Indianapolis Journal, Volume 49, Number 2, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 January 1899 — Page 5

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SLKCiICAL. INSTRUMENTS i iKMITY APPARATUS, Trusses, Elastic II : I.argest stock of ARTIFICIAL. EYES In the State. \\ >i. H. ARMSTRONG JL CO. (Srv y 11*7) TT S. Illinois st.. lmliananolis. Ind. promised us every dire thing if we entered up n a career of conquest and territorial r quisition. They roared about the downi' of Greece and Rome; they foretold military despotism and the decay of free ms unions. They wanted the flag hauled e, u i immediately. But the people were t government, and tho people had the i od common sense and patriotism to hold t fii-g fast upon every inch of the newlyb .ired territory. By the way, when did Aogio-Saxon clvilizati ,n ever abandon an *t re of land once firmiy grasped, or a single man. once encircled by its influence? ATTITUDE OF THE OPPOSITION. C i lous enough is the fact that the oppone of progress never have anything to of-p-r in the place of what they blindly op-i-of :. It is cheap and easy to favor collapse; but what shall be done with the Philippines, Porto Kico and Cuba? Again, it is easy to say: “Bet them govern themves;" but that is an empty phrase, and a cowardly one, in. view of actual facts and uadi Lions. What would have been our present status had we given Uouisiana, Florida, T xas and California each full independence, instead of annexing them? What will be our situation in the next war if we give up the gulf-commanding harbors of Ha\ana, Santiago and Sar. Juan? Absolute inti* pendenee for Porto Rico and Cuba means abandonment of the Gulf of Mexico to the complete control of Great Britain. A glance at the map shows this. With a British fleet at Jamaica what could we do to hold the gulf if Cuba and Porto Rico were independent and neutral? Where is to be our harbor, our base of naval operation? ExGovernor Boutwell, a stalwart collapsionist, says that we shall likely have a war with England. Such a thing might be. But if we do not, we can scarcely hoi>e to escape war with some European nation. Think of war v th France, with Porto Rico and Cuba standing by independent! What would become of the Florida, Mississippi, Eouisiana and Texas coasts? Cuba, with her two magniheent harbors, Havana and Santiago, commands both channel entrances to the great gull. Shah we go to the enormous expense of building the Nicaragua canal without tirst making reasonably sure our basis for adequately defending it? Book at the map again. Ask any competent military man w nere is the strategic key to the protecting of that canal, and he will answer: Cuba. Tne momeng that it shall be certainly known that the canal will be built England will treble her fortifications on Jamaica. England never collapses, she goes ahead. Every dollar that we put into the Nicaragua canal will be in jeopardy unless we have full control of Cuba and Porto Rico. The friends of a transisthmian canal will uu well never to lose sight of this fact. Mr. Boutwell thinks that England and Russia will have a war, and that our holding the Philippines will involve us. Well, suppose that we had not the Philippines, eou.d we afford to see Russia or any other power crush Great Britain? Would not tne triumph of Slavic and Batin civilizations over the Anglo-Saxon beyond the Atlantic ling the death kneli of our civilization? The sneer which Mr. Goutweii flings at <jur cleI eiiaeiu_e upon England ,o hold u.e bid w'or.d on us during our war with Spain returns upon his own doctrine. It is a shaiiowniiudeU American who thinks that, when Pi sideni Cleveland gave Great Britain his famous ulumutum in the Venezuela alluir lie scared her. Suppose that England, instead of agreeing to arbitrate, had sent a fleet of Idly or sixty war vessels promptly to our shores? Our boasted navy might now Le on a par with Spain s, ana our -Atlantic seaboard cities ali in ashes. it v, us ilie t enetuela aflair that drew Englai.u and tiie United States together; it set w. • diplomats and statesmen to thinking about the possibilities of fratricidal war and of Anglo-Saxon self-destruction; then the thought came, why not Anglo-Saxon selfp: iilection? The opportunity cauie, and England saved us. She said to France and Ai iria hoid off, this is not your light. We conquered Spain; but could we have conquered Spain aided by France, Austria and the rest? How does Mr. Boutwell, how do t. eoflapsionists, lind comfort in our weakia >.--.? is it not time lor us to strengthen out selves for the next war? J;.h now, this day, when General Bee is 1 oiug down the Spanish flag and lifting r; high the flag of our country in Havana, m mil view of the spot where lies the shatt. i; wreck of the Maine, how strange it s mis for citizens of the United Spates to 1 i.uking about ever lowering that emblem i : ur civilization and returning that spieni. . iity and harbor and that great island t tin- mercy of a people SO per cent, of v; im can neither read nor write and are lit- i Her than savages! Surely a purtv is r.;n for an “issue" when it considers ■ mg itself against the progress of its own 1 merely to exploit a barren theoiy as a bid for ill-considered votes. A GLIMPSE OF THE FUTURE, v- U acquisition, and regarded from the i >w r military point of view, Cuba will 1 f far greater value to us for defensive I >.-es than the Philippines. But the latu r will serve us the turn of holding England i > China is the bone ol contention mumb . by the European powers. So long as x . and the Philippines we can give Great !-• t in that matter quid pro quo. She a .:tes this fact to the full. She will • v y i!*: "Go on and build the cunai, build :• th-. i, strengthen your army. Europe e r.ot dare interfere while we hoid toP i; " \\ • will do well to take the adv:m. it Will be but a few years until Rust.r will he looking across at our California * ■ mt. We may dream that our little fight v-.’.u S;min is our last war; but we will a-iake some fine morning to a different tune. Then will we bless ourselves if we have a ■Hong navy, an udequate army and the key the gulf and the canal. must have stable government, and, “■•tar t- possible, self-government, but inc ! a- nee never. Spanish civilization was Intolerable; but Cuban civilization would be a hisgru •• to America so much darker than ® v ‘ r the S. niards dreamed of that comparibun could not be made. It is not to be thought of and will never be realized. We ai -t imprt s our civilization upon Cuba and *k>rto Iti. o. This we could never do if they given independence, a gift fatal to : ■ m and of incalculable Injury to us. With { he Philippines it is different. Their state civilization cun affect us scarcely at all. < ! at most, very remotely, while Cuba is ! Tactically as much a part of Florida as West. i hi# question of “imperialism’' or “col>}ti~ n bt a sentimental one. It is a cold.

