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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-13

THE ASHES or : GOD. Translated
from the original MS hy +. W. BAN
Frcntispiece svo. pp. 10. q +. Put
MANS Sons
The ashes are those Of the god of Love.
which never die but. like the Phoenix,
may return to life. \ great oarthly
passion-woman--is the supreme OBJ
stacle to the attainment Of perfect de-
,achmont from all mundane clogs. II Is
the revival of such passion that IN
does the old Brahmn who has spent
centuries in contemplation. heaping up
a mountain OF merit for himself so high
that the gods in heaven fear the further
growth of his sanity power and plot
his downfall. The means they employ
he IL obcerved by the way. place them
on an ethical equality with the utterly
immoral gods of Greek mythology. Ana
so. when the Brahmin has heen tempte1
and cast down. he &c transformed into a
,ai,less dog. and after that into an ape
and then a worm. and afterwaId a
jackal. and n domba. and chandala'
and leather worker. and a woman ana
many other such garments OF n guilty
soul. running through an Intern nahe
series Of miserable births. never dis
corning any end. For in the days OF his
youth his love had not been true love
bat spurio.s one tat was vanity and
ego SIN, and jealousy mictrusted the be
loved
TIE delicate beauty of Mr. Bain
workmanship. his admirable creation OF
an atmosphere remote and exotic. need
no praise at this late day, long after the
publication of "A Digit Of the Moon.
Ard vet. alien as are the imagery ana
the atmosphere Of this Hindu tale. It's
wisdom. its knowledge of human nature
bring il close TO us In a footnote 10
his informing introduction Mr. BAN
Iays his compliments to Mr.. kipling as
the nan who has done more to carlca-
turc and vulcarizo India than any other
writer and - whom Hindu India Is
book with seven Goals protected.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-13

OF Napoleon. was left by its pious owner,
Nine Amedee. to the Archbishop or
Bourges and became the property or the
government when the Church refused TO
accept the provisions of the separation
act. The relics Of Napoleon were moved
TO a museum at Bourges, but the people
Of ChateaurouX were able TO secure pos
session Of these treasures and to house
them in their own museum. The stuffed
dog. however. was forgotten ana re
manned behind at the chateau
At this there was great outcry az
ChateaurouX. for the people wanted the
dog i'm their museum. Their grievances
were laid before the government i'm prose
and verse. However. nothing was done
until a citizen Of ChateaurouX went to
Paris and laid his claim to the dog be-
fore three Cabinet ministers. He did so
az considerable peril to himself, for when
he said that he had come to see the min
listers apropos Of a dog of Napoleon
that had been seized with the other
possessions OF the Archbishop Of Bourges,
he was nearly arrested as a lunatic.
Who would have thought. as NJ. Filon
saws. that Napoleon's dog. who lived
happily under the Concordat. could have
got so entaneled with the separation
law Of a hundred years later?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-13
TaE FEUJLLGTON MEN.

From The Pou Mall Gazette.
We are the Ftoti'uuakers' We are the
Feuille'on men,
Prophets and priests and fakirS 81 me
very high god. Pen.
Poison aud Plot and Passion. Lost WIS
and the Coiners' Den
We take and We turn ard reiashion over
and over again.
ours is the fair Typewriter. stravherried
child If ~ Eall.
ours j. the titled Fighter marie" the
Chorus Girl:
ours the Poor Relation. ours the KID
Mapped Kid.
And the thousandth incarnation Of the
loving dumb Jan Ridd
Born of our solar pleXus are the Anar-
chiSt wild Of eye.
The Millionaire from Texas and the
Diplomatic Spy.
The Cynic sentiment laden. the Villain
genial and bluff.
And the dark mysterious Maiden in
some soft white clineing stuff
With odds aud ends of Dickens. steven
son Collins and Reade,
our mystery bubbles and thickens I'm I
Stvle that our own. indeed
For its virile and crisp and snappN, IT
throbs. II thrills. it pants;
It's happy and sappN and parpy-lt
ali that the Public wants.
We are the fathers and mothers Of Tn
believablc Truth.
Imposs:bilitv's brother. sisters of Con-
querinG Youth,
In many journal solemn We make our
diurnal bow.
And. marshallcd i'm serried column. march
at guinea per thou.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-13

