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MARY OF DUBLIN.

MARY. MARY. By James, stephens;
limo. pp 2s3. Boston Small, Maynard
& Co.
This Is one Of those fortunate per-
formances that occasionally crop up.
NO predictions can be based upon II as
10 is authors future; 1t were unwise
for him 10 essay to repeat so ingenious
and appealing a success a purpose but
meantime here II IS, sufficient unto an
evenings entertainment. 1t IS the
simplicity. the economy Of line In the
composition and drawing OF the picture,
that makes it what It IS; and, dealing
with humble Irish folk. the author
must be an freshman himself. his IN
torpretation Of them proves IT, Mary
is on the verge Of young womanhood.
Her mother is d charwoman, an IN
conscious anarchist toward her ever
changing employers. but fun or senu-
ment nevertheless, visionary Of all
that she has missed in life-of house
and servants and garden, and sur
cease from the unrelenting wants and
fears OF poverty. Mary, too. has her
visions. but they are those Of youthful
hone. not II the disillusion Of age. She
carries her own believes through
Dublin during her mothers long work
Ing hours-she lays them at the feet u
the giant policeman at the busy point
where Nassau and Suffolk intersect
Grafton street Dainty. delicate and
understanding. the story yet does not
neglect the more robust side OF Irish
character. II Is. indeed in It's differentia-
ton between the men and the women
that lies no small part Of its attraction,
which IS so difficult 70 analyZe.
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before you the whole case has an idea
Of throwing the weight of such a de-
cisior entirely upon Your majesty
Lord Melbourne will deem it his duty
10 offer TO Your majesty a decided opin-
ion upon the subject" Could there &c
a more deft and courteous and kind
reminder? No wonder Lord Esher
pronounces the Prime Minister a Roger
Ascham and a Burleigh in one and
in pottO.
The journals end on Victoria's we'd
ding day. OF her courtship she writes
in very winning and artless way, and
with singular humble-mindedness In
truth. the girlhood revealed in these
volumes is one to be traced with gen
uine enjoyment, and remembered with
admiration. We may note that most
of the excellent portraits included are
unfamiliar. The reproductions of the
Queens drawings are interesting.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-07
FICTION
New Novels by Gerhart Haupt'
mann and Others.
tiAUPTMANN AGAIN.

ATLANTIS. A Novel. BY Gerhart Haupt-
mann. Translated by Thomas and
Adele Settler. 12mo, PIP. 4l5. b. w.
Huebsch.
In the days of lola and Maupassant
students Of contemporary fiction in
vented the term "a slice OF life" IT
arrested attention, for 1t was an ex-
tremely handy literary tag; wherefore
il has been retained in the vocabulary
OF criticism for ready use. Atlantis
is. one supposes. slice of life, but,
unfortunately, Hauptmann has taken
il TO this country, OF which he knows
practically nothing. and this country
has made hash Of II for him. Inc
book is formless-this has already been
said of il in a spirit Of concentration
but formlessness that is not impress
sionistic, that does not suggest great
strength, is idle and defeats its own
purpose. Atlantis" does not create q
cumulative impression; 1t leaves none
at all on the mind Of the reader in the
end Its merit lies in an episode, that
of the sinking Of an ocean liner with
practically all aboard. Here is a
magnificent piece of writing. COM
pounded Of the incidents Of the Titanic
disaster and the inhuman horrors Of
the wreck Of the Bourgogne, but vivifiel
by an imagination that has seen with
grewsome clearness. Hauptmann, as
was pointed out recently in this paper,
has always reflected in his work the
literary tendencies Of the hour. In
Atlantis" he reflects the current fic-
ton of his country. which is much oc-
cupied just now with the allegiance Of
character under the weight Of intense
emotional stress.
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shmdit boy. and rises TO be junior
partner. He discovers. TO his lasting
happiness. that Cupid is the best Of all
shddchenS. he ventures into real estate.
and his rise in the social scale is fol-
lowed step BY step. not forgetting, in
the progress, the places where cabarets
wait on good digestion. One Of his
senior partners. Mr.. Polatkin, has valu-
able opinions on the subject Of immi-
grafton and the quality OF immigrants.
Listen 10 him:
A Teller is a Schlemiel and low life,
which ne couldn't support his wife and
children, understand me, and IL always
turns out his grandfather was big iaopi
I'm the old country. The way II is with
me Schelkowitz just 20 soon as / am
hearing a fellers grandfather was big
rabbi in the old country, Scheikowitz. |
wouldn't got nothing more TO do with
him.
Substitute for the big rabbi an
equally more or less authentic peer OF
the realm. or a French banker, r Ger
man general or an Austrian civil SER
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-07
MARKEN
Island and Islanders, Their
Ways and Manners.