hard presentation of what the inevitable development of our national relations with the world has brought us to. Patriotism and sound statesmanship demand that we meet the conditions without a wince. We carpiot afford to stand with our backs to the future and our gaze riveted upon the simplicities of pioneer days, while the march of present opportunities is bearing available advantages beyond our reach. Our promptness and prowess have tilled our hands with the richest rewards ever taken as the result of a just and honorable war. At this golden moment of our history wc are put to the test of that greater courage demanded by supreme moral responsibility. To whom do we owe this supreme moral responsibility? We owe it to this Nation. It demands of us that we seize the opportunity to make secure as possible the future safety of America, of which Cuba and Porto Rico are but a small part. The only stable government possible to Cuba and Porto Rico is government by the United States, and that is just what they will have to accept. The future peace, happiness and security of our eighty millions of people demand it, and that demand must be met with promptness and thoroughness of action. If there is one danger more subtle than all others, at this moment insidiously creeping into the discussion of our colonial policy it is hypocrisy. Let us call a spade a spade; in other words, let us quit talking the cant of the Pharisee and speak right out. Our civilization has conquered the right to impress itself upon a vast new territory, just as it did in the Mexican war. Batin power is driven from Cuba; are we going to rehabilitate it under the name of Cuban power? Down deep in our hearts we all know r that we are not going to do anything of the sort. There is scarcely more probability of an independent Cuba than of an independent Florida. Why not frankly say so? Ah, we must have an “issue,” there is the rub. What do truth, open dealing and national self-assertion count for when a politician needs an issue for a campaign? Book at Mr. Bryan’s attitude. “We will ratify the treaty,” says he, “but after that we must collapse.” He knows full well that* we shall not collapse; but lie has an issue. Well, so had the Whigs fifty years ago. There is a Bismarck somewhere in America. a Bismarck with the Anglo-Saxon strain in him. He will lead the way to a greater America as the German statesman led the way to a greater Germany. The Greater America is inevitable. The mere momentum of our civilization, the sweep of our commerce, our political freedom, our breadth of reach, the fascination of our splendid achievement, these have already forced us beyond the border and made us expand time and again; we have never collapsed in a single instance; we shall not collapse in any future instance. It is our distinguishing characteristic that we never back down. The flag is up, who will lower it? MAURICE THOMPSON. Crawfordsville, Ind., Dec. 31. INDIANA LYNCHINGS. Doubt hm to the Working# of Gov. Mount*# Preventive Plan. Washington Post. The cheerful announcement is made that “Governor Mount, of Indiana, has a solut.on on hand for the lynching problem in his State.” That were a consummation devoutly to be wished, not only in Indiana, but in many other commonwealths where homicides not justified by law. and many of them amounting to atrocious murders, have shamed our civilization. The Governors of a number of States have wrestled with this problem and given it up in despair. The press and the pulpit have attempted its solution without obtaining any marked degree of success. If it were really true that Indiana’s executive had hit upon any device or plan that would rid that State of mob violence, bis fame would be assured. But we fear the announcement is too goou to be true, and this fear is based on the further staement that “lie has prepared a bill for the Legislature ‘allowing the next of kin to the person lynched to bring suit for damages against the county in which the lynching occurs.’ The bill will also include w-hite-capping.” The Springfield Republican’s comment on this is that “Governor Mount is introducing anew kind of life insurance, but the fear of a penalty distributed over the taxpayers of a county would hardly keep a mob of hotheaded lynchers from their prey.” That seems to us a reasonable proposition. While a penalty of that kind would undoubtedly act as a restraint, in many cases, it would not work a perfect cure. Doubtless a smaller number of property holders would take part in lynchings, but their places would be filled by men whose names are not on the tax lists. Such a law might, in some instances, render possible the detection, conviction and punishment of lynchers, yet this is doubtful. But is Governor Mount sure that a legi-ia-tlve enactment of the character proposed would stand the test of judicial inquiry? Just such an act is on the statute book of Ohio, but no damages have yet been paid under its provisions, and a case awaits the decision of the court of last resort. Is there good ground for the belief that the Supreme Court of Indiana and the United States Supreme Court—for, if passed, his law will eventually reach the latter tribunal—would hold the taxpayers of a county pecuniarily responsible for the acts of a gang of marauders? Law is supposed to be justice. It is intended to compel men to deal fairly with their fellow-men. Would it be fair o compel the honest, law-abiding majority in a county to pay for lives or property destroyed by midnight assassins or incendiaries? Bet us suppose that 90 per cent, of the property in a county is owned by 10 per cent, of the inhabitants and that all of these heavy taxpayers are peaceful, orderly citizens. While they are asleep in their beds at home forty or fifty men. coming from a township ten miles from the county seat, break into the jail, capture and kill four or five men—repeating the Ripley county tragedy. Who will say that it would be just to lay a county tax of $20,000 or $25,Om) to pay for the lives of the murdered men. And if it would be lawful—if a law compelling property holders to pay damages to the heirs of persons lynched will stand the constitutional test—why should not the same principle be applied to all crimes? Is the responsibility of a law-abiding taxpayer any greater when a murder is committed by a dozen or a hundred men than when a single assassin or two or three conspirators do the deed? And why not bring all minor crimes —burglary, larceny, robbery. maUcious mischief, etc.,—under the same rule? We do not wonder that Governor Mount is anxious to put a stop to lynching in his State. Two of the ninety-two counties in that great commonwealth have outraged public sentiment by lynchings. for which there was neither excuse nor palliation. But a law that would work manifest and gross injustice would not cure the evil. A Proper Move. Baltimore American. The injustice lately done a prominent professional woman in New York in connection with a divorce case has resulted in a movement on the part of the courts to protect the reputation of innocent women by refusing consideration of vague and shadovvv charges, or a .owing any woman’s name to be brought into court on such. This is a commendable step, as a woman has no dearer right than her good name, and the lawsupposed always to be in the interest of lustice should not allow- her possession, of It to be imperiled by irresponsible attacks. \\ liat Holt son Mi#ed. Philadelphia Telegraph. Happily for Hobson„ he did not go to Pottsville. A number of the fair daughters of that energetic place resolved upon kissng and hugging an elderly lady whose advent was something of a social affair. She is now- in the hospital with _ am Indented breastbone and two fractured ribs. When the ardent Pottsvilllenne puts her arms around anything it is certain to give way.

