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Clovis are aggravatingly brief bits, some
mere episodes. some closely condensed
stories. some broad comedies and some
tragedies. Not all of the items in the
volume relate to Clovis, that altogether
lovabe young scapegrace who takes a
particular delight in creating situations.
He figures in some of the narratives as
mere onlooker and commentator, but
always delightfully."-. 1t might have been
more effective to eliminate from the col
lection the stories in which Clovis does
not appear, for he appeals irresistibly to
the reader, especially after his exploit in
The Unrest Cure" Clovis is entitled to
a story all of his own, and it is to be
hoped that Mr. Munro will soon provide
it. and thus give great pleasure to large
number of people.
THE GARDEN OF RESURRECTIONs
Being the Love story Of an Ugly
Man. BY f. Temple Thurston. New
York: Mitchell Kennerly.
Mr.. Thurston has an inimitable way of
making a powerful appeal to his reader,
whatever his theme. He In this story
creates a strong sentiment for a man
whose overpowering grief is that he is
so ugly, through the scars of disease,
that he feels himself TO be Stunned and
disliked by other people. In this un-
speakably lonesomeness he is seized with
the spirit of a QuiXote, and goes forth to
rescue a beleagured damsel. a West In
dian girl brought to Ireland by an un-
speakable young Londoner, who designs.
if needs be, to marry her for the sake of
her small fortune. After a deal Of un-
pleasantness, which Mr.. Thurston makes
undeniably charming by his way of tell
ing, the knight errant is awarded by
winning great love. 1t is hardly to be
believed. however, that 1.-The Garden of
Resurrection will appeal strongly to a
large class of readers in view of the fact
that it involves an embarrassing race
problem that no amount of deft literary
treatment can render any less than re-
pugnant
STRAWBERRY ACRES. BY Grace 8.
Richmond. Illustrated by j. Scott
Williams and Florence Storer New
York: Doubleday Page & Co. Wash
ington: Woodward & Lothrop.
Mrs. Richmond's last offering is a story
written for young readers. dealing with
the experiences of a family of four or
phans just in receipt of a legacy consist
ing of an abandoned home in a large city.
How these young people, headed by the
capable sister, make home for them
selves in this old mansion and lay the
foundations for an Independent livelihood
gained from the soil is told with all the
grace and effectiveness of this charming
writer's appealing style. She does not go
deeply into ways and means, but devotes
herself more particularly to the human
side of the situation, showing the effect
of country life upon the characters OF the
Young people, who are thus taken away
| from the city and given chance to de-
yelop and live naturally on their own
land strawberry Acres" delightful
| romance is woven into the tale. which is
| certain to be passed from hand to hand
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cities, the relentless elimination of the
less fit-the quick and sure recovery OF
| the Chinese from wounds and surgical
| operations-their bluntness of nerve-mI-
itary anG industrial significance of the
! toughness Cf the Chinese-prospect Of the
early release of the Chinese intellect
| from the spell of the past-extraord1nary
| utilization of the soil. 1T is true that
childish superstitions have held back the
| Chinese from freely exploiting their min
eral treasures. 1t Is also true that from
| 8 to 10 per cent, and in some cases even
20 per cent, of the farms is given up 10
the grave mounds of ancestors. But
aside from these cases the earth Is utii-
| lied as perhaps it never has been else
where-every lump is broken up. every
weed is destroyed and every plant tended
like a baby"
| The author believes the military vel
low peril to be a DOGGY. The danger
! lies in the possibility of an industrial
conquest of the west by the orient. Some
us out of neutral markets with great
quantities of iron. steel implements,
ships. machinery and textiles of an in
credible cheapness, and obhglng our
workmen. after a long. disastrous strife
with their employers, to take Chine. e
wage or starve. Against such calamity
the great industrial nations will be able
to protect themselves neither by immi-
grafton barriers nor by tariff walls In a
chapter THE Grapple with the Opium
Evil the writer explains with touching
terseness why the pipe is SO seductive
for the Chinese, and describes the eco
nomic difficulties In the way of supp. ess-
ing opium growing. He considers. how
ever, that with England's present regula-
ton of her opium trade with China and
her agreement that it entirely cease in
1917 the end of the evil is in sight
When China is aroused from its nat onal
drug torpor-what then? The unbin | 6
of the feet of Chinese women marks an
other chapter of vital bearing on the ma
TONS future; future in which the
womanhood of China will assert it's indl-
viduality and revolt at the present cen
dition in which 1.-The female exists fer the
sake of the male" christianity in Oh ma :
and THE New Education are sub jects of
careful consideration, and added to the
text value of the work in its entirety
are many Photographic studies of t., p s.
