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New-York tribune., 1912-01-28
Literary .Neses and Criticism

tho truth is that he had developer
marked talent for business duIlis '''
nanagement of his fathers estates anu
had been successful in the estaohsDliie"
of mills and commercial and hnah'i''
undertakings Withal. he died far pour
than he was when he first assumed o''i~''
His first great stroke of statesman
shin. which lifted Piedmont to the ram
Of the great powers and made her the
leader of the Italian cause was the III
tle Kingdoms participation In 'he
Crimean War 1t is generally held thaV
the first suggestion Of this brilliant
achievement came from English sources
Mr.. Tbayer. ignoring this theory. says
Inst AZ what moment Cavour resoiveG
that Piedmont should seek an alliance WIN
France and England cannot be deternlneu,
we cannot even say that the susseStlo'
orfeinated with him His niece, Marchlor-
ess Josephine Alieri. reports that one dd!
In the early spring of 1854 she asked her
uncle: why don't you SEND lo'OVO men
to tho Crinea?" THAT would be a very
noltic stroke" said Lisio. who was pres
ent Cavour started with emotion a smile
New-York tribune., 1912-01-28
MEXICO
It's Past, Present and Future, as
Seen by Frenchman.

Paris, January II.
Count Maurice &c Perigny. who some
years ago was intrusted by the French
government with mission to visit Mex
leo and Central America and report on
their social. political and economic con
ditions. completed his work in regard TO
the Central American republics last
spring and now publishes his book on
Mexico. Les Etats-Unis du MeXique.
through the Librairie Orientale ct Amer
icaine GuilmCto. VI. Marcel Dubois. pre-
fessor of colonial geography AZ the Sor-
bonne. supplying an excellent preface.
This is the most satisfactory French
book that has yet appeared about Mex
leo. NJ. de Ptrigny gives clear concise
views Of the pre- Columbian period, tho
Spanish Conquest, the Republic, the war
with the United States. the European
Intervention and tragic regime OF Maxi
milan and the influence and rule Cf Por-
firio Diaz. the ablest statesman ttat
modern Mexico has produced and who
will probably be remembered as "A sort
OF Mexican Peter the Great.
The chapters dealing with commerce,
Industry. mineral resources and educa-
tion are full of interest. Good schools
seem just now 10 hc tho most urgent
need of tho MeXicans. who appear 10
have an innate aversion to sending their
children to school. The census Of 1910
showed that 80 per cent Of the popula
tlon could not read or write, and that
the average number of pupils In the
schools during the year Just closed
amounted to only per cent OF the popu-
lation Of school going age.
NJ. de Perigny points ont that 80 per
cent OF the commerce of Mexico is with
New-York tribune., 1912-01-28

are developing most rapidly are textiles,
silks and cigarettes, and all three OF
thoee were started and carried on by
Frenchmen. The industry OF "chicle.'
or chewing gum. from Yucatan is as
s,ming tremendous proportions. Efforts
are being made to introduce the custom
of chewing gum into Europe, and the
first attempts in this direction seem to
he encouraging. This excellent work of
three hundred pages terminates with the
romark made by General Bravo to the
author. who said: "MericO cs fOddrm Ea
munchdchO!" C'Mexico Is still merely an
urchin.) But the general added: The
boy is rapidly coming of age, and before
long no one will dare to pull his ears
c. |. b.
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had vision Of a naked child CAllegra'
the daughter of Clara Clairmont rlslne
from the sea and clapping its hands
Death and the means OF quickly reneN
inc himself of needless suffering was
an almost constant subject or thought
He wrote 10 Trelawny asking for prusslc
acid. adding: II need not tell YOU
have no idea OF suicide at present, but
confess that It would be comfort TO
me 10 hold in my possession that golden
kew 10 the chamber of perpetual rest.
Mary. too. was often I'm strange state
of mind "My nerves were wound up 10
the utmost irritation. and the sense OF
misfortune hung over my spirits. she
wrote 10 Mrs Gisbornc NO words can
tell YOU how ] hated our house and the
country about IT, Shelley reproached me
with this. What could | answer? That
tho people were wild and hateful. that
though tho country was beautiful yet
/ liked a more countrified place. and that
there was great difficulty in living; that
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The Master Builder OF United
Italy.

