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a TOUR DE FORCE.

TIE DEW-POND. BY Charles Marriott.
l2mO. pp. 80 The John Lane Company.
As technical experiment Mr.. Mar
RIOTS new novel IS interesting. AS a
story il is slow and difficult reading.
The reader receives the tale at third
hand, so to speak. for il is narrated by
an onlooker in letters 20 her brother a
clergyman, over whose shoulder we fol-
low the development Of an innocent and
honorable attachment between a mar
red woman and a novelist into an
elopement. The woman who is the
looker-on and commentator is herself a
writer, a successful producer OF the
kind of biographical literature so much
in fashion to-day. Of books like THE
Mothers Of Great Men" Erasmus in
Geneva" and the like. She has pen
chant for hair splitting analysis Of
character emotions and circumstances,
Of situations and their underlying
causes. but she digresses rather enter
tainingly when it comes 10 social gath
erings, artistic and otherwise. At a
dinner Of "city" men she felt
like wolf in the fold. In everything
outside their particular game these poruy
gentlemen were so pathetically simple and
credulOus What they didn't know about
business wasn't worth knowing, but In
every other department OF life they were
at the mercy of any quack. They were
children in everything else. Their com
ments upon life and affairs were amaZ-
! ingly sentimental, so that felt old and
cynical by contrast | began TO under
stand why the city man is the peculiar
, prey Of the blackmailer. the quack ano
the designing female. Perfect under
standing of the game inside, and guile
less outlook upon the world.
The indirect method Of narration
chosen gives an air OF remoteness to
the chief actors in the story. Indeed
the conscientious, circumstantial mar
rator's mania for explaining everything
to her own satisfaction and her
brothers perfect understanding often
places the minor characters nearer 10
the reader. But the book is an inter"
esting technical venture.
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an4 Of its mlnor accidents was the
i,dooes eurerlng Of & company tha'
iro,ed toward Portuguese territory
aaa perisbed In The Fever veidt' near
,,,eroa 8@y. Young Allan Qialer-
n.c,,.--,heo q mere stri''!iHs--accompS-
i,,,d ,h- n'.f.tea e>pec. zion, and was
,.rsszat III TIE murder OF Relief ana
rs .aso. ~ fact he tells the story III
,1e r.st ps~son, and, according TO MI
i.erssrd. bore the brunt Of the Beers
li.t,y.,al assertion that Dingaan had
ordered the bloody deed at British
.ns.:ylt,,n. The historical part OF the
,a,e il as correct as conscientious re-
soarch could make it, the author as
s.res us. his fctiGn is vivid, but Mr.
I.a~gard 81 not a humorist More 5
the pity. then. that he once more seeks
+, introduce comic element in inc
person OF Vrouw Prinsloo-an honored
Boer name by the way.
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NEWS
d Sn0 b.
g. CRITICISM ~

throughout altogether too deliberate
CARRYING the narrative on far longer
than is necessary, he makes II uhue-
niably amusing. The rich woman VIII
comes seeking to buy the rug is &C
companied by her niece, the beautlu'
girl who is, of course, Indispensable
10 story o. this kind, and on inc
threshold Of the Persian shop they en-
counter the equally inevitable mill
ionaire's son. Hero and heroine III
stantly fall in love. Meanwhile the
wealthy and obnoxious aunt bargains
for the rug. She finally persuades the
owner to pap with it for 10000, but II
is at this point that the trouble be
gins. Why is the rug presented D!
the dealer as a gift, the $4,000 beng
waved aside with tragic resolution?
That is fer the reader to find out for
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FROM A FRENCH INN.

THE ARMCHAIR AT THE II y. by r:
Hopknson Smith. with illustIa'i iI ~
4 l. Keller, Her6eFt W arc any Scr ritg :
thor. i2mo, PIP. 81 Charles Scrlohei
Sons.
In the exhibitions Of his water-colors
that he has held in New YORK MT
Smith long ago testified TO ms ap-
rrsc,ation of that famous old inn at
Dives. in Normandy. which has az
forded repose and delight TO unnum-
bered tourists over and over again
he has reproduced for us its incompar-
able picturesqueness, and sooner OF
,etsr he was bound 10 celebrate its
charms with that pen which is his
other instrument Of artistic expression.
In the present Volume-whicn contains
b,, the wav. halftones from more than
one of his clever water -cOlors--he pays
tribute at the sign Of "Guillaume lie
tConduerant' in just the right way.
There is a little romance in the book
the perfect Towering Of which is de-
veloped In Ieisurely enough fashion, but
the authors main idea has been 10
gather a few Of his friends around the
fire at the inn and there to set them at
the telling Of stories. Stories? Per
haps the word is not quite the one TO
use. This is, rather, a book Of anec-
dotes. related spontaneously and even
artlessly, as the evening passes: brief
episodes, one leading TO the telling of
another They are capital anecdotes,
too and diversified into the bargain.
The men who tell them, personalities
not unknown to fame. like Mr.. Herbert
Ward the sculptor. unpack their
bosoms of old recollections, recall ad-
ventures or portray types once sympa-
thetically observed. Humor crops out
now and then, but the incidents de-
scribed are mostly of a serious sort,
and not infrequenty there is a touch Of
tenderness or even Of tragic feeling
incidentally, but with no niggard
hand, Mr. Smith sketches the inn itself
making it not so much background as
an integral part Of his book. II is a
light, entertaining piece Of work. which
will be relished by many readers and
will especially appeal 10 those trav-
ellers who have themselves paused at
Dives.
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Reechers prayers worth going around
the globe to hear