MARKEN~ AND ITS PEOPLE. BY
George Wharton Edwards. Illustrat-
ed Wo, PIP. ls2. Moffatt, Yard & Co.
The "quaintness" of Holland stands
in the way of its real discovery. Its
windmills, canals and dikes, its
fishermen and floating population, its
national costumes. all the pictu-
resqueness Of its past in town and
country prevent the recognition Of still
another, and not the last or the least
Of the small nations Of Europe that are
having a renascence and are drawing
abreast of this rapidly moving world
OF economic progress. However, here
is still another book on the quaintness
of Holland, as il has been lifted, or
lowered. to the level Of an industry.
II is behind the professional Marken
Of the tourist that Mr.. Edwards takes
us, among the islanders, who disap-
prove Of it's invasion by sightseers and
the traffic in IL. who retain with Dutch
stolidity the ways of their fathers,
the ways of Marker. which are not and
never quite have been the ways OF
the Hollanders. The men OF Marken,
indeed, like the Friesians across the
zuider Zee. refuse TO call them
selves, or to be called. Dutchmen. They
have a dialect Of their own-the Erie
SLAMS have a language-but. strange
though II sounds, it IS Dutch none the
less. Not an amiable folk they are, or
well hammered; uncouth rather and
h Wy drinkers.
When or how their island came into
existence Mr.. Edwards has not been
able to find out. The Zuider Zee was
created by an invasion OF what IS
known nowadays as the German
Ocean. though Dutchmen have called
IL the North Sea time out Of mind.
This was in the thirteenth century, but
Marker is found on no map published
before the sixteenth. The Markeners
build their houses on hummocks. which
they call "terpen." The mention Of TINS
word may serve as an introduction 90
the remark that the Dutch In this book
is fearfully and wonderfully printed.
And a hint might be added to Mr.. Ed
wards 10 the effect that he Will find
far more interesting material, as writer
II not as artist. in Friesland and in the
remote province Of Drcnthe. where,
indeed. the ancient Germanic customs
still held sway twenty or thirty years
ago. They are now vanishing fast
1t IS the illustrations Of course that
make the wider appeal in a George
Wharton Edwards book. They are
numerous and always picturesque
The frontispiece is in colors. and 80 Is
the admirable :''le-page, with It's long
description of the volume az being
some account written from time to
time. both during and after visits COW
ering some considerable space OF time
Upon this most curious and compare
lively unknown island. Unknown In
spite Of the fact that thousands OF
tourists visit it each year. but Of the
character or the life Of these strange
people they know little or nothing II
is. Of course, a capital holiday gift
hook.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-07
THE GIRL VICTORIA
How a Prime Minister Trained
a Queen.

THE GIRLHOOD OF QUEEN VIC
TORIA. selection from Her Maj
estv's Diaries between the Years 1892
and 1870. Published bv authority of His
MAJESTY the King. Edited by Viscount
Fsber. G. c. B., G. c. V. o. In two
Volumes svo, PIP. eos, 3o2. Longmans
Green & co.
No other sovereign, we believe, has
over left so many private records as
Aid Victoria of England. At Windsor
are preserved over a hundred volumes
If her journals and more than a thou
sand bound volumes of letters written
by her or to her. A few of the journals.
printed some years ago. and the early
one included in these two volumes. are
all that readers now living are likely TO
see. Herein, as Lord Esher reminds us.
is shown "a Queen in the making" and
the picture is one Of great interest.
The little Princess Victoria was thir-
teen years old when she began these
records Of her daily life-records which
were then open to the eyes of her
mother and her governess. 1t was not
until she became Queen at eighteen
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-07
BIG CITIZENS.

