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FICTION.

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kIPLlNGESQUE.

NAT,AYAN MONOCHROMES. BY SIR
Hugh clifford. K G. VI. q. Emo, PIP
viii. 3l2 r.. =. Dutton " 60.
very entertaining thing II is. %e
have found. to somehow stumble now
and then into re-readins the youthful
Killings magic tales OF india. To pick
M this book is almost as good fun
az that. These twelve stories, charged
with the local atmosphere OF now
less well known section of the Far East.
have a good deal Of early Kiplingesque
flavor. the tone OF a worldly wise,
cynically humorous observer OF
vividly picturesque, unregenerated Ire.
They begin. one and all. IN the swing
ing. nonchalant, smoking-room man
ner which We found so taking In their
celebrated predecessors; TO witness:
This Is the tale Mat Arif. the outlaw.
told 10 me the night before he died"
and "Seven-and-twen years ago
there lived IN the banks OF large
river which flows into the Straits OF
MdIhCCd al NIB anu Nii' hiHb ~ avn
again: IL had come from afar. On
the preceding evening | had made one
Of large company that had as
sembled at Carcosa-the official abode
OF the resident general OF the
Federated Malay States. at Kuala
Lumpor-to dance and firt and
chatter and bridge, to eat sumptuous
ball supper. and incidentally 10 drink
the health OF Her Most Gracious
Majesty, Queen Victoria. in celebra-
tlon OF her sixty-second year upon the
throne OF her fathers" Though these
stories are In spirit so reminiscent of
the famous ones OF their type, they
are pleasantly so. and they are solid
enough in interest to stand on their
own legs, too.
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BIOGRAPHY.

RIVAL FRENCH COURTS. The EXPERIENCES :'
~ a Iady-in-Waiting at Sceaux, ~ YER
.s,,Ias and in the Bastille Bv = H. Lorl-
bardini with portraits. svo pp. Xy' 20
Crh@ Macmillan Company
VILLAGE LIFE IN AMERICA. ls52-E2.
Including the period Of The American oiyI
War. as told I'm the diary Of a scnoo!-
airI Bv Caroline Cowles Richards N
an introduction by Margaret F. sangster'
New and enlarged edition. Illustrated
i2mo. I'D. xvi. 225. OHenry Holt co..
THE SAILOR WHOM ENGLAND FEARED.
palng tho Story Of Paul Jones. scotch
Sar1l Adveuturer and Admiral n the
American and Russian Fleets. By ". Mac
Darmot Crawford. illustrated. $40, pp.
42i (Dufield q CO..
OSCAR WILDE. Critica! study. BY
Arthur Ransome lGmo. pp. ga. tNitchell
Kcnucriey.)
new and revised edition.
A SELECTION FROM GOODWIN SMITHS
CORRESPONDENCE Comprising Lette:s
chiefly 90 and from His English Friends
written Between tho Years 1870 and lVl0
collected by ITS Literary Executor. Araod
Haultaln illustrated. Svo. pp. XIV 3+1
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A YOUTHFUL NATION
The Interesting Story of Aus
tralia Nimbly Told.

