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STORIES.

story of men is told with spirit in
THE League OF the Leopard" by Har-
old Blndloss (Stokes). Two Britons In
a bad hole in the west Of Africa, after
gold. Niven had come out" from the
Leopard's land with tales OF the precious
metal and map. Maxwell. OF the steel
gray eyes, and Dane. impetuous but
game to tho end, both needed money,
the one to reconstruct the failing for
tunes Of his decayed Scots house of Gull
meny. the other to make go OF his
Individually valuable invention In indus
trial mechanics. They both loved the
same girl, and there were misunder-
standings cleared up only after she.
Lillian. had made a brave night ride in
Teneriffc to help her rejected lover save
the life or his favored rival. A tale of
mystery and British pluck. and love OF
maidens and Of honor and OF the yellow
stun. a Spanish girl and Frenchman
tainted with negro blood stir up the
plot. Dane is the authors hero, and
l.ilian's; the silent. grim. efiicaclous and
unpretentiously heroic Carsluith Max
we'll will be the readers, as he was
Bonita Castro's. The Ju-ju, or African
Jinx. curdles the blood: ~ be missionary
boy, sab. and savvy them Ju-ju palaver
be all dam fraud" said one OF Maxwell's
faithful krooboys; but It was q death
dealing fraud. A stirring tale, full of
action. We are glad that Bad Dollars
blade bit deep and that hungry reef
In the sea foiled Hilton Danes TOO mild
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because probing kills moro than cart
ridges" Those bullets were never med
died with more. What! Were they
still in him? They were. She thought
him wonderful
The tango comes in repeatedly. We
find Forbes saying to Mrs Nef, who
was gay and elderly, as they danced off
together: 81 reckon that twenty years
from now old folks will be shaking their
heads and telling how sweet and digni-
fled the turkey trot was compared with
the epileptic crawl and the hydrophobia
skcdaddlc they'll be doing then" Mrs.
Nem assented. She could Just rcmem-
Der when the polka was considered i'm
moral.
There Is nightcap scene. They
were all out at the millonairc's West
chester country house, and Forbes, who
had got up early, a slave to his military
habit. stood out on the lawn and saw
Persis at her chamber window trying to
exclude the brilliant sunlight. She was
leaning far out and struggling with an
| unwilling blind. "A creamy nightcap of
lace and bow knots was all askew on
her tousled hair and a long loop OF IL
slid down into her bosom as she bent
| far forward. She had not paused even
| TO throw on shawl, and her nightgown
was SO vaporous and drapery that II
| hardly mattered where II chung or
| lapscd" Forbes blushed and loved her
| irretrlevably. The nlghtcap fell off and
| the rascal caught II and kept 1t. In
| another place the story tells how
Forbes "visioned" Pcrss saying her
prayers. He did not actually see her,
| but he fancied "thc palms of her little
bare feet upturncd on the floor" That
| Is an unusual phrase, palms of her
feet" We have not noticed that the
| story speaks anywhere of the soles of
her hands.
| They were n curious lot Of people that
grouped themselves around Enslee the
millionaire. Senator TAFT called them
those wild asses" The British pecress
| who wore so little Is In the story. No
policeman interfered, the novelist says,
and no sermon was preached against
her. Nudity had lost its novelty and
her posturings and curvetings were re-
garded with as academic calm as II
she were trick pony or an acrobat"
The largo Bob Fielding IL one of the
characters here. Ii Is neatly said Of
him that he was so big that when he
was happy he was a Falstaff, but when
he was unhappy he was whale
ashore 1t Is too bad that Persis
should have married the ridiculous mil
lionaire. We ind her In an irritable
hour telling him he had green eyes like
an ape and asking him not to paw her.
u does not seem possible that he could
! have stabbed her al the dinner table as
the story describes. 1t is shocking
tragedy that comes after that place
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purpose OF delivering the rascaliy
I.ldeau up to ordinary justice In pay
ment for the death OF Maxwell: boiling
in oil would have been too good for him.
The Spanish Inquisition could not have
done justice TO his dement's. But Max
we'll is so surely the hero OF the tale
that II really ends when he does, in
spite OF half a hundred subsequent
highly exciting pages OF winding up"
Quite different from all this are the
sixteen excellent short stories chosen
by Charles Vale from the magazine
which gives it's name to his collection,
Forum Stories" mitchell Kennerley).
These are sketches principally of city
life. diverse In topic and treatment, but
swimming all in one sea of human ex-
pericnce. There are stories OF love, ro-
mantle conjugal and mildly erotic; OF
heroism IN high places and low. and
psychological studies The collection
affords an interesting symposium of the
varying views Of artists in this kind OF
the possibilities OF their art IN choice OF
theme and treatment. Tho sixteen
writer's are all Americans by birth or
adoption. No collection in one ordinary
volume could pretend to represent the
illimitable possibilities or even the actual
achievement in this style. but this vol
ume is probably suggestive.
The Old Testament Is a treasury OF
suggestion for the seeker after plots for
fiction. One of its incomplete stories.
that of the Edom!tc servant OF Saul
who slew the priests Of Mob. as 1t stands
recorded in tho twenty-second chapter
OF the First Book Of Samuel IL worked
up by Eleanor Il. Harris In The Game
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TEXT BOOKS.

