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DR.. Grenfell has the knnck OF visualiz-
ing to his readers the life OF the poor
hard working people TO whom he has de-
voted his life. Their primitive condi-
ton. the bitterness OF their struggle for
n hare existence, its incessant battle
with the elements that Kill so ruthless'Y
with sea and ice and snow-he depicts
vividIy. with Unfailing sympathy for the
sterling qualities OF these simple folk.
their honesty, their mutual helpfulness,
their unfiinching courage, with hearty
participation In the little pleasures that
so seldom brighten their lives. HIS are
very human tales, drawn from the cX-
periences OF his loving. indefatigable ser-
looked that at the root Of their simple
drectness OF manner there Is good,
sound art. Who that reads this tale Of
"Brin" in this volume will ever forget
that sagacious leader OF the team III
"huskies" finding the way home In n
trackless wilderness? There is bakers
dozen Of tales in this volume, some Of
them mere Incidents, like that OF The
silver Fox" OF riches beyond the dreams
Of avaricc-as much as SJ00-Galned at
the risk Of two human lives. others
planned on larger scale, but all OF
them serving their authors unvarying
purpose of depicting the life of the Lab
rador coast and the men and women il
produces by the sevcrcst of tests
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FICTION
Mr.. oppenheim's Adventurous
Secret Agents.
PLOTS AND COUNTER PLOTS.

PETER RUFF AND THE DOUBLE
FOUR. BY r. Phillips Oppenhetm
With illustrations by Dalton Stevens
12mo. pp. 42i. Boston: Little, Brown n
Co.
Peter Ruff starts his amazing career
as a criminal in London, changing at
Just the proper moment to the safer and
far more profitable occupation Of Grim
inal private detective. He has talent.
has Peter, but he has also longing for
quiet middle class English respectable
ity. And thus he enters upon his real
life work. as chief Of the Double Four,
an international secret society, which,
beginning as band Of robbers on a gi-
gantic scale, has changed its aims, and
is now engaged In furthering the triple
entente by thwarting the secret ma
neuvres in England, France, the Bal
kans-in all Europe-of perfidious Ger
many. A member of the Austrian no.
bility, the head Of the central European
alliances diplomatic secret service sys-
TEN, is Peters chief opponent. This able
gentleman's plots are innumerable, bus
the Englshman Is ever able to Illustrate
them. Mr.. Oppenheim makes fantastic
use of every critical moment in the rela-
tions Of the great powers during the last
few years. Never before has he worked
his amazing fertility Of invention so as.
siduously; never before has he produced
so necessarily adventurous story yet
he never ceases TO be plausible.
Whether IL be tho attempted theft CT
plans for a possible joint campaign OF
Franco and England against Germany,
an Austrian dynastic plot in the Bal
kans or n German attempt To buy Eng
lish built warships via Turkey-these
are but affairs chosen at random-Peter
IL always on the spot, the story having z
the further merit that the duel OF wits
between him and the Austrian is even
more engrossing than the great interests
over which II is fought. His clever wife.
n little English actress who rises with
him from his days OF crime Is as inter
esting in her way az is he. Mr.. Open
helm, Il may be added. reveals inciden-
tally tho motive and the manner of the
destruction Of the Maine. "Cherch's td
fCmmc"-a bit OF advice, by the way,
that Is repeatedly followed In these
pages. A rousing good story Of intrigue,
danger and daring that might we'll be
turned into n glorious melodrama.
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ceived the royal command to write the
ode for the Prince Consort's installation
at Oxford. Wordsworth was In deep
sorrow at the time, owing 10 the death
Of his daughter Dora. and, feeling that
| he could not write the verses, sent for
his son n-in-law Quillinan, with whose aid
the ode was finally completed. Mrs.
| Kennedy also told how. after the publ
cation of 1--WE Are Seven" she said to
her grandfather: The papers are say
ing that you only put In those words
| dear brother jim in the first line so
as to have a rhyme 10 in every limb. y
why, OF course that was the reason,
my dear" gently replied the poet.
Mr.. Garland on tho Occult.
! Hamlin Garland, whose interest in
psychical subjects is we'll known. denies
that he is a "spiritualist" in the accepted
meaning of the word. II have dealt with
that subject in my novel Victor Ollnee'5
Discipline, he said recently. MY at
titude is that of the scientist. The phe-
nomenon we call spirits Is not due to the
actions of returned spirits. 1t is a psy-
chical emanation Of tho physical. Put
! ting il in another way. / believe in the
mystery of matter. not in the mystery
of spirit"
( The Life of Nietzschc.
The biography OF her famous brother
written by Mrs. Forester Nietzsche, his
lifelong companion and his faithful
nurse during the clouded closing days OF
his life, is to be published in an English
version by the Sturgis & Walton Com
pany. The translation will be in two
Volumes, the first OF which appears this
spring.
! Classical and Romantic Poets.
! At the annual meeting OF the Classical
Association recently held In London DR..
the presidential address, taking for his
theme "Hellenism as Force in His
tory" Iu discussing Greek influences on
English literature he said:
| II is common to class our great poets OF
| the Revolutionary period-ByrCn, ShelleS,
! Wordsworth, Coleridge ana otners-as the
| iNOIldHNlStS, III COukldSl Win tIlt tldS'A-
| CAL poets, such az Pope and those that
| followed him. | do not demur 10 this clas-
sihcaton But all classification depends
| upon ones point OF view, upon the pifn-
| cipiUm dirisiOHis. And for our purpose II
would be equally right to claim all those
! revolutionary poets and romancists. as be-
| ing saturated with the essential qualities
! OF Hellenism. Who loved Greece better
! than Byron. who gave his life TOR the lih-
Grafton? Was not Shelley an eager student
of the Greek classics. and powerful trans
lator OF Plato and OF the Hymn TO Hermes?
| Char mans Homer and dreamed long
dreams over an Attic vase? Where is even
! Wordsworth more at his best, or more
! Himself. than IN "Laodamia '? That very
! love OF nature, and OF man as he is which
makes the reaction against the so-called
classical school of English poetry. is fun
damentally Hellenlsm In It's broad sympa-
thy, I'm It's love OF beauty and freedom. It's
hatred of affectation, It's preference for tie
oppn air
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FICTION.