Reechers prayers worth going around
the globe TO hear.
Professor Tyler had an eye " mo
weaknesses as well as to the Vir.ue' y.
those he met ard knew. 20 did not
annrove Of Grant as President ana yet
ana,vze him as he may, he returns re-
neatedIv in his account OF their meet
ing to the impression of unmlstakap'e
greatness and power made upon MIN
nv the silent warrior. OF motley he
saws that David A. Wells told nm .na'
& Foster. Of Norwich. had told MN
many years ago that Motley had sald'
- tho course of a discussion or Pres
colt. II believe can do as wen as
that myself. and I'll see about IT, Anu
Of Lowell he observes that his resi-
dence in England appeared to have re-
moved him somewhat from his own
country and countrymen.
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FANTASY AND FARCE.

THE GIFT or ABOU HAsSAN By
Francis Pcrry Elliott With illustra-
tons by Hanson Booth. 12mo, pp. 3ll
Boston: Little, Brown & Co.
Mr. Elliott made great play with an
impossible motive in The Haunted
Pajamas" carrying off with irresisti-
bic high spirits q scheme involving
Oriental magic. Audaciously he uses
kindred idea in THE Gift of Abou
Hassan." 1T is magic rug this time
an antique fabric out Of Persia which
belongs when the tale opens to an OBJ
scure dealer in New York MIR. Ell
lott is a trife slow in getting the rug
into action, but once he has done so
the plot thlckens, and while be remains
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was very great loss. especially a. co, ~
Emperor, in 1920, wrote to me from s Eait
Helena through General Bertrand ~, %
ing me TO publish the letters WIZ ~ con.
him by the sovereigns in order W -
tradct the vile calumnies that WeIs onrr
circulating in London and Paris cohcc'"
ing the French imperial famlly
It seems that the Due de Bassano
placed the original autograph letters Oh
the sovereigns in the archives, out III
June. 1915, when he sought them theS
could not be found. 1t may be HeH-
TONED purely as a matter OF curiosity
that the Comte Horace de Viel-Castei'
in the sixth volume of his Memories
ACCUSES the Due de Bassano with nav
ing stolen them. This charge, now
over. has never been substantiated, ana
is believed to be pure calumny. 1t
subsequently transpired that Mr.. Muir
ray. publisher of the Revue Britain
nidue," offered to sell these letters 10
the British government for the sum OF
10000 (or S150,O00), The British
crown purchased some Of them, ana
most Of the others, especially those
written by the Emperors Of Russia,
were bought at very high price by the
Comte de Lieven. then Russian Ambas-
sador at the Court Of st. James's,
whose wife was the mistress OF Prince
Metternich and afterward OF Guizot'
the French statesman. No trace OF
these letters nor of the copies OF them
can he discovered, but it is reported on
pretty good authority that they are
now in the private archives Of the i'm
perial family OF Russia. Joseph Hop
kinson. Of Philadelphia, and author Of
Hail Columbia was one OF Joseph
Bonaparte's intimate friends at Point
Breeze. Joseph quotes a letter from
Napoleon IN which the Emperor re-
fers 10 Nine. de Stael as that obnoX-
ious old crow that I banished to croak
I'm the waters Of Lake Geneva"
G. J. B.
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Joseph B0NAPARTE
New Light on History from
Some of His Letters.

