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netitors. are preparing to take their
share.
Peru. according to Mr.. Martin, ts the
South American country that at present
offers the greatest opportunities to for
eign capital and trade. It's natural re-
sources are enormous. and their serious
DEVELOPMENT was only recently begun.
Though possessing only a few good har'
bors the coast is free Of rocks and shoals,
and numerous navigable rivers reach 1t
from the interior. Sugar planting Is
profitable, but the primitive method or
gathering rubber is ruinous as the trees
are not tapped. but simply cut down.
Timber, cotton, cocoa, rice, barley,
maize, sheep raising, gold. silver, cop
per, coal. Oil, nitrate guano-here Is n
new Eldorado awaiting exploitation.
Railroads are being built and highroads
in course OF construction. The book does
not stop there. however. 1t gives full in
formation concerning the finances of the
country, about banks. wages and labor,
the cost of living, steamship lines. freight
rates subsidies, manufactures, electric
plants, breweries and what not, together
with summaries of the Peruvian laws
concerning foreign concessions, immigra-
ticn, mining, workmen's compensation
and the like.
Mr.. Martin considers Lima the most
desirable place of residence in South
America. lac discusses also the govern
ment, matters of education and public
hygiene the Peruvian press and public
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social customs and doings, and OF his
adventures and activities I'm his official
capacity. His were the days of our
older consular system, or, rather, lack of
system, for he owed his appointment to
the late James G. Blaine. He confesses
that when he received IL he not only
knew not e word Of Portuguese, but did
not even have the faintest idea Of where
the town was situated. Still, he evident
ly became an efficient public servant,
drawing upon his reports TO Washington
for part of his material OF course, he
had many extraordinary experiences. not
the least amusing to VS., but annoying to
him, being the letters he received from
American manufacturers and merchants
desrous of establishing trade relations
with the Brazlians. Major Kerbey sees
in the enormous region OF the Anna on,
which now produces nothing but rubber,
another country OF the future. In fact,
all the writer's whose books have been
reviewed above unite in foreseeng for
South America future no less promis-
ing than our own
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BOOKS IN PARIS
Felicien Champsaur - Balzac
and Duchess.