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, MONDAY, JANUARY 2, 1899.

BOOKS OF THE SEASON. History of the People of the Xetherln u tin. The author of this work, the learned Prof. Blok, of the University of Leyden, has made a distinct contribution to historical literature. There are many histories of the Netherlands. or studies of particular periods in their history, but there is no one work which treats of the gradual changes undergone by the provinces separately and collectively from the period of Roman dominion through the centuries of almost undisturbed independence to the union of the states under the Buigundian princess, and, after the epoch of revolt and changes, to the time of the formation of the kingdoms of Belgium and of Holland. That is the field covered by this work, the purpose of which is to trace the history of the separation of the Netherland nation, the Dutch people, first, from the tribes of northwestern Germany, and, secondly, from the Belgio race within the Low Countries. In short, this is a history of the evolution of the Dutch people. Until 1588 there was no Dutch nation proper, and the history of its evolution covers the period from the earliest times, in fact, from the prehistoric times, to the middle ages. In ’following the course of this evolution one is struck by the stow processes by w-hich the human race was schooled for modern civilization. "Whoever holds progress and freedom dear, and trusts firmly in their future,” says a German historian, “must occasionally look back with interest to the training school w-here the primitive race passed through the preliminary stages, wheiein mankind prepared for the task of modern life and work.” W T ith steady hand and clear, discerning purpose this author traces the evolution of the Dutch people through its long training school, from the earliest times to comparatively modern. The work w-ill be completed in three parts. This one brings the suoject down to the oeginmng or the fifteenth century and other parts will -follow, it is translated by Oscar A. Burstadt and Rush I'utnam, and published by G. P. Putnam’s Sons. In the Case. Mr. James lately projected himself into the personality of a child and described some unpleasant phases of life as they seemed to him likely to appear to one so immature. In this later tale he assumes the standpoint of a “young person”—she bears no more definite title throughout the volume—who, shut behind a wire screen at a office in exmdon, sells stamps and postal orders, weighs letters, counts the words of telegrams and answ-era all manner of questions. The w-orld passes before her outside this screen as a procession from which she appears remote and in which she lakes little personal interest until silt# is attracted to the telegrams of wealthy and titled people, and from wonder at the extravagance of tne persona wno choose this method of conducting their social correspondence, she becomes absorbingly interested in the secrets so unfolded to her. What she dots not positively learn from the messages passing througn ner hands she allows her fancy to piece out and to weave such vague romances as her limited knowledge of the ways of high society will permit. In order to unravel the mystery of ttie messages that pass between Captain Everard and Lady Bradeen she stays on in the office months longer than she had planned, and in that time engages in a mild flirtation with the gentleman, at the same time treating Mr. Mudge, tne vulgar grocery clerk, whom she has promised to marry, with unmerited coldness. Tne mystery of the telegrams finally unraveled develops nothing jess than a scandal in which Captain Everard and Lady Bradeen are invo.ved. The young woman in the cage is somewhat disenchanted, drops her connection with the upper circles anti notifies the delighted Mudge that she is ready to marry him. It is but the frailest thread of a story, and it is told more by Suggestion than ,by plain statement. Even faithful admirers of Henry James can hardly say much in its favor, while those who do not like him will find in it fresh ground for their objections. The book will at least add nothing to his reputation as a novelist. Published by H. S. Stone & Cos., Chicago.