THE NEW WORLD OF THE SOUTH.
Australia In the Making BY w. II.
Fitchett b. A., Ii. j. With a frontis-
piece. 12mo. PIP. XIV 402. Charles Scrip-
ner's Sons.
Few recent books OF travel and ad-
venture. or indeed. Of romance. are
better reading for taking one out OF
ones self than this brief account or
the forces which have shaped the his
tory Of Australia. II is, as the author
saws, "a recital OF such events in that
history as have permanent human in
terest" Moving stories Of the sea IN
the days Of great seamen, the advent
ures Of explorers. pirates and bucca-
neers and Of flibusters, pictures OF
the strange Pilgrim Fathers" OF
new empire-the deported convicts-ac-
counts Of instruction and revolution
and OF clash between races, and an
nails of bushrangers largely make up
the colorful tale. The book Is written
in a nimble style, and the portraits 1t
paints OF daring men are finely done.
The author says that it may be
frankly admitted that the story OF
Australia is both tame and juvenile
when compared with that Of the other
great dominions within the circle OF
the Empire; and that "the events (of
it's history are often so trifiing in scale
that no art In the telling could pre-
vent their record being tedious" The
story of youthful Australia has not.
indeed, its roots in great and far off
events. Its origin is not wrapped up
in the issues of wars which filled the
world with their resounding tumult.
II has known no serious political
struggles. But certainly our author
does not prove that there can be no
CLEANS Of the picturesque in tale so
brief and, as he says, Of tints so
sober.
The discovery" Of Australia occu-
pied some considerable time; 1t was
process spread through centuries,
chain of painless accidents. ut Is diff
ficult, from the tumble of myths and
blunders, Of doubtful discoveries,
cooked maps and unscientiiic logs.
either 10 select the definite moment
when Australia was first seen by Eu-
ropean eyes, or to name the seaman TO
whom the honor Of discovering Aus
tralia actually belongs" THE earliest
discovery Of this continent is ascribed,
on the authority Of Marco Polo. 10 the
Chinese" Myths aside, two nations
Spain and Portugal-have a more or
less valid claim to the glory. Later a
third nation, the Dutch, makes its
appearance in Australian waters and
assists in the process But II was the
famous seaman Captain Cook who
most effectively discovered" Austral-
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A FAMILY SKELETON.

MARGERY FYTTON. BY Alice Ridley.
l2mo. PIP. 43l. Duffield d CO.
Though, indeed, we have heard that
one OF the fine points OF drama Is to
have visible TO the audience the legs
OF a gentleman much sought by the
sword OF his stage enemy, still IT seems
to us rather a careless thing for the
publisher of this carefully wrought
novel TO give away the whole plot OF
the story on the paper Jacket OF the
book. This is an instance where two
birds In the bush, 50 to say. are worth
more than a bird In the hand. With
the plot in hand, indeed, this digni-
fed and very patiently told story of
English life and a supposed heiress re-
quires some patience to read. Other
wise It is a pretty good story OF an
aristocratic family skeleton. More
touching upon this point we refuse to
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FAR EASTERN SKETCHES
From San Francisco to the
Banks of the Nile.

