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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-30

jestyenskyS wild and deadly panic has a
fisheries is traced from the Middle Ages,
English and Dutch being even then I'm
never-endEng contest for tho rich
grounds. The herring still is lord OF
the fshesy' the foundation in the If
teenth century OF the wealth Of Holland.
which two hundred years later employed
sixty thousand men in this industry. In
tho seventeenth century Yarmouth had
It's Free Fair" in September, when the
season opened and the Dutch buses
entered the port to wet their nets" a
ceremony In which, no doubt, salt water
or fresh played but a subordinate part.
The Sunday before this was called
Dutch Sunday by the people of Var
mouth. This herring fair fingered on
until nearly the end Of the eighteenth
century. In 1909 22371,221 hundred
weight OF fish was landed In the United
Kingdom. the bulk Of which came from
the North Sea. This catch was valued
at f1O,691 ,1S3 but Of the profits Of this
gigantic industry only pittance goes to
the fishermen, who work on shares. be-
cause owners have found that fixed
wages tend to reduce the catch.
The author writes from first hand OBJ
servation so far as the present day con-
ditions and men Of the fisheries are con-
cerned. The illustrations OF the book
are excellent. Mr.. Masons delightful
pencil drawings deserve a special word.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-30
LAW AND LOGIC
Some Eccentricities of English
LaWmaking.

ANOMALIES or ENGLISH LAW. BY
Samuel Beach Chester, of the Middle
Temple, ESD, Barrister-at- Law; T. r.
G.. -. Companion oil the Military order
Of the Loyal l. giCn Of the United States,
COmmandery Of Pennsylvania. Member
Of tho a. s. Military Service Institu-
ton, Governors Island, New York Har-
Dor. l2mo, pp. ~. Boston: Little,
Brown & Co.
This book makes interesting reading
for the layman as well as for the man of
law. and, Of course. while some OF the
anomalies il discusses are strictly Eng
lish, others have direct bearing On
American legal procedure. The anOm
allies OF the English divorce laws. espe-
cially the obstacles in the matter Of costs
they place in the path Of the poor, hard
ly concern US, who rather suff"r nom "A
confused laxity in the matter, yet The
authors dictum, that the law ot divorce
should bc a set of social rules applied 10
the law of nature" mas wider applica-
ton.
The anomaly in the law OF libel and
SANDER j.. the publicity necessary to
vindiCatc ones self under present condi.
lions. which. acting - = deterrent pro-
tects III. slandcrcr. IT Is ~ leas' som"
satisfaction to a much maligned profess
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-30
SONS OF THE SEA
England's Fishermen and Eng
lands Navy.

NORTH SEA FISHERS AND FIGHTERS.
BY Walter Wood With color and pencil
Illustrations by Frank II. Mason and
photographs by the author. $40. PIP. XIV,
366. T.. y. Dutton Co.
This is the book of the English North
Sea fisheries. 1t deals with the subject
in all its phases, picturesque and prac-
teal, with its hardships and dangers and
it's rewards, with liners and trawlers,
with sail and steam lighthouses, storms
and wrecks, with the work Of the Deep
Sea Mission, and, above all else, with the
sturdy English seadogs that man these
boats. graduates OF the hardest school OF
seamanship in Europe. Steam and mod
ern appliances are gradually changing
their oldtlme ruggedness and endurance,
and the younger generation, Mr.. Wood
complains, Is inclined TO abandon the an
cestral calling for less strenuous Occu-
patton on land. But as yet the foreigner
Is a rarity among the crews of the fish
ing fleets wherefore the author would
organize them for service in the British
navy In case OF that eventual war with
Germany whose approach appears to
have become an article of faith with the
Englishmen OF to-day
But the book IL more than this. IT, Is
a history of the North Sea and the Eng
ish east coast harbor towns from the
days OF the .Iutland wolves and the
Danes to those Of Blake and Monk he
Ruytcr and Tromp. and To the more re-
cent exploits OF John Paul Jones. Ro-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-30
"FYNE PEAUTER"
Brief Talks on an Interesting
Subject.
ON ENGLISH PEWTER.
BY Antonio de Navarro. illustrated.
Svo. pp. xviii l76. London: George
NeWnes. limited