Her Memory. This story, by Maarten Maartens, has not the strength of his earlier tales, “God’s Fool,” “The Greater Glory” and “Joost Aveiing,” but it is a tale likely to be read to the end when once begun. It deals with somewhat morbid conditions, mainly the grief of a man over the death of his wife that led into a seclusion lasting for years. He is an Englishman of artistic tastes, but with wealth sufficient to make it unnecessary for him to sell the products of hi3 brush. During his retirement lie paints much, but produces but one fine picture, and that, a portrait of his wife, is so obviously an inspiration that it is unlikely he would even have equaled it if he had devoted his life to art. But he is called back to practical affairs, succeeds to a title after the death of his brother, and is forced into public life against ins will and always with the feeling tnat he is sacrificing himself and the ideals that he and his wife had pictured. Nevertheless he ttlis his new position well and eventually marries again, a very excellent woman, but one w-ithout imagination or the ability to sympathize with his higher aspirations—tfie idea being stiff conveyed that he has missed his best opportunities. The relations between himself and his daughter are very deftly portrayed, but it may be doubted whether a child of eight, even under the circumstances described, would grow- up w-ith so vivid a feeding for her dead mother. Published by D. Appleton & Cos. A Valuable History. “The Romance of American Colonization, or How the Foundations of Our History Were Laid,” is the title of a volume by William Elliot Griffis, and published by W. A. Wilde & Cos., Boston. The author shows the background of European origins of our settlements, revealing the propelling forces of emigration and the story of new life in tho new world. The colonization of each of the thirteen colonies is related. The Walloons in New- Netherland,the Dutch forefathers, the great Puritan exodus, are interesting chapters. The Scoteh-Irish emigration, next to the Puritan, is of greatest moment. This composite was made up of Scotch, English, Huguenots, Dutch and Irish —a mixture of the best races, the “Ulsterman.” or “Scotch-Irish.” of history, of w-hich over 50,000 came to America before the revolution. They were of splendid physical vigor, rich in intellect and character, with a genius for industry and religion. The majority of the patriots in the continental armies outside of the eastern colonies were from these people. They formed fifteen of the fifty-five signers of the declaration and half of the Presidents. At Mecklenberg. N. C., in 1774. they were the first to declare for independence. The book is well adapted for home and school reading and study; it is strong in biography and accurate historically. The central idea of unity, which outgrew the colonial spirit, is presented throughout the book. M ild Animal# I Have Known. The author of “Wild Animals I Have Known,” Ernest Seton Thompson, has made a very readable book out of ordinary materials, at least out of materials within the reach of almost any close observer and sympathetic student of nature. But right there is where Mr. Thompson’s superiority comes in. for very few persons possess his faculty for close observation and patient, loving study of nature. The fact that he is naturalist to the government of Manitoba is sufficient guarantee of his technical knowledge. This book is a collection of stories about animals; the author calls them t>ersonal histories of animals he has known. There are eight of them, each one about a different animal of distinct type, of which the author says: , “They lived the lives 1 have depicted, and showed the stamp of heroism and personality more strongly by far taan it has been in the power of my pen to tell.” The animals depicted are a wolf, a crow, a rabbit, a dog, a fox, a mustang, another dog and a partridge. The author says thty are true stories, and they read liko it. They naturally suggest a common thought, or, some might say, a moral. It is that human beings and animals are kin. Man has nothing that the anmals have not at least a vestige of, and animals have nothing that man does not ui some degree share. The hook is very appropriately illustrated by Mrs. Grace Gallatin Thompson, w-ife of the author. Charles Scribner's Sons. Napoleon and Marie Walevrskn. Mr. J. M. Bowles, formerly of Indianapolis, now of Boston, and well known to art lovers over the country through his magazine, Modern Art, has turned his attention to the making of beautiful books. He has chosen as one w-ork on which to exercise his taste Frederick Masson’s romance based on a love affair of the first Napoleon, entitled “Napoleon and Marie Walewska.” The story is regarded as in a measure historical and throw-s light on the Emperor's personal characteristics and certain political episodes, and being written in pleasing style is in-

teresting, whether viewed as history or fiction. Its especial interest to Journal readers at this time is the fact that it is the tale from which the play, “Countess Valeska. lately presented here by Miss Marlowe, was dramatized. The book, of 141 pages, is 2-4 by s't> inches in size, on smooth paper, bound in pale green paper covers, and inclosed in parchment paper. A special issue, limited in number, is bound in green leather, with giit top ar.d uncut edges. The type, though small, is double leaded, and clear and restful to the eye. Tiny though the volume is, it is so made as to iie open at any page, and is thus in striking contrast to the ordinary book so cheaply put together Altogether it is an admirable specimen of book making and worth owning, whether one cares fer the story, as such, or not. The price in paper is 50 cents; in leather, fi. The American Revolution. Tho complete title of this work, by' William B. Becky, is “The American Revolution, 1763 to 1783; Being the Chapters and Passages Relating to America from the Author’s History of England in the Eighteenth Century,” arranged and edited with historical and biographical notes by James A. Wood burn, professor of American history and politics in Indiana University. As will be seen from the title, the book is not an original work, but merely a compilation from Becky’s greater work of passages relating to the Ingush colonies in America, and the causes and progress of the American revolution. Tho chapter on "America, 1753-1776,” w-hich is taken entire, contains Mr. Becky’s notable account of the colonial controversy with the mother country, which caused the dismemberment of the British empire and made two nations of the English race. Other chapters cover other phases of the revolutionary period. The work of*selection and arrangement has been intelligently done, and the result is a volume of logical and historical sequence and of value as a contribution to American history. D. Appleton &. Cos. The Mujor Tactic# of Chess. The author of this work i3 also the author of “The Minor Tactics of Chess” and “The Grand Tactics of Chess.” His definition of major tactics is “that branch of the science of chess strategetics which treats of the evolutions appertaining to any given integer of chess force when acting either alone or in co-operation with a kindred integer against any adverse integer of chess force; the latter acting alone, or in combination w-ith any of its kindred integers.” The present work might be termed a book of chess tricks. Its purpose is to elucidate those processes upon which every ruse, trick, artifice and stratagem known in chess plav is founded; in other words, it aims to teach the student of chess how to win hostile pieces, to queen his pawns and to checkmate the adverse king, Careful study of the work will make the student a master of chess evolutions and an adept In the proper employment of the fortes in the game. Every proposition is illustrated by chess diagrams. Little, Brown & Cos. Park man’# Work#. The handsome new library edition of the w-orks of Francis Parltman, now- being issued by Little, Brown & Cos., Boston, has received an addition of four volumes—“A Half Century of Conflict,” two volumes, and “Montcalm and Wolfe,” two volumes. Aside from Parkman’s clear and vivid style and the interest attaching to tho topics which he handles, a chief merit of his works lies in the thoroughness of his research and the great amount of new material from original sources which he incorporates. This material was derived from unpublished documents in the archives and libraries ol' France and England never before explored by any author. Although these tw-o works are part of a scries, they are complete in themselves, and the four volumes cover nearly the whole of the period of the great struggle between England and France for supremacy on the American continent. The edition, when complete, will consist of twelve volumes, and will be a very desirable addition to any library. A Science Study. “Earth Sculpture, or the Origin of Land Forms,” by James Geike, of the University of Edinburgh, is published by G. P. Putnam’s Sons, New York. This is the fourth number in a series of science studies for general reading. The Geikes are great names in English geology. Sir Archibald Geike visited the United States twice, and his “geological sketches” of fifteen years ago did full justice to the work of Major Powell and Captain Dutton, of the United States geological survey. The present work deals with tiie agents of denudation, land forms due to water, climate, wind action and ice in motion. The formation of coast lines is an interesting chapter. The book has not the vivacity and imagery of the writings of the great Archibald Geike, but the subject is scientifically presented in the light of the latest knowledge. The book will be more useful to the teacher of geology than to the general reader.

