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DOWN EAST.
NAOMI OF THE ISLAND. BY Lucy
Thurston Abbott. With frontisPlece
in colors by William Bunting. Eino'
M 1853 Boston: J.. &. Page az GO.

NAOMI OF THE ISLAND. BY Lucy
Thurston Abbott With a frontlsplece
IN colors by William Bunting. l2mo'
Do. 1853 Boston: j.. c. Page & Co
The happy ending somewhat conven-
tionalizes this story but then. the reader
is likely to rejoice over Naomfs good
fortune, she deserves it so fully. otll'
the earlier pages of the book are the pet
ter ones in the choice and description OF
bleak environment on the New England
coast, in its studies Of the 1onSshore
folk, and its clear Characterization OK
Naomi. a heroine in the making even III
childhood. Hers Is the spirit OF sacrl-
flee for the sake of the child that Calls
her sister and her reward is drudgery,
harsh treatment, injustice, when put
drive her on to the quest Of indepen-
dence. So Naomi sets forth to work
her way" through college and energies
into the light. Here the author steps
into the foreground and takes charge OF
her fate through the windings of a plot
that. far from original, yet serves its
purrOse well enough, and not least III
the welcome Justice it metes out to those
who, having i'll treated Naomi in child
hood. seek to harm her in the days OF
her dawning happiness. 1t Is a pretty
romance, but its beginning leads the
reader to expect sterner stuff.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-06

zines in which they originally appeareu'
There Is humor in them, shreWd opSo'
walton. and, underlying these, q sym
natbe,ic knowledge and understandings
Of the hard side Of life in our large cit'e''
Chicago and New York are the scenes
of most of them, their characters are
taken from the ranks of the workers, or,
rather. they are kept there. and pre-
eonted in their daily round and its re-
lotion 10 the human comedy. MISS
Eerber is Of the school of o. Henry. she
&c brief and TO the point, she knows how
% ctetch rapidly a situation or char
acter. she selects the essential outlines
making 1t easy for the reader TO Ill OUT
tba nict,re from his own experience
Ard ~ occasionally she is cynical, II
ia with the cynicism Of the great CITY,
boroatb which there may lie so much
-, comnassion and of Indignation at
things that be- There IS consideraole
technical dexterity In some OIL 'hese
tales I'm the telling strokes, for instance
.bat nlace before the reader New
Years Eve revel in one OF our lops'er
palaces. the point of observation Delhs
from the other side-from the checker $
desk behind the swinging doors OF the
restaurant and the barkeeper's side OF
the counter. There is profit In THESE
stories as we'll as entertainment.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-06

ment cannot safeguard the traveller
page or two To the famous veiled
Tuaregs but what impressed him moss
of all, far more than sandstorms and
thirst and the welcome relief Of the rare
oasis was the indescribabe heat of the
desert. He had travelled for three
months through tropical heat in the hot
season of the year, but here he suffered
agonies. Even the natives feet We're
blistered by the sun, and the midday rest
was the greatest torture of all, with not
Timbuctu, the almost tabled city Of
our imagination, was a sore disappoint-
ment 10 Captain Haywood:
There was something rather fascinating
about this quaint desert city, 50 solemn and
subdued did it appear TO be. But on the
whole my feeling was one Of disappoint-
ment, for / had expected a far more i'm
posing place. ! had pictured To myself q
town of fine Moorish buildings. In
point of fact, except for the three mosques
the general appearance # the town was
very much like many others ] had seen on
my Journey through Western SoUdan Tim
buctus chief difference lies rather in her
Surroundings than IN hcr Individuality. she
is alone in the desert. The desert surrounds
her on all sides.
In the earlier part Of his book the
author describes some Of the customs
and supersttions Of the many tribes in
the British protectoratc among them the
belief that twins are "A curse from the
/ local deity. who must he conciliated by
their instant death and the casting out
of the mother into the bush. lest the
whole family be stricken with madness.
The undoubted progress of Islam is, ac-
cording to Captain Haywood decidedly
to be welcomed, as it has beneficial in
huence on these heather and raises their
moral standards Being an Englishman.
the author was out for sport carefully
noting such luck as he had with game
large and small British West Africa is
still a largely uncXplored and unculU-
waited field Of great potential riches. 1t
is at last beginning 10 receive, in the
literature of travel at least, if not from
the British government a share of the
attention which has so long been be-
slowed upon British East Africa.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-06
BIOGRAPHY.

