davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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Fay, tho enchantress who betrayed
Merlin and made shadow Of his town.
But for the most part "Tamarisk Town"
is romantic in fine sense and Informed
with a sustained charm. Certainly
Marlingste is really glamorous
place, with It's high, crooked streets,
its landmarks thrilingly reminiscent
Of Saxon times and its silent alliance
Of woods and sea. Miss KayeSmith
has created her landscape with rich
sense Of color--and it lies under the
drifting lights Of her story place of
enchantment and charm. The story is
not always finished; toward the end its
people grow misty and strange, but in
it's entirety it shows its author to be
q person of swift and flexible imagina
ton, with fresh and vivid sense OF
romance.
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thing to remember my fiance by. He
was to me an incompatible being,
good, tender and sympathetic.
haven't even his photograph, and his
letters to me were lost while ! was
i'll. | had put them in the secretary
in my bedroom. 1t seems that they
weren't taken out at the time Of the
forced sale which wound up the az
fairs Of the proprietress of the PEN
sion. You bought the Louis XIV
piece at the auction. All my hopes
are based on this chance, madame.
Did you find the correspondence IN
the secret drawer under the ink
stand?"
81 didn't know that there was a
secret drawer" said Juliette, getting
up. 81 understand your feelings, and
l will go Immediately and see if I
can find the letters
THANK you, madame"
In her chamber Juliette seated
herself at the desk, removed the ink
stand, searched for a spring and
found it. A cover slid away, dis
closing bundle of letters, thrust
hurriedly into the cavity below.
Some Of them were without en-
velopes.
Mechanically she picked up one
and began to read it. 1t was well
written, affectionate, and had ar
emotional touch due to the sense of
separation, which she found alto-
gether delightful. Her lieutenant
had written very similar letters to
New-York tribune., 1920-05-30

where for you for the last six
months. l didn't know your nams
or address. SO it was very difficult
The reason | was SO anxious to get
in touch with you was that you
bought at an auctioneer's some time
before my quest began little Louis
XIV secretary"
That is possible, madame. And
what them"
The strangers pale face grew
crimson as she told her story.
The war found me living in a
family boarding house. | expected
to be married very shortly. The ab-
sence Of the man I loved and the
dangers to which he was exposed, as
we'll as the terrible sufferings Of
the country, broke me down. ! fell
dangerously i'll. My hostess had me
removed to sanitarium, where /
remained for several months, prac-
tically cut off from the world. When
| came out of my long torpor I
cursed my doctors for saving me.
My fance was reported missing. No
body knew if he was a prisoner,
wounded or dead. Every one of
his comrades told me a different
story"
Two big tears rolled down her
cheeks. Juliette murmured, pity
ingly:
II am sorry for you. I am very
sorry for you"
$50 you see, madame, have abso-
lutely nothing left-not a single
New-York tribune., 1920-05-30

to the front engaged-engaged to
you. That would bring me good
fortune. | see you smile at that.
But the faith that I shall some day
marry you will save me from dan
ger. 1t will also inspire me to show
that I am worthy of you"
A servant opened the door.
There is some one outside who
wishes to speak to madame. She
doesn't know madame, but says that
the business she has is very impor-
tant."
Every we'll"
Pleased to be able to break of the
interview with her godson without
coming to a decision, Nine. Darboise
sent him away.
"You will excuse me, won't you?
Don't get in a pout. Come and join
me this evening at the Comedie
Francaise."
In the salon Juliette found a
young woman Of about her own age,
as blond as she herself was dark, as
delicate in appearance as she her
self was vigorous and robust.
pardon me, madame" said the
stranger, "for coming in on you so
unceremoniously. But when you
know the object Of my visit I hope
you will understand my importantly
and forgive it."
Juliette asked the visitor to take
seat. The latter continued:
II have been searching every
New-York tribune., 1920-05-30
MIR. Robinson's Narrative Poem
'Lancelot" Presents the New Wine of Modern
Thought in the Old Bottles of Legend

