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Valdez daily prospector., 1913-01-24

Albert strong. doe Dumonzlt and Martin Anderson arrived in town this morning. bringing the news of the finding of Malt Lind uuist on the beach near the Mar rows. close by Sawmill bay spit, bv natives who were on their way from Valdez to Ellamar in a bidarka. They succeeded in get ling him across two bidarkas and removed him to a part of the beach where he could be placed in the hatch of a boat and then taken to Ellamar. They remained out one night after they found him. it being Monday hefor" they reached Ellamar.
 Tells Different Stories.
 Lindquist's condition is such that he tells several tales of how the trouble occurred. At one time he says he was asleep and did not know anything until the boat struck on the beach and that he knows nothing of Charley Rua, who owned the boat and who was with him when he left the dock at Valdez last Friday. At anoth- er time he says that Rua was on the boat when she struck; that he said he aS going to stay with the boat; hat he was still on the boat when he 5IindGuist left her, but that he has not been seen since. The boat went ashore some time last Friday evening. The natives were requested to run near the shore on their way to Ellamar by Captain Swanson. who feared that something had happened to the ! Mermaid and that they might need assist ance. LnhquisI remained on Inc beach from Fri.Iay evening" until picked up. Sunday.
 Struck Near Narrows.
 The place where the Mermaid struck is near where the Elsie lies in the small bay just ihiS side of the NarrnWs. She lies in an eXpuSrh place and il was in- possible tu get out of the hole in which she hit as al both ends of the 300 feet of beach the bluffs rise straight up for several hun drrf feet.
 Stron" and his partners went
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-01-24

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-17

make general appeal What the au-
thor has sought 10 do. first OF all, 10
TO draw sort OF twentieth-century
Cromwell. but We do not recognize the
resemblance suggested. That radical
policies and the woman movement
may bring about some such state Of
affairs in the kingdom as is here de-
scribed is very well possible. Demos
may have to be curbed for his own
good and that OF the country; his
tory repeats itself. II repeats itself
also in this novel in scandal such
as drove Parnell and Sir Charles
Dixie from pull lie life. though in this
case the cause is nothing more serious
than an intellectual friendship be-
tween a duchess and the man who
has climbed from behind the counter
of a haberdasher' shop 10 the Cabi-
net, and who is TO be Prime Minister
tomorrow. The handicap Of the book
for the American market, then, lies in
its assumption of the readers perfect
familiarity with British conditions to-
day and what they may develop into
tomorrow. Its failure 10 make Its
hero convincing TO us may be due in
part to this unfamiliarity Of plot and
action. but, one thinks. the cause lies
deeper. with the authors treatment OF
the character per sc.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-17
MYSTERY AND ANALYSIS.

THE MYSTERY or 81. NEW Inn. BY
n Austin Freeman. Illustrated ny
E pnSI,,,,. FRITZ Tss Io ISmo; Winston
Company
No. thic is no mongrel mystery
story. II r. so 10 say. A thoroughbred.
The most honored blood Of the mys-
terry tale courses pure through its
veins. There is here. first. that char
acter classic in the genre, the medical
man. indeed, even so much richness
as two medical men. In the opening
pages the standard thing happens. An
ill-favored being calls upon a doctor
10 visit a mysterious patient at night.
There is our old and esteemed friend.
the drive in dark. closed carriage 10
part of London the location OF which
is concealed from the physician. The
people OF the strange house visited
are decidedly unprepossessing. our
man. There is the familiar hypoder-
mic needle and morphine poisoning.
The master mind Of the tale is one
Thorndyke. Of the medical profession,
his face "inscrutable as bronze
mask: a man with "a curious passion
for investigation" With cool analysis
and scientific logic he crks out the
mystery OF two wills. seemingly alike
yet cunningly different. which caused
him 10 suspect a tragedy. The author
states in preface that "Thorndyke's
method OF producing the track chart
described has been actually used in
practice-is a modification of one de-
vised by me; published by the Royal
Geographical Society and incorporated
in map compiled by the Intelligence
Branch Of the War Office" The mate
rial Of which this story IS constructed is
not new. but the story itself is capital
reading none the less. wherefore we
have called il thoroughbred" New
Inn. the background of this well-wrlt-
ten tale and one OF the last surviving
inns Of Chancery. has recently passed
away after upward Of four centuries
OF newness" The author has an at
tractiye touch of humor.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-17
CRISP KNOWLEDGE
An Encyclopedia Library, with
Everything in a Nutshell.