THE CRITIC IN THE ORIENT. BY
George Hamilton Fitch. Illustrated
| from photographs. Svo PIP. XXX, lb san
| Francisco Paul Elder & co.
Mr.. Fitch is a literary critic OF long
and faithful service. Hence the title
Of his book. which is made still more
appropriate by its authors applica-
ton TO his material. If not always OF
the critics then Of the book review
er's, method. He seeks the kernel or
things seen, and presents IT In con-
densed. telling form. What is more.
Mr. Fitch is a trained newspaper cor
respondent as well as literary man.
Both Of which facts. once stated, VIII
suffice 10 suggest the quality and the
manner Of this first fruit Of a vaca-
ton trip around the world. whose Eu-
ropean results are 20 be given In
second volume. in which the author
will make a special point Of a series
Of comparisons between New YORK
and the great capitals Of the Old
World.
Our traveller left San Francisco
fully equipped with all the knowledge
that professional reading Of the litera-
ture concerning the orient can be
made to yield. fully conversant, also.
with what is most important at the
present hour OF the awakening Of a
continent. In China he looks for the
first results OF the introduction Of
Western civilization and political
ideas; in Japan he studies their spread
as il manifests itself in what may be
called the second stage. He touches
upon the charges made against the
Japanese in recent days, since the
waning Of our first enthusiasm for
their achievements, and denies that
they are commercially dishonest that
their courtesy 10 foreigners IL thing
OF the past. or that their age-old
virtues are weakening. In Manila no
/ Investigates the results OF democrat
| &C. administration in a tropical coun
try. comparing them with those OF
| British methods I'm Hong Kong and
| Singapore. Doubtless" he says. the
| English plan will show the larger
/ financial returns, but is carried out
with a selfish disregard Of the interest
Of the natives which stirs the gorge
Of an American"
Throughout. Mr.. Fitch seeks TO con-
vey 10 his readers the picturesqueness
OF the Orient, and the impression Of
its teeming millions. He describes
Marking In the days Of revolution,
Singapore at night, Bombay on the
day OF the arrival Of George V. En-
peror Of India. for which country he
finds happy comparison:
India bears the same relation 10 the
Orient that Italy does TO Europe " IS
I tho home of palaces. temples and monu-
mcnts; IL is the home Of beautiful art
work In many materials. Most Of It's cities
have a splendid historical past that Is
seen In richly ornamented temples and
shrinos, I'm the tOmbs OF It's illustrious
dead and In palaces that surpass in
beauty Of decoration anything which Eu-
rope can boast.
The book ends with visit to Egypt
It's contents appeared originally, in part
at least, In the columns Of The San
Francisco Chronicle"
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see here a nice old gentleman, figure
all In white, with "a crown OF gnsten-
ing white hair" shaggy eyebrows
delicatelv arched nose and drooplnS
moustache. the only color about MN
the dark brown Of a row OF cigars III
either breast pocket" at rest ana at
simple play In the semi-tropical lsiahu
OF Bermuda. Quaint is his comraoe-
ship with children. He joys with them
in a donkey cart, makes funny Draw
ings for them, tells amusing stories ana
never talks or acts down TO them' out
preserves all tho while a humorous Sc
robustness of manner. Particularly
pleasant is the account OF "The Sign
of the She'll" In which Mr.. Clemens
gives to little girl one hail Oh
divided shell, so that every time they
meet henceforward she can show MIN
her half and he will show her his, ana
If they match l shall know it's you ana
Won will know It's II" Very amusing
too. is the history" of the Mark
Twain Club" organized in the north OF
England for the scientific study OF tne
world famous humorist's work.
The nice old gentleman. whose TO"
Of cigars diminished as the morning
progressed, was. of course, great per-
sonage. too, and was known to the 49,
and as 1.-The King" His constant DAN
terIng with "the Rajah." his triehd'
MIR. II. II. Rogers. is pretty picture
Each had a theory that the o'hei
would be a hopeless outcast were II not
for his regenerating influence In the
evenings at the hotel the King book IN
one hand and pipe in the other wouiu
read aloud. Kipling was the au'ho'
most frequently chosen. MISS wal
lace has presented her tender sto'y
with much delicate tact and pleasant
literary art. Many interesting photo-
graphs aid in picturing the king on the
Happy Island.
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SCIENCE FROM AN EASY CHAIR. a
second series BY Sir Ray Lancaster, X.
c. b., f. X. 8. with hftyLaye illustra
lions. l2mo, PIP. Kill. Az. Henry Holt
q Co.
We remember reading some time ego
in the London Spectator" a very de-
lightful article called THE Fascination
Of Bears" But eve. bears are not
more fascinating than-we reopen the
book before us at random-the AN
cestors OF Elephants" or THE Skull
and Teeth OF Goats" or THE Pygmy
Races Of Men" or THE Dog In My
cenean Art" We pause in our writing
TO examine again Plate XI: "Fresco
drawing of two female acrobats from
the palace at Knossos. date about 400
b. Ca very humorous design. Here.
in our author, is a man Of science who
wears his learning lightly On that
phrase Of Anatole France) like a
flower The popular papers on scien
tific subjects collected In these pages
sparkle with human interest. They are
simple in exposition. bright without
flippancy and arranged SO as TO pro-
duce q variegated result readers of
differing interests may find each some
thing to his taste Robert Herrick
asked: What is the thing we call
kiss?' "A probable explanation Of the
universally of the habit of kissing"
and of what that thing is, exalted by
poets and in these hygienic days by
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a WOMAN OF THE ORIENT.


