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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-06-05

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buyers. Advertise In the Star.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-28

In 1870 the hour was advanced to 10
q m. with occasional changes to ii until
1910. From 1911 to 1885 no hour Is men
toned in the votes for resumption on
the following day, but from the latter
wear the time at which the Speaker would
take the chair was usually notlned as
or $3.50 D. m. On July IS, 1885, this was
again advanced to 3:45, at which hour II
remained until 1883, when o'clock was
returned to- The present time OF meet
ing is 2:45 %. m. 1t is worth noting, also,
that It was William Lenthall, the Speaker
of the Long Parliament who on January
8, 1641, fixed the quorum of the House
of Commons at It's present number. AS
late as 1901 an attempt was made TO raise
the limit to sixty. but without avail, and
forty IL remains to this day Mr. Dasent
also directs attention to the ancient lin
cage and irreproachable social status OF
the Speakers Of the commonwealth.
An interesting record. by the way, is
that Of two brothers. Sir Randolph
Crewe. the ancestor Of the earls Of
Crewe. and Sir Thomas Crewe. who both
held the Speakership in the reign OF
James /
With the accession Of George ! the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-28

makes the story readable. Mrs Maxon
is suffering from incompatibility of tenn
perament-her husbands temperament,
of course. SO she leaves him, gets into
a company Of liberal theorists. who man
age to keep their theories comfortably
apart from their conduct Of life, and, OF
course, falls in love with another man.
With the zeal of the new convert, she
takes the new teaching literally, and in
sists on the utmost publicity. An Irish
journalist-this is an English story, Of
course-puts the case neatly In nut
shell. 1.-THE tribe must have customs
he says In substance; without customs,
even bad ones, 1t could not continue to
exist" Yet even he comes within the
Influence Of the problem" in the end.
Mr.. Hope leaves it unsettled, of course,
but presents the social side Of the case
in a telling way, embodying 1t In a
cleverly planned and executed story,
whose plot involves a great number OF
men and women.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-28
Literary ,NesOs and Criticism

I hut the precedent Of comforting peeraso
was not renewed for many years
There is much difference of opinion 40
to the actual date of the separation Va
the two houses of Parliament. A seven
teenth century authority maintained ''"'
they delberated apart. or, at ieas| sa'e
their assents separately. as early as i|o''
hut since the parlaments held peiore
1os4'65 apparently included no fhore
popular element than the Barohs anu
Prelates. the author holds II SAFER u 40
sumo that the division into Two houses
did not take place until early In the reign
., p,dward iii. the Lords and Commons
,,rdoubtedlv making separate grants IN
1920 and 1889. In fact, 1t may well DC
that the two, while meeting togetner on
the opening day Of a new Parliament
never at any time deliberated In the same
chamber.
statute of the reign Of Richard IL
dealt with the subject Of absence rrom
sessions Of Parliament, and early III '"e
sixteenth century an act was pas.eu
which laid down the rule that no hiie""
citizen or burgess do depart until far-
lament be fully finished except ne nave
license Of the Speaker and the sans oo
entered in the book Of the cierK' upo"
pain of losing his wages:
In tho reign Of Queen Elizabeth; ano
nrohablv earlier, the House was csile ,Sa,, a.
the oncning of every session, ana a r,,ns
hers in their places answered tneir mai reS.
Put IN snite Of ell attempts 10 insult oye
,-Iar attendance there were frequent Go
Wants nIai 81 scanty houses in Tudor tlm tS
p ana even such expedients as locking tns
doors and forcibly preventing eiho %
e,so,n leaving proved lneHec.u.ai' - 49,
bae a. ever been possible TO devise any
nffect,1al machinery for securing .ui az ~
tendanee The accurate reporting l gn %
Snbates publication Of division nsts anu
o ctea eerce light which now beats upon the
doines Of private members mas cone
r,ors 70 insure constant ATTENDANCE IMAM
any nenal resolutions passed by the House.
The House met early in Elizabethan
davs. During the Commonwealth and the
roign Of Charles II 1t usually adjourned
urti, o a. m. on the following morning
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-28
COINCIDENCE.

