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maintains that the French system II
Capitalization introduced by the early
rulers Of the young kingdom has proved
entirely unguited to the children of the
old Italian states \ glaring instance OF
governmental Incompetence he lnds in
without preliminary planning, the result
being the unsystematic, utterly blind
real estate speculations whose collapse
was one Of the financial sensations If
the last century In education the pop
ular schools are neglected, while highcr
institutions are fostored-the inverted
pyramid again. The system Of import
duties. taxes and government monopolies
appears 10 be designed to discourage
rather than To foster commerce and IN
dustries: agriculture is practically en-
tirely ignored, although il is the chief
source of the country's potential pros
perity and wealth and as for the army,
here again there is. according to the au-
thor. nothing but incompetence. not with
the rank and file. but with those in high
est command.
The author talks scnsiby of colonies
and Italia irredenta, of the administra
tion of Justice, of Church and State, po-
ltical parties, the Mafia-about which.
unfortunately, he can tell us little that
We do not know already bout The lit
erature and the press of the new Italy,
and, finally, about Italian family life,
his attitude changing i'm this closing
chapter from criticism to praise. \ book
packed with information.
New-York tribune., 1911-11-25
TIE GRoCER's 6ooKS.
From The London Saturday Review

From The London Saturday Review.
4 love Of books seems I'm several in
stances To have arisen from the habit Of
grocers Of buying old books. when paper
was dear. IN which TO do up their par
GELS. A good library was put together in
the eighteenth century by one John Rat
cliff. who kept a chambers shop in the
Borough Road His library is described
q" the very essence of old divinity.
Ioetry. romauces and chronicles The
grocer was set on collecting by q habit
of reading loose sheets of old books pur-
'hased by the pound To wrap butter i'm.
There ~ mo- doubt that for certain m-
learned men Of active imagination book.
have had i'm ali ages a strong attraction.
The fact that such men can read gives
them O. key to--they do not know what
70 have a lively Imagination means TO
be- always more or less oppressed by the
problems Of life What If the answers
10 those problems should lie in books +?
The unread man is reycr sure but that
they do For the thoughtful man To
whom books present an undiscovered
country there is always intellectual hope
Even their outsides gain q fictitious
value. How much moro must this hav"
been The case when they were still re-
RaIdcd in The light Of q treasure
New-York tribune., 1911-11-25
Mr.. Huneke7'S Studies in the Life
of Franz List.

FRANZ LIszT. BY James Hunrekerf;, ,HrIes MiIss
illustrations. i-mc' p'' -'
Scribner's Sons.
Tho familiar saying that a man oi
renius often resembles q force oI na'"'o
Ict loose means nothing If It does not
moan that genius. like nature IS IRE
s,s,ib,o In that view of the matter
man of genius is. among other things
,,,p,istakable. There have been tunes
when mankind has been a ittle SLOW 10
a,.nrcciatc certain types or intelecl"ai
or artistic power. let down, SO 10 say
cror, heaven itself hut this has not oeen
a., foiblo of the last generation or Two
,rd ian aU ages. even when they have
suffered momentary neglect. the great
creative geniuses have ended ny SO az
Grp,ing themselves as to win a klnd OF
srontaneous and artless comprehension
ON the part Of the public Usually the
world knows the real thing when 1t sees
n and M the worst il only needs 1T
tle fine In the long Tun-which is gen
crally not so long after all-the true ar
tist is no more confused with the meui-
ocritv than a thunderclap is taken Tor
penny whistle But in spite of all this
men Will go on debating with their IN
stinctive judgment and trying to make
use of the right pedestals for the wrong
heroes. The case Of List is case IN
pojnt. we'll illustrated by Hunekers ex-
perience in writing his biography.
II was 70 he. when first heard Of some
wears ago. the definitive biography, or at
any rate, that was the expectation of
those who had what might be called
professional interest in the subject and
q conviction that Mr.. Huneker was the
orc man In the world to treat II. In the
postscript TO this volume which he
writes instead of preface" he says
that "a few tentative attacks upon the
vast amount Of raw material soon con-
vinced me that TO write the ideal life of
the Hungarian a man must be plentifully
endowed with time and patience"
Hence, he goes on 70 explain, he pre-
ferred 70 study certain aspects of LISTS
srt and character. Not for moment
would we question his good faith, but
We also read between the lines Of his de-
lightful work another reason for his
change Of plan. Consciously or uncon-
scously. il must have flowed from a
change Of heart As he came to closer
grips with his task he found that Liszt
was not irresistible. He was not the
demigod whom we are asked to accept
Just now by partisans gesticulating in
ecstasy over the composers centenary.
With the fullest sympathy we read Mr..
Huneker's closing characterization of
New-York tribune., 1911-11-25
FICTION.
New Novels by De Morgan
and Others.
AN ODD MIXTURE.

