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New-York tribune., 1913-08-29

foreign invaders Of French homes, but
his purpose is unmistakable.
Under the somewhat misleading title
of "Ultimatum" an eminent French
diplomatist OF wide experience, NJ
Fernand Gavarry, has gathered to-
gether number Of short satrical COM
edies and brief ironical sketches do
scribing Partisan society as he ilnds H.
The author is too fond Of logical con-
clusions, in the demonstration OF which
he often dwells indiscreetly on the
"seamy side of things. Characters
episodes, and quaint situations are
related with charming lightness OF
hand and are tossed about as II IN
a savory "omelctte souiilee." Neverthe-
less. the observation is profound and
subtle. and this little book Of 3l5
pages is n sort OF psychological manual
such as a twentieth century Chester
field might place in the hands OF son
about 10 make his entry into Partisan
society. Indeed, the morality OF
"I,Ultimatum" is about on the same
level with that Of the famous Chester
field Letters" In the clever and dia-
bolical vaudeville sketch, "Chasse-
Crois6." NJ Gayarry shows how eigh-
teenth century perversity can blend
with the practical realism OF society
under the republican regime Of Presi-
dent Poincare. \ startling tale or
double life" is disclosed in the draw
ing-room dialogue. "Une Maitresse
Femme" and the opening sketch is
drama breathing the excruciating ter
ror characteristic Of VI. Andre de
Lorde The narratives of Count Pc
zowski," dealing with the Russian
Secret Police in Paris. and "Nocturne
de Chopin. Op. 5j." derive their inspl-
rations from Edgar Poe. c. l. b.
New-York tribune., 1913-08-29
SCRiBNER'S MAGAZINE.

Or. Henry van Dyke opens the Sep
tember "Scribner's" with a poem, "Day-
break in the Grand Canyon of Ari-
Zona" Theodore Roosevelt contributes
the first Of n series of papers on his
personal observations Of the big game
Of Africa. giving the lion the place of
honor. These are TO be life histories"
not narratives Of shooting. This ami
NAL biography" Mr.. Roosevelt says.
is far more interesting than the chase
itself" statement that confirms the
claim made long ago by Thompson
Seton and the tribe of nature writer's
fathered by him. There are some
graphic descriptions here. especially
that Of the lions roar. If heard reason
ably near, it is unmistakable. but when
coming from afar II may resemble the
booming of an ostrich; and In thick
cover the grunt or growl of lion may
be mistaken for the grunt of a buffalo.
or the occasional growl-I know TO
other word to describe the sound-of in
elephant. a beast which sometimes ut
ters the queerest and most unexpected
New-York tribune., 1913-08-29
CURRENT FRENCH BOOKS
Tourists and Their Enemies
M. Prevost's Warning.
Paris, August lS.

IdTlS, august 10.
"ETistoires de Brigands" by Maurice
Dekobra, illustrated with clever carl
cature sketches by Edouard Saunier.
makes excellent light reading. especial
ly for tourists, because tho "brigands"
are not Calabrian or Corsican high
waymen, but peaceful marauders and
mild-mannered bandits, neither better
nor worse than the average man-in-
the-street," whom one meets In rail-
road stations, at watering place inns,
seaside casinos, or on plcasure-resort
promenades. Their most dangerous
weapons are glib-tongued confidence
games. SANDER calumny and deception.
One finds here edifying revelations con-
cerning the willy tricks OF the French
railroad porter. the insidious imposi-
tons OF the restaurant or cafe waiter,
the subtle stratagems Of the wayside
inn-keeper. the sly deception OF the
blind beggar, the cunning contrivances
of the sight-seers' guide. the hoax Of
the circuar-tour agent. and the hum
bug of the fashionable" hotel adver-
tisement.
These little canoes are strung loosely
on the string Of a semi-romantic, semi
comic tale. Young Gideon Picette
answers an advertisement demanding
"a young man of distinguished appear
ance" for employment by the "Agence
Vitelle." He finds himself in a shady
matrimonial bureau. and his duties are
TO impersonate various types Of suitors
captains, bank clerks, naval officers,
and others-demanded in marriage by
the lone spinsters or sentimental wild
ows who may be attracted by the glow
ing offers Of the aGency's prospectuses.
Lively episodes ensue. Another hero
of the story selects "Crabbeville,"
described.as "a delicious seaside resort,
where there is great abundance of
fish," as the best place to pass his
summer vacation. He goes there, only
TO discover that Crabbeville is a lonely,
forlorn spot surrounded by sand wastes,
whose fish supply arrives daily by train
from the Paris Central Market Nu-
merous experiences Of summer travel
and tripping" in France are related
In light, humorous vein
Les Anges Gardens" Marcel Pre-
vost's latest novel. has aroused a storm
Of protest from German English.
New-York tribune., 1913-08-29

