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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-04
THE LOW COUNTRIES
Travel at Home in Holland and
Belgium.

FROM TifE THAMES TO TIE NErHEE.
LANDS y VOYAGE Ia the Waterways of
zealand ana Down the Coast OF Belgium
Written aud illustrated 10y Charles Pears.
i2mo. PIP 2O>. The Macmillan Company.
DUTCH DAYS. By May Emery Hal u
Illustrated from photographs. i2mo pp -
Monat, Yard y Co.
II is with a painters eye that Mr..
Pears secs. and it is with a painters
pen that he writes IN the delightful
pages of his account Of his visit to
the southernmost part Of Holland in
his Sevcn-tOn cutter, the Rose. The
quaintness and picturesquencSs OF The
Netherlands have been described so
often, so many enthusiasms have been
lavished upon them. that they should
be more than familiar 10 us. at least
in books. Yet this author has seen new
beauties, and describes them as well
as he depicts them in his illustrations.
He is strong on Dutch types in de-
lightful thumbnail sketches. OF course,
he does not always approve; no
Englishman abroad can ever be cX-
pected to do that, or to lay aside his
consciousness of Unreasonable supe-
riority That Mr.. Pears does not like
Dutch cookery is only natural when
one remembers that the English
cuisine is the vain inspiration Of the
civilized nations of the world; but, on
the whole, the Dutch did as well as
queer little people like that could be
expected to do, and, at least, their
water-manners are perfect. The owner
and skipper Of fine English yacht
which ignored the little Roses salute,
take notice! Mr.. Pears describes the
kermis at Middleburg frontispiece
picture is reproduced here, together
with Characteristic sketch OF the es-
planade Of that pleasant little Belgian
watering place, Blankenberghe. He
and his companions had a perfectly
lovely vacation on Dutch inland waters,
and the chronicle of it makes the best
of reading.
Dutch Days is a pleasant little
travel-at-home book for younger read
ers. The author takes them sight
seeing in The Hague, Rotterdam, Am
sterdam, Delft and Gouda; gives them
climpses of the Dead Cities of the
Xuyder Zee, as Harvard called them
many years ago, and. OF course, tells
them bits of Dutch history from Mot
ley. Dutch art is not forgotten in
either text or illustrations.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-04
DICKENS'S POPULARITY
Some Instances of II Recount.
ed by His Son.

In his article on his father, in III,
July number of "Hsrper's Magazine,
n. r. Dickens, X. c., himself a man o.
achievement, writes with warm fila
appreciation Of the delights OF beinl
the son of such a man:
This. / think, is a convenient
place in which 10 give three or
four out of large number OF in
stances of my fathers widespread
popularity. as evidenced 10 myself
at different times among all sorts
and conditions OF men. When |
was an undergraduate at Cam
bridge I was asked by friend OF
mine if would like 10 meet
Charles Kingsley. As was q great
admirer of his works. said il
would give me the greatest pleas
ure 10 do so. Accordingly, ] was
invited 10 large luncheon party
at st. Johns College. When | ar
rived / was introduced 10 Kings
ley, but he did not catch my name,
and shook hands with me as a mat
ter Of ordinary politeness. In the
course of the luncheon some one
asked me a question about my
father, on hearing which Kingsley
who was seated at the other end
Of long table-putting down his
knife and fork, said, Are you
son of Charles Dickens?" And on
my answering in the affirmative he
came all the way round the table
TO shake me by the hand.
The next incident took place at
Toronto, in Canada. I mad been
staying there with two of my
daughters and we we're going by
rail TO Niagara. When we ar
rived at the station ! found the
"boots" of the hotel with a hold
all under each arm and a bag in
each hand, and | said TO him,
"Please take the wraps 10 my par
lor car-name. Dickens"
"In any way related?" he an
swerod.
ooh yes; ! am SON."
Down went the hold alls and IN.
bags. and. holding out his hand to
me. he said, God bless you, sir"
The scene shifts TO Jamaica.
Some years ago had 10 60 out to
that island 10 represent several in.
surance Offices in some very heavy
litigation which arose out Of the
fires which followed upon the great
earthquake which laid Kingston IN
ruins. One of the test cases was
fought at Montego Bay. quite the
other side of the island from
Kingston. The litigation caused
immense excitement. and the pa.
pers we're full OF the trial and pub.
lished portraits of the counsel en-.
gagged. One morning between SIN
and seven. when was having nv
early morning walk. saw a buggy
with two comfortable looking hi.
tie black people inside il coming
toward me. AS il came abreast Of
me the buggy stopped and a little
black man, leaning out of it, said:
Mr.. Dickens, sab ="
Yes" I replied.
Will you shake hand. with US.
sah?" Wv" Vs.
"Certainly-by all means
SO | first shook hands with hi,
smiling little wife and then with
his smiling little self and then
hey both proceeded to tell me how
greatly they loved my fathers
books. and. so far as could Judge.
they had read them. every one.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-04
BAGEH0T'S WALTZ
A Great Economist in Frolic.
some Mood.