THE ROMANCE OF ALL L,,, by ri Elean asa
stuart. Frontlspiece. lEiho' ~
Harper K Bros.
This story is so well worth u'e
readers while that he does not care
worry much that the author has not
altogether succeeded in the end III
carving out her ambitious concepuoh'
The triumph Of the book IL its portrait
Of an Oriental woman Of forty per-
sonality. and an influence far oeyohu
tho walls of the harem, remarkable
,younon and a lovable one, VINO I'M
nresses herself upon us as hNihs
beinR. not a novelistS lhNeh''o"'
There &c something noble. womanliness
,t ifs highest and best. in the wise ana
o0ectionate guidance she besto"s upon
tho child Of the West who has grown
nm under her care. and whose later
career among his own people she IL
LOWS from afar. II is In It's treatment
Of world politics. Of the rivalry between
English and German diplomacy IN IAN
Thar. or some such native state on the
east coast 81 Africa. and IN the IN
trlgues In the capitals Of both nations
that the author fails in being quite
convincing TO us. no doubt because the
whole affair IS seen through the ori-
entail eyes and the Orienta. mind OF inc
English boy who grew up In harem'
amid Mahometan influences. but
Fatuma peryadcs the book. no longer
the sultan's favorite in one sense but
distinctly Of more consideration than
any other woman OF his household
She was his adviser, his friend and the
mother Of his heir. Although she was
not my mother, knew what n mother =
love was while | had her, slyest ana
most courteous in the pursuit Of her
own ends. loyal and loving TO her own
household. impassively implacabie
towards such as offended her. and wise
in her habitual sllences as in her well
informed but infrequent speech
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ia. A MILDLY, the cousin OF COOK
wife according TO one version. was the
first of this English party to land.
"That MILDLY died a rear admiral III
1875; and it gives a measure OF the
amazing growth of Australia TO know
that so recently the Englishman who
first set foot on the eastern coast, at
least. of Australia was still alive" A
picturesque fact is that Australia mace
its appearance on ancient maps long
before il was discovered at all. The
exclamation is found in the existence
of a certain theory, almost as old as
human knowledge itself as TO the dis
tribution Of sea and land. An UNI
known continent, II was felt, 0ugW
70 be there; IT must be there; and the
map makers actually put 1t there, ana
depicted It shaped like a camel
backed like weasel, or made very
like a whale, at pleasure"
George Washington and John How
ard, says our author are the two men
who. quite unconsciously to them
selves. are responsible for the hrst
settlement of Australia. Washington
stopped the overflow Of English criml-
nails to America; Howard. by the new
CONSTITUENCIES he awakened in the Eng
lish national conscience, made the nor
rors OF English gaols intolerable. the
evolution Of this nation, which began
as a home for English convicts. Is
spectacle curiously interesting. The
very happiest example" this writer
says. "of the colonizing genius OF the
British race is TO be seen in the orier
history Of Australia 1t is land
with the climate Of Italy, with more
than the mineral wealth OF Peru, and
as 1T 10 he the granary Of the world
Of to-day as Egypt was for the world
OF the Caesars and as fair as IL Is
rich
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WILD ANIMALS.