HAPPY HUMANITY. BY DR. Frederik Va,
EedeH. Frontispiece. l2nO. pp yii 29J
doubleday, Page q, Coz
An autobiography of the novelist and
social refOrmer In which he tells OF IN.
training first as an artist. then as A phv.
sician and ~ the experiences out OF which
his social doctrines grew
THE COMEDY or CATHERINE THg
GREAT BY Francis Gribble. nustrstsJ
SvO. pp. xix, 36I. GO. T. PUtnam's son.1
The story OF her early life and marriage
her lovers and her court.
WENDELL PHILLIPS. The Faith os an
American BY George Edward Wood
berry 12mo, pp 43 CThs woodoerry
Society,"
An address delivered at the Groli.,
Club. 10 commemorate the centenary Of
tho birth Of Philips.
IRISH RECOLLECTIOSS. BY Justin No.
Carthy illustrated Svo, DID, w. 297
(The George II. Doran Company
Eeminiscenccs OF Ireland In tho authors
carly youth. especially or the ancient city
Of cork.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-06
PRESERVATION OF HAILsToNEs
From The London Globe.

From The London Globe
The careful study of hailstones may
be expected to throw light on the origin
Of this peculiar mcteoric fall ana also
On the conditions Of the upper ain But
their rapid melting makes this dllt-
Guilty. Hence the means recently de-
vised by Professor Boris Weinberg. oil
Tomsk and recorded I'm Les Annalcs,'
should help TO increase our knoWlcdse
Of the subject OF nailstorms ana thelr
origin. Professor Wcnberg's plan II
To plunge them Immediately into Hdund
Of nearly equal density contained IN
double walled receptacle. The space ne
tween the walls Is packed with a mkt
ure Of ice and copper sulphate, by WiIlch
the contents are kept at sui1clehtIy
low temperature. When required TOT
study the hailstones are removed ana
sliced, etc, for microscopic eXamind-
ton. II the phenomcnally large hail-
stones Of which We 80 frequently read
in accounts OF storms could thus be
preserved If might serve to remove -
prevailing skepiicisM regardinl ,n'l
actual size For ia" ordinary onS'r'"l
perhaps - Thcrmos flask would he
found 10 have sufficiently conservative"
pow eTS.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-06
FICTION.

PLEASURES AND PALACES. BY Juliet VII.
bor Tompkins Being tho Home making
adventure OF Marie Rose. Illustrated BY
Howard Chandler Chrlsty. limo, pp. 23S.
Doubleday, Page & Coz
An account Of tho trials of an mex.
pcrienced housekeeper.
THE CHILD OF THE DAWN BY Arthur
CHRISTOPHER Benson. 12mo. pp. Xiii, 39a
(G p. Putnam's Sons)
story in the form OF allegory
dealing with the hope OF immortality
BUTTERED SIDE DOWN Stories by Edna
Ferber With frontispiece in color by r.
Ford Harper and other illustrations "A
black and white by Thomas Fosarty and
Jrma Deremeaux. l2mo. pp. go. Crhs
Frederick A. Stokes Company
Reviewed in another column
LADIES WHOSE BRIGHT EYES. A Ro-
New-York tribune., 1912-04-06
A STRANGE CASE.
THE GREEN VASE, BY William r. Cas-
tie, jr. 12mo, PIP. 400. Dodd, Mead