customs and general life of the people
together with scenic glimpses of temples
gates. roads, tombs. junks, gorges and
whirlpools, and a frontispiece view of
The Cliff of the Thousand Gods"
FOUR MONTHS AFOOT IN SPAIN. BY
Harry A. Franck, author of "A Vaga-
bond Journey Around the World
illustrated with photographs. New
York: The Century Company.
Spain has been so Cook-toured, so writ
ten and lectured about and SO postcard
ed that Mr.. Franck's nimble pen offers
ability to reach the land of air castles,
spend four months footing it, and then
get back to New York for the sum OF
sire. To voyage by steerage and to weigh
the spend ng of each penny may not in
Spire the conventional traveller with an
ambition to go and do likewise. but there
is no discounting the charm of the jour-
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spite Superficial appearances of the va
garious and idiosyncratic. The book moves
with the evolution of art in France
through Christian, classic and modern
periods. giving rise respectively to Gothic.
Iclassic, romantic and realistic schools
Each establishes its national character,
and proves, as we'll. its immediate re-
Spouse to the intellectual and spiritual
I aspects of the period in which 1t grew.
The authors manner, simple. objective,
and in way poetic, with the excellent
| arrangement of this volume point the
study as one of high value to one seek,
ordinated sense Of art in France
HENRIETTA. BY E. Crosby Heath.
New YORK: John Lane Company.
There is nothing to say about Henri
eta, save that if you miss her acquaint-
ance your loss will. be something to
count A more surprising and delightful
little girl than Henrietta never lived in
New York, nor anywhere else. But-and
this is the main point of the matter-just
as surprising and delightful little girls
live everywhere. The trouble about these
others Is. there is no one by who Is in
tune to catch the drift of their aston
ishing activity. the points of their amaz-
ing imagination. Miss Heath is a wonder
at it. One puzzles over her. She hints
of maturity in certain ways. She inter-
prets. where children divine. She tran
ScribeS and puts in shape, where children
pass swiftly on, the last thing left stray
Cling and forgotten. Were it not Ior
these slight signs of the disability of age
one would count the author in with these
grand adventures in New York, perhaps
the instigator of some Of them, and al
ways a sort of Peter Pan accompaniSt
of every performance.
GENIUS AND OTHER ESSAYS. BY
Edmund Clarence Stedman. author
of The Nature and Elements Of
Poetry" etc. New York: Moffat,
Yard & Co.
Published twenty-five years ago, and
now-as then-a subject of discussion, the
first of these notable essays takes issue
with MIR. Howells on the source and es-
sence of genius. Following this discus
sion are studies of Keats. Blake, Sidney
I-anier, Whittier, Julia Ward Howe and
others, wherein the theories and argu-
ments relating to genius advanced by
Mr.. Stedman in the original essay take
ripest years and examples of his broad
critical faculty, these studies, Doth as lit
erature and method, are of high and en-
during value.
THE CHANGING CHINESE: The Con-
fict of Oriental and Western Gull
lures in China. By Edward Ais
worth Ross, Phi. D., LII. D.. author of
Social Control" etc. New York:
The Century Company.