DANNYs OWN STORY. BY Don Marquis.
Illustrated by Il. w. Kemble l2mo. pp.
iv. 333. Doubleday, Page & Coz
The autobiography OF a founding.
RIDERS or THE PURPLE SAGE A Novel.
Ey Zane Grey. illustrated by Douglas
Duer. i2mo, PIP. 33i uIarper & Bros)
Reviewed In another column.
SECRET SERVICE. Being the Happenings OF
a Night In Richmond In tho Spring OF 1869
Done into book form from the play by
william Gillette by Cyrus Townsend Brady
illustrated by tho Kinneys. i2mo pp. XIII
3s1 tDodd. Mead q Coz
PETER RUFF AND THE DouBLE-FoUR.
Ey r. Phillips Oppenhelm. With Illustra-
tions by Dalton Stevens i2mo. pp. vi, i2i
Boston: Little Brown Coz
Reviewed In another column.
MORE LETTERS TO MY SON. BY winifred
James. 12mo. pp 1884. Nioffat. Yard &
Coz
further collection OF letters by the eu-
thor OF Letters TO Ny SON. and written
like their forerunners before the hrth or
the child to whom they addressed
THE MYSTERY or NUMBER A. by ]. storer
Clouston. l2mo, pp. 23i, Ciofat. Yard x
Coz
As the name implies. this Is detective
story.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-27