ELKAN II-BLINER. AMERICAN. l2mo.
Do. 20. Doubleday. Page q 60.
Potash & Perlmutter" made us so
well acquainted with the ways Of the
cloak and suit trade that this new ro-
nance OF a frenzied business. in which
bygones so often got TO be bygones,
becomes all the easier reading, to our
greater enjoyment OF its humor and in
sight Of human nature. Elkan Lub-
liner comes to New York on another 3
ticket. purchased with American
money and thereby hangs the tale that
starts those that follow. Elkan Is a
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-07

OF the tragedy; one of his friends had
taken the animal for an outing. This
friend says nothing when he hands him
the little object. but begins to watch
him and-to develop psychopath-
illogical case Of his own. Thus voice
less murder. speaking within. threatens
TO break It's silence at any moment.
without II is a creepy. tense study.
but its chief interest is one OF curiosity.
Not all readers may grasp the proc
esses by which. according to the au-
thor. the SLAYER finds God through his
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-07
RESTORING OLD MONUMENTS.
From The London Globe

From The London Globe.
The Italian Parliament has voted L.
100000 lire for the restoration OF an
Client monuments. over 100000 lire are
10 be expended upon the ducal palace Of
Mantua. and 600 lire 10 go to the re-
pair of the Cathedral at Coma. The
little town Of Aosta, so rich in antique
ties is 10 have 275.OO0 lire spent In re-
storing the triumphal arch and the
bridge raised by Augustus. But tho
greater part Of the grant has been re-
served for Ostia, the ancient martins
town at the mouth Of the Tiber. OF
recent years the archaeological discov-
cries have been so great that the gov
eminent wishes to acquire large por-
tions of the municipality 10 continue
the explorations and 10 drain the
marshy part. and thus rid the place OF
malaria. About 100000 lire are 10 be
devoted TO this project.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-07

first day of her reign. He is a very
straightforward. honest. clever and
good man" In entry after entry he
appears as My excellent Lord Mel
bourne" Sometimes the note Of her
undoubted faith in the divine right Of
kings Is sounded: i esteem myself
most fortunate 10 have such a man at
the head Of the government" More
fortunate was she 10 have A man Of
such character and such ability as in
structor in the art Of being Queen.
The journals from this point are full
Of descriptions Of their daily inter-
views. The reader sees. though some
times Victoria did not, the remarka bic
tact with which the statesman and
brilliant man Of the world directed not
only her actions but the movements Of
her mind She learned from him. with
out knowing that she was learning. a
thousand things ii was necessary for her
20 have cOgnizance Of lie talked 10 her
not only Of the affairs Of the country
and OF the world. but of society and
literature and human nature. There is
quaint note on a conversation in
which the little Queen and the elderly
Prime Minister discussed pronunciation
and spelling and grammar. Melbourne
said "RoOme" and "Goold," whereas
Victoria said Rome" and Gold" in
the modern fashion; and the sovereign
asked him about how 10 place who
and whom, which l said puzzled me"
AS indeed some passages in the jour-
nails comcally show. He even talked
10 her Of novels, concerning the read
ing Of which the Queen. like most Of
her subjects, was still very dubious.
Il never feel quite at ease or at home
when / am reading novel;" she
writes, and she is glad to go back to
Guizot's Revolution de PAngleterre."
The Prime Minister Is as ready to
discuss books and music and horses
with her as graver matters, and she
is comfortable and playful with him AS
with no one else. There is a pathetic
which Melbourne was not present: Il
must say / felt sad not TO see him in
his place. as feel a peculiar satisfac-
ton. nay, / must own almost security
at seeing him present at these formal
proceedings, as ! know and feel that /
have q friend near me when / am, as Il
were, alone among so many strangers.
This may sound almost childish, but IL
is not So" AS pathetic in another way
IA the entry the day after her first ball
as Queen: Il did not leave the ball.
room Till 10 m. 10 four! and was in
he'd by u p. 4.-the sun shining. 1t
was a lovely bail, go gay, so nice,-and
/ felt so happy and so merry; l had
not danced for 80 long and was so glad
IN do go again! One only regret had,
and that was that my excellent, kind.
good friend, Lord Melbourne, was not
there. / missed him much at this, my
first ball; he would have been pleased,
thinkp' she talked TO him OF her liking
IN live with young people, for that
then" said tho poor little girl weighted
with a crown, II felt that tcds DounJ,
which really often forgot, living 80
much. II not entirely, with people much
older than myself" To young ruler
belonging TO a race Of autocratic kings
If German blood Melbourne was per-
feet guide. In one of his letters to her
he saws. Your majesty will not sup
rose that Lord Melbourne by laying
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-07
A STORY OF JOWETT.