4 LIKELY STORY BY William DS ,ei NJ 40.
oan FrOntspeCe. l2mo pp VII ''
Henry Holt & co.
There Is IAN Apology In Confidence
affixed To- Mr. De Morgans latest tale' "
,heaf of dozen rambling pages III
which he pays his very friendly co'ip''-
ments 10 those of his readers VINO We,'
not altogether satisfied with An Ai'''
Of .Dishonor" and makes some more vi
1cee explanatory comments on the pres
ont volume. He is demurely mocKihS'
and. as usual, amusing, but the uu'" %
that this Apology" is also a ht'le 'o''
placent. Mr.. De Morgan is writihs 'o'
much. with the familiar result
well understood nowadays" he says
that each living author, whether lie oe
rainter or writer, shall produce at sun
able intervals. preferably or t"eiN'
months. a picture or volume on all tourS
with tho work from his hand when mas
first attracted public attention. lhis'
alas, is only too true. but we believe tha'
public respect for favorto aut"o'
would be enormously increased u ne
were TO barricade himself in against AT
those who clamor for copy" stoutly re-
fuse TO write line until he had the IN
sriration and thus save his repu'e'
though at the expense of his bank ac-
count If there is any novelist VINO
ought TO show this resolution it Is the
author Of Joseph Vance
That book was an undluted boon,
worl, with something like genius IN H.
and altogether Of so high and fine quail
ity as to put Mr.. De Morgan on ms hohor
t. write nothing unworthy of 1t. He has
maintained his standard fairly well, but
IN "A Likely story" his art suffers an
almost incredible lapse. 1t is the oldest
mixture. We have to reckon with an ola
Italian tragedy. information concerning
which il supplied by a talking picture,
and with n modern young artist and his
wife, who engage in a sickenng, stupid
quarrel. Neither motive is really vital
lied. The voluble picture is hopelessly
uncOnvncing. and the quarrelsome pair
are scarcely a shade more lifelike. What
IL NoISt' the Slelluei pIot II IL may "N
called plots Treposterousy long
drawn out, and we are bored almost to
the point of despair by dull converse
tiCns and "A terrible excess of what we
may call De Morgansms, meaning the
authors reflections. Naturally. because
this author is himself and has way
with him there are passages that enter
this book is 10 Joseph Vance what a
tallow dip is to a cGnhagration-and we
have known more Illuminating tallow
dips. Never was there in current fiction
reader gratefully loyal to a brilliant
writer.
New-York tribune., 1911-11-25

