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New-York tribune., 1917-01-13

Stanley Kidder Wilson, OF Phiiadelpnla,
and other collectors. Special mention
nnust he made here Of Mr.. wilson :
cnnsignment Of books and autoRrapns
yeist}ng 10 Charles II Of England and
the Restoration period. ~ lncIvueS, =,
frat editions Of Fanes "PanegyricA
end Miltons "Eikonoclastes, re,
markable collection Of broadsides ana
newspapers OF the time, many trst edic
tions of Dryden, the Confessions OF
Richard Brandon London. 1919. y
collected set, mainly first editions, OF
"Tbo Works of Richard steele ana
Charles II's own copy OF "lhe four-
fracture" with his arms on the covers
are rare and important. There is also
a collected set Of the original single
sbee, ISSUES of "The Tatler," with the
addition Of No. 272, which Is generally
unknown TO photographers. Among
the many extra-illustrated books are
Adams MERRY Monarch" Lord Claren,
don's "Characters," Cunninghams Nell
Gwyn," Hamilton's Count Grammont
and Sheppard's Memorials
A very interesting book is to be sold
for the benefit Of the Canadian Red
Cross. This is "A Daughter Of New
France" by Mr.. Arthur G. Doughty, tne
curator Of the Canadian archives. IL
Is the story of the life and times OF
Naedelaine dc Vercheres, and deals
with the history Of New France from
1865 TO 1892. This is one OF two copies
containing a signed inscription py
Princess Patricia, and il. has been bound
New-York tribune., 1917-01-13
BOOKS AT AUCTION
Valuable Americana - IN
observation-disclosures

what is said TO be tho most remark
ohJo library of rarities on the history
of the American continent ever oNe,eu
Sor sale here or abroad will come nndet
Tho hammer on Wednesday and IhuIS-
dav evenings, January 24 and 20, Mt tne
Andorson Galleries, at Madison Avenue
and Fortieth Street. The sale deserves
tho attention Of all collectors OF amer
icana. as il offers opportunities whlcn
are not likely TO occur again IN many
The hooks TO be dispersed are dupll-
Gates from the library Of Mr.. II. r..
Huntington and form part OF the
famous library purchased by him en-
bIoc last summer at Britwell Court
Rvrnham, Bucks, England, the property
of &. r. Christie-Miller. To these have
been added n number Of rarities from
the Barlow. ives, Heber, Crane, Church
and Chew libraries, previously acquired
bv Mr.. Huntington. Practically every
one OF the 800 entries in the catalogue
is a rare prize.
Among The most valuable rarities are
Las Casas's Spanish Colonle," 1885,
Peckham's True Reporte." 1883; Hak-
luvt's "Navigations," 1883; Sayiles
"Libell OF Spanish Lies" 1896; Memoirs
"Houre Glass" 1907, one Of SIX copies
known; Champlain's Voyages ct pes
couvertures," with the date 1919 on tne
engraved title; Eburne's Plane rain
wav." 1924: Gordon's encourage.
ments." 1925: "The Humble Request
being the farewell address of Goyernor,
Winthrop. 1880; "Champlalns voyages,
1892; Thomas Morton's New hngilsn,, I,
Canaan" 1887; Bullock's Virginia,
uncut. l649; Langford's Retaliation
1855, one Of four known copieS'
Nathaniel Mortons New England
Memorial" 1860, the first historical
book printed in Amerlca; HUBBARD
Narrative" 1877, with the Original
map of New England, and the writ
ings of Captain John smith ineind-
ing his "True Relation" 1908; ms pc
scription of New England" 1915; two
comics Of the FIRST edition Of Virginia"
1924: his Advertisement for the IN
eYnerienced Planters" 1881, and his
APP rfect Description of Virginia" l649,
Of which no COPY has been sold in many
veirs, And there is magnlhcent set
OF De Bry's Voyages" embracing ms
VOYAGES to America. thirteen parts IN
Latir and fourteen in German, 1890
1894. and his Voyages TO the East In
dies" twelve parts in Latin and thir..
teen parts in German, l597-l628, OF
which each part will be sold separately,
30 that American collectors may COM
plete their sets, ,,...
The collection goes on exhibition at
the galleries on January 10:
on January l8 and 10 will take place
the sale Of the collection of books and
autographs consigned to the Anderson
Galleries by j. L. Clawson, of Buffalo
New-York tribune., 1917-01-13