THE HOME UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
or MODERN KNOWLEDGE. General
Editors: Professor Gilbert Murray. Pro-
fessor }. Arthur Thomson. Professor
William r. Brewster Herbert Fisher
Each lsmo. Henry Holt Co.
This is not "A library Of serious in
formation alone. These volumes are
most companionable at odd moments.
for, objective as their information is.
the individuality OF their authors has
not been killed by an iron editorial
hand. 1t was in an odd moment that
we took John Masefield's shake
speare" down from the shelf. TO find IL
an uncommonly stimulating little
book. With full reverence for the
dramatist whose plays ARE the great
est things ever made by the English
mind" Mr.. Masefield discourses with
very entertaining and vivifying cyni-
cism concerning the Shakespeare
legends" which arose las soon as there
was a demand for them" He applies
the touch of realism TO description Of
II , Eizabethan theatres. In quick.
modern prose. felicitously turned, he
examines the plays. Here Is our old.
iconoclastic friend, Mr.. Chesterton,
writing about the Victorian Age in
Literature" We find him his old self.
for here he is saying that the nearest
that any honest man can come 10 the
thing called 'impartiality' is to confess
that he is partial" He therefore con-
fesses his partialities in the Victorian
age. With Henley he apparently be-
Neves (as he says OF himD that. on the
right side. the wronger YOU are the bet
ter. But we must skip along.
Painters and Painting" is by Sir
Frederick Wedmore. This little book is
occupied with the performances and
personalities OF artists who are the
connoisseurs delight" A pleasanter
book OF like soundness on the art OF
painting it would be hard TO find. The
uninitiated will find here an easy road
TO understanding. and the understand
ing in moments OF congenial talk. There
is little photography and number
of half-tone illustrations. Another vol
ume is on that English institution, Dr.
Johnson, and his circle. II is by John
Baly, who offers any sensible person
an hours good reading on one OF the
best subjects in the world. THE News
paper" is treated by G.. Binney Dibblee.
late fellow Of oxford. Everybody reads
newspapers all the while. why not read
a little about them? Mr.. Dibblee writes
chiefly Of what most people seldom
or never see. His work is not dull
history of the press. The preference
Of his mind in the matter OF news
papers is for live ones.
There is in this Library short study
Of investment and speculation. THE
Stock Exchange" by Francis W. Hirst.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-17

roundings: and delighted when ne rs
the measles because he viii not 10
awhile have 10 go 10 the rough scnooA
and in bed no one will Interrupt d
dreams. my pleasant excursions in u
world | preferred 10 this" IL is quaiH
and tender.
There are here. further. studies Of "
literary profession to-day ana H'u'
sketches Of this, that and the o1hs
thing: some poetic In tone. some real'
tic: all exercises in style. But II IS h'
delicious fantasy. The Ghost sh'p
which will leave an indelible imple'
sion upon the mind OF the reader lls
short. crazy. enchanting story Is CIV
TO pure literature. The noble run
with which Parson and the faifne'
villager were served by ghost Cap'sH
bartholomew Roberts in rusty gold s'
and with a great cutlass by bis slae |"
the great cabin Of the ghost sa'p
where the bay window was seems
TO that yillager to AL his veins "" We
honey and fire" These two were W
only mortals who ever drank OF
though there was hardly young MAJ
among all the ghosts Of Fairneld w,
didn't roll home in the small hours y
the morning the worse for 1t. 90
was with the taste Of honey and nv :
his veins that this reviewer READ ~
bit OF literary fancy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-17

The book essays TO portray the complex
conditions of modern business life. and
is most clear and readable little VOL
ume. Buddhism Electricity" AS
tronomy." Canada" "Psychical Re-
search" Crime and Insanity" "Parlia-
ment." are other titles In this series of
books. Take your choice, or read all
of them. As a so-manyfee:-of-edu
ton shelf this set can enter the per-
habs crowded field with any other
going.
"The Problems Of Philosophy" is fur
nished by Bertrand Russell. The only
good philosophers for ordinary people
are unlike Indians. lively philosophers.
This one begins: 1T seems to me that
am now sitting in a chair.
Yet this may be reasonably doubted,
and it requires much careful discussion
before we can be sure that we have
stated it in form that is wholly true
Persons in search Of brief and readable
books giving competent and modern
treatment of various phases of science,
questions I'm economies, or periods in
history. will be much behoden TO this
library. Mr.. Herbert Fishers ma
poleon" is as crisp a little biography
as has lately fallen in our way. The
full list Of these volumes ranges already
through most of the subjects upon the
face of the earth. the heavens above
and the waters beneath. What is II you
would like to peep into? The history
OF Rome. or the Colonial period?' An
thropology, or the doings Of master
mariners? Elements Of English law,
the making Of the New Testament,
Liberalism. French literature? Here
YOU are And you have the certainty
that in every instance you are reading
an acknowledged authority.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-17
THE WOMAN MOVEMENT.