THE BOOK OF EVELYN. BY Geraldine
Bonner. Illustrated by Arthur William
Brown. Nl2mo PIP. 339. The BobbsMer-
rill Company.
The awakening Of an artistic tenn
perament is no novel subject in fiction,
but Miss Bonner has found. or In
vented, a case whose complications
make 1t interesting from first to last
Much as she is concerned with the
dramatic soprano who has everything
but the one quality which leads to The
heights. and which comes TO her
through initial failure and an emo
tional blow that for the moment kills
all ambition, this is "Evelyn's Book
not Liza Bonaventuras Evelyn holds
the secret Of the young singers life.
intrusted to her in the indifference Of
utter detection. And Evelyn keeps
that secret, even though she sees the
man she likes best falling in love with
the girl. which is the moment OF her
discovery Of her own love for him. II
is the way Of its telling, the contrast
between well-bred conservatism and
the easy ways Of struggling Bohemia.
two viewpoints well maintained in
juxtaposition, that make the book so
readable. These. knack OF handling
dialogue. an excellent setting in an I'd
New York house sunk TO the harboring
of lodgers-the right milieu-make this
minor novel worth while.
New-York tribune., 1913-08-29
SEPTEMBER MAGAZINES
Poems by John Masefeld and DR.. Henry van Dyke
Theodore Roosevelt's Papers on African Animal
Life-Our Diplomatic Service

noises" Much that is new and pi,t-
urcsque will be- found in Thomas Mel
son Pages history Of The Romantic
Founding Of Washington" IL was "A
mutiny OF the Pennsylvania militia.
which threatened Congress in session
at Pennsylvania in 1883. that led TO
the founding OF the national capital.
Congress decided that they would Sc
lcct seat OF government which would
be under their exclusive jurisdiction.
and where their authority and protec-
ton. instead Of being conhdcd TO the
inefficient or Indifferent powers of "a
municipality or state. should be Sc
cured by instrumentalities directly
under their own control" There are
four short stories. among them one Of
the close OF the Franco-German War
by Maartcn Martens.
New-York tribune., 1913-08-29
SOME NOVELS OF THE WEEK
Nelson Lloyds Mountain People in the Wide Wide
World-Two English Novels of Literary Merit
A Prima Donna from California.

mildly, would have had to tone him
down a little here and there. Between
them, poor Miss Milford would have
sought to preserve her original design
This entertaining fancy popped into
our mind upon reading the delightful
volume before us. "Gracechurch" ls
charmingly Cranfordesque, brilliantly
Dickensish. and fastidious in artistry.
This little English midland town had
a large proportion Of "gentee" houses.
Many of the inhabitants were "inde-
pendent ladies'" The Misses Gibbs
spent their time mainly in practising
scales Miss Jemima -Pugh, il ap-
peared, had once been young and.
Mrs. HornskulI declared, pretty, too,
when dressed" Miss Milestone had
a paddock beyond her garden. in which
her COW lived retired from the world,
never mixing in Society. and probably
under the impression that she was the
only animal Of her kind in existence"
The Pughs had in their drawing-room:
A large framed picture. wrought in
worsted work representing Jonah, reclin-
ing on the seashore in an attitude OF sur
prise. while the whale evidently fatigled
by his recent efforts to restore the
prophet 10 society, was resting on a neigh
boring sandbank and regarding his late
guest with one suspicious eye.
Quaintness is added to these records
OF Gracechurch and its folk by their
being the recollections Of the impress
sions Of a very small boy.
New-York tribune., 1913-08-29
A FAMILY GROUP.