China is the European middle ages
made visible
The author defines his subject in the
first illuminating line of the nearly 100
pages of his book. Having made his
assertion, he details with forceful clear
ness the conditions of Chinas past and
present, the medieval aspects of its
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library to extend the privilege to as
many of those who desire 1t as possible, IN
full justice to all. 1t may be that ar
rangements can be made TO repeat each
lecture either in the afternoon OF the
same day or on the following evening
If not then cards will be issued to those
who have registered UP to the capacity OF
the hall the names being chosen by lot
That there should be such widespread
and active interest in the subject OF pa mt
ing is very gratifying to those under
whose auspices the course has been ar
ranged
TWO large conventions are to be held in
! this city next month which will bring
to Washington many prominent persons
interested in art. These are the conven-
tons of the American Civic Association
and the American Institute of Architects.
The dates Of the two are almost identical
the institute beginning its sessions De-
cember II and the civic association De-
cember Is.
The special event in connection with the
convention held by the architects Will be
the award of the gold medal of the insti-
tute to George B. Post of New York
This medal is given for distinguished
service in the field of architecture, and
this will be only the third time it has
been conferred. 1t. was first given to Sir
Aston Webb, president of the Royal So
ciety of British Architects, and then, two
wears ago. to Char es Follen McKim.
None, it is said. has done more to de-
serve the honor than Mr. Post who for
over fifty years through his work and in
fiuence has striven to improve archltec-
tural standards In this country. He mas
been a member of the American Institute
of Architects for more than half a cen
tury is chevalier of the Legion of Hon
or of France and an honorary member
of the Royal Society of British Aren't
tects. Among the works which stand di-
rectIy to his credit are the buildings OF
the College of the City of New York
The ceremonies in connection with the
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ready to his hand on a point of rocks at
Prouts Neck. just after prolonged east
erly ga e. when the Atlantic was III Is
most spectacular mood Never had ne
given such a free rein to his brush III the
broad, emphatic, confident description OF
the ponderous and magnificent onset OF
the pillows along that exposed, rock.
bound shore of Maine. The mingling OF
reality and mystery. of rude strength and
atmospheric del cacy lin this picture) is
unique in this field of painting. There Is
nothing more wonderful in the achieve
ments of the artist than the ease ana GER
tainty with which he has rendered TINS
simple effect of organ strength overlaid
by an unspeakab'e charm of atmosphere
and ennobled by the incessant ordered
movement, the rhythm of wave and TIDE.
ebb and flow, the poetic expression or the
eternal cycle Of life in the world of ma
ture Nor is there anything more perfect
in all his works. so far as the compete
avoidance Of commonplace is concerned
i'm all this direct. simple, vlrile setting
forth of the truth of everyday phe-
nomena.
THAT the National Gallery should own
this mastery painting is not only appro-
pirate, but a matter for congratulatlon.
THE course Of lectures on the history
! Of naintinc to be given this winter
Al the Public Library under the auspices
of the Washington So iety of the Fine Arts
has proved already very popular. 1t was
announced fortnight or more ago that
all persons registering for the entire
course would receive supplementary read
ing lists compiled and furnished by the
PnbIic Library Before the first lecture
was given. Friday of last week, 200 per-
sons had registered. and that evening the
registration was 400 making 600 in all
Unfortunately, the hall seats only 800
What solution will be found to this diffl-
cplt nrobIem is not yet known, but every
effort will be made both by the Washing
ton Society of the Fine Arts and the Public
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Miss Annie Walter both contribute
drawings made out of doors, with a GER
tain evident niceness of feeling. Among
others we'll represented are Miss Mary p.
Godding Miss Florence Bryant Mrs.
Estabrook. Miss Lucy Lee Offutt, Miss
Mabel I-pdeeraf and Miss Emma Rice.
The exhibition will continue until the
first of December, when 1t will be re-
placed by a collection of paintings by
Philip Little Of Salem. Mass.
Al exhibition of sketches in color by
= William p. Silva will open in the
Veerhoff Gallery. on + street. Monday.
An artists sketch is to a great extent IA
private memorandum, more intimate and
often more significant than his finished
pictures. Mr.. Silva is specially skillful in
rapidly setting down impressions, and
mis- sketches are full of spontaneity and
charm. About 100 will be included in the
forthcoming exhibition, the majority OF
which have been painted within the past
TWO or three years Some were made
abroad. but the greater number in this
country. Special interest attaches TO
those Interpreting scenes in the south
n Charleston. Savannah, New Orleans
and the cities of Mississippi and Texas,
pictured.