Culhi, It# Ite#ouree# and Opportunities This is probably the fullest and most trustworthy work regarding the resources of Cuba that has been published. Its authors are I’. F. Hyatt, late United States consul at Santiago, and John T. Hyatt, vice consul at the same port. This work is a summary of information gained by these officials during a residence of several years in Cuba, and it contains a great deal of valuable information regarding’the resources of the island, the opportunities for investment and trade, the local industries, climate, etc. It also contains quite a full business directory of the island and numerous illustrations showing business and domestic life in their varied features. Its leading feature is practical business information. Published by J. S. Ogilvie Company, 57 Rose street, New York, and sent by mail or sold by subscription. Clour Skle# and Cloudy. It is pleasing to note a steady increase in the number and quality of books on different aspects of nature—the fields and forests, plants and vines, birds and animals. It shows the growth of a healthy taste and love of nature. Anew work of this kind is “Clear Skies and Cloudy,” by Dr. Charles C. Abbott, authonof “Travels in a Treetop.” “Jfiie Freedom of the Fields,” etc. He is an enthusiastic lover of nature in all her phases, and his works disclose rare sympathy with her varying moods. This one is a study of skies and weather; of field and forest; of ponds and streams; of animals and birds—in short, of nature. The author has a pleasing descriptive style. The book is issued in attractive form by J. B. Bippincott Company, Philadelphia. Another Cook Rook. Miss Alice B. James recognizes the difficulties encountered in small families, especially by young housekeepers, in reducing the ordinary rules of cookery to meet the needs of two or three persons, and in this little volume, “Catering for Two,” she undertakes to lessen their troubles. The volume contains a great variety of recipes, the proportions of whose ingredients are said to be exact and reliable. The writer gives the result of many years of study and offers the book as aid to the inexperienced housekeeper in furnishing dishes at once nourishing, appetizing and reasonably inexpensive. Published by G. P. Putnam s Sons, New York. The Gentle Art of Pleasing;. Young persons are not apt to take good advice very kindly, but that is no reason why it should not be offered them. “The Gentle Art of Pleasing,” by Elizabeth Glover, offers such advice to young people who have their social way to make and who complain that they are not popular in their circle. Under the guise of breakfast-table conversations between an uncle of a philosophic turn of mind and a young lady niece, some very wise and pertinent observations are voiced and some useful suggestions made as to how to please and how to make friends. It is a book that can be read w-ith profit by grown as w-ell as young people. New Yorln The Baker & Taylor Company. Popular Handbooks. The Journal has received from the Penn Publishing Company, Philadelphia, three books equally adapted for general reading, for use as text-books, or as suplementary reading books in schools. They are: “Botany, the Story of Plant Life,” by Julia Mae Wright, author of “Nature Readers,” etc.; "Flowers, How to Grow- Them,” by Eben E. Rexford, and “Astronomy, Tiie Sun and His Family,” by Julia Mac Nair Wright. These three volumes treat in a plain and perspicuous way of the several subjects indicated and convey a great deal of information in a style entirely free from technicalities. They can be read with equal profit by young or old. When Gluont# Walk. The main title of the work is rather fanciful and needs the explanatory aid of the subtitle: “The Haunts of Familiar Characters in History.” The ghosts referred to are the memories of interesting personages,

men and women, notable In literature, art or history, whose spirits are supposed to pervade the scenes of their former residences. In another sense it might be called sketches of historic characters and visits to their nom’es. The author. Marion Harland, is a practiced literary worker and careful compiler, and has done her work well. The book is published in attractive form by G. P. Putnam s Sons. It is handsomely illustrated. Book for Railroad Men. Kilburn's Standard Hand Book for Railroad Men is a pocket volume containing questions and answers on all points in connection with railroad engines, automatic air brakes, brake leverage, engineer's brake valve, quick action triple valve, pumps, governor, link motion, injector practice, breakdowns, signals. It also contains full instruction on train-speed calculation, braking forces, etc., a map of the United States, snowing time, sections and the places where trunk lines change time. There is a great amount of other technical and miscellaneous information of use to a iaiiroad man. Published by .Laird & Lee, Chicago. Birds of the United States. The object of this book by A. C. Apgar is to encourage the study of birds and aid in the identification of species. It covers the following divisions and subjects: (1) A general description of the external parts of birds and an explanation of the technical terms used in ornithology; (2) Classification and description of the different species of birds; (3) The study of birds in the field, with key for their identification; (4) The manner of preparing and maintaining bird specimens for display or study. The text of the work is full and detailed, and the illustrations numerous and lifelike. Cincinnati: American Book Company. A Bret Hurte Book. “Stories in Light and Shadow, * by Bret Harie, is a collection of short tales by this famous author. They ire dories that he fas turned out in recent years, and, of course, are masterpieces of the art of short st< rv writing. The collection includes “Muser Karl,’’ a cleverly told account of a French spy in Germany, ar.d this is about the cniy anecdote that is not tinctured with the Western llavor which is so well brought out in Mr. Harte’s writings. Other stories are “Uncle Jim and