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~ course the street vender must
eat. like everybody else. but not
~ every Vender carries with him
the material for his luncheon in the
thing he sells; and very few Vegders of
whatever sort eat their luncheon in
place as pleasant as these two men had
found,
It was a spot far uptown. In upper
Washington Heights, where there are
yet vacant lots, for that matter whole
blocks, and trees and grass and that sort
OF thing.
They were selling watermclons, these
Two, and they had wagnnload OF the
torpedo shaped variety, long and COM
para lively slender.
Block after block Of the settled parts
they traversed crying "Wah-'ah-mel-
lah. Wah-tah- mclah'' and selling
watcrmclons until the peoples luncheon
time came, when they withdrew Ia eat
their own. But for this they did not
have to seek restaurant, nor had i
been necessary even for them 20 prIhS
something along.
In a quiet spot by "A vacant block 'hey
drew up. They hung bag Of oats On
the horses head and then for themselves
they selected from thcir stock On" OF
those long torpedo shaped wa'"rihrIohs'
Sitting on the grass under Ia" trees thtS
opened this watermelon, lunGNuulhai'H'
so that il presented >wo long shaup"
sections from which the meat could ne
extracted easily, and then very com
fortably in the cooling shade they ate
their watermelon luncheon
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n HERE was no regular steamer for
Two weeks. l had been working
hard and needed rest and |
decided to go down from Seoul
o. Hpaskong by tramp. | made the
mp by horseback from Seoul To che
mulpo. and On my arrival in the port
found that the only vessel leaving
within the next few days was "A
Hchuonrr the Apamana.
" This suited me to T and I booked.
Hram REMINGTON was the captain, and
better companion | never want to
have, nor a more exciting voyage. IL
u hadn't been for Remington | fear |
should have suffered from ennui the
hTst few days Life on sailing vessel
SEEMED pretty tame until after We
'hh'"d 10, ISLAND Of Que.part After
mat tn.a-, %, gan to break,
W. hadn't lost sight of Quelpart light
When The clouds began To- pile up in the
northwest and The skipper began to get
ready Tor wind. II came. | suppose
here was nothing distinctive about the
storm, nothing the average mariner
hasn't been through a hundred times,
Out I'd never seen it from the deck of a
sailing Nc~~"l
with canvas enough to make a good
SIZED handkerchief We ran ahead of the
gale like frightcned duck, just skim
ming the surface Sometimes We were
Tossed high hy a swirling sea. Some
mes W. shot into abysmal depths, and
almost always our rails were awash and
We c.une p, stays to keep from being
alr.ed int the scething water.
Bu, as s.'rms will, the elements spent
"thSra'- ana We found ourselves
-agurs from our course. with the sandy
'nores Of 'gr Rukiu Islands flashing
u ne sun If our port bows.
Another day of that" said Capt.
!. Remington and we'd likely as not have
| been rott.ut On the beach and the long
'hore fishermen would have been using
'a- Sp.in,.r- of the Apamana To light
.ar.F pipe from the fire.
W. 'ad Hur course to pass to the
LFinwar . kclung and make the
t"rinosa 'Alnnel, which the captain
glFcd W..i Dee much shorter than To
axe the tsh,e Channel, and sped
'ohg wit gradually dying breeze.
One evening" we passed fairly close
an .sla.f which was probably one OF
We smai.,f sands of the Riukiu group.
" We NJ. N near we caught sight
G'lnd a .at Of land Of the angular
Wy u Oh. ... Of junk, moving slowly
VIZ l" s,I TOSS our course. W. could
1. see uuU of the craft.
iT'' 81 she made clear of the low
IS poe. md hove into sight. Evil
''i} >... .shlcd rs at once, for she
.I..N 1
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Miss Hi da Boyer in an au Syr nx.'

Herbert Fielder rdrois in the Far East
rc manufactures cable
through thrilling Incidents but the related beon ecHps
them ALL He business trip rhich uH take him Manila Toxic,
ShGugha and other Far Eastern ports
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A Watermelon Luncheon

~ course the street vender must
eat like everybody else, but not
every Vender carries with him
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-28
WITH THE NOVELISTS:
MANY INVENTIONS
Anne Warmers Last Sory-H de We're Stacpooes Splen-
did Novel-NIrs Beoc Lowndess The Ledger
Rider EIaggards Romantic Tale.

shocker melodrama, but she has don.
far better in a quiet way. whose erec,
is cumulatively uncanny. The title o,
the book gives the main outline OF TIA
plot. The lodger applies for rooms AZ
the house Of a respectable couple, r..
tired servants both. He IS queer, thers
can be no doubt OF that. In fact, Ia
warns them that his way OF living "a
peculiar. Ere long he becomes my,.
terious. and then there creeps gradually
upon these two stolid, elderly English
people a shivery consciousness Of some.
thing seriously wrong. They do moi
speak about this feeling 20 each other.
each seeks TO hide II from the other.
but the horror grows in its Intangible
proportions until II becomes real, part
Of the atmosphere Of their daily lives.
Amateurs Of the shudder will find here
something 10 their liking.
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VERY FAR WEST.