eligious festival bulls are killed in the
laza de Toros. These Mallorcans have
$50 a revoltngly cruel habit Of seagull
fighting-a tame sport entirely without
the excitement of the pugnacity OF the
rooster or the fury of the bull.
At Port Mahon, on Minorca, the trav-
eller found the prevailing note OF archi-
lecture TO be not Roman. or Moorish, or
Gothic. but English The alien race sue
ceeded i'm improssne its stamp upon the
town during the seventy years OF its oc-
cuyation in the eighteenth century. The
names of the streets are English, and
the language has left some of its words
in the common speech Of the inhabitants.
Beneath the Disagreement and the di-
lapidation of almost every town that r.
members the dominion Of Rome OBJ
serves Mr.. Fitch. there is rarely alb
sent hint of grandeur and suggestion
Of imperial power The English are the
one imperial race who never learned to
build imperially."
II was on Ibiza that he recognized at
once the daughter of his host at the inn.
a sad-eyed girl in black for, he says
had seen her many times in Belinl's
nictures of the Madonna She sat In the
doorway knitting. her face growing sad
der as the twilight deepened into dark.
She radiated an almost holy calm. so mat
n was imDoss ibie to allude 10 the absence
~ any urepatatlons for supper. Paciencia
and mahana ,Ao tie watchwords.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-13
youth who vaguely believes himsei 10
he an anarchist. A quiet bit OF hufnor'
LOVE AND EXPLORATION.

OTHER LAWS BY John Parkinson
Emo pp Si9 The John Lane Company
An age-old plot serves the author OF
this book as the vehicle for the deIlnea-
ton of two strong characters. An ATT
can explorer falls in love on the eve 81
his departure with a woman VINO re-
turns his affection and Is in every way
worthy mate for strong. serious man
Of forty-fiye. but, though a silent under
standing Is established between them
formal engc cement is prevented by CIT
cumstancos. on his return the man
finds her married to another who mas
won her by objectionable means an"
who neglects her while using her ample
income I'm the furthetance Of his career
The author has very ngeniously warren
this rart OF his story with reahsuc az
counts Of his heros ventures into the
Dark Continent and their hardships. ever
bringing him back 10 the woman seek
ing 10 piece together the fragments "l
he. broken life The story has undoupt-
Ell interest. In. why has Mr.. Parkinson
chosen 10 seek his denoucment in "other
Laws" than those Of society? This sort
Of thing has lost its novelty II has be-
crme the tritest Of solutions Of one of
the tragic situations Of life. In TINS
case. moreover it weakens fatally the
IMPRESSION Of strength % character Gre
atcd
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-13
''Frau Ala" the Mother of Ger
Eicuy'S Greatest Poet.

THE MOTHER OF GOETHE BY Nav
garet Recks. With a photogravure FROM
ispiece and seventeen other Illustrations.
Svo. pp. Oh The John Lane Company.
Goethe's portrait of his mother in
"Wahrheit und Dichtung' remains = e
fundamental source upon which her
biographerg can draw. II is a worthy
and tender tribute OF filial plety, rec
IGNITION Of a great debt. which, mingling
n I and fancy as the poet invariably
did in his &c lerou, and frequent literary
uses Of his own life. experiences, impress
sions and emotions, is abundantly con-
Win ng in its el nent Of truth to serve
rs he basis Of a stuIy of the influences
Of meredith ahC early er vironment. Miss
Reeks relies. Of course. chiefly upon the
son IN the picture she has drawn of the
mother in these pages, but .he draws no
less abunGan'ly in the latte part of her
work on Frau Goethe's own letters and
upon the numerous publications OF the
Goethe Cesellschaft Withou, recourse
to heroine worship, she raints a con-
sistent portrait of woman worthy and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-13
A SENTIMENTAL COMEDY.

THE EASEMENT. A Diversion BY Frank
Swinnerton. l2mo. PIP. 32i. F.. P. Dutton
G. co.
The easement is a young girls Life
beckons her. she steps through it, and
sets her foot upon the path that TO her
irexperience is hewildering as a laby
rinth. There are reasons. however, for
her bewilderment. for she has married
sister and the man who comes 10 WOO
her loved that sister years ago. Now.
no woman can he loved by man with
ont forever after taking a sentimental
interest in him. She may marry an
other and he happy. but no sooner does
the lover of yore show symptoms of am
other attachment than there awakens
in her feeling of injury. Of resentment
AZ a sentimental infidelity; and so, while
the young girl watches In wonder the
man who was once her sisters property,
that sister begins her Vaccinations to
nreyent his second Courtship The hus-
band is of but minor Importance, Of
course. except i'm so far as he can he
used as pawn in the game, and that
is the role assigned also to neurotic
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-13