CAUsERIES ON ENGLISH PEWTER.
BY Antonio de Navarro. Illustrated.
Svo pp. xvii, l6. London: George
Newnes, Limited
Pewter is probably the most recent OF
the interests of the present-day collec-
tor Long neglected. looked down upon,
even, on account Of the "baseness' or
it's metal, this old and venerable ware,
judged worthy at times OF use In
churches as we'll as in the home, did
not reach its revival until much Of It had
already gone into tho melting pot. Most
Of what survived the vicissitudes OF
changed fashions, the servants quarters
and the lumber room has, like old plate,
found It's way into appreciative hands,
but the continued and probably growing
demand for it has given rise to still
another branch of the fraudulent art in
dustry.
Mr. De Nayarro's book is not a set
treatise on the subject, but a series of
detached studies that will be found
worth some attention By the general
reader, as we'll as by the collector. Pew
ter has a history, and 1t Is an interesting
one; moreover, it has its artistic side, and
there is no work of art. however humble,
that does not contain the ego of him who
created IT, Why should not the usage OF
centuries contribute, in addition. certain
patna of personality from each successive
owner? In each piece: the history Of the
artist in its composition. the use II has
served and satisfied; its journey through
life; its changes of domicile; the apprecia-
At. fntE hn
the end it be somewhat Scared, attenuated
by overwork-the pathoS of it's viCissitudes.
the marvel of its fragile but determined
vitality.
This is the patina Of time in its deeper
significance, inherent in nearly all that
remains 10 us of the generations OF man
that have gone before us; most potent,
perhaps, in its appeal in the polished i'm
PIGMENTS Of the neolithic age, which the
eXcavator Is bringing ever nearer to us.
Pewter has its romance Of service in the
days when gold and silver plate were
sacrificed in the service Of king and
country, as in the case Of the ransom OF
Richard Lionheart. IT has Its romance
in the churches, which tolerated and
again prescribed its use for the sacred
vessels side by side with the nobler
metals. 1t has It's romance OF the din
ing halls, where it superseded the
wooden trencher and plate; It's romance
of above the salt and below X, Of
flagOns and tankards. And 1t had its
period of humble and only partly sue
cessful imitation Of the shapes and
OF its rivals Of more
precious material The author includes
q chapter on the Worshipful Company
of Pewterers. mentioned in the ordi-
nances of 1913; he discourses on the GUS
tody and care Of the ware, and closes his
volume with a collection OF admirable
plates whose study, together with his
will turn many layman
into an intelligent amateur, IL not into a
confirmed collector.
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SION that Ito impute incapacity 70
Journalist is, It would seem. actionap'e
per Sc" An anomaly Of the law as great
In this country as in England ~ found III
the latitude it gives people to chaiSe
their surnames without the proper legal
formallties. so long as the change is not
made with purpose to defraud:
The countries where CONSUMPTION IS GUS
tomaTy are well protected against chanse
of name abuses. Conscriytion would SOW
the difficulty In England: but there are
ways and means Of putting down most
Ubiquitous practice.
The arrest, detention and prosecution
Of people who have attempted suicide
the author considers well meant
anomaly OF the law. So Is, he ADDS the
coroner's jurys verdict OF suicide "whiie
temporarily insane" Indeed, the coroner
and his jury supply a good many In
stances OF legal anomalies:
Why should perfectly irresponsible
body, for a coroner's jury IS an i,resPon-
sible body in deciding the gullt or an ac
cused murderer find A guilty or the willui
murder Of his wife b before the grand jury
has even found true bill against :; all,
Crippen had been found guilty OF the VII
full murder of his wife In the coroner
court, though he had not as yet been tri ,.S
by any Jury qualified by law to convict MN
of the crime. To point out further oS d" Oar-
ally. /. e., the fiction that an accused pc,
son IS assumed to be innocent until proven
guilty. II may be argued that up 10 the
time of his trial at the Central criminal
Court, Crippen was technically an lnhocenSs
man. though he had ALREADY peen Io ,,nd
guilty of wilful murder by an unauthorlzed
body Of Jurors. Such hopelessly incon-
sistent state Of affairs Is grotesque'
That the law does not supervise I'M
dertaking establishments closely enough
is undoubtedly true. A curious anomaly
Of English law is the interpositlon OF
solicitOr-between client
and barrister a practice just as rational
as would be a law forcing g. sick man
to employ a druggist TO engage physi-
clan for him. And, speaking OF DOCTORS
Mr.. Chester holds that In emergency
cases Of minors. where an immediate
operation is necessary for instance, on
child. physicians should be authorized
by law to proceed without waiting for
the parents and being obliged to plead
with them for reluctant consent me
agreement of two or three physicians on
the immediate necessity Of the operation
should suffice. he holds.
There are other chapters on wills, I'M
prisonment for debt, literary censorship,
legitimation-a curiously complicated
process in It's possible consequences In
cases of INTERCHANGEABLE on criminal
appeal. The book is amply provided with
appendices.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-30
TOURING IN ALGERIA
The North Africans, Old Rome
and HichenstoWn.