Paris. August 10.
paron do Nenevnl. grandson OF the
paro, do Meneval who was private
secretary to Napoleon ana conse
ouentlv to Joseph Bonaparte, mas III h'A
nossession a great quantity or letters
yritten nv Joseph Bonaparte during
t,s eviIe IN the United States, EnglanI
and Italy. from 1920 until his death "l
Florence. in 1874 These letters, WHICH
have never hitherto been pupIsheu'
have been collected and edited by NJ
1Ioctor FIeischmann I'm book OF up
ward of three hundred pages brought
out by Fasquele.
Joseph BOnaparte. NapoIeons eIuesI
brother had scarcely "A trace OF the
Emperor's character. He was weak
and irresolute, sentimental phlIan-
thropist rather than statesman II
man of action. As King OF Naples he
was only a raising shadow, and ne
never exercised more than a purely
nominal royalty in Spain. lie never
theless bore a striking personal reseH-
blance TO Napoleon he was an agree
ohio comnanlon. and during his resi-
dence at Point Breeze. In New jersey
made many friends. one or MS COLT
nanions in the United States was feliX
Lacoste. former aide de- camp OF
MarGchal Gerard, who wounded Pros
nor Merimee in a duel Lacoste FOUND
cd in New York the French newspaper
lie Courier des Etats- Unis,' doing so
uDon the advice and with the financial
aid Of Joseph Bonaparte, who during
his exile assumed the title OF 'Comte
de Survilliers." Joseph was accused
nv his nephew. Achille Murat, who dur
ing the Bourbon restoration also lived
at Bordentown, i'm New Jersey ana
who married niece Of George wash
iugton. OF having wrongfully apwopri-
ated for his own personal use the sum
Of 100000 francs Isl ,60O,OO in
trusted to him by Napoleon at Roche
fort. shortly before the Emperor LETT
France for his captivity at -. Helena.
II also appears from Joseph's letters
that when Ia Fayctto revisited The
United States. in september. lN2l. he
called upon Joseph Bonapartc at Dor
dentown and proposed TO aid him N
placing the young Due dc Heichstadt
on the French throne as Napoleon II
II Joseph would contribute 10000"
francs (S2.OOoOoN Tor tho purpose.
Joseph declined the offer.
Considerable light IS thrown by Jo-
seph Bonaparte's letters upon the yet
unsolved mystery Of the disappearance
OF NapolcOn's collection 81 several nun
dred personal and confidential letters.
written 10 him by European sovcreigns
and by members Of their families.
After the battle ~ Waterloo Napoleon.
when he left the Elysee Palace In
Paris. said 10 Joseph Il am sending
you a trunk filed with most valuable
papers including copies OF all the let
ters from the sovcrcigns. beginning
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BOOKS AND AUTHORS
Current Talk of Things Present
and to Come.

Il is interesting to discover that
Shakespeares famous epitaph was
plaglarized I'm England IN the eigh-
teenth century. An inscription on nm
old brass wall plate among the monu-
ments Of the Averill family in Solihul
Parish Church runs thus:
This stone is not placed hero 10 perpetu.
ate the memory OF the person Inferred
beneath. but 10 preserve her Ashes sacred
from violation
Good friend. for Jesus sake, forbear
70 dig the Dust Enclosed here. l7f5.
Fastaff Sang His Song.
The writings Of Thomas Deloney. the
sixteenth century ballad maker and
silk weaver. are 20 be found in one ~
the recently published volumes Of the
Clarendon Press. II IS one II Deloney's
songs. when Arthur First in Court"
that Falstaff sings in the Second Part
~ Henry "" Most of Deloney's
ballads were based upon the news of
his dav. but now and again he burst
into poetry. as in these charming
strains:
As you came from the holy land of wal
Singham,
Met you not my true love, by the way as
you came?
How should know your true love, that
have met many n one.
As ! came from the holy Land, that nave
come. tUdt have gone"
Sic is neither white nor brown. but as
the heavens fair.
There T. none hath her form 80 divine on
the earth. In the ayr
Such an one did | meet tgoOd Sir) vita
Angel Ike face:
who like - Nlmph. Ike A Queen did ap-
pear In nor gate. IN her grace.
Robesperre. Fanatic.
\ series called "Etudcs Humaines,"
t. be devoted TO the scientific eXamina-
iion of various types of humanity. has
been projected in Paris. "Fanatiques'
open the series with a personal study,
"Maximillen Robespierre," by NJ. Ray
mond Clausel
Advice TO Young NoveIists.
That veteran author, Miss Braddon.
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himself We need only add that the
rug has supernatural properties ana
that this fact contributes to astonish-
ing developments. Some Of the latter
are not at all commendable. Mrs.
Pompernel. the aunt aforesaid. is made
unnecessarily repulsive. and the long
scene between her husband and an old
flame Of his is as stupid as it is taste
less. But it does not do TO take a
book like this too seriously. 1t is in
the main sprightly and laughable.
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Novels by Rider Haggard, Hop
kinSon Smith and Others.
THE GREAT TREK.