THE JOB SECRETARY. An Impression.
BY Mrs. Wlfrid Ward l2mo. PIP 20.
Longmans, Green & Co.
This history is little more than sketch
of novel. The main idea is good one.
but as the author is concerned with that
alone. and only with the characters d.
rectly concerned the book lacks variety.
In fact. this exclusive preoccupation with
the one idea. without counterpart or
complications. leads to an impression OF
monotony. A novelist is writing a new
book. His secretary is forced to leave
her post for a while. and he engages a
Job secretary" or. as we would say. "A
substitute. Now, 1t SO happens that the
novelist's invention is the reality of the
substitutes life, and 1t also happens that
the two other personages concerned in
the episode are friends Of his. This
Is stretching the arm of fictional coinci-
dence To its fullest length. but Mrs
Ward might have carried it off well
enough had she chosen TO work out the
mere impression" she offers in its I'M
softened drectness
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-28
lMPOSTURE.

GEORGE THORNE BY Norval Richard
son trontispiece in colors by John
Goss. Emo PIP. 800 Boston r. C.
The redemption Of an impostor is the
theme or Mr. Richardson's readable
story. The man deliberately plans the
imposture suggested 10 him by news
paper story of the kidnapping Of a child
twenty years before. He plans it with a
paucity of detail, a moderateness az
statement that in itself must bring con-
viction. and proceeds to the conquest. in
this -blooded. dishonest way. Of what
he has always wanted and desired
wealth, position, the pleasant atmosphere
OF culture. In the game he plays he meets
one dangerous enemy: woman who
dlsbelleves his story the moment he tells
II, and informs him of her doubt. II ,s
the duel between these two that proves
To he an important factor I'm the unfold
ing OF situation that ultimately places
the man face to face with his real SELF
The author has a good grip on his sub
ject from the very first. and never re.
lakes IT,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-28
SIR THOMAS LOWELL.

,er ere given and discussed. NJ. Hano-
taux does not attempt TO VlhdIcate
Jeanne dare, for to do so would be
needless. He, however defends her
against the bitter, partisan attacks and
defamations that have lately been made.
He has practically exhausted the subject.
His history may be compared to an eX-
ouiste stained glass Gothic window. The
book is beautifully gotten up, and almost
every one of its 421 pages bears engrav-
ings illustrating the text. NJ. HanotauX
has done for Jeanne dare what he has
already accomplished for Richelieu. This
new Life" comes at the right time, and
is an invaluable contribution to history.
c. Z.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-28

tail his successes and nom IN
Tho course of a quest upon which he en-
tered with evident enthusiasm, is wen
worth studying as a measure OF the sui
unknown or but little known riches Oh
English historical portraiture. what he
has been able TO achieve by well dlrecl-
Of nersistence has convinced him that or
the long list of Speakers whose portraits
he has not been able to trace many must
vet be represented in paintings mlnia-
lures. stained glass windows memorial
brasses and monumental efhgles that
may vet be identified. Mr.. Lane also
comments on the curious ignorance. or at
least uncertainty, OF many families con-
corning the careers of their iorepeaIs
or the identity Of old portraits In thehr
possession. He advocates the establish
nent Of q Royal Historical PORTRAITS
Commission on the principles OF that on
historical manuscripts. On the subject or
the broadside of members Of Parliament
f,s27). which is reproduced on this page,
Mr.. Lane expresses the conviction that
although this is the earliest picture or
sitting Of the House he could discover, he
is vet convinced that still earlier ones
must be in existence. and may come 10
light. He also states. the announcement
in the title TO the contrary notwithstand-
inc. that he has discovered a number OF
portraits Of Speakers not reproduced In
the book for various reasons, and, when
reaching the collection of portraits in the
Speakers official residence. declares 1t
10 be national loss" that the rule that
each Speakers portrait is TO be added to
that collection on his retirement was not
introduced until the advent Of Speaker
Addington. at the close of the eighteenth
or the beginning Of the nineteenth CEN
tury
MIR. Dasent opens his pages with the
genesis of Westminster" paying tribute
cities selected for the meetings of the
earliest known Parliaments, but he
adds ito Westminster undoubtedly be-
nnes the distinction of having witnessed
me dawn Of the English constitution /
ing John held a cOliOquium SsrsSf9
in 1904. for the purpose o. sro> ifUt 5
grant i'm aid Hunny ID O ns' 5..r,oos
for the convocau II AZ soryU fA.'-
lament. in 1928 .s.t CT th proceedings
of these assemblies nothing is known.
ana no returns 10 them have been pre-
served. 1t was Henry. however. who
chose TO identify himself with Westnin-
ster and to lavish upon the rebuilding OF
the Church Of the Confessor enormous
sums of money.
The first of the Speakers to be dealt
with here is Peter de Montfort 12JS):
the first whose portrait has been traced,
Sir Thomas Hungerford 0376). Sir John
Tiptoft. who was Speaker in 14O5-'OG,
was the first 10 enter what Pulteney, in
the eighteenth century. called that hos
pital for inValids.' the House Of Peers.
my Lord Bath" said Walpole. on meet
ing his old opponent in the Upper House,
.'you and ! have now become two OF the
most insignificant fellows in England
Summoned as Baron Tiptoft In 1926, his
son was created Earl of Worcester In 1919;
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-28
JEANNE D'ARC
A Kindling Study by M. Gaorlel
Hanotaux.

