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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-29
IN ANCIENT KAMBODlA.

TIE DOWNFALL OF THE GODS. BY
. Sir Hugh Clifford. K. {. NJ. o. l-hlo'
N pp. xvi, 3H +. L. Dutton q Co
EI The glamour of the tropics rests upon
Nhe drama which Sir Hugh Clifford re-
lates in The Downfall Of the Gods
Its scenes are set III and about an
ancient Kambodian temple of incredible
dimensions, the stronghold Of debased
priesthood holding the surrounding peo-
pic in serfdom. The hero, Chun, is born
in the hut of a woman OF low caste, but
the blood Of a Brahman father runs
hotly in his veins. and wild thoughts
visit him, urging him to rise above the
subsection in which the Sudras bitterly
toll. Love of a woman finally turns
thought 10 action Within the precincts
of the great temple there is a tank in
which only the Brahmans are supposed
10 battle. The current belief is that
merely by touching its surface the man
Of low caste would Immediately bring
agonizing disaster upon his head. Chun
plunges into the water, and on emerging
unscathed is convinced that he shares
the attributes OF the elect but he lands
at the feet of temple girl. who first eX-
poses the lies of the Brahman powers
and then lures him on TO prodigious
deeds. Love and ambition transform
Chun into the hberator Of the Sudras.
There, Of course, the stereotyped ro-
nance would end. but the author is not
10y any means through with either hero
or heroine. Both must still pass through
thrilling experiences. These are in them
selves exciting and impressive and they
are developed against a background
whose wonderful picturesqueness Sir
Hugh Clifford. with his rare feeling for
exotic horizons, knows well how 10 paint
in vivid colors. lie tells a bizarre tale,
and tells It with much charm Of man
nor. His descriptive passages now and
then are little long drawn out, but on
the whole we arc grateful for his pict-
urcs Of a fantastic world.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-29
LIVY'S VERACITY IMPUGNED.
From The London Globe.


Some interesting experiments have
been carried cut by a number of officers
and men Of the 10th (Naples) Division
ON the scene Of the historic battle OF the
Caudine Forks. with the result that it is
declared Liyy's version of the disaster
is palpahiy and grossly exaggerated.
Careful measurements were made and
troops were posted as nearly az posi-
bic i'm accordance with the disposition
# the Sannitc forces as detailed by
the historian, 10 represent the alleged
thirty thousand men who ambushcd the
Itomans 30 successfully, and the experts
low report that the story as II stands
Is a sheer impossibllity. as such an army
could not possibly have been disposed
anywhere i'm the neishhorhOod- The ION
Army corps intends 10 carry ont ma
nmuvrcs in the vicinity Of the pass, when
the historic fight of ~ -. G. will be as
far as possible reconstructed"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-29
Stories of Character, Romance
and Adventure.
A DANCERS APOLOGIZE.

A BIG HORSE TO RIDE. BY E r. Dew
Ing limo, Pr. VII, 5OS. The Macmillan
Company.
Miss Dewing has very skilfully evaded
a temptation inherent in her theme.
Writing at a time which has witnessed
a widespread revival Of the art OF the
public dancer and choosing such
dancer for her heroine. she nevertheless
spares us that atmosphere" and those
technical excursions In which a novelist
OF less artistic predictions would pretty
certainly have INDUCED. The esoteric
dithyrambs on dancing. the life Of the
theatre in its more obvious aspect, the
surface excitements Of great perform
er's career-all these conventionalities
are discreetly excluded. We hear some
thing, OF course about Rose Carson's
professional triumphs. but this is sub
ordinate TO the analysis of her inner
experience The analysis is her own.
The dancer sits down TO the telling Of
her story. and she is generally too busy
with her emotions to waste much time
upon external incidents.
Genius is hers, and good luck. She is
bern to dance. and the circumstances
OF her life are such that she has no diff
Guilty in learning how to use her natural
resources or in presently exploiting them
upon the stage. Both her parents are
Of Bohemian habit Of mind. and so
Roses transition from the home to the
theatre is made smooth. She is beauti-
full as we'll as clever. and. inevitably,
more than one man falls in love with
her. When she marries the reader Won
ders II she has made the right choice. In
the upshot the dancers arrangement of
her affairs is scarcely what we expect,
vet II IS Just and sympathetic, the nat
ural outcome Of her character. That
character is, indeed. eli Of piece, and
Miss Dewing is to be congratulated upon
the unity Of her portraiture. The MARIA
tive is very closely and ably written.
with a remarkably deft and often pene-
trating exposition of shades Of thought
and emotion. In certain other respects
the book is a little disappointing, partly
because Of the idea ascribed at the out
set TO the woman who is supposed to
write II. Life is the big Horse she
undertakes to ride and that connotes
larger and more poignant issues than
any upon which she wreaks her very
clever pen. We have alluded 10 her
good luck. With more Of real conflict IN
her experience the story would nave
been more interesting. 1t is not mere
violence that one misses IN these pages
II is not the mere tension OF melodrama.
The thing that one Graves is charac-
ter more worth while, subjected to the
pressure Of richer fate. Rose Carson
is not in herself an arresting figure, and
life as she lives II is not, after all. very
absorbing affair After dinner in com
pany with some vagabondish folk she
SAYS: Il felt that 1 had more OF what
is called a past than any woman there
And all through the book she thus as
sumes to have a certain intensity Of be-
ing but in spite of this she leaves us
cold. The book, in a word, is not so
moving in substance as it is accom-
plishcd and entertaining in form.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-29