liseiy to st.engthen It with this latest
one. which leaves still another in pros
Dect when it ends. Last year we left
Dorothy collaborating in dramatic
authorship with Ned Langley this year
she experiments with magazine iictlon
on her own account. The story contains.
incidentally, q comedy FOR production at
amateur theatricals.
Ellen Douglas Delands The Girls oi
Dudley School" Cd. Appleton 4 Coz is
new version Of an old formula, that OF
The little black sheep whose fleece Is
washed white by sincere repentance and
the generous forgiveness and loyal sup
Port of her schoolmates. The story con-
tains two brothers who are properly in
terested in the behavior and repute oi
their sisters-Grace Ethelwyn Cody'S
"Elinor's Junior Hop" ID. Appleton q
Coz il another tale of brotherly affec-
tion and pride. Elinor is not "A college
girl. but II is she whom he invites for
The great annual festivity, and thereby
hangs the tale An agreeable, sound
story---A third volume added To the
Fairmount Girls series 10y Eta ANTHONY
Baker is Paramount Girls i'm School and
Camp Nittle. Brown & Coz. This
author, too knows that her responsible
ity extends beyond the mere amusement
Of her Young readers. ht the same time
she does entertain them once more with
the incidents and pastmes of school life.
but also with a mystery i'm vacation
days which are spent i'm camp near an
abandoned Western minc.--Dnly Incl
dcntally concerned with schOol life. Ruth
Alberta Browns "Tabitha at Ivy Hall
(The Saalfcld Publishing Company Is
chiefly Il study of temperament and the
conversion Of a father who sees i'm the
traits Of his neglected little daughter, for
which he Furnishes her with blind sever
ity. only the shortcomings i'm his own
character. Tabitha Gait il u little fury
at the beginning, but all that is best i'm
her is brought out before the end, anu
for recompense there is not only her re-
pentant fathers love but great riches as
wcll-The new owls of st. Ursula
book. called Carey of ST. Ursula $
fThc Baker & Taylor Company. will be
sure to add TO the esteem I'm which It's
author. Jane Brewster Reid, is held by
many girls OF twelve or 80, and 10y their
elders. 1t is good, wholesome reading.
New-York tribune., 1911-11-25
PORTUGUESE ADVENTURES.
JOHN TEMPLE. MERCHANT. ADVENT
IRER CONVICT AND CONQUISTA.
DOR. BY Ralph Durand. Emo, PIP. 81
The Macmillan Company.


While the Spanish conqustadores i'm
Mexico and South America and the Eng
lish i'm India have furnished abundant
material for historical fiction. the Portu-
guese Of the sixteenth century-bold ad-
venturers. too, by sea and land-have
been entirely neglected by our nOvelists
owing chiefly by the inaccessibllity Of
the chronicles of their mighty deeds.
Mr.. Durand has based his story on one
such narrative, that of Francisco Bar
reto. to establish a great Portuguese do
minlon in South Africa in the second
half Cf the sixteenth century The at
tempt failed, but it has yielded material
for a good story of shipwreck and the
hardships and dangers and sufferings of
the survivors in search of a return to
civilization. The tale IS mostly true,
says the author, the fiction consisting
OF the Introduction of an otherwise his
torical Englishman, John Temple, into
this African adventure from the Indian
ones that fell 10 his share, and of the in
PRODUCTION of Portuguese woman who
heroically took her share of the burdens
OF the march and survived The book
retains what one supposes to be the sim
pie, telling directness of the originals on
which ii is based
New-York tribune., 1911-11-25
MODERN NIGHTS ENTERTAIN.
MENT,
FIND THE WOMAN. BY Gelett Burgess
Illustrations by Hanson Gould. l2rno
PIP; 3f2. indianapolis. The Bobbs- Mer-
rll Company.

FIND THE WOMAN. BY Gelett BURGESS
Illustrations by Hanson Gould i2rno,
PIP. 3i2. Indianapolis. The Bobbs- Mer-
rll Company.
This is tale Of "A single New York
night. Once the reader has followed its
hero into the house of the fortune teller.
he determines to stand by that young
man to the end, not so much to help him
through his many adventures as for the
entertainment they give. The plot is
evasive; on its thread, which is lost and
picked up again i'm many ingenious WAYS,
are strung jewels worth a kings ram
som. Up and down the town we are
rushed in pursuit of this treasure trove.
which constantly is changing hands;
east and west and north and south we
travel, from slum to palace from grog-
gerry 10 lobster palace, in the company Of
cab drivers and chauffeurs, crooks and
detectives, reporter and several ladies',
mysterious and otherwise, fitting either
the plot or the places in which they are
met And every once i'm a while one OF
this company OF human various"
stops the proceedings 10 tell tale that
may have its moral or entertain without
one, or in its ending prove to lead back
to the vanished trail. 1t is all very fam
tasti", highly ingenious. capitally in
vented and told with vim that never
ags. This is not fiction as criticism
of life. though Mr. Burgess constantly
skirts the realities. ii is fiction as enter
tainment. and capital entertainment it
is, fantasy felcitously at play with facts.
New-York tribune., 1911-11-25
AUSTRALIAN LEE.
QUESTION OF LATITUDE. by Laura
Bogue Lauffman. l2mo. PIP. 800 The
John Lane COMPANY