Paris, May IL
NJ Gabriel Hanotaux. Member or the
u,rorcb Academy, former Minister or
Foreign Affairs and biographer OF h'c"-
eIieu. has completed his Life or Jeanne
dare" which is published To-Day py
uachette. The Maid Of Orleans. in spite
of the violent denunciations or socianS'7'
free-thinkers and atheists. and notwith-
standing the cold mathematical reasoh-
ings of materialists, remains In the pop
ular mind the grand mystic personih-
cation of France. NJ. Anatole France IN
his ponderous. carefully thought out
volumes. stripped the national heroine
of many poetic but fantastic legends
end adduced strong evidence to support
his theory that Jeanne dare never
worked miracles, never had a divine
mission. and was merely a strong mind
ed, vigorous woman. and very much ike
other great leaders Of military move
ments, depending for success and VIC
tory on sound generalship, sudden unex-
pected attacks and careful preparation.
a rev days ago the ndtloiihi St"tiJ 49,
tival in commemoration Of Jeanne dare
was celebrated at Orleans with unprece-
dented enthusiasm, and the government
wisely allowed the military and civic
functionaries Of the republic to take part
in it. permitting the blue and white ban
ners of the Maid Of Orleans TO wave side
by side with the national flag.
NJ. Hanotaux. in his scholarly. impair
tial book, has collected. and condensed
into practical shape. all the essential
data bearing upon the life Of Jeanne
dare and her mission He has, more
over, set forth with great force and pict-
uresqueness the impressions evoked by
this artless and luminous figure" at
all the critical periods Of French history.
NJ. Hanotaux finds that In spite OF the
zeal and fervor of French thinkers and
writer's Of the sixteenth century, it is
not in France that was pronounced the
noblest eulogism Of Jeanne dare, but
I'm England, and cites passages from
Shakespeares play King Henry VI as
presenting the finest description ever
written of the national French heroine.
The apprecations OF Voltaire and Schil-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-28

Ihese periods are contemporary with
those In Egypt, so far as we can ascer-
tain. Hence the Mediterranean civiliza-
ton seems a distinct unit. rising and fall
ing together as one body. The NIesono-
tamian civilization is in a different mia
to that of the Mediterranean. hnt its
period is about the same.
similar period Of about ZOO ,oors
has occurred In India and Mexico ThS
Etruscan sages assigned /. 100 wears as
t .lle period OF a race, after which il must
be succeeded by another. '''"''
me various activities of man. accord
~, ,i,S ~ 'luieSsor Petrie are related I'm
me, me sam, anne order in each successive period
rms can be best traced in the MaSian ra
and Classical periods v'b,rn '.' az
o o, sculpture painting, literature mmsIc
over 's Son,e science and wealth spread
" "oro some some, seven centuries. These Stages
the order v vl together in earlier ages. hut
can be traced. same 81 Tar as
lie starting point of each civilization
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-28
The New Italy.

American and Italian methods are con-
trasted IN FREDERICK Carlanda's work
La Terza Italia" an English translation
of which is coming from the press Of tbe
Putnnms The book contains shar,
criticism upon the Italian government
and It - stated thar Some Of its readers
started and carried To completion a sub
scriptlon 10 pay for the presentation of
a copy Of the book to every one Of the
sos Deputies In Parliament"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-28
THE FATE OF EMPIRES
Civilization a "Recurrent Phenome-
nom