no due to a multitude Of minute oose
cations. II is very conceivable that some
individ,iaIs have a particular suiu, gurus
sense or instinct. like that OF the carrier
pigeon. ohsc,,re The
,,oro H. not ant to analyse his mentai
processes. He has his ttmb'W TO suiue
him: NJ. Van Gennep has his que.Puo
chose qui m'avertit' the sollct,'"i,s -
within him which warns him When ne 10
etravjnx out OF the right road. Neither
black man nor white can be otherwise
than vague in their account OF their nniI
bib. we may call it the SublimlnaI
Self. but that does not throw strohe
light on the problem.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-29
BOOKS OF THE WEEK.
ARCHITECTURE.

HOUSE DESIGN 4 Review.
Being a Selection and Brief Analysis =
Some OF the Best Achievements in Eng
Iish Domestic Architecture from Che SlN-
tecnth 20 the Twentieth century Too
gether with Numerous Examples NJ cone
temporary Designs. By Ernest Ni'lm'tt'
y r. !. D. \. svo, PIP. Ni, 2-> llWp9.r
I'd by Charles Scribner's consl
4 comprehensive handbook for those m
terested in the subject Of architecture
while not widely familiar with ir llus'
trated with examples Of the most not'.'e
OF English houses
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-29
EDUCATIONAL.

TWO LATIN PLAYS FOR HIGH SCHOOL,
STUDENTS. BY susan PaNson. I-iH''
PIP. xii 30. (Boston. CHM & co..
The vocabulary and idom o. "a Roman
school, and "a Roman Wedding ha'"
been adapted 60 pupils 81 average ao.Mv
for reproduction I'm the high schools 10
plays are illustrative OF certain customs
I'm Roman lie IN the time of CVsar WIN
notes giving descriptions Of costumes a'H
suggestions
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-29
A TANGLED SKEIN.

THE CASE or PAUL BREEN. by. An
ihOny Tudor. Ill. T. Illustrated by
Henry Roth l2mo, Pr. vii, go. Boston:
T. g. Page & 60.
In the orenine chapter Of this book
Mi John Strain turns his back upon the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-29
JUVENILE.

JOE THE CIRCUS BOY. BY Alice F. Ahsn
Illustrated by Ethered Breeze. l-mo w
81. (Boston: L. G. Page a co..
The story OF a lonely little boy VIC
runs away from the circus 90 w1ith 10
belongs but eventually nnds c'mto..,
able home. his real mother ana N'"'
fIIlnls.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-29
MUSIC.
HARMON
H..

HARMONIC PART WRITING. ~ william
Alfred White. l2mo, up. ~ IA tsiNs"
Burdrtt Il Coz
Tho text aims Co give mastery H =,
foundation of an composition, i'ut ~.
writiuc vocal or Instrumental Nnh Nv
merOus exercises and an index
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-29
HISTORY.