Among the recent accessions in the
department of books for use In the
classroom 1t Is pleasantly surprising TO
find a guide to the old fashioned art of
photography, the practical High School
Speller." compiled by Tobias o. Chew.
superintendent Of schools at Washburn,
Wis. tAllyn and Bacon). Spelling ought
to DO taught in tho grammar grades.
Mr.. Chew arranges his vocables In
double column, the first in script and
the second In type with division into
syllables and indication OF accent, also
simple phrases designed to identify the
word Tho words are pretty judiciously
selected with regard to the frequency
of error In students compositions.
Words of the same sound but different
lettering are collocated, as "sight,"
site" cite" Canvas" and Canvass"
Some OF the recommendations and many
of the illustrating phrases might be
criticised. but the book has the major
virtues Of system and consistency.
In principles Of Composition and Lit
crature" (Barnes) Prof Robert Hunt
ington Fletcher Of Grinnell College COM
bines a practical manual Of composition
with "a comprehensive discussion OF
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THE TRAGEDY OF PERSIS.
A NEW YORK BEAUTY

They dance the tango in Rupert
Hughess story of What VIII People
Say" CIIarpcr and Brothers. There Is
vivid description of the dancing in the
restaurant after the theatre. 1t Is said
OF Forbes, the young army officer just
back from the Philippines. that he re
garded the spectacle with amazement
verging on horror, and thought In the
terms OF jeremiah and Ezekiel denounc-
ing Jerusalem, Moab and Baal" Forbes
came Of n Southern stock that inher-
tied its manners with its silver" He
was qualified to be shocked; neverthe-
less, we find him dancing the tango with
the beautiful Persis soon after the waiter
had served the cocktails and caviar.
The story fingers bravely upon this
scene. 1t Is fearlossly outspoken; we
are sure that no strong fact of the
tango Is concealed. Certain instruc-
tons given by Persls TO her partner
were startling. At the final crash OF
the music the two stood for a moment
in mutual embrace. He marvelled.
He had come to the city a stranger.
forlorn with loneliness at MONDAY. And
at noon Of night he was already en-
braclng this wonderful one and she him
as II they were plighted lovers" Then
Willie Enslee. the millionaire. cried out
that tho bouillon was getting cold and
the crab meat in the chatting dish getting
scorched. The divine Persis had two
more cocktails.
We noticed In the story the express
sion "blamed II on" IL Is said of Ten
Eyck, the witty and sensible man of
fashion: "1f he were a snob he blamed
II on his own weaknesses" Also we
noticed that Persis "shivered with ex-
ultance and blamed it on the chill" IT
surprised us to find these things: in con-
trast II was gratifying TO come upon a
! quotation from Tibullus. The novclists
do not often quote Tibullus. He makes
a page look highly respectable.
You are brave" said Persls to Forbes
when he broke off and cast away a twie
on which crawled Il caterpillar. st
George and the dragon" said the smiling
soldier II was a neat reply. They
were discussing bravery; she was GU
rious concerning the dangers her Othellc
had passed. in those battles of yours
were you ever by any chance wounded
or killed or anything" So she asked
and he replied: 81 was never killed en-
tirely, but stopped n few bits of lead.
She shuddered She asked II 1t hurt Il
be wounded. He said that It hurt after,
ward; that he did not mind 1t much a
the time, except on the occasion wher
he was shot In the mouth. She crieC
out at this and asked for particulars
lie said: II was yelling something /,
my sergeant and a bullet went right il
and out here" He put his finger oi
| his chcek IN Indicate whera thu huIIo
came out Great heavens," she cried
~ thought 1t was a dimple. I rattle
liked it," We read that she writhc,
with synpathetic pain and desired t
know II II hurt hdeously. To this h
replied: mot half as much as tho tw
pellets got in my side. They probe'
for them till ! made them stop, partl.
because | wasn't enjoying IL and purti.
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Selected by Lucy James Wilson. 'Dodi.
".cuddy Yarborough's Daughter" Una T..
. "Gay MG s"a .,;h E Hpet;Sss cpgraa
way rTSs EspSSis fH'' Tho%,. ne 5sroa a
sandford; tsOciciy OF the True Rcpuoiis
Ill, lin ne Foo.s,,p. Of tho Bron,ss" Nh.
Ei ii5n H. o cnad%ich 'Brenn,tenosJ, IT,
,The Jewish Publication Society of America
9Th, The liz Of Henry H." king, and
5Heashton Mitdin, ''''. - : '''''"'"'
on The = Lifs o. Henry VII, E!ns' and
re%psrlsy iiiSaFhton Mifnin:J ,,
Gam, Sane Projection and PropnEa,lon is
rage Andrews tLippincott1
sws sGs M TSm M NE s%hI Hook
WITH, 1.-THE Mystery OF Pain" James Hinton,
study" Van wyck Brooks. mitchell
Volume Edited by Andrew c McIagsh.
lin .r and Albert Bushnell Hart. CAppleton,
Essays" Jacob Plat Dunn. (sentine Print.
ing Company; indianapolis
Children" Caroline Crawford "A g.
browning Song Cycle" Louis Victor
sanr. tcarl FischerD
savNa' and The Life of Man. Two Plays
by Leonard Andreyev" TRANSLATED by
Thomas setzer. tMitohell Kennericy, Mod
orn Drama Series)
Nothing Else Matters" william samuel
johnson. Mitchell Kennerleyl
when Love Flies out o. the window"
Leonard Merrick mitchell Kcnnerley.l
Vienna Budapest" John e. Van DYKE.
series)
Madrid" John G. Van Dyke scrlbner
New Guides TO Old Masters serles)
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VERSE OF THE DAY.