THE GREEN VASE BY william R, Cas-
tie, jr Emo. PIP 400. Dodd, Mead &
Co.
II is the curious. sudden twist OF the
plot in the middle of this story that sets
1t apart among the novels Of the season.
A young woman of gentle native Amerl-
can antecedents, but poor and a wage
Garner marries young lawyer and ris-
ing politician Of Irish extraction; a good
man and true, but socially without ira
ditions. The house to which he takes his
bride is in South Boston, most unfash-
ionable region. The green vase on the
mantelpIece in its drawing room Is the
elimination Of the crying bad taste with
which II is furnished. The neighbors TT
the neighbOrhoOd; they, too, are an Of
fence to the young wife in manners and
narrowness and peculiar kind Of snob-
bishness of their own. STILL they must
be conciliated for the sake OF the hus-
bands political future. Into this un-
settling atmosphere enters the Bos-
tonian. the type of the best for which the
city has stood in social and aesthetic
culture. He and the mismated wife, who
yet loves her husband, drift inevitably to-
gether, until-until the author suddenly
twists his plot and brings the reader
face to face with situation that, al
though not new in itself. is yet strik
ingly novel as far deeper complication
of the state OF affairs which has de-
veloped. though for the moment 1t ap-
pears to be the solution of it all. Thus
the first episode changes Unexpectedly
into a second one, and this into a third
and last one, since death is factor Of
life, often unconsidered until It is
Ilpon us
New-York tribune., 1912-04-06
EDUCATIONAL.

AGRICTLTCRAL EDUCATION ~ THE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS By Benjamin Marshsli
Davis with en- Introduction by Charles
Hubbard Judd. Svo. pp. VII, 1853 Chicago;
The University OF Chicago Press)
\ study of iis development with par.
ocular reference 20 tho agencies con.
cerncd.
THE FESTIVAL BOOK. May Day Pastins
and the MAY Pole. Dances reyels and
musical games for the playground. school
and college BY Jeanette Emellne Car.
penter Lincoln illustrated. ito. DID, 1ili
- (The A. s. Barnes Company
Programmes and directions for May Day
celebrations With music, figures dia.
grams and illustrators.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-06
BOOKS AND AUTHORS
Current Talk of Things Present
and to Come.

The book season in England is suffer-
ing from the coal strike. Those who
feel the pinch Of income lessened by
the strike have cut down on reading
matter; the booksellers complain that
nobody IS buying books. This means, of
course, that there will be food in the
autumn in America as in England. of
the books held back this spring
New-York tribune., 1912-04-06
SHORT STORIES

BC1TERED SIDE DOWN Stor,.. hv
Edna Ferber ,Frontispiecc In color by
~ tord Harper and other illustrations
iu black aud white by Thomas IScartv
ana lrma DcrcmeauA l2mo pp 10
Frederick y. Stokes compap'
'I'S' we've stories Vorc worth 10.
III book form from tho masa-
New-York tribune., 1912-04-06

sugoestions IN "Pageants and Pagean-
try - a forthcoming book by Esther W.
Bates and William orr. Many historical
subjects are named therein ana are ac-
COMMANDED by directions for costumlh3
ard staging. CHM e. Co are the pub
fishers.
An Explorers Stories.
Mr.. Harry de Windt, the explorer mas
been dropping energetically into fiction
He is bringing out volume or shor.
stories with title which reminds us OF
Wilkie Collins. 1t is "A Woman IN
Black"
The Thistle Stevenson.
The new subscription edition OF Robert
Louis Stevensons works-the Thlstlo
Edition published by the Scribners-has
lust been completed by the issue or a
volume of New Letters There are
| twenty-seven volumes In the edition.
Eight contain the letters and miscella-
nies. twelve are devoted to novels ana
tales, one to poems four to travels ana
essays and two to the authors biogra-
ply.
| Slang in "Miiestones."
The question of slang In the play
"Milestones," by Mr.. Arnold Bennett and
| Mr.. H. Knoblauch. has been commented
upon in London and the authors pro
cedure as regards the year 1860 Is thus
explained by Mr.. Bennett:
| They practically read through the whole
! of punch" for that year, and chose num-
ber of conversational phrases from lts ula-
| lCgues They were much struck by the
preyalence in 1860 of phrases which they
/ had imagined to be quite modern. cannot
AT the moment consult Mr.. knoblauch, but
my strong impression is that 'faddlst was
among the words discovered in "Funch
for 1860 II should love to- IS certainly. an
old phrase As for gone one better |
bave been familiar with it all my life, and
can recall events I'm 1871. The fact is that
/ language changes more slowly than social
! conditions. We still say that a steamer
/ sails.
an Cotton Wool"
( Mr.. W. B. Maxwell, the competent nov
eIist and son Of the author who in her
| maiden days was NJ. E. Braddon. has
finished new novel, a study Of temper
ament. 1t Is called "In Cotton Wool,
and is the story of a man of assured in
come who wraps himself in the cotton
wool of selfish inaction and thereby
: loses all but the husk Of himself.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-06
How to DO" Paeeants.