THE CUSTOMS OF OLD ENGLAND. BN =
J. shell with seventeen illustrations
iemo. PIP xii 81. tCharles stHon"
Sons)
Dealing with the ecclesiastical 80
demic. judicial urban. rural and done,V
customs OF old ENGLAND n their tunds,
mental relations to the organized IRE -
the Middle AGES
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-29
RARE BOOKS & PRINTS IN EUROPE.
OF-PRlNT-BOOkS

"A WRITE ME: can get you any book ever
published on any subject The most expert
hook finder extant When in England cal and
ace NV 500 600 rare books BAKERS GREAT
BOOK SHOP. John Bright st. Birmingham
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-29

Michael Angelo will be relieved Of these
modern excrescences.
Professor Dali Osso. the director OF
the museum at Ancona, has just discov-
cred near Osimo the remains of n vast
Gallo settlement. superimposed upon
collection Of neolithic huts, which are
supposed to date from about $500 b. I.
These huts are of circular form, with
hole in the middle for the pole which
supported the roof.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-29
NV dear Rell

lloioI
Although ! have made a rule to myself
never to thank critics yet like TO break
il continually, and especially In the present
article in Fraser. 1t seems TO me very just
In most points as regards the author: some
he questions as usuai-lf had put IN more
fresh air as you call 1t my object Wouid
have been defeated-It is 10 indicate, IN
cheerful terms. that we are for the most
part an abominably foolish and selfish peo-
pie desperately wicked and all eager
after vanities Everybody Is you see IN
that book.-for instance IL L had maze
Amelia a higher order of woman there
would have been no vanity In Dobbins fall
ing In love with her, whereas the impress
sion at present Is that he is fool for MS
pains that he has married. silly little
thing and in fact has found out his error
rather "a sweet and tender one however
qlnd multitD dDldrit / want to leave every
body dissatisfied and unhappy at the END
of the story-we ought all 10 be with our
own and all other stories. Good GOD doht
see lin that maybe cracked ana warped
looking glass in which l am always look
ing) my. own weaknesses wlckedn ie' ies
lusts follies shortcomings? in company let
us hope with better qualities ABOUT when
we vii pretermit discourse We must HIT
up our voices about these and howl TO
congregation of fools: so much at least
has been my endeavour. You have all of you
taken my misanthropy TO task-l wish |
could myself: but take tho world by GER
tain standard you know what | mean
and who dares talk Of having any virtue
at all? For instance Forster says After a
scene with Blihl, the air is cleared by a
laugh of Tom Jones-Why Tom Jones in
my holding is as big rogue as Blifil. Be
fore God he isl mean that man IS selfish
according TO his nature as Bill according
TO his. In fact I've a strong impression
that we are most Of us not III for
never mind
Pathos / hold should be very occasional
indeed in humorous works and indicated
rather than expressed or expressed very
rarely. In the passage where Amelia Is
represented as trying 10 separate herself
from the boy-She goes upstairs and leaves
him with his aunt as that poor Lady Jane
Grey tried the axe that was to separate
her slender life / say that is a fine image
whoever wrote II (& | came on II quite by
surprize in review the other day. that
is greatly pathetic | think: II leaves you
10 make your own sad pictures-We
shouldn't do much more than that / think
in comic books-In a story written I'm the
pathetic key IT would be different & then
the comedy perhaps should be occasional.
Some day-but a truce to eGotisticl twad-
die II seems to me such time ago that
V + was written that one may talk OF 1t
as OF some body elses performance. Ny
dear Bell ! am very thankful for your
friendliness & pleased TO have your good
opinion. Faithfully yours
". NJ. THACKERAY.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-29
DRAMA.

WHAT THE PUBLIC WANTS a riay n
Four Acts. BY Arnold Bennett l-r'o'
PIP. 151 George II. Doran Company
travesty on modern newsparer men
and methods
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-29
Buried Treasure.

Tales of the gold. Jewels and other
precious things buried by pirates or
lying in the holds of sunken ships are
chiefly exploited to-day by the ingenious
novelist, but not seldom these elusive
boards are actually sought after by in
dividuals and syndicates. This being the
case, Mr.. Ralph j.. Paine may claim 10
have a certain practical purpose in The
Book Of Buried Treasure" which he -
soon to publish through the Sturgis &
Walton Company. lie has made wide
researches In the British archives and
elsewhere, and has assembled an amount
of material which ought 10 prove enter
tanning. to say the least. He treats OF
the lost Armada galleon Of Tobermory
Bay, OF the boards believed to have been
left by pirates on Cocos Island and in
other places, and, in fact. relates one ro-
mantle yarn after another. We look for.
ward with keen interest 10 his book.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-29
BOOKS AND AUTHORS
Current Talk of Things Present
and to Come.