THE LIFE AND TIMES or CANpo a. ~
BY William Roscoe Thayer, WIN s!.n M III.
lustrations anad maps vols ovo; ~
Wi. 604 viii, 56e The Houghton Mliillh
Company. or,
GARGBALDI AND THE MAkING Or or
ITALY. BY Guy Macaulay Treveiy.ali. Ts,,t,.. an :.
With four maps and numerous llIustLa-
tions Svo PIP. xix, Sl9. LongndhS'
Green & Co.
These two sizable volumes are esPe-
cially welcome as the work OF an Ahlerl-
can historian. They may be haiieu'
without fear Of contradiction as the
standard life OF Cavour in English the
only one that. in conception and execu-
tion as well as in scope and thorough
ness. is worthy Of its illustrious subject
4 life of Camille Benso di Cavour cannot
he complete without minute history OF
his times. not only In Italy itself but IN
the counsels Of Europe. and this Mr'
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flashed over his face. and he then said
with sigh "Ah, II everybody had your
courage. what you have just proposed
would already be done CastelH. writing
nearly twenty years after the event sets
the date toward the end Of 1s5f." one day.
when lac and Farni were discussing the
acts OF the Great Powers, and the possible
outcome for Italy. Fariui startled him by
inquiring. What If Piedmont could take
part In this war; Chiala thinks
this conversation took place in the autumn
Of 1853. a likelier time But the i'm
portant fact is not whether Farini. or Mar
chioness Alheri. or Cavour himself orgi
mated the suggestion. nor is its exact date
Of consequence; but all subsequent Euro
pean history. including the liberation and
unity Of Italy. was moulded when Cavour.
having once conceived OF this project as Il
possibility, bent his genius 10 accomplish H..
Reference has already been made
earlier in this review 20 tho fruition Of
Cavour's labors, the realization Of his
aspirations. by his bold move in 1860.
fraught with international as well as in
ternal dangers, successfully averted. II
ever the end justified the means it was
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on Cavour in the first Italian Parliament
with n brief reference to the mis-
directed and malicious attack on the
statesman who had been his guardian
angel throughout the year of wonder =
it is to Mr.. Thayer. that we must turn
for n full account Of a regrettable Incl
dent In the history Of modern Italy. on
the other hand. Mr.. Trevelyan ampiifes
much that. owing TO the difference In the
centre of interest. Mr.. Thayer deals witf
but briefly. and from his own. G., from
Cavours standpoint.
The iftieth anniversary of the king
dom of Italy has been celebrated in Eng
lisa no more wor;hily than In these his
tories of the nations two chief founders
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to Immortality. was completed. like Ca
YOURS, in 1860:

to immortality. was completed. like Ca
YOURS, in 1860:
Tie end came in MS white house at Ga.
prera on June evening In 1882 The old
sailor farmer and fighter was propped uT
on the pillows 10 watch for the last time
Inc sunlight gliding the waves and the
granite rocks. While his life was slowly
eDblng out two little birds whom he had
taught not TO fear him nuttered in from
the moor and sat chirping on the window
Sill. The attendants We're about to drive
them away. lest they should disturb him
When mat voice WIS heard once more by
men. bidding them let the little birds come
IN and always feed them after he was
gone. And having given these orders he
went upon his last expedition.
Mr.. Thayer and Mr. Trevelyan ac-
knowledge their Indebtedness To each
other In the course of the writing OF
their respective histories. Indeed, il is
far from Improbable to read MIR. Trevel-
vans "Garibaldi" in connection with Mr.
Thayer's chapter on the Thousand. and
beyond. for the sake OF the difference of
the angle Of vision. Mr.. Trevelyan. for
instance, dismisses Garibaldfs onslaught
New-York tribune., 1912-01-28
FICTION
Some New Novels in Lighter
Vein.
PLAY BOYS.