Uncle Billy.” “See Yup,’’ and that quaint effort, ‘The Passing of Enriquez.” Houghton, Miftlin & Cos., publishers. Flashlights on Nature. In this work Mr. Grant Allen calls attention to a vast number of nature’s wonders in the life histories of our most familiar insects and plants, pointing out a great many curious things in the every-day processes of nature. The book contains a store of interesting information regarding animals and plants, and shows more than a flashlight on some of the queer methods by which nature carries on her operations. The numerous illustrations by Frederick Enoch add materially to the interest and value of the work. Doubleday & McClure Company. I’orto Rico. “The Story of Beautiful Porto Rico” is a graphic description of the island and its people by pen and camera, including its history, geography, soil, climate, inhabitants, customs, churches, schools, rivers, lakes, mountains, mines, products, imports, exports, current prices, scenes of the invasion, railroads, public roads, telegraph, telephone, money, measures, etc. The book is profusely illustrated with half-tone photogravures, taken on the spot, and has two maps. It will be found useful by persons desiring accurate information regarding Porto Rico. Chicago, Laird & Ix-e. Gemma. This is a story of a model, but not a model story. The scene is laid in the Bohemian quarter of Paris, and the story tells of a rich young artist who falls in love with his model. They decide to marry, but the interference of the young man’s family prevents and the model attempts suicide. Failing in this, she dies of heart disease. It is a morbid story, and its commonplace English is interlarued with still w r orse commonplace French expressions. The author is Alexander McArtnur, and his knowledge of Parisian life was probably obtained at long range. Chicago: Rand, McNally & Cos.

The Potentate. In respect of style and picturesqueness this is rather a notable novel. The author, Miss Frances Forbes-Robertson, is one of the younger English women novelists for whom a good deal of outcome is predicted. Her field is semi-historic fiction. “The Potentate” is a romance of medieval Italy, in which Italian tyranny, cruelty, licentiousness and intrigue form a tangled web. Yet, so far from being a disagreeable or repulsive story, it is fascinating because it is strongly conceived and well written. New York: George H. Richmond & Sons, Idttlo Journeys. “Little Journeys to the Homes of American Statesman.” by Elbert Hubbard, consists of character sketches and brief biographies of twelve notable characters in American history, beginning with Washington and closing with Lincoln. The other statesmen included are: Franklin. Hamilton. the two Adamses, Hancock, Jefferson. Webster, Clay, Jay and Seward. The sketches are brief but good; the style is clear and the characters are painted in natural colors, without disguise. The volume is rich in interesting personal anecdote. It is handsomely illustrated and published in attractive form by G. P. Putnam’s Sons. Ezekiel's Sin. This story by J. H. Pearce is a romance of the Cornish coast. It is rather a gloomy tale of error and unavailing repentance. Ezekiel, a fisherman, in a moment of temptation and weakness appropriates a sum of money which he finds on a oead body at sea, and it brings sorrow to him and his. The characters are strongly drawn and the somberness of the story is relieved by a rustic romance and love passage. The story is well told, and the local atmosphere of the sea and coast is skillfully depicted. New York: George H. Richmond & Son. Tlie Gun-Runner. This is a story of strange adventure in Africa, or, as the author, Bertram Milford, puts it, in Zuiuland. The story is in the form of a novel, but possesses a strong atmosphere of realism, derived from the author's residence in Africa. It shows how white mten’s passions and greed, coming in conflict with black men’s ferocity and revenge, can supply the materials of human tragedy. Those who like a story of love and hate and murder enveloped in rather a lurid atmosphere, will like this. R. F. Fenno & Cos. A AVorlcl of Green Hills. W. Bradford Torrey has become known as the author of several interesting books about birds, bird life and bird haunts. A new volume by him, “A World of Green Kills,” consists of a series of papers describing summer rambles in the Blue k'.dge, principally in Virginia and North Carolina, and the bird studies he made. The capers appeared originally in the Atlantic Monthly. Besides their intimate bird knowledge, they abound with fine descriptive touches of nature. Houghton, Mifflin & Cos, Some Persons Unknown. Perhaps this title answers as well as another for the volume which carries it, but it is not suggestive. The volume contains eleven short stories by E. W. Hornung, whose literary reputation has been made by his stories of life in Australia. For the most part these stories are of that environment. They reveal a good deal of strength, a fair amount of literary art and are quite readable. The local Australian atmosphere is very distinct. Charles Scribner's Sons. Father and Son. This is a story of a fond and foolish father and a fond and wayward son—an English story of the conventional type. The author, Arthur Patterson, is also the author of "For Freedom’s Sake” and other novels, and has some reputation as a story writer. This one is up to the average of its class. New York: R. F. Fenno &. Cos. The Story of Japan. Tnis book, by R. Van Bergen, describes in the form of stories some of the principal events and incidents in Japanese history, the steps which led ter recent reforms and some of the peculiar features of the present government. The stories are intended for children, and convey a good deal of information. Cincinnati: American Book Company. John JaMper’m Secret. This story, by Charles Dickens, jr., and Wilkie Collins, was originally published as a sequel to “The Mystery of “Edwin Drood.” The latter was one of Dickens’s most fascinating stories, and its fascination