and places and peoples Of which IL
was possible for him TO learn any
thing.
A most nppreciative chapter is given
to the rare genius of Kingsley. so un-
fortunately fettered by circumstance,
and. of course, William Morris receives
much attention. Another chapter IS
given TO Arnold, whom Hearn appre-
ciates more deeply than he sympa-
thizes with him. There are compara-
lively brief but most Illuminating
notes on Arthur O'Shaughnessy
"Three Silences," on William Watsons 3
"Dream of Man." on Robert Bucnan-
ans Ballad OF Judas lscariot' on 10
seph Munby's Dorothy" and on some
Of the poems OF Robert Bridges. hese
complete q volume which is throughout
readable and generally delightiul 10
the layman, and which is replete WIN
suggestion and not intreduentiy
marked with challenge to even the
most astute critic Whether its autnor
will be permanently ranked with Cole-
ridge and Tainc may be questioned,
though since the appearance OF the Two
volumes which preceded this there
have been not few who have accorded
him such place. II is not improbable
that ne will have a wider reading
among laymen than both OF them
united. and 10 is certain that ne mas
made TO literary criticism large con,
tribution of fascinating interest ana
OF substantial and lasting value.
New-York tribune., 1917-01-13

their opponents think or do. How then shall
we of the West arrive at an impartial judg-
ment to the positions and aims of the var-
Gus combatants? The answer: Read THE
LITERARY DIGEST, which gives without bias
the views of both sides This is the one perfect
solution of this difficulty. Better begin reading
it to-day.
New-York tribune., 1917-01-13

IL not 10 end In failure. And so, W
order 10 present the situation ana "hs' .
came OF IL without eXtraneous conn
cations and influences, he makes ~
hero-the husband--a man OF ihue.
nendent means, a historian, VINO ier
" "se,tIed down" in the country upon ms
marriage to a woman Ten y'ais A.
Junior. Together, with but tne slenuer
est of outside interests, they 49,
romance alive for five years nen
begins 20 lsnguish, and suddehiy ~
dies. They have reached inc i've
barred gate. Curiously enough DeioW
stairs the same complication uas
yprung up. The butler Is walking ous
with the dairymaid at nelghoorins
farm: his wife, tho cook, taxes al W.
terest In the gardener. And the TWO Oh
them bring their problem, their grey
onces. their rccriminatlons and )ustl
acations upstairs into the dining-room
When romance dies, says Mr.. thurs
ton. sentiment is born. and may gro"
mn 10 be troublesome. This is the sltua-
lion. which Mr.. Thurston develops win
alI tho leisure of well-to-do couple
who have nothing in particular TO DO "a
This world. and amid the comfort OF
sarrnnts who are not oyerburdehou
With work. Truth TO tell, the quartet
has crown middle-aeed before its years.
pomancc returns to life and enters oy
tho window of a room that should nave
bnen installed long before. IL is neatly
eYnertly done, but the sentiment never
grows 10 the strength of love or pas
sion ready TO break it's bonds upstairs
or down.
New-York tribune., 1917-01-13
MORE "ApPRECIATIONS"
Lafcadio Hearn on Some of the
Victorian Poets