ROUND THE CORNER. Being the I;lie
and Death Of Francis Christopher Fol
vat Bachelor OF Divinity and Father o.
a Large Family. BY Gilbert Cannan.
l2mo. PIP. vi. 3ii. d. Appleton q co.
That Mr. Cannan has looked over the
shoulder OF Samuel Butler, and learned
much from him, can scarcely be DOUBT
ed Still, the quality of this family
history. and IT has much quality. is all
his own. He believes in heredity, but
far more in his preface than in the
body OF his novel, where, indeed, II is
fate, in the guise OF the limitations and
inhibitions of one mans mind in
childhood. early manhood, fatherhood
and the service Of the Established
Church that shapes affairs, or, rather,
makes them formless and purposeless.
All this may sound rather formidable,
whereas the story itself is simply. di-
rectly realistic, a chronicle OF happen
ings and people observed at first hand,
one would think. rather than invented.
Happenings, that is the word. Life IS
always round the corner" for those
who drift instead OF attempting to di-
rect their own share Of it. They know
that they will do better, that things
will go right once they have turned
that corner. Meanwhile they continue
to drift. II is a muddling through.
Francis Christopher Folyat drifts into
the Church and n country living-ail
this happens In early and mid-Nic-
torian days: he drifts into marriage,
and his wife begins 20 drift with him.
An effort to shape the fortunes of their
children comes when the girls have
reached marriageable age. and must
be provided with husbands. But here,
too, only drifting follows-the acct
dental drift OF the children away from
their parents and from their parents
expectations upon the stream of life.
II is an excellent book for lovers OF
serious fiction. strikingly true study
Of life, and II is admirably well written.
New-York tribune., 1913-08-29
A REFRESHING STORY.

DAVID MALCOLM. BY Nelson Lloyd.
i2mo. pp. n3. Charles Scribners Sons.
Seldom have we had better time
"goin' a-fshin'" than when we went
"fishin' for trout" with small David
Malcolm in the opening pages OF -his
very refreshing novel. We enjoyed
tremendously DavId's neighbors OF the
mountain valley where he had ms
home. that valley wherein readers OF
others of Mr.. I.loyd's stories have be-
fore been happily entertained. David
was warned against several things
tumbling into the water, rattlesnakes'
and. above all. being "catched" by tine
Professor" He had never seen pro-
fessor, the word alone was so full oi
portent that the prospect OF seeing one
even without being caught by him.
frightened him. Davy was rescued
from the water by tiny Amazon
in d patched blue frock. who said to
him: Boy. you hadn't otter be afraid
of snakes" She took him to her hofne'
her father, she said, would give him
something to arm him up. And VINO
was her father? She drew herself mp
very straight, and even the blue RIB
bon in her hair rose in majesty as she
answered. Then / almost tumbied
into the pool again. for she said: Some
call him the Professor. Thousn
there is indeed something innately
repugnant to the man in the word
professor the gentleman discovered
by David leaning on hoe and Watcn-
ing a passing cloud was character
more in the nature of a beloved vaga-
bond. an Intellectual ne'er-do-well.
Fortune carried him, his daughter
Penelope Blight. and David Malcolm
far from their peaceful valley, for the
ways of destiny are like Mr.. Weller's
knowledge of London. extensive and
peculiar. New York. fashionable So
ciety and Newspaper Row, Italy ana
Greece, and battlefield Of European
war are further scenes Of this clever
story. But. like David and Penelope
and the millionaire, Mr.. Rufus Blight
who. the Professor said, never had
real idea, we found our heart often
turning back to the quiet valley where
we consorted with James, the learned
DR.. Pound, Stacy Skunk, Squire Crum-
pie. the distinguished Judge Malcolm,
Miss Spinner and others with whom we
became such good friends. This book
contains a good deal of uncommonly
good writing.
New-York tribune., 1913-08-29
DAWSON WARREN.

We are told that the first clergyman
to celebrate divine service in Paris
with due authorization after the aboli-
ton Of religion by the Revolutionary
government was the Rev. Dawson
Warren, vicar OF Edmonton in Eng
land He was the brotherin-law and
chaplain OF Francis James jack
son, who was appointed British Am
bassador TO France at the beginning OF
the nineteenth century. Warren, who
met all the most interesting people Of
the time in Paris, wrote for his wife
a daily record OF his experiences, which
he afterward arranged in the form of
a journal illustrated with contemporary
New-York tribune., 1913-08-29