BogUe Launman l2mo. PIP. 800. The
John Lane Company.
From Severn Court and English county
society To villa in suburb OF Mel
bourne, Australia-this is the experience
Of Miss Mainwaring on visit TO her
uncle, a younger son who has failed in
the new life as I'm the old. The contrast
between the sheltered. exclusive life of
Miss Mainwaring's old home and the
democratic primitiveness of her new en-
vironment is sharp-far sharper, by the
way. for English than it will be for
American readers of the book. Its
sketches of average daily life in the
Australian city are cnlightening, for our
ideas of il are still too much associated
with the back blocks. sheep ranches and
"sundoWners.' with conditions that are
no longer representative of the young
commonwealth OF course. Miss Main
Waring learns to acknowledge, though
not without a struggle, that "A mans "A
man for ~ that and the story of her
Wooins and winning forms part of the
Picture. Euj II Is that picture Itself. the
revelation of life strikingly like ours,
New-York tribune., 1911-11-25
GIRLS AT STUDY AND PLAY.

turning from the boys books of school
and college life 20 those for girls. the
generalization obtrudos itself that the
boys loom larger in the girls stories
than do the girls i'm those for boys Pro-
test was made in these columns few
seasons ago against the disappearance
from the literature for our elder girls Of
the good, old, well bred formative tale
OF home life at the entrance of Young
womanhood. "TempOra mutantur," and
our daughters with them, but IT is no ac-
cident that protest against the hoy
denish, Siangy tone OF many recent
stories of girls school and college life
comes from England. 1t comes In the
form OF q long narrative, An Unccm-
Portable Term (The j. B. Lippincott
Company. in which the author. RAY
mond Jacberns, describes the expert
ences Of the pupils at a boarding school
which has passed from ultra-modern
INTO more conservative and strictcr
hands, Worthy Of "a hearty welcome is
an American tale, Elizabeth Hollister
Hunts when Margaret Was Fresh
man tMohat, Yard & Coz, which Is dis
unguished by breeding. dignity and
total lack Of the all too prevalent girlish
gush. book that performs good
work in readable way Dorothy
Brooke appears for the third time as the
heroine of - tale of school life. The new
volume Dorothy Brookes Experiments"
CT y. crowell & Coz, presupposes In it's
readers familiarity with It's two prede-
cessors. Their author. Frances Camp
bell Siarha"k established her popu-
lhI.tE WITH lhn lirsi ono III ihnnI- .h. No
New-York tribune., 1911-11-25
ITALIAN AFFAIRS
The Structures of q Courageous
Patriot.

THE NEW ITALY. \ Discussion OF its
Present Political and Social Conditions.
tere di I'm Yankee IF Federico Gar
landa. Professor I'm the Royal University
of Rome by VI T.. Wood. l2mo, PIP.
xiv. 4OG. 6. =. Putnam's Sons.
IT was. Of course in order to be able TO
criticise more freely the conditions pre-
vailng in his own country that Profess
sor Garlanda assumed the guise of an
American well verscd in current Italian
affairs The masquerade served him
further in enabling him TO introduce
naturally the comparisons with our
ways of doing things which he is con-
stantly making TO be sure. the strata
gem could not have deceived an Ameri-
can reader for a moment. but it served
its purpose with those for whom II was
invented, the Italian public And in
this translation IT serves further TO IL
lustratc and make more readily under
s1andable Ia American readers the con-
Gitions Of which he complains. Familiar
only with the theories of our methods
of government and administration
knowing little OF their practice. Pro-
fessor Garlanda sees us through too
strongly rose colored spectacles. from
which one may conclude, If he is SO in
clined. that the Italian contrast is per-
haps q little too darkly drawn
What This indictment of the govern
ment and administration Of the new
Italy. Of its financial. economic and edu-
OF general Incompetence. Professor
Garlanda chooses the Gsuro of the in
vortcd pyramid. Of an unstable super
structure without AN adequate basis 80
FAR az nhn1inisl rhfinn Is cnnnnrnnh hn
New-York tribune., 1911-11-25
The Annual of the
Society of Illustrators
500 net ; posfrafd s.. 80.