and terrors OF my time. as the Able Sieyes,
the original utteTer OF the quoted words,
had managed to exist through the vio-
lcnces. the crimes ana the enthusasms OF
the French Revolution. "J'ai vecu," as ]
apprehcnd most of us manage to exist,
missing all along the varied forms of de-
struction by a hairs breadth, saving my
body, that's clear. and perhaps my SOU
also. but not without some damage here
and there to the fine edge of my con-
science that heirloom of the ages. OF tho
race, Of the group. OF the family. colorado
and plastic, fashioned by the words, tho
looks, the acts and even by the silences
and abstentons surrounding ones child
hood: tinged in "A complete scheme of deli
cate shades and crude colors by the inner
tied traditions. beliefs, or prejudices-un'
accountable. despotic, persuasive, and
often. in its texture, romantic.
And often romantic, .
Decidedly worth reading, this Per
sonal Record" with its strikingly indi-
vidual note. 1t certainly contains
Furthermore. suggestions of many
strange tales. No wonder Mr.. Conrad's
friends told him that he was recklessly
wasting a mass Of good literary mate
rial
New-York tribune., 1912-01-27
FOR ARTS SAKE.
THE JOYOUS WAYFARER. by IIunfre,
Jordan. l2mo. PIP. Ssj. g. +. Putnam't
Sons

THE JOYOUS WAYFARER. by Hunfrey
Jordan. l2mo., PIP. 8sj. q. +. Putnam :
Sons
When a young Englishman OF gooi
family chooses art as his mistress, in
selection, much may happen. IL GER
tanly does in the case OF the Joyous
wayfarer OF this story, who, cutting
adrift from comfortable allowance.
starvcs I'm Paris, takes to the road for 4
livelihood, herds COWS and keeps sort
OF artists inn in the Burgundan coun-
tryside, where much befalls that Is no.
OF his making. but rather due TO the col
lective temperament Of mob Of riotous
winners. 1t Is there, also. that he paints
his masterpiece. The plot is decidedly
complicated, including. Of course. a love
interest" an engagement broken on ac-
count OF an unjust suspicion fostered by
n most Tcprehensible English suffragan
bishop and a French opera singer with
an unfortunate weakness FOR drink,
whom the joyous wayfarer seeks to save
from herself. multitude of characters,
English and French, play their parts in
London, in bohemian Paris and in Bur
gundy, the hero himself being presented
to the reader, rather than interpreted,
in all the unaccountable ways of well
seen artistic temperament, unpractl-
cal, quixotc and burdened with the sad
ness and longing Of an unhappy love-
Beneath 1t all, however. there Is man
of character. a true gentleman, and In
this finishing touch lies the value OF the
portrait. The author does not take his
hero too seriously, but as an intensely
human man and brother. The story Is
worth while.
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VICTORIAN SIDELIGHTS
Glimpses of the Lions Among
Themselves.
Edited by H. Allingham and T.. I}aumer
Williams with Illustrations. 6vo, PIP.
viii 2iA Iongmans. Green a Co.