The author of Little Gray Songs
From st. Joseph's," Grace Fallow Nor
ton. sings again in the same delicate
manner in THE Sister of the Wind"
tHoughton Mifflin). Sunsets, silver
rivers. the hopes and fears of a woman,
all are set down briefly. but there Is a
sense of consecutive development from
verse to verse that Is rather unusual in
such volumes.
The "brothers who toll" at Pittsburg
are celebrated. in Madeleine Sweeney
Miller's Songs From the smoke
(Methodist Book Concern). Professor
Simon Patten OF the University Of Penn
sylvania introduces the little book
with a note on the trend" OF current
poetry. The professor calls himself .
"wordless poet he is a very wordy
economist, and his view of the poets no
says we must have seems to make them
social scientists looking through the
smoke clouds to treasures that lie be-
yond. Mrs. Miller puts gruesome words
into the mouth" OF "A Pttsburg
River"
Oily and black is my face. know,
Fire bleared and sullen am 7:
Blood streaks Of ore dust Gear me and show
when a Ions barge has gone by.
Yea, l am homely, oily am ],
Hideous suilen and bieared.
Yet l have answered my lsoorers cry
Not yet is my conscience scared.
Home striking. reproachful italics!
For social song go to Britain. Brit
Ism literature mas been OF la'e years IN
strange hands Patrick MacHiii' ex-
ditch digger and NAVY. exalts the pick
and shovel in his Songs OF the Dead
END ,Mitcheii henneriey): lie does no.
sing or anger fair or daihozel that
leans athwart panied SKY tnoush
damozeis VINO pehave IN 30 pecuaar
manner may well De thought 10 deserve
even poetic recoghition' ne does sing
the uhderWorid' tne great oppressed
lie says ana himseir demonstrates the
correctness OF MS penet'
There are lots OF folks who ciamor
ihat .ne man .hn' slr' KEN, me manner
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literature viewed first as a whole and
second in it's main divisions" Gram
mar. rhetoric, literary mechanics and
criticism are all included In the scheme,
but the combination II physical not
chemicals; Collocation OF elementt not
fusible. though the professor has a
theory they could be made SO. Alum
dant well selected examples from
classic and recent literature are given,
and as is usual In such books a
great many things are found in
standard prose and poetry that the
authors never suspected the existence
OF. 1t is book for private reading
under supervision Of sensible preceptor
| rather than for daily classroom use.
4 book for outside reading" by
students OF Greek history in high school
or college freshman classes, and for
discussion in the informal hours that
can to good purpose be interjected into
the routine OF schedule, is "A Day in
Old Athens" by William Stearns Davis,
professor Of ancient history I'm the Uni
versity Of Minnesota and author Of
novels OF ancient Greece and italy
tAllyn and Bacon). a complete account
OF the customs OF the Greeks In their
national heyday; so completely complete
that 1t seems there must have been some
slight draft upon the authors imagina-
, ton in addition to the authorities he
has industriously exploited But 1t is
imagination working I'm perfect fairness