A biography of Walter Bsgehot BY
his sister-in-law. Mrs. Russell Earring.
ton. has just been published in London
by the Messrs. Longmsns. This truly
remarkable man, whose interests and
writings range from metaphysics to
banking. with excursions BY the way
into belles-lettres. religion. politics and
history. had wit which adorned what
ever ne chose to touch upon. but which
never ran away with the sound judg-
ment that made his serious work Hhst
II was and remains. From his many
letters printed in this biography tina,
written by him in 1851 to his mother
from Paris shows mis- lighter mood o.,
its best:
| have added what I call Waiting
TO my other accomplishments II DIFF.
fers from what other people call
by that name not only in the step.
which is of my own invention, but
also In its having no relation what
ever TO the music, and by preserving
ITS rotstory motion in q great meas
ure by collisions with the other
couples. It's very amusing running
small French girls against some fel'
lows elbow. it's like killing flies
years ago. There is, however. the in
convenience that one does not like 20
ask the same girl twice: she might
say she had not insured her life. but
II you are careful 10 select fresh
subject for each experiment, the
pastime will succeed. do not fancy
1t plesses the girls; he dances tout
seul call by himself") I heard one
OF them say with great indignation 70
her female friends, as II fellow OF
my age could be expected TO keep
time with her or with the music
either, and it pleases me. il being |.
new, If not humane excitement, and
IS better than talking feeble philose-
ply in out Of the way corners.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-04
PROVERBlAL PSYCHOLOGY
The Quality of the Wisdom of
the Ages.

In the latest Of his popular books on
the application of scientific psychology
to the practical tasks of modern life
Psychology and Social Sanity
Doubleday, Page e. Coz, Professor
Hugo MunsterberS examines the quail.
ity of the psychology of proverbial wis
Let US begin at the beginning.
There has never been nation whose
contemplation was richer in wisdom,
whose view Of man was subtler and
more suggestive than those of old
India. The sayings of its philosophers
and poets and thinkers have often
been gathered in large volumes of ap-
horisms. How many of these iine-cut
remarks about man contain real
psychology? The largest collection
which | could discover was that of
Boethlinck. who translated $500
Indian sayings into German. Not a
few Of them refer to things Of the
outer world, but by far the largest
part of them speaks of man and of
mans feeling and doing. But here
in India came my first disappoint-
ment. which repeated itself in every
corner of the globe. After carefully
going through these thousands Of
general remarks | could not find
more than hundred and nine in
which the observation takes a psyche
logical turn. All those other thou
sands Of reflections on men are
either metaphors and comparisons of
distinctly aesthetic content, or rules
OF practical behavior with social or
moral or religious purpose.
Yet even if we turn TO this | y per
cent which has a psychological flavor,
we soon discover that among those
100 more than half are simply deiini-
tons of the type Of this: Foolish
are they who trust women or good
luck. as both, like q young serpent,
creep hither and thither," or this:
MEN who are rich arc like those who
are drunk, in walking they arc helped
by others, they stagger on smooth
roads and talk confusedly." II can
not be said that any psychological
observations Of the fools or of the
rich mans mind are recorded here.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-04