mirers-she PLAYED the dangerous game
OF coquetry on large scale-stdbbed
rival ~ the face.
The transition from the brood.ng m!s-
terry. privacy and silence Of the lbe:lah-
Moorish population of the Balearc
islands to the cxuherance. the lack oi
roticence. the publicity of the ltalana
inhabitants of Corsica is almost STARE
ling At Caclari, as elsewhere in itaIE'
the common people live in the street ana
invite the street to look in al thclr VIII
dows. Mr.. Fitch is AT his best when he
uhilosorhzcs upon the ultimate impress
sion let by this publicity. unhlsguseo
and unash med. upon the onlooker oi
Northern race and breeding. y book OF
exceIt.onal quality. this. in All age ot
unproftabe meaningless chronicles %
travel. Its author has the senero ity "
adding a chapter If practical INFO; ma
ton for the guidance of those whom his
RACES may tempt to follow in his foot
steps.
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Literary .Nes~s and Criticism

was all in all TO her, escaped him. roe
try meant rhyme To him and nothing
more. Thus il came To pass that, in the
night Of German letters just before the
Dawn. he dis- proved Of klopstock ;
Messiah. whereas his wife's true vision
led her 10 welcome it with rapture ana
10 read il aloud again and again To her
oldest son and daughter.
Miss Reeks employs antithesis win
good effect in her pictures of the life III
common of the serious. formal, narrow
prudent man approaching middle age
and the young. gay. temperamental yet
wise and tactful Elizabeth She often
needed both wisdom and tact in later
wears between IA ,her and son. even after
the elder who had decided upon LEGAL
career for the youth, had came to recog-
nize his genius and to become It's proud
If still prudent supporter.
That son, Johann wolfgang Won Goethe
was born a few days after the first an
niversary Of the wedding. on August 20
174a OF the FIVE children born to the
couple subsequently only two survived
Cornelia. Goethes playmate and friend,
the little rebel against their fathers
tyranny, to whose sad, empty, disap-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-13
STALE PHRASES
A Homily on Discretion in the Use Of
Metaphors.

From The London Times.
/ our dramatic critic. in his review OF
S,lrdou's play Above Suspicion said
/ of one of the characters that his lips
were sealed" and remarked that such
| phrases necessarily accompany such
plays. They do. indeed. and the use OF
| them makes one understand the emo
! tional quality of such plays better than
the most elaborate analysis Of them.
| There are hundreds of phrases like this,
! containing metaphors both violent and
stale. which are only used seriously by
writer's who snatch ut the easiest means
OF EXPRESSING an emotion which they do
not feel For if a writer has a real
emotion of his own To express he will
either use a metaphor suggested to him
by that particular emotion or none at
all This is "A matter of instinct. not of
literary art: for a fresh emotion Will
not be satisfied with stale phrases but
will feel itself misrepresented by them.
, That IS one reason why. when power
fully moved. we are often so inarticulate.
We feel that commonplace VIII not
serve our turn. but we have nothing to
nut i'm their place. The writer's task is
To he neither inarticuate nor common
place. He must not he artless, nor must
he give us bad art for good. II he has
new idea 10 express he is not tempted
nv stale phraScS For they are asso-
ciated with emotions rather than with
thoughts. since emotions are not dis
covcries. like new ideas and when eX-
dressed in literature are valued, not tor
/ their novelty. but for the power with
which they are expressed. Thus. writer
Who expresses new idea says what
has never been said before. but writer
who wishes to express a powerful emo
! ton has To say what has probably been
said a thousand times. and by bad
writer's as well as good. These bad
writer's have burdened our memory with
,oetaphors. some Of them lifeless from
the first. some killed by constant repe-
ttion or inappropriate use; and their
metaphors stay in our minds because
they have been 20 often repeated Inc
aood writer's mind is often infested win
them. go that before he can md the
phrase he wants he must reject half
| a dozen that he does not want THIS is
the renaltv that he has 10 pay Tor NV.
ing at n time when literature is old and
language sophisticated.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-13

lectual activity that widened instead of
narrowing with the passing of the years
The selections from Frau Alas letters
are excellent. especially those from her
CORES pondence with her son. In briei'
the author has made the most of the
materidl "A. her command. Frau Goethe
died i'm lS03. having survived her hus-
band for twenty years.
In 1S44. some twelve years after Goethe's
own death. = statue TO his memory was
erected i'm Frankfort At tho end of the
dav a touching and fitting tribute wa i,
paid The laurel wreath that had crowned
the statue was laid on the grave of his
mother Frau Ala
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-13
THE MYSTERY OF GLASS.
From The Scotsman.