MARIE. An Episode in the Life OF me
Iafe Allan Quatermaln. BY II. tIuti
Hsgcard' p mo. PIP. 1856. Longmans
Green < CO.
This is an historical novel not a
wildly imaginative romance. Mr.. Has-
gard has set his love story amid the
events. the bardships, dangers and
tragedies Of the Great Trek Of the
Beers beyond the reach Of British
dominion in 1886. This heroic hegira
in search Of freedom ended in the
foundation Of the Transvaal and the
Orange Free State; it was marked by
the massacre Of the BOer loader, Pet
Retief. by the Zulu King Dingaan, and
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who has, 1t is admitted, much skill IN
the telling OF stories, Is thus quoted by
the London "Bookman": IF ! had any
advice to give to young writer's, it
would be: Wait till some incident In
real life suggests the subject Of a story.
and when you have let il grow and
shape itself in your mind. tell your
story, and tell It in the best language
and in the simplest manner possible.
Indeed, do not know that I could give
better advice il we're to talk for quite
long while"
A Royal Diary.
Two big books which will appeal 10
n multitude of readers here as well a5
in England are those in which Vic
toria as Princess and Queen artlessly
told the story Of her youth. She al
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AUTHOR AND TEACHER
Professor Tyler's Life, Letters
and Diaries.

MOSES COLT TYLER. lS%-lS9' SeIec-
lions from his letters ana dglies.
Made and edited by Jesslca mo- Iyle ei
Austen. Illustrated. svo. pp. 30 VII.
Doubleday. Page d. Co
Mrs. Austen's memoir of her iather
is practically entirely composed OF his
own letters and entries In his diaries.
notwithstanding occasional long 81
lences in the latter. the book forms
sufficiently consecutive biography-ohe
might even call it an autobiography
TO give the reader a clear and circum-
stantial knowledge of the man, ms
life and work. his views and opinions
Esneciallv vivid and interesting are MS
descriptions and impressions OF ms IA
nous contemporaries-of Beecher ana
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out critical reservation, there Is ii'''e
harm in this story of a moths roau "
nominees. but below the surface II is
officially sadly confused. the aulho'
way of gradually weaving an appar-
emily irrelevant murder case into TINS
matrimonial tangle is highly ingenious
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-23

,,avs korr a volumnous private diary.
and II Is extracts from this with which
Lord Esher has filed these volumes
extracts which wildly illustrate the
rovaI girls life and character. They
bo in with her thirteenth year AMI
RIM to her marriage, in the third year
Of her reign. King George has super
vised the arrangement OF these VOL
umes.
The Early America"
II may be placed on record that
Major General Edward r. James,
Glareanus MS, supposed to be the
earliest I'm which the New World Is
named America in text and maps,
was sold in London the other day for
s.. $50. n had been for generations In
the James family.
The Nabob.
The hero OF Daudets novel. The
Nabob." is known TO have been GER
tain Gascon named Bravais. and II IS
of this man that Mr.. Arthur Meyer
tells in his just published reminis-
cences this curious anecdote: Ismail
Pacha. then in power. was staying at
Bravais's chateau and insisted one
day on buying the establishment; from
his host
But Belleau is not for sale, mon
seigneur," THAT is just why I want It.
How much is it," SO Bravais. wishing
to end a rather awkward discussion, an
severed cheerfully. "Oh, well. II your high
ness were TO offer two Millions They
are yours" interrupted the prince, land
the chateau is mine" At the moment of
taking leave OF his host lsmail Pacha
termed to Bravais and said My dear
Bravais, / never forget my word. Here
Is the cheque for two millions. and I'll
make you present of the chateau" 1t
was a royal way of paying for hospitality.
Some kipling Books.
Mr. Rudyard Kiplng Is not at pres
ent offering anything new to the world,
but some work with which We are al
ready acquainted Is forthcoming in
fresh form. Doubleday. Page & Co.
are bringing out a new edition OF
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with those from the Emperor Paul ].
The Duo de Bassano has the originals.
Joseph writes, In a letter dated Point
Breeze, November %, 1873:

The trunk was delivered 20 me in the
house where / was then living IN the
Rue Saint Honorc. | remember seeing II
there the day before my departure from
Paris. II was given by my wife 10 her
sister Desirec Clary wife OF Bernadotfe,
King Of Sweden), and stored away IN nee
house in the Rue Anjou, but my sister
in-law again intrusted IL 10 Nine. Mag
nitot my vife's dame de cOmpagnie.
When my house was burned in I'D the
trunk was sa we'd BY my orders NJ. Presto
took the papers contained IN the trunk
and divided them into several lots, which
Bourbon police were placed In the bot
toms Of several large chests containing
house linen, clothes and underwear. These
chests. with the linen and clothes, Wert
sent 10 me here at BordentoWn, bus
upon opening Them II was found that All
the papers and letters had vanished rms
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BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS.
BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS.
The Turnstle
By
A. E. w. Mason
At all Stores and Stands, $l.30 IT.
BY Mail, $1.41.