Swiss and Italian governesses, so nu-
merous in France. The book ls IN Il
sense a belated reply TO Marie Corelli
"Wormwood" that lurid picture OF a
true phase Of the modern life OF Paris
in which the French were depicted as
victims of absinthe and depravity. The
truth about French society Is set forth
in a picturesque. readable manner Dy
NJ. Provost, who embodies in his story
a wealth OF sound suggestions bear
ing upon the education of girls ana
upon the true vocauons or sunra-
gettos." Four Governesses, Magda'
German: Fanny, an English woman
Rosalie. Belgian, and Sandra,
Swiss Italian. are intrusted with the
education OF young girls in fashionable
French families Magda, who is sim
cerely attached TO her little pupil
Josette Croze. nevertheless leads
her by complicated Vaccinations OF
love and money 10 suicide. Fanny, the
English governess. acquires such an
normal sway over her pupil, Berthe.
that the impressionable girl becomes
irrecovera bly, ostranged from her par
ents. The Belgian woman brings in
voluntarily disaster upon the family
by which she is employed by rousing
a violent infatuation In the heart OF
the master Of the house. The Italian.
Sandra. upsets the Corbellier fireside
by intrigues. and by her exposure Of
her mistress's infdelity. As might be
expected. the real guardian angel" is
the French governess. not contami-
mated by Nietzschean theories, Eng
Ish militant suffragette notions. or by
the subtle philosophy OF female eman-
cipation in its most advanced stage OF
NJ. Provost does not eN-
plcitly preach crusade against these
New-York tribune., 1913-08-29
NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW.

The September North American" is
notable for the diversity of the subjects
dealt with in its pages. Politics. eco
Monies, social questions receive the
usual AMOUNT of attention. but there
are. in addition. several articles devot-
ed 20 the aesthetic side Of life whether
1t be Professor O. w. Firkinss clever.
helpful paper on The Better Part in
Conversation" or o. +. Thesis study
Of Emil Verhaeren, whom this writer
places above Maeterlinck as the more
potent and creatively the greater
artist" OF the two:
Verhaeren is the poet OF modernity,
who however, does not love the new sim
ply because II Is new. Nor is he modern
III the sense Of refinement of analysis.
But he IL modern In that he has seized
the rhythm OF his time, which Is different
from that of any other period. Machinery,
democracy rapid movement from one
part Of the world To another, huge ag-
generations Of humanity In cities, in
dustrialism-these are only a few of the
new thtags which dinorentiate the present
from the past. These he has made his
own both in their outward aspects and I'm
their aesthetic and ethical Significance.
An "Anglo-American contributes in
American Ambassadors Abroad"
sensible word TO the discussion of
branch OF our public service that has
OF late given us good cause for wonder
and doubt. one does not agree at all
with this writer when he opines that
the Americans local consciousness is
far more intensive than his national
consciousness" but, on the other hand
recognizes shrewd observer in his
statement that the excellence of our
diplomatic and consular services, not
withstanding all lack of system, is due
TO the wondrous fact that an Ameri-
can. even an American politician,
whether at home or abroad, finds II
easier to be useful than idle" But, of
course. "Anglo-American" leaves our
diplomtic problem exactly where he
found 1t. ExAssistant Attorney Gen
eral James A. Fowler opens this num-
Der with discussion Of The Reorgan-
ization Of the Republican Party
New-York tribune., 1913-08-29

| THE FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAX A.SD
livier. of the Academic Francaise.
Translated from the French, with an
introduction and notes by George
Burnham Ives. With illustrations.
Svo. PIP. yxxvii. $50. Boston: Little
Brown & Co.
The death last week of Emile Olivier,
Napoleon HIS Prime Minister at the
time Of the outbreak of the Franco
German War. has served 10 draw re-
newed attention to Mr.. Ives's transla-
ton of the French statesman's Phi
losophie dune Guerre." written at the
translator's suggestion, and published
in Paris in 1911. Mr.. Ives has done
more, however than merely render the
book into our tongue. He has ex-
panded 1t with quotations from that
voluminous history of "L'Empire
Liberal upon which olivier had been
engaged for twenty years, and which. 1t
would appear. he has left unfinished at
the last. What is more. he has intro
duced, for purposes OF comparison,
passages from other historians OF the
Third Empire and the war. both French
and German: he has annotated the
amplifed work freely supplied appen-
dices. and prefaced the whole with
servicca bic, informing and ably COM
pressed introduction, partly biogra-
phical, partly historical. especially so
far as the course Of events from 1860
1870 is concerned. With this work at
hand, the foreign student OF an impor-
tant epoch Of nineteenth century Euro
pean history can we'll afford TO ignore
NJ. Ollivier's apology for his own career
in its sixteen or seventeen ponderous
and tedious volumes.
The history Of the making Of the
Franco German War II is safe 10 say.
was brought TO light in all its phases
during the last years of Bismarck's
life. and largely through his own rev
elations. II was his war. brought
about deliberately, planned through
many years OF undertaking purpose
tim. in leading him on and staving him
of. in inducing him to commit himself
on paper and exposing him at the
proper moment, his final moves to
drive him into cOrner-all this has
been told time and again. What inter
ests one most in this book, therefore.
is NJ. Ollivier's revelation of himself. A
lawyer. a rhetorician. never a states
man, thoroughly incompetent notwith-
standing all his complacent belief in
himself. he is found at the end OF his
story taking refuge in Ifs" and abus-
ing Bismarck: IF France had but
resolutely made up her mind not 10
meddle in the affairs Of Germany.
. II the German professors could
but have made up their minds 10 for
get the Palatinate and Jena.
Friendly cooperation in the task Of
spreading light" etc. etc. 1t is thus
that history is sometimes written. 1t
is not the way in which it is made.
New-York tribune., 1913-08-29
A NOVEL OE MANNERS.