and interest were intended to be carried along into “Jonn Jasper’s Secret.” Aside from its Interest as a story it is remarkable for its litterary workmanship, though candor compels the admission that there is no suggt'stion of the genius of the elder Dickens. New York: R. F. Fenno & Cos. Rondo. Metropolitan life in London, New York and San Francisco furnishes the materials for this story by Cyril Norman. It deals with a fatal marriage between a woman of the world and a fashionable young New Yorker. The woman has never known love and her infatuation for Rondo, who does not care for her, brings about her destruction. The story belongs to the feverish school, but many readers will think it interesting. G. W. Dillingham Company. The Cost of Her I’ride. The author of this story, Mrs. Alexander, writes novels which, if they are not high class, are entertaining. They have enough plot to hold the attention and they present lifelike characters and are replete with the kind of sentiment that interests the average novel reader. “The Cost of Her Pride” is a story of English life of the kind that will interest American readers. J. B. Lippineott Company. Clneh and Other Stories. This is the title given to a volume containing eleven short stories by Will Allen Dromgoole, author of “The Heart of Old Hickory,” etc. There are ten stories besides the one that gives its title, “Cinch.” to the volume, all stories of Southern life. They are all well written, and some of them show strength and originality. Boston: Dana, Estes &. Cos. The Modern Marriage Market. This is the title given to a volume containing four papers on marriage by four foreign women of note—Marie Corelli, Lady Jeune, Flora Annie Steele and Susan, Countess of Malmesbury. The papers were originally published in an English magazine for ladies, and they constitute an interesting symposium on matrimony. There are portraits of the authors. J. B. Lippineott Company. Elementary Meteorology. This is anew text-book of what is essentially a modern science. The author is Prof. Frank Waldo, late of the United States signal service, and the work Is a very complete elementary treatise on atmospheric phenomena and meteorological science. It is intended for use as a text-book in high schools and colleges. Cincinnati: American Book Company. Mollie’s Prince. Rose Nonchette Cary, who has written a number of stories wdiich are popular among girl readers, offers anew one. “Mollie’s Prince” is a conventional story of girl life running smoothly and pleasantly to an end that rounds out with two marriages. It is a pretty love story of the harmless kind. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippineott. Books Received. “Life’s Passionate Guest,” a novel by Clark Jewett. Published by G. W. Dillingham Company. “The Scourge of God,” a novel by John Rlcundelle-Burton. Published in Appleton's Town and Country Library. “The Baptism of War,” a novel by E. R. Hoadley. Published in Neely’s Popular Library, by F. Tennyson Neely. “Select Speeches for Declamation.” New excerpts adapted for academic oratory. Philadelphia: The Penn Publishing Company. “Millennial Dawn.” Volume IV, “The Day of Vengeance.” For Bible students. Published by Tower Publishing Company, Allegheny. Pa. “Passion’s Fruit,” a novel by Kar! Kingshead, originally published under the title, “When Lovely Woman .” Published by G. W. Dillingham Company, New York.

Magazine Mention. Dr. William E. Barton’s “Plantation Hymns” in the December issue of the New England Magazine is supplemented by a second paper which he entitles “Songs of the Slave and Freedman.” When completed, in the February magazine, this will be the largest collection of negro hymns which has appeared outside the Fisk and Hampton collections. The late naval w’ar with Spain will be recalled by Professor Wheeler’s description, in the January Century, of Alexander’s victory on the banks of the Granicus—his first battle cn Asian soil—so great was the disparity between his losses and those of the Persians. Though the latter outnumbered the Greeks and were acting on the defensive, they fell by thousands, while Alexander lost but 115 men. Among the educational articles which it will shortly publish the Youth’s Companion announces “Hints on Reading.” by the Rt. Hon. James Bryce, author of “The American Commonwealth;” “Art Students in New York,” by the president of the Art Students’ League (G. W. Brack): “A Growing Profession,” tfiat of the librarian, by the chief librarian of the Boston Athenaeum, and “Singing as a Profession for Young Men,” by the eminent baritone, David Bispham. Harpers’ Round Table for January presents an interesting variety of fiction. “Forward, March!” the story of a young Rough Rider, by Kirk Munroe, will be continued. The leading short story is entitled “Billy cf Battery B,” by Colgate Baker. Other short stories are “An Early Free Trader," by Reginald Courlay; “Captain Sampson’s Queer Cargo,” by George E. Walsh, and “The Nerve of Foley,” by F. Spearman. In addition to the fiction there are two articles that are sure to appeal to every boy who enjoys making things for himself. They are “The American Boy’s Workshop.” by Mr. Dan Beard, and “How to Build an lee Yacht.” To have the men who have demonstrated their organizing ability by great business successes tell their secrets of organization is the object of the editor of the Cosmopolitan. That he is succeeding is proved in the January issue by the article from Charles R. Flint, who is regarded in New York as one of tho three or four ablest organizers in America. He is president of the Rubber Trust and the head of the great mercantile house of Flint. Eddy & Cos., which has its ramifications in almost every port of the world. In the same line is an article, also in the January Cosmopolitan, telling how Mr. Plant organized and conducted the campaign for the election of Roosevelt. The December number of the Century contained fifteen full-page pictures, besides several pages of decorations, and the January number has even more. Among these are Miss Beaux’s frontispiece portrait of Admiral Sampson, from life; Lieutenant Hobson’s account