Contains some fourscore pic
lures, each by a different mem
Der of the Society, and mostly
hitherto unpublished. A. B.
Frost, Harrison Fisher, Philip
R. Goodwin, Henry HUT,
Howard Pyle, Ernest Peixotto,
Frank D. Millet, Miss Jessie
Wilcox Smith, Joseph Pennell,
and E. L. Blumenschein are
among those represented.
New-York tribune., 1911-11-25
he Common People
of Ancient Rome. F."
By Frank Frost Abbott
of Princeton University.

He takes you back into the
Rome of the Republic and the
early Empire. But it is the
Rome of everyday, and his
Romans are as human to read
about as modern Englishmen-
not grim ghosts stalking about
in white sheet-Ike togas. Pro-
fessor Abbott discusses specih-
cally the political, economic,
social, and literary and linguis-
tic phases of Roman life, but in
such a way as to avoid the very
semblance of pedantry, and to
embrace all the human aspects
of that life.
The price is ST. 50 net; postpaid SI.65
New-York tribune., 1911-11-25
BOOKS AND AUTHORS
Current Talk of Things Present
and to Come.

Stories OF crime have fascination Tor
the most intellectual of men, as many
have confessed i'm the present and tho
past. Here, for example, Is Mr. Angus
tine Birrell, who lately said that IN the
ono hour a dav i'm which he compelled
himself to read he was now reading
book which he had wanted to read for
thirty years. 1t was called "a History
of Crime in England and he could
hardly lay it down
New-York tribune., 1911-11-25
From Ibsen's Workshop

Translated by A. G. Chatter.
With an introduction by VIII
lam Archer.
II includes the drafts Of
"Rosmersholm," ," "Iedda Cab
Ter, The Lady from the Sea-"
Little Eyoif,' The Master
Builder" pillars of Society,""
"a Dolls House" Ghosts"
and The Wild Duck" and
shows how they developed into
final form under the authors
hand. 1t is in two editions; one
IN cloth at SIPS net, and the
other in limp leather at $1.50
net.
New-York tribune., 1911-11-25
BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS.
TO-day'S Publications
irClude:-
Ernest Thompson Seton's
"The Arctic Prairies"

Mr.. Seton's skill with the
pen. the pencil, and the kodak
lense is everywhere recognized;
he never welded them better.
His narrative of a canoe expe-
dition into the so-called Bar
rem Lands" of Northwest Brit
ish America is interesting al
ways, and thrilling often. 1t
was virtually a journey of dis
covery, here recounted under
the titles: Land of the Buff
falo, Land of the Caribou"
and Land of the Musk-ox."
The price is $3.50 net; postpaid
S2.70.
New-York tribune., 1911-11-25
Beckford's Episodes"

The lost Episodes" to "Nathek'
which were discovered not long ago by
Mr.. Lewis Melville, are to be brought oil
early next year They were written il
French by Beckford, and for the pur
poses of this volume have been trans
lated into English by Sir F. 7. MarzlalS
New-York tribune., 1911-11-25

on the game material and social ieVe'
that gives the book its special interest
New-York tribune., 1911-11-25
RroughtOn saws also:

Mr. Hamilton told US he saw Lady
Hamilton sitting between her husband
and Lord Nelson at Naples and Feeding
them both most plentfully with oysters
Lord Mimic SAID tnat III
common life Lord Nelson had nothing
New-York tribune., 1911-11-25
Glimpses of Nelson.