THE ANGLO-INDTANS. BY Alice Per-
rim. l2mo. PIP. 3i2 Duffield & co.
For Ladies Only" would be a good
sign to place upon this book. The story
is smoothly written. but would not be
engrossing to men and shopgirls. The
fore part OF a sort Of denicotinized early
Kipling-there are the East indian ma
tives, Rajah. burden bearing gem
tleman named Gunga, and the captains;
but nothing Of din and shouting. In
New-York tribune., 1913-08-29
CRANFORDESQUE.

GRACECHURCH. BY John Ayscough.
Emo PIP tx, 5ls. Longmans, Green
a Co.
Suppose Charles Dickens, in collaoo-
ration with Mr.. Henry James, had
assisted Miss Milford in the writing
OF Crawford" OF course. one OF the
prime points OF Crawford" its naivetc.
would have been omitted. Mr.. James
would have contributed a flavor Of
intellectual sophistication, delightfully."-
brought to bear upon the simple scene.
Dickens would have been determined 10
hit off everybody and everything in
terms of humorous Characterization
And Mr.. James, expostulating with him
New-York tribune., 1913-08-29
NORTH OF FIFTY-THREE.

ALASKA An Empire in the Making.
BY John j. Underwood with numerous
illustrations ana a map. evo, PIP. XVI,
40. DOdd, Mead q Co..
Many books have been written about
Alaska since the gold rush; many more
will be written. but among them all,
past, present and TO come, Mr.. Under
woods volume is sure of an honored
place. He gives facts, he gives amaz-
ing statistics Of the potential wealth
of this new empire of ours, which is
twice the size of Germany, but he does
more. He is an informing guide to the
tourist-one of the most eloquent OF
advocates also of the seeing America
first" moVement--he has a store OF
anecdotes to tell of the pioneers and
of the conditions they created and reg
ulated, and, above all else. he has hlled
his book with the lure Of the North.
He loves Alaska, as all men and women
love il who have lived its life among
its majestic natural beauties. lie
grows lyric in their praise, and sue
ceeds in awakening in others the de-
sire 10 see what he has seen, 10
experience his emotions, TO gather and
cherish his memories. a land OF scenery
so beautiful that it makes the heart
ache" with its grandeur, land that
tries robust men and brave women, out
also a land of plenitude. of bounteous-
ness. Mr.. Underwood's foreword is
a good bit Of writing, because 1t is
fraught with genuine feeling.
He takes US around a coastline that
II straightened out would circle the
globe, and then proceeds to guide us
/ into the interior. Beware Of Lo. the
poor Indian. as clever faker OF
ANTIQUES as any Colonial furniture
fraud, or manufac tsrer Of old masters.
Ivory colored with the ages Of mil
.lennium? A short boiling in seal
oil will give a walrus tooth the tone or
a. hundred years. Are you an Elk?
The elk's tooth on your watch chain
may we'll be cut out Of walruss
molar. You have read Jack" Londons
tales of the gold rush? Learn that he
at one time abandoned a claim that
afterwards yielded a million dollars;
thus runs. the tale. And that other
seasoned Alaskan, Rex Beach, is said
10 have mistaken, in his tenderfoot
days, the three vertical tattoo marks
on a squaw's chin for her number.
The author Of "The Iron Trail" had
bought a salmon from her, but she
failed to deliver it, You must know
her." he positively asserted TO an old
resident. "She is short, dirty and
absentminded, and carries her house
number on her chin. 1t is one hundred
and eleven"
As for the lawlessness of the early
days, they took sharp measures with
desperadoes across the border:
New-York tribune., 1913-08-29
POINT BARROW: FARTHESI
NORTH.
From j. ]. Underwood's "Alaska.D

portraits and prints. These records VIII
soon be published in volume which
promises to be an uncommonly piquant
and picturesque one. Napoleon, who
took a great interest in Warren, oi'eh
appears in the journal.