Dear Mr.. Allingham," wrote Jane
Welsh Carlyle in 1886, 'be Poet by all
means, for you have real gin that way;
| but for Gods sake beware Of becoming
too caring about whether your gift is
dpprecidtcd by the million'-of jackasses.
The nightingale don't trouble itself about
| aBDrecidti0n. and sings none the worse
| for that"
| AIingham's plant, to which this pas
sage from one Of Mrs. Carlyles letters in
this volume Is the reply, has not been
preserved, but certain it is that, 9s Il
poet, he never won the appreciation OF
the million" however great that OF his
/ famous contemporaries. the Brownings
and Tennyson among them. He re-
mained an unknown singer until the
| publication, some five years ago, of his
DIARY" which itself revealed the man
rather than the poet-a man or ad-
mirable and lovable traits, with appar-
emily a veritable genius for friendships.
This collection of the letters he re-
ceived from these friends, from Tenny-
son. Thackeray, the Carlyles, Leigh
Hunt, Burne-Jones, George Eliot Hol-
man Hunt, Richard Jefferies Kingsley,
Lecky, Landor, Lord Houghton, Emer-
son, Hawthorne, Moncure ID. Conway,
Rossetti, Ruskin, Morris and many
others, bears sincere and hearty evidence
TO their friendship for him and TO the
quality OF their opinion OF his poetic
gifts. They are more interesting TO US
however for the opinions expressed in
them by their writers-opinions not only
on matters of literature and art, but also
on personalities.
Jane Carlyle is to the fore with her
caustic best
What you say OF Ruskin's book Il en-
cellent. "Claret and butteTmik" till one
doesn't know which Is which! But what
could be expected from man who goes
to sleep with, every night. different Tur-
ner picture in chair opposite his bed
that "he may have something beautiful
10 look at on first opening his eyes OF a
morning" $50 his mother told mel !;
He NJ amiable and gay. and full of hope and
faith in-one doesn't know exactly what
but Of course he does.
Mrs. Browning confdes TO Allingham
tnat SHe WOuiu IdtHtT nave NiNbtH
MAUD" than six volumes of "Idylls of
the King" and Thackeray writes him
that "Tennyson has just been here, much
excited about his court dress and sword
(he says his legs are very good. but we
know what the Psalms say on that sub
ject, and as much pleased and innocent
about it as girl or a page" George
Eliot expresses the opinion that per
haps. unless poet has dialect ringing
in his ears so as to shape his metre and
rhymes according TO it at one jet, 1t is
better to be content with a few sug-
gestive touches, and fear that the
stupid public is not half grateful for
studies In dialect beyond such sugges-
tons," The letters from William Morris
New-York tribune., 1912-01-27

are typical Of the man; there are some
amusing references TO Rossetti in Slf
Edward Burne-Jones's cheerful epistieS'
but quotation must stop with the follo" =
ing extract from one of Ruskin's letters
quite agree with you that neither Lower
nor Longfellow wrote fnished-or even goVu
poetry. Both OF them are hard workers-to
whom verse making is a recreatlon-Hes,e .
theless ] believe "rhe Psalm or Lie W ~
have had more beneficial influence on WI tI,t9
generation Of English than any other inou- '
ern composition whatever, except iouu i','o II
Song or the Shirt FROM LomN L1o,,,
any other writer whatsoever. nave I noi
learned 50 nuCh-but | have got heip @ an"
heart from single lines at critical 'lso 'lInes,
For real utility | think his shreWd Sen9s ,s
and stern moral purpose worth all hea. "
and Shelley put together. | don corphher rlthor
him with Keats, but ! go TO MN log o,ts1l
articles-which I can't get from hesiss
namely. Conscience. Cheerfulness ana raith'
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MORMON RULE,

RIDERS or THE PURPLE SAGE. \
novel, by Zane Grey. illustrated by
Douglas Duor. l2mo., PIP. 33j. Harper
& Bros
This new story by the author OF The
Heritage Of the Desert" deserves all
praise 1t deals with a dramatic subject
In strong, picturesque. vivid manner.
The scene is laid in remote Mormon
settlement in Southern Utah; the period
is that of the beginning of the T0s Of
the last century, when the Gentle had
begun to invade the territory of the
Saints. and the ruStler was coveting the
New-York tribune., 1912-01-27
MISCELLANEOUS.