haps somewhat in advance of his time.
Certainly the nation owes hlm ever
lasting gratitude for his work at the
capital; if for nothing more than his
addition Of the great diagonal avenues
to JefTerson's checkerbOard plan, thus
giving the city an almost ideal ar
rangement, whether for convenience OF
for scenic effect. 1t was regrettable,
as a matter of sentiment, that dl5a-
greements arose, as a result of which
the gifted Frenchman separated him
self from his great work long before
it was complete. But the foundations
had by that time been so well laid ttat
a satisfactory completion was pract'-
cally assured. 1t is interesting to 70
member what is not always borne IN
mind-that LEnfant was the designer
of the first Capitol building. Federal
Hall, in this city. and that after leav-
ing Washington he went to New Jer-
sey and there made grandiose plans for
the building of Hamilton's industrial
city of Paterson and for connecting
it with Newark by means of wnat
would have been the most imposing
highway on the continent.
The selection of the site and the
building of the city were inevitably
much implicated with national poll
tics. Mr.. Bryan, however, Judiciously
avoids discussions upon such themes,
and confines himself with surprising
and gratifying fidelity TO the story of
the capital and nothing else. That in
wolves, of course and most tittingly,
some account of some political and
personal incidents which occurred
there and which have or had direct
bearing upon the conditions or the de-
vclopment of the city. Two Of the
most notable of these relate to the in
auguration Of jefferson, who was the
first President to be inauguratcd at
Washington, his two predecessors hav-
ing been installed in New York and
Philadelphia. There has long been a
legend TO the effect that Jefferson at
his first Inauguration rode alone on
horseback 10 the Capitol tied his horse
to rail fence and walked into the
building unaccompanied. There seems
to be no truth in this so far as Jeffer-
sons first inauguration is concerned.
J is true that John Adams, feeling be-
trayed and outraged. left the city early
in the morning, and so was not pres
ent. 10 see his successor indicted into
Office, but there was no lack of pOmp
and parade that day. There was a pro-
cossiOn of troops, there we're salutes
Of artillery, and there was a large
company of citizens in attendance upon
the President as he walked from his
residence to the Capitol. Indeed. il
was roportlOnately about a. SNOWY 4
ceremonial rs one of the present day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-04

sphere IN those crises which call for
the Intervention Of the tinker. lie had
to make alterations in mis- comedy. but
they die not keep HIM from heartily
enjoying every turn in the adventures
Cf the piece. Miller WAS delightful.
and so was Sir George Alexander. who
presented the play in London. There
were rewards all the way. There were
royalties, and shere was encourage.
ment, as when Pinero wrote 20 him and
said:
Sir John Hare was down here the
other day and talked about your
play. He had seen it on the first
night in King Street and was de-
lighted with the charming writing,
delicate characterization and pleas
ant fancy contained in your work.
Above all. the author of "D'Arcy"
was wiser after the event, wiser both
in the craft and in the business OF the
theatre. versed in contracts and illum-
ined "a to rights" lie puts before
us every document which may serve
to take us to the heart of the matter
and 10 give the reader, IL he simply
must write a play. n compass and a
guide IN one of the strangest of the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-04

resulted from her passion for and suf-
fering from the Marchese della Stuta.
Italy was an accident. In 1871 she
and her mother had beer in Brussels,
where "A Dog of Flanders" was writ
ten. They iourneyed to Florence and
remained in the realm of romance till
their deaths. Ouida has left many and
intimately beautiful descriptions OF
English park and greensward, of Tuscan
village and homestead. But in her
lights and shadows of Landscapes has
she ever excelled the picture of Flor
ence in "Pascarel"?
Here let us leave her before the
tragedies and comedies OF LIE at war
with much and many, eliminated IN
debt and lawsuits, in the sad and lurld
catastrophes of her latter years, and
! in the lonely dignity of her death. mat
was but seven years ago, but another
age of more hysterical endeavor and
. less robust humanitarianlsm seems
TO have set in. Independent II per-
verse. disillusioned if cheered by the
newer friendship Of the Nisconde dl
Sarmento, robbed of the sight OF one
eve, battling to the end, she was indeed
q militant. But all along she received
the homage of distinguished trends
and foreign countries. That she over
wrought herself and overrated her mis-
sion and her importance is only to say
that she felt acutely the contrasts OF
her circumstances with her spirit:
Surely Ouida had always touch OF
the poet in her. Why should she not
have thought so, however aggressive
she may have been? Miss Lee seems,
if | may say so, TO over-apologize LOT
these failings. 0uida loved the gor-
geous hues which she has declared to,
be inherent in nature; Titan also loved
hem. "Yet (she exclaims) the pictures
that are painted in sombree semltones'
and have no positive color in them arc
always pronounced the nearest to nat
rrn, Such is the North.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-04
EMANCIPATION DAY.