of tho sinking of the Merrimac is embellished by five full-page illustrations, besides portraits, diagrams, etc., and Professor Wheeler’s "Alexander the Great” has four, besides a map of the Persian empire. Os smaller pictures there are a host, but these full-page reproductions of original designs by Miss Beaux, Castaigne, Loeb, Varian, etc., give the magazine a special interest to lovers of the art of pictorial illustration. In McClure’s Magazine for January Simon Lake, inventor of the latest marvel in the way of submarine boats, describes the construction of his boat and how he makes long journeys in her at the bottom of the ocean, and while there steps out of her by an open door into the very sea and examines wrecks and fishes up cables and so on. Mr. Ray Starmard Baker, in the same number, gives an account of his own experiences on a submarine voyage in the Lake boat. The January number contains the second story in Kipling’s new serial of schoolboy life and stories by F. Nesbit and W. A. Fraser. Stephen Crane contributes to the same number what will no doubt be found the full equivalent of a story—a description of a ride he took on the engine of the Scotch express, the fastest train in England. Publisher*' Note*. The sumptuous edition of J. James Tissot’s great work. "The Life of Our Lord Jesus Christ,” will bear the imprint of the Doubleday & McClure Company. The first shipment of books received from Paris, where the book is printed by Lemercier, was t;iken up within two weeks, the supply running short of the needs for Christmas presents alone. Messrs. Houghton. Mifflin & Cos. announce for immediate publication a book containing in one volume all the requirements in English for “Careful Study” for the years ISOO--ISO2 as prescribed by the joint conferences of Colleges and Secondary Schools on Requirements in English for Admission to Colleges. The volume will contain Macaulay’s “Essay on Milton;” Milton’s “Paradise Lost." Books I-1II: Milton’s “L’Allegro, II Penseroso, and Other Poem Shakspeare’s “Macbeth;” Macaulay’s “L fe and Writings of Addison;’’ Burke’s “On Conciliation with the Colonies.” Dodd. Mead & Cos. are about to issue the authoritative book on the Dreyfus case, by Mr. F. C. Conybeare. whose articles in the English reviews, over the pseudonym of “Huguenot/’ have attracted wide attention. The author is the son-in-law of Max Muller, and owing to this connection has been able to give the opinions of various distinguished

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Germans on this subject, and their feeling in regard to it. The book will contain portraits of ail the prominent characters connected with the Dreyfus case. The same publishers announce that they will publish immediately in this country Mr. G. W. Steevens’s “With Kitchener in Khartum,” being the dramatic narrative of the recent taking of Omdurman by the sirdar. Mr. Steevens, the well-known traveler and writer, acted as special correspondent for a London daily during the entire campaign, and his narrative is a memorable contribution to the literature of battles and travel, CIVILIZING THE SAVAGE. Dialogue Between an Afrienn anl at Christian Civilizer. While Czar Nicolas II recently expressed his opinion of the civilization brought to the benighted heathens by their Christian fellow-men as amounting frequently to nothing more than a shipload of cognac, Andrew' Lang tells us of a "savage” tribe which is so shocked at the selfishness and cruelty of the whites that it has instituted a sort of purification rite for those of the tribe who have come into contact with them upon their returning home. The Freethinker contains the following dialogue of a large, strong man, dressed in uniform and armed to the teeth, knocking at the door of a hut on the coast of Africa, with the black native: “Who are you, and what do you want?’’ asked a voice from the inside. “In the name of civilization, open your door, or I’ll break it down for you and fill you full of lead.” “But what do you want here?” “My name is Christian Civilization. Don't talk like a fool, you black brute. What do you suppose I want here but to civilize you. and make a reasonable human being out of you, if it is possible.” “What are you going to do?” “In the first place, you must dress yourself like a white man. It’s a shame and a disgrace the way you go about. From now on you must wear underclothing, a pair of pants, vest, coat, plug hat and pair of yellow gloves. I will furnish them to you at a reasonable price.” “What shall I do with them?” “Wear them, of course. You didn't expect to eat them, did you? The first step of civilization is to wear proper clothes.” “But it is too hot to wear such garments. I'm not used to them. I shall perish from the heat. Do you want to murder me?” "Well, If you die. you will have the satisfaction of being a martyr to civilization.” “You are very kind.” “Don't mention it. What do you do for a living, anyhow?” “When I get hungry I eat a banana. I eat, drink or sleep just as I feel like it.” “What horrible barbarity! You must settle down to some occupation, my friend. If you don’t I shall have to lock you up as a vagrant.” “If I've got to follow some occupation, I think I’ll start a coffee house. I've got a good deal of coffee and sugar on hand.” “Oh, you have, have you? Why, you are not such a hopeless case as I thought you were. In the first place, you must pay me £5.” “What for?” “An occupation tax, you innocent heather. Do you expect to get all the blessings of civilization for nothing?” “But I haven’t got any money.” “That makes no difference. I'll take it out in sugar and coffee. If you don’t pay, 111 put you in jail.” “What is a jail?” “Jail is a progressive word. You must be prepared to make sacrifices for civilization, you know?” “What a great thing civilization is!” “You cannot possibly realize the benefits, but you will before I have done with you.” The unfortunate native took to the woods and has not been seen since. The Divine Sara’s Latest Adv. Cleveland Plain Dealer. 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