Paris, April ID
NJ. Felicicn Champsaur is disciple OF
Theophilc Gautier, and also Of Pierre
Lott, with here and there traces OF
Gabrielle d'Annunzio. He is by no means
a philosopher or deep thinker. He Is a
literary sybarite, somewhat Of the but
terfly order, and dwells upon the sensu-
Gus side OF humanity. He is essentially
a Latin writer, and his style Is admirably
suited TO descriptions Of Southern Italy,
the Levant and the Far East. His lat
est novel, "Poupee Japonaise. pub"
lished by Vasquelle, is a romantic tale OK
a young English naval officer who, dur
ing his stay in Yokohama. weds Same
yama, a charming Japanese girl OF good
family. who has been rescued by him
from the mousmes Of the Yoshiwara.
The story Is embroidered with tales.
fables and legends Of Yeddo. One fnds
here quaint anecdotes Of the kamis Sou
mida, or elves that emerge during rho
night from the stems OF aquatic plants
and sally forth to make love to forlorn
maidens. There is the tragic legend OK
the young lovers Matsu and Mayeni, and
the fantastic notion OF the magic spirit
OF tea, and OF the ELF OF boiling water.
who is induced to sing" by the sprite
Of fire. This light and fascinating book
Of 900 pages contains beautiful descrip'
tions and fanciful selections Of japanese
folklore, which make one lose sight OF
the slender and somewhat perfunctory
thread of the novel. La Poupee Japo-
naise" is not work to be read straight
through from start 20 finish like an ordi-
nary novel. 1t may be far better appre-
ciated 10y opening 1t at random and
reading here and there short passages
which impart delightful aroma of the
poetic aspects OF japanese nature.
The book contains over three hundred
Illustrations by two exceedingly clever
Japanese artists-Hanafusa Ittcho and
IIaru- Kawa-and many of these are in
colors \ brief but interesting preface
is written by NJ Henri Lavedan, of the
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itself is well planned, its plan, chiefly
that of making South America better
known to us of the North, having thus
far been ably carried out. Not the least
part of this general purpose is sy3-
tematic propaganda for the development
of our trade with these markets so near
our doors. which yet, owing in no small
part to the indifference Of our manu-
facturers and their unwillingness TO con-
form to their needs and demands, and
their systems Of payments and credits,
are so largely in English. German and
French hands. with Italy looking up rs
fourth competitor. Mr.. Winter forces
the point home once more with many Il
concrete instance.
He writes informingly and entertain
ingly Of the Chilians, their manners and
customs. their life in city and country.
their steady progress, their natural re-
sources. trade and industries, education,
political institutions and history He
first visits that enormous coast line Of
2625 miles, from the tropics 10 the
eternal SHOWS or Terra gel fucSo. Ines
ribbon of land between the Pacific and
it's natural western boundary. the An
des. is one hundred miles at its widest
and only sixty-five at its narrowest.
Inland IS therefore, never far from
the sea. One-fourth Of its territory Is
made up Of islands, among them being
Juan Fernandez, made famous by Alex
ander Selkirk and Defoe, and Pascual,
with it's prehistoric mammoth stones and
their undecipherable inscriptions. Mr..
Winter, by the way, ascribes not little
Of the Chilians' energy 10 the Araucani-
ans, the manifest Indians Of the southern
half of the continent. Of course, there is
q chapter on that strange laboratory of
nature" the nitrate fields
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iSsl How Colonel z. ID. Baker saved
the Pacific States TO the Union. 10y
Elijah r. Kennedy. win i,ls,i,s Tonn.
Svo, Do. xiv, Sol. Ioughton Miiiilh Coh'-
pany.
A professor I'm one OF our leading uni
yersitIcs. visiting the Capitol at WASH
ipeton. halted in one OF its rooms before
a statue, read the inscription on us pase'
and asked who was Baker?
With this anecdote Mr.. Kennedy opens
the preface to his story Of the preserVa-
ton TO the Union of the Pacific Coast In
1861. 1t forms a dramatic page Ill the
history Of the crisis Of the nation, hither-
10 strangely neglected by our historians
Mr.. Kennedy asserts that their neglect
of an deliberately planned secession that
came to naught has been due, most Oh
all, to their profound ignorance OF the
true state OF affairs in California. oregon
and the territories during the decade
preceding the war.
RE fills a lacuna in the chronicle OF the
! times. and fills it we'll with fulness OF
fret hand knowledge. since he himself
was an eyewitness Of and to some extent
{ participator in it all. He tells 1t with
contagious enthusiasm FOR his hero. AM
with the picturesquencss that Will be
forever associated with the early history
of the Coast. 1t was. indeed, the roman
tic chaos that prevailed there during the
DAYS Immediately succeeding the ces-
sion OF California by Mexico that made
possible the plottings and the close ap-
proach 10 success OF tie secossionists
that followed
Secession was. indeed, mootcd already
in the first days after the annexation,
owing to the shameful neglect of the
territory by the national government
1t continued TO be agitated after state
hood had been granted. two years later
it was discussed by the great vigilance
committee Of 1SJi-the project gradually
growing into the advocacy If a Pacific
republic. 20 include Oregon and the tor
ritories - we'll The slavery question
played it's part, since the early immigra q
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civilization What ne gives us here, in
stead. are the impressions Of a great
and exceptionally able statesman en-
Nacances. and he does it with the grace
and lightncss OF touch of his race at
its best. His book indeed, has the
charm Of good after dinner talk, jumping
lightly from subject 10 subject from the
easy assimilation of the Latin imml-
grant by his new Latin environment to
the suitableness of the letter of North
American institutions 20 South Ameri-
can tampcraments and political condi-
tons. from the high standard Of morality
observable in the great cities 10 the life
of the pampas, with here an interesting
depression about curious trees, there an
observation on Italian influences in
architecture. and elsewhere q delicious
account Of visit to the zoo at Buenos
Ayres, where they were having trouble
with some Young penguins, which
would die OF spleen if they were not fed
with forcing pipe, like English suffra-
sottes'
The director OF the institution. NJ.
Onelli. offered the distinguished visitor
the hospitality OF his home The door
was opened by servant with young
puma in her arms and hairy monde
script crnging to her back, snakes lay
coiled i'm the armchairs, and-M. Gle
mcnceau suddenly remembered that he
must start for Palermo at once. As for
parrots:
stiu bold with parliaments and with
uaTTots which debate in the branches.
know not what they find TO talk about but,
Judged by the criterion Of noise adopted at
home, " must be of great importance.
When We leach them to speak our Ian
guagc. 7 am aware they utter the words,
but attach no nearing to them l nave
known humans to do the same without the
birds excuse.
when ~. Clemenceau speaks on seri-
Gus subjects it Is with all the authority
Of his achievements. lucidly, to the point
with dlscernmcnt. Dr. Cabred's insti'u-
ton for the insane in Argentina ihe
Omen Door" is no doubt, not UNKNOWN
10 our own alienists. The author places
II at thu head Of all institutions OF us
kind known to him. a model to be fol-
lowed. Voluntary work IS Or. Caored
method, and. it seems, he has only one
failure to chronicle, in the case OF
philosophical lunatic. who maintained
that life is not worth tn" labor neces-
sary to preserve it.
Lightly. almost without apparent pur-
pose. NJ. Clemenceau packs great deal
Of information into his vivid pages. one
may regret i'm the end that he has not
chosen TO write the authoritative ana
exhaustive study which one would gladly
have placed beside Mr.. James Bryces
forthcoming one. but, on the other hand.
one thanks him for the happy touch Of
his Impressions.
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THE FORTY IMMORTALS
How Four or Five of Them Pull
the Rest Through.