TT is interesting to know that the High
! Chff-Coast of Name" in the Evans
National Gallery collection at the National
Museum, is repeatedly mentioned as one
of Winslow Homer's greatest works in
the elaborate, authorized biography OF
the artist by William Howe Downes,
which has just been published In let
ter written by Wlnslow Homer, which is
quoted, he, himself, refers to this pic
ture and saws, II cannot do better than
that" Mr. Downes writes of it enthu-
siastically as follows:
For this picture he found the subject
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through the family. regardless of the
ages of the readers.

THE ALL SORTS OF STORIES BOOK
BY Mrs. Lang. Edited by andrew
Lang. With five colored plates and
numerous other illustrations by
HI. ]. Ford. New York: Longmans.
Green &. Co.
There are stories in this preface"
says Mr.. Lang in his foreword to his
wife's collection of tales from all sources
and about all sorts of people. and dealing
with all periods in the worlds history.
By this Mr.. Lang means that the preface
is not merely formal presentation of the
text, but is in itself bit of reading. He
explains: THE stories We're written. as
they are given here. by Mrs. Lang; we
hunted for and caught them in all sorts
of books They include tales of my
theology. tales from the modern classics.
the story of the Gold Bug from Poe,
an abbreviation of the d Artagnan en-
listmentS in the trio of musketeers, and
in fact. a little of everything in the way
of folklore, history. fiction and tradition,
all told in Mrs. Langs own language
most effectively and simply and with
wealth Of beautiful colored and black and
white Illustrations, to make, with an ar
tistic binding, an exceptionally attractive
book within and without.
MISS BILLY. By Eleanor H. Porter.
With a frontispiece in color from
painting by Griswod Tying. Bos-
ton: L. c. Page Company.
What is more to be pitied. less under
stood and less sure Of her status in So
ciety than a young orphaned girl; and
what surprising number of complica-
tons she is liable to encounter when,
after the death Of her aunt. she seeks
refuge with her fathers dearest friend
and schoolfellow. who, with two younger
brothers and a like number of man
servants, live in a big, lonely home on
Beacon Hill in Boston. Strange and intri-
cate is the story in which her fathers
dearest frieno' had gone to meet young
boy at the Norl.' station and had found
a blushing, cor fused young girl: and
many years later had gone out in search
of a daughter and had come back with a
wife" That, and more. is to be found in
ventures of Miss Billy Nelson. First OF
all is her name leading one to think her
a boy, when not spoken Of as Miss Neil
son. Secondly, and the primary cause
of most Of the complexities, is that banal-
ity the busybody. thinking "she saw
now matter that sorely needed her
guiding hand The author has made
the most of her material and terminated
the intricacies of the plot into natui al
and logical endings by which they all
lived happily ever after Isn't that al
story? There is very little in Miss
Billy to be taken seriously, but the
book is SO attractive, so absorbing are
the complications and SO iaughanle are
various little Witticisms inserted here and
there throughout, that when the end OF
the story is reached one is inclined to
smile with joy for having read IT..
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Del. He was making at the time Of his
death first and brief sojourn abroad.
THE Sketch Club which is an informal
1 organizatio of some of the younger
local artists, has resumed its regular
meetings for the season. These meetings
are held rIonday evenings. in Miss Rer-
tina E. Ferries studio. A costumed model
poses foI a couple of hours. and then
light refreshments are served The
sketches made are in many Instances
very clever, and during the period when
the model rests. as well as later. there is
conversation, mid discussions and genial
sociabilty. This club has been n exist
ence some years now. having been or
ganized by Mrs Leisenring before her
marriage, and having met for a consider
able time in her studio.
