictures and verses never pup
lished before. Lord Cromer has written
an Introduction for this edition.
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LITERARY NOTES.

An edition Of the DIARY OF cotton
Ma,bor 16Sl-11OS which the Massa-
chusetts Historical Society Is bringing
ont contains many hitherto unpublished
Iet,ers by Mather. The first OF the TWO
volumes-an octave Of 6Ol pages-is
70 adv. the second will he published I'm
the winter. The portrait OF M"ther ana
facsimile Of a page Of his Ms. accom-
panv the text.
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Sherlock Holmes.


It is said that the late DR.. Joseph
Bell. Of Edinburgh, was modestly proud
of the fact that he was the original or
Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes. lie
is described as walking into his draw
ing room one winter evening 10 find
group of women absorbed in reading and
discussing a new book:
With his habitual spirit OF inquiry ne
asked what they were reading, ana the!
told him that il was the Adventures OF
sherlock Holmes" the story OF most en-
trancng individual whom they only Wished
II were possible TO meet In real lie.
II know the man. observed the DOCTOR
Quietly. fastening away before they had
time 10 DIV him with the many SURPRISING
f,It stions that naturally rose TO their lps
Returning shortly from seeing his pauen':
h, came back for one brief minute 10 nnisn
his story and 10 announce with as mucil
nodesty as might be, Il am sherlock
Holmes
DR.. Bells methods are illustrated IN
an interview i'm his consulting room with
a bricklayer suffering from spinal COM
plant. 1T aches, does it," said the SYM
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Mnrleu ard Meredith.

rumor that Lord Morley was "ritins
q biography Of George Meredith has not
been confirmed. II Is known. however
that Morley is editing collection Of the
nnyeliSi's letters.