From The Scotsman.
\ correspondent recently reported
what he described as the curious freak
of backbrd hyiug against a parior
window many times at the same spot
continuously Such IN incident is not
uncommon. Birds have been known to
fight for hours at a time. day after day
with their own image reflected in pane
nf glass. pecking and fluttering against
the pane and quite eXhausting them
selves i'm their fury 10 domolish the sup
Ucsed rival II is another instance OF
how the arts Of our civilization corrupt
and confuse the birds. II IL the same
with fishes Darwin tells a story of
pike i'm AN aquarium separated by plate
glass from. fish which were its proper
food In trying 10 get AT the fish the pike
would often dash with such violence
against the glass as To be completely
stunned II did this for more than three
months before IT learned caution. Then
when the glass was removed the pike
would not attack those particular flsh
but would devour others freshly intro
ouced II did iot at all understand the
situation. but a'iOciated the punishment
II had received, rot with the glass, but
with a particuli kind Of fish. Darwin's
American mon.ieys proved themselves
more knowing"
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LIFE IN RHODESIA.
VIPGTNrt OF THE RHODESfANS' BY
'vnthi' $50 rklc''. l2mo. PIP. "a Boston :
Dana Estes e. co

VIPGTNrh "F THE RHODEstANS' BY
'vnthi' $50 tie. limo PIP. -. Boston:
Dana Estes & co
Miss Stockley is the author of one Of
the seasons successful novels The
CLAW" British South Africa is her
chosen field. ard. as the title sufficiently
indicates. she draws upon it once more
fol material i'm Virginia Of the Rhode
SLAMS" which is - collection Of seven
short stories characterized by all the
qualities of her sustained fiction. The
Rholosia she describes is that ~ the past
DAYS Of Rhodes and Or. Jim before
the first Matabole war She has happy
knack # depicting the philosophic man
uer I'm which these well-bred Britons,
army men. civil administrators and their
womankind, rough it on the frontiers Of
the British Empire. and she has good
eye FOR the comedy as we'll as the trag-
cdv Of il all Tho life she deals with is
more primitive than that Of Kiplings
Simla. it's dangers are nearer, but in
times of peace the social atmosphere is
very much the same. Frivolity. f1irta-
ton and worse. playing with forbidden
fire and getting burnt. these appear to
he the re!axations and often the seri-
Gus business Of the men who do the
work and the women who bear their
share Of its hardships and deprivations.
Most English writer's Of this kind Of fic-
ton agree on this point. which may he
said To have already hardened into a lit
erarv tradition. not altogether unlike
that of a certain class Of French novels
which fortunately is on the wane. Miss
Stockley writes well.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-13
NAPOLEON'S DOG.
From The Dundee Advertiser.

From Tho Dundee Advertiser.
NJ Au9ustin Filon tolls an amusing
stor,- in the "Debats' about stuned
dog that once belonged 80 Napoleon
This dog when alive accompanied tne
Ernporor to St Helena. and was brought
back 10 France by Marshal bertrand
Who died at the chateau of Tout Vent
near Chateauroux. The chateau. with
all its possessions. including some relics
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-13
r. L. Stevenson Again.

A biography of Robert Louis Stevenson
Is in preparation, the author being Nr
CLAYTON Hamilton. The volume IS 10 be
published by the Baker & Taylor Com.
pany
An edition Of some Of Stevenson's
hooks. illustrated In color IS 70 he
brought out in England, and presumably
here also. Treasure Island and The
Master Of Ballantrae' are already in
preparation. There will be an ordinary
issue Of this illustrated edition and
limited one on handmade paper. The
enterrrise is that Of CasselL
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-13
M. Frances Defamation.

NJ. Anatole France has refused To 40
cept the offered promotion 10 commander
~ the Legion Of Honor. He has lateiy
explained this declination on two grounds
He saws that first, Victor Hugo was
never made commander. and then he
mentions the fact that some years ago.
through somebody's indiscretion' he
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-13