.ppnrcIAT1oxs or POETRY By Laicad'o
UsarD Sels-'ed and Edited. with ~ lnuO.
dnctiou hy John Ersklne lh. D. lroiessor o.
I0elish iu Columbia University $40 -. Nv
40S. Dodd. Mead s Co.
One OF the two prevailing charms OF
Hearn. in this volume as IN the two
precedine volumes Of similar origin Of
which this is a sequel, is that OF inti-
mate and confident personality. The
author is not an eremitical scholar
writing in his study, nor is he lect-
urer Grating from the Tostrum. lie rs
a man, talking TO men. He is talking
of things with which he is familiar
and in which he is deeply interested
and he means to make those with whom
he is conversing similarly familiar with
and interested in them. II is you and
/. YOU and me-" all the way through
OF course. this method of address is
not without its faults. lie now and
then says something which is not true
and which he would not have said had
he been laboriously scribing at his
library table-as, for example, when
on the very first page, he tells us that
"it is almost impossible to select half
a dozen stanzas of classic verse from
Tenuvson or Rossetti or Browning or
Shelley or Byron which do not contain
ANYTHING about kissing, embracing, or
longing for some imaginary or real
beloved: or when he speaks of the
cowslip as "a long. yellow fower.' We
might wish that his editor had elm
mated such palpable errors. Yet they
are few. and are easily 70 be forgiven
in the great multitude OF wholly 2ccu-
rate and sympathetic comments and
calculations.
For the second OF tho two qualities
70 which we have referred rs that oil
sweet reasonableness. practical sanity
and what we may call divnation with
out extravagant invention. There have
been critics who would write into an
authors words meanings and sugges-
tions which he never intended TO be
there: seeing, or more probably affect
ing 20 see, in even the simplest line
some profoundly esoteric significance,
some subtle or horrenGous symbolism.
They cannot quote the rhyme about
"Old Mother Hubbard without q volu-
minous disauisition upon the philolog-
ical, chronological, theological. sociolog-
ical and other principles involved IN
the fact that she event to the cup
board" instead of TO the pantry" But
not so Hearn. He does indeed disclose
meanings and signihcations In poems
which the average reader has never
perceived But after he has done so,
the average reader instantly realizes
that they were there all the time.
This quality OF Hearn's makes IL
quite natural that he should give the
first place among the poets of the last
century 10 Tennyso1, because Tenny-
son was supremely the poet Of clarity
and sanity and sweet reasonableness.
New-York tribune., 1917-01-13
THE SUPER MAN

THE PASSING or THE GREAT RAcE. o. hs
Racisl Bsait of fairopesu hINoN. ~ Mso.syu
Grant $40 10. ri. ci'. WIZ msp' N"'N
ScflbrtTs Sous
This is A remarkable study, Of direct
bearing upon one Of the greatest prob
lens OF the future OF our own coun-
trv-that OF the immigration from
Southern and Southeastern Europe, the
only immigration VIC can expect ai'et
the exhaustion Of the Northern Anu
Western European stock by the war. Inc
author has his prcJudiccs. lie IS al.
nristocrat, whose CONSCIOUSNESS OF
superiority is based or race. To him
the Supermau is not savior IN
vented 10 CoUntcract and contro! mere
after the survival OF the unit, nut an
historical fact. One branch OF the
white race. he holds. has guided the
development or Europe since prenls-
toric times. That branch alone has
furnished its explorers, pioneers, con-
oucrors, leaders, its brains and Drawn
and backbone, but in the leadership
and the conquest and the rise toward
modern civilization il has steadily
weakened itself by internecine war.
TODAY il is locked in desthgrip that
may mean its destruction.
Now, Mr.. Grant shrinks from giving
70 this material, this super branch
of the white race, the designation by
which il has been currently known. FOR
"Teutonic" he substitutes the term
"Nordic," the race OF tall stature, blue
ewes and blond hair which toward the
close % the bronze age began 70 spread
from its original habitat in the forests
and plains OF Eastern Germany, Poland
and Russia, the race whose pure, un-
adulterated type is found to-day IN the
Scandinavian countries alone. This Nor
die race sent wave upon wave Of con-
auerors among the Alpine race OF Cen
tral, the Mediterranean race or South
ern Europe. II sent Celts and Gauls,
Goths. Franks and Burgundians, Angles,
Saxons, Danes. Normans out into the
Old World to shape it TO its genius. And
in modern times 10 undertook the con-
Quest Of the New World, for, the author
points out. America is not the child OF
Europe. but of its Nordcs. The pioneers,
The early settlers, English, Irish and
Scotch. Dutch, German and Huguenot
refugees. Scandinavians, all we're OF the
race Of tall stature, blue eyes ana
blond hair. For the sake Of the con-
tinued progress and power and we'll
being Of this country, the author con
cludes, their descendants must rule
and control and direct the later comers
here. Alpines, MediteTraneans and 9TH
ets, as in the past the Nordics subdued,
controlled and ruled them in Europe.
One looks in vain in Mr. Grants
New-York tribune., 1917-01-13
THE EMPEROR OF PoRTUGALLIA