The reader who looks into the history
ct the French Academy is almost imme-
diately impressed by the beneficent
functions Of that august institution. He
learns Of the many prizes that are an
nually, or at other stated periods, be-
slowed by the Forty, and he feels re-
ssntful Of those Jealous outsiders who
ar" always snccring at the selfish SOM
nolunce OF those same twoscore individ-
uals. But what are we To say when n
serious and hshminded Frenchman de-
libcratcly asserts that only four or five
cut OF tho forty writer's really exercise
tangible influence? 1t IS the Able
Ernest Dlmnet who advances this argu-
mont In The London Saturday Review"
setting forth some piquant facts.
lie begins by stating that. one man
ardrt NJ. de Nun. we are confronted by
ncn who have Won distinction In poli
tics; NJ olivier, NJ. HarctauX, NJ. Ribot
NJ. de Freycinet. NJ poincare. NJ. Cochin
by historians like NJ. Iavisse. NJ. Thu
rcau-Dangin. MonsciGncur Duchesne or
oven boSraphers like the MaratIls dc
ScSrr, ~ Mason, NJ. I4amy, NJ. Roujon.
b! the editor IF the Revue des Dcuv
Mondes VI. Charme, whose complete
works could lodge In his breast rocket ::
by miscellaneous writer like NJ Ms
ZIeres. These men, lie goes ON, are
honorable men, good men. clever men
but the moral influence of their works
r.h l.
ana thus he traverses the rest of The
membership:
In fact. we have TO come 10 the drama.
lists ana novelists To find names which have
u meaning about them and are not mere
names lhere is no Dumas among the for
nier, NJ. Rostand will always bc locked
UPON with more favor than the others. be-
ctuse ne once gave MS the thrill of great
s s',h ana was Tor while another "cnfant
supllme, as Chateaubriand called HUGO,
But among his four colleag CUES ar tho Acad-
ciny appears NJ. Claretie. alas: and neither
NJ. Brleux. nor NJ Donnay, nor M. Lavedan
rs great playwrlght or can he called an
ehcepuonaliy moral influence on the stage.
M. brleux, nor M. Donnay, nor NJ, IaI eoan
vsrably forgets his text and M. Donnay
ana M: Lavedan. who used To be thought
t to c,deuiy shocking, have not lost all claims
to the name. IL Is even worse IL we ex-
anime In succession the purely literary
members of-the Academy Let us leave
aside M. Racquet and NJ. Doumic, who have
always stuck TO mere criticism and stand
so much ON reason and principles that they
nave the dryness, II they have the power
OF logic itseif. and are almost mpersonal.
Also Nj. Bazin. who possesses unaloyed all
me qualities or the literary gentleman and
we Cnristah' but whose talent Is not sufti-
Gently viriie to be commanding OF itself
These EXAMINATIONS made, we discover the
small Knot or writer's who really count:
lou or ive IN forty. These are NM. Lott.
France Lemaitre, Bourget and Barres.
Now, these five men, he declares, are
all I'm the Academy for works which the
conservative spirit Of the Academy must
abhor. and yet they arc now as decided
champions Of morals and as resolute
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opponents of mere dilettantism as the
Academy In its most conservative mood
can wish. And they, he says, ARE men
in whose presence you cannot find your
self without feeling that they are the
embodiment of great portion of French
activity. What these men thought mill
ions have thought after them IN uncon-
scious docility; their particular manner
of viewing the world, their moral atu-
tude towards it have been so copied as
gradually to become familiar even to the
man in the street" Well may M. DIM
net describe all this as constituting
curious paradox" 1t Is not only para
doxical, it Is a little droll for the Forty
as a body, to be gaining justification
through the labors Of NM. Lott, France,
Lemaitre, Bourget and Barres.
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emIgratcd, arriving in San Francisco IN
l2lo Ucrc he once more entered poll
ties. organized the volunteer fire depart
mont. and set about improving the cor
rupt condition of the city's public lie.
lie realized his great ambition, a United
States Senatcrshlp. but WAS removed in
the full promise Of his career by the
corruptionists. who dreaded and hated