EVERETT /. WARMER has been at
Il work recently upon four etchings
two of Harvard and two of Yale build
ings. The Yale plates, Phelps Hail. and
THE Old Library are finished. and
prints of them are included in the Phila-
delphia Water Color Clubs annual exhi-
bition, which opened in the Pennsylvan.a
Academy building, in Philadelphia. yes
terday.
A exhibition of landscapes in water
color by Mrs. Hunt lwho as Miss
Una Clarke is well known in Washing
tom is being held at Providence, In the
museum of the Rhode Island School of
Design. Mrs. Hunts sketches and stu
dies made some years ago in Hawaii will
be recalled with interest and pleasure by
many on act cunt of their virile strength
and marked individuality.
LEILA MECHLIN
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A Brave DuIuther.

DEV. HERBERT L. TRENCHAM. in
IN lecture on Woman at a Metho-
dist church in Duluth. was condemning
this winters type Of hobble skirt
Its worse than last winters" he de-
clared. It's altogether immodest. |
wish all husbands had the courage of a
Duluth man l heard about recently.
This honest fellows wife turned com
placently from the mirror, and, smooth
ing her new hobb.e skirt-a skirt of that
ultra sort which must be put on with a
shoehorn-said:
Il wonder if the hobble skirt will ever
go out?'
MOT with me. the man answered
firmly.
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ney-from an armchair point of view.
from Gibraltar, with its "nnsl ng of
races that gave to the scene the aspect
of temperate India. or a secured and
rebuilt Egypt" the author takes in every
thng-the Moor-famed Guadalquiver, less
desirable than the old swimming hole
we all know about; Seville the &C
knowledged headquarters of the taurine
art, with Don Joses to spare, but. OF
the thousands of cisarreras so famed in
song and improperly. not ore was there
who could by any stretch of the magma
ton be cast for Carmencta " Toledo.
Madrid Salamanca-the way is described
step by step. and after that on through
the ancient kingdom of Galicia. up in o
The Land of the Basque" with a De-
scent into Aragon.' and then homeward.
Bull fights. lace mantllas. cathedrals
fans, art galleries. music, laughter, star
vat on and another bun fight by way of
farewell. give, each, it's expression TO the
adventures of the road.
To accent the realism of his travel the
author has interspersed his text with
tfty-odd photograI Ls-though he fails to
mention whether their purchase was in
cluded in the expenses of the trip In
general reference to the advantage of
travelling in his 'half-tramp fashion,.
Mr.. Franck considers that the person
ally conducted tourist who moves
through the country shut UP in a moving
room, carrying with one the modern lux
uries of home. is not travelling, though
it is called so by courtesy for lack of an
exact term. He who will gather the
real honey of travel must be on the enc.
a super at least on the stage itself, not
gossiping with his fellows In box" And,
also. he must be as ycuthfully vigorous
as Mr.. Franck.
A SAFETY MATCH. By Ian Hay. With
frontispiece by F. Graham Cootes.
Boston: Houghton Miffiin Company
When Daphne Vereker received an offer
of marriage from Sir John Carr. more
than twice her age. she accepted him with
little hesitation and without the least ap-
proach to love- To her 1t was merely
business arrangement that would enable
her to provide more sufficiently for the
needs of her father, brothers and sisters.
She being the eldest daughter of a wild
owered and poorly paid English clergy
man, the problem of domestic finance
bore heavily upon her, Sir John Carr
wanted some one to run his house for
him, and Daphne was quite up to his re-
qurements in all respects at that time.
Later, when he came to love her, and
found that she had not attained to that
plane of feeling, he was IN a difficulty
from which not even the shrewd and sem
sible advice of an old invalid Scotch wom-
an of his acquaintance could at that time
rescue him. Eventually matters worked
out satisfactorily, but not without close
approach to tragedy Mr.. Hay, who has
been doing some of the best fiction work
of the English writer's of late, has In this
story gone step ahead OF his past per-
formances and produced a novel excep-
tional for it's humor, strength and its
clean portrayal Of attractive humanity.
THE CHRONICLES OF CLOVIS. BY Fl.
H. Munro f"SakiD. New York.
John Lane Company.
These chronicles of the delectable