In the opening pages of his mos
readable novel, "The Professor and tn'
Petticoat" (Dodd. Mead & Co., Alvlr
Saunders Johnson describes the ar
rival OF his Northern hero in a Texas
town on Emancipation Day and his FRS
on the subject or th'
attitude toward the ne
gro:
"The stoahs won't open to-day
my new acquaintance said. This is
a holiday" -.
Holiday? What holiday is this"
June 'teenth. Niggah holiday,
he explained. Emancipation Day."
81 am puzzled" said. DO you
mean to say that all this town closes
up TO help the negroes celebrate their
emancipation -
at suhtainly does" he replied,
smiling Every single niggah who
can walk will be on the street from
in the mohnin' to 2 o'clock at
night" IL
"Do tell me more about this Holt
day." insisted. at somehow shocks
my expectations. | should have sup
posed that the whites. if they did not
veto it. would anyway ignore it,
Tgnoah it" Ny companion,
laughed. 1--WE couldn't il we wanted
to. No niggahs. no wohk. But we
won't ignoah it for anything. Best
fun we evah have in town"
ran through all my memories OF
the literature on the race problem,
but there seemed nothing in 1T TO
explain this good-natured acceptance
by the masterful Texans OF such an
interruption of work 10 celebrate so
Objectionable holiday.
Now appeared a huge-fower- be-
decked float. drawn by four mules:
At its front end was a big, round
pedestal. On the pedestal stood
tall negro woman in white drapery
Her bare black arm held aloft
tinse torch. -.
That's the Goddess Of Liberty"
explained Mr.. Marshall. shes
President Brett's cook, up at the uni
versity All reckon Mrs. Brett
worked two weeks gettin' up that
robe"
"Am | 70 understand that the mis-
tresses dress up the negro women
for this PARADE"
"You suhtainly ah. You 60 any.
Nnean III lnlS loNh WV "SN
Emancipation Day. and you'll heah
the lady say. 'Ah'm suhtainly puz.,
zled what to give Sally to wear
Those an the ex-slaves you see FOL
lowin' the Goddess's chariot. Soht
OF veterans. you see. Ny. but they
alb proud Of it. See that old nlggan
at the end Of the line? Looks mighty
hahd up. don't he? Well, sub, he
owns prop'ty enough to buy all you
professohs up on the hill"
"But you don't let him vote" | re-
torted.
Eyes indeed we do. sun. Then
amt a man | know won't tuhn out to
see he got his vote if anybody tried
to throw him out" -.
81 don't understand you Texans,
said. "You seem so much interest
ed in individual negroes, yet you pur-
sue systematic policy of keeping
the race down."
"Ah don't know about that, sub.
Now. look at these old niggahs. How
many of them look caihwohn? How
MANY look like they didn't have all
the food theih old gums can chew?
Looks like happy, caihless old age,
don't it?"
admitted that it did.
"Now." continued Mr.. Marshall,
"did you evan see in one OF 20 NO.
thehn cities such procession OF old
people who worked in the factories
befo' the wah? You couldn't get up
such procession. You have worked
them all to death"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-04

1t has Dccn the fashion to decry
Ouida. who with all her drawbacks was
one Of the most original and romantic
prescnccs Of her day. Thus says wal
ter Sichel in review in the English
"Bookman" Of Elizabeth Lees Me
moir' Of tho novelist. Her fantasy
was cmincntly romantic, though with
the true romance OF it strain Of sham
romance was doubtless blended. But
this arose from no falschood. Rather
{ was the outcome on the one hand Of
a glowing intensity cOopcd up and
crampcd in narrow room, on the
other, Of proud. ambitious inde-
pcndencc that exaggerated tho range Of
her powers while n disdaincd TO modify
their extravaganza. She became the
fantastic Of her feelings. But every
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-04

where she created an electric atmos-
phere Of her own; even in her scented
boudoirs you can hear something Of
tho thunderstorm. Everywhere it is
audible, whether in the world Of her in
vention, or in the successive, narrower
worlds Of her sojourns the small.
provincial world Of her childhood. the
mall London round Of her girlhood,
the Tuscan world Of her fame which
she took for all Italy. the lltful metro
poiitan world OF her parties at the
Langham Hotel finally. the sad,
ruined, defiant world at Viarcggio) Of
her struggle with fate and the keeping
Up Of appearances. Her critics were
often not worthy 10 fasten her shoe
strings. They saw CAS- who could not
sect the disarray OF her thoughts.
the over-coor Of her style, the occa-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-04
DRAWINGS BY3 CHARLES PEeRS IN -,
"FROrN THEiTHAr1ES.TOT TIVE NETHERLANDS
THE H1hCnILLANtCO.