THE LIGHT or WESTERN STARS.
Romance BY Zane Grey. frontspicce
In color. limo, PIP Sss Harper a Bros.
It wouldn't be just the square thing
perhaps. Though it has been rumored
that. as nobody remembers what was
in the newspaper six months ago
thrifty journalists do get up with con-
tinued success the same stories about
this and that, year after year. Any
how. one way for us TO give a fairly
accurate and sympathetic account Of
this authors latest romance OF love-
scenery and uproar down Mexico way
would be for us to have reset, with
few trifing alterations as TO plot, our
notice of her story Of the border OF last
summer. Anything exciting which
may have been crowded out Of Desert
Gold" you may find in The Light Of
Western Stars" Cowboys. Greasers
ranchers, miners, bandits, guerilss and
like CRITTERS" have not diminished IN
the least in Zane Grey's country
though "pluggins" and "killin's" have
been going on undated since her for
mer report. Lives are still saved there
in the nick OF time. the same sort OF
sheriff is on the Job, the lure oil
woman's beauty continues 10 prevail
and true love runs no more smoothly
Fresh news consists, however, In tns'
since last summer near FL Cajon, y. NJ
fine specimen of elemental manhood
running somewhat wild was remade oy
a woman's faith in him, and that
young lady, sick 10 death OF the lux
urious life, devoid OF significance, OF
the effete East, I'm the red corpuscle
atmosphere of that far land found ner
real self.
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BOOKS FOR SPRING
Chickens, Vegeta bles, Flowers
and Gardens.

Are YOU going to raise chickens?
Spring is the best time TO begin
Whether ii be your purpose to raise
them only in order TO supply your own
kitchen and larder, or whether you
plan more ambitiously. Robert Joos's
Success with Chickens" will prove Of
practical assistance TO you. one need
not even dive in the country. this author
holds, TO raise ones own poultry and
fresh eggs. a city backyard will serve.
or even the fiat roof of a city house
Hens can be kept there, but not roost-
crs, on account of the neighbors. But
then hens have made themselves mark
odly independent OF the male of their
species Mr.. Joos proceeds from the
few fowls kept for family use 10 the
conduct OF chicken farms for profit.
furnishing the knowledge that spells
success. and giving warning against
the ignorance that leads to failure.
Chicago; Forbes a COZ
From the same publisher comes The
Backyard Farmer" By j. Willard Bolte.
which seems almost too good 10 be true.
Fresh vegetables from city yard. nay.
more. from window boxes in city flats
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-28
LITERARY CRITICIoM
AND BOOK NEWS
Travel, Exploration and Sport in Africa and
the Pacihc-A Good Biography OF An
thonv Trollope- Reviews.