The historical pageant promises 10 be-
come popular In this country as II has
been for some years past in England.
Those who vearn for this form Of aniuse-
mcnt and instruction will ind excellent
New-York tribune., 1912-04-06
Miss Harraden's New Book.

Miss Beatrice Harraden. who has
written nothing for four years. has fin
ished novel which will appear i'm the
autumn from the Stokes press. She
has not SO far repeated the success of
her first book, Ships that Pass in the
Night" She has Of late been devoting
herself to the cause Of woman suffrage
New-York tribune., 1912-04-06
BOOKS OF THE WEEK.
ART.

THE STUDIO YEAR BOOK OF DECORA.
TIVE ART 1912. illustrated. 4to. m
Pa. (The John Lane Company
review OF the latest develOpments in
the artistic construction, decoration and
furnishing Of the house.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-06
Illuminating America.

Another English author is contemplate
ing tour of illumination for the be-
nighted intollects on this side of the
water This is Mr. Alfred Noycs. whose
poetry, It must be said. is not important
He expects TO lecture here i'm the
autumn; and besides lecturing," says
his publisher. "he will probably read his
poetry. especially his peace poems. which
bear "A message Of fraternity between
England ana America" Well well. To
tell the cold and clammy truth. there are
few things that Americans OF judicious
literary taste could more joyfully do
and
New-York tribune., 1912-04-06
Mr.. Vance's New Kind"

Mr.. Louis Joseph Vance. who is one
Of the most Industrious and persistent
OF writer's, is modest, withal as to his
own powers. as his frank "reminiscences
ln THE Bookman" show. i've learned
lot about writing since The Brass
Bowl made q hit" he says, but the big
gest thing I've learned is how much
more there Is to learn" He adds: And
I've accumulated a notion that. while my
wings have been long time a-growlng,
they're now strong enough for more am
bilious flights than I've heretofore dared.
My second book To follow The Band
box Is going TO be such an attempt and
don't believe il will fan down, because
IL isn't designed To be novel of the
George Moore school. It'll he realism,
but another sort-a new kind or else
natter myself horribly"
New-York tribune., 1912-04-06

BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-06
MODERN AFRICA
Travels from the Gulf of Guinea
to Algiers.

ALONE IN WEST AFRICA BY Mary
Gaunt. Illustrated. Svo, pp. XIX, 4o4.
Charles Scribners Sons.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-05-02
WHAT DO ''xNTCHTs OF COLUMN
BUS" NEED RIFLES FOR?