Geraint sound in "LAncelot" like trum-
pet 9otes Of ancient days. In the
characters Of Lancelot, Cawaine and
Guinevere one sees the awakening to
tho New, the dawn Of day just be-
ginning to break above them in the
forests surrounding Camelot. There
is no longer the same kind Of dark
ness over Camelot which marked the
finale Of the Merlin volume. There is
moro hope in the ending Of Lance
lot" than in any poem the poet has
done. With lines of great sorrow and
terrible beauty the poem moves on to
compilations:
"Where the light falls, death falls;
And in The darkness comes the Light"
He turned
Again; and rods on, under tho stars,
Out Of the world, into he knew not
what,
Until vision chilled him aad he saw
Now as in Camelot, long ago in the
garden,
The face Of Galahad, who had seen and
died,
And was Alive now in a mist Of gold.
He rode on into the dark, under the
stars,
And there were no moro faces. Their.
was nothing,
But always in the darkness he rode OF,
Alone; and in the darkness came the
Light.
In "Lancelot" Robinson has fulfilled
the frst requisite Of . poet ahead 9:
his time-that Of combining into q
coherent whole the literary traditions
Of tho past and linking them with that
, gold which has long lain IN the grip
Of the centuries-the present.
Like an express train Of tho TWEEN
tieth century goes the beaten clangor
OF his rhythm. "The keen, unpas-
stoned beauty Of a great machine
aptly expressed by Brooke applies tc
this music made by Robinson. He
observes all the literary conventions
Of past signals and forg.s on along the
shining levels Of his track to hal
the onrushing lights Of the new.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-30
7rs OF Henry James Promote Friendship

prominent men with whom Roosevels
came in contact. These serve as a
background for the dominant figure OF
Roosevelt, the political man. the man
who interested himself intellectually
in the politics OF his country. His
political views are briefly and distinctly
stated and certain happenings which
took place while ne was in Office are
explained in these pages.
At the present time it might be we'll
to quote what Roosevelt said on being
asked his choice Of certain candidates
for some campaign: II am not inter
ested in candidates: I am interested
in principles"
Mr.. Leary's style has not the polish
of Mr.. Thayer's writings, but it con-
tains what the public usually likes
better-straight talk.
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her. She turned the final sheet. An
exclamation Of astonishment es-
capped her. These tender love pages,
revealing a sensitive heart and
responsive mind, bore her ex-hus-
bands signature.
Now, in fact, she recognized the
handwriting.
Without regard for the secrets
they contained, Juliette took out the
letters one by one and devoured
them with feverish interest. When
she had finished the last she fell
back in her chair, her head dropping
forward, her arms swinging. He
who had revealed himself to her as
a skeptic, materialist, almost
cruel, whose coldness had frozen her
soul, had revealed himself quite
otherwise to another woman.
Hearts cannot adapt themselves
to anybody and everybody" Jacques
had said. She had lived with Paul
Darboise for five years-without
knowing him.
Strengthening up again she opened
the drawer Of a desk which con-
tanned some souvenirs Of her past.
With a furtive movement she drew
out a photograph Of her ex-husband.
Physically, also, she no longer rec
ognized him. No; that eyey ranging
straight ahead, hadn't an implacable
hardness. That firmly rounded
mouth hadn't a curve Of inhexible
severity. She had been the wife Of
a stranger, who had come into her
life and disappeared again, without
leaving behind him any traces of his
real character.
Juliette put the letters into a big
envelope and enclosed the portrait
with them. Then she rang for the
maid and said:
Give this to the lady who is in
the salon. Ask her to excuse me for
having kept her waiting % long"
New-York tribune., 1920-05-30
A School Teachers Book

Miss L. H. NJ. Soulsby, head Of a
boarding school, spent most Of the
period between 1916 and 1918 in the
United States. She has registered her
impressions in a book called ''What
Saw in America" published by Long
mans, Green & Co. Miss Soulsby In
tended to spend a couple Of months in
America, but her visit was prolonged
until the end OF the waY. Shs
Travelled all over the country, attend
ing church conventions in st. Louis,
San Francisco and Philadelphia, a
mothers meeting in Louisville and
study center in Cambridge. She omits
reference to New York beyond stating
that sit is cosmopolitan and not
America"
Miss Soulsby thinks rather we'll Of
the United States; she makes favor
able comparison with England.
at is not size, or wealth, or am
btion that makes the new America
such force to reckon with in the
New Age" she writes, at is her Won
derful personality as nation. She
comprises more nations than we have
time to count. yet she has infused
them all with passionate loyalty for
herself, though the free and indepen-
dent spirit of each remains unquench-
able"
Almost inevitably foreign residence
increases our respect for the land in
which we live and fills US with q de-
sire to bring about better relations.
The American living in England BE-
comes an Anglophile; the American
living in France becomes Franco
phlle But both are dead set on bet
tering the relations with America. And
so 1t is with Miss Soulsby, who SAYS,
Let England recognize this fresh
neWness OF the New World, and cease
to fog the issue with mistaken recol-
lections of childish quarrels and
friendships; let her realize that Sic
will find in this new nation, as no.
where else, the close ties of like
aims and ideals which alone creates
friendship that gives happiness to
both"
To her English friends Miss Souls
by suggests the following books as
giving an insight into America:
"History of American Literature" by
Barrett Wendell; The Heart of
Europe by Robert Adams Cram ;
THE Letters of Victor Chapman" b,
John Jay Chapman; How the Other
Half Lives" by Jacob A. Riis; "Ameri-
can Traits" by Hugo Munsterberg.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-30
Talks With T. f" :"
Snapshots of Roosevelt's
Personality