ABOUT ALGERIA. AlGiers Tlemcen, Con-
stantine. Biskra Timgad. BY Charles
Thomas-Stanford, +. s. 4. Illustrated
limo, PIP. 500. The John Lane Company
This is not an exhaustive account of
Algeria, but budget Of observations
made during comparatively brief visit
to that region. The author presents in
the motor car an cminently just excuse
for his more or less hasty conclusions,
for that pleasing vehicle has nowhere
more thoroughly transformed travel
than in North Africa. The splendid
roads made by the French lead out into
the desert, and are kept in excellent re-
pair The great national trunk roads
count up TO 800 miles, and there are
others that bring the number up to al
most ten thousand miles. The author
tells us that the African railway train
has a speed of merely fifteen or twenty
miles an hour, whereas the motor car on
such roads can compass fifty miles in
that time The happy traveller can look
forward 10 days passed amid scenes OF
wonderful beauty and majesty in noun
tain ana plain, ana 10 others as precious
days passed in the ruined streets OF
cities almost TWO thousand years old. II
there is anything 10 which the admirins
au'hO! al the outset takes exception II -
The mCdcrniaiug Of the historic town Of
Algiors; bat ne comedies that the wide
boulevards and tIam~sys and sym
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-30
CHURCH LORE
A New Volume in q Sound Work
of Reference.

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF RELIGION AND
ETHICS. Edited by James Hastings
NJ. A, D. D., with the assistance OF
John A. seibie, NJ A. d. d., and other
4to. PIP. XVI, COL Charles Scrlbners
Sons.
The comparative method finds much
favor with the editors Of this learned
and we'll managed work, so that thor
oushness in treating given subject does
not involve inconvenience for the reader
whose inquiries at the moment may not
happen to have wide range. Thus,
under Calendar there is an Introductory
article on the elementary principles of
calendar construction and an account Of
the establishment Of cycle OF inter-
calations. Then come separate reports
dealing with African, American, Ar
menian, Babylonian, Buddhist, Celtic,
Chinese Egyptian, Japanese, Muslin,
Polynesian, Siamese and other calendar
systems, the entire study taking some
eighty pages, double column. Chastity,
Celibacy and Concubinage occupy sew
enty columns, dealing with human
standards and practices from Babylo-
MAN antiquity to Queensland aborigines
Under Charms and Amulets there are
twenty contributions, that on Iranian
superstitions by Bishop Casarteli and
one on Slavic charms by Otto Schrader
The sixty columns devoted 10 Com
munion with Deity make an impressive
portrayal Of religious aspiration among
all sorts and conditions Of men: Celtic
communion with nature deities and
tribal deities, Chinese devotion to
Shang-ti and Ffjian frenzies of inspira-
ton. On the anthropological and ethno-
logical side this encyclopedia is putting
into usable shape store OF material not
to be had hitherto without taking many
steps.
DR.. Alfred L. CARVE, who supplies the
twenty-page discussion of the develop
ment Of Christianity, mediates between
the optimism OF Loisy and the pessimism
Of Harnack in assessing the worth Of tho
organized church as the conservator OF
Christian truth. Father Herbert Thurs
ton expounds the Roman Catholic con-
ception of "the Church." and DR.. OAR
we'll Stone defines the Anglican view. A
general survey Of the creeds Of Christen-
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on what he believes to be the justice
and good policy of the claim. He mas
no respect for the argument that the
wives of the poorer classes would vote
wrongly, because, In his years or lie
IN London. he has found these women
to be intelligent. while their husbands
were hopelessly ignorant. Also he found
the women to be moro patriotic IMAM
their husbands. one evil in England,
the under payment for womens work.
would be corrected. he thinks, II they
had a vote. He condemns the perform
ances Of the militant suffragettes while
at the same time, he Is filled with sor-
row over the unsympathetic attitude OF
the government He chronicles the dis
appointment he felt when, coming from
q country In which women were looked
down upon, he failed to find In the
civilized West the expected equality OF
men and women. In discussing TINS
matter he relents a little toward his
native country. Japanese hearts are
sometimes fairer to women, he declares,
than are those Of some Westerners-and
he adds a quotation from Nitobes book
"Bushido": American husbands kiss
their wives in public and beat them In
private; japanese husbands beat theirs
in public and kiss them in private
And then Yoshl offers us a Renaissance
of his elder brothers home life IN Japan:
He married when was boy. He used
70 take his wife and myself together 70
our neighboring village. or course, his
wife had to carry some bundles and follow
after him. That was our custom. put
when we came to lonely field my brother
always looked round very carefully ana
would say to his wife, II am so glad NOBODY
Is looking at us, give me that bundle imme-
diately." Then he carried the heavy bur
den himself And no sooner dld any people
appear above the horizon than he would
shout to her, BE quick, take THIS bundle
yourself"'
When we returned to our house. he al
WAYS asked his wife II she was too tired
and he never forgot to express his SYM
pathy toward her.
Mr.. MARKINGS drawings OF English
girls and English children are charming
in their daintiness and grace. While
some Of them are little more than out
line. they are full of expression.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-30
Robert E. Lee, the Man Behind
the Commander.

