New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-22

Hake thinks that possibly the incom-
neteness of Isopers story was suggested
nv that of Ann In THE Confessions OF
an Opium Eater" and he aces: Inc
tantalizing methods OF the two writer's
I'm any case carry with them an enduring
advantage. To have left these two
women In the infinite is to have be-
oueathed them to us az imperishabie
phantoms haunting the shores OF old ro-
nance"
The Maharani's Book.
That clever Indian lady the Maharani
NJ Reroda-whose visit to this country
the reader will remember-has written a
book which will be published in the au-
tlmn. II is to be entitled THE Position
of Women In Indian Life" and Its main
point Is that It is not antagonism but
cooperation between the sexes that IS
required and that mans guidance is
necessary to help woman to attain the
highest of which she is capable.
Felix Motifs Will.
The late Felix Motif was the owner OF
a magnificent library and Of many rare
musical autographs, most Of which, we
are glad to learn. will be kept together.
The library and the original manu-
scripts of Haydn and Beethoven have
been bequeathed to the city OF Vienna.
Some compositions by Hutnmel VIII go
to his native city of Presburg, while
interesting musical manuscripts from the
pens Of Wagner, Bellini and Berlioz VIII
be sold at auction.
"The Spies March,
Mr.. Rudyard Kipling has contributed
to a volume published for the benent Oh
a hospital poem excellently fitted 10 us
purpose. 1t is called THE Spies March
II is a picture Of the spies Of death. the
doctors who risk their lives In spying out
disease. It is said to be founded on
phrase from q letter apparently written
| by a physician fighting the plague IN ti'e
East: Death is a queer chap TO live
with for steady company Here are
some Of Mr.. Kiplings lines:
Trained for another use.
We march with colors furled.
| Only concerned when Death breaks loose
On a front of half world.
| Only for General Death
! Our yellow flag may n.y.,
| While we take post beneath
| That is the place for spy. , .ou
Where Death has spread His pinions over
| nations and Dominions-
Then there is work for spy!
| The dropping shots begin.
The single funerals pass.
! Our skirmishers run In,
The corpses dot the grass:
The bowling towns stampede.
The helpless villages ole.
| Now II is war indeed
| Now there is work for spy!
| o, Peoples, Kings and Lands. we are walt
ing your commands
What is the Work for spy?
! Drums)-Death is upon US, spy!
Go where His pickets hide
4, Unmask the shapes they take,
Whether q gnat from the waterslde,
| Or singing fly In the brake,
Or filth Of the crowded street,
| Or sick rat limping BY,
| Or a smear of spttle dried In the neat
That Is the work OF spy!
Stay by Him. girth to girth,
Wherever the Pale Horse wheels.
| Sleep with His sentries, ear to earth,
| And bark what the grave reveals,
| For the smoke Of our torment rolls
Where the pyres are blazing high,
What do we care Tor men podles OF
Death is upon us, spy!
astoria"
A new edition Of Washington Irving's
Astoria" has been issued by the T. Y.
Crowell Company in good time to mark
the founding of Astoria, hundred years
ago. and the Lewis and Clark" COM
memoration.
French Books In Canada.
The delegation Of French authors who
consulted with Sir Wilfrld Laurier the
other day about Canadian copyright are
now, at his request, drafting a memo
randum to explain the situation caused
by Canadian denunciation Of the Berne
Convention. These authors, who find
French Canadians to be their faithful
readers. think that Sir Wilfrid's attitude
gives them reason to hope that they will
not incur the unfavorable treatment &C
corded to Americans-the new Canadian
copyright bill being mainly directed
toward protecting the Dominion from
the INVASION or lne CHlleu DldlSs'
Canadian Readers.
An interesting statement Is made by
Mr.. John Lane, who has lately taken
business journey through Canada 1.-THE
people of Canada" declares the pub
Usher, "ln proportion to population read
more books than are read IN any coun-
try in the world"
Naval Strategetics.
Admiral A. T. Mahan's new book Is TO
be published simultaneously in Boston
and in London early IN the autumn. 1t
is to be entitled Naval Strategetics."
FORGOTTEN Work by Lander.
A series OF dialogues and letters which
Walter Savage Lander wrote for Leigh
Hunts Monthly Repository" under the
general title Of High and Low Life In
Italy" has been for many years prac-