The Washington herald., 1912-07-28
LITERARY NOTES AND GOSSIP.

kept IN leading strings by his morner
until past fifty years OF age. that
pedantic training untitled him for the
duties Of his station. although his ma
tural good sense supplied most OF these
deficiencies-all these and other points
are touched upon in this interesting
ticle.
Among some Of the handsomely illus
trated gift books that will be brought
out this fall by Doubleday. Page Co.
appear several brand new titles, as well
as several well known classics. In the
new titles will be found the handsome
volume by the late John La Fargo. art
ist and critic. entitled, "Reminiscences
Of the South Seas" The work is made
up from the diary that he kept while in
Samoa and Fiji. and the handsome illus
trations are reproductions of his famous
paintings of those picturesque islands.
Miss Ada Van Stone Harris. who has
lust been honored by election to the vice
es.dency OF the National Education
Association. Is the author Of ''Favorites
from Fairyland." a collection of the
worlds best fairy tales arranged for sup
Elementary reading in the graded schools.
The ONCE nagger can demoralize an
competent Of executives. says Cromwell
Childe. writing in the current issue Of
, Harper's Weekly. Many 'nasger' half
suspects 1t himself. many more know
they nag and glory in IL. feeling tnat
minor browbeating Of this sort 10 one OF
the perquisites Of even q little executive
authority"
The Lady of the Decoration" that
small sensation of the publishing world.
is to be continued. The sequel. telling
what happened to The Lady after she
married Jack and how she oefriendeo
a young Japanese girl. will be published
in the fall by the Century Company.
A collection of unpublished letters OF
Napoleon l, recently taken out of the
archives OF the war ministry in Paris.
where the records for the years between
1905 and 1917 have just been opened. will
be issued during the coming season. These
letters. none of which have even eeen
printed before. cover the period Of Napo-
Icons life between the time OF his coro-
nation December. 1soD, and the restora-
ton of the Bourbons November, 1870.
They are edited by the Chief of Stan OF
the French army, Col. Picard. who fur
nishes a preface and notes. The publica-
ton is heralded as one of the most histor-
ically import of recent years. containing
as it does the dispatches, orders. &C. now
first issued, of the battle Of Waterloo and
that period.
James Francis Dwyer. author of the
South Sea novel. THE White Waterfall"
Just published by Doubleday, Page & Co.
thinks that the gentle heather has re-
markable lot of common sense. Mr.. Dwyer
tells of Samoan chief who received q,
box of clothes from the agent of p
ton missionary association In the b
dle," said Mr.. Dwyer, was a pair of o.r-
sets-the Lord only knows why corss Is
were sent to Samoa-but the chief kn W
that his special tin god was watchi4.s
over his interests. He decreed that any
of his own wives or the wives of his
followers who misbehaved the 'selves
should be laced up in the corsets ~ a
certain period. and the moral eff. on
the village was wonderful. The g lie
of a buxom wife squealing loudly as the
corsets we're drawn around her, had such
a good effect upon scolds and lazy house,
wives. that headmen from other villages
sent special ENJOYS asking for the loan
OF the wonderful apparatus to punish their
own confirmed shrsva"