upon a solid basis Of honest knowledge.
Some teachers may find the account of
the winey end Of IA very proper
symposium too realistic.
With adverbial redundancc William
Macpherson of the University OF London
tells in III small pages How to Argue
Successfully" (Dutton). The author
seems determined to reduce all logic
to terms Of the sylogism. The Essen
tials OF Logic" by William Dinwddie
of the Southwestern Presbyterian
University tNealc), is an attempt to
simplify the standard expeditions of the
science OF correct thinking.
The district school" is still a mighty
factor In the work of educating the
| American people. and teachers will well
come SO we'll planned and written q
book OF guidance as The Rural School:
Its Methods and Management" by
Horace NJ. Cutter. professor of rural
school administration at the Kansas
State Normal School. and Julia NJ. Stone,
| teacher OF that institutions model"
| rural school. Grounds and buildings,
| sanitation. lighting, heating. ventilation
| and equipment. school programmes,
| study and recitation periods, discipline
are discussed with sense and knowl-
edge Of practical needs.
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One OF those most useful people the
minor Charactcrs' had a theory That
every man has in him tlger-an am
hition. or IL passion, or temptation;
nothing necessarily vicious or deerad-
ing, perhaps even virtue. with which
he has To- live, with which he mus settle
accounts and the dealings with which
shall determine whether the man Is
real man master Of his fate. or a mere
creature OF circumstance. Hugh Wal
pole Celebrates this theory Of the human
constitution in his fine novel The
Duchess OF Wrcxc" 1Doran): history OF
an episode in the war Of the genera
tons.
The Duchess was q terrible old lady;
her tiger" was the fierce pride of the
old English autoCracy. OF which In the
day of it's and her lamentable decline
she, as head Of the austere family OF
Beaminstcr, may be considered to have
been the pattern and the pinnacle. The
rest of English society Is divided III
the story, the events Of which take
place in the late '90s, just before and
at the opening of the Boer war, into
autocrats and democrats. Said Felix
Brun, the useful person above referred
to: She'll fight for her Autocrats TO
the last breath, and when she goes the
Autocrats will go with her. The Aristo-
Gratis may compromise with the Demo-
Gratis, but they'll turn out the Auto
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ind helpful suggestions in when

find helpful suggestions in when
Mother Lets Us Make Paper Box Fur
niture," by G. Ellingwood sich. teacher
OF art and manual training in the
Brooklyn Training School for Teachers
tMoffat, Yard and Company. Even
children in the grt>lcs" may find rainy
day fun in these clearly and simply ex-
pressed rules. which are propped with
a generous display OF sketches and dia-
grams. Tho verses accompanying the
drawings are pretty flat and do not
seem worth the space that might have
been given to detailed amplification OF
the directions to the paper cabinet
maker
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BOOKS RECEIVED.