There is a story OF the eminent
Jowett in the current Blue Book OF
oxford which is amusing from more
than one point Of yiew-not altogether
from Jowetts:
Conversations incident occurred OF
one OF his reading parties. where youns
graduate was trying TO make matters
asier for the newly arrived undergrad
mates by telling some American stories,
and Jowett observed II don't think there
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-07

o,, IN stories which depend Tor
,seir ip point solely on exasseTati,9sn secre
young man, g Greatly Tas caring a3M Master
tary, Ihte I'm heard you say particular
J have on storv was as good as any you
American pa s'oi and Yet It's only point Is
ever esao the which ustrS we
he speed q American Ter. BG sHRTS'ifs areae
known clu+ the carriage window In Phila-
his wiie s ss ION and before he could draw
S stI pbnsd s in again he found he Was KS
M M fe eolored woman on the PLATFORM at
New O,'e laughed heartily and SAID: IL
.J0"eu inds. n IS as good story az
Ina ever A heard, and it's sole point Is eA"
a0gayatia&"
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want of high rank, and the soundness
Of Mr.. Poatkin's maxim becomes evil
dent at once. An entertaining book,
Of sound workmanship.
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love Of a girl. His punishment Is SELF
inflicted, through absence from her.
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ATLANTIS. A Novel. BY Gerhart Haupt
mann. Translated by Thomas anc
Adele Settler limo, PIP. Ala. b. W
Huebsch.
The Washington herald., 1912-01-26
CHEF MooRE's REPORT.

Considering first the aerial work at
Mount Weather." states Prof. wins
Moore, Chief OF the Weather Bureau. In
his annual report TO Secretary Wilson.
'it may be remarked that four years
of nearly continuous kite or balloon
records have been secured and published.
During the fiscal year Just ended ~
soundings were made by kites and 81
by captive balloons. The average alti-
tude attained by the kites was 2.s9
meters Cs.sO9 feet); by captive balloons.
2.l50 meters G,o54 feet above sea leveD.
Mount Weather itself is 525 meters OTIS
feet) above sea level The number OF
kite flights in which an altitude OF a
mile above the mountain top (2,lS4 meters
above sea leveD was reached during the
year was so; two miles. s.. In but ten
flights was an altitude OF three miles
reached or exceeded. The mechanical
equipment used in kite flying has been
brought to a high state Of perfection.
as evidenced by the few ''breakawaysn
of the kites during the year. but kite
meteorograph, satisfactory in all re-
spects, remains TO be constructed.
"A most important piece Of work was
accomplished by the Mount Weather OBJ
servatory during the year In the COM
pletion of two sounding-balloon cam
paigns. the first at Huron, s. Oak, and
the second at Fort Omaha, Nebr
The Washington herald., 1912-01-26
WITHHOLD HEARING
ON HIGH CAR STEPS
District Railway Commission Will
Decide Whether Complaints
Are Well Founded.

The washington women who are op-
posed to the high steps upon the street
cars are TO have their innings. By d.
rection OF the Interstate Commerce
Commission. which has jurisdiction
over traction companies, hearing Is
to be held on wednesday. February T.
at 2 o'clock p. m, at the rooms OF the
District electric railway commission In
the Glover Building in F street. A
regulation regarding the height OF
steps was passed some time ago, but
II related only TO cars which might be
put In service in the future. The COM
plants are largely against cars which
were in use at the time the regulation
was enacted.
Tho decision to hold the hearing
was one of the many matters before
the commission yesterday. Eighteen
complaints were received and consid-
cred, covering all phases OF the street
car situation. including inadequate
service, overcrowded cars, insufficient
heat, &c. Investigation made OF some
of the cars in the recent cold weather
showed that the temperature in some
of the cars was as low as 80 degrees.
while 40 is the legal limit. and these
cases were sent to the United States
district attorney for prosecution The
latter Official will also be asked to
prosecute for failure to display a rear
light upon the car the motorman Of
which was recently killed in an acci-
dent.
One Of the communications stated
that a rnotorman on the Rockville line
recently had his feet frozen because
of insufficient vestibule protection.
This letter was referred to the District
Commissioners
The Washington herald., 1912-01-26