THE OPENING DOOR. BY Justus
Miles Forman. Frontlspiece. limo, PIP.
329. Harper a. Bros.
Mr.. Forman interests us. He has
tale [. We recall from his former
novels scattered bits Of clever descrip-
tive writing: one. we azily remember.
concerning the back OF a Partisan cab
driver. But we think that he has
never quite put anything over" This
is a story OF the woman movement II
starts rather prettily in Miss Wanley's
Select School for the education OF the
daughters Of New Haven's good fam
lilies" The authors style here has n
pleasant charm produced by the effect
of informal intimacy. He much ON
ploys the capital IL" For instance:
For that gives you a much better
suggestion OF the girl than | could
manage with ever so many thousands
of words. | wish | had thought OF 1t
in the beginning" Miss Hope Stand
ish is intended 10 represent the aver
age American girl" We are afraid
she doesn't, exactly. And our studies
in this interesting subject began in ms
fancy. and Mr.. Forman's didn't. as, we
understand, he first opened his eyes
in England. Miss Hope is a sort OF
American cousin TO Ann Veronica, Tor
a period, at least. We were attracted
10 her personal appearance. The
scene quickly changes from the quiet
university neighborhood 10 the New
York of this minute. Or rather. not
so much TO the New York that Is visi-
bic TO the undrected naked eye, as to
a pandemonium Of THE Cause" Of
huzzas for Freedom" "the New Era"
and great deal III so on and so forth.
The writer has rounded up some good
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-17
PURE LITERATURE.

STORIES BY Richard Middleton.
With an introduction by Arthur
Machen l2mo, PIP. xvi. go. Mitchell
Kennerley
The soul OF Richard Middleton tarried
here very like the ghost ship anchored
for space in an unearthly glow in
Landlords turnip field; neither thing
whose home was this world. on the
night of the great tempest Of wind at
the village of Fairfield. lying near the
Portsmouth Road about half way be-
tween London and the ocean. the ghost
ship-premier ship. we are inclined at
the moment TO say, of story-rose and
put TO sea. SO has the soul OF Richard
the earth. We wish his soul prosper
Gus voyage on the fair seas OF the
spirit whittier IL sails. He wrote not.
indeed, with the great common pen OF
humanity: and humanity, in the main.
naturally passed him by. But for those
tinctured with literature he held a
magic wand This sheaf Of stories, OF
fine and slender art. is a collection
mainly rather of essays than of tales.
though the form OF each is narrative.
In every line breathes a curious and
distinctive quality. Some OF the little
papers are perhaps indirectly autobio-
graphical in substance. "a Drama OF
Youth is the story Of the tragedy OF
an abnormally sensitive little boy not
In harmony with his material sur
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-17
RUSSIA AGAIN
A Middle Glass in the Making
and It's Growing Power.