the mountains. the protectorate con-
tains fully 100000 square miles of un-
explored country is "A fact with which
few of ms are familiar. This region is
still a CLOSED district" which means
that il is as yet not safe for settlers
and traders. Special permission must
bc asked from the authorities to enter
it. Mr.. Dracopoh traversed this UNI
explored country, and found 1t path
less and i'm many arts waterless.
Progress is possible only from water
hole to water hole, with death from
thirst always present as a possibility.
The Jungle is often impenetrablc. the
natives are hostile and treacherous:
wherefore one must constantly guard
against attacks 10y war parties. There
is abundance of game, but Juba Land
is evidently not a country for the
sportsman who wants comfort with his
shooting. The climate is unhealthful
in the extreme. the humidity of the air
is enervating. and mosquitoes abound.
Mr.. Dracopoli gives in appendices the
geographical and other results Of his
expedition. In the narrative itself he
pays much attention to shooting,
though he killed only for food and
specimens. one curious observation he
made is worth quoting. He brought
down monkey with his rifle, and, he
continues.
! sent one OF the pOrters TO retrieve IT,
and il proved TO be an adult male OF a
small species of monkey, which Is Only
found i'm the bush near the coast. Much
TO my surprise 10 was claSplng IN ltS
arms "a tiny baby monkey not more thall
one or two days old. The expression OF
anguish ON it's iace-in fact its Whole
appoarancc-Wa SO distressinSly human
that ] hurriedly sent il back 10 the camp
iu charge of the skinner IN order 10 ne
rid of H. II appears from what the ma
tiveS told me. that II is not unusual 1or
the male parent TO look after the new
born monkey while the mother goes OUT
i'm search of food during the first Few
weeks after birth.
Unlike Captain Stigand, Mr.. Draco-
poll praises the Somalis without stint.
He. however, did not come to know
them as servants. but as warriors living
i'm state Of semi-independence, and
dangerously apt to resent the white
mans appearance in their country.
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has given us much information. set
forth in chronological order, concerning
personal incidents and experiences,
which, no doubt. has never before ap-
peared in print. The first part of the
book. which deals with the mythical
origin OF the name Of "Troisloup;" with
Anthony Trollope's ancestry, his moth
er's girlhood, her attractive and cOur-
ageous character. misfortunes and
literary adventures; with the character
and ill-starred life of his Micawber-
like father: and with Anthony's for
native period, is very interesting IN
deed The celebrated author of the
Domestic Life of the Americans" the
writer presents as a far more cult
waited woman than might be supposed
/ from her books.
In personal Renaissance, a vein
which he might have cultivated further
TO our profit, the author is excellent.
| As a child he first became known to
Trollope. He found one day the morn
ing's lessons interrupted by the an
nouncement that a strange gentleman
who seemed III hurry desired TO see
., his father at once. The visitor, then
! on his Post Office rounds in the west.
and known as the author Of The
Warden" and the writer's father had
not seen each other since the days
when they were schOolboys at Win
chester together. The stranger | can
just recollect, as ] watched him at
our midday dinner. seemingly added to
his naturally large dimensions by a
shaggy overcoat. or it may have been
a large double-breasted ea-jacket,
making him look like one of those sea
captains about whom in the ifties we
used to hear a great deal on the Devon
shire coast" Boy, help me on with
my coat" were the only words he can
recolect Trollope addressing to him on
this occasion. In his mature years he
met Trollope one day in a railroad
train:
Just recognizing me, he began To talk
chccTly enough for some little time,
then. putting on huge fur cap, part or
which fell down over his shoulders. he
. suddenly asked. do you ever sleep
when YOU are travelling? ! always do .
and forthwith, suiting the action TO the
word. sank into tpat kind of snore com
pared by Carlyle 20 a Chaldean trumpet
in the new moon. Rousing himself up as
we entered Grantham. or Preston, sta
ton. Ae next inquired: do you ever
write when YOU are travelingY' NO.
81 always do Quick as thought out
l.. nd la
process of putting words on paper con-
tinued without "A break till the point was
reached at which, his journey done, he
left the carriage.
Several years later, when recalling
this meeting. Trollope told his biogrl-
pher that during this journey he had
added a couple OF chapters 10 a serial
story.
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A FORGOTTEN HORROR.

TIE LOGGER. BY Mrs. Belloc Lowndes.
i2mo. pp. 306. Charles Scribners
Sons.
Mrs. Lowndes's def hand gives her
stories of crime and mystery a place
apart. They are not detective novels"
properly speaking, but rather studies
in the unusual and the sinister, whose
material is drawn from actual happen
ings. The End OF Her Honeymoon"
for instance, brings in it's ending tho
conviction OF fact, OF an actual occur
renee Ions kept secret. but somewhat
unaccountably betrayed in the end. In
The Ledger" she deals with what is
perhaps the most appalling series OF
crimes in the annals OF the police OF
the civilized world. the unsolyed muir
ders of women committed In London
several years ago. She might have
turned the case in.o luriJ. shrling
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-28
a FINE NOVEL.