SPANISH GOLD Rv George \. Blrmlng-
ham i2mo. pp. ao9. The George H.
Doran Company.
Tho publication. In rapid succession OF
Mr. Blrmlngham's stories I'm this coun-
trv carries with IL a certain danger. sin''
II NAV reveal To his readers here too
cloarlv the formula Of his humor. Ia
lagos Lovers" was reviewed in these
columns only the other day: Spanish
Cold" capltally sustains the comparison
thus invited. for II is as fresh and origi-
nal and has a far different plot. More
over. the author reveals a pretty talent
for descriptive writing among the ISL
ands OF the west coast q Ireland. whose
people. transferred TO the stage. have
made n picturesque interiudc In Ameri-
can theatrical history. Thus Mr.. Biz
mingham achieves timolincss long after
tho writing Of his story. which. by the
way. does not enter into study OF
morals and customs, but presents the
surface Of Irish character at its most
lrrepressiblc best Now ne to tho plot.
II treasure hunters are working I'm To-
bermory Bay over the wreck Of Span
lsh galleon. why should not an Irish
curate OF the Church Of England and q
half-pay army officer. British to the
backbone after three generations of resi-
dence in Connaught. start on similar
they not discover. on reaching the spot.
that others are there with the same pur-
pose? II now deyolves upon the curate
10 cutwit these others. which he does
with "A recklessness and fertility of in
vention that appal the major. There =
plenty of adventure. but il is the high
spirits of the story that count.
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the two camps. though she does not
know il. her convictions being aggres-
sively proper and precise. Moreover the
Irish bohemian is occasionally very much
of a bounder. not through his own fault,
however. but because Of the authors de-
termination TO parade his sense of hu-
NOR There is a good idea at the bottom
OF 1t all, and the story gradually works
toward dramatic climax. but the book,
az 2 whole, is Of decidedly uneven work
manship.
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next In order. but long way beliind.
For many years France held the second
place among European nations In re-
spect to commerce with the republic
but since 1900 Germany has attained the
second place. and France is to-day only
third. Among the new industries that
New-York tribune., 1912-01-28

Annual" contains seventy-three illus'
trations. which include reproductions OIL
paintings to which prizes have been
awarded. mural decorations and sculpt-
ure unveiled, and portraits OF artists Who
have died within the year.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-28
Mi.r Aarraden's New Novel.

Miss Beatrice Harraden. the autl'or %
.chirs That Pass in the Night, WHO
has written nothing for seVerai Se",S'
has finished a new novel. which VIII De
n,b,isbed simultaneously this spring !"
England and in this country. Ihe fte''
rick A. Stokes Company will be ths
American publishers
New-York tribune., 1912-01-28
Some Dickens Letters.

Dickens as Editor" edited by n .c
Lehman. of Punch" Will shortly ne
published by the Sturgis & Walton Con-
pany. The book will consist OF 800 Il, 4.
ters. $50 Of which have never before
been printed. which are said TO contain
the novelist's personal feelings and opin.
ions regarding current events the grsa,
men of letters of his day and thelI
works.
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AlIiterative Titles.

Louis Joseph vance's new novel to bs
published by Little. Brown e. Co. viii
be named THE Bandbox" This author
pins his faith TO the letter B in invent.
ing the titles Of his books. He began
with "The Brass Bowl and continued
with THE Black Bag and THE Bronza
Bell"
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all our 'ruscans would leave us. and that
the very iargon of these Genovese was
disgusting" Then came Marys illness
and its effect on Shelleys nerves--hnr-
rible visions in his sleep: the INVASION
of the Casa Magni by the sea, the IAN
Of the house. the occupants iacerated
bodies and vision of himself strahgiing
Mary. But the final tragedy was YET 10
come-the drowning of Shelley.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-28
A Thackcray House.