PROFITS AND WAGES IN TIE BRiIlsit
COAL. TRADE 1sos 10 lalO) BY Imousss
Richardson NJ r., and John \: WalpAnA'
y = A Iono M a6 (Nevcaste-on-tyne'
England: W. II. Roblnson)
The facts set forth in this booklet point 70
the conclusion that a minimum wage ~
feasible proposition, and II made sNeotvs;
instead of running British industries "oui'
add TO their prosperity.
TuE EVOLUTION OF INDUSTRY. By y. n.
Mactiregor. n. A. l2mo, pp. VII .o4' Ihei''
Holt & Coz =,
Appear;ng In the Home University u
brsTy." we have also received In this seri,,,,
yolumes on Elements OF English law,
"Astronomy" IAN Introduction 10 sclencssi,
English Literature: Modern and Ps>oh'
cal Research
THE AMERICAN YEAR BOOK. 1911; N,
ord OF Events and Progress Editea a. %
FRANCIS G. Wickware, Il. A.. .. sc., u,In- unu
direction OF a supervisory board represehysssie ssi
national learned societies. SNo, pp Ky ''''
10. Appleton & Coz
A compendium Of statistics and inio'insd ad
ton about the government. AmerNdl,
foreign history aud international Iei,aas.,Iss
economic and social questions. nus,innsi
and Occupations, public works and, ana ~, ns''""tt' at
defence, science, engineering, reHso"' "
literature music and drama.
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HISTORY.

THE SIEGE or CHARLESTON. And the
Operations on the south Atlantic Coast IN
the War Among the states. BY samuel
Jones, formerly Major-General c. = A.
frontspiece, l2mo, pp. 2a5, (The Neale
Publishing Company
brief study and account OF the siege.
GENERAL. OFFICERS OF THE CONFEDER-
ATE ARMY, officers OF the Executive De
partments OF the Confederate states, Ncnl-
hers OF the Confederate Congress hy states,
Compiled and Prepared by General Marcus
J; Wright. i2mo. pp. iss. Crhe Neale fuo-
fishing Coz
a biographical dictionary OF the tifil ana
military authorities OF the ConteueIhte
states, compiled from official records
WITH FIRE AND SWORD by Major ;, ~
NJ. Byers. OF General ShcrnianS s'an.
Publishing Company
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RELIGIOUS.

,o,,r,,r,pN ppEsRYTERIAN LEADERS. IT. ~
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Biosraphical sketches Sr %rsdsslI. ssgn William
Graham George Howe and Aaron Nv W. uor,
lana etc, with somo account OF chnrchmen
they did and OF some sou'he'"
OF the present day On, ,rs,,s
eocIHIsM AND THE ETHICS or JEsuSn, JEn
so' Nv Henry G. vedder. professor o. ninary' en"u
history in crGssr Tsssos1ssa TTsS ossssm,risn
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A discussion Of the principles OF so',slh shleh
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rWELVb b,,L,prfsTihNIrY FOR THE nv
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The experiences OF a subcrdinat. soldl.r

The experiences Of a subordinate soldier
during the Civil War
HISTORY OF OUR TINE. 1ss5-lsil. By q.
p Gooch. N. A. l2mo. pp Vi. 2o6 (Henry
Holt & Coz
Setting forth the chief developments et
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Eastern Europe. America Germany and me
Latin South of Europe. Other Volumes
Home University Library" are The Civt-
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Times" ''The Civil War and The pawn
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THE PRESIDENTS CABINET. Studies IN the
Origin, Formation and Structure " an
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Learned. svo. pp, Sit. al Nah UNI
versity Prcss)
An explanation Of tho origin ard formation
~ the council as well as the establishment
OF the structural ofices-Seven secretary
ships the Attorney Generalship ana tne
Postmaster Gcneralship-which form the IN
stitutiou
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BOOKS OF THE WEEK..
BIOGRAPHY.