THE CHILDREN OF THE SEA. BY II
de We're Stacpoole. Frontlspiece limo
pp 800. Duffield * co.
Few people write better books than
Mr.. Stacpoole's Children Of the Sea.
II is finely written. The salt tang of
the deep sea, the dreaming flavor or
remote Japanese village, the wild
poetry of the Breidifiord and the VAL
lev of the Floka amid the crags OF Ice
land. the human nature OF the Iceland
villagers, the appeal of the pure sea-
maiden Schwalla, the strange souls OF
Erikr Ericsson and Jonass Magnuss,
bound companions by Fate turned
dramatist, though with intellects OF OPP
posite genders-all this is mighty well
given i'm a story of how Life is like the
sea. THE sea has no pity for faults'
and she will break a battleshlp ana
ruin A nation. or break "A iishing-lne
and ruin a days labour with the same
Indifferent fngers-fingers that are al
WAYS fumbling for faults" Erlkr ana
Jonass are cable hands when we meet
them on the President Girling, lying
off the coast Of Japan. And the weak
ness of the tall, blond Erikr, the in
carnation of confidence and victory,
with the daring face Of a Viking and
the eye of a hawk when straining over
sea distances, human and blue when
cast upon a woman, is that his nature
responds quite readily TO "the greatest
force in the universe, if we except the
Force that presides over the dull ma
chinery of the stars Too late he does
the one great thing i'm his life, he loves
The fishing enterprise in which he en-
barks with Magnuss, a compound Of
two natures, fisherman first, then poet
and brooder, both treacherous and true,
bids fair to prosper, and Schwalla has
been almost won when the terrible
blow Of retribution falls. In this story
the character Of Magnuss alone, whom
every one has met In some of his
moods" could not be reviewed in a
paragraph; he is a whole novel of char
acter in himself. And the fine handling
of an ancient theme but gives more
point TO the pertinent comment Of a
Western newspaper that the sex
plays" are poor stuff, mot because they
are sex plays, but because they are
poor stuff"
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NORSEMAN AND BYZANTINE.

THE WANDERERS NECKLACE. BY
r.. Rider Haggard With four illus
trations by 4. G. Michael l2mo, pp
341. LonSmans, Green * Co
This is good romance. The necklace
or, rather, one-half OF it's taken
from the Wanderers tomb by the son
Of a Morse chieftsin TO crafty the
whim OF the girl he loves, but who 10
false to him. The other half OF the
Jewel had been worn by the dead
Vikings love in some far land, and
not until the youth finds the woman In
whose possession 1t now is will he
know happiness. Thus says a priestess
Of Odin. The young man wanders TO
Byzantium, and there becomes the
captain Of the dlssolute Empress's
Morse guards. She demands the neck
lace of him, and offers him her love,
but he refuses, whereupon her venge-
ance falls heavy upon him. Then comes
the woman wearing the missing hall
of the necklace. out OF Egypt whittier
the Wanderer had strayed in the din
and distant past. The plot is well con-
ceived, and il is carried out with gen.
uine imagination. The contrasting his
torical settings, north and south, bear
evidence OF careful study. the vast DIFF
ference between the two civilizations
adding greatly TO the impression the
story makes. An excellent piece Of
work from veteran hand. and an in
teresting story as we'll
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-28
HlJMOR AND OPTIMISM.


sr-vstINr lane by Anne Warner.
Win frontiypiece ~ Harriet Roosevelt
Richards. i2mo PIP. Vi. 2i9 bos'oi''
Little Brown d 90
Miss Susan Drew had taken to 'faii-
ing because. in the circumstances
though IT wasn't easy. there was moth
ing else to do. As this lady was not
Strong and had property, her only SIS
ter had come to live with her, to love-
cherish and protect her. Ny sisters
got a good heart" she explained 'put
Won know how hard it is to live with
that kind Of people" SO she hau
"failed" steadily. When her niece, Jane
arrived astonishing improvement was
rotc1 Though Mrs. Mead said sternly
that Matilda Drew ought not to have
gone away. Sick folks in bed can't
bear a change. A new face gives them
little squirt Of strength. and then
when they see the old face again they
kind Of give up hope and drop right
off" lanes mission, however was 10
teach people to live suddenly insteao
Of diving suddenly. She was a young
lady who belonged to the new order OF
sunshine Nurses, whose religion was
unite the most modern Of all the Ne"
Thought creeds. II didn't take long ior
the town TO wake up to the fact tndI
some new element had entered into It's
composition. Emily Mead, hearing the
theory that whatever one wanted ana
had faith to be assured OF, that one
would have. expressed her very natural
desire to marry a millionaire. There Is
Young artist in the story, too, one
Lorenzo Rath Mr.. Cattermole, now
ever. did not think that his calling
should prevent him from being TOOK
, in marriage. Maybe he amt much or
an artist" he said, with tendency TO
look on the bright side. Mrs. Croft
| yho-but. though it is too bad, we
cannot gossip further about these most
entertaining people. Besides the run
there is optimistic philosophy galore In
Sunshine Jane" The story, Ike It's
heroine, teaches happiness as an art.
God doesn't allow accidents IN TINS
| world" is it's theme. You can marry
millionaire. if you go the right way
about il. or you will find something
much better. In the mean time, you
may make yourself reasonably happy
| for a bit by reading what very likely Is
the last story to be had from the pen
/ of the late Mrs. French
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-28
a BUNDLE OF ANECDOTES
Stories Told by Many Men,
Mostly in Washington