The Balkan Wars" Jacob Gould Schur-
man, princeton University PressD
"A History OF European Diplomacy"
Volume Ill. (Longmansl
THE Sister of the Wind and other
Poems" Grace Fallow Norton. tHoughton
Miriin)
where Rolls the oregon" Dallas Lore
sharp. tHoughton Mlffin.)
"clarks Field" Robert Herriclt though
ton Mifnin.)
what Is 1t TO he Educated'" c. Han
ford Henderson, (Houghton Mifnn.)
"SyrinN; Pastels of Hellas." Mitchell &.
'The story OF the Harvard. Yale Race.
James Wellman and Or. Walter d. Peet
ton" !, A. Hobson. tMscm!llans)
The Ideal Motor Tour in France" Walter
Hale. (podd Mead.)
The Mob" John Galsworthy. (Scribner. }
"Eugeuics: Twelve University Lectures -
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OF Doeg" Jewish Publication Society,
Philadelphia. Docg Is shown playing
with kings, and Is finally slain with the
very weapon he used against the priests.
If written with purpose to set the I'M
regcnerate TO searching the Scriptures
the execution OF the purpose is graz
ciously committed wholly to the strength
OF the story and not obtruded in a fore
word"
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emmy LOu's'' Original Plates
Worn Out

Doubleday. Page & Co. announce that
Emmy Lou" George Madden Martins
classic OF American childhood. is being reese.
for handsome holiday edition. The book
has run through many prlntings that the
original plates are quite worn out.
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Credit to whom Credit Is Due.

BY accident the new Herrick novel,
"Clark's Field" reviewed IN THE Sun of
June 10, was credited to the house of
Harper. Houghton Mifilin Company
are the publishers.
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tions in Europe. has been asked by
circus agency to find Teddy Bobs,"
a Briton, in Germany. If the fact he
is eight feet tall and lame in the left
leg does not aid in finding him, it is
expected his appetite will, for he is
one of the most prodigious eaters in
Europe, and if not found will aid his
country by reducing Germany's food
supply.
Germans Sob; French Stoics.
There is one marked difference. whol
ly psychological, between the German
and the French wounded, who are con,
stdntly arriving Mt Bordeaux, writes
correspondent.
Physically there is little difference
between the German wounded soldier
being carried by and his wounded
French antagonist in nearby cot-th"
bullet or shrapnel has torn the Ger
mans flesh no more cruelty than it has
torn the Frenchman.
But almost all the German prisoners
are suffering extremely from nervous
exhaustion. Therefore the popular
opinion of the outlander of the charac
teristics of the two is wholly reversed
The French wounded, instead of
showing signs of nervous excitement,
are comparatively calm, whereas the
wounded among the Germans, despite
their reputed stoicism, spend the great.
er part of their waking hours sobbing
piteously.
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The Samaritan S Sword

The sword of the silver sunlight is the
only one he Yields,
The sword of the deeds of mercy in the
bloom of the fragrant fields.
song on his lips forever,
And the banner that DER him springs
The green of the leafy pennant
On the boughs of a thousand springs
The sword of the silver sunlight-ah,
sweeter was never born!-
With its sapphire handle cleaning in the
dewy dream of morn:
A smile in his heart forever,
And wherever he goes a word.
As soft as the tender beauty
OF the song of the woodland bird.
The sword OF the silver sunlight that
flashes aboon the Skies
Catching the laughing twinkle of the good
Samaritans eyes:
A rose in his hand forever
As over the world he goes
To plant in the path of the living,
The flower of the deathless rose.
The sword of the silver sunlight. more
everlasting than steel,
And always drawn in the service of love
that is long and leal:
A kiss on the brows that suffer,
A smile for the hearts that ache,
And his sword on the wing forever
For the sake of the whole worlds sake
-Folger McKinsey in Baltimore Sun