My Dear Sir: Several years since,
Knights of Columbus Temple was
consumed by fire at Oakland, Cal,
and it was, correctly reported in the
press that several hundred rifles were
found in concealed room in the
basement
Now If these people have concealed
arms and ammunition vaults in their
buildings, why wouldn't it be a good
idea to swear out search-warrants,
simultaneously, at various points of
the country?
We have one here in Ell Paso the
members of which are prepared to
ride over everybody, and they show
this disposition in their sections.
Very truly yours,
Texas. A MILITARY MAN.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-05-02

Mr.. J. r. Rees,
r. No. 1, Mathiston, Miss.
Dear Sir:
We note what you have to say
regarding our having withdrawn our
advertisement from a certain publ
cation and will say in reply that
advertising is a business proposition
with us, and we care not what the
politics or the religion that the paper
may advocate, SO long as it brings
us the desired results. We will say
in this connection that we will point
out to you that you have no doubt,
observed in many publications a
request from the editor always to
mention the publication when writ
ing to advertisers. Now we will say
in this connection that advertising in
any publication costs a good many
hundred dollars year, and if it does
not bring us sufficient results to
justify us in continuing the advertis-
Ing we, Of course, discontinue it.
We aim to keep a careful record of
all Of our Inquiries received from
parties who have read our advertise
ment in various newspapers and
periodicals and as most of our pat
rons indicate the paper in which they
saw our advertisement it enables us
to keep a very careful check. Now
If publication does not bring us
sufficient inquiries from parties
interested in our goods to justify us
i'll continuing the expense, you can
readily see why we deem it neces-
sary to withdraw our advertisement.
We have not taken up this matter
with our Advertising Manager, for
he is not in the city at the present
time, but you may be sure that his
reason for disseminating the adver-
tisement in the publication to which
you refer is not at all due to the
religious base of the paper in ques-
ton.
Yours very truly,
KITSELMAN BROTHERS.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-05-02
1T is AN OUTRAGEOUS VIOLA
TEON OF LAW,

Dear Sir: Find enclosed a circu-
lar or address of the Hon. Woodrow
Wilson that has been sent out to the
voters by Hoke Smith. What
want to know is: what right has
Smith using the United States mail
free of charge under his frank as
a Senator, to electioneer for some
one else? 1t looks to me like taking
the advantage OF the other fellows
who have to pay the postage OF
course if Congressman Underwood
is doing the same, why all right, but
just the same I thought I would
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-05-02
Will BE CHAD TO HAVE THE
LADY REPRESENT US.

Dear Sir: l have for the last S
years been at q loss to know why l
could not get your Magazine at any
they had no call for it, and a few
have told me that they had orders
not to handle it. Still have insisted
on having it, for as I have told them,
each and every one, that without an
exception your Magazine was, and is
the best published. l bought your
Magazine at Tampa, Fla, on last
Friday, that was the first [ have seen
for years, in fact, since I saw your
first article on the Catholic church,
and I have asked for it at every
town that | have visited. Just to
show you how completely they have
your publication boycotted, I will
explain myself. I am travelling for
q corset company, have been for ten
years in Florida, and ] was sent to
Alabama last May and cenvassed, all
over the state, and through Arkan-
sas, and part of Alabama. and could
not get your book at any stand, and
was told that they had orders not to
keep it at most Of the stands. or that
IEoy udQ EO Gail LOT IL. NOW MI.
Watson l am a very plain, God-fear-
ing woman, and do net want any
publicity. Still 1 want to tell you
how | do honor and sympathize with
you in your fight for our country
and liberty and religious prudence.
l pray God vii give you strength to
keep the fight going end protect you
and yours from their bitter hate. l
read that letter written to you by
that British ignoramus tool of the
Shimmie Ridden Priest, with the
deepest shame and sorrow. To think
that a good, fearless, God-fearing
gentleman should be So insulted by
the Papa's ignorant bull.
Oh, | wish could convey
to you some idea of how it
makes nay heart burn to see how
unfair you have been treated, just
because you have the manhood to
stand up for what your conscience
teaches you to be right. Go ahead
Mr.. Watson in your godly work and
may you live to reach your highest
ideals.
am ycSr sister in His name.
MRS. VIOLA L. MATTOx.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-05-02
ISN'T 1T TIME THE CONFEDER-
ATE VETS GOT FEDERAL
RECOGNITION?