LITTLE STORIES By BIG Mn -,
- ior,nilod Lv Annabel Lee. Emo. .pp
Vii 26s. q. +. Putnams Sons.
Miss Lee wen-known newspaper
,yonan. has had the happy thought oil
Interviewing over hundred pubic
men and inducing them to tell her '''eH
ravorite anecdotes, or stories OF the"
o,yr cxperiences. Beginning with
President Wilson and Vice President
Marshall. the voluntary contributors
IN this volume include Cabinet oihcera
mast and present, the Speaker Oh 'ne
uouse. ex-Presidents Taft and koose-
wolf the German Ambassador and
lanes Rrvce. United States Senators,
members of the House, Governors
army and navy officers, celebrities IKE
Buffalo Bill and Pawnee Bill. Andre"
Carnegie. educators, actors and others.
There is abundant variety IN these
stories. which come from all parts OF
the country. Many Of them are ponu-
cal but even more are of the obscure
DAYS when these public men were
struggling for a footing. There are
negro stories a-plenty, of course be-
ginning with one told by Mr.. WILSON,
and Mr.. Bryan remembers an expert
ence Of his in 1888 He had agreed TO
deliver a short speech at a st. Pat
rick's Day meeting, and, upon being
introduced By the chairman was
cbaprined to be asked by him IN an
undertone: quick! DO you speak,
dance. or sing?" There is much good
entertainment in these stories, and oc-
casionally a bit of self-reyelation on
the part of those who tell them'
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his own supplies and thus reduce tne
high cost Of living. He, too. has Woru
TO say on chicken raising on smau
scale.
And now for a book Of beauty. j..
II Jenkins's The Rock Garden
which should not be cOnfounded with
that enormity. the "rockery lis an
rs,glish work. dealing in a thoroughly
practical way with the artistic uses OF
Anime flowers. the ways OF planting
them. and their care. The book Il
ahu,dantly and invitirgly illustrated
O'h1rles Scrbners SOns)
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-28

Notes of a Son and Brother" the
second volume of Mr. James's auto
biography. is announced by the Messrs.
scribner for publication next week. 1t
starts in 1850, when the James family
migrated TO Geneva for the benefit of
a Swiss education at that time very
much in the fashion. Young as he then
was. Mr. James has lively recollections
of the first appearance of Adam Bede'
and the "Cornhin Magazine" as also
of the prime Of "Once a Week" when
Charles Reade and George Meredith
were regular writer's on its staff, while
Millais and Du Maurier contributed
illustrations. When William James
goes to Harvard his correspondence
with his brother is full of charm, and
i'm 1862 the photographer follows to
the same university, and treats the
reader to "reminiscences of his college
DAYS. In 1864 the family moved TO
Boston, and about that time Henry
James began to feel definite impulse
toward the literary career. Later
chapters abound in early recollections
of the literary world George Eliot is
visited at North Bank, Regents Park;
Ruskin at Denmark Hill and Rossetti
at Chelsea There is much reminis-
cence Of Emerson, Hunt, John La
Fargo, Professor Childs, Professor Nor
ton and others, and OF Civil War days.
"The Arched House"
Carlyle's birthplace at Ecclefechan,
The Arched House is in reality two
two-story dwellings joined together
above the arch. The southernmost, the
house in which Carlyle was born, has
long been In charge of a committee OF
management, but the northern one has
only now been acquired, thus insuring
the preservation intact OF the building.
The interior Of the birthplace affords
strange contrast 10 the famous Carlyle
house in Cheyne Walk. It's austerity
is Of an altogether different order In
stead of the gloomy seclusion of a
scholar and the staid but stately
housekeeping of his wife, one gets the
primitive simplicity OF a Lowland ar
tisan's home. Souvenirs Of the his
torian's boyhood have been collected
and some Of his maturity, including
some OF the big shovel hats which the
sage always wore and which Ameri-
can pilgrims are always endeavoring to
try on when they get chance.
The Empress Frederick"
A biography OF the Empress Fred
erick is announced for publication
this spring by Dodd, Mead & Co. It
is the first study Of this remarkable
Englishwoman to appear in print. and
promises to be of uncommon interest,
as little has been made known Of her
personality and her career at the Ger
man court beyond the statements Of
her enemies there. The authorship OF
the book is not disclosed. Parts OF it
are appearing serially in The Book
man."
Antique Clocks.
In the first volume OF Herbert Ces-
cinsky's work on English Furniture
of the Eighteenth Century" certain
chapters were devoted 10 long lease
and bracket clocks. considered in the