him, by that convenient method OF TO-
iitical assassination duel.
FIR. Kennedy has rendered n real SER
vice TO American history by adding to
il this forgotten. or. rather, this hitherto
unwritten. page.
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French Academy. IL is greatly 10 the
credit of the publishers that book got
ten up with 4 profusicn OF illustrations
and in perfect taste can I've put on the
market at the moderate price of 30 cents
"L'Amour Masque." the posthumous
novelette, by Balzac, the French edition
of which has been reviewed in The Trlp-
une, has heen translated into Engnsu
by Miss Alice Nj. Ivimy. statement
made In on annexation by her publish
ers causes considerable comment Eete'
Taleyrand's niece, the Duchesse de DINO
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ARGENTINE PLAINS AND ANDINE
GLACIERS Life on an Estancia, ana
an EXpe1itjon into the Andes. BY wal
tor iarDed. NJ. 4. With map and q
iiIuSsrstionS $40, PIP $50. Charles
= ribrcrS Sons
This book Is the story of the develop
ment Of an estancia. or ranch, in the
great Argentine lsins during period OF
twenty years. The author visited 1T first
I'm 1883. when il had already been in eX-
isterce for twenty years, and returned
10 q in 1908. when it covered territory
of forty square miles. Whatever the
opinion OF the progress made held by the
owner-thc authors brother--Mr. Larned
prefers the picturesqueness cf the ear
lier days The Argentine cattle country,
like our own West. has passed on from
the open range to the wire fence. Amer
fcau comparisons are lacking however,
in these pages. Mr.. Larneds description
of horse breaking. for instance, lacks the
romance OF our own bronco buster. lie
comes nearer TO Australian comparisons,
especially in his chapter on sheep raising
and shearng, though the latter is per-
formed on the pampes with less skill
and dispatch than al the antipodes.
Immigrants on the Argentine plains do
not suffer from Helmweh, it appears.
Even the Englishman loses there the
strong feeling for home" which dis
tinguishes him elsewhere in foreign
countries. The country is not adapted
10 Wholesale peasant immigration from
lNtte hn al 10 N
thrives there as an agriculturist, the
Southern, or "Napolltanos. clinging TO
the cities.
Mr. Larned devotes the second part Of
his book to his travels and climbs in the
Andes, which he descended on the west
rrn slope, entering Chilli
one very remarkable thing that / OBJ
served both IN Valparaiso and Santiago
must note; IL speaks well for the manners
of the people. There were many women
conductors mot drivers OF the electric
There was not sign Of bad behavior tow
ard them, nor freedom IA look or speech:
the people treated them az people treat
ticket collectors on our trains.
There are chapters on the fauna and
fora of the Argentine, with special at
tenti0n to agricultural pests" notes on
the native population, "crioIlos,' 'gau-
elios the latter not a race. but class
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tropical aspects, and initiated. someho'S,
into the secrets OF blood. the secrets VI
passion and OF thought, which vitalizs
the relations Of man and his 3urround-
ings SO the story Of Almayer and his
river is all OF q piece, the play OF char
acter and emotion, the clash of gqualiI
interests and the deeper conflict OF race,
being at once saturated in the atinos-
to the higher plane on which mankind is
the same all the world over 1t IL this
last touch of an all-embracing sympathy
which characterizes Mr.. Conrad at his
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other national temperament than our
own To return to the "Orientales.
however. They are hospitabie. indepen-
dent. progressive, and nature holds great
riches for them In reserve.
Theirs has been troubled history
from the first. Mr. koebel tells II ~
length. down 20 the very latest OF their
revolutions. which. having learned WIS
dom. they seem inclined TO make their
last as we'll. " this be possible. Certain
ii is that they have put their country on
q sound and conservative financial basis
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,yorship declaring this republic 10 be