III tMt E4hOh vi ORi y pf'Sb'h
TIRE EMPEROR or PORTUGAIIIA By Selma
Lagero Transls!ed. sy Xema ssa1s9o P,9s hG+ 20
Ibsen - Bjornson - Brandes Nexo'
Selma Lagerlof is entitled to a place
beside them as part OF Scandinavia 3
contribution 10 modern international
literature. Like them, she has sur
vived the test that saw the coming and
the passing of so many others, Strlnd-
berg and Jonas Lie among them. Inc
period Of our first intense curiosity
concerning foreign literatures, some
fifteen wears ago. has borne rich truit
All Europe yielded Of its best, Italy
and Spain as we'll AS France, Germany
and Russia, the richest, most fertile
field Of all. A new generation Of SlaY
authors has proved, on the whole,
disappointment. 1t does not matter.
The leaven of the master work OF their
seniors is still influencing the work OF
our own writer's. q,
Selma Lagerl0f stands apart in all
this company, a conjurer Of the SOL
of her own race, intensely local, yet
of universal appeal. II is difficult 70
analyze her charm, her at times com.
pelling power. Simplicity, economy OF
means. are salient features Of her teen
nical equipment, but her appeal Is
more direct. il transcends the resources
Of consummate craftsmanship. Moth
ing could be more alien TO US than the
customs and habits, the beliefs ana
traditions and superstitions OF the
Swedish peasantry. yet she performs
the miracle OF making us feel at home
with them. II is the supreme achieve
ment Of her art that the common hu-
manity Of her characters never divorces
itself from its local habitations and
its names.
Her theme in this new book OF hers
is that of Gods fool, which so many
great authors have made their own
DostoIevsky foremost among them, one
would judge. A peasant laborer'
ignorant. poor, inarticulate. in adora..
tion before his child, all beauty and
sunshine and grace -worshipping untll'
after her departure for the city 10
fnd work. his awakened imagination
feeding upon the only stimulus life
has given il, begins 10 sec ner as a
world cOnqueror. an empress. Inc
mecalomania that is his last state is
harmless. since he claims authority and
dignity and Difference only IN the name
of the girl who, the whole village
knows. has gone wrong in the great
city. It does not know that she has
retrieved herself by an iron resolution
and unsparing hard work. And so,
when at last she returns home. having
won her battle, her father imagines
that she has been driven from her
realm. and that. since she is in hiding,
he. too. must dissemble, lay down his
dignities for her greater protection.
Under this delusion he sacrifices him
self for her.
Miss Lsgerlof has a rare and besuti-
fully trained gift OF including climate
and atmosphere and landscape and
farmsteads among her dramatis per-
sone. They are more than background
and environment, they are living in
huences, as potent in the production
Of the graspng, conscienceless peasant
whom one finds in all the literatures
Of the Old World. as of this Gods fool
and his faithful, simple wife. A beauti-
ful piece of work, appealing, 'compell-
ing, convincing.
New-York tribune., 1917-01-13

in magnificent style By Tisa,v
with hersldic devices and ~. v
solid gold. "sn y
Other desirable items In mi, -.
the Aldine "Hypnerotomaehi. ,Is A.
by Traut%Bsuzonnet; Baeo,,, ''r'
copy, with annotstions, Of 49, se'
BOXES; Beaumont and Pi... ~
"Philoster," in the Londou sd'.H;ns
1854, and a copy OF Statham's sioh sith, Z
nent Of English Law Cases. ~. ,h5on:s "a
English law book, printed bv p q ~
(1490). There is a copy ~ CIV
speare's Poems" London: Isls9 s9'ao
one Of "Thordynary Of Crys,s, ~ q
printed by Wyrken de worde I;d,s
Among the autographs are NSs aS,
Mrs. Browning, Shaw, s,.~s.ss. I
Daniel Webster, Charlotte Bro,,..a my; y
two collections Of letters By Russ;. q
New-York tribune., 1917-01-13
LUTHER's QUADRIcENTEy,,,