That painful subject. tho lie or
Thomas Carlyle. has again attracted an
author This gentleman is Mr.. David
Wilson, an English official in Burma
who greatly admires the Sage and has
spent several years collecting and ar
ranging material for a biography. HIS
book is said to contain number OF new
facts and to lay stress upon certain as
poets of Carlyle's career that have al
most passed out Of notice. Mr. Wilson
has already had some experience as an
author. There is a book OF his callei
Anecdotes OF Big Cats and other
Beasts"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-29
THE PATRICIAN
By JOHN CALSWORTHY
SI.3S Net Postage extra
NOW ri; ADV

NOW READY
The Conservation of Natural
Resources in the United States
by CHARLES II. VAN HISE.
Inquire Mt any bookstore.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-29
EnqIish Journalism.

a writer who has been identified with
London newspapers since 1866 Mr.. r.
IL. 5. Escott has just produced a book
on the most fascinating OF all profes.
sions. Masters Of English Journalism"
he calls it, and. beginning with Daniel
Defoe, he portrays the leading figures on
English newspapers from that pioneer
down to the notable editors of the pres
Cnt day
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-29
An Old Sea Fighter.

FNTI OTH OCH v 'S''NN''
Edward Montagu, the first Earl Of Sand
wich, was a Jealous courtier of the sew
enteenth century. He was first an eff
fective servant OF Cromwelps and then
equally useful under the Restoration.
He IS remembered for his death. lie
went down with his ship in the battle
Of Sole Bay, in 1872. There is still
much to learn about the more intimate
side of the life Of this capable man, and
Il is good news that n biography OF him
which Mr. +, r. Harris is 10 publish in
the autumn has been written with the
help Of quantities Of unpublished papers.
They are said TO throw new light both
on the Civil War and the Restoration.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-29
Garibaldi.

The third volume OF Mr.. G. NJ. Ire
yclyans admirable history of the strug-
sic for Italian independence is cominr
from the press of LoRgmans Green x
co, some time this fan. It's title is
"GaribaIdi and the Making OF Italy"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-29
Three New American Novels.

The list Of the Appletons for the COM
ing season embraces three new novels
by well known American authors. Mr..
Robert w. Chambers contributes THE
Common Law" a story Of fashionable
and artistic life in New York. The book
will have no fewer than fifty-seven
Illustrations by Charles Dana Gibson.
THE Conflict" by the late David Ora
ham Phillips, has for It's hero a clever
young labor leader. The heroine, Of
course, is the daughter Of "a wealthy
CAPITALIST boss" In "Cap'n Warren's
Wards" Mr.. Joseph C. Lincoln recites
the experiences Of a bluff old Cape Cod
mariner In New York society
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-29
"R. /. 81 and ~. ]. E."


Readers Of Stevenson have puzzled
over the meaning Of IL. j. r." the mi
tials Of a mysterious society mentioned
I'm the dedication to Treasure Island.
The veil is lifted at last by Mr.. Charles
Baxter. the novelist's executor, who In
letter TO the London Daily Mali
thus reveals the secret:
AS | am the last survivor or that sIiail
hand which was composed OF r. l.. y, ms
cousin r. a. NJ Stevenson, James wafer
Ferrler-who died young, affecuonateiy
commemorated by Stevenson in prose ana
by Henley in verse-and two others i an
solve myself from the oath OF secrecy ana
decline to infict upon myself the necessary
fortunes consequent upon my betrayal
The initials signify liberty. justice, rev
erence. The constitution drafted py
me and whole-heartcdly accepted Dy Stey-
enson 1--WE were still in our teens lnclGd-
ed, among other important objects, under
the first head "thc abolition Of the hered-
itary privileges Of the House Of Lords, a
phrase which occasionally raised STUN
bling blocks I'm imprisoned orations. l re-
member as If II were yesterday steven
sons agonized face as he came 10 me with
the news that his father had come across
the draft--t never went further. The dis
covery was the occasion Of ono or the most
painful OF the scenes between father and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-29
"VANlTY FAIR"
Light on the Book in an Unpub-
lished Letter of Thackeray's.

The Thackcray centenary has brought
TO the surface one exceptionally inter
esting bit of writing from the pen of the
master himself. Mr.. J. Parker Smith
sends to "The London Times the I'M
published letter which we reprint below.
adhering to the characteristic spelling
and punctuation. 1t is a precious
souvenir of Thackeray's own feeling
about his greatest novel. Vanity Fair:
Sunday septr. Sd
f12ikl
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-29
a Prima Donna's Memories.