<ST~ALKs WITH T. R." (Hough-
ton Mifflin Company is a
series of short conversations
held by the late Theodore Roosevelt
with his friend John l.. Leary, the
author.
Mr.. Leary has given US a remarkably
interesting and intimate view of his
subject. In his enthusiasm for the
Colonel he has shelved his own per
sonality altogether, allowing Mr.. Roose-
welt to speak for himself By so doing
the raciness Of speech and punch" for
which Colonel Roosevelt was so we'll
known has been retained throughout.
There are a great many pictures of
New-York tribune., 1920-05-30

Mr.. hoover now appearing
on the market may be found in Pro-
lessor William E. Dodds "Woodrow Will
son and His Work" Doubleday, Page.
Professor Dodd stands behind the Presi-
dent from start to finish. He approves
every important step of Wilson's poiti-
cal career. His mind accommodates it.
self to all the Presidents lightning
shifts on the subjects of preparedness,
the war and the fourteen points.
The author reveals certain degree
of tenderness for Bryan and free silver
and upholds the theory that the agri-
cultural South and West have been
steadily exploited by the industrial North
and East. In political faith he may be
set down as a Democrat of the more
liberal or even radical brand. He
naturally indorses the philosophy Of
"The New Freedom" and Wilson's effort
to put it into practice during his first
Presidential term He is also an anti
imperiaist, and quite logically com
mends Wilson's policy of avoiding en-
broilments with Mexico.
The author seems less consistent in
his discussion of the Presidents atti-
tude toward the war. He asserts several
times, without giving any proof, that
Wilson was convinced as early as Au-
gust, 1915, that America would have
to intervene. Upon this hypothesis the
Presidents opposition to Garrison's s
program of military expansion is both
inexpicable and unpardonable. SO is
his use of the phrase "peace without VIC
tory" as late as January, 1917.
All the evidence at hand points to the
conclusion that America was brought
into the war by the recklessness of
New-York tribune., 1920-05-30

lkE T is cruel Of you, my dear
little godmother. You lis
u ten to me, and your eyes
CLEAN with mischief. Your
hpa are ready to break into
smile"
DO yon want me to weep"
No; but Id like to see you take
my views more seriously. When the
var is OVER
rearing that he was going to con-
less his love, she cut in gayly:
DO you know when it will be
over! Will it be over tomorrow, my
Gear Jacques? Or in a week? Or in
Two weeks"
"Trifer. I know only what I
want when peace comes. I want to
make my godmother my wife. Are
you willing? Tell mel"
IN order TO avoid hurting his feel
ngs she lodged his question.
We shall see. We shall have to
NlIhK things over. We have plenty
VI tme. The godmother, who seems
please you when you see her only
,afely' on your furloughs, may be
iess attractive when you have to be
WIN her all the time"
The officers face clouded.
Then you don't like me? Don't
you care for me at all?"
She felt the justice Of his re-
.0ach. Taking his hands In hers.
'as explained IN a coaxing voice:
Why, yes. I think you are very
alcs-very, very nice. When you
arg at the front I think of you con-
'antly. only"-
dis face already had cleared at
'o's halfway avowal. So he
Pressed her.
Only what?"
1 am divorced. My husband
wronged me-"
Well, what Of that?"
Sa san guess TIT WASH. very
New-York tribune., 1920-05-30
By Arthur Draper
,,o-, The T~4oane's gurcpea~ sureau