CHANGING RUSSIA. BY stephen
Graham With fifteen illustrations
and map Svo, PIP. tx, 3O9 The John
Lane Company.
Whoever has read Mr.. Graham's
Undiscovered Russia" one of the most
sympathetic and informing studies of
/ the real country and people-the peas
antry-of the empire, will want to read
1 this book. which deals with the slow
/ emergence Of the nation into new,
more modern form Of existence. It Is
/ Russia in transformation that he
studies here, especially the develop
ment of commercial middle class. and
! the change Of the moujik into labor
| ing proletarian. who. receiving a mere
pittance. Will enable the Russian manu-
| facturer. when he starts, TO undersell
his Western competitors Every peas
ant brought into factory or mine, he
adds. is one man subtracted from the
Cars real strength and added TO the
social revolutionary party. conditions
Of la Dor in the empire being so bad that
they preach in themselves without
books and pamphlets"
Az for the Russian bourgeois!e, young
as It is. il has already become a Phil
istinsm. which believes itself educated,
new "intelligentia" that thinks only
in terms Of material success yet is des
tined 10 exercise an increasing in
f1uence upon the fate OF the nation. Ii
is forcing the true Russian intelligentia
10 the wall. paralyzing Russian art and
literature, patron of the gramaphone
instead of national music. Of the cine
matograph instead Of the theatre, Of
cheap translations instead Of national
literature. an imitator Of foreign ways
and fashions instead Of a buttress of
national life IL was this middle class
that smothered the revolution in its be-
ginnings at the close of the Manchurian
war:
They are worse than the English middle
class because they wish to be considered
national They are OF the race who
limerick and treasure-hunt In politics
they call themselves Liberals, though
they have 10 notion OF true liberalism
1hey are seldom SOcldilsts OF fthulcdis'
but are abusive Of those in authority
They are unwilling. however. To sacrifice
anything or take any risks for political
ends Selfish as IL Is possible 10 be, Grass
heavy, Ugly. unclean. impure incapahis
apparently OF understanding the good ana
the true In their neighbors and In life
such are the Russian bourgeois.
If, in his earlier work. Mr.. Graham
spoke OF Holy Russia" and interpre-
ted 10 us the meaning Of the express
sion. he devotes these pages to de-
cdedly unholy Russia that is 10 he.
He is in love with the simple. trusful
life of the moujik, but what he de-
nounces are after all only the ugly
excrescences of an inevitable develop
ment. Again he takes us trampinS'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-17
WITTY WISDOM
A Nice Young Couple Practising
at Domestic Life.

REFL ECTIONS OF 4 BEGINNING
HUSBAND. BY Edward SANFORD
Martin. limo, PIP. iv, 1914 Harper a
Bros.
We would give anything TO be as
witty as Mr.. Martin. If we could find
wife like Cordelia we would not be
(alasD a bachelor. Samuel has enter
tanned us beyond most babies. We
think that we are. at the moment. hap
pier than we were a little while ago.
before we took up these Reflections
Maybe. too we are nicer" than we
were before We happily fell in with
young Mr.. Peregrine Jessup Anyhow
we are convinced that his society would
improve any one susceptible OF improve
ment He is everything that a young
man should be And he really makes
that way of being seem rather at
tractive. At twenty-seven years OF age
he earns by close industry in his pro-
fession a salary of $50 week. But it
is not quite true that ne and Cordelia
set up in life together on this amount
Of income. To begin with. they have "a
very suitable and timely provision
two sets OF duly qualified and
equipped" parents. And Cordelia has
a little private fortune-enough to buy
her clothes.
Cordelia was leading rather ex-
pensive existence before she began TO
practice at life in company with this
semi destitute young man" Well, for
recreation these two go in mainly for
talk with each other They discuss
most OF the interesting things in the
world and try 10 get the hang Of II all.
And young Mr.. Jessup has got the
hang Of things almost as well as Ben
jamin Franklin had. He knows what's
what. And Cordelia, he says beats
drink" She certainly does. Whittier
cometh promotion? Neither from the
the cemetery: diet, babies. overindul-
gence in bathrooms. votes for women.
churchgoing. sports. the meat trust
celibacy. character. the prevalent habit
of going TO Europe. muck-rakers, the
motorcar habit. the town Of New
York" education. labor unions pa
rental authority. newspapers. football,
the Sherman law, politics, gardens.
morality. clothes. standards Of living.
calls. hot water and civilization-upon
themes such as these are this beginning
husbands philosophizings. Tender Is
the authors satire. His style. as YOU
know, is instinct with excellent breed
ing Cordelia and Peregrine bestow
much attention on the growth OF their
/ characters. Character is a very eX-
! pensive product. and hardly 10 be had
at the 10-cent store where We and our
contemporaries are prone 10 go for IT,"
When somebody makes good book
IF any one should"-these two read II.
| And the reader leaves the extraordi-
narily mice" young couple pleased over
its growing list OF invitations TO dinner,
even though they reduce its time for
reading up anything good to say"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-17

again he tells OF chance meetings on
the road that in his clever hands ac-
quire so much wider. so representa-
tive a significance. He speaks word
Of warning to British capital, which
endangers its own industries by estab-
fishing competitive ones in the realm
OF the Car: and he tells the British
workingman and British statesman
that strikes. onslaughts on private
property and many radical schemes
will send abroad even more British
gold that should find safe employment
at home
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-17
MYSTERIES OF NEW YORK.