worship. declaring this republic TO De
the most liberal in its treatment or other
religions than that OF the Overwhelming
majority of its citizens. In fact, though
q Protestant himself. he fatty asserts
that the intolerance is mostly on the
side Of the Protestant missionaries. In
the chorus of plants over American IN
difference to South American CONNER
cial opportunities, 1t is not uhWelcoihe
TO listen to this authoritative English
mans voice warning the merchants OF
his own country that ours are outstrip-
ming them in the Peruvian markets.
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uA BANDA ORIENTAL"

URUGUAY. BY W. II. Koebel. With
man and Gfty-nve illustrations. The
South American Series $40, PIP. ooV'
Charles Scribncr's sons.
When all Argentinian speaks or "Orl-
entales" he refers not to Cinnamon or
Japanese. or to any other children OF
Asia. but to the citizens Of Uruguay the
smallest Of the South American repup-
lics-''la Banda Oriental" While lie
gives ample attention to the Industrial
and commercial resources and POSSIBLE
tiles Of the country, Mr.. koeDel makes
his widest appeal to the reading puolic
az An interested and interesting oDserN-
or and a vivid descriptive writer. lie
likes these "Orientals' to the south or
us. and tells us why. with the result
that We begin forthwith to share his reel
inc. They are a truly democratic folk
whom. unlike the rest Of South Ameri-
cans, sudden wealth almost as great as
ours has as yet failed 10 entice INTO
ostentatious luxury. Their charm Hes
chiefly in what the Germans call &c
mletlichkeit." but with a light Latin
touch. They take life easily, cheerfully.
they enjoy it with wise moderation, and
they are more than willing to have 9TH
ers share it with them Social equality
is very real thing with. and to, them
Mr. Koebel, an extensive traveller, has
one 10 his mind, infallible test of the
temperament Of n people; ON the earliest
possible opportunity he asks a foolish
question OF a policeman. He has applied
this test all over Europe and in tru-
quay, with uniformly satisfactory re-
suits. He might begin TO doubt its cffi-
cacy If he tried it in New York, where
lie would probably get a sample Of some
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Recent Books on the South
American Republics.
a GENERAL SURVEY.

SOUTH AMERICA OF TO-DAY. A study
of Conditions, Social. Political and Com
mercial, in Argentina. Uruguay and
Brazil. BY GEORGE Clcmenceau. for
merly Prime Minister OF France. $40,
PIP. 43i. g. L. Putnams Sons.
VI. Clemenceau took no notes on his
travels in the three Southern republics.
1t was not his intention to write a
serious, strictly objective work on their
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PERUVIAN PROGRESS.
PERU OF THE TWENTIETH CENTgR
H. Percy F. Martin, r. r. G.. 8. Wi
ili,tci Ions SNn Us on

PERL os lht W IL u NIN ' II , Z.
a. Percy r Martin, r r. G. 8. With
Illustrations. svo. up. Xx, SIS. Long
mans, Green & Go.
Mr.. Martins informing work Is not u
narrative o. travel, history or a social
and political study. although il pays
passing attention to all this. 1t is. frs.
OF all, an exhaustive commercial. finan
cial and industrial handbook Of present
day Peru. written for English manufact-
urers merchants and capitalists. The
author Is not content with the status
and prospects of British trade in the re-
public. The United States. he finds, is
fast cutstripping it, and the opening of
the Panama Canal will further give it
an advantage, of which German mer-
chants in Peru. unlike their English com
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D'Annunxio a Professor.

Signor Gabrielle d'Annunzio, 1t Is re-
ported, is to be appointed 10 the chair
Of the Italian and Latin languages in the
University Of Bologna, at salary OF
1000 lire. 1t is the chair once held by
Carducci, genuine poet. II accepted /,
will probably quiet the cratic career OF
d'Annunzio.
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IN BRAZIL.

AN AMERICAN CONSUL IN AMAZONIA.
b. Major J. orion herbe!. illuS, q i.'',,,
Ridge.
Major Kerbeys account Of his consul
ship at Para, on the Amazon, contains
good deal Of discussion OF matters OF
American trade and steamship connec-
tons with the South, mingled with de-
scr,ptions Of the life Of the people. their
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THE REPUBLIC OF THE WEST COAST

CHILE AND HER PEOPLE OF TO-DAY.
An Account Of the Customs, Character
istics. Amusements. History and Ad-
vancement of the Chileans, and the De
yelopment and Resources OF Their Coun-
try. BY Nevin O. Winter. illustrated
from original and selected photographs
by the author. Svo, PIP XII, al. Boston,
l., c. Page & Co.
Mr.. Winter has been frequent con-
tributor to the series to which this latest
book from his pen belongs. The series