Hospitality IS the art OF convincing a
guest that he is conferrins great favor
on you by giving you chance to enter
tain him.
Some people are 50 expert in hospitality
that their guests tremble as they leave
to think Of the desolation they viii cause
by going. Others are so awkward n the
game that after they have entertained a
guest half an hour. he will trip over a
stool and break leg IL necessary in order
10 get away.
There are many kinds OF hospitality.
Some people believe in stufing Il down
the guIiets Of their guest until he bulges
at the seams Great cruelties are often
performed in this manner by hearty
eaters, who catch a thin and dyspeptic
guest, make him eat fifteen selections
with encores, and then assault him with
a pie at the end OF the meal Other
hosts resort to entertainment to show
their hospitality and talk 70 their guests
faithfully and maddeningly. There Is
nothing that viii make a guest yearn
more soulfully for q spiked club than to
be led into a library full Of fascinating
books and magazines. and talked to In
relays for three hours by an entire fam
fly OF hosts, none OF whom has enough
interesting information to round out a
complete sentence.
Still other hosts rely entirely upon their
native cities and tow their guests about
them with great energy. showing them
the union depot. the water tower, the
courthouse, the nine-story ONCE building,
the village millionaire. and other inspir-
ing sights.
But hospitality doesn't consist OF a good
cook or a full fiow OF conversation, or a
pair Of agile and persevering feet. 1t
varies, IN fact. with every guest First
size up your guest and then prescribe
for him You can talk old times with
one man and send him away glowing
The Washington herald., 1912-01-26
ARCHAEOLOGY THE
''TIE THAT BINDS
Washington Society Of the Institute
Hears G. II. Chase and An
nounces New Members.

The forty-eighth regular meeting Of the
Washington Society Of the Archaeology
cal Institute OF America was held last
night at the residence Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Edison Bradley, IS2S Connecticut avenue.
Charles Henry Butler, the president was
in the chair. Prof. George H Chase. Of
Harvard University. formerly fellow in
the American school at Athens. gave q
lecture on Greek terra Gotta fgurines."
which was illustrated by stereopticon
views and by specimens In the Bradley
collection.
Mr.. Butler called attention to the Cur
tbs picture-opera, "a Vanishing Race"
70 be given under auspices Of the society
at the Belasco, January % and Febru-
ary !. Prof. Mitchell Carroll. general
secretary. gave brief account OF the
annual meeting held at Pittsburg, De-
cember = TO 20. and announced that the
meeting next December would be held
In Washington under auspices OF the So
ciety and other learned bodies in the
city. Committees were appointed to ar
range for the meeting. The society voted
to extend an invitation to the Interna-
uOual Congress OF Americanists. which
will assemble in London June, 1872, TO
mold its 1914 meeting In Washington This
invitation is extended Jointly with the
Smithsonian Institution, the Anthropo-
logical Society, and the universities.
The following new members elected BY
the executive committee were announced:
Life member, Mrs z. w. Cole; annual
members. Rev. George W. Atkinson, jr..
Chaplain C. Livingston Bayard, Miss
Elizabeth F. BOyce, Miss Fanny w.
Boyce. Mrs. Earl Cranston. Mrs. W. L
Francis. Brig. Gen. William Pennock
Rogers. L. S. A, retired; Rev. Henry
]. Shandelle, S. J.; Mrs. Thomas w. Sid
well, Mr.. F. Carl Smith, Miss Marion
Thatcher, Miss Ellen A. Vinton. Miss
Julia B. Whiting, Mr.. Short Adam VIII
lis; transfer (from Detroit society, Mr..
Franz c. Baldwin. This brings the an
nual membership up to the limit Of 800,
voted ~ the society at its meeting in
1910 Several are already on the waiting
list. The Washington society has the
largest annual membership Of the forty
societies in full affiliation with the
Archaeological Institute. and ranks first
in enthusiasm and effectiveness.
Lectures for the year were announced
as follows:
February 2O-Lecture by Prof. Albert
T. Clay. OF Yale University, at residence
Of Mr.. and Mrs. John Hays Hammond.
March &-Lecture by Prof Caspar
Rene Gregory, Of the University Of
Leipzig.
April S-Lecture by Prof. Francis A.
Allinson, OF Brown University, at the
National Cathedral School
Noyember-Lecture by Prof Howard
Crosby Butler, Of Princeton University.
at residence OF Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Henry Butler, 1895 / street
December-Lecture by Mrs. Eugenie
Sellers Strong, assistant director OF
the British School In Rome.