The log book Of Nelson's ship. The
Victory. was lately sold in London. an
Englishman being the purchaser In spite
Of urgent cables from the United States.
The said Englishman is r. j. Barratt'
a well known collector and Nelson en-
thusiast. It is said that he has in ms
house at Hampstead a room made up
of pieces of wood from Nelson's old
ships.
We note that in the new volume OF
the recollections of Lord Broughton
John cam Hobhouse) there are some
interesting passages dealing with the
great admiral. The writer quotes Sir
Thomas Hardy as often saying of his
old commander that when he engaged
in talk or in action about sea affairs
he was like one inspired He saw and
forcsaw and arranged and commanded
in q way that showed he was above all
around him. He was so beloved in his
shin that no service was ever thought
too hard or perilous under his command.
He hated corporal punishment, ana
when it was forced upon him. said,
We'll. YOU are captain of the ship, Dut
don't let me hear or see it," Lord
says also:
New-York tribune., 1911-11-25

q Chicago Reeord-herald
This is the larges, single
edition, first or last, on
record in the history OF
matchmaking.
New-York tribune., 1911-11-25

FRANZ IIsZT. BY James Huneker, WIN WIN
illustrations. I-mc' p'' -
ScribneT's Sons.
New-York tribune., 1911-11-25
MaeterIinck Is Not Coming.

Mime. Maeterinck Is coming TO Amer
lea in a few weeks to give divers lect-
ures and some performances Of her hus-
bands plays. but NJ. Maeterlinck viii
not accompany her.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-22
CUMMINS CAUGHT
IN JURY DRAGNET
Head 81 Carnegie Trust Com
pany Charged With Theft
OF S555,ooo.
PLEADS NoI GUILTY
Mixed Up in skyrocket Finan-
ciering Of Embezzler JOS
cpl O. Robin.
PL EADs MOT GUILTY

New York March 21.-Out OF the
tangle OF financial transactions which
were first made known by the collapse
Of Jos. G. Robins chain of banks ruin
cd by skyrocket iinancering, the grand
jury to-day drew the Indictment Of
William j. Cummins, directing head
of the Carnegie Trust Company, for the
alleged larceny of s335,O0O from the
institution a year ago.
Arraigined In court late this after
noon, Cummns pleaded not guilty,
with leave to withdraw the plea, Bail
was fixed at $4,000. and furnished
promptly.
Cummins is Tennessee man, who
came to New York only a few years
ago, highly recommended as success.
ful promoter. He gained control Of the
Carnegie Trust Company, and through
his solicitation, it is alleged, large city
deposits were obtained for the insti-
tuition shortly after the date of his al
legged larcenics.
Specifically. he is charged in three
indictments with larceny in the first
degree Of these sums: $4,000. $75.-
600 and $4,000 on April 81, 90, 49,
1910. respectively. 1t is alleged that
liteSe sums we've borrowed by the Car
neSie Trust Company In a note trans
action from two other banks and ap-
propriatcd to Cumminss personal uses
Others to Follow.
Robin was a witness before the
grand jury which returned the indict-
mcnts. District ATTORNEY Whitman
has made IL plain also that he cx-
poets other indictments to follow
The transactions involved In the
charges against Cummins were made
it is alleged, in an explanatory state
ment, issued tonight by the district
attorney. when Cummins feared that
stock of the Ninetecpth Ward Bank
and the Twelfth v Yard Bank, which
was held for collateral for certain
loans would be sold in the open mar
ket. To avert this SALE lest it affect
(, other institutions in which he was In
! tcrested, 1t Is alleged that Culnmins
| desired to buy off this collateral. and
| therefore made arrangements to b0r-
row money from the Nineteenth Ward
! Bank and tho then Van Nordcn Trust
Company.
The money was borrowed 1t Is al.
| legged, on notes of the Carnegie crust
| Company, which were Immediately in
dorsed over to the personal accoun,
Of Cummins and appropriated, 1t VII,
be charged. to his personal uses.