The house at Hadley Greene rHes,
Rarnet. i'm which Thackeray st"Ye'
when nc arrived in England hom ~
cutta. and where his mother lived ="
offered for sale. Another lnteresu"s
fact connected with the little mouse .
that it is pane.led with wood from '"'
o,esbin Of Admiral Byng, who was eN-
ecutod in 1851 for his failure 10 ''"e''
MinorCa.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-28
Francis Espinasse.

4 veteran Brother of the ohar'''
bouse Mr.. Francis Espinasse' mas J"''
died in England. He knew "a''''
scott and was also intimately a'
ouainted with George Henry Le".''
George Eliot. John Forster, Words"o''"
and CARLYLE. Wordsworth is said 10 I'D, .
warned him against adopting h'e'a
caroer but this advice he disregardeu.
Mr.. Espinasse was both journa''s' az,
the author of books of sketches anu
recollections.
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Enalish Publishing Statistics.

EuClISn HuDllSninJ
The books published during i'i "
the United Kingdom reached the n's"'1'
total ever recorded there Tor one sea'
viz. 1O.9l4 volumes. Fiction heaafo '"'
list with a total of 2,2l5. or TINS n"i"
her. 2SS were new books ana BOO ~
editions. Religion came secoho ""'
sociology third. Poetry and drama az
counted for G6S new books, but III 'i'e's
syures new editions and translatio"'
are included The largest increase wa
shown in books on philosophy fehs'oN'
science. history and biography.
The Work Of Henry ospovat'
The friends Of Henry ospovs' 'so m
illustrator. caricaturist and painter
a,ad at the early age Of thirty-one' "a.s
inst published volume to his me"". =.
!, London. 1t consists of a series =.
productions of the artists work VII" =
sppreciation by Mr.. oliver onions. an
entitled "rhe Work of Henry osposas
New-York tribune., 1912-01-28
Mr.. Hewlett in Popular Form.

England is still ahead Of Amey,,.
when ii comes to publishing and se,u,.
reprints of good literature at q reasoo.
able price. The London branch Of m.
Macmillan Company has decided IA ,,-
sue a popular edition Of the novels a,
Maurice Hewlett. 1t will be complete in
ten volumes, and each volume may h.
had for the modest expenditure OF two
shiIlings. or 30 cents.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-28

DANNY'S OWN STORY. BY Don Mar
quis. illustrated by r.. w kemblc.
l2mo, pp. 333. Doubleday. Page q 90.
Mr. Marquis ventures into field Of
American fiction that has been worked
with great success by various writer's.
the field of life on I road. Of vagabond-
age. Danny is a founding, whose cx-
periences with his foster parents might
well lead him To wish that he were lost
aGain. So he starts out in life AT an
early age joining fortunes with an tin
Grant medicine faker. He impersonates
ore OF the Indians from whose tribe the
{; ker is supposed 10 have obtained the
recipe of his marvellous -all-"on
the plains of Oregon" The couple drift
into the SHOW business" with fat
lady. "A snake charmer and glass eater.
go broke" tempt fortune anew with IA
couple of acrobats and a balloon with
out balloonist. there is Hey, Rubc"
incident, Danny wakes up In hospital
with numerous contusions and three
broken ribs, and. on recovering from his
honorable wounds. starts out 10 find the
faker again, whom he had last seen soar
ing northward tied to the balloon by the
infuriated and duped spectators. Mean
while the author is gradually developing
his rlct, whose apparent ingcnuousness
is based on som, very ingenious plan
ming. There is excellent work also in
the description Of a trial OF two white
men in the South by mob determined
To lynch them. In short. Mr. Marquis
keeps his reader constantly interested
and entertained.
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Marie Corelli, Prophecies.