THE FEET OF THE FURTlNE. By
Charles G.. II. Roberts. Illustrated ny
Paul Bransom. l2mO, PIP. VII, 3Si. Inc
Macmillan Company.
Don't worry, eat lightly, drink no
iced drinks, and read, now and them
some good diverting stories, say about
wild things, such, for instance, as the
animal tales OF Mr.. Roberts-and you
have done what you can TO be cool
Natural biography. though we have not
heard such an expression used, strikes
LIS as a good descriptive term to apply
10 these ingratiating stories. In this
volume are collected a dozen and more
Of these little biographical accounts OF
the wild folks OF the forests, the open
spaces and the deep waters. Inc
reader enters into the everyday life OF
bears. swans, wolves, chipmunks, FISH.
tigers. moose, seals leopards, foxes.
deer and other unciviliZed creatures,
going about their business In the world
az war with their enemies and at home
with their brides. Some Of the stories
are decidedly thrilling. The Gauntlet
Of Fire" is a tale OF a man and a bear
made friends by common danger.
king OF Beasts" tells Of "a master
animal" a man, shipwrecked, solitary
and naked in land OF savage beasts.
All OF the stories arc touched with Mr..
Roberts's appealing sympathy with
wild animals.
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Shakespeare is that he Is essentially
modern with the unreserved manners
Of the sixteenth century, while on the
stage he has been partly transformed
into the style and spirit OF Goethe"
The appreciation Of Shakespeare con-
stantly increases In Germany; the
plays provide the stock of the theatre:
scores Of repertory companies are at
work upon them, and on an average
there are four performances Of them
each night throughout the year. Pro.
lessor Brandt at the end Of his address
paid a glowing tribute TO Shakespeare
as "the unifler between the English and
German peoples"
The Russian Novel.
An English translation Of the
Vicomte de VogGe's work on the Rus.
sian novel will be published soon The
book gives a complete history OF the
subject and describes the leading
novels.
Legend Of CInking Glasses.
How did the custom Of clinking
glasses arse? Here is the legend re-
lated by Mr.. Charles Towers in his
book on the River Moselle:
We were drinking "Badstube," another
Rerncastel wine, In the Knights Hall OF
the Landshut. when Crtger told me the
origin of the blinking glass. one touches
as a matter OF course, and II had not
occurred to me to-seek an explanation OF
a custom apparently so long established
that il cannot have an explanation.
'They saw hereabouts." observed Cru
qer' half apologetically, that the Senses
were at table 10 a bottle Of the Doctor
The Hand passed lovingly down the long
neck TO the cool body Of the bottle. That
feels well, said the Hand. and drew the
cork. Then the Eye dwelt lttle While
on the gold OF the wine In the clear glass
That looks we'll said the Eye. Then the
Noee caught the wonderful aroma, and
the nostrils quivered TO 1t. That smells
we'll said the Nose An. SAID the
T'ongue. as the wine touched II and
passed leaving the eternally elusive ira
GRANGE there. that tastes Well But me
Far asked. Have | no snare IN TINS mat
ter?' so they clinked glasses.
DR.. WalIace's New Book.
The venerable Alfred Russell WAL
lace will soon print another book CALI
ing for social reforms This Is TO be
entitled THE Revolt OF Democracy"
His Social Environment" published
in the spring. has gone through several
editions.
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AN lDYLLlC KING
Our Philosopher -Humorist on a
Tropical Island.

MARK TWAIN AND THE HAPPY ISL
AND. By Elizabeth Wallace. Introuuc-
ton by Albert Bigelow Paine. lllustrat-
ed. l6mo PIP tx. 1879. Chicago: a -
McClurg & Co.
Mr.. Paine is quite right. The OIL
cial biographcr of Mark Twain re-
marks in his note of introduction TO
this little volume that the great hu-
morist's memory will be the sweeter
for these gentle chapters And re
characterizes the book in line. when
he says that ut presents an idyliic
picture of our philosopher-h IN
the serener days of his later life. we
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cav Now for the 'other thing, the
nicture. Some stories remind one OF
mixtures. This one brings before the
eve of our fancy a picture, seen AS
~ II were a handsome photogravure
of some piece Of Tudor domestic archi-
lecture. And pictures frequently sug-
eest stories. Were you contemplat-
ing some such photogravure ITSELF
would YOU not think of what the life
might be that went on within so beaut-
full a house? You would Fancy me
quiet. shadowy halls within. the ereat
stone chimney piece. 10 wainscoted
walls and polished floors, the dark OAK
staircase. the fine old Stuart chests OF
drawers, the old family portraits, the
old tapestried beds. There is lord
and lady here, you would say ana
high-born English children In the
nursery with their governess. the
life, perhaps, is little dull; but there
is a family solicitor in London con-
cerned with some strange story reiat-
ing to this noble house-and | wonder
what that may be- Lady Ridley mas
peopled such house with convincing
characters. and told with sensitive art
the dark story of their family ahalrs'
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DR.. WaIIace's New Book.
BOOKS RECEIVED.
AGRICULTURE.

AMERICAN IRRIGATION FARMING. A SIS
tematic and practical ire tme l, 81 sve,y
raase OF irrigation farming including us
bistorv With statistical tables and formulas.
Nv " H. Oun. Director % Agricultural
Extensions, University Of Idaho. Illus
trated II mo. pp. xiv. 1854. tCnlcaSo' A -
hcClurR A Coz
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Clara Viebig is one OF the best
known contemporary novelists OF Ger
many. Whether the choice OF this one
happy one may well be doubted. Its
realism is strikingly true 10 life. it is
well IL somewhat ponderously written.
but it's subject. apart from being de
pressing. is far from novel. That the
adoption OF a child is a hazardous
venture is one OF the commonplaces
Of human wisdom upon which no new