From The London Globe.
1.-The meaning of life has in all ages
been the goal of human thought and the
great extension of our knowledge Of the
past by the researches of recent years.
enables us now To view the course Of
human changes with more completeness
than has been the case before. In place
Of looking on the fall Of the Roman En-
pire as monstrous and ineXplicable fact.
we now see that civilization is not only
ntermitt ct, but is a regularly recurrent
phenomenon"
This was the theory proopunded by
Professor Flinders Petrie in lecture de-
livered 1T the Royal Institution last
nigh, on "The Revolutions Of Civiliza-
ton"
In Egypt said the lecturer, we can
trace eight civilizations: the first pre-
historic the second historic, the early
dynastic, the pyramid builders, the Mid
die Kingdom CXIIth dynasty), the En-
pire (XVlIIth dynasty, the Greek and
the Arab The rise and fall OF art in
each Of these periods can be well illus
trated. Similar periods are found in
Europe, the Early Middle and Late Gre
tan, the Classical and the Medieval.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-28

Speakership acquired a permanent char
acter heretofore unknown. Sir ROBERT
Walpole taught the nation TO look upon
the House Of Commons as the real seat
of power in the Legislature. The author
devotes the proper amount of space to
the great Arthur Onslow. the third mem
her of his family to occupy the chair,
which he held through five successive
parliaments. from 1927 to 1914. The au
thor practically ends his record with tina
Hon John Evelyn Denison Gs6S. only
briefly reviewing the careers of his sue
cessors. and with the reticence which he
holds to be due to our contemporaries.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-28

---as Of each generation-is a no,x.,
blood. Without fusion OF race nos o.
start can be made. About sig ~ aesh
centuries Is needed for the rice 4, e'snt
sculpture stage. The growth ~ c,,',,, NE
ton largely consists in lengthen,r, :
OF the subsequent stages Of actiyitv a vu,
dlminution OF the stagnant period i n.
fore a new mixture is started De-
period seems 10 bciong To tho me
and not to the country. and ls ks rps
the people when they go to lana oy
different phase. va
Though. no doubt. climatic nsr,.,
have a precipitating effect in ,hron"c'
one people on tn another, yet the r,es
regularity Of interval Of the stages
growth OF civilization point to a rac,,I
determinant. This may be the TIM a,e
quired TO promote the maximum Vt y,
ure Of different strains in two ,n
which are I'm contact ss
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-28
FICTION
Local Color, Romance, Coinci-
dence and Imposture.
IN SOUTH AFRICA.

THE CLAW. BY Cynthia Stockley. 12mo.
PIP. 49, G.. =. Putnam's Sons.
The advent Of South Africa in English
that OF India and Australia. Canada Is
beginning TO have its day, rather. how
ever, in such a rare picture as Mrs
Cotess 'Imperialist" than in the many
tales of its Northwest, which in sgnifi
canoe and substance are essentially the
continuation Of the romance Of our own
vanished last frontier.
Miss Stockley is a novelist of promise
and OF increasingly able performance.
Her new book is a notable advance In
every regard over its predecessor,
Poppy" Her plot is stronger and of
wider scope, h picture is more signifi-
cant, her choice of time and place more
confidently daring than i'm the earlier
book. She feels the potency the subtle
spell of Nature on the barren veldt, she
realizes the magic Of its call, which,
once heard, is never forgotten. II in
her descriptions she does not reach the
strength of Olive Schreiner on the one
hand. or the luxurious beauty Of Dolf
Wyllarde on the other. she yet succeeds
in creating an atmosphere that is part
of her characters and their lives which
are set in the days Of the Matabele war
and the defeat of Lobengula She shows
us the men fighting on the frontier from
the point of view OF the anxious women
in lager at the fort. and does It SUI
premely well. In her choice of hero and
heroine may be traced a certain predi-
LECTION for types which are not alto
, gether unfamiliar, and which she used
before but in far different manner, in
Poppy" She has her own point Of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-28

ern affairs. has completed poO a.
those affairs. and McClurg VIII Ia.
It i'm the autumn. II is TO pe
THE Coming China"
Stories About Monkeys. ~
All that is known 10 science ,p
South African monkeys "ill oe y, rr.
a forthcoming hook by MI. r. nj,
simons. director of the fof' bssr
Museum. The work VIM" - scst,
the title OF THE MonkeNioN
Africa" is packed with ane''o''
Artist and Author. nsi
NJ. Besnard tire P''"'' ,.,s uhss
travelling with his wife IN 'nu," MIX.
he is presumably drawing III ~ ,,arel'
walls of writing an account OF ~ mu ..
an account which is said 10 7"
life and color.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-28