heard that he was TO be made COM
mander and wrote 70 the minister about
IT, Whereupon the latter replied that 1t
was all a mistake, and he had no such
intention Which was not an agreeable
statement for NJ France 10 be con-
fronted by and one which possibly had
to do with his present lack Of enthusi'
asm.
Entertaining Records.
4 book which should he full n fasc'-
mating details Is 10 be brought out pres
emily by the Century Company. This T.
Mr. s f. Forman's "Stories Of Useful In
ventions." work peculiarly susceptioe
Of illustration. II will accordingly have
many pictures.
A Musical Novel.
The Lost Iphigenia" the forthcoming
new novel by Mr.. and Mrs Egerton
Castle. contains a curious picture OF me
absorption Of a great composer IN nim'
self and his art and Of his remorselsS'
treatment Of every one who can ~ us'
full 10 him and to his work The heroine
young singer. is an interesting Iu'
creature. but the composers character
quite overshadoNs hers There D., some
thing OF Wagner i'm ii, though IL IS moi
OF course, a portrait.
Classic Studies in France.
There are many complaints iu rIap''
that the relegation of the dead lana ads'
10 an inferior place. and the eNaltauon"
the so-called practical" methods IN Sec
ondary education have been particulars
bad for literature, that even IN the tea'A'
ing OF living languages the direct me~'
cd" has killed the better part ot itersp
expression. Even those who have 4"
quired the exact scientific kno"leos'
sans culture now demanded are disss'
isfied-it is stated that "the strong"
protest against dry bones teaching
the COLLEGES and universities has con'
from engineers themselves. who at'S
that the old classical culture pio0"V
the best results. even I'M the world Oh o
ldlIS anu thtl the NlfS'ilt ~
turning out an inferior type Of onsinee''
NJ. Florcnt Guilan has I'm the name
big steel industry rctitoned the MinS'
Of Public Education to restore the
classical culture because Of the unioH'
nate effect its absence is having ~
intellectual level Of the young ens'D'
entering the metallurgic career ~
Picard. a remarkable mathematician y"
tines that the Humauities constitute
best preface To scientific studies
NJ. Zeller. the Inspector General oi N" =,
asserts not only that he viii hsN -,
all his power FOR classical culture
School of Mines but that his opil"|
are shared by the Sfe.t majority Z"
gineers and representatives. of the H'.'D
trial world. \ formidable league IN ~
of classical education has Jusl
formed in Paris NJ Jean Richeph
and I.atinist. IS It's president ana ~
list Of adherentS are the most emu
writer's Of France. II Is 10 hear inc
OF "Ligue pour Ia Culture Fran.aise'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-13
Garden Pictures.

Miss fIildegarde Hawthorne grand.
daughter Of the novelist, has written
book 10 which she has given me title Of
"The Lure Of the Garden II will have
many full-page illustrations In color by
Mr. Maxfed Parrish, Mr. Guern. Mr.
rvonowsh and others Reproductions Of
beautiful photographs are 10 be added
The Century Company wifi issue the vol.
,.r.no In he aNlIIrnn.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-13
LITERARY NOTES.

Mr.. Maurice Hewlett has written new
novel I'm which he has returned TO Tia
vein Of his charming Forest Lovers" Il
is 10 be published in the late autumn, IN.
der the title Of THE Song Of Kenny"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-13
ne Moraan's New Book.

In October may be expected Mr.. WIN.
lam de Morgans new novel Holt viii
publish II. It's title Is Blanca '
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-13
OUT OF THE BEATEN PATH
The Western Islands of the Mid
land Sea.

MEDITERRANEAN MOODS. Footnotes
Of travel in the island Of Mallorca
Minorca. Ibiza and Sardinia. BY j.
crawford Fitch. NJ A With frontis-
piece in color reproduced from a draw
ing by G. Biasi. SO illustrations n
black and white and maps. Svo, pp.
I nu,,On G..
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-13
FICTION
A New Hindu Tale of Love by
Mr.. Balm.
a TALE OF INDIA.

THE ASHES or GOD. Translated
from the original MS by +. " Balm.
Frcntispiece svo. pp. 10. q +. Put
MANS Sons
The Washington herald., 1911-01-18
LECTURES ON PLUMBING.
Redmond =. Brennan Talks Before
Architectural Club.

The Washington Architectural Club
heard an interesting address last night on
plumbing fixtures and systems by Red
mond 5. Brennan. manager of the loca
branch of the J. l.. Mott Iron Works OF
New York, at its club rooms. 1S17 II street
northwest.
More than fifty members OF the club
were in attendance and took much inter
est in the exhibits the speaker used to
illustrate his lecture. Various styles OF
fixtures and piping were shown and the
different systems were described. The
speaker mentioned the Duroun and cast
iron systems of plumbing. and recon-
mended the former fo- use in buildings
over three stories high and the latter in
buildings of smaller dimensions.
The lecture was followed by a social
hour and refreshments. The next lecture
before the club will be on Elevators.
and will be delivered by a representative
Of the Otis Elevator Company from New
York. on February :.