LEE, THE AMERICAN. BY Gamaliel
Bradford, tr. illustrated. Svo. pp. XVII
324 Boston: The Houghton Mifilin
Company.
ROBERT e. LEE. MAN AND SOLDIER.
BY Thomas Nelson Page. With p HSr
trait and maps. Svo PIP. XVIII, '5i'
Charles Scrlbner's Sons.
What ! have aimed at in this book"
says Mir. Bradford, "is the portrayal Of
a soul" and he proceeds to explain that
the method he has followed in his por-
trayal is that of ''psychography," an art
which, he supposes, 'is not psychology,
because it deals with individuals, not
general principles, and not biography
because it swings clear Of the formal
sequence Of chronological detail. and
uses only those deeds and words ana
happenings that are spiritually signih-
can't In earlier days we would have
called his "psychogram" Cor shall we
gay "psychograph"O a character study
after the manner of te.-Beuve, or. in
a different and far less impartial way,
after that OF Macaulay or Froude. In
deed, II is the striving after q strict inn
Partially that, we take It from Mr..
Bradford's postscript. differentiates psy-
GEOGRAPHY from the older character
study. It is written in the modern sci
entific historical spirit.
But whatever the name he chooses to
give to his study. there can be no doubt
Of the quality Of Mr.. Bradfords work.
II is sober. conservative. prudent; it
weighs all the evidence available,
checks and counter-checks it, until the
result is not a composite picture. but
rather one produced by elimination Al
ready during the closing years of his life
Robert L. Lee began 10 occupy the place
apart in the gallery Of our country
great men which. since his death. mas
been unanimously conceded 10 him by
North and South. Posterity reyeres in
him. not so much the great American
commander as a simple, noble, beautiful
character. or, to interpret literally the
meaning OF "psychography," simple,
noble, beautiful soul. II is no plaster
saint Mr.. Bradford places before Ms.
after our older manner with our heroes,
but q living man, whose character-or
soul--in all its apparent simplicity and
rtraightforwardness Vet offers certain
problems q compleXity. and. far more
curious stu. of its very reverse. 10 when
NO answer i, likely ever TO be found
OF the formative influences Of Lees
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LOFTS LAST BOOK
The Story of His Pilgrimage to
Angkor.

ParlSt hdrcn 10
Pierre Lott has surpassed himself In
"Un Pelerin dAngkor." the book Just
published by Calmann-Levy. It is the
narrative Of n pilgrimage dreamed OF in
childhood and accomplished ten years
ago. The authors impressions and OBJ
servations are noted almost hour by
hour with extraordinary precision and
simplicity. This is the most distinctly
personal and one Of the most fascinating
books that Pierre Lott has written. II
the closing chapter, which assumes the
form Of a sort Of literary testament, be
taken seriously, 1t is the last work that
the author of Madame Chrysantheme"
and "Pecheur d'Islande" intends to pub
llsh.
The vast ruins Of Angkor. buried in the
dense forests and swamps Of the Me-
kong River, in Cambodia, are the only
surviving relies Of the Khmer race, which
between the eighth and twelfth centuries
ruled supreme from korat to the sea.
These ruins are an unending source Of
awe and mystery TO the natives and ono
Of the most impressive architectural re-
mains In the world. 1t is doubtful
whether French literature contains mora
beautiful descriptions Of nature than is
to be found in Pierre Lofts recital Of his
Journey In boat from Saigon to Prom
PENN, and thence by oxen and elephants
to Angkor
Armies OF aquatic birds line tha
shore. Little clouds OF green dust ap.
proach, which soon turn out 70 bs
swarms Of numberless parrots. Hers
and there the trees are full Of monkeys,
the long lines Of their dropping tails
hang like fringes from the branches.
Then comes the tropical night. Cries OF
owls, cries OF beasts OF prey. Infinite
concerts Of all kinds Of insects, musical
insects, delirious in their throes OF noe.
turnal intoxication. An enormous rel
moon looms up. The river becomes
wider. We soon enter the immense Lake
that Is each year formed here after tho
rainy season. There Is not breath %
wind The natives silently paddle along,
and we trace our path, gliding over the
oil-like surface. Gllstening burrows
made by our pirogue in this lake Of
fevers are Illuminated by the moon. Ths
air is thick with myriads of insects.
Flies. mosquitoes, ephemeres, libellules
and black, horny-winged beetles fall
upon our half-naked bodies like rain.
The region that traverse is only \
lake during six months Of the year.
When the water recedes il becomes fer
tile pasture land. The trees becoms
thicker and thicker. Lizards, grasshop-
pers and small snakes fall from the foil.
age into our boat
The vast temple Of Angkor, with its
five gates forming a quadrangle etgh.
and half miles in extent, with its tow
ers $50 feet in height, its corridors AMI
sculptures, is wonder OF the world.
The description Of it shows that Pierr3
Lott is not only n philosopher and
poetic writer but also an archaologist
G. J. B,
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dom by Professor William A. Curtis, OF
Aberdeen, follows the dIvergences down
Unitarian churches. the Society OF
Friends and the Salvation Army Re-
porting on the progress Of the Christian
Endeavor societies, Dr. Francis u. Clark
saws t.lat the membership OF three ana
half million includes every evangelical
denomination of Protestant Christianity,
and the movement is growing rapidly
and substantially.
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MISS JOHN BULL b. Toshio Markinc,
. author of "A japanese Artist in Lon
don" illustrated by the author. l2mo,
m 16s The Foughton Miffln Company
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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF RELIGION AND
ETHICS. Edited by James Hastings,
NJ. A, d. D., with the assistance OF
John A. Seibie, NJ. A. d. d., and other
scholars. Vol Ill Burial-Confessions
4to. pp. XVI, 90l. Charles Scribner's
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-30

ABOUT ALGERIA. Algiers, Tlemcen, Con-
stantine. Bisl<ra. Timgad. BY Charles
Thomas-Stanford f. s. 4. Illustrated
l2mO, PIP. 3VG. The John Lane Company
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LEE, THE AMERICAN. BY Gamaliel
Bradford, tr illustrated. Svo. pp. xvi
S24 Boston: The Houghton Mifilin
Conpanv.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-06-19
THIS DATE IN HISTORY"

June IS. lGO9-Champlain left Quebec 10 eE- plore the lake that Lea;s his name. 17G4 First lighthouse established on Sandy Hook evacuated Philadelphia and retired across the Deleware through New Jersey towards New York 1912 Congress declared war against Great Britain lSl--British and Allies under Duke Of Wellington defeated Napoleon and the French army at Water loo Beginning Of the six weeks var between Prussia and Austria 1SSg-Rev. Thomas Heslin conse- crsted Roman Catholic bishop of NatChez. Miss lS90-EnGland cCded the island of
 Helisoiand 10 Germany. l9UO- Foreign legations ordered 10 leave Pckin. 190l-Hazcn & Pingree, ex-governor Of Michigan. died in London. Born August 2V 1912. l|OS National republican convention at Chicago nominated Taft and Sherman.