- II ENRY JAMES loved England.
ID When the war came and Eng
land took her place at the
side Of Belgium and France
:. looked toward America in the con-
.dept belief that she would take up
.rH,s against Germany. Months passed.
and Englishmen began to realize they
we're engaged in task requiring every
ounce OF their strength. Henry James
uss disappointed; he could not under
stand why America was not fighting
alongside the country he had grown to
ave passionstely. His health failed
npidly. but his interest in the war re-
NAMED keen right to the end in Febru-
srv. 1916, which his intimate friends
saw WAS hastened by his disappointment
ever the position taken by his native
country.
Percy Lubbock has collected his let
tsrs, and they are brought out in two
volumes published by Macmillan & Co.
I'll, correspondence covered an infinite
variety Of sub but there is o singu-
lar lack of literary criticism in these let
,srs. He loved his friends. OF kipling
he wrote, chow little of life he can make
use of Almost nothing civilized save
steam and patriotism-and the latter
only In verse, when I hate It so, espe-
t.slly mixed Up with God and goodness"
Called Meredith Obscure
Meredith he considered obscure, COM
claiming that call elaborate predica tss
si exposition without the ghost OF q
rominative to hook themselves TO-" Sew,
ersl letters are addressed to Robert
Louis Stevenson, for whom he had a
deep affection.
One Of the unfortunate incidents of
bis final years was his break with H. G.
Wells in 1915. James had been q con-
slant reader of Wells's books, and had
sent him many letters containing gen
srous praise, but then came Boon" 3"
which James considered parody of his
own style and was deeply offended.
Wells wrote James that he had writ
ten Boon" which he called "a waste
paper basket to escape from the obses-
sion Of the war. Then the long friend
snip ended. for James sent Wells let
ter IN which he said that there was no
excuse for the bad manners of Boon
as far as your indulgence in them at
the expense of your poor old II. j. is
concerned say your simply because
he has been yours, in the most liberal,
coHtlnual, sacrihcial, the most admiring
and abounding critical way, ever since
hs began 10 know your writings as 10
which YOU have copious testimony
Your comparison Of the book to a waste
PAPER BASKET strikes me as the reverse
Of felicitous, for what one throws into
mat receptacle is exactly what one
Doesn't commit to publicity"
4 Last Confession
Jus. before his death he confessed 81
remain a. MY age and after my long
career utterly, insumountably unsal-
abs"
The process Of his conversion into ar
Engllshman makes highly interesting
reading Though he liked English life
and enjoyed moving about in English
and French society, it was not the Eng
llshman VINO particularly attracted him
IN his earlier years on this side What
he dslked was american manners
Thus he wrote: There is but one wore
70 use in regard to vulgar, vul-
gar, vulgar It's the absolute and in
credible lack Of culture that strikes
you In common travelling Americans
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happy. fear a second experience"
He Strengthened up, almost Joy
ously, feeling that he could easily
make out his case, so long as she
was willing to discuss it with him.
"Is that why you think you might
make me unhappy-and yourself,
too? But that is absurd. Hearts
aren't all alike, any more than
human bodies are all made in the
same image. They can't adapt them
selves to anybody and everybody. AS
the proverb goes, you must find the
other half Of your pear. You were
unhappy with that man because you
end he had nothing in common
either in character or in tendencies.
You will be happy with me, because
I understand you and love you. And
it's equally possible that your ex-
husband might bring happiness to
some other woman, with whom his
own tastes and character agreed.
"That's impossible" she inter
posed, sharply. She was indignant
at his imagining such thing. In
her mind her former husband was
incapable of inspiring or deserving
the affection of any woman.
paul Darboise was brute, a
blackguard," she went on. "1f you
try to defend him
"T'm not defending him. was
simply saying this: For one un-
happy match there are ten happy
ones. should be so glad TO go back
New-York tribune., 1920-05-30
HARRY r. MARKS
Distinctive Book Bargains

SONGS OF BILITIs. by Pierre Louy..
author of "Aphrodite " an exquisite book
Of antique love. unabridged translation
$40. CHILD'S BOOK OF KNOWLEDGE
20 volume set as new. buckram, $50. The
GREEK ANTHOLOGY (Palatine rs
Delightful amatory epigrams completely
tran la al Irto Ingh h. privately print
ed SO so HARVARD CLASSICS. fine set
complete so volumes. s45 ARABIAN;
NIGHTS, Sir Richard F. Burton's literal
translation. with supplemental volumes
lsuze. Letchford, etc. privately printed
for Burton Club and sold originally tc
members for sl7o; my price. II volumes
Guiding % private issues ,es'' f frst ed" edition. rs
Cruikshanks, English bindings. etc. Visi.
tors welcome.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-30
The Career of Woodrow Wilson
Eulogistic Description of Presidents Life anc
Work by Professor William E. Dodd

A COUNTERBALANCE to the
- "a raphes Of General Wood and
New-York tribune., 1920-05-30
Translated by William L. Mcpherson
(Copyright, 1920, Ne1O York Tribune Inc)

neu4fn
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HARRY r. MARKS,
116 Nassau Street. New York.