Dear Sir: AS the South pays it's
proportional share of Federal pension
taxes, would it be unjust for the few
remaining Confederate soldiers to
draw their proportional part of the
pension money?
The kind and open-hearted Presi-
dent Mckinley expressed willing
ness, in a speech in Atlanta years ago,
to pay the ex-Confederate soldiers a
pension. Some rich sap-headed ex-
Confederate wanted to treat McKin-
ley's righteous speech with contempt.
A large percent Of the old ex-Confed-
crates are feeble and pennilesss
Hatchers, Ga. REX.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-05-02
THE NTGGER, THE JAP AND THE
CHINk MAY BE YOUR
BROTHER: HE IS NOT
MIME.

Dear Sir: While not a Socialist
the writer notes with hopeful salts
faction the closing paragraph of your
editorial, The Appeal to Reason,
and Freedom of the Press in the
Weekly Jeffersonian Of April 18th,
1912.
To the extent that he is human
and has the right to life, liberty, and
the pursuit of happiness the Niger
is our brother. SO is the Jap, the
Chink, and the Hindu. AS, economic
units these races are being used
against us by centralized wealth as
brother against brother, to destroy
the industrial freedom Of the Anglo
Saxon. To the writer it seems, there
fore, that, be we Democrats, ReDub-
Hcans, Socialists, Or what not, VIC
mast in economic self protection
deal with these races as industrial
brethren. By so dealing we may
organize and use them fer industrial
freedom instead Of permitting them
to be used as unorganized units by
centralized wealth against industrial
freedom. You are familiar with Mr..
Brandeis' statement that "Tndustrial
slavery and political liberty cannot
exist together" And practically to
the industrial classes Of our country,
to a very large extent, already Free
Speech is denied; Public Assembly
is denied; Freedom Of the Press is
denied; Liberty of Movement from
place to place is denied PROTEC-
TION OF THE LAW is DENIED.
/ am sending you (under separate
cover some of our local literature
from which I hope you may find
time to CLEAN some comment that,
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-05-02
ADVERTISERS DO NOT CARE
WHAT THE POLITICS OR
RELIGION OF Al PAPER
ARE" SAY KTTSEL-
MAN BROTHERS.

Dear Mr.. Watson:
I saw an inquiry in The Jefferso-
MAN as to Kitselman Brothers of
Munice, Ind, withdrawing their
advertisement from The Jeiferso-
nian on account Of your fight on the
Roman Catholics.
| wrote them and told them If this
was true, I would not order any
more fencing from them.
| enclose their reply. I am with
you to the end.
J. A. REEFS.
Mathiston, Miss.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-05-02

send it to you. I was glad to see
you looking SO much better when
you were in Augusta last Friday,
than you did six months ago.
remain your friend as ever,
G. III. SCARBOROUGH.
Augusta, Ga.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-05-02
CONTRAST THIS SOCIALIST LET
TER WITH THE ONE FROM
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA.

Dublin, Tex, s, %, 1912.
Thomas e. Watson,
Thomson, Ga.
In an editorial in the jeff of
April the 18th, you make use OF
language that is shocking to your
admirers, when you say, if the
Socialists will let the niger alone,
and not make the mistake of count
ing upon the idea that the black man
is the equal and brother Of the
white, we might easily arrive at
some comon ground upon which we
can work together for national
reforms.
You must have been dreaming
when you wrote that. How can we
afford to affiliate with the nasty
EUROPEAN mess, as you have properly
named it. With their free love pro-
clivities, their opposition to religion,
to government, and stoutly advocate
the doctrine Of placing the human
family on the level with the brute.
refined and moral people, coming
through such dirty channel as
that?
Please find enclosed a clipping
from the Dublin Telephone Of April
10th, 1912, which shows Socialism
up in it's true light.
There was a similar case pulled
off here in Dublin about 8 years ago,
when Rose Riddle left his wife and
children and went Off with woman
Socialist sneaker.