Miss Marie Corelli has written an art'
Gle in an English magazine in support
of the pessmistic utterances OF the Dean
of st. Paul's-"The Gloomy Dean a
he is called. Saws Miss Cassandra
Coreli
The present is a Time when We arsesllea
upon to witness tho beginning of me doNn'
fan of the greatest of empires-the Brlt.
jsh-when we may watch its magnlnctn'
fabric once the envy Of all other nati9hs.
crumbling before our very eyes-its piuar'
OF state pulled down by riotous dema,
gogues-its splendid traditions put 10 sna,ns
by both parties I'm lis Farhmehl -2s w lsss
i'm sheer outlawry by the other IN no s, iss,
disgraceful inaCtion. Every s.a s'nusaN
OF history knows that when the Iouiu :,
lions Of religious faith are shaken-When, :;
BECOMES "a house divided against ltsens.
then national disaster is close az ndno; sn =;
Man deprived of any high spiritual ioeaI w
life quickly rcvcrts 10 mere selush saw
asery. -..- ~tf-
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american Art Annual

Among the special features of tbs
american Art Annual for 1911. edited
by Miss Florence n. Levy, are a list Of
the important mural paintings in the
United States; an article on paintings
prints and art objects as investments.
and a complete list Of all the members
of the National Academy Of Design from
it's foundation in 1896 to date. with
birth, admission as associate of the Ma.
tional Academy and other data. Ths
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FETTERS AND FREEDOM.

NAGABOND CITY BY Winifred Boggs.
Frontspece. l2mo, Up. 5s2 q. J.. Put
mans Sons.
This is still another parable OF the
struggle between Philistia and Bohemia.
between the fetters that bind and the
lure of the road that leads out into the
wide. iomantic world. between the tenn
perament called artistic and the hum
drum obligations of orderly life. And
the Temperament. comes to grief; not
through Philistia. however. The author
has made rather conventional use Of
familiar characters and stuations-En
lish. like their setting. all but her hero.
who is lrish-and. unfortunately. she has
furnished an overabundance of comic re-
lief In the shape of pet pig and "A dip
somanlac charwoman. who Temperament
tally occupies middle ground between
New-York tribune., 1912-01-28
LITERARY NOTES..

Sir George Otto Trevelyan's new ho,,,
George III and Charles Fox" Win \,
published Immediately in I.ondon -
the Longmans. Thrty-one years h.w
elapsed since Sir George brought a.,
his Early History Of Charles Jane,
Fox" In the new volume he brnes,o
close the biography Of that statesn,,
The same firm will issue in two volume.
THE Life Of John Henry, Cardinal New
man." by Mr.. Wilfrid Ward
New-York tribune., 1912-01-28

SPANISH GOLD Rv George \. Rlrmng-
ham i9mo. pp. ao9. The George H.
Doran Company.
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VACABONOAGE.

DANNY'S OWN STORY. BY Don Mar
quls. illustrated by T.. ". kemblc
l2mo, pp. 333. Doubleday. Page q 20
Middletown transcript., 1912-10-12

Deliberately the Governor took the
missiYe, tore open the envelope, and
surveyed the small bit Of paper it con-
tanned. Whatever the brief message
told him, his Excellency's face did not
change, and he was still coldly, care
fully studying sentences and words,
after his fashion, when through the
door my lord, the Marquis, stepped in
some haste. Lifting his eyes, the Gov
ernor had no difficulty in reading the
question on the young mans counte-
nance. For moment they looked at
each other, and then the long, white
fingers of his Excellency again sought
the letter.
They" his voice seemed to clip
the words, propose an exchange Of
prisoners, and give me three days to
consent to it,"
Middletown transcript., 1912-10-12
CHAPTER Xxx.
A Sound Afar.