The horseback story pertains to the
second inauguration, If it be true at
all. At that time second Inaugural
ton was considered as scarcely worth
notice. as il meant merely the con-
tinuation OF the status QUO.
The closing chapter Of the book deals
with the aftermath of the Burr con-
spiracy. and with the British raid upon
the city, a hundred years ago this very
summer. The narrative is thus sus-
pended for the time at a psychological
moment, leaving the reader absorbed in
interest and eagerly awaiting the sue
cecdng volumes which shall bring the
story Of the capital down TO our own
times. Nothing more could well be
kcd than that the work shall be con-
tinued and completed as well as it has
been begun.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-04
HERE AND THERE IN
BOOKS AND REVIEWS
A Southerner on the Negro Observation-Disclosures Muen
sterberg and Proverbial Wisdom-Charles
Dickenss Far-Spread Popularity.

II sift those maxims more carefully,
cannot find more than twoscors
which, stripped of their picturesque
phrasing, could really enter into that
world system of naive psychology.
And yet even this figure is still too
high. or those forty, most are. after
all, epigrams, generalizations of some
chance cases, exaggerations of bit
of truth, or expressions Of mood Of
anger, Of love, OF class spirit. or Of
male haughtiness.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-04
BOOKS REPRINTED.

Harper & Bros. announce that inv
arc putting TO press this week for n.
printing the following books: "iev'
United States" by Arnold Bennett;
Parallel Source Problems in MedisM
History by Duncslf and krey; w
Apingal Kingdom" aud "Equstors,
Africa" by Paul Du Chaillu, sns
Farm Festivals by Will Carleton,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-04

haunts of men. And, incidentally. he
has made up beguiling tale. Eysn
IN that small remnant OF our modern
society where few queer individuals
unaccountably leave the drsms 10 take
care OF itself there ought TO be sem'
friendly readers for "The True Nd
ventures OF Play And where an,
bilious pens are busy they Should
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-04
LITERARY CRITICISM
AND BOOK NEWS
The Monroe Doctrine: John Quincy Adams s
View and Ex-President Tafts; Momm-
sens Law-Travels in Holland.

Between his view, or that of his grand
father. and that Of Mr. Taft there is
thus marked contrast; and a cnoiCo
is presented. the making Of which by
this nation will be only little less
epochal than the enunciation Of the
doctrine itself
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-04
S ALL.OUT.OF. PRINT. BOOKS

NNHirD Mic; can get you any TOOK W
published on any Suhlcct The most eIr.l
book Under eNtsnt. When IN England can, ~
see my 100. 100 rare books NAkERS nNnsn,
uook Silop. John Bright st, birmlnsn~~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-04

THE True ADVENTURES or \ FLAY,.
b. Louis Evan Shipnan. illustrator
i"r, M iS9 Mitchell Kenncrlcy.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-03-27

:. wrong.minded woman makes
successful gossip.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-03-27
SALTS r BACKACHY
!: !: J: 81, !: AND KIDNEYS 5, HURT
Va f;iT;s,:i all,
Drink lots Of water and stop eating
neat for . while if your Bladder
troubles you

When you wake up with backache and
dull misery in the kidney region it gen
orally means you have been eating too
much meat, says a well.known authority.
Meat forms uric acid which overworks
the Kidneys in their effort to filter it
from the blood and they become sort of
paralyzed and loggy. When your kidneys
get sluggish and clog you must relieve
chem, like YOU relieve your bowels; re-
moving all the body's urinous waste,
else you have backache, sick headache,
dizzy spells; your stomach sours, tongue
is coated, and when the weather is bad
you have rheumatic twinges. The urine
IS cloudy, full of sediment, channels often
get sore, water scalds and you are obliged
to seek relief two or three times during
thesnight. ;,
~ Either consult good, reliable physi-
tiah' 1T 'Unce o. get from ,,yonr pharmacist
about, four ounces Of Jads Salts; take
I tablespoonful in glass Of water
before breakfast for a. few days and your
kidneys will then act fine. This famous
salts ID made from the acid Of grapes
and lemon juice, combined with lithia,
and has been used for generations to
clean and stimulate sluggish. kidneys,
also to neutfalize acids in the urine 80 it
no longer irritates, thus ending bladder
weakness.
u. Jad Salts is = life saver for regular
meat eaters. 1t is inexpensive, cannot
injure. and makes a. delightful, effer-
yescent Whitewater drink.