BOOKS Cash paid for large or
,,,n~,, small collections Re
FCNCfASt-D moved promptly Gotham
Book Mart, 12S West 45th St Bryant 6692.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-30
LIPPlNCOTT BOOKS
1 "Sunshine Book
BY JANE ABBOTT
HAT PPY
HO(JS

One reader aptly termed
this "a sunshine story 1t
is filled with happiness and
good deeds. Every girl from
nine to ninety will read and
recommend it. The story
swings along with all the
gusto that real people put
into life. 1t will appeal to
everyone. $3.50 net.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-30

OUT OF PRINT BOOKS FURNISHED.
Catalogues issued E. r. Robinson. 4lO
River ST.. Troy N Y
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OXFORD BOOK SHOP. First editions
scarce and out-of-p print books 42 Lex
ington Ave. n. Y Sign of the Sparrow
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-04

man Good has taken in the matter
of bonuses for ex-ssrvice men. Mr..
Good locks at that question, It would
seem. largely from the standpoint of
a man who has been bemuddling his
head with appropriation figures-un-
til he has arrived at the point where
he cannot bring himself to appro-
pirate m oney even for purposes which
may seem riSht in themselves. unless
he can also see where the money IL
to come from and that without up
setting Industries or credits. We need
such men also in public life, lest
actions should become too lopsided.
II all the men rushed to one side of
the boat or the other in time OF stress
and storm, would not the boat go
keeling over? And talking about
boats, you have noticed that the other
day they launched another one at
Hog Island. which makes several
that have been launched from that
national scandal ground OF the war
where millions OF the billions were
sunk In a swamp that some one sold
10 the government And in the mean
time. where is Colonel House? Oh.
Absaloin. Absalom, my son, Absalom!
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-04
p..aseA eaA q, t.,,eA sasaea aaA :

plaAtsA ana VEL ttlleA Gasdaa and =
patch Of potatoes.
Now about all we have right to
demand from providence Is weather,
good. honest planting ana growing
weather. Well have TO make tho
garden ourselves. A good garden
this summer will Do worth moro than
. months wages to the highest paid
OF us. Make one for yourself. Mean
time address prayerful petitions to
providence to shut off the tap and
stir up a little heat and give the
thrifty Z chance.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-04
John Burroughs
:, Nss''ss:::
1. Do all birds sing on their flight

/. Do all birds sing on their night
north?
2. Does It rain toads?
8. What is the interesting way to
study botanyf
Answers to Yssts-day's Questions.
/. Why did old scientists think
that eels ate peas?
Albert Magnus (11ss-12So). in his
book on animals. says that the eel
leaves tho water In the night time.
and invades the fields and gardens
to feed upon peas and lentils. A
scientific man makes this statement.
and probably upon no stronger proof
than that some cells dropped by
poachers in their hasty retreat had
been found in Q pea-patch.
2. Do any birds migrate accord
seasonf
Il IL only such birds ~ arrive
about the goth Of April that are At
all "punctuar according to tho al
manac. never have known the ar
rival of the barn swallow to vary
much from that date In this latitude,
no matter how early or late the
season might be. Another punctual
bird L. the yellow red-poll warbler.
the first Of his class that appears.
Year after year. between the goth
and the 25th, am sure to see this
little bird about my place.
). How do maple buds unfold7
The flower tassels Of the European
maple come packed In q slightly
furry covering. The long and fleshy
innner scales that enfold the flowers
and leaves are Of clear olive green.
thinly covered with silken hairs like
the young Of some animals. Our
sugar maple II less striking and
beautiful in the bud. but the flowers
ara mora QracAfu1 and firm "a -Ifka
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-04

ads. But DO other businesses scruti-
nfze Is closelyf
Does any JOB printer refuse to print
nice stationery for so-called brokers
who are trying to gull the public by
sending them lying letters?
Does an automobile firm refuse to
accept the perfectly good money OF
such . fake concern. altho the car
is to be used in furthering the crooks
trade?
Even the United States govern
ment sells postage stamps to carry
millions of swindhng letters to the
victims of fraudulent games.
So tho newspaper gives moro Of it,
services free than almost any other
institution that is not endowed char
ity. while at the same time It volun-
tarily, for what 1t deems to be the
public good, refuses to accept profit
able advertising. Who can estimate,
therefore. the sum total Of such a
policy. day in and day out. adhered
to by our newspapers:-Kansas City
Star.