That people recognize in THE TURNSTILE tho,
qualities that made famous THE BROKEN ROAD anu
THE FOUR FEATHERS" the fact that it is now 10
second large edition proves As the CHICAGO RECON-
says: The Turnse rests upon the double motive OF o
and ambition Mr.. Mason is writer who disappon
Given novel bearing his nae work at thoughtful q"
dramatic repete with warm and varied human interest CO"
fdently may be expected THE TURNSTILE' prove
exception to this rule
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-23

kim" with reproductions Of the eide
Kipling's illustrations In terra cotti
An edition OF the 'Just-So stories
Illustrated i'm color by J. NJ. Gleeson
also on the presses OF this firm. ID
artist IS said TO have been at wen
upon these Illustrations for sever
wears. A third Kipiing book In preps
ration by the house is collection Z
the songs and verses which have %
troduced so many OF the author
stories. II is stated that where OIL
one verse of a song was 10 he folr'
in print Mr.. Kipling has added n'
rest OF the verses for this collectoa
It is TO be called Songs from Boon
A Romance.
The South is the scene Of the stc'
which Mrs. Alice Hogan Rice has ss
" completed. The Century Ccmpan
will bring IL out in the autumn ur~
the title OF "A Romance Of BillyGH
Hilr'-a sufficiently definite il no. o.
steal title.
Boys and Dickens.
1t is good 10 know that Ene'
schoolboys have an enthusiasm
Charles Dickens which has resulted
the formation OF boys Dickens ~
lowship. The boys of st. Johns Scn0"
at Ealing. have established "Dicss"I
room" I'm the school, and have ths1
selves secured number OF arueS
associated with the novelist. More tn'
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AS INSTRUMENT or DEMOCRACY
Delos y. NilcON's
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Cloth. 12mc. 81 80 net; postpaid. sl."S.
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY. PubIish's
$3.50 5th Ave. y. y.
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RARE BOOKS PRINTS IN sURop
e NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

"A WRITE Me; can get you any book sTs
published on any subject. Tic most exps
book fnder extant When In England call az
see my 500 600 rare books. BAKERS GREL
BOOK SHOP. John Brisht st. Blrmlngham
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-26
GIRL IN AGONY LACKS
AID FOR 5 MONTHS
Sentinel Special Service:

Sentinel Special Service.
Delta. Colo. Dec 26 seriously
burned five months ago and compelled
because of her family's poverty TO go
without medical attention, Susie Bel
lupia, an 11-year-old Italian girl, was
found in a critical condition today by
Christmas committee of the local
Elks while making the rounds of the
poor and needy.
The girls body was a mass of raw
flesh. Since the day of the accident
she had not been able to sleep for
more than anhouratatime-EET
more than an hour at time and she
declared she has not been in bed
since she was burned.
The Elks hurried the girl to hos
pital Her recovery is doubtful un-
less new skin can be grated and a
call for volunteers has been made by
physicians.
The girl was burned July II in an
explosion of gasoline while she was
making a fire Her clothes were
burned from her body. The parents,
instead of calling in physician, had
recourse to their own crude remedies
and ointments. The Bellupia home is
lated and no knowledge was had of
the girls plight until the Elts visit.
The daily sentinel., 1912-12-26
ADRIANOPLE is COMMENDED FOR
Associated Press,

Associated Press,
London, Eng, Dec. 26.-The pos
session of the Turkish fortress
Adrianople. which is the principal
bone Of contention, remains the real
stumbling block in the way of peace.
Compensation for Bulgaria in some
other part of European Turkey may
remove the difficulty and enable her
to consent To the retention of this
fortress by Turkey. Salonika has
been suggested as Il bait to induce
the Bulgarians to abandon their
claims for Adrianople.
Purhaps with idea, it is reported,
he Turks included in their counter
proposals stipulation that Salonika
shall remain their possession. The
line is being drawn from that city
through Sores and Adrianople to Mi
dia. This is the maximum demand
of Balkan allies and minimum offer
of Turkey before the peace confer
ence of Saturday, forming a definite
basis for negotiations.