On October 81, 1917. Martin rss
affixed TO the door Of the ehurrs :,
Wittenberg his ninety-fvc g..
against the sale Of indulg.ne.s :
commemorate the event and It's ,i,,s
cance in the history Of the nos,.
world the Reformation Quadrit.,..
nary Committee Of the Luthsrar =
ciety has issued a popular edjtia, . !.
Boehmer's Life OF Luther" hi,
70 be followed by Reformation s,
biography"
New-York tribune., 1917-01-13
KING OF THE KHYBER RIFLES

KING or TIRE KHYBUR RIFLES 4 Romance o.
Ad,sriugs Bg TALBOT Nundy illustrated by
Joseph Clement Coll Indianapolis. TIE Bobbs-
Meru COMPANY.
This is truly what its subtitle pro-
claims it TO be. romance Of advent
ure" Ii is the real article. full-bodied,
full-hayored, swift in action. gorgeous
IN settings, with a genuine, legitimate
thrill on every page, q story that
suggests infinite possibilities Of lavish
production on the screen, while yet
nsysF suggesting thst IL su sfltisE
New-York tribune., 1917-01-13

THE EMPEROR or PORTUGALLIA ~ selma
Lagerlof Translated by Nelma SEansion nov
ard I2mo Do VII, 523. Doubleday, Psfe d 20
New-York tribune., 1917-01-13

A great war such as that now decimating
Europe tends to push men very far apart. The
ideals and ideas for which each group is striving
become necessarily more and more emphasized as
time goes on, which tends inevitably to foster
in each faction a point of view so alien to that
of the other that it is almost impossible for
its adherents to form fair estimate of what
New-York tribune., 1917-01-13
THE FIyE.BARRFD GATE

THE FIVE BARRED CATE - Temple Thur
ston. lsmo. ~ .9J. u. ApDe.on n Go.
"Mid-Channel," Pinero called il. Mr..
Thurston prefers 10 call II the five
barred gate, which must be taken some
time in marriage il the life in common
New-York tribune., 1917-01-13
VIEWS AND REVIEWS
OF CURRENT FICTION
Selma Lagerlofs New Study of the Swedish Peasantry
The Gorgeous Adventures OF King OF the khyber
RiAes-More New Novels

, with the motion picture theatre IN
mind. Comparisons with both klpllng
and Rider Haggard have been made by
reviewers elsewhere, but none with an
implied accusation OF plagiarism. II
| Mr.. Mundy can keep up the pace set
in this book OF his he will be a bene-
factor who will make the loss OF both
his famous predecessors, whose day Is
past. less poignantly felt. King, of the
Anglo-Indian secret service, sent north
among the hill tribes at the beginning
Of the world war TO discover the in
wardness of the unrest among them,
and to devise measures for its control
if not its suppression King, beset by
native spies and assassins the moment
he begins his mission, which ends in
caves as mysterious as any discovered
in Alan Quatermain's South Africa
this cool. fearless, resourceful English
man is truly a hero of romance. And
Yasmni. the beautiful and elusive and
powerful, is as truly the queen Of the
Roof Of the World. The author sue
ceeds in making the reader his hero's
breathlessly interested companions; and
what else is the true mission of the "ro-
nance Of adventure" but TO do just
that?
NOltE ~ lHL W iLbEhNhoo
VOICE IL TIE WILDERNESS BY Grace Ly-
ing,tOn hlu Luiz l2mo. % @.3. hIp.r
Bros.
1t would be going too far to describe
this new novel, by an author who has
begun to attract some attention, as a
Sunday school story Of the Wild West,
but the temptation is great. The Voice
in the Wilderness Of Arizona is that
,, of young (and beautifully school
teacher from the East, and IL calls
not in vain. 1t attracts and charms
and leads a whole community, and the
cowboys on the domesnes that there
unto adjacent lie answer and follow.
or course there are bad men who are
deaf 10 its notes. the worst of them
i from the teachers own East. There is
the Presbyterian clergyman, supposedly
/ resting from his labors-a whited
I Sepulchrc. Him the muscular Chris
i tlanity of the cowboys persuades TO
/ leave the vicinity BY means approved
Of in all the fiction OF the woolly West.
And there is that other sinner. pol
/ ished and accomplished, who makes Of
! love a playthiu&, the real villain OF
/ the book balancing in every particular
I the rough diamond of hero, cut at
I Yale. his facets merely Overlaid By
Arizona's alkali dust mixed, in the past,
with a little whisEey And there is the
/ influence of the presence and OF the
voice upon the primi.iveness Of the en-.
Ivironment. Withal the book is thorough
ly readable. Even the cynical and so.
[ phisticated will find entertainment in
F Its pages II should appeal TO o large
reading public which adores sentiment
OF this sort One wonders If the story
will succeed in reaching it.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-05-27
HARD ON I1z1o tIlIclx1k