THE PENALTY BY Gouvernegr Nor
ris illustrated by Howard Chandler
Christy limo. PIP. 81 Charles Serb
ner's Sons.
Mr.. Morris is not concerned with
facts in this story. He has a romance
Of New vork TO tell. from upper Fifth
avenue to the rookeries that hide in the
shadow Of the approaches Of the
Brooklyn Bridge. a romance Of love in
many guises. OF girls artistic ambi-
ton. of crime and its hidden horrors.
OF secret chambers and underground
passages and Of a redemption begun
by affection, but completed by science.
All that has been brought 20 light by
recent Investigations is material for
his purpose. but he views it through a
magnifying glass TO heighten the ef-
feet. There is. in fact, suggestion OF
Eugene Sue in his method. but his
canvas Is not nearly so large nor so
crowded. Here we have. then. a gigan-
tic conspiracy against the wealth OF
New York, and even Of the Sub-Treas-
ury. II necessary. at the cost of many
lives: and, opposed to il. tracking its
secrets step by step. a vigilance COM
mittee as thoroughly organized, work
ing as quietly. whose head IS one Of the
richest men Of the city. In Mr.. Nor
ris's New York the man who drives
your taxicab is as likely TO be a MEM
Der OF the vigilance committee as Of
the criminal gang" The arch villain
is a sort of Superman. as capable OF
good as OF evil. 1t all is mighty good
reading, which is. Of course. exactly
what the author intended II to be.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-17
TOO MUCH POLITICS.

AN AFFAIR OF STATE BY j. G.
Snaith. limo. PIP. 36S. Doubleday. Page
a Co.
How far Mr.. Smiths novel will in
terest the British reading public is n
question e. which we shall have the
answer in the course of time. but for
America, one fears. the book deals
far too much with purely English poll
ties OF a quite possible near future to
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-17
LITERARY CRITICISM
AND BOOK NEWS
The Fifth Volume Of Sir George Ireve yam
History Of the American Revolution
Enhancing Russia -Other Books.

emanCipat There is a suggestive
reminder that the immortal oratlons
Of Fox, Burke and their contempt
raries. now part Of the classic litera-
ture Of the world. were practically un-
known 10 the public Of their day. The
Generalization Of the British navy
under the malign rule of Lord Sand
wich, and the consequent prosration
of British commerce, are depicted in
lurid tints. The one relieving feature
of the scene was the turning back 10
Chatham's policy of rallying the mill
pleasant 10 be reminded that how
ever unworthy figure he may nave
presented in other respects. as the TIT
ular chief Of the fighting services AT
home at that crucial time George the
Third showed 10 his best advantage
and was every inch a King" There
was. indeed. urgent need that he and
the nation behind him should rise TO
heroic stature. with the demoraliZed
British navy scattered i'm distant seas.
with the French and Spanish fleets in
command OF the Channel, and with
four hundred transports ready TO con-
vey French army Of invasion 10 the
English coast There was. in fact. an
actual invasion, for hostile ships at
tackled Plymouth. captured a British
ship within gunshot of the shore. and
made English ears at home in England
hear the sound Of triumphant hostile
guns.
Such themes as these fittingly occupy
the greater part OF the volume. \ por-
ton Of II is, however, given 20 opera
lions in America, and generally with
excellent effect. We must regret the
unwarranted and. frankly speaking.
foolish repetition OF the slurs upon
John Paul Jones as "corsair." and Of
an unnamed correspondents reference
to that great captains Grimes" but
elsewhere the tone OF the work toward
America and American affairs is above
reproach. In few histories, American
or foreign. are the character and career
OF Washington more appreciatively re-
garded nor would II be easy TO find
elsewhere more just treatment Of the
Arnold-Andre episode than that in the
closing chapter Of the volume
Sir George Trevelyan writes in this
work. as hitherto. with the discrimina-
ton and Judgment of a true historian
and with an air OF impartiaiity that is
at once engaging and convincing. The
one fault Of the book which is deserv-
ing Of passing censure is its lack OF
chronological Conference and continuity.
The author is too little of an annalist.
The result is that the reader is often at
a loss TO know even the approximate
date of the occurrences of which he is
reading We have a fine series of his
torical scenes, but they are not always
arranged in proper sequence, and they
are not always dated Despite this
blemish the volume is 10 be cordially
welcomed. and its sequel, which is to
conclude the entire series, is TO be
agreeably anticipated as the completion
Of an important contribution to the
history Of one of the most important
eras in the life Of the Anglo Saxon
uorld