A PERSONAL RECORD By Joseph Conrsd..
PIP. 2l9, tHarper Bros)
Review In another column.
AN IMPERIAL. VICTIM Marie Iouise. Arch
duchess OF Austria Empress OF the French,
Duchess Of Parma. BY Mrs Edith +,
Cuthel. With thirty-four Illustrations in
cluding two photogravure frontispieces. In
two volumes. svo. pp. 400. 3a3. Bren-
iano'sD
The story ot her sirlhcod. her marriage 80
Napoleon and her career az Empress OF the
French.
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MUSIC.

korNIGsKINDDR. CRoysl Chidrenl GuI.' n.
TO Bmgelbert Humperdinck,s and ErnSs anS Kurt
mer's Opera. BY Lewis NJ ,ssses ano nm 90
J. Rahlson. ILLUSTRATED i'
(Dodd. Mead & Coz xho
A description OF the opera for mos
h,ys not a technical knowledge OF nusi0
New-York tribune., 1912-01-27
TRAVEL,

.po~n IoTRNEYs. The Human nonsas
NA"abIn Mnmc and Abroad, BY rereiysi fos,,rs.
syo' pp. Sas. The Neaie PUBLISHING eO"
pany) n.,,. p.Y,. ssd
London.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-27
LABRADOR FOLKS.

DOWN NORTH on THE LABRADOR.
BY Wilfrad r. Grenfell. M D., c. NJ. o.
illustrated. l2Ino. PIP 30. The Fleming
n. Revell Company.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-01-12

Customer-That ice-cream freezer
you sold me doesn't do the work you
claim for it at ALL
Salesman-No? Perhaps you-er-
didn't use the best quality of ice.
It's very important to have the ice
very cold, you know.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-01-12
LOCAL AND PERSONAL

Wanted-Potatoes, wood, eggs and
butter.-Johnson Mercantile Co.
Peter Chriske, the Conrath hotel
man, was a visitor in Ladysmith on
Wednesday.
We buy and sell secondhand
l new one. Karst's Hardware.
The board of directors of the Farm
ers' Mutual Town Fire Insurance Co
met at the courthouse Monday to
audit the books of the company The
annual meeting of the policy holders
vas held Tuesday. E. F. Brainerd
J. E. Frost and ]. A. Boyer were re
elected directors
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-01-12
TRAINING SCHOOL NOTES.

Edna Bennett was here Thursday.
r.. H. Burns, of Stevens Point, Wis
tied in our school a short time Tues
day.
Mary Summers, of Conrath, and
Theron Clark, of Ladysmith, heve en-
tered school,
The training school rooms have
been comfortable of late, in spite of
the cold weather.
Alice Smith, Irene Cole, Wesley
Moore and Lee Cass were training
school visitors Friday.
Jessie Sergeant, a former student,
spent Tuesday forenoon visiting our
school, while on her way to her
school near Brentwood
editors note--It is not our policy
to publish programs of any kind af-
ter they are given, except possibly in
very rare instances. A general write
up of a program after it is given is
acceptable. We are always pleased
to publish any program, to which the
public is invited, in advance Of the
event.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-01-12
HIGHscHOoL NOTES.

Oh, say, LYDIA, what is the "ques-
tion?"
Ray Short has entered the high
school.
Winnie Judd, who has been sick wit
liphtheria, has returned to school
lgain.
Preparations are being made for a
skating rink upon the highschool
campus. Heigh-ho.
Frances MADDEN has returned to
school, after a prolonged absence on
,ccount of scarlet fever.
Everybody has returned to school
with their best" New Years resolu-
lions (as usual Here's hoping,
Don't miss the basket ball game
tomorrow Saturday evening. Park
Falls highschool will play our high
school team.
The highschool basket ball team
won another victory last Friday even
ing over Rice Lake city team, score
81 to %. good beginning for 1912
What was the matter with the
physics class this month? The only
explanation received so far is Il die
lot have time to study" But cheer
up, the worst is yet to come"
"Silently, two by two the teacher
are coming back from their Xmas
vacation. Mr.. Hughes and Miss Nc
Fadden returned Monday. Miss
Christoffers and Miss Ingram did not
arrive until Tuesday on account OF
missing their trains at Waukesha.
Time and tide wait for nc man
Neither do trains.
| have a special bargain in a 40
acre tract Also a house and lot in
Ladysmith
Miller, the Land Man