Result or Filllng IN Order ~ Il n
Given BY Customer.
Probably one OF the best examples
this city affords in the way OF an IL
lustration of efficiency with reverse
English Is supplied by q certain retail
grocery store uptown. Noting that
when customer came in to give an
order IL was never written down, but
filled at once. q patron asked the
reason. The reply was that 1t was
due to an efficiency rule OF the store,
which did away with the time lost
tn writing down the orders, as we'll
as lessening errors. But here is an
instance of how the practice actually
works out:
The patron in question went te that
store yesterday to order several
things. First can of ripe olives was
asked for. and the clerk had to come
from behind counter and go to
the other side OF the store for 1t.
The next item was q loaf of bread.
which was right back of the clerk 8
original position. The third was a
package of sweet waters, which again
took the clerk across the store. A
call for some butter sent him to the
icebox in the rear. This kind OF
marathoning kept up until the order
was completed and ready for delivery.
Not only did the system keep the GUS
toner waiting longer than writing
the order down would have kept her.
but the clerk took about ten times as
many steps as necessary in getting
the goods together. 1t must be said
however THAI the order was correctly
filled-New York Times.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-05-27
Leave

Trains Leave Richmond-Afain-S St.
station schedule ngures not Fuaran-
tced. For the South--naily: $3.50 A. NJ.
local. 1880 a, M.. expresA parior buf-
sxpress; sleeping car open. 900 r. n:
100 p. n. local. FOR Keysvtlle. Chase
civ and Buffalo Junction---week DAYS
York River Line-7:3S A. NJ and 4:l5
r. M. daily local to Wcet Point. 40
p. M. daily except Sunday, steamer
train connection for Baltimore.
trains Arrive Richmcnd-From the
south: 7.06 A. ne. ara $50 A. NJ. i3:2S
p NJ. f:6s r. u. daily; see \ H.. ex.
c:rt sunday, From West Point e:le
q. n. and Sis r. n Daily. Steamer
train s.45 A. n. daily except Monday.
O0tcs ee7 y Assn ~ pAons Mad.
- e5A ~--.- :.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-05-27

Baltimore. Nd, May 2s.--Cardinai
Gibbons tonight issued statement
saying he was In favor Of the liberty
loan and would soon send an open let
ter to the clergy OF the diocese ex-
horting them to use their best endeav-
ors to the furtherance Of the project.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-05-27

,snw Y.n.s.eu and Gf-;. Having Ia Mind
present high cost OF iivsrg~-lf you
are going to change your position
or accept a new position. why not
work At the incest place and tho
place YOU can make most money. We
can use about 400 moro girls to
learn the art Of making cigars.
wHTTr.oCK BRANCH. Twenty-third
ana Main streets. Richmond. Va.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-05-27
The Twisted Chairman.

The chairman of the committee
was addressing meeting OF teachers.
my friends, the school work IS
the bulhouse, of civilization, l mean
-ah--I'
He began to feel frightened.
The bulhouse- Is tho schoolWork
of civ"
A smile could be felt.
THE wcrkhouse is the bulschool
Of
He was evidently twisted.
The bufschool Is the housework--
An audible smoker spread over the
audience.
THE hulschool--"
He was getting Wild. So were MS
hearers He mopped his perspiration'
gritted his teeth and made fresh
start.
The schoolhouse. my friends
A sigh went up. He was nimselI