Nine. Albanl is busy with her remi-
niscences. They Will be published in
short time under the title of Forty
Years OF Song"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-29
"Parisian Portraits"

Under this title there has just APP
peared in England a volume by Mr..
Francis Grierson which we hope will be
printed In an American edition. 1t
must contain some readable pages if
we may Judge from few fragments
quoted in the London Times" Here
are some Of Mr.. Grierson's glmpses of
Dumas:
As one thinks of a lion, with his shaggy
name full of the Jungle burrs OF adventure,
so | can see the author of Monte Cristo
a he appeared on that memorable evening.
Half Indifferent he sat- as some handsome
young woman would stroke his hair, While
another would place her hand on his shout
der as they might have done TO an old Hon,
long tanned and without teeth Inc
lower part of the face was of porcine di-
mansions, the skin sWarthy the hair bushy,
the expression of the eyes calm and sphinx
like
He goes on to speak of the peculiar
spell Of the huge mass that filled the
fauteuil like an idol Of adamant." Com
ing down TO more modern figures, Mr..
Grierson describes Verlaine, Mallarme
AMI their friends and among them, at
their favorte cafe, amid the catter Of
dominos, VI. Jean Moreas, puffed up
with a fattering notice by NJ. Anatolc
France and crying from his corner with
childish glee: "Jai du talent. Moi, jai
du talent"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-29

BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-29

BIG HORSE TO RIDE. BY E. r. Dew
ing. limo, PIP. VII, 5o5 The Macmillan
(OpnDauV
The Press., 1911-11-08
ELLINGTON,

Orson s. Wood, Fl, of Ellington, [ past master of the state grange, died at 12 30 o'clock Monday morning. He had been i'll since last July with heart trouble. He Is survived by his wife and four children, Robert E Wood, Mrs Anna Wood Thompson, Frank O. Wood and Miss Jennie L.. Wood, all of South Windsor. There are also three grand children. The funeral will be held at his home this afternoon at 2 o'clock.
 The supreme court finds against Perry c. Tripp of Ellington, who shot two dogs that he claimed were after his sheep The state brought action against him, charging him with having. in violation of the statutes, unlawfully killed two dogs, duly registered and housed under a kennel license in the town of somers 1; brought to the supreme court of Tol land county and tried in Rockville to the jury before Judge Greene. Yer dict of guilty and fine of $50 imposed !; appeal by the accused No error. Opinion by Chief Justice Hall The court says: "The accused did not claim to have shot the dogs because they were not properly tagged, but because they were pursuing and worry ing his sheep, and whether they were or not was the drastiy question of the case ''
 Crystal Lake.
 Mrs Clark Gates of Moodus Is spending a week with Mrs J. R. DoWnes
 Miss Theresa Wrinn of Nauga tuck recently spent 8 short time with Miss Mary Smith.
 The harvest supper and social is this weak Thursday evening. Price of the supper, 25c.
 MT and Mrs. Everett F. Chalt9r and children of Blandford. Mass. spert few day recently with friends hare
The Press., 1911-11-08
SOMER.S.

Ernest Galbraith has moved into the Lutman Enc house on East Broad street.
 Mrs. Oscar Whipple of Springfield is a guest at the home of Kibbe V. Ohapin.
 Daniel Avery has taken a position as clerk in the A. l.. Dimock 6 Go. grocery store. sz,
 Miss Bertha Hodges is in Water vile, where she is being entertained by Mrs. Carmine Kibbe.
 Miss Edith Hurlburt has returned to her school duties in Winsted after being home for several days.
 MT. and Mrs. Dwight Percival en- te1tained Mr. and Mrs George West and family of Holland recently.
 The many friends of Mrs. Nelson Welch will be glad to hear that she is rapidly improving from her illness.
 Amos D. Bridges Sons have broken ground for house which they will build on Jones street for Fred O. Davis
 Mrs. Jane UoIes has returned to her home in Springfield after spending several days with her daughter, Mrs. George Trickett.
 Mis- Hattie Billings of Worcester and Miss Anna Haskell of Springfield were guests of MT. and Mrs. Charles Billings recently.
 The Ladies' Aid society of the Con- gtegational church will meet at the home of Mrs A. Vail Smith on Fri. day afternoon to sew.
 The percentage of attendance for the schools of the town was 95. 4 for the past month. The best attendance was the Battle street school with 99. 8 per cent The only school having no tardiness for the month was the Hall hill school.
 o. W. Pownall entertained MT and Mrs Harry Pownall and son of Staf- ford, MT. and Mrs Harry Leonard and son of Rockville, MT. and Mrs. Will. liam Sunderland of Somersville and Mr. and Mrs. William Williamson of Hartford over Sunday.