whose ancestors sat on the throne NJ ,ha
Servian Empire centuries ago. The story
never gets beyond the subterrapean
stage OF plot and counterpart there IS no
lighting I'm it, but in its stead the new
realm conquered by man and its dan
gers 10 the conqueror. The scene con-
stantly shifts further East, from Rheims
10 'he Riviera, 70 Italy, and thence
across the Adriatic to the mountains Of
Montenegro, where the story ends. II is
an 'nseniously contrived romance
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-28
THE HOTEL DE VILE AT BEAUOA IRE.
From a photograph in "In the Rhone Country

view, her own minor purposes, her own
way Of setting the stage and deciding
the fate OF her leading characters. Her
plot dominates their emotional advent
ures from without. but It leaves them
room to proceed most Of the way with
dent Of the hand that holds the wires.
The woman. at least. is real Her de
nouement is little melodramatic and
not altogether convincing. but, as
whole. the book is a capital picture Of
story and technically an excellent piece
Of work
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-28
The Speakership in the British
House of Commons.

SoI5MONS FROM THE EARLIEST
DAYS TO THE PRESENT DAY. with
a Topographical Description or Mese.
Record of the Principal CONSTITUTIONS
Changes During Seven centuries. 10y
Arthur Irwin Dasent. With Notes OH
the Illustrations by john Lane. anu &c q
Portrait of Every Speaker where one
Is Known to Exist. Svo, pp. Nl' 500
The John Lane Company.
This stable volume. covering nearly
seven centuries Of British Parliamentary
history. and dealing with the careers OF
some hundred and thirty Speakers, has
a certain quality of RESPONSIVENESS that
adds decidedly to its readable. its popu-
lar quality. but at the cost of certain
measure Of strict continuity. Not con-
tent with adhering closely to his nam
tonic. comprehensive though 1t be, MI.
Dasent weaves into IT a Typographical
and architectural history Of Westmin-
ster. with the purpose Of impressing upon
his readers the closeness OF the connec-
tion which existed formerly between the
Abbey and the seat OF English govern
ment. He digresses freely In otner III
,ections in order to introduce inlorha-
zion whose inherent historical interest
q must be added. frequently, but not al
WAYS. iustifies his course. The numerous
illustrations form so important part OF
the work that a word about them is nee
essary at the start.
The portraits Of Speakers of Parlia-
nent reproduced here from various
sources number over eighty, beginning
with Sir Thomas Hungerford the earliest
holder Of the Office of whom picture is
available Q376). and ending with the
present Speaker. the Hon. James Will
lam Lowther. The tracing ana cohectioh
of this important pictorial gallery Is the
work of Mr.. Dasent's publisher. Mr.. John
Lane, whose introduction. relating IN oe-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-28
DOUBLE HARNESS.

MRS. MANON PROTESTS BY Anthony
Hope. illustrated nv r. f. Scha hetz.
l2mo. Pr. 362. Harper Il Bros.
This is study Of the marriage ques-
ton but with a difference. MI Hope
doe. not undertake defence. much less
the advocacy. Of the higher morality
nonsense. He looks at the case he pre-
sents from an impartial point OF view
which Is fun Of common sense and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-28

One picturesque and typically English
touch he adds In the end, when he IN
forms US that the present Speaker took
the Chair Of the House exactly six hun
dred years after a member Of his family
sat as knight Of the shire for Westmore-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-28
brakes Cup.

One Of the illustrations in N. a..
published volume on the family q, 9.
Francis Drake shows the beaut,n,, a.,
most artistic cup given to the gres, a..
man by Queen Elizabeth. Sir Frs,,.
returning from lands afar, had bror,.,
to the Queen what was then resa,,.
as great curiosity-a cocoanut ~.
made into cup. highly polished and =.
graved. was. by the Queens orders a,
quisitely set in gold and mounted q, ..
back Of a golden dragon. brakes 81,
the Golden Hind, crowned in gold y.
golden cover. Thus beautifed, n. ~,
was returned to the man the Queen A.
lighted to honor. The dragon was
happy device. since 'El Draque" was -.
name the Spaniards had given to y.
admiral
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-28
LITERARY NOTES.

A book which promises to hold ,
interest for the lovers Of litera,r,.
taking shape under the hand ~ ~.
accomplished critic. Professor Pa,s,..
II is devoted to a fascinating suh,...
the great literary appeal Of Geon..
Chaucpr
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-28
Dr.. D. j. Hills New Book.

DR.. David Jayne Hill's new book q, :.
bear the rather ponderous title OF w.,
Organization as Affected by the Na,r..
Of the Modern State" The poss,hn.
Of universal peace is 10 be dlscp,,,,
therein.