About midway in the curve of one Of
the numerous bays, marking the coast
line, and several hours distant from
the Mount, stands a stone cross erect
ed by an English marauder to indicate
the place Of his landing. The symbol
is visible on all sides from afar, for
before it are the sands and the sea,
and behind stretches the land barren
of wood-low, level, covered only with
marsh grass. Toward this monument
of mans conquest-most prominent
object in prospect, dreary and mo-
notonous-rode, late one afternoon, a
band Of horsemen. At their head gal
loped my lord, the Marquis; in the
center could be seen a man with
bound arms whose horse was led by
one Of the others. This persona pris-
oner, thin, haggard, yet still muscular
Of frame-from time to time gazed
about; a look of inquiry or calculation
in the black undaunted eyes.
What prison are you taking me to
now?" once he asked the trooper who
held the reins Of his horse. "And why
do you go in this direction? Is it you
dare not ride along main highways on
account Of the people?"
Never you mind!" came the gruff
answer. "And as for the people,
they'd better look out!"
BAH" laughed the prisoner. "You
can put some of them in cells, but not
ALL"
There may be something worse
than a cell waiting for you'll" was the
malicious retort.
mo Doubt" said the other stoically.
But as his eyes again swept the ho-
rizon, from the opposite direction ap-
peared another band of riders. At
first the prisoner, regarding them,
looked puzzled; then as the new-com-
ers rode straight and rapidly on to-
ward the cross, his countenance ex-
pressed a faint understanding. A
fresh relay of men, he concluded; one
his present guard would consign him
to, and then themselves return to the
Mount. Still was the meeting place an
odd one, and the demeanor of the two
Middletown transcript., 1912-10-12
CHAPTER xxx.
The MarnuIa Intarvenes.
....--...... -. Il. } - a-LlEReIl d


The evening Of the same day, his
Excellency, in the seclusion Of small
private chamber adjoining the sale du
gouvernement, stood looking down at
his desk on which were strewn papers
and messages containing the latest
news from Paris and received at the
Mount but few hours before. That
the character Of this information, po-
liticaI and social, was little to his hk-
ing, seemed manifest from his man
ner; he stared at the missives resent
fully; then frowned and threw down
the pen he had been using to mark, or
make note of, their contents.
Versailles mob! Sugar-plums to
placate them! Sugarplums!" he re-
peated; and, impatiently turning away,
walked to the window. There for
some time he stood peering out, when,
the current of his thoughts slowly
changing, he took from. his pocket a
watch, and examined the jeweled
face. "Time they were back!" About
to return to his table and task, loud
knocking arrested the impulse, and
testify the Governor called out;
glanced toward the threshold and sur
Eeyed the intruder.
"A message from the commandant,
your Excellency!" said the man, a
trooper Of the Mount, with a respect
full, though nervous salute.
"Why," returned the Governor in a
dry tone, didn't he bring it himself?''
Because" the trooper shifted;
looked away; because Monsieur lie
Commandant is engaged in securing
the country for miscreants, your Ex-
cellency."
"Miscreants!" sharply. What mis-
creants?"
Monsieur le Commandant hopes to
overtake those who have carried off
the Lady Elise" said the messenger
hurriedly, in the tone Of one anxious
to be done with his task
Carried off" The thin figure wa
vered as If struck by a cold breath.
Carried off" he repeated, laying his
hand on the back Of the chair.
"By band Of the Black Seigneur's
men! His lordship, the Marquis, they
left behind bound and secured, but the
Lady Elise they took with them"
For some time his Excellency said
nothing; like a ghost of himself,
leaned hard against his support and
looked at the trooper.
''But how could 1t have happened?"
at length in voice, low, intense, he
inquired. Monsieur le Commandant!
The guard-you-an are alive?"
Stumblingly, as best he could, the
soldier explained, and when he had
done, his Excellency made no sign
that he had heard.
Monsieur le Commandant further
ordered me to say he had no doubt he
would return with the Lady Elise"
added the messenger hastily.
Monsieur le Commandant!" The
Governors eyes suddenly blazed;